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Witch trials a dark time in history

October 31, 2008

Witch trials and hangings back in the 1690s were indeed a sad time in the very early history of our country. When they have a bit of family history involved they become even more interesting and deplorable. For generations there had been a rumor in our family that one of our early ancestors, a Mary Parker of Andover, Mass., had been hanged as a witch in 1692. Was this true, or was there confusion with some other branch of the Parker family that was in Andover at that time? Thanks to a lot of family research by our cousin George Parker, who grew up in Vermont and now teaches at Southern Illinois University, more light has been shed on the question. George has been interested in family genealogy since his father was a history teacher in Vermont. Ruth Fear Williams of Portage County also has researched the question. Ruth’s father, Charles Fear, had married my aunt, Lucy Parker, who died of typhoid fever in 1932. He remarried and had a family of several children, including Ruth.

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Doctor shortage

October 31, 2008

You try your best. You watch your diet. You exercise. You try to be proactive with your health care.

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Frugality may be the answer

October 10, 2008

‘‘Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.’’ That was an expression I picked up many years ago while visiting cousins in central Vermont, very frugal people. It may well fit some of us in these days of difficult times.

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The mission: Get them to listen

October 10, 2008

WARREN — Senior citizens of northeast Ohio have a new voice when it comes to being heard by lawmakers.

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Senior News

October 10, 2008

AFSCME SUB-CHAPTER 128 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday. Election of officers will be held.



THE TMH RETIREES CLUB meets for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Buena Vista Cafe, Warren.

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Wood keeps him working

September 26, 2008

Joiningt fellow former employees of Delphi Packard Electric and far beyond, one Cortland resident is etching a name for himself, delighted to be an “ex-Packardite” who is self-employed.

Robert “Bob” Woofter Jr.

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