McGuffey News

The William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society will welcome McGuffey descendant Shirley Eckley as a guest speaker at the society's June 9 meeting.

Lima Lyman Jordan, 81, died at 3:38 a.m. May 22, 2012, at his residence, surrounded by his family.

Twenty members of Ada Senior Citizens had a sociable lunch Wednesday, May 9 at the Ram's Roost in McGuffey and then traveled to the Van Deurzen dairy farm in rural Alger.

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15 and proposed keeping them open, but with shorter operating hours.