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Asahel's Emporium has closed!  There will be a 40%-50% clearance sale in February.  click here for details
 
Walton House Museum and the Aaron Nutt Cottage each have a new roof!  Thanks to the hail storm of May 2011! Our early stone buildings have unique wooden shake shingles which require knowledge and experience to replace properly.  Advanced Construction did an excellent job and we are very pleased.
 

Common Warfare, Parallel Memoirs by Two World War II GIs in the Pacific by Robert G. Thobaben and the late Carl M. Becker is their story of being enlisted men serving in the Pacific war zone in a support capacity.  The book was published in 1992 and is now being re-issued by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers in paperback.  In January 2012 it will also be available as an ebook.  For information on purchasing the book visit www.mcfarlandpub.com.  

Bob, a professor emeritus of Political Science at Wright State University and a Historical Society volunteer, served as a PFC in the 111th Infantry Regiment.  This regiment, which still exists, was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1747 in Philadelphia.

In 1998, Bob taped a series of interviews, as a project for the Historical Society, of over 40 Centerville-Washington Township residents in his home with his wife, Janet, running the camera.  Those fascinating stories from World War II veterans were published in 2 books; For Comrade and Country: Oral Histories of World War II Veterans and War Stories: Oral Histories of World War II.  These books are available at Asahel's Emporium.
 
John and Barb Moraites are among the winners of the 2011 Philo T. Farnsworth Awards, recognizing excellence in cable programming within the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio region. They received second place for the documentary "Union Ball" in the Seniors category.  The Moraites are multiple award winning producers of historical documentaries, having received Philo awards each year from 2003-2011.  Over 100 of their programs can be watched on the MVCC channels.  Congratulations!!!!