Time for a new post office, 1935
(based on letters to the Wash Cnty Post) The WPA (Works Progress Administration) was established in 1935 as part of the New Deal to help America get out of the …
OUR “new” DEPOT, 1902
Ken Karlewicz is finishing up a book on our local railroad. He asked an interesting question … when was the current passenger depot built … there are several dates documented …
Cambridge Service Stations
Cambridge has always been known for having a lot of churches. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, the only thing we had more of was gas stations. They were called “service” …
CCS Alma Mater: my theory
The Elementary Chorus is learning about our alma mater. I was asked to talk to them about its history. As usual, I found lots of “facts”, but I also spun …
Telephones in Cambridge
Early telephones were leased in pairs and communication was only possible between the two instruments of the same pair (think of two tin cans connected with string). The first telephone …
Cambridge Lions Club c.1970
From the Washington County Post newspaper archives Back Row(l-to-r): Dr. Joe Pender, George Wilkie, Tom Dunn, Tom Dwyer, Walt Gann, Jerome Wright, Bob McWhorter, Front Row(l-to-r): ? , Bob Holbrook, …
The “COOL CATS” band, 1957
[ as told by Ed Cantwell, CCS 1958 ] Back around my Junior Year (1956-57) we formed a small combo called The Cats. The group included Neal Laverty, drums; Kerry …
HORSE-DRAWN POPCORN WAGON, 1907-1925
We all remember Albert Rich’s (and then Dorothy Rich Madison’s) motorized popcorn wagon. That started in 1925. But only our grandparents or great-grandparents remember Albert’s first popcorn wagon pulled by …
LAUDERDALE FAIR, 1883
Here are advertisements for Jackson businesses that appeared in the first catalog for the fair. In 1883 Volentine started the Lauderdale Fair on his farm at the southern end of …
Great Cambridge Fair 1890-1943
In the 1970’s Bob Raymond, Carleton Foster and Kerry McKernon put together a narrated slide show of the history of the Great Cambridge Fair. Ken Gottry converted the show to …