Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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Him' ' aajian S l l O. W. LENHART Superintendent Lowellville Public Schools College of Wooster, B.S. Columbia University. M.A. School Administration Major-Mathematics, Science

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OH IO'S 150th BIRTHDAY THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO Each element in the official Seal of the State of Ohio has a special meaning. The rising sun in the background denotes a new day for the common man. The hills are part of the western slope of the Alleghenies. The sheaf of wheat bespeaks the bounties of nature as found in Ohio. The seventeen arrows symbolize unity with the sixteen states which joined the Union before Ohio. OHIO IN 1803 The country is agreeably diversified with hill and dale, and except where the axe and the plough have been employed, is covered with vast and majestic forests. Rivers and creeks intersect the region in every direction. The intervals are very fertile: and, on the borders of the rivers and creeks, the bottom-lands are from half a mile to a mile and a half, and sometimes more, in width, with great depth of soil. So wrote Thaddeus Mason Harris, author of THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR, when he made a trip into Ohio in the spring of 1803. Beaver, buffalo, deer, elk, and bear roamed the forests and the broad mead- ows. There were many smaller .animals and several hundred species of bird life. including wild swans, geese and ducks. An abundance of fish rounded out the wild life of a region which was a ver- itable hunter's paradise. The timber from the forests furnished building material, and the fertile soil pro- duced food in abundance. It would seem that these Ohio pioneers of 1803 would have been fully occupied with the tasks of clearing the land and building their cabins. Yet, busy as they were, they established a government, and Ohio be- came the first state carved from the North- west Territory. OHIO TODAY Ranking thirty-fourth in area and fifth in population, the Buckeye State of today may be described as a cross section of American commerce, industry, and agri- culture. Ohio's wealth lies in its natural resources, its great industrial centers, its vast and fertile plains, and in its hilly sections where mining is extensive. The state's manufacturing and production facilities put it first in an extraordinary variety of products and enterprises - machine tools, rubber, ceramics, nuts and bolts, matches, oilcloth, bicycles, cranes, derricks, playing cards, china, soap, safes, and vaults. It ranks second in the produc- tion of automobile parts, paper boxes, and blast furnace productsg third in paints, varnishes, an-d lighting fixtures, fourth in chemicals, aviation and men's clothingg fifth in footwear. Ohio is rich in mineral resources-coal. shale, limestone, sandstone, marl, peat, gypsum, salt, and petroleum - and it is a leading producer of brick and tile, pot- tery, and steel. Much of the United States flows through Ohio, and the state excels in transportation facilities. The story of Ohio is the romance of empire building -the story of stout men and brave women who from a. savage wilderness made a great state.

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Admzmzubmizm D. I.. METZGER Principal Lowellville High School College of Wooster, B.S. Columbia University, M.A. School Administration Major--Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics