Archbold High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Archbold, OH)

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The bell which rests in front of the elementary building reminds onlookers of the old school is located in front of the elementary building. This bell used to be in the bell tower of the old school building. During their noon hour, some of the older boys would go up to the bell tower and play cards. The teachers often had a problem getting the boys to come down from the tower for classes. The coming of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad through Archbold was a big boost to the town’s growth. As in all small towns in America during the early days, the railroad was the lifeline of Archbold. Around 1900 the depot caught fire. Those who answered the fire bell thought it was the best fire Blackboards were essential in the old school system 9

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in the same year that George Ditto came from Scot- land. Goll settled about four miles northwest of Dit- to. During thirty years, Goll cleared over fifty acres of farm land, but he is most remembered by students and adults for the area he did not clear - Goll's Woods, As more people settled in this community, it be- came necessary to provide schools. Little red brick, one room schoolhouses were built. Because school buses were unheard of in the early days, walking was the only way for these children to get to school. A large, imposing, pop-bellied stove heated the school; it was either at the center or at one end of the room. Those sitting closest to it roasted, while those sitting The little red brick, one room schoolhouse farthest away froze. Many students are familiar with the bell which Drinking water was kept in a pail in the back of the school 8

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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Depot they had seen for a long time, that is, everyone ex- hard and Archbold might have had a new train station, cept a seed merchant who had grain stored in the Another feature of transportation in Archbold was freight house. If it had not been for his shouts of des- the Toledo and Indiana lnterurban Railway. Its 55.8 peration, the firefighters may not have worked so mile stretch extended from Toledo to Bryan. In Arch- New York Central train when steam engines were in use