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By I.OIS COCKERHAM Virginia Shewalter is a ladv, about whom, you’re gonna hear a lot,' this bicentennial year A life-long resident of Gano, Virginia recently accepted the task of compiling a history of the township for tne Union Bicentennial Committee H you visit her home, which I did recently, you'll probably find her at work atGano writer pounds typewriter againher dining room table, in a light flooded room filled with hanging plants, shelves of hooks, and albums of Bach. Beethoven hopin, Handel and Mozart My sister’s collection,’’ Virginia said“About the flowers.’’ she continued, “people ask me if I have a green thumb and I always say, ‘no I have a wet one ’ I believe in watering— and the flowers havelearned to tolerate it“I’m very interested in Gano. of course.'' Virginia said “Do you have a minute? Would you like to drive around Gano and see where everything is?There are 49 houses in Gabo—and Virginia knows them all. She and her sister Roberta aren't the oldest residents—but they’ve lived there longestShe has,however, ventured far from her roots From 1942 1945 she served with the WAGS well, we were called the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps then.’’ she said “A former Miami roommate of mine decided to join and I went along We had to sign up for the duration then but it seemed the thing to do “ While in service, she saw the French Riviera.(BUSINESS SERVICE♦o list your service or business call 777-1518Auctioneer, RealtyCommunicationsPhotographyAUCTIONEERMM *Cft MftMllTOM OHIOCampingDAVIDSON AQUARIUS CAMPING CENTERYOUR APACHE EMPIRE DEALER73 MILL VILLI-OXFORD 0D. HAMILTON. OHIO 893 2764m nniu mt! m uu t omm mCarpet cleaningINDUSTRIAL • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL Sp*tiolirinq in Stnom ExtrotlionDAVISProfessional Carpet CleaningFREE ESTIMATES808 THOMPSON Owner MONROE 539 8578MODERN COMMUNICATIONS630 RIEGERT SQ FAIRFIELD. OHIO 868 2675 BUILT ON Sf RVICfCB 8*0)0* *MT(NN*t NWC*. 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Scotland and Germany “It was a tremendous experience, Virginia said Following that, from 1952 65. she taught at Lakota High School An arthritic condition forced in tarty retirement if you can label someone as active as Virginia as retired The home in Gano. lived in by Virginia and her sister Roberta, was built in 1925 by their parents Virginia has another sister, Betty, who resides in Oxford where her husband is a university instructor Another of Virginia’s loves is traveling As we drove around Gano. she recalled a three-week trip lift \e.ir spent at the Vermont Trapp Family Lodge with Maria von TrappNear the conclusion of my Gano tour. I asked, “Any homes for sale1'She laughed as if the question had been asked many timesWell, no. . . you see, most of them are snapped up by people who grew up in Gano. left, and then decided they had to return They, naturally, have an inside track “ *It took Virginia a couple of years to research Gano and come up with her book, published in 1973. “The History of Gano ’’ Digging into history. Virginia has learned, is like digging into a bowl of potato chips ami trying to eat just one She has also learned that there are inaccuracies in some Butler County history books “Also, I had plenty lt;iVIRGINIA SIIIIW \I.TFK. Gano resident who has hern appointed by the I nion township Itieentennial committee to write a history of the area, is off to a cheerful start. Miss Shew alter, a WAC during the 10's. and a teacher during the 50‘s and (Hi's. is currently a church elderat the Gano lloltsinger Memorial Presbyterian Church, and is becoming very popular as a historian of these parts In her spare time, she waters plants. . . Journal photo hv l.ois ( oekrrhammaterial on K W Scripp-slt;Cincinnati F*ost’s largest shareholder who married the daughter of Rev Samuel HolteiflRtf -hkI playad .t prominent role in Gano’s early history but my weak link was Charles Gano himself 'As a child, she remembers going by in a schoolbus and seeing the Gano Mansion,tolocated at the entrance Gano, burning At Gano's centennial celebration, Charles Scripps. grandson of K W Scripps, visited Gano and spoke at the ceremonies “We gave him the first copv of mv book Virginia said, “and he and his wife came hack and bought four more “A similiar occtirance happened when the U»ok was mailed to Nnkic Meanlev, grandaughter of Rev and Mrs Samuel lloltsinger Nakie, true to form for women of her family, ordered t2 copies and sent the Gano Holt singer Memorial Presbyterian Church a genenxis donation
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Union Liberty Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Tue, Mar 02, 1976
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