McClure High School - McClurean Yearbook (McClure, OH)

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McC.H.S. llllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIllllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIlllllllIIIIIIIIIlG lilIIlllllllllllIllIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS Thirty years ago there were nine district schools in the township. The township high school was organized in the fall of 1903, and the upper floor of the building now occupied by the Gem Theater was the opening place of the school. Mr. Jacob Love, now of Clyde, Ohio, conducted an entrance examination and about 30 boys and girls were found to be qualified to enter the high school. The first class to be graduated consisted of three persons. Since that time 255 students have gone from the school, many of them are today holding positions of honor and trust. About 20 of the 80 students of the last six classes have attended institutions of higher learning. About 1904 the high school was moved to the new frame build- ing at the south end of town. This building is now doing barn duty on the farm of Mr. Hefflinger north of town. After much discussion and a few bond issue attempts, a bond issue carried in 1914, for 535,000 and the present structure was erected in 1915. The building is shown on page four of this book. It is now housing the children formerly taken care of in the nine district schools, excepting those now going from the township to Grand Rapids and Malinta. Four grade teachers are now caring for the children, with the exceptions noted above, that nine teachers taught in the nine rural schools. , The second floor of the present building is used by the eight grades, there being four recitation rooms and a rest room. The assembly, two recitation rooms, library and oflice are on the first floor. A basement room is used for manual training. McClure corporation, according to the census man, lost two per- sons in the past 10 years, the population now is 431. Damacus township had a population of 1,513 in 1920, while now it has a population of l,357. Damascus township had a popu- lation of 489 in 1840. The school district last year had a school population of about 290, while about 250 of this number were in school. The valuation of the school district is S2,850,000. S

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6206.1-H5 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIllllIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIHINI IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IHIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL BOARD RAY JENNINGS, Pres. GUY SHAFFER, V-Pres. DENTON MASON, Clerk GAIL McCLURE W CHAUNCEY CONNOLLY MR. AND MRS. BURWELL, who keep us warm and clean.

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