Hicksville High School - Hixonian Yearbook (Hicksville, OH)

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som Qsborn as The TirsT schoolmasTer oT Tive pu- pils began To climb The Tree oT knowledge. The early social liTe probably cenTered around The picTuresque general sTore where The news was read and discussed. The opening oT a ho- Tel by John Swilley in I855 and The building oT The BalTirnore and Ohio Railroad in I874, were imporTanT sTeps on The ladder oT progress Tor Hicksville. When Hicksville was incorporaTed in l876, T. C. KimrnonT was elecTed Mayor. During This period several prominenT business houses were esTablished, banks were charTered, lodges were organized, and laTer The Huber TheaTer be- gan enTerTaining eager audiences. To record The conTemporary news, as well as To preserve The accounT oT pasT achievemenTs, is The duTy as- sumed by lvl. J. Schell, who ediTs The News- Tribune . Hicksville remembers our own celebraTed ac- Tress, Amelia Bingham: The leader oT The HarT's Girl Band, Mr. O. V. HarT, and all The oTher ciTizens who have conTribuTed To The progress oT our home Town. To conclude, may l say ThaT Hicksville is The TiTle oT a living drama oT an indeTiniTe number ol: acTs and scenes in which a cross secTion oT lile is TaiThTully porTrayed. -JAM ES BALTZ. lWiTh The cusTornary apologies To Ben EdgerTon and George PaTTersonl

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I-IICKSVILLE Hicksville, a lypical small lown io some, buf The lovliesi village of lhe plain lo her naiive sons and daughrers, celebrales her hundrelh birlhday lhis year. Our lillle communily is 'rhe direci resull ol specularion by agenrs of Jrhe Hicks Land Com- pany, who secured fhe land in Jrhis region so lhal' rhey mighl sell lhe lerlile acres al a prolir lo lhe slurdy pioneers migraling from lhe Easlern Slales. Since lhis lerriiory was io be developed and improved, lvlr. John Byran was appoinled manager and general promoier. According io inslruclions he employed assislanls lo survey lhe land and selecl a sire for rhe village. However, liiile progress was made unlil A. P. Edgerlon was engaged lo direcl lhe proiecl: A panorama of several log cabins, siluafed al lhe crossing ol lwo so-called roads greeled Mr. Edgerfron as he approached. Shorjrly alrer his arrival lhis very eiclicieni business man proved his abiliiy by selling a hundred acres of land buf aflrer rhis lransaclion sales were few and lar be- iween. Wilh lhe selllemeni ol a few families, communilry life began. When lhe mail roule was begun in l838 The mail coach arrived al irregular inlervals of +wo weeks. Through Jrhe ellorls of lraveling minislers and evangelisrs who slopped in Hicksville, regu- lar worship services were slarfed. Thus began our principal churches wilh lhe lvleihodisls as rhe lirsr religious body in Hicksville. Wirh Ran-

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