Perrysburg High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Perrysburg, OH)

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1929 Vg BLACK AND GOLD 5 -1929 In 1875, the county seat was moved from Perrysburg to Bowling Green. Although Perrysburg could not become a great commercial city, it became a beautiful village, enriched by historical associations, and a position on the bank of the beautiful Maumee River. The first movement toward common school education in the Maumee Valley was a meeting held in the Presbyterian Church, at Perrysburg in 1837. Perrysburg High School was founded by A. D. Wright, in 1849, with an attendance of 50. Since that time thef School. has increased to the number of 265 in the High School and 600 in the grades. When Willard V. Way died in 1875, he left a sum of money to the School. The interest, amounting to 31200, is given every. four years as a scholarship, to some student who is selected by a competitive examination. Mr. Way also left the sum of 315,000 for a public library, which was established in 1881, and of which the present building was dedicated in 1892. Perrysburg High School is one of the outstanding schools of its size in this region. It belongs to the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and to the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools. Perrysburg has unusual advantages for a town of its size, and the aim of the faculty' and students of its school is to do their work as to merit these advantages and the reputation of being one of the best. Ten

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i929 3 BLACI2-AND GOLD 3 1929 that, if it would be named Perryville, or Perrytown-or in some other form, which may always remind us of the victory of Erie-it would be a good policy. Although there had been a settlement here, the War of 1812 had destroyed it, leaving only charred cabins and the graves of those who had not fled. Soon large boats began to come, bringing passengers, salt, merchandise and lumber and taking back a store of furs, fish and corn. Homes, stores and sawmills appeared. The town fl-ourished in spite of its rivals, Orleans and Maumee, Maumee was then the county seat of Wood County. In 1822 the county seat was moved to Perrysburg, in spite of the protests of Perrysfburg's rivals. ln the years from 1828 to 1840, there was as much commercial business trans- acted at Perrysburg as at any other Lake Erie port, except Cleveland and Buffalo. The furs, meats and other raw materials of the surrounding regions of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio were forwarded from -here, and in return, manufactured articles from the east were distributed from here. 'iSpaffords Exchange, established in 1822-23 by Samuel Spafford is important in the town's history. The stories of its bell and its distinguished guests from time to time have contributed much to the traditions of Perrysburg. Although Perrysburg was an important port, the building of ships drawing more water, and the failure of the Government to dredge the River up to Perrysburg caused its importance as a commercial center to decline. Nine nz' W, i .4

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29 Q BLAOTKTAND GOLD 3 1929 T ADIJI sNnsTRATuON gulf, 7 T Tx 'xi -v QQ a s, - V COUNTY A X SUPEPINTENDENT X f OP SCHOOLS X f Q X x .X N K FACULTY x X g N 5 BOARD OF EDUCATION A H