Local Bank Robbed

Grove City Town Marshal A. L. Willing felt the daytime robbery at the First National Bank in 1926 was going to be the last ‘big crime’ the village would ever face.  Unfortunately, in 1936 the bank was robbed again and Federal agents, according to a May 29, 1936 issue...

Garden Spot of America

Rolla White was one of many successful business owners in early Grove City.  After he retired from owning a business, he couldn’t stay away from the retail trade so he accepted a job at the M. V. Kegg & Son store. Kegg operated a dry goods store and was...

Milk Delivery

Allen Milk Company was the primary provider of milk and cream in Grove City in the early to mid-20th Century. There were two other known commercial dairy operations in Grove City, but the dates are unknown.   One was Tri-Maple Dairy Farm. ...

Civil War Vets

Before Beulah Park was known for thoroughbred racing, it was a community park where the Civil War era veterans of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry held a reunion 116 years ago.  A story in the Grove City Record Oct. 7, 1965, recorded an account of that...