Thanks to the sluething of our determined Darrtown Detective, the Darrtown website has added the memory of one-time Darrtown resident Robert Meeks. Research reveals that Mr. Meeks, who lived in Darrtown during his formative years, graduated from Miami University and became a public school educator.

Click the gray-colored links below to see the clues that connect Robert Meeks to his place in Darrtown history.

Robert Meeks to the roster of former Darrtown residents.

CLUE #1: The article that triggered the research.

CLUE #2: 1900 census summary

CLUE #3: 1900 actual census lines

CLUE #4: Names of Darrtown neighbors

a Brincefield family page

William J. Brincefield was a Civil War veteran and he also served as the Darrtown postmaster - on two occasions.

See more about this former Darrtown resident and his family (which includes a brother who literally went west to hunt for gold) at the Brincefield family page.

The information cited above led to the addition of a Meeks Family page.

In 1958, two Milford Township boys, Edward Prescott and Phillip Gillespie received a Boy Scout achievement award that earned recognition in a local newspaper. See Prescott and Gillespie receive Scout awards

a Prescott / Gillespie news story

a news item about Nell Davis - a widely-known member of the Darrtown community, during the middle of the last century, and a news correspondent for the Oxford Press.

The Butler County Farm Bureau recognized Nell Davis for her 25 years of service to the organization.

A link to the news article is available at the lower right. BEFORE reading the article, take a guess at this question...

"How many meetings did Nell Davis miss, during her 25 years with the Farm Bureau?"

Place your cursor on a  numeral and click ... to see if you guessed correctly.

Here is the link to the news  article...

- who was appointed Acting Principal at Stewart High School - prior to the opening of the Talawanda School District. Here is a link to the article. See:

a news item about Carl Garnett

THEN, click this link to see: Fay's photos.

some photos from a 2009 Darrtown Gathering

Nell Davis

A key part of the recognition was her attendance record during that one-fourth of a century.

First, an admission from the webmaster...

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the "Legacy" page in the Walter Alston section of this website, by adding information regarding a NEW BOOK about Smokey's managing career.

Walter Alston's autobiography, published in 1976, is titled "A Year at a Time."

The new book, published in 2021, is a biography that is titled: "Walter Alston - The Rise of a Manager from the Minors to the Baseball Hall of Fame."

The February 2021 publication, which focuses on Smokey's minor league managing career, was written by Alan H. Levy, a history professor at Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania). Read about the book and the author at: Slippery Rock University

"The narrative that I'm contributing for readers is Alston's minor league background, which was virtually unknown," Levy said. "There was no hidden cache of letters or any heretofore hidden archive that I was able to unearth, but I researched some of the newspapers in minor-league towns to show how this man's career was built."

Levy's book may be purchased on Amazon and other online booksellers.

The first 26 pages (which includes Chapter 1) are available online at: Levy's book online.

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