Euclid Shore High School - Shore Log Yearbook (Euclid, OH)

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1930 Lord, thou'st made the world too beautiful this year. — Edna St. Vincent Millay. OVERNIGHT the world has be- come enchanted. Some impish fay who calls the Aurora Borealis home has thrust us into a maze of beauty. This morning when I insin uated my head out of the window, I realized that I had been transported. On my trek to school, I watched the sun rise red out of a blue dusk and turn all the world into a spark- ling wilderness of rubies. What fun to live in a world of glass! All the fields are dancing with sparks of light. Every grass blade and weed is sheathed in ice. The trees look like table-decoration crystal trees, and the forest is a vast center-piece. In the east, where the dawn light brightens, there are deep purple shadows in the snow, and the red light streaming through the branches stains the drifts like light through ca- thedral windows. When the wind stirs the boughs, they ring like Chinese wind chimes, with a fragile tinkle, until I hold my breath lest the whole glass world shatter into a glittering heap. At night, the ground looks like a jeweler's window display of cold blue diamonds. The trees are great webs of silver against the moon, and in the frozen stillness nothing is heard but the elfin tune the wind plays. The world is sprinkled for a few magic hours with shining star dust. E. A. '31. A PETITION Lord, give me two wide-open, childlike eyes j That I may see The wonders of the world in glad surprise And thankful be That I should be allowed to share Thy earth. Roam on it free Have all its beauteous, mystic folds unfurled By Thee, for me. May Pyle '30. Pag e seven

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Porthole History of Euclid ( Continued) natives of Euclid. Dille lived the remainder of his long life in Euclid and died there, a soldier, pioneer and parent. Shortly afterward, five young m en came from Washington County, Pennsylvania, to look for land. Four made selections along the main road; namely: Shaw. Mcllrath, Ruple, and William Coleman. In the fall of 1804 these men began work, cleared the land, built log cabins, and brought their families to their new homes. Jacob Coleman, an uncle of William, settled along Nine Mile Creek in 1805. The forest of gigantic trees was well supplied with deer and bears, while an occasional panther added a flavor of danger to the chase. Coon hunting occupied a great deal of time because it provided not only food but because coonskins brought a good price at Cleveland and Newburg and could be traded for things of necessity. The particular pet of Euclid seems to have been the rattlesnake. John Ruple at one time killed thirty- eight and Luther Dille killed forty-three. It was a great sport for boys to go out and kill these reptiles. The people of Euclid brought with them their reverence for religion and the first church in Cuyahoga County was organized in Euclid in 1 807. In 1808 John Adams settled on the main road on Euclid Creek where he remained 10 years and then sold out to John Wilcox. In 1809 Abraham Bishop of New York settled on the ridge. He was wealthy, and brought with him a large assortment of plow-irons, chains, etc., all of which found ready sale among the settlers. The next year he built a saw mill on the East branch of Euclid Creek. This was the first mill of any type in the township. In the forepart of 1810 the civil township of Euclid was organized, which also included unoccupied territory along the Chagrin River. The first town meeting was held on the 22nd day of April, 1810, at the dwell- ing of Walter Strong. The offices were: trustees, overseers of the poor, fence viewers, appraisers, a lister, a treasurer, constable, and a supervisor of highways. When the War of 1812 broke out the people of Euclid felt them- selves to be in a particularly dangerous position, exposed to assaults from British armed vessels on the lakes, and facing possible raids from Indians by land. When they heard the report that the British and Indians were making murderous progress down the lake they hitched up their oxen and whoie families moved east where they were stopped by the swollen con- dition of the Chagrin River. William Coleman rode to Cleveland for news and found out that the British had surrendered. The Euclidites moved back to their homes and stationed troops at the mouth of Euclid reek. Perry's battle then ended all the alarms of the people. (Continued on page 86) Page six

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