History
GRANDMA ARLEDGE
IT WAS PROBABLY FORTY YEARS AGO that my father-in-law, Ray Steel, often took little stubs of pencils and whatever small bits of paper were handy and frantically wrote down some ...
1972 JOURNAL of The Wordwright’s wife
JEAN VENRICK, wife of THE WORDWRIGHT (May 2009, one year and one month after her stroke–LOOKS GREAT, doesn’t she?) MY WIFE’S JOURNAL – A peek on pages around September 1972 ...
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
An historical essay by Bill Venrick. The little miner’s lamp above has been in my possession since I was about 13 or 14. On a rare visit, my Great Uncle ...
Franklin County Indian Story
Historical Collections of Ohio By Henry Howe LL.D. An interesting anecdote, illustrating the peculiar characteristics of the Indians as our first settlers of Columbus found them, is related of Keziah, ...
PEOPLE AND FORKS
WHEN DID WE FIRST START USING FORKS? By Robert J. Tinsky – Copyright 2008 If you came looking for another essay by Bob Tinsky, and it’s not in the immediate ...
TRIBUTE TO MY GRANDFATHER
June 15th is FATHER’S DAY — My friend, Robert J. Tinsky has written a Father’s Day tribute to his Grandfather Tinsky. THE WORDWRIGHT is proud to share this space with ...
RADIO 65 YEARS AGO
By Bill Venrick Believe it or not, when I was a kid we would sit, as a family, and enjoy listening to the radio while eating popcorn or playing cards. ...
MY FATHER, THE BUILDER
Written by Jean Steel Venrick What woman wouldn’t be happy to move into a brand new house when she married. My mother was such a person. My father had built ...
THE B.I.S. near Lancaster, Ohio
(Fourth in the series…) WHAT’S LIFE LIKE? It is certain that this question bounces off the wall according to the person or persons asked, “What’s life like?” This series of ...