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toffiea at OrTVille, 0.ORRVILLE, OHKfc TUESDAY, AUGUST 7,tieaMARSHALLVILLE’SCENTENNIAL WASDECIDED SUCCESSUEO CROSS EEADERS'ASSISTANTS CHOSENThe six division leaders for the Red - . Cross have recently been appointed a and each leader has chosen an as-The celebration of the ono. hun- gj8tant as follows: dredth anniversary of the laying out Mrs. J. R. Loveless—Assistant, of the village of Marshallville and Mrs. Frank Wheeler.the annual school reunion which was Mrs. Lillian Wintersteen—Assist-HOFSTETOUTBY SIheld in that village Thursday was a ant- Mra* C. W. Hodell.io-fillof7.re-ecten-istlt;etitiresuccess far beyond the expectation of the committee in charge of the affair. The committee labored faithfully and well for the success of the celebration and the huge crowd Thursday was the visible evidence that their labors were not in vain. The largest crowd cVci present in Marshallville helped to make the day a success in every way.Early in the day former Marshallville people from distant states arrived via trains and automobilos and-'Assistant, Mrs.Mrs. P. L. Mead W. J. WinklerMrs. Geo. Cunningham—Assistant. Miss Nelle Flannery.Mrs. Chas. Moyer—Assistant, Mrs. Frank Heller.Mrs. W. H. Oswalt—Assistant. Mrs. H. r. Berry.Miss Maude Brennemun has shown the spirit of the Red Cross in turning over to the ladies the three rooms above Perilstein'a store, formerly occupied by the M., W. 0. telephoneroomspeople from various cities who were company. After Utfeu* rooms have formerly MarshallviUe people seemed b,ccn ropaporcd aud properly lighted delighted to return once again to the the ladies will fit them up and this old stamping ground of their boyhood will make an ideal place for work, and girlhood days. The forenoon was Miss Brenneman has kindly offered delightfully spent in renewing old ac-1«»« rooms for use as long as the war quaintances and reminiscences. The i lasts and the ladies are fortunate in afternoon and evening was filled with j securing so fine a place in which tosensations and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. Everything passed off harmoniously and without a hitch.The ball gamo between Orrville and Rittman was interesting and exciting, Orrville winning by a close mar-score 12 to 11. Brennemanfrin;ofeldat-veslan-if-layIBrthingthethelayws-eh-be-andcarry on their work.pitched for Orryille and his arm was sore from pitching Sunday, and in the sixth inning he retired in favor of Jones from East Greenville, who nearly lost the game for Orrville.. With the bases full a home run was slammed out to left field which netted Rittman 11 runs. Disputes were fre-mient which added spice to the game. The tug of war betwoen the two ball teams which wbb to be held on the square, was called off on account of Rittman players trying to take advantage of the Orrville boys by ringing in weighty men who never participated in a ball game.Those receiving prizes for athletic stunts were Harry Werntz, John Underwood, Russell Leisy and Houser; and Miss Specht, of Barberton.The school reunion was held following the athletic stunts. The reunion was the best ever held by the organization. Excellent. addresses were given by Dr. Durstino, of Cleveland, who was a former teacher in the Marshallville school; also a fine address was given by William Kaufman, of New York City, who a nnmbcr of years ago was a pupil in the village school. The members were so wellSleased with the reunion that theyecided to continue the annual occasions and raised a fund for the re-| union next year.Additional Rel Cross Names.Miss Ada Hultcman.Mrs. P. H. Shultz.Hughes Glassener.Elizabeth Glassener.Mrs. Daniel Chapman.Mrs. C. H. Fay.Helen and Louise Hodell.Miss Rose Kamp.Mra. Pauline Mead.Mario Milano.C. G. Berger.Mis3 Anna Leies..C. C. Weaver.Mrs. C. C. Weaver.Mrs. Priscilla Barker.W. K Huey.Mrs. E. P. Blanchard.James Sherbon, Burton City. Vasoline Sherjoson, Burton City. The Marshallville Hst has not been completed but will be published later.Orrville ba journeying t cities to witn never was th hall game in the one at Gi noon when E tered a shut wing of Nels ed superb ha tion. The vi every way. shove two ru in the sixth a Hofstoter j his pitching controll and to perfection would tighter hoys would would pop th ways some 1* when- it des gave him airi not charged ing the gan per cent ball Doylestowr with a star LaRuo and \ one could le game but wi support by h have had a but did not 1 veteran Hof: They were were willing show their t When they defeat of a . they could e their homes tide.Two doubh figured in th eoIn the sec« grounded xo ball to WenNOTICE!All those having mite boxos that belong to the Burton City Auxiliary, please hand them to the mite box secretaries before the 18th.Miss Pauline Lorson.Mrs. Elmer Wander.Joseph Smith taking coach for Mexican war, also Jacob Stull going to California to dig gold. We never expected to see them again, but they all returned with large experiences and were idolized by the people.We had two churches, onetanournts! Ofeet,andon;ons'or-er-fferandandH.ich.,H,tian ully by aue, yn’s ived ttle t in De-by irny lose leen line, lien dith lick, rge luraThe ladies’ band from furnished the music during the day and their inspiring music filled those in attendance with the old time spirit. Concessions of various kinds were on the grounds so that the crowd was not in want at any time during the day or evening.The ladies band gave a splendid concert in the evening and automobile loads of people came from miles around to attend the concert. _ A lawn festival was given in connection with the concert. The committee is very grateful to the Orrville Chamber of Commerce for their donation and the people of Barberton and Akron for their assistance. A substantial sum of money was realized from the celebration which will be used in improving the streets.occupiedalternately by the Pretabyterians and rberton T.ufKorono fKo a+Iior Kit fKo \f AtK ..ivenday,has.lug-ent:son,Mrs.andandMrs.nmafohnandJarr,ssil-wastherth-The following early history of Marshallville was arranged by U. R. Gen-semer, of Creston, and read at the Home Coming:Marshallville as I knew it 70 years ago, then called Bristol, was a flourishing business .town, being situated on one of the roads leading to the Canal, from Mansfield and western territory; the canal was the only outlet for the farmers’ produce, such as grain, seed, pork, flour, dried fruits, butter and eggs. * All shipping was done in the summer as traffic ceased when the canal froze up. In the winter all produce was stored in warehouses. Farmers were allowed to draw a certain amount of money on same. On opening of the canal in the spring prices wore decided upon and full amount paid.It was a daily occurrence to see a string of teams of one-half, to one mile in length, of four to six horsesin team, going through town. The horses had chimes of bCEleading horses had chimes of bells on the harness and made good music When night overtook thev they would stop at our hotel, which had a yard of about three acres south of the hotel, and many a night it WaB cov ered with sleeping horses. In winter they would sleep in the snow without blankets; very tew of the horses were shod. The men would sleep on tho barroom floor covered with good buf falo robes.The little town was a lively one then. We had two tailor shops, Gen seiners and Hostetlers; two wagon makers, Pfunder and Criling; two shoemakers, Stow and Sunhower; one coverlet and carpet weaver, Leichty; one cutlery maker, Wickey; two doc-to 1 tors, Samsel Bros., later Day and Wilgos; two harness makers, Miller Bros. Thos. Miller; two blacksmiths. Suitor Johnson; two cabinet makers, Weiraer Schlutt; Ott Bros, run a general store including post office; later Latimer Knight started a general store. AH of the above mentioned business men had from three to eight men working for them. All tools, furniture, machinery, clothing, boots and shoes had to be made at home.The town was on the mail route' from Cleveland to Columbus and had a semi-weekly mail. It was a big day when the Coach of four horses with driver blowing horn arrived in town. The coach was always loaded with passengersiguenowe of Tome I af-ihalf1 by id at adayIt in at-i no t*T' ofLutherans and the other by the Meth odists. The first Sabbath school was organized in 1846; it was union and all German. The organizers were Weimer, Gensemer. T-eichty, Smith Bros, and Keck. Our public school was good, they taught principally the three “R’s” and turned out some brilliant men and women.We had a station of the underground railroad. Slaves would run away and cross the river into Ohio. The organization had regular stations from Cincinnati to Cleveland; from there it was an easy matter to reach Canada and freedom. They would hide them during the day and travel through the forests at night. Another way was to build a false bottom in their hay racks, put slaves in and load with hay to sell at Cleveland. This was an oath-bound society with but a few members. They were never found out.One morning there was an awful racket down town. A lot of slaveholders came to town on horseback, with hounds and whips, swearing and cursing because they had lost their “niggers.” At the same time they were sleeping over a sheep barn two and one-half miles south of town. That night they started for Canada and freedom, accompanied by ono of our most respected citizens.We had our township fairs which were held on different farms yearly. Plowing matches, horseshoe pitching, wrestling, running and all kinds of games were the vogue. We also had numerous fights. Our men were all organized in militia companies and drilled two days in our. town in fall in company drill, then went to Wooster and spent two days there in Regimental drill. We had all the preparation necessary for military service. All quarrels between neighbors were decided on muster day, as wo then were governed by military rules.Money was scarce then. Taxes were low. I have a tax receipt of my father’s, dated 1842, for his lot where the Reinoehl residence now stands. At that time he had a house, stable and good tailor shop on same, and including one cow, his tax for that year was $2.06. Each township collected its own taxes. Andrew Ault was collector that year and received 4 cents for collecting my father’s taxes.The fanner had his hides tanned west of town on the Schafter farm and gave the shoemaker half of the hide for making his shoes. The shoemaker made his share up for another family, for which he would receive pork, flour and other necessary supplies. All other commodities were paid for in this manner. Eggs sold at from 4 to 6 cents; butter 8 to 10 cents.. All were consumed at home.The tradesmen closed their shops during harvest to assist in harvesting crops. At that time harvest lasted from six to eight weeks. It waa slow work as harvesting was all done with scythe and cycle. There_ were no eight-hour days at that time; work Started in the fields at .sunrise and ended at sunset. Their pay ran from 60c to $1.00 per day, which was paid in hay and wheat People were very sociable in those daya and helped each other; all were on a commontoman, nippin The second sixth when ger, who ste to Tag L. whipped Uu time to cat plays were lt;According and Hofsteti last of this fans disloy. games. The give the Orr ball every S to do so thej decided to c the remaind-Orrville Sullivan, c. Maxwell, 3t Eberly, s. s Miller, c. f. Brenneman, Rock, I. f. Wenger, 2b Sinclair, r. Hofsteter, jTotal ... DoylestowM. Deible, 1 L. Deible, c l)ague. c. . B. Deible. 2 Dannemiller Shaffer, lb Steiner, r. I I.aRue, p. . Hunsicker.TotalStruck ou Rue 8. Hi Bases on ba Score by Orrville ... DoylestownI. 0Special \\ gree this brothers, wi gree staff present.B’BAUGThe Bau their rcgul: In connecti gram. Prof will address topics of tl requested t»ReaA lot of when they soon os the to work nithe top th* pool instea*DAJThe folio en forThur Fike summTwo-step Waltz—“no niMI ^ ______ The entire town turned‘level, the farmer clearing: hi* land ofout to got the newB. Letter postage! timber and building a home: the was 5 cents: we had no envelopes, tradesman working hard for a living, but would fold letter and paste with I Marshallville lost nonsiderable ofred wafer. The postage was paid by her prestige when the Pittsburg and'_the receiver. 'Ft. Wayne rmflroad waa built. 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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Tue, Aug 07, 1917
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