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JUNE 2018
Time warp:
Georgetown will unbury 1993 time capsule
BY BRIDGETT HERNANDEZ
What’s inside
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Time capsules are typically buried for 100 years or more, tucked under the cornerstone of courthouses or churches. Georgetown Square founder Tom Jehl wanted to break with that tradition when he buried a massive time capsule at the shopping center’s 25-year anniversary celebration in 1993. After 25 years, the time capsule will be opened at the 50-year anniversary celebration June 22. “Usually people who bury a time capsule are not alive when it’s [unburied], so this is kind of different because a lot of people very much remember when it was buried and will be there [when it is unburied],” said his daughter Maureen Partee. Jehl passed away in 2006 at the age of 76. Partee handles public relations for Georgetown
Georgetown Square buried a massive time capsule to celebrate its 25-year anniversary in 1993. After 25 years, the shopping center will open the time capsule at the 50-year anniversary celebration June 22. Here are some of the items it contains: A box of Twinkies from Rogers grocery store An $900 bottle of Chateau LaFite Rothschild (1989) from Cap n’ Cork liquor store CONTRIBUTED
Steve Jehl, who has managed Georgetown Square since 1981, addresses a crowd at the shopping center’s 25-year anniversary celebration in 1993.
Square and her brother, Steve Jehl, has managed the shopping center since 1981. Partee said her father put serious thought into preserving the massive time capsule, measuring approximately 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3
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feet deep. Great care was taken to prevent moisture from damaging its contents. Tom Jehl enlisted the help of D.O. McComb & Sons Funeral Home to seal and bury the time capsule, and the same company will help
unbury it June 22. What’s inside
A plaque marking the site reads, “Buried here June 12, 1993, the 25 anniversary of Georgetown Square, contains See TIME, Page 8
A tape of Garth Brooks from Wooden Nickel record store A copy of “Wayne’s World” from Georgetown Video Black lace panties and bra (size 46DDE) from Fashions at Large To see a complete list of the time capsule’s contents, visit infortwayne.com. The list is also available at Georgetown Public Library.
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