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*Pioneer Womanembers WhenWildcats Roamed Through SxvampiH Hiti'n i ii inRemembering well the days when Orrville was no more than a cluster of houses tucked snugly in around the “square”, when wildcats were not uncommon in the swampland northeast of town, when the town had only one school with one teacher, Mrs. So-phronia Schriber, Westwood avenue, ranks high among the pioneers of this community.Belying her 92 years, her active mind, housed in a still steady body, recalls the events of two generations ago with an accuracy that is surprising, with a zest that adds interest to the tales dug from a long-distant past.Born in East Union on August 29, 1841, this pioneer spent her early years on a farm between that hamlet and Wooster, but since the age of 20 she has been a resident of this city^ . a . ./a a mbuilding. The new ijtone edifice was to be built later. ‘;The present Congdbn residence was then the home of Apdge Smith Orr, founder of the towiMind the town hall was located in ail^Upstairs room on i North Main street, jfcai' Water street.The leading doetttrs in the town^11 Aroundthe Townl « ^11were^lVnHer, Grill,^Ull and later Dr. Hlg BIKE RETURNS—Ono^of the moM interest in e fea- Carl Elliott» whose shiny new red tures of the comfttjiity which Mrs.. fe,erle^, b*e was snitched by another Schriber recalls waaSile swamp. Today! lad while Carl ate his dinner, Wed-watched thfc growth and developfirii'ment of the comrhunity with exceptional interest.«Houses occupied much of the space now used for business places then and Mrs. Schriber lived in a small dwelling on North Main street, where the Sherman building now stands. The Seas family lived in a house diagonally across the street—now occupied by The Courier. All the territory south of the present Knowlton’s Drug Store was considered country.She can remember well when the first railroad track was laid and recalls with what amazement the populace watched as the first engine came along the track. When the engineer blew the whistle, it almost frightened the people for a minute, she says. The engine made the first trip alone to see that the track was in good shape, but on its next trip it was pulling passenger cars. In laying the track (the main line of the Pennsy) a deep ravine was made for the ^ roadbed and people looking at the train stood high above the tracks, which made the train look like a toy. All the land south of the tracks was woods and picnics were held there.Th^ old Walnut St. school was then the only school in town, and it had only one teacher. The red brick Presbyterian ehtireh had just been completed and .the Reformed church stood where the Mennonite church now stands. The M. E. church was in the same location, but it was a frameit is a fertile straight rows of o: with a road (East through it. This that years ago, time it reached to village and was water. It was li through where tilend filled with • nesday, was happy when the machine a PAhhaffe* lwas found at Rittman, restored to him. street) running The lad who took it got bawled outplenty. * * *p was not like h, for at oneie edge of thered with deepIMPROVES AFTER OPERATIONMrs. George Lehman, Burton City,ossible to get; who was operated on at Mercy hos-esent road now‘•V.ft* #'**'lt;ital. Canton, has been moved by ambulance to the home of her daughter, ’Mrs. Kenneth 1W AW-ment, Canton. Her condition is very favorable.* * *Mrs. Scfiriber ft1 of the swamp at one time and in order to reach town the family had to drive far north. While plowing the land that lead up to the edge of the swamp BOOM DAYS RETURN it was common to disturb many different kinds of snakes that had come out of the swamp to lie in the sun.iBest since the boom days of June, 1929, was the sale at Cy Sprunger’s Kidron auction grounds, Thursday,Wild cats were also numerous around! the total running to $7,002.20. Five the swamp, which was ’ filled with I auctioneers sold 56 beef cattle, 97 thick underbrush that made it lt;iif-1 dairy cows, 173 calves and 436 head fieult to penetrate. ! of hogs and sheep.On modern queistions Mrs. Schriber i ♦ * *thinks the old town clock should be, GKABER’S NAME UP— erected before a swimming pool is I A petition to have Harry Graber,prominent and popular Baughman township farmer, named a member ofbuilt. She knew Jacob Stoffer and he told her of his intention to use the money he had made here to buy athe Wayne county board of healththe ToWn ^al!k fi! has been in circulation here; has beenold building was razed, the clock haslain idle. Mrs. Schriber thinks itshould again be put to use.Bicycle Stolen inWooster, Sold Here,Leads to ArrestEarl Lewis, a young married man who lives east of Burton City, was! man and cloudy skies were the onlyliberally signed.* * *UNDERGOES OPERATION—Miss June Bechtel, student nurse at the Massillon City hospital, was operated upon for appendicitis Saturday at midnight. She is reported as getting along nicely.* * *IT’S SOME COOLER—A promise of rain by the weather-sentenced to serve 30 days in the counsigns to indicate that the long dry. . - .. .. P spell may be broken. At the close ofty jail as the result of the theft of a : 0£e of the hotte8t days the Sum_bicycle from Cletus Miller, of Woos- mei% during which the thermometerster, some time ago, when Lewis was arraigned before Justice John Van Nest at the county seat today.Miller delivers Plain Dealers on aregistered over 100 degrees for hours at a stretch, a brief rain fell in various parts of the community about 11m la«t niirht. It wap too brief.n
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Orrville Courier Crescent
Orrville, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 24, 1933
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