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Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn and Harriet Fenner, the First Lady of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio.
Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn and Harriet Fenner, the First Lady of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio.

Harriet Fenner: The first lady of the CCAO

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:32 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, Harriet Amelia (Hack) Fenner was, and still is, the only woman elected as a commissioner of Highland County. Her tenure as county commissioner began via an appointment by the Highland County Democratic Party Central Committee in August 1971.
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  • Harriet Fenner: The first lady of the CCAO

    Harriet Fenner: The first lady of the CCAO

    Wednesday, July 21, 2021 8:32 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, Harriet Amelia (Hack) Fenner was, and still is, the only woman elected as a commissioner of Highland County. Her tenure as county commissioner began via an appointment by the Highland County Democratic Party Central Committee in August 1971.
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  • Benton Raymond Duckworth joins Highland County Historical Society Hall of Fame

    Wednesday, July 14, 2021 8:47 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, Benton Raymond “BR” Duckworth lived 106 years and was well-known as a longtime educator at the Greenfield Exempted Village School District, then embarked on a new career as a practitioner of modern, scientific farming and woodlands management.
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  • Ed Bousman spread the gospel around the world

    Ed Bousman spread the gospel around the world

    Wednesday, July 7, 2021 12:23 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, in the 1960s, Ed Bousman had a dream. This dream became a reality when Ed went to his congregation at the Lynchburg Church of Christ one Sunday morning with a challenge for them to go home and ask God for something impossible. Ed took his dream to God that day, asking for the impossible – a nationwide radio broadcast.
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  • The Centennial Fourth in Hillsborough

    Saturday, July 3, 2021 11:41 AM
    In 1876, Hillsboro was still Hillsborough, and when the Fourth of July rolled around, the town held a “feast of patriotism” that started early and lasted all day as 20,000 people celebrated the nation’s birthday. There were flags, banners and other decorations all around. There was a procession, oration, music and fireworks. It was, indeed, “a grand gala-day.”
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  • Did the pandemic kill the reunion?

    Wednesday, June 23, 2021 6:44 AM
    In my lifetime, there has been one reunion I’ve attended more than any other (by far) – the Gossett Reunion in Pricetown, a reunion that dates back more than a century. The reunion is held the third Saturday in June by the descendants of James Worth Gossett (1847-1922) and Sarah Ann Roberts Gossett (1843-1932), who are my great-great-grandparents.
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  • Father’s Day 60 years ago

    Thursday, June 17, 2021 7:25 AM
    Ladies and gentlemen, don’t look now, but Father’s Day is rapidly approaching – it’s Sunday, June 20, 2021, to be precise. Since we were in 1961 in last time, maybe we can look around town to see what folks were getting for dear ol’ Dad 60 years ago.
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  • It was 60 years ago in Highland County

    Thursday, June 10, 2021 7:30 AM
    Of course, as it is now, life was happening back in the 1960s, so I thought we’d take a peek at what was going on in those days. Let's take a look back at June of 1961 – 60 years, a nice, round number.
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  • Memorial Day in Hillsboro 140 years ago

    Wednesday, May 26, 2021 12:14 PM
    Ulric Sloane passed away Jan. 23, 1912 at the age of 61 and is buried in the Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe. As we observe Memorial Day in 2021, may we heed the perspicacious words Sloane spoke 140 years ago in the Hillsboro Cemetery.
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  • Getting a ‘Burch’ cut in the 1960s in Highland County

    Tuesday, May 11, 2021 6:00 PM
    Ladies and gentlemen, back in the 1960s last week, we went to the Moon – Moon Tractor Company – to look at lawnmowers. This time, let’s drive the Studebaker over to Burch Tractor and Implement Company on North West Street and see what kind of mowers and deals they have there. We’ll see if we can get a “Burch” cut, so to speak.
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  • Moon mowing and music in the 1960s in Highland County

    Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:03 PM
    As I browse a newspaper from the spring of 1968, I stumble over an ad from Moon Tractor Company, which bills itself as a “Lawn Mower Headquarters.” And, yes, Moon Tractor is very much in business to this very day on West Main Street in Hillsboro.
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