Last week I featured advertisers from the Chattanooga, Ohio, area who sponsored Willshire School’s 1952 Willow yearbook. It is a little difficult to make out, but the cover of the 1952 Willow had a western theme, featuring a covered wagon and a cactus.
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1952 Willow
This week, the Willshire advertisers from that 1952 Willow. You may remember some of these businesses.
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
Who was Charley? I wonder what his last name was.
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
My mom was the bookkeeper at Willshire Grain & Supply in 1952.
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
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1952 Willow Yearbook, Willshire advertisers
I remember some of these businesses, which brings back memories of days gone by.
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Hi Karen, I remember most all these advertisers having grown up in Willshire and graduating from Willshire High School in 1959. It was a great time to grow up!
Charley’s was a place for guys to hang out and owned by Charlie Painter.
Thanks for your posts.
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I wondered if it was Charlie Painter. Thanks for writing!
Despite being born in 1951, I remember all of these advertisers except for Rhuland Hardware?? My guess it was the predecessor to Kenny Neunschwander’s Hardware that faced the stop light/restaurant. What crazy phone numbers. Ours was 28F3 – number 28 followed by 3 short rings. How would you dial this on a cell phone?
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We didn’t have a phone until much later but my grandma Miller did and her number was 121F14. I don’t remember the long and short rings associated with her number but she was on a party line with the Hamricks and she liked to “listen in” on their calls. I guess that was one of the disadvantages of the party line, although it was a plus for those wanting to keep on the local gossip. I could never figure out how grandma used that ringer phone. It looked very complicated. Thanks for writing and for the information.