Howland Bandwagon (Newspaper) - March 30, 1977, Howland, Ohio HOWLAND 1977 Award THE VOICE OF HOWLAND TOWNSHIP Fourth No 2 36 Pages MARCH 1977 Post Oft ce N Oh o TWENTY CENTS A COPY Why did the levy THESE date back to about 1900 when they were sold as special holiday gift The set is worth about and the complete set Antique Show is a visit to the past of six worth about The roly were displayed by Pearson's Antiques of evidently didn't get the word said Levy Committee publicity chairman Lisby after last week's levy defeat people still think the school system has a or problem that can be solved by the cuts the school board He added over three we have a te million problem Lisby admitted the levy failure had shocked but he isn't blaming the voters think my friends and bors are responsible he said I can't believe they want the schools to deteriorate We just didn't get the data to them The Committee for the Rowland headed by Alan and Gene spent garnered from community on a a letter to the and materials Lisby said that his and graphs of facts about school finances the voters decided to present a very tual campaign because after the levy defeat in people com- they hadn't been given the he said But an engineer at conceded that he's no public relations expert I are good factual but they're not ex- perts at communication We were but the voters just weren't receiving The leaders of the committee have become too deeply involved to walk away from the school situation met with Alan and Gene said and we agreed that while none of us Will function in a leadership position in the campaign for the June we're available to help in any way we can According to there are already indications that other others are willing to lead that campaign Although Lisby blamed the com- failure to communicate the facts for the levy he conceded that voter irrationality and rumor played a part too There were some vicious rumors going he said story was that I was bringing a man up from Columbus to brainwash the community into passing the levy Another disappointment was poor attendance at the coffees and the open levy meetings held around the com- munity held a coffee at my he said And at the last a couple called to say they weren't coming because no one could answer the questions they had purpose of the and the coffees and the open meetings was to give people straight answers to the questions they said Lisby the were extremely quiet They didn't rome to the meetings Lisby as does tendent that if a is not passed by the schools will close by 1978 He also opposes a lowering of the requested saying that even if a 7 9 mill levy more millage could be needed in three years school system is truly in financial he said need the levy The 24 hour is being kept active for questions A and for anyone wishing to volunteer to work for the June 7 levy The number is 856-7289 of collectors of everything from old buttons to Chinese vases descended upon the Howland Community Church last weekend for its annual antique show and sale There was something for everyone from the seasoned collector to the novice and the and there were even displays of antique toys for the kids Private collectors and proprietors of area antique shops spread their wares on tables and glass cases along the first floor One man displayed a collection of much of it dating from the which not the fragile old china and glass most en- vision as but practical and common household war and early machines He included a 1930 office telephone with the and a which is a type affair upon which a Victorian could view cards depicting world events On another table was a World War I wooden splintered with and a neck used by yesterday's farm youth to carry buckets of water from the river to home An 1880 washing was little more than a wooden pole with four prongs on the bottom with which to swish clothes clean There were two solid iron Civil War cannon a mechanical apple a country store coffee farm a goat a a wooden and other household items and tools of bygone Other displays featured cases of some obviously designed for another but with some similar to what can be found on modern jewelry counters There were delicate gold bracelets and heavy necklaces studded with tiny Ornamental combs designed to hold the elaborate coiffures of the 1800's For the more pretentious ladies of combs so large they must have risen above head in a crown or peacock effect One display featured antique toys and collectables including a miniature wicker loveseat and two chairs with embroidered and a matching table bearing a tiny bowl of flowers A antique baby doll watched the scene dressed in a six-foot long christening gown while another slept in a four-poster bed almost large enough for a real infant There was a hand carved out of cigar boxes dating back to 1800 and a chest with miniature kitchen utensils made in the late 19th or early 20th century Faded wooden children's building with surprisingly bizarre were also displayed A slie splay of mechanical toys was a delight o the with wind-up toys that page Capecci takes State Championship THIS part of the Rebel was handmade from cigar boxes Hill Farm from dating back to 1800 High senior speech team member Jon the son of Mr and Mrs F J Capecci of 140 Quail won the humorous division State Championship at the 49th Annual State Speech Finals last weekend at Ohio University who placed third and second in humor in the last two began the competition with 43 other district winners Friday After the Friday preliminary all but 20 were eliminated Those remaining competed in the quarter finals Saturday which eliminated all but 12 Of only including made it to the finals Jon also won the Northern Ohio District NFL title March 12 He will compete as Ohio's state champ at the National Tournament set for June in Washington This is the third state title for the Howland High speech team since they first qualified for state in 1971 Howland also has had two state a third three fifth and a sixth place title The teams were accompanied to the finals by Head Coach Dick associate coach Colleen and Joan Ries and Marilyn Stanton Other area speakers who made it to the semi finals or the finals were Kathy Kirchner of Debbie Rose of third in the semi Larry Jones of and Gary of Boardman Prose and Can Bamm and Linda Sample of semi finals Mike Fortine of third in Kathy Brooks of sixth in Trish Gordon of first in semi and Barb Jewell of semi finals Original Mark Boyd and Frank Trimble of sixth and third in finals Shannon Demko of semi finals Duet Sherry Creed and Greg page I JON CAPECCI Mosquito Creek was placid in early days of settlement BARRETT'S DOLL HOSPITAL displayed dolls which are an average of 77 years old The display also in- cluded perfectly preserved old paper Board sets another levy vote Howland Board of Education voted at a special meeting Friday to return a request for 7.9 school operating mills to the June 7 ballot The action follows last week's second defeat of the levy Superintendent Tom Powers noted that if the levy passes in program and personnel cuts could be restored in time for the beginning of the 1977-78 school year Powers told the he is preparing recommendations for athletic cuts and will present them at the April 12 meeting The Board has recently drawn criticism for making severe cuts in but failing to make any athletic cuts Powers said the position has been to refrain from cutting athletics because of Steel Valley Conference and contracts with other school districts for junior and senior high school athletic events He asked the Board to the policy In other the Board scheduled a special meeting for 6 p m April 26 at the junior high school cafeteria to act on personnel page By GRACE ALLISON Every somewhere in this a stream causing flood problems for those living in the area in the Mosquito Creek Valley in the early 1800s about the only sons who became disturbed by floods and their inconveniences were the young fishermen In those early the Mosquito Creek was a thick forest from Ashtabula to Beaton's furnace at in Trumbull near where this creek enters the Mahoning River On rare occasions a settler who came into the area cleared off land in the bottomlands of Mosquito but most of the preferred the lands some distance away from the creek's banks as the creek inevitably overflowed its banks in the spring of the year The placid Mosquito Creek held many attractions for the younger they spent many leisure hours swimming in its or gathering June black wild wild strawberries or hickory nuts along its banks Or gun in the lads rousted game to add to their dinner menu wild sweet white yellow spring and carpeted its fertile the waters of this quiet little stream drove the first forge hammer west of the Allegheny Mount making possible some conveniences for the settlers of the area in the spring when this creek overflowed its the young lads were not so pleased with their favorite creek as they had to wait until the creek's water subsided sufficiently for them to enjoy their favorite sport of fishing for with which the creek was extremely well stocked After dark was the best time of day to catch the to make a success of this sport there were four things every fisherman had to remember for self it was necessary to build a fire that would give off sufficient smoke to av ay those intolerable for which the creek had very appropriately been named the young lad needed plenty of line and fish a good supply of worms for and the ideal spot from which the catch could be landed without getting the line tangled in the overhanging branches of the trees along the creek Taking all these things into con- perseverence must have been a very strong virtue of the especially with page Inside the Bandwagon Inside the Bandwagon you'll find more pictures of the Howland Community Church's Antique Show on page 4 You'll find a new column on family problems on page 9 And some of the area's best cake bakers are on page 20 Complete sports results are on pages 12 and On today's Editorial Page are several interesting including the usual columns by Ralph Sr Keith McKnight and Joan Cochran's Montage Mr Ingersoll's My column deals with detente between the United States and the Soviet Union On the Feature Page today are the usual colums Mike the CB radio feature by The Blue and the Gossip Column Also on the Feature Page is the tenth in the Choices in a Contemporary with todays article on pornography and obscenity Also appearing in today's issue is a review of the Youngstown Sym phony Orchestra's third concert of the season bj loan Cochran and a story on an upcoming auction at the Butler Institute
