It's a good thing Grove City High School’s athletic teams were called the Greyhounds when they moved into a new building in 1970 on Hoover Road. (The teams were originally known as the Crimson Tide.) Fortunately, there was no talk of renaming the school mascot especially since the high school site was once one of Ohio’s largest turkey farms. The picture shows the historic marker of the former high school at Sesquicentennial Park on Park Street.

In 1944, the Grove City Camera Club met at Devault's Restaurant on Broadway. Other early Broadway restaurants were operated by Lena Witteman Willing; Mamie Hill’s Restaurant near Jackson Alley and Broadway; Eddy’s Tap Room in the Miller Building in 1934; Albright’s Restaurant in 1930 operated by Luther Albright. Ice cream shops were also very popular. Some included: Trego’s Ice Cream Bar and Deli which was in the second store front on the west side of Broadway south of Park Street; Leech’s Ice Cream in the Willert Building on Broadway in 1934; and Fuhrman Homemade Quality Ice Cream, East Park Street, also in 1934. There were many others. How many can you name?

Have you listened to the account of Hugh Grant’s venture into Central Ohio? It’s an entertaining 17-minute fictional story mixed with bits of actual history told by a professional storyteller. Go to www.swfchs.org and click on Audio under the Media heading.

The Ries Cabin was located about two miles north of Georgesville on Gardner Road. It was built in 1803, the same year Ohio became a state. At the time, it was one of the oldest buildings in Franklin County. Georgesville was settled in 1797, the same year as Franklinton.