Hopewell Loudon High School - Scarlet and Grey Yearbook (Bascom, OH)

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pg mmm-mmm m' For several years it was evident that un- less the people of this district consolidated the one room schools, this territory would be divided among the surrounding districts, also, that the cost of maintaining the one room schools and transporting the high sdhool pupils to other high schools was equal to or greater than the other consolidated schools in the county. For the betterment of our community, in the year l937, the Hopewell-Loudon Town- ship Board of Education then composed ot the following members: I. L. Border, Presi- dent: Ed. W. Kelbley, Vice-President, Lewis W. Comer, Homer H. Dewald, and L. B. Summer, Clerk, arranged a meeting with the Loudon Township Board of Education then composed of the following members: Lloyd Myers, President, M.D.Coppus, Ralph Fox, Warren Adams, George Lonsway, and Paul Pember, Clerk. At this meeting it was agreed to meet with the County Board of Education for the purpose of joining the two townships into one school district. It was decided to disban-d the Hopewell Township and the Loudon Township Boards of Educa- tion and form a new school board, to be known as the Hopewell-Loudon Rural School Board. The County School Board at this time ap- pointed the following members to repre- sent the new district: M. D. Coppus, R. C. Fox, I. L. Border, H. H. Dewald, and L. B. Summer. After assuming their new duties as board members, I. L. Border was elected president: M. D. Coppus, vice president: and Paul Pem- ber was selected as clerk. After consulting several architects on the probable cost of a new building of sufficient Capacity to take care of the pupils in this district, the Board of Education decided that the time had arrived to Carry the facts to the citizens of the new Hopewell-Loudon District for their decision. C. H. Shively, architect of Fremont, Ohio, was asked to prepare an es- timate for a bond issue to build and equip a new school building. After examining many new schools in the state and, due considera- tion given, the Board of Education agreed to submit a bond issue of iB180,000 to the people for their approval at the regular November election, 1937. When the votes were counted it was found that the bond issue had failed by a small margin. The Board of Education then applied to the Public Works Adminis- tration for a Federal Grant which in due time was approved and again they prepared to submit a bond issue to the people. This bond issue was for S200,000. The P. W. A. prom- ised 390,000 providing the people ot the district would approve a bond issue for Sll0,- 000. The facts were given immediately to the citizens by public meetings and distribution of one thousand leaflets. When the election was over and ballots counted, it was found that 7l'Xt of the voters had approved the project. The bonds were sold to Seasongood and Mayer at 2 3-4'X: interest and premium of 551,651.85 for a twenty-three year period on August l6, l9i38. When the bids were opened, S. A. Schieber and Son of Bucyrus, Ohio, was low bidder. The school district as it stands today com- prises aboutt 70 square miles with a tax val- uation of S5,764,520. One now sees the building in a complet- ed and tangible form as it is presented to the community. The people of the Hopewell- Loudon School district can say with pride that they live in a community with a new modern school building and equipment com- parable to any in the state. The members of the School Board appre- ciate your help, patience, and forbearance, and it is the desire of the members that they have not disappointed you in this project. L. B. Summer, President.

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Jima' l an.aLHAaq,.. O BUILD a store ot golden memories which our classmates will treasure in future days, to record on the stones of time the principal events of this, one per- fect year, and to carve for other friends as may see these pages a realistic scene of the intimate and invigorating life ot Hopewell- Loudon High School has been the aim ot the Senior class of 1940. Published by The Firsl Senior Class of Hopewell-Loudon I-Egh School. Bascom. Ohio 1 C 1 z

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Three things are to be looked to in a building: That it stand on the right spot That it be securely foundedg That it be successfully executed. -Goethe. FINANCING Bond lssue ., 7,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,. i,,,, S1l0,000 P. W, A. Grant ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .,,,,,,,, S 90,000 ARCHITECT C. H. Shively, Fremont, Ohio GENERAL CONTRACTORS S. A. Schieber and Son, Bucyrus, Ohio HEATING AND VENTILATING The W. R. Rhoton Co., Cleveland, Ohio PLUMBING AND SEWAGE Charles C. Danner, Lima, Ohio ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Strasser and Son, Upper Sandusky, Ohio TERRAZZO Venetian Marble Mosaic Co., Tiffin, Ohio LATHING AND PLASTERING Virgil Chandler, Bucyrus, Ohio GLASS AND GLAZING Ohio Plate Glass Co., Toledo, Ohio ROOFING AND SHEET METAL Charles Hoffman Co., Mansfield, Ohio ffllulfrmww' F. l. Herr Printing Co, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, C olumbus, Strasser and Son ,,,,.,,,,i,,,,,,,,i, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,, U pfp er Sandusky, Devry Corporation Kl..ewis Myers? .,,,,, ,,,,,,, ,,,.. F r eniont, Ohio Power Co, ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,, , , ,.r, ,,,,, ,,,,,,, F o storia, Fremont Hardware Co. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,, F remont, The Kewaunee Mfg. Co. ,,,, Kewaunee, Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Wis. Beckley Cardy Co. i,,...,, Chicago, Ill.