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Antique souvenir stand hours noted Holmes County Antique Festival souvenir stand hours will be Friday from 1-4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The stand will not be open Thursday.
Calendar October Holmes District No. 1 to hold pancake breakfast Holmes Fire District No. 1 Fire Department will be holding a pancake
‘Saddles and shoes’ Maysville Harness Shop is a growing family business By CHRISTINE L. PRATT Staff Writer Since splitting from another business and relocating to its current site, the last 38 years have brought many changes for
Maysville Harness Shop. It is owned by Aden and Katie Yoder, who took over operations in the mid90s from Aden’s father, Atlee, who first established the business in 1973. For almost all of his life, Aden Yoder has worked in the shop, and like his father before him, he’s teaching the trade to his sons, two of whom work beside him daily. “I like the work. I’m at home all the time. I have five boys and two are out of school, and I can work
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