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MEDWAY AREA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P.O Box 178
Medway, Ohio
45341-0178
937-849-0648

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Membership Fees           Adults                 $12.00 Family                  $15.00  Student                  $2.00  Lifetime              $150.00 Membership Form _____________________

Officers

Frank Reese - President
Don Wallace - Vice Pres
Karen Rogers - Sec
Mary Reese - Treasurer

Trustees 

Steve Rogers
Dixie Gergal
Jeanette Wade
Ellen Wallace
Scott Suther

Webmaster
Scott Suther
 
Newsletter Editor
Nancy Brown

 

 

Medway Area Historical Society’s

Time Capsule Committee

Scott Suther – Chairman, Allan Abell, Pat Gay, Dixie Gergal

Items placed in the Time Capsule

Menus:

Mel-O-Dee, Lee’s Famous Recipe, Park Layne Pizza & Sports Grill, Tavernette Inn, Cassano’s Pizza - menu and napkin

 

Business Misc:

Valvoline Express Care receipt, Fulmers Ad, Arrowhead Taxidermy Price List, Ballweg Hardware Rental list, Park Layne Stylist price list, Mad River Topsoil Pricelist, Medway Cleaners receipt, Sunoco sticker, 2 Hess Hardware jar openers, Hess Hardware envelopes

 

Business Profiles:

Kohlfab, Lynn Farney, PsyD, Precision Camera Repair Service, Mayfield’s Medway Country Store, B & D Customs, Ralph’s Garage, J. B. Tires & Auto Service, Richies Citgo

 

Business Brochures:

Sunrise Windows from All-Seal, Rio Lima Equine Center, OHI-Tec Manufacturing, Spare Space, C & W Swiss, L. W. Milby Inc., Wenco, New Carlisle Tool & Stamping Inc, Dayton Metal Products

 

Business Cards:

Rio Lima Equine Center – Lou & Sondee Lima, Southwest Landmark – Fred Hays, Ballweg Hardware – Kim West, Metals USA – Steve Fast, Arrowhead Taxidermy Shop – Larry Hauf, KOI Springfield Auto Parts, Copey’s Butcher Shop – Margene Struewing, Park Layne Sunoco – Dave Closey, The Head Shed, Lynn Marie Farney, PsyD – Clinical Psychology, Paul P. Kadis, PsyD – Clinical Psychology, All Pro Construction, Dalton Maintenance, Kohlfab Inc., Speedway/SuperAmerica, Wenco, Mad River Topsoil, Hillard’s Auto Sales, New Carlisle Tool & Stamping Inc., Numerics Unlimited, L. W. Milby Inc., TIG Wood & Die, Great Lakes Car Company, Blevins, Walt’s Waste Removal, B & D. Customs, J. B. Tire & Auto Service, Scott Suther – Medway Area Historical Society, New Carlisle Chautauqua Council Program List, Nancy Neff – Bethel Township Clerk, Nancy Brown - Bethel Twp Trustee, Dixie Gergal - Lower Valley Scenic Byway

 

Misc. Brochures:

2 E-check brochures, Ohio License Plates, Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway, West Acres Park, Friends of Clark County Park District, Dunbar House, Carillon Historical Park, Dayton Aviation Heritage, Clark-Shawnee Campaign, Tecumseh Land Trust, Baseball Hall of Fame, Medway Area Historical Society Brochures – 4 total, City of New Carlisle, Clifton Mill, Green Plains Farm – Bed & Breakfast, National Trail Parks, Springfield Visitors center, George Rogers Clark Park, BW Greenway brochure

 

Utilities and Misc. bills:

Vectren, Clark County Utilities Department, DISH satellite TV, Rumpke , Time Warner Cable – Earthlink Internet Service, 2005 Drinking Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report

 

Taxes:

2004 Instruction book for 1040, 2004 Instruction book for 1040ez, 2004 Federal Income Tax book, 2004 School District Income Tax Return & Instructions, 2004 Ohio Income Tax Return & Instructions, Optional State Tax Tables, Ohio State Tax Form, Federal Tax1040 , Federal Tax 1040A

 

Church:

Sacred Heart final mass invitation, Sacred Heart bulletin – Pope John Paul II, Mary Help of Christians bulletin – Pope John Paul II, Mary Help of Christians bulletin – Pope Benedict XVI, Evangelio Segun Juan – New International bible in Spanish from Medway Baptist Church, Jehovah Witness pamphlet, Holy Bible – New International version, Prayer requests – Medway Baptist Church, Medway United Methodist Church flyer

 

School:

1950 Olive Branch High School picture, 2001-2002 Tecumseh Sports pocket schedule, Poster of Bethel Township Schools, Program for Groundbreaking Ceremony for Tecumseh Schools, Two Tecumseh Local Schools newsletters – Connecting Link, Charts for new schools – Timeline, funding, Plan Overview, new Medway School picture and floor plan, Medway School pennant, Varsity “T” and “05” for Tecumseh Sports Letter Jacket, Support Our Schools banner, 2005 Graduation Ceremonies Program, 2002 Fall Sports Program

 

Sports:

Crown Royal Daytona 500 Inaugural Season bag, 2 Dayton Bomber ticket stubs , Dayton Bomber’s 2004-2005 team picture, Dayton Bomber’s 2003 & 2004 pocket schedules, Dayton Bomber’s T-Shirt, Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey sticker, Columbus Blue Jacket’s 2002-2003 & 2003-2004 schedule, Cincinnati Bengals Key Chain, Cincinnati Bengals T-shirt, Dayton Dragon’s 2000 schedule, Dayton Dragon’s April 13, 2003 Play Ball! Game program, New Carlisle Knight baseball schedule, Champion City Reapers – old fashion baseball team schedule, Tecumseh YMCA Program Guide

 

Banks and money:

Security National Bank envelope & moneybag, Bicentennial quarter , Bicentennial $2 bill, Bicentennial Half Dollar , Susan B. Anthony Dollar coin, Sacagawea Golden Dollar, Wheat penny & modern penny, Lewis & Clark Nickel - handshake, Lewis & Clark Nickel – ship, State quarters – VT, NC, NY, MI, , New Buffalo Nickel


Newspapers, Books, and Magazines:

J. B. Dollar Stretcher magazine, Auto Mart magazine, Prudential Realtors, Recalling The Past – History of Bethel Township Schools by Bill Berry, New Boston Gazette – paper from the annual New Boston Fair at George Rogers Clark Park, The Historic National Road in Ohio by Glenn Harper and Doug Smith, Springfield – Urbana Yellow Book

 

Post Office:

Ronald Reagan Stamp, Disney Stamps – 4 different ones, Purple Heart, Ohio University Stamped Postcard, Stamp Order Form, Extra Services Pricelist, Change of Address kit

 

Ohio Bicentennial items:

Ohio Bicentennial Bell, Ohio Bicentennial Barn Pin, Ohio Bicentennial Pin, Ohio Bicentennial Barns Poster, Ohio Bicentennial Collector’s Spoon

 

Maps:

Ohio Bicentennial state map, Security National Bank county map

 

Lottery items:

Pick Three card, Mega Millions card, Super Lotto card, 3 brochures explaining lottery

 

Misc:

Medway Area Historical Society pencil, 2 Hess Hardware Pencils, 3 ODOT Pencils (Ohio Department of Transportation), Bethel Township Fire Department patch, Support Our Troops Magnet, E-check receipt, Clark County Public Library bookmark, BW Greenway bookmark, New Carlisle Historical Society upcoming events list, List of Best Sellers by New York Times – Hardback books and Paperback, List of present Government officials, CD player, Lee Greenwood CD, Sarah Brighton CD, Motorola Cell Phone, Railroad Spike from the D, S, & U Traction Line, Benfield Family History by Sue Benfield with picture of house and laundrymat, Cletus and Elaine Suther’s 50th Wedding Anniversary invitation and bookmark

 

Postcards:

Lower Valley Scenic Byway postcard, Seven Historic National Road Postcards

 

Medway Area Historical Society newspaper articlesMedway Area Historical Society All-time membership listing 4 Trolley Tattlers – January 2005, February 2005, April 2005, June 2005

 

Pictures:

7 pictures of 2003 Toy Run by the Highway Hikers with newspaper article, Tavernette Inn, Medway Cleaners, Old School House – now a private residence, Estel Wenrick Wetlands Entrance sign, Mennonite Church in Medway Cemetery, All-Seal – NW corner of Sycamore and Main St. in Medway, Apartment building - NE corner of Sycamore and Main Street , Medway Cemetery – Est. 1843 marker, View of old section at Medway Cemetery, Jacob Metz Civil War marker in Medway Cemetery, Lulu Bell Parr marker at Medway Cemetery, Zeller’s Garage, View at Wenrick Wetlands, 7 pictures of homes on Main Street in Medway, The Mile Marker – Springfield 11 miles, Dayton 11 miles, Medway Area Historical Society Group picture, 2nd Medway School picture, D, S, & U Traction Car in Medway with conductor and small boy, 2 Old pictures of Medway Methodist Church, Bethel Township Trustees picture, Medway Post Office Employees picture, Olive Branch School – The Round Building around 1910, Power Plant in Medway, Old picture of Store and Post Office at 129 W. Main St., Pavilion and baseball field at Tecumseh Park, 2 pictures of Forgy Family going-away party taken in 1899 at Campbell Homestead on Route 40, 2 pictures of the Crystal Lakes Gun Club – One taken in 1938 and one in 1946 of the state shoot, Arial viewof Crystal Lakes, Medway Area Historical Society booth at New Boston Fair with Dixie Gergal, Lower Valley Pike Scenic Byway Dedication ceremony, Ribbon Cutting at Lower Valley Scenic Byway Dedication, Lulu Bell Parr Monument Dedication with Nancy Brown at the podium, 4 Lulu Bell Parr Monument Dedication Parade pictures, Lulu Bell Parr petting a buffalo, Final Farewell picture to Lulu Parr by the Indian Creek Regulators, Monument dedicated by Bethel Township for the Civil War Veterans in New Carlisle Cemetery, Remains of Traction Bridge near Donnel’s Station, Clark County Home – now a private residence, Remains of John Paul Home – NE of New Carlisle, JB’s Tire and Auto Service – in former Crystal Lake Firehouse, Crystal Lakes Beach house and swimming area, Crystal Lakes Clubhouse, Crew at Richies Citgo, Crew at Ralph’s Garage, Two views of Burn’s Furniture on Lake Road, Picture of inside of Burn’s Furniture, Precision Camera Shop, George Dennewitz inside Precision Camera Shop, Bethel Township Fire Department #1 showing trucks, Adobe Hotel , 2 Street Scenes of Main Street in Medway showing traction lines and power plant stacks, 2 views of B & D Customs Shop, Ralph’s Garage, Mayfield’s Medway Country Store, Suther Family Pictures (11)

 

 

 

 

 

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