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Photo Gallery: The 1950s

A photo gallery of the Village of Covington in the 1950s. Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge.

The blizzard from November 30, 1950. Photo provided by Jim O'Donnell

The blizzard from November 30, 1950. Photo provided by Jim O'Donnell

The building of Rudy's Elevator in the 1950s. Photo provided by Jim O'Donnell

1952 Covington Buccaneers: Row 1 - Doug Diltz, Leonard Wood, Bob Tobias, Kenny Shefbuch, Doug Alexander. Row 2 - Coach Paul Devins, Don Zimmerman, Don Martin, Herb Wackler, Bill Frey, Bob Johnston, Dick Via, Ronnie Finfrock, Coach Richard Wintringham. Row 3 - Jim Rench, Bill Knick, Bill Young, Jim Minnich, Kent Hitchcock, Jim Boehringer, Eldon Baker. Row 4 - Bud Feeser, Ralph Mutzner, Jerry Milhouse, Trafford Ringelspaugh, Dick Rhoades, Darrell Helman, Lewis Deeter. Row 5 - Manager David Alexander, Arlen Idle, Larry Via, Tom Baker, Bob Mendenhall, Chuck Ingle, Manager Richard McMaken.

1957 Covington Buccaneers: Row 1 - Bill Bitner, manager, Georger Bitner, Gary Carder, Bob Hartley, Doug Sotzing, Rodney Sampson, Tom Carder, Jerry Shields, manager, Coach Blair Irvin. Row 2 - Coach Frank Dunn, Bob Jacquemin, Hugh Alexander, Charlie Yingst, Bill Bentz, Rex Thompson, Keith Thomspon, Ralph Marshall, Jim Sampson, Mike Cotrell, Jerry Sutton, Dana Moreland, Coach Bob Wion. Row 3 - Randy Higgins, Doug Murray, Danny Cotrell, Mike Hart, Jim Cassel, Paul Perrine, Fritz Bader, George Yingst, Doug McCoy, Paul Althoff, Wayne Yarian, David Murray, John Mutzner.

1957-58 Covington Basketball Team.

The 1958-59 Covington Basketball Team.

The 1959-60 Covington Basketball Team.

Aerial photo of the village of Covington in 1954 by Paul Cromer.

Aerial photo of Covington schools in 1954. Left is the back end of the High School built in 1931 and to the right is the school building built in 1896. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

Facing south-east on Fulknor Rd. in Covington, Ohio. These rock walls were built by Greely Fulknor, who owned the farms along what was at one time a gravel road. Much of these rock walls have been destroyed due to theft, but remanance of the walls still exists today. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

Panther Creek south-west of Covington, Ohio. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

A cottage by the Stillwater River on Owens Rd. south of Covington. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

The dam located west of Greenville Falls in Covington, Ohio. Remanence of the dam exists today. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

The power plant located at Greenville Falls east of Covington, Ohio. This plant supplied electric to the villages of Covington and Pleasant Hill, as well as any farmer who lived along the path of the power supply. Some of the foundation still stands today along Greenville Falls. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

A farm located on State Route 41 east of Covington in 1954. Photo by Paul Cromer (1954)

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