Description
A tiny rural settlement for 140 years, Finneytown＊s population from 1946 to 1970 quadrupled as young people filled its new residential subdivisions, schools, businesses, and churches.
celebrates this ※creation story.§ Seemingly overnight, farms and open fields gave way to streets carved out for cookie-cutter houses as well as stately, custom-built homes, including Mid-Century Modern designs prized today as architectural timepieces. This wide variety of housing drove Finneytown＊s economic diversity, while enthusiastic support of its public and private schools defined the small community＊s values. Some Finneytown residents throughout its history, such as television writer Rod Serling and illustrator Charley Harper, are known worldwide. Even a potato chip popular across the globe was named after a Finneytown street求Pringle Drive.
Rick Kennedy is a retired media relations manager for General Electric and author of three books,
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. Mark Evans is a retired product development manager for Procter & Gamble, a product development consultant, and an accomplished photographer. Kennedy and Evans, along with their wives, Jane and Chris, respectively, are longtime and active Finneytown residents.
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