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Georgetown will unbury 1993 time capsule 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 Square and her brother, Steve Jehl, has managed the shopping center since 1981. Partee said her father
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 A tape of Garth Brooks from Wooden Nickel record 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.
put serious thought into preserving the massive time capsule, measuring approximately 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep. Great care was taken to prevent moisture from damaging its contents. Tom Jehl enlisted the
Square has been northeast’s downtown for 50 years BY GARTH SNOW
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Georgetown Square is dedicating its golden anniversary year to the same public involvement that has made the plaza the downtown of northeast Fort Wayne since 1968. Even after the 50-year celebration on Saturday, June 22, Georgetown will continue the car show, free concerts, farmers market and trick-or-treating that have become staples of the Georgetown calendar. Steve Jehl is
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Children squint in the Friday evening sun after having their faces painted at a Georgetown Square event. The shopping center offers free concerts, a weekly farmers market and a trick or treat each Halloween.
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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 tangible evidence of life style and philosophy in the Georgetown area during 1993 and See TIME, Page 10
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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