Reflections: News items from 100 years ago
By Evelyn Long - Contributing Columnist
• A two night vaudeville program sponsored by Cardington’s American Legion Post 97, was a financial and numerical success. The house was filled each evening. It was performed in the Carter Dreamland Theater on West Main Street.
• A play titled “The Last Day of School at Skeeters Corners” was a big hit with both audiences.
• A baseball game was held one Sunday on the Joseph Kreis farm northwest of Cardington. “The Happy Nine” from the Olive Branch neighborhood beat a team of Cardington players, 32-6.
• George Frew, South Marion Street jeweler and optician, advertised an array of gifts for upcoming high school grads.