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The long-awaited time capsule opening took place July 6. Inside the time capsule were, among other things, old newspapers, an old book from the Garrettsville 120th Centennial and a song written about Garrettsville called “Old Garrettsville” that was sung by two girls, according to the James A. Garfield Historical Society, when the time capsule was buried in 1924. Two women sang the song at the time capsule opening.

“We had an excellent turnout,” Mayor Rick Patrick said. “There was also a free tour of the Masonic Lodge, which a lot of people hadn’t been in. We’ll bury a new time capsule Sept. 21 in the same area as the old one was buried. The new one will be in a stainless steel vault, a bigger one that we can put more things in, and it has rubber seals on it. It will be in the ground for 80 years, not 100 years, because Garrettsville will be 300 years old at the time it is opened.”