Dowbrigade

Capsule hunters in hurry

By Dale Huffman
Dayton Daily News

Whoops! They prepared and buried historical material so the school
would always be remembered. Now they have forgotten where the time
capsule is buried.

The clock is ticking, and E.J. Brown Elementary School is destined to be
razed and replaced soon as part of major renovations mounted by the Dayton
Board of Education.

from the Dayton Daily News

Then again, maybe they should be thankful, considering what
this school discovered…

High school opens 93-year-old time capsule to find moldy wad of wet
crud

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A 93-year-old time capsule from a high school
in Aberdeen was opened with great expectations, an audience of state dignitaries
and no small difficulty.

But instead of the "window to Aberdeen’s past" they expected,
Secretary of State Sam Reed, Archivist Jerry Handfield and others got
a moldy wad of wet crud.
"
Old papers," Reed said. "It looks like it’s disintegrated, unfortunately."

from AP Wire