Long before even the earliest forms of what we now call “social media” existed, humans have had a desire to keep up with goings-on in their communities. Whether out of
BELLA VISTA One of the few remaining heirs of the Linebarger brothers, Ann Linebarger Boyd, granddaughter of C.A. Linebarger Sr., recently donated a box of old papers belonging to the Linebarger brothers papers to the Bella Vista Historical Museum.
BELLA VISTA One of the few remaining heirs of the Linebarger brothers, Ann Linebarger Boyd, granddaughter of C.A. Linebarger Sr., recently donated a box of old papers belonging to the Linebarger brothers papers to the Bella Vista Historical Museum.
Venerable buildings still dominate Gardner s skyline today
Mike Richard
Special for The Gardner News
If there was ever a shot that perfectly depicted West Gardner Square on a lazy summer day in the 1960s, the accompanying photograph taken by Charles Clark could be it.
Shoppers are seen milling in and out of the many stores, while downtown regulars lean on a streetlamp or congregate in the doorway of a barber shop to share in the daily news.
A Gardner police officer, safely stowed in his traffic box, directs the cars motoring along through the square.
This was downtown Gardner in the mid-1960s when Edward’s Rexall Drugs, City Barber Shop, Gardner Office Supply, Priscilla Candy Shop, Sandrof’s Men’s Furnishings, Davis Hardware, First National Bank, J.C. Penney and Gardner Cooperative Bank filled the Pleasant Street store fronts.