Retired Athol Elementary School teacher Patricia Wilson, left, and retired Athol Postmaster Barbara Puckett on Monday hold up a barely legible time capsule content written by students in the year 2000 that reads: “Today we are wondering about the future. We wonder what crayons will be like. We wonder what we will be like. Most of all, we ask to be happy and healthy.”
May 20, 2025
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Athol Elementary, Timberlake High time capsule unearthed after 25 years
Athol Elementary, Timberlake High time capsule unearthed after 25 years
The suspense was palpable as people excitedly peered into the small pit Mikie Cutler was excavating on the Timberlake High School front lawn Monday afternoon. Through soil, rocks and thick tree roots, Cutler dug for two barrels that were buried 25 years ago, filled with items placed by Athol Elementary and Timberlake High students to celebrate the outgoing century while welcoming a new one. “I cannot stand it,” said an eager Patricia Wilson, a retired Athol Elementary teacher whose former students were among those involved in the time capsule project she also helped facilitate. “I want so badly for him to hit something that we know what it is," she said. "We have all been just on pins and needles the last couple weeks waiting for this day to come."