Orrville Journal (Newspaper) - November 26, 1998, Orrville, Ohio ' ' this Society new group at Wayne Page 11 and the communities of eastern Wayne 3 No. 52 November 26,-1998 dinner at Friendship annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held at New Hope Christian Center on Nov. 26 from 1 to 2 p.m. There is no No evening meal will be fry and karaoke at American invited to a steak fry at the Orrville American 237 E. Market on Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is per Karaoke will begin at 8 p.m. with Bret Historical Society open Smithville Historical Society is sponsoring its annual in the open house on Dec. 5, from 6 to 8 and Dec. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. Come and visit Santa in the Carriage roast chestnuts in the fire at the Pioneer sing along to the carols played on the Schantz reed organ in the Sheller The Mishler Mill will Be open on the Are you still taxing your memory trying to identify all of the Orrville High School graduates pictured on the front page of the 12 you can still win the prize of a free subscription renewal or to The We have not yet received a completely correct list of you have until Jan. 15 to turn in your contest Church hosts community community-wide Thanksgiving service will be held today at the Orrville Mennonite Church at 1305 W. Market St. This is an interdenominational and regardless of church is at 7 the service will be led by ministers of various Rev. Darryle Moody of the Harvest Hills Nazarene Church will bring a Thanksgiving by the Orrville Ministerial child care will be provided and a fellowship time will their way to Onville Red Riders football team is awarded the Division IV regional championship trophy Friday night by tournament director Dan The Riders defeated Youngstown Ursuline 28-24 at Canton's Fawcett Stadium to eam another trip to the state See story on Page 16. houses to feature train holiday shopping season will be kicked off with four simultaneous open houses at the Orrville Railroad the Orrville Historical the Orrville Model Railroad Club and the Orrville Toy Hobby festivities will be held Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Santa will visit the Depot from noon to 4 p.m. each Orrville Railroad Heritage Society owns the former Pennsylvania Railroad located at 145 Depot St. The built in 1868, will be open for tours and will display all types of railroad plus a model railroad created by the Wooster Society of Model The Depot Gift Shop will also be rides on a real train will be offered fees on a donation basis Rides will be about long and will take about 10 Boarding will take place at the comer of W. S. McGill People are urged not to walk through the railroad yard to reach the during the same hours as the Depot will be the Orrville Historical next The museum features many artifacts of early There is no admission donations are Orrville Model Railroad located in the basement of the in Design building at the comer of W. Water St. and N. Main will be open the same days and A large HO gauge model railroad will be displayed in the club Visitors should note that there are Orrville Toy Hobby at 531 W. Smithville will have special hours to match the other For this special the admission price will be reduced to The museum features early Orrville advertising along with many antique toys and custom toy with the non-profit the D J Hobbies 801 W. Market will also have special The shop boasts a large HO gauge model train layout in the There are questions GPA change in high DARLENE Staff mother of a junior at Orrville High questioned the school's recently approved recalculation of grade point during the meeting of the Orrville School Board on Nov. 18. grading which had been approved last lowers the GPA to 4.0 for those who receive 90 and 3.0 for those who receive 80 to 89; 2.0 for those who receive 70 to 79; and 1.0 for those who receive 63 to 69. parents were not notified of the change at Morris a I am happy that we've improved the technology school I question why you lowered the gpa percent for a 4.0," she said she requested Laurier high school guidance to verify a rumor regarding the change in calculation of on Nov. 3. verified the rumor and told me to contact Robert the she said she requested an explanation of how parents and families of students in the classes of 1999, 2000 and 2001 were notified of the change and to explain why the calculation was presented board members with including principal's letter to Morris of the concern was over a perceived problem with the plus and specifically in the Two years PARENT Page 3 Holiday kickoff kickoff for Orrville's annual for the will take place Friday with a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Fire Station on Vine St. Santa will light the tree in front of the fire station at 6:30 parking for the event will be available at the Smith Dairy Company's lot and the Christ United of the tree Christmas carolers will sing while leading the way to open shops in the downtown Merchants will provide hot apple cookies and Railroad Heritage Society's Depot and the Orrville Historical Museum will hold open houses on prior to the tree lighting and then again on The open houses will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both part of for the merchants will also participate in a Christmas tree decorating creatively decorating and displaying Christmas trees in their retail items from second annual Up home decorating contest sponsored by Orrville Municipal Utilities and The Orrville Journal has Homes will be judged for the best use of lights and other outdoor Judging will be held Dec. 17 from 6 to 10 p.m. Winners will be announced in Dec. 24 edition of The Journal for the top three places will be gift beginning to look a lot like This friendly looking is greeting passersby at 714 Paradise if dad passes inspection on mom's day out Page 4