Homer Wright was a longtime merchant, and he had one of the first phone numbers in town. Why he never ran an ad that said, "If you're feeling less than fine, call nine," escapes me.

All of the intricacies of installing the phone system are beyond me, but I assume the number means he had one of the first phones in town, making him quite the innovator. (Indeed, the first gas pump in town was installed in front of his store, in 1909.) He was also the postmaster general in his later years. He and his wife raised three children, two of which survived well into the 20-teens. Wright lived here. He died in 1943, age 57.

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