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Bears Mill Fall Open
House a packed event
GREENVILLE – She was singing quietly to the tune, Red River Valley.
With tears in her eyes, she said it was the song she used to sing with
her brother… before he headed off to World War II.
“Oh, he came back,” Mary Lou Hoening said, “but he was never the same.
He was a broken man.” Hoening, a former resident of Darke County,
currently lives in Miami County. She recalled her time as a local,
admitting she was a “spicy” lady. She wrote lots of letters, gave quite
a few people a hard time…
Smiling briefly, she assured everyone she was still spicy. She returned
her attention to the music.
The tune, Red River Valley, was just one of the ‘oldies but goodies’
being performed by The Marshalls (Ron & Elaine) from Versailles.
They are an annual attraction at the Bears Mill Fall Festival held Oct.
4 and 5.
Volunteers were selling specialty items and food outdoors while Judy
Stachler, Bears Mill employee, had a brief moment between sales inside.
“We’re having a little bit of a lull,” she said, “which is good. A
little while ago there was a long line of people waiting to be helped…
I don’t like it when people have to stand in line.” People were mulling
around, enjoying the sculptures and paintings, listening to music… some
visitors were on the second and third floors looking at 19th century
artifacts and Darke County Fair posters dating back to the early
1900’s...
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