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Journalist, and local historian, Aleta Jonie Maschek (1922-2018) was a frequent contributor to the News Observer on the history of Southern Hillsborough County. Her stories concentrated on the people of South County and she relied, heavily, on oral histories to present a unique view of life in the 20th Century for over 28 years. She covered all geographic sections of the county, and her accounts present a realistic view of the sometimes hardscrabble life of some of our earliest families. Some of her articles were collected into bound volumes entitled "A Piece of History" which was the title of her column in the News Observer in her later years. Originally a television reporter, she moved to the area in the 1950s. She continued on air as a TV reporter for several years on the local NBC afffiliate until her retirement when she turned her attention to print media.
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