Trumbull County Public Schools - Annual Yearbook (Trumbull County, OH)

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Lordlstown LORDSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS ' FACULTY OF JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH ' XV. E. Melvin, Superintendent E. P. Van Auken, Principal Mary E. Bourquin Elizabeth Schwed Eva Beil . MEMBERS OF BOARD ELEMENTARY GRADE FACULTY Olive Moser Eva Van Auken Mrs. Helen Shaw Charlotte Vesey OF EDUCATION A. A. McCorkle, President M. J. Kistler, Clerk J. H. White Cllarles Fullerton Seymour Kibler R. S. Montgomery

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lLoir stown History of School The first school districts in Lordstown Township were laid out in 1828, but the first school was not opened until six years later. This first school was a small log building located at the center. The teacher received the princely salary of four dollars per month, three dollars to be paid in cash and one to be paid in farm products. 4 In 1840 a new frame building replacfed the log structure, and Prev. King was secured to teach a select school. From this time u11t.il the present Lordstown has been exceedingly blessed with preacher teachers. With a few exceptions all the teachers and later principals and superintendents were ministers, or became such later. In 1838 the old Eden Academy was organized by the Rev. Samual Deford. This institution continued until 1870 during which period some of the foremost educators of the state were turned out. In 1870 the building was sold and the school discontinued. In In 1875 the Lordstown Education Society was formed. This organization purposed to engage teachers for a graded school, and to pay them, from its own t-reasurery, the amount necessary to employ competent teachers, in addition to the amount allowed by the township, This was the beginning of the present highschool at Lordstown. ' - In 1905 the school was chartered as a third grade high school, and in 1913 a second grade charter was obtained. Three years later, the new building was completed, which, at the time was the finest in the county- A first grade charter was obtained in 1919. Since centralization of the schools, the following superintendents have served at Lordstown. A. L. Bascom, Rev. Partz, B. R. Jones, and W. E. Melvin. Mr. Melvin is now serving his third year in the position.

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Lordstown i LORDSTOWN SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA , Boys Baseball y ess u year though all the schools with which .The Lordstown Baseball team has had a fairl succ f 1 . Al , . it contested were larger, Lordstoen was able to be on the long end of the score in all but two games. The lineup is: Lawrence, 2nd base Wilson, P. James, lst base Platt, P. Messersmith, 3rd base Divley C. Elsesser S. The outfielders were Dean. J ames, Orr, Schmidt, Poprik and Woods. Some tutes. All of them, however, had a chance to show their skill in some of the games. The score of the games played are as follows: Lordstown - - - - - - -23 Lordstown , , - - , 6 Lordstown - - , - , 4 Lordstown 5 Lordstown ........, 4 Southington .,,. Tienna ...... Howland - - - Champion - - Braceville- - of these acted as substi o 2 8 2 8 Through graduation the team will lose James Wilson, student manager, and Roy James, Captain.