Atwater Consolidated High School - Speedometer Yearbook (Atwater, OH)

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Porta e Count Board of lvducatlon WARD W DAVIS Presldent HAROLD MILLER III' Rblf RT C bk I DINC Membel Membex ARI I PPI K. 1 Vino Pluldc-nt INIKIIIIXI CALVIN RAUSCH Clerk and Supcrintendcm of Portage County Schouls 6

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IIOPKIINN I RINT Will L-h rrrettsyillf tP1eture ho 83 Thrs frrst grrstmrll rn Portage County located on Srlyer Creek rn Garrettsyrlle was burlt rn 1804 on a portrorr of the 400 acres purchased by John Carrett for 111 '31 per acre Thrs mrll rs unrque srnce rt strll operates by water power JOHN BROWN HOLNI' Deerfreld ienter tP1cture No 93 Thrs house located on Route 14 has belonged to the Hary ey lngledue fanrrly srnce Noy 6 1904 Noah Grant Jud e George Tod and Owen Brown lryed at drfferent trmes rn thrs house Noah and Rachel Grant were the grandparents of General Ulysses S Grant Jesse Grant the father of Ulysses worked as a boy for George Tod who was the father of Goy ernor Dayrd Tod Owen Brown was the father of John Brown the famous abolrtronrst HIGHLAND H01 SF Route I4 On hilltop southeast of Campbellsport tPrcture No 103 Justrn Eddy founder of Eddysburg llater known as Edrnburgl burlt thrs house rn 1915 Two mystery rooms rn the basement are sard to haye been used by Theodore Clark an abolrtronrst for the shelterrng of slayes enroute to Canada yra the underground rarlw ay PA! N11 LA HOTI' L-fPieture No 113 Another hotel of the earlv per rod of Portage County hrstory was thrs structure rn Palmyra Thrs was an rmportant statron on the Prttsburgh Cleyeland Stage Lrne The stone threshold of thrs structure rs badlv worn a good three rnches by the thousands of feet passrng through rts door YF 01 Dl' BRKK Mantua fPrcture No 123 lsrrcks made at Mud Mrll were used rn the constructron of thrs house rn 1825 whrch replaced a log tayern on the same srte Jonathan Atwater burlt the house 'lhrs was on the Cleyeland Prttsburgh road used rn those davs for transportrng great quantrtres of sprces between the two large towns Judge Amir Atwater a orothcr of Jonathan walked here from Connectrcut Whrle here he suryeyed the townshrp noyv bearrng the Atwater name NTRILEFSBORO WI F LHLRCH tPrcture N0 133 Thrs burldrng erected rn 1851 was orrgrnally a Baptrst church It rs not exactly known when the change to the Methodrst creed occurred Howeyer the church lrke the Atwater Congregatronal Church strll stands as 'r beautrful example of New England archrtecture Any one of the churches rn Portage County of thrs era mrght yy ell be used as a Hallmark Chrrstmas card PPNNSYI VANIA AND OHIO LANAI fPicturl Nr 143 Traces of thrs canal are found throughout the center ot the county from east to west Thrs canal operated from Beayer I-alls Pa to Akron From Akron to Cleyeland the Ohro Canal was used Thrs 80 mrle canal cost about S900 000 00 Phe frrst boat the Mohawk of Trppecanoc passed through rn 1840 The Beayer Falls to Prttsburgh trrp was completed on the Ohro Rryer Wrth the adyent of the C 8: P Rarlroad rn 1851 the canal was Just southwest of lxent an aqueduct of hand hewn stone led the waters of Plum Creek under the canal At other pornts rn the Lountv the canal w rs crrrred oycr creeks not hrgh enough rn eleyatron to act as feeders for the can rl Nlrrrrl on wall of Probate Court Offue rn Portage bounty fourt House tsee Dlyrsion Page No 1453 Thrs prcture was submrtted rn about 1955 as a possrble mural for the Unrted States Post Offrce at Rayenna Ohro Although rt was not selected rt rs consrdered an excellent document of Ohro hrstory The parnter Mrs bar ah Faber Allman a relatrye of the Faber Pencll manufacturer was a trnv lrttle artrst who lryed rn Ravenna for many years Her art trarnrng was taken ln Prttsburgh and New York One of her works was a mural rn the Chrldren s Ward of Robrnson Memorral Hosprtal srnce parnted oyer when the hosprtal was remodeled When Nlrs Faber was struck by a car rn 1940 at the 'rge of 75 years she lay durrng her frnal days rn thrs same room yy hrch drsplay ed her parntrng tCourtesy of Judge Clay Dretrrch and Cyrus Plough! 1111 I ARD 10TTAt1L Aurora tPic tured rn Aurora Seetron Page 173 Archrbald the son of Pastor Samuel R Wrllard of the Aurora Baptrst Church became a parnter of renown He rs best known as a parnter of battle scenes Hrs Sprrrt of 46 rs known oy er all Amer rca At one trme thrs parntrng was parnted on the krtchen door but later rnhabrtants perhaps not realrzrng the srgnrfrcance parnted oy er the orrgrnal Wrllard sketch HOMI' OF PORTAGL LOLNTY IIINTOIJLAL SOLII1 T1 twu Dry rsron 1 age between Admlnrstratron Page and 5111001 Page 113 The rntcrcstrng., part of the story about thrs future home of the Portage County llrstorrcal Socrety rs the story ot the gatew ay The arch was constructed by Mr John Lowrre rn 1052 at the age of 85 years The two columns are part of the front of the old Beebe House formerly on North Clrnton Street The part of the house that was constructed frrst was burlt rn 1825 and used as the Tappan Female Semrnary The drryrng rnfluence back of rts construction was the wrfe of Wrllram Tappan who was Sarah Patterson Sarah Patterson formerly taught a prry ate school for young ladres whrch was located directly opposrte the Court House on the present srte of the Ohro Edrson Company The srze of the burldrng whrch housed the orrgrnal Tappan Female Semrnary was 41 x 115 feet The VVrllram Tappan mentioned aboye was a brother of Benjamrn Tappan the founder of Ray enna Perhaps we haye mrssed many other landmarks of our one hundred frftv years of Portage County hrstory but rf we haye left wrth you some rdea of the rmportance of our county to the sesqurcentennral background of Ohro then we feel that the dedrcatron of thrs year s book has not been rn yarn THE SPEEDOMETER COMMITTEE .J 5 K. 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Portage Count Attendance Department Left to right W rlma Hearrell clerk secretary Raymond C Mnllaly attendance offuer Judge Clay Dretrreh POLTAUI' GOI NTY IROBATL COURT-JLVLNIIL DIVISION A tot rl of 122 rttendrnet erses yyere referred to the eountv attendance department durrng the 1951 195.2 school year Lases were referred by school prrncrpals parents and prryate citizens vsho felt that a chrld yyas rnrssrng, more school than necessary NVhen a case rs fust referred to the attendance department an offrcral yyarnrng notice rs sent by the county attendance oftrcer to the parents or those legally responsible for the childs attendance of school On the second referral of any case the attendance officer makes a personal call at the home and either warns the chrld or par ents personally 01 files an off cal charge against them rn the Juyenrle Court After charges are frled the case b comes 'r del nquency case rnd rs referred to Judge Clay Dretrrch of the Juyenrle Court Durrng the past year Judge Dretrreh heard 15 trusrncy cases which were frled against chrldren Offrcral dispositions handed doyyn by Judge Dietrich resulted rn ty 0 boys and one grrl being sent to the State Industrral Schools A number ol contributing, crsrs y are filed rgrrnst parents for not C'illNlI'l2., then chrldren to rttend school regularly NVarrants were rssutd tor the rrrcst of thesc parents ind they yyere required to rpperr before Judge llretrrch The Ohro lavr requires r chrld to attend school until he reaches the age of lb Heyy eyer he can be excused parents vyho fal to cause the r chrldren to attend school may be arrested bv the county attendance department Hovyeyer rt lb the belief of the attendance department that most attendance cases can and should be yyorked out yyrthout court action Only the most d ffrcult cases enter court which I9 ey rdent by the fact that of the 122 eases referred to the rttend mee department lrst year only 15 were brought before Judge Dretrrch GLOTTO LLI B FOOTBALL INJURY PLND l'he lfootball Injury Fund yy as organized by the Portage Grotto Club rn 1946 vyrth the Amerrcrn Legion act Ing, as co sponsor Its purpose IS to pay the expense of any Portage County high school football player yyho rs injured during, an offreral game or pr actrce session The funds are der ry ed from an annual Football Pr ey reyy held each year just pr ror to beginning., of the regular season Under present rules the fund will pay up to S500 on the expense of any football pl ry er yyrth the exception ot dental rnyurres Payment for dental rnyurres rs lrmrted to S50 During the eight years rn vyhrch the fund has been operated rt has paid the entrre medrcal and hosprtal expenses tor 898 boys yyho suffered rnjurres rn football The total cost of thrs seryrce to date has been approxr mately S19 S40 The annual Ifoothall Prureyy rs the sole source of funds for this proyect and the entrre recerpts are spent for injury pay ments All expanses rnd seryrces necessary for the rdmrnrstr rtron of the fund are don rted by mem bers of the Porta,L Grotto Club rnd the Xmerrcan legion 7 1 ' 1 r' . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . . ' Y 9 ' e Y r 5 , ' ' ' ' . 1 - 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 2 4 2 E 1 ,Z . . 1 . 1 1 W 1 1 1 .' , I l - I f . 1 1 '1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1' ' 1 ' 11 ' H 1 , ' 11 1 .. , . . 1 1 1 K 1 N4 1 1 ' ' ' 1 L1 l L K1 1 : : 5 1 ' x ' 1 ' . . 1 1 L 5 . - V h. C i K C Q A1 L Z ' 1 1 ' ' 7 ' ' 1 I ' 1 1 1 ' ' -1 i f 'z : - ' - ' 1 fa' J ' Q ' , 1 Y ' ' 1 , - Q 1 111- 1 1 1- 1 1 1. . 1 1 1 'SL1 , ' . 1 1 1 1 K. K. 1 1 1 A1 2 l 1 . . ' 1 Q 2 . ' 1 , ' 1 1 1 ' 1 .. 1 ' 1 . . ' 14 A. 1 1. 1 1 1, 1 , . K, from school at the age of 16 if he obtains a full time job and a working permit. Children violating this law or . 1 q . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 V 1' ' 4 I ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' I 1 1 'F 1 L. -. . 1 1 2 1 1 1 - Et- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ay ' 1' . 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 ' 1 ' --- 1 - 1 'V 1 ' 1 ' 1' 1' 2 ' - ' ,. 1 .1 -1 B. 1. A . . 1 'S 1 1 1 ' B. 1 1 'A1 ' ' 1 1' ,- 1 ' '1 C 1 .1 ' 1 ..' . 1 L 1' - 1 1 1 1 1' .- 1 1 1 1 ' L. 1' . 1' ' ,. 1 1 K ' x . 1 B. 1 ..' 1' 1 1 1 1 -. 1 1 1 2 1 1 1' , ,A1 ' ' 1 ' ' 1s1 1 L1 A. , ,. X. Z A. . 1' K. 5.5. 1.1 1 I ' 'L. .2 ' 1 1 Z .. - 1 1 1 1 11 1, ' 1 1 I1 i I 1 1' 1 A y' .