Grand River Tales Part I by Gary Thomas

Living in the center of Chillicothe as a child it was easy to walk or ride a bike to where we wanted to be. Back in the 50's and 60's you had to walk to school if you lived in town less than a mile from school. After the Central school bell would ring at 3:30 pm the teachers “let the fools out” as the old rhyme goes, and we scattered like roaches when a light was turned on.

The Good Old Summertime by Danny Batson http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120715/BLOGS/307159974/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:21:24 http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120715/BLOGS/307159974/-1/blogs01 But it's hot outside, we kids would say, and our moms would say "It's going to get hotter inside if you don't go outside and play." My aunt lived southeast of Chillicothe toward the river bottoms in an old two story farm house. She had four kids, three girls and one boy younger than me. One of the girls was my age and the other two were older but we were not that far apart in age, so we all had fun together.

One Little Indian by Danny Batson http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120710/BLOGS/307109885/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Tue, 10 Jul 2012 9:22:59 http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120710/BLOGS/307109885/-1/blogs01 I've told stories of my early childhood travels before and this is yet another one that occurred in 1955, when I was four. It keeps popping into my mind so much lately that I thought I would share. I don't remember what state we were in, but it was either New Mexico or Arizona. It's about a bad little boy that was too smart for his own good. Yes. I am talking about me.

We parked our Vagabond in the trailer park as usual. This park had a Laundromat which all in the [...]]]> Growning Up in ChilliMo! by Danny Batson http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120630/BLOGS/306309963/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:08:51 http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120630/BLOGS/306309963/-1/blogs01

Chillicothe has been, and still is, a great town to grow up and live in. I have a lot of friends and relatives that have moved away from Chillicothe through the years. I always asked them why and the biggest reasons were jobs and money. Most of [...]]]> Fun Times in the 1930's by Bernard R. Dawkins, USN(retired) http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120629/BLOGS/306299878/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:08:54 http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120629/BLOGS/306299878/-1/blogs01 Editor's Note:

Our guest contributor today is Bernard (Bernie) Dawkins. The two stories will tell us how the kids in the neighborhood used their ingenuity to "make their own fun" growing up in Chillicothe during the Great Depression of the 1930's. I intend to publish more stories from him in the coming days. Enjoy.

"The Wooden Bowl" and Life Lessons by Danny Batson http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120625/BLOGS/306259887/-1/blogs01?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:08:57 http://www.chillicothenews.com/article/20120625/BLOGS/306259887/-1/blogs01 First, a story from the net to share : “The Wooden Bowl”

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and his four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight blurred, and his step [...]]]>