Throwback Thursday: Side-by-side
Locally
• ‘Snow covered roads, streets bring rash of minor accidents’
“All city and county schools were closed today as pre-dawn rain changed to sleet and snow, which accumulated to more than an inch of snow in most parts of the county.”
• ‘Planning underway on county bicentennial events’
“The Festivals ‘76 Committee of the Wilmington-Clinton County Bicentennial Steering Committee met at the Wilmington Area Chamber of Commerce office Tuesday morning. The meeting was chaired by Walter Peelle.
“The group was advised that the Wilmington News Journal will use the official Clinton County bicentennial emblem on its front page. … One of the highlights of the year will be the Wilmington-Clinton County American Revolutionary Bicentennial Time Capsule Parade to be held Saturday, July 3 featuring antique cars, farm equipment, bands and many floats.”
CLARENCE GRAHAM DIES AT 89
Clarence Graham, 89, of Wilmington, died Monday, December 28, 2020, at Miami Valley Hospital.
He was born on Christmas Day, 1931, to parents Wendell Graham and Ada Luella McKay.
His two brothers, Wendell Leland Graham, of Xenia, and Eugene Graham, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, preceded him in death.
Clarence is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Anne (Betty) Van Pelt the two inseparable over 70 years of marriage.
Also surviving are his son, Michael (Linda) Graham, and two daughters, Carol (William) Peelle and Teresa (Richard) Marino; grandchildren, Grant (Carrie) Peelle, Chaley (Thomas) Griffith, Anthony Marino, Hollie Graham, Emily (John) Harvey, Michael Thomas Graham; and 11 great grandchildren.