“Can
you tell me what the Newton Falls welcome sign says? I know it’s something
about churches.”
The
Newton Falls Public Library has a Facebook page where people are welcome to
post questions. Recently, we saw that someone had posted asking about the town
welcome sign. While our librarians remembered the sign, none of us could recall
the exact wording.
Because
the library had just opened and none of us could go out in town looking for it,
we managed to find the answer without leaving the building. First, we looked
through some photos from the Local History Room, but we didn’t have any luck
there. Then we checked the City of Newton Falls and Newton Falls Commerce
Association websites to see if either of them had posted pictures. The Commerce
Associate had a picture of the sign on Route 5, which reads “NEWTON FALLS HAS
ZIP 44444” and includes a list of local businesses and organizations, but
there’s no mention of churches.
We
took a virtual tour of the town via the street view option on Google Maps. One
of the librarians remembered seeing a welcome sign in the middle of town, so we
navigated to the intersection of Broad and Center and there it was. Lettered in
orange, the sign says:
“Welcome to our
community
Newton Falls Kiwanis
Club
Attend the church of
your choice.”
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