New London High School - Wildcat Yearbook (New London, OH)

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fbecficaiian We the class of 1953 are p ro ud to be graduatlng from New London Hagh School In thus hlstorlcal year since this year marks the one hundredth year that New London has been an Incorporated vnllage We also wash to commemorate Ohuo on nts 150th brrthday The furst settler of the present vlllage of New London was John Corey who erected the furst log cabin nn 1816 From 1817 to 1882 New London was called Merrufneld Settlement from 1822 to 1837 Knnsleys Corners and from 1840 to 1853 Klngs Corners In 1850 the Cleveland Columbus Clnclnnatl and lndnanapolns ranlroad started t r n through the town and the place grew rapudly ln the fall of 1853 the village embracung about enght hundred acres of land was Incorporated The furst councnl proceedungs are recorded for December 3 1853 ln 1851 and 1872 the VI age suffered from nts fnrst serlous flres By 1909 New London contained about one thousand five hundred unhabntants most ly descendants of New England and New York famulnes The fzrst whute settlers came to what us now Ohro IH 1772 Marnetta founded In 1788 was the flrst permanent whute settlement Ohlos furst caputol bulldlng was erected at Chullucotne nn Ross Coun ty nn 1801 The flrst leglslature follow Ing adm ttance of Ohuo as the seven teenth state met there In the sprung of 1803 Everyone knows that Ohno has produc ed some of the greatest men of our country Stx of the Presldents of the Unlted States were born lnere They were W McKinley J A Garfleld W H Taft W H Harrison R B Hayes and W G Hardung ThomasA Eduson one of our country s greate t nnventors was born nn Ohlo Slnce this IS such o memorable year for New London and Ohlo we the graduating class of 1953 wlsh to dedlcate thus year s WILDCAT to the one hundredth birthday of our vlllage New London and to the one hundred and fiftieth bnrthday of our state Ohio Frances Sylvester

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jar Memmiam Mr Edglngton We the Class of l953 dedicate thus page of our yearbook to the memory of Mr Russell Edward Edglngton father of Russell Lee New London s senlor fullback and Wnllnam also a football player Last September whale engaged In repanr work for the Northern Ohlo Telephone Company Mr Edglngton suffered the accndent which cost has llfe A native of Cardmgton Ohlo Mr Edgnngton served as manager of the telephone companys branch at New London for seven years Six months prlor to hus death he became manager of the facnlltres at Oberlun Before comlng to New London Russ as he was known to has many f r 1 en d s served as assistant manager for the company ln Wlllard A sports enthusiast himself Mr Edgnngton was well known un this area as a baseball and softball umpire He never massed a basketball or football game not only be ause he received a great satisfaction from seeing has sons play but also because he loved any klnd of athletic contest He was very actuve un fund ralslng campaigns for the school and was always wlllung to help the school In any way he could With thus memorlam we wash to honor not only Mr Edglngton for hlsgnterest and service to the school and our class but also all parents and friends who have glven heavily of thenr time and energy to help us In all of our school actnvntues P Q 0 I I W ' I I I . . . I I ' i . . . I - I ' I I ' I I - - II II ' I I . . ' . . I , . F . . . , s.. I I .

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