TOM'S CLOCK
FROM MY DESTOP TO YOURS: Woooo-ooo-ooo. My head’s spinning. I’ve been working on the “National Register of Historic Places Registration Form” for about a week, and running back and forth from home to the shop (and vice-versa) – and it’s hard to settle down. I haven’t worked so intensely on any project since I was in college. But I did finish, and got the form off to Susan Tietz – the National Register and Inventory Manager at the Ohio Preservation Office in Columbus. Her office will review the form and tell me where I went wrong. It may take several tries.
The form was only eight pages (in my case 10), along with 2 sets of (11 pix each) 4”x6” annotated b & w photographs, and 11 (300 ppi) color photograph duplicating the b & w pix. The directions for the 8 page form consisted of 81 plus pages.
What an interesting experience.
BROWSER PROBLEMS: I mentioned some last week about folks who appear to be having some problems opening “VV”. Due to the fact that I’ve heard from several persons I contacted my provider and they sent me the following message:
I hope that helps. But I need mention that the net (like all the technology around us) is changing rapidly. With the introduction of the “smart phones” and the various types of “ipad” instruments the Internet also must adapt to provide services. (After all it is about money.) This undoubtedly means that webpages, etc. will have to be created / written differently in the very near future to accommodate them. And that means that browsers may not be able to read everything (at least for awhile).
ANOTHER VV ADD-ON: Some will note that “VV” now has a way to sign-up to received notification of each new edition each week. I’ve wanted to have something like it for years. It’s an easy way for new viewers to subscribe. I don’t know how long I’ll keep it. But for now it seems like a reasonable idea. If it encourages spammers as my former email software did it’ll been in the trash before sundown.
JUST A CLOSER WALK: This week I’m using a piano recording of "A Closer Walk" (to thee) by jazz pianist Joe Krown as background music. Nobody knows who exactly wrote the piece. But some circumstantial evidence strongly suggests it dates back to southern African-American churches of the 2nd half of the 19th century, or possibly even earlier. The song became better known nationally in the 1930s when African-American churches held huge musical conventions. In the 1940s, a boom of recordings in many genera recorded the number, ranging from Southern gospel to jazz and brass bands. The first known recording of the piece was by the Selah Jubilee Singers on October 8, 1941, in New York City.
A revived interest in traditional New Orleans jazz resulted in multiple recordings of the number, including a 1945 session by Bunk Johnson's Brass Band. In 1950, it was a million-seller for Red Foley. Tennessee Ernie Ford made the charts with it in the late 1950s.
In 1958, Elvis Presley recorded an unreleased home recording of the song. He later made a studio version. By the end of the 1970s, more than a hundred artists had recorded the song.
Speaking just for myself – it’s one of my favorites. You can find it on iTunes.
Historically,
WHEN TIME STOPPED
SIXTH GRADE 1922: Vermilion expatriate Gail Lyons was kind enough to send me this pic (along with several others) from his home in Florida last January. He wrote:
"Rich,
Don’t know if you remember me, but I lived in the old neighborhood. I lived on Decatur and Jefferson St for most of my life while in Vermilion, oh so many years ago. At least it seems that way. I am currently living year round in The Villages Florida. Anyway, I have always read your Vermilion View and enjoy it very much. It always has a surprise or two for me. I have been working on my family history, since I retired back in 1996. I currently have over 3000 people in my family tree. I have done a lot of research into my family history and I have gotten a lot of bits and pieces from VV. Thanks so much.
I did stumble on a bunch of old VHS class pictures that were my mother’s Florence Lyon and her sister’s Mildred Fitzpatrick. There are five of them 1920 1St Grade, 1922 4th Grade, 1922 6th, Grade, 1924 8th Grade, and 1926 7th Grade. My Mother and my aunt are in them."
One of the cool little things I found while looking at this photograph is the little guy with the black eye. I also believe I recognize two other boys in the photo: they are rather well known Vermilionites from the past - Robert Rathbun and Thomas Williams (Sr.). This surely is a great pic...
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A...
VHS OKLAHOMA PRODUCTION: Vermilionite Dave Schwensen sent me the following communique Friday:
"The hit Broadway musical "Oklahoma" will be presented by the Vermilion High School Music Department on March 22, 23 and 24. Performances in the high school auditorium begin at 7 pm.
Tickets are now on sale Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 - 5 pm, and Thursdays from 6 - 9 pm inside the main entrance to the high school at 1250 Sanford Street, Vermilion, OH 44089.
Advance purchase ticket prices are $9 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. At the door day of show prices are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. For more information about tickets and group sales call 440-396-7149.
The Vermilion track team will be hosting a Meatless Spaghetti Dinner prior to the show on Friday, March 23 from 5:30 - 7 pm. Dinner is $7 per person or $6 when purchasing a ticket to "Oklahoma."
"Oklahoma" was the first musical written by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It tells the story of the romance between cowboy Curly McLain and farm girl Laurey Williams as the Oklahoma Territory is about to become a U.S. State in 1906."
Songs include: "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" / "People Will Say We're In Love" / "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" / "Oklahoma"
Have Questions? Contact Contact: Dave @ 440-967-0293.
"South Street School officially opened its doors to the upper six grades (approximately 250 pupils) in the system for the 1927-28 school year"
“MY SCHOOL” – SOUTH STREET: "South Street School is my school."
In 1924 when George Snyder was Vermilion School System Superintendent and Cletus K. DeWitt was “the school” Principal, the Vermilion Board of Education saw a need for an additional school. They were responding to an increased student population caused by the closings of the one-room schools in the rural areas surrounding the village. Toward this end they purchased the old “Pelton Farm” on the south side of a muddy lane called South Street, and selected the Dayton, Ohio architectural firm of Walker and Norwick, along with W.A. Rabold of Canton as architects.
The school known as South Street School officially opened its doors to the upper six grades (approximately 250 pupils) in the system for the 1927-28 school year at a cost of $245,000. This included the building containing an auditorium / gymnasium, a home economics department, a cafeteria, a school shop for manual arts training, a science laboratory, and numerous other amenities not contained in the old State Street facility. Additionally, the property also featured an athletic field and room for several baseball diamonds. It was, to use a rather bromidic idiom, a “state-of-the-art” facility. Vermilion’s education system had entered the 20th century.
As I said at the outset of this essay, “South Street School is my school.” This is because I believe that if one spends enough time in one place the rule of “squatter’s rights” applies, and one is entitled to ownership. South Street School is, therefore, my school. I spent seven years there. (I attended Second Grade - c.1952 - at the old First Congregational Church on Division Street while the new high school was being built.)
I have vivid memories of “my school”. The halls; tan brick walls cool to the touch, dutifully decorated with untouchable red fire alarms and extinguishers. The shiny “marblesque” floors. The three bunyanesque stairwells. The ebb and flow of thunderous laughter and applause rolling from the gymnasium / auditorium echoing from boiler room to roof shaking the unshakeable. The aroma of lunch being prepared in the cafeteria at the southern end of the building. The unintelligible banter of the lunch-ladies. The random clatter of their utensils as they work. Somewhere a cough. Somewhere a song. And then a bell followed by a pure and unbelievable silence.
I remember the day in “my school” when everyone had to relearn the Pledge of Allegiance when the words “Under God” were (God forbid) added. I remember my first dance in the gym; clumsy box-stepping with my partner at arms-length, to Conway Twitty singing “It’s Only Make Believe”; “pegged” pants; flat-topped haircut; and all. I remember Mrs. DeLamatre’s readings from “Stuart LIttle” and “Miss Piggle-Wiggle”; Miss Kovanic directing all to sing the “Erie Canal”; Mr. Utter’s “tic-tactless” breath; and Mr. Sanford's huge hands. And so the memories flow - and the yesteryear’s flown.
In 1944 a Vermilion High School student named Paul Allen wrote the following poem: “Beside Lake Erie Blue / ’Neath skies of azure hue / Vermilion High you stand/ Symbol of a mighty land / Alma Mater, yours will be / Our hearts eternally, / May your spirit never die, / Your banner fly on high”. This, of course, became the Vermilion school Alma Mater. I note that Mr. Allen wrote this when the only school in town was South Street School. So it may be that the esteemed career of “my school” is come to an end. But it’s spirit will forever live in the hearts, minds, and lives of countless persons who, like myself, were fortunate enough to be a part of its history.
THE POSTER WASN'T EXACTLY CORRECT
SHOPTALK: SHOPTALK: I’ve not spent a great deal of time at the MUSEUM this week. But when there I worked mostly on creating some pix and framing them. I went to Goodwill and found some old frames for 40c a piece. (What a deal.) I also took beaucoup pix that accompanied the aforementioned NR form to Columbus. I couldn’t print them there because my good printer (Epson Pro 3800) is at home. And I couldn’t made a CD there because the software I use in the process (Toast 11 Titanium) is on my other computer at home. But the shop actually provides better workspace. Someday I’ll have what I need there.
A BATHROOM: Among the many things I need at the MUSUEM that will help me stay there for whole days at a time is very important. It’s a bathroom. Brother Al has one in his apartment upstairs – but it’s kind of a bother for me to be using it all the time. So I have to run home at times.
I’m hoping that when (and if) we get around to repairing the porch and steps to the apartment at the back of the shop we might be able to fabricate a small bathroom as part of repairing / reconstructing the upstairs porch. When that porch as enclosed a storage room for the shop was also below it. It’s near enough to the existing plumbing that a restroom for the shop might be feasible.
It’s a "long-range" planning goal.
PREOPENING TOURING:I received a telephone call this week from a woman representing a women’s group from the Abbe Road Baptist Church in Elyria. She asked about having their group tour the MUSEUM toward the end of March.
Though we’re not really open for “official” business I acquiesced. It’s a small group. They’ll not be able to see everything. But they’ll get my spiel and have a look at the machines. It’ll be good practice.
Sometimes you don’t know where you’re going until you get there…
VISIT US ON FACEBOOK:Take the time to visit us on Facebook. Click on the badge below and stop in. We'll keep adding pix as we go along. And if you're in the area stop in. I'm usually there in the a.m. If you see a Chevy Silverado out front with the plate "MRCOOKR" come on in and see what's cooking.
AGAIN - ANOTHER NEW (NOW OLD) THING: Initially I said that "This will not take the place of the "Macabre" stuff all the time - but will supplement whilst I search for more macabre stories to tell." But methinks that it's carved out a niche for itself and the "Macabre stuff" with have to find another.
So stay tuned...
February 18, 1904 - Vol VII. No. 37.
The banquet, given on Friday eve, Feb. 19, at the M.W.A. Hall, by the H.G.L. Club in honor of their bridal couples, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Leadrach and Mr. and Mrs. John Dickel, was a great success.
The hall was beautiful decorated with evergreen a... bunting. two silver horseshoes were artistically hung from the center archway. Red and pink carnations were worn by the guests.
After music by the orchestra, congratulations and best wishes were extended to the happy couples who were each then presented with a beautiful rug by the members of the club.
At eleven o’clock the guests were ushered into the dining room where the table literally groaned under its weight of good things, to which ample justice was done.
After supper, dancing was indulged in until the wee small hours, when the guests departed hoping soon to celebrate another such happy events.
Several invited guests were present; among them were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuhlman, Miss Moreland of Vermilion, and Miss Jessie Spaulding of Port Clinton, who is the guest of Miss Helen Blair. -H.G.L.
The following communication was received by Mayor Williams this morning:
In Regards to my turm in the jail at Sandusky do you not think that i have had a nuff Punicement for once. think the mater Over mour and if you think i have Plerse See what you can do for me as i wish to go to the wore ang help Jaan out. dont think that this war Buisness is a Bluf to get out for it is not. if you will relece me i will Promise to Stand remited to my jail sencents if i dont go. you ned not think that i will ever Sho up in vermillion again. however i will write to you ever month until you are satefide that i have enlisted.
haut that fair or i can make something out of myself. i remane as Ever. - Obed Silverweod to Mr. Harry Williams.
The Boys Club has moved from the basement of the Englebry Block to the Ritter building on Grand street.
Sarah Jane Adams was born in Orange County, New York, November 10, 1823. When quite a child her parents moved to Harbour Creek, Pa. she was married to Captain George Shadduck in January, 1840.
They drove to Vermilion and made their home on a farm near which place Mrs. Andrews lived up to the time of her death.
Captain Shadduck died in January 1858.
She was married to Mr. Thomas Andrews, October 23, 1879. he died December 14, 1897.
Mrs. Andrews was the mother of seven children, two of whom survive her. Mr. G.W. Shadduck and Mrs. Helen Lynn and four grandchildren.
W.E. Bailey has moved his hardware stock into the store room recently occupied by Chas. H. Englebry as a furniture store. The room is large and one of the best in town. Ample quarters will be provided for his repair and plumbing department.
The Citizens Banking Co. of Berlin Hts will open for business Tuesday, March 1st.
It has been decided to hold the next regatta of the Inter-lake yachting association at Put-in-Bay July 17th to 23d, inclusive.
Mr. Richard Heys has purchased a new seventy-three dollar stove.
Mr. Orlando Minkler, wife and son Clifford of Lorain have been spending a few days with Mr. Minkler’s father, Mr. Alvin Minkler.
Mr. Will Huff has purchased Alven Shoop’s place near the depot and has taken possession of the same.
GIRL WANTED - At the News Office at once. Experience not necessary.
The following is taken from Sandusky Register:
Whether as a joke or as the intentional flaunting of a red flag in the face of the Masters’ and Pilots’ Association, the name of Captain Frank Rae, who is well know hare [sic], is being prominently mentioned in connection with the command of the mammoth 560-footer building at Lorain for the Acme Steamship Co. The Detroit Tribune says:
Rae is the man who, as master of the steamer Clemson, refused to join the officer’s organization, there by precipitating a strike in the fleet of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. The strike was eventually settled by Rae relinquishing his command, whereupon A.B. Wolvin, then head of the trust, gave the Masters’ and Pilots’ association a rude jolt by appointing Rae assistant superintendent of the entire fleet.
Will Hum underwent a successful operation for apedicitis [sic] at Lakeside Hospital Friday. he was at Oberlin when the attack came on and Dr. Tuttle was immediately sent for. He recommended the operation.
The young ladies of the Heights have issued invitations for a leap year ball Friday night.
Chas. tillinghas was the guest of relatives in Elyria Monday and Tuesday.
The institute last week was largely attended.
A rural delivery route will soon be established in the southwest part of the township.
The remains of Hufman Benschotter was brought from Sandusky for interment Friday. Services were conducted by Mr. Vernon Lodge. F& A. M. from Norwalk.
The Tug Brooks is still in the ice off Old Woman Creek.
Miss Edith Bartlett is spending a few days, the guest of Mrs. Frank Meeker in Ceylon.
Mrs. W.H. Miller of Clyde died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.A. Cook of this place. She was well known in the southwestern part of the county, being a daughter of Dr. Dyo of Groton township. She was sixty-three years old.
Mrs. Peter Hahn is reported quite ill.
Born - To Mr. and Mrs. I.W. Nicholas Monday, Feb. 22, 1904, a son.
G. H. Blatner’s store is receiving the finishing touches and will be ready for occupancy by March 1st.
G.E. Whitmore is home for a few weeks and is prepared to do upholstering and making grill work, and repairing furniture at his home on Grand Street.
Next Sunday at the Reformed Church the German service will be in the morning. In the evening the pastor will preach on the subject “The Straight Gate.” All welcome.
Presdee Morgan of Oberlin College and Mr. Ford of Montpelier, O. spend Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Morgan.
The revival meetings in the German M.E. Church will continue the coming week. Interest is growing and hearts are hopeful, and success will surely crown all efforts made to save dear souls. We again most cordially invite you to attend. Meetings begin 7 o’clock Standard.
Died - At her home one mile from Florence Monday Feb. 22, 1905 Mrs. Mabel Burrows nee Summers, aged twenty-six. Mrs. Burrows leaves a husband and one child. [NOTE: The correct date is Feb. 22, 1904. See obit below.]
The firemen gave a very successful masquerade ball Tuesday evening. A large crowd was present. Lewis Englebry won the prize for comic costume and Miss Hazel Heidoff of Cleveland was given the lady’s prize. Music was furnished by Brill’s orchestra of Oberlin.
Mable Bernice, the sixth child of Morton and Evlyn Summers, was born Oct. 8, 1878; died Feb. 22, 1904.
She was born in Florence Township, Erie Co., Ohio, where she lived till August, 1886, when with the family she moved to Eastern Tennessee, where they resided for nearly two years, at which time they returned to their former home in Florence, where she remained till her marriage to Mr. Lewis M. Burrows, on July 3, 1898. they have since made their home in Florence and Berlin Townships. there have been born to them two children Nica Mable the first one they were permitted to keep but a short time, and Lucille, who with her husband she leaves to mourn her loss.
She had a very wide circle of friends, who will deeply regret and sympathize with the bereaved ones. She has been a patient and submissive sufferer throughout the long illness that preceded her death, and it is a source of great comfort and consolation to her friends to know that she died sweetly trusting in her Savior.
It was almost her last expressed wish that her loved ones should meet her in the Home into which she was waiting to be received. “That the Savior has gone to prepare for the that love Him”
“Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep”
Of her immediate relatives aside from her husband and child, who mourn her loss, are her mother, who with her husband so tenderly cared for her, her two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Sutton and Miss Winifred, and their three brothers, Walter, Albert and Ward Summers.
The funeral services were held Wednesday morning from the Cong’l Church in Florence conducted by Rev. A.G. Rupert.
Hmmmmmm....
"The photograph of the “Fish Cleaners” was taken (c. 1970) at twenty minutes past noon in the cleaning room of the Kishman Fish Company."
NEVER FORGET TO REMEMBER: Edson, Driscoll, Parsons, Leidheiser, Snell, Neiding, Kishman: All names synonymous with commercial fishing on Lake Erie - were once household words about the Village of Vermilion, O. Today, if you hear them at all, they are seldom spoken in that context. The days when the tugs came low into the harbor loaded to the gunnels with their catch are, for some, only fairy-tales told by grey-haired men in easy-chairs, or wispy-eyed widows who hated the smell of fish but dearly loved the men who labored in their harvest. But fairy-tales they are not.
For one hundred years or so fish from the Port of Vermilion helped feed a hungry nation. The great landings of the 19th, and early years of the 20th, centuries consisted of freshwater herring and whitefish. But as the socio-political and natural environments shifted and evolved so too did fishing practices and the types of fish landed by commercial harvesters. So, by the time the shadows which accompany this litany of words were set on film the catch “du jour” was either Walleye or Yellow Perch.
The photograph of the “Fish Cleaners” was taken (c. 1970) at twenty minutes past noon in the cleaning room of the Kishman Fish Company. Vermilionite Jim Luby, one of the persons in this photo, was kind enough to identify all of the folks pictured. They are - beginning on the left, working back, to the right, and then forward:
Nadine Neely, Ray Full, Jim Luby, Percy Holl, Mary Cajka, Eleanor Juryniec (sp?), Fran Griebel, and “Sis” Mason.
Hopefully all the names and faces match. Ray Full, of course, is an easy face for many local persons to remember. He was the last owner-operator of the Kishman Fish Company. Ray and his wife Dawn were instrumental in initiating Vermilion’s Festival of the Fish. Born in Vermilion abt. 1919 he died at the rather young age of sixty-six in 1985.
Percy Holl was also another very familiar face about town. Born in Vermilion in 1901 he was both a commercial and sport fisherman his entire life. Percy was one of eight children born to a well know Vermilion shoemaker named George Holl and his wife Eliza (Lapp). Percy passed away in September, 1986.
Only one other face is immediately recognizable (to this writer) - and that is “Sis” Mason. Her children “Skip”, Lois, and Jim are known to a good number of youngsters who attended Vermilion Schools during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Skip, now retired, can often be seen along Liberty Avenue taking his early morning constitutionals.
But back to the subject of commercial fishing. The job of the commercial fisherman is not unlike that of a farmer - though the fields be of water. And the knowledge and toil required for success are no less demanding than those who work the soil. But one must also consider the work and talents of those folks who prepare the harvest for the market - in this case clean the fish. Fish cleaning is a combination of the skills and knowledge of a butcher with those of an assembly-line factory worker. Just knowing how to do it was not enough. It had to be done efficiently and quickly - and the knives were sharp.
As previously mentioned, when the tugs came to port they were often “loaded to the gunnels” with fish. And someone had to clean all those fish to make them marketable. Well, these were some of those persons. That, just for the sake of those who might find themselves grumbling about their work, is something of a yesteryear we need remember to never forget.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek is best known for his work on the improvements of the microscope, in 1648 at the age of 16. He also contributed towards the establishment of microbiology in 1673.
THE FIRE-LANDS: I found the following information re: the early inhabitants of our area to be extremely informative. Methinks you will also.
I am getting better at transcribing these passages so there are fewer mistakes. But I like to read as I go - and sometimes I fill in the blanks. So tread carefully this trail through yesteryear.
The following series will take thee to the townships south of Vermilion. Methinks you'll find this history quite fascinating.
(352)…they grew cold, and then heated them again and again, until their day's work was done. Day after day they labored under this disadvantage, which less hardy people would regard as insurmountable. The mother of these boys was their equal, if not superior, in energy and spirit, and was ingenious as well. She out-reaped a man in the grain field in 1817, and clothed her family in cloth, which she wove from the silk of wild nettles. Mrs. Sample married Jacob Rush, who died soon after. Her daughter Martha married Amos Harkness. The mother removed to the west, and lived to be nearly a hundred years old.
Jane Harkness, one of the children of Amos and Martha (Sample), married John Parrott, of Ripley. She is the only one of the descendants of the Sample family in the vicinity.
Jacob Rush came in the year 1816, or early in 1817, and settled upon lot thirty-three, in section three. He married the widow Sample. Rush was a native of Pennsylvania,
Eliphalet W. Day and his wife, Abigail Moffitt, came in the spring of 1817, and took up land in lots two and eleven, section three. They were from Cayuga county. New York. A brother, Asa Day, came at the same time, but soon returned to New York State. The children who came with them were Lovila (who married a man by the name of Shippey, and is now dead), Laura (Mrs. Samuel B. Turner, also dead), Joel (in Wisconsin), Hosea (in Missouri), Isaac (in New Haven township), and Abigail (Mrs. C. C. Parsons, of Hartland). Those born after removal to Fairfield were John M. (dead), W. H. H. (in Indiana), Wilson (in Hartland), and B. T., who resides upon the old homestead. Eliphalet W. Day was a blacksmith by trade, and the first in the township. He had a large share in the work of improving the township and advancing the interests of its people. He died in 1846, having survived his wife twelve years.
Amos Harkness, of Pennsylvania, settled, in 1817, upon lot fourteen, section three.
Spencer Baker and his wife, Betsey Foote, came from Onondaga county New York, in 1819, being twenty-three days upon the road. They had seven children, two of whom died when quite young. Those who arrived at age were Lydia, Lurintha, Loro, Lucinda and Lewis. They took up land on lot twenty-three, section three. William Baker, a brother, came at the same time, bringing his wife, Leah Davis. He settled on lot one, section three, in the northwest corner of the township. They had no children. Five other brothers came within the next few years—Samson, George, Sylvester, Jefferson J. and Abijah. Jefferson had married Samantha Adams. He located upon lot ten, section three. George's wife was Maria Moffitt. He took land in lot twelve; section three, Samson in lot thirty-seven. And Abijah in lot thirty-eight, same section.
Phillip Moffitt, a native of Connecticut, but for several years a resident of Onondaga county, came in early in 1819, with his wife, Hannah Baker, taking up land in lot fourteen, section three. After living in Fairfield fifteen years, they removed to Crawford county.
Aaron Smith moved to Fairfield in 1820, bought Spencer Baker's farm, in lot twenty-three, section three, and lived there for thirty-five years. He died in 1855, and his wife in 1851. A daughter, the wife of Frederick Parrott, lives upon the old homestead.
Havilah Smith, a cousin of the above, of Cayuga county. New York came with his wife, Sally Harwood, in 1822, and settled on lot twenty-two, section three. After making some improvements under great disadvantages, he sold out to Reuben M. Cherry, for one hundred dollars, and removed to the eastern part of the township where he bought land of Joseph Crawford. He cleared up this farm, and sold it to Israel P. Weeks, and then bought a little north of the center of the township, upon the old State road, lot thirty-one and a part of lot thirty. Beginning with nothing he became eventually one of the richest farmers in the township. His children, who arrived at age, were: Joseph, Walter, Harriet, Lucy and Matilda.
John Cherry and Permelia Adams, his wife, of Sempronius, New York, came into Fairfield in 1821. They moved with an ox team, brought a drove of a dozen or more cows, a number of sheep, etc. They located on lot thirty-five, in section three. Mr. Cherry was one of the hardest workers among the pioneers. He had four children whose names were: Phebe Minerva, John, William Adams, and Emma Cemantha. Two brothers of John Cherry, William and Reuben M., the former born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, and the latter in Cayuga county, New York, became residents of Fairfield soon after the arrival of John.
Reuben M., and his wife, Berilla Snow, came in 1823, and bought out Havilah Smith, on lot twenty-two, section three. They had four children: Eunice (afterward Mrs. 0. Tayton, of Wood county, Ohio); Udolpha (Mrs. T. F. Hildreth, of Sandusky); Lucinda (Mrs. J. Mitchell) and Eugene. Mr. Cherry died in 1850, and his widow is still living, at this writing.
William Cherry and wife, Hannah Foote, came into the township in June, 1825, and settled on lots twenty-seven and twenty-eight, section three. Their children were: Adaline (Mrs. Homer Austin); Milton, and Byron. Mr. Cherry died in 1859. Before coming to Ohio, William Cherry spent some time in teaching school, and at one time had as a pupil Millard Fillmore, afterwards President of the United States. Later in life he corresponded with Mr. Fillmore, and once entertained him at his house in Fairfield.
Jeremiah Kingsbury and his wife, Ellen Pen field, of Onondaga county. New York, York, settled in I821, upon lot sixteen, section three.
Excerpts from: The Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; W.W. Williams - 1879 - Press of Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
BEFORE MCGARVEY: there was Helfrich's Restaurant. This is the restaurant that actually established the reputation for the place. Tis just that everyone who knew it as the Helfrich place now belongs to the ages. (Sure would like to have one of those Limberger sandwiches.) This is an authentic menu artifact from the depression era. I heard somewhere that their Frog dinners were their specialty. I wonder if they caught their own?
Homer: What's the point of going out? We're just going to wind up back here anyway.
Kent Brockman: And the fluffy kitten played with that ball of string all through the night. On a lighter note, a Kwik-E-Mart clerk was brutally murdered last night.
Superintendent Chalmers: 'Thank the Lord'? That sounded like a prayer. A prayer in a public school. God has no place within these walls, just like facts don't have a place within an organized religion.
Comic Book Guy: Oh, a *sarcasm* detector. Oh, that's a *really* useful invention!
Marge: Our differences are only skin deep, but our sames go down to the bone.
Marge: Get ready, skanks! It's time for the truth train!
Homer: Oh, I'm in no condition to drive. Wait a minute. I don't have to listen to myself. I'm drunk.
Bill Gates: I didn't get rich by signing checks.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
Mr. Burns: I'll keep it short and sweet Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.
Homer: I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
Homer: Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman - and I have no interest in that, besides occasionally wearing the underwear, which as we discussed, is strictly a comfort thing.
Ed Begley Jr.: I prefer a vehicle that doesn't hurt Mother Earth. It's a go-cart, powered by my own sense of self-satisfaction.
Bart: I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks *and* blows.
Homer: Lisa, vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and Eskimos.
ZIP THIS WEEK: This week. no podcast again. I'm still thinking about this section of Views - looking for a better way to present these videos.
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends Dennis Lamont and Albert Doane. It'd make a nice gift.
Also, please note that all the video (MP4 and MOV) podcasts (when used) are done in the "Quicktime MP4 / MOV" formats. If you don't have a "Quicktime" it's easy to find and free to download.
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
THE BEAT GOES ON: This page is generated by a dreaded Macintosh Computer and is written and designed by (me) Rich Tarrant. It will change weekly ~ usually on Saturday. Bookmark the URL (Universal Resource Locater) and come back at your own leisure. Send the page to your friends (and enemies if you wish). If you have something to share with those who visit this page, pass it on. And if you see something that is in need of correction do the same. My sister, Nancy, is a great help in that respect. It only takes me a week to get things right. And follow the links. You might find something you like. If you experience a problem with them let me know. Also, if you want to see past editions of this eZine check the new archives links below.
If you're looking for my old links section (pictured) I've replaced it with a pull-down menu (visible in the small box next to the word "Go"). If you're looking for links to more Vermilion history check that menu.
How the old links menu looked
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Vol.9, Issue 51 - March 3, 2012
© 2011 Rich Tarrant