Elyria School Board Founders and Early Members Chronicle
A historical list traces the Elyria Board of Education origins 1850s to 1900, naming members such as Elijah DeWitt Tabor Wood Philemon Bliss Luther Griswold George Washburn and many others, noting presidencies by DeWitt Bliss Griswold and Hill and highlighting early civic figures. The article mentions Orrin Cowles as Elyria’s first mayor and Charles A Ely as donor, with several members later filling vacancies and shaping local education policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah DeWitt
Orrin Coues
Martin W. Pond
Tabor Wood
Caleb
Goodwin
Perry C. Dolley
Norton ‘S. Townsend
Samual C. Brook
Philemon Bliss
Landon Road
Luther D. Griswold
Wesley Vincent
Caleb S. Goodwin
Edwin Kelley
Thaddeus Crane
John H. Boynton
Henry J. Brooks
Charles A. Ely
Charles H. Doolittle
Henry S. Massey
John M. Vincent
Rollin C. DeWitt
Nagum
Gates
Rufus B. Bullock
Heman Fly
Festus M. Cooley
George G. Washburn
Issac S. Metcalf
Edwin C. Griswold
Isaac Metcalf
Henry E. Massey
Thomas L. Nelson
Wahum B Gates
William A. Braman
Joduthan C. Hill
C. M. Young
Marion Metcalf
Adethan C. Hill
Savings Deposit Bank
Orrin Cowles
Elyna
Philomam Bliss
Elyria
Thonas L. Nelson
Baldwin, Nelson and Laundon
Charles A Ely
Hemnan Ely
Notable Elyria Residents and Local Notables Highlight Community History
A column recounts local figures and visitors such as Tex Walters and Si Boone as well as military personnel on leave from Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point. It notes legal figures like George G. Washburn and John C. Hale, plus quarrying and mercantile figures including Henry E. Mussey and H. H. Clough. The piece reflects on the school board founders and the development of Elyria’s education system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Larkey
Lizzie Browand
Penfield
Norris Walters
Rex Giar
Linus Grieva
Pennsylvania
Cpl
Harold Jones
Camp le June
N.C
Ftc
Charles Dennison
Cherry Point
N. C
Doris Dennison
Wakeman Chapter Installs 1956 Officers at Special Meeting
About 45 members and visitors attended Wakeman Chapter Order of Rok Rastorn Star special meeting in Clarksfield where 1956 officers were inducted. Gertrude Webber, past matron, assisted as stalling officer. Inducted were Jean Carnal as worthy matron George Buchner as worthy patron Edna Dalton as associate matron Byron Dalton as associate patron Gladys Blair as secretary Alice Watson as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksfield
Wakeman
Order of Rastorn Star
Gertrude Webber
Jean Carnal
George Buchner
Edna Dalton
Byron Dalton
Gladys Blair
Alice Watson
Treasur
Mae Myers
Lois Dalton
Ardith Miller
Ann Bell
Marshal
Caroline Webber
Adah
Eleanor Murdock
Ruth
Edith Brookover
Esther
Elis Mae Green
Martha
Betty Beckstein
Electa
Mildred Buchner
Grace Russell
Sentinel
Arlene Gerber
LuAlta Gerber
Esther Brechmacher
Oma Booth
Kathleen Hurst
Karl Webber
Ada Wilcoxen
Frances Byron
Orpah Shuman
Tiffin
Sharon Carnal
Margaret Schmidt
Eileen Freeman
Emma Loken
Viola Boniface
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Arthur Frombeugh
Hogit Buchanan
Mabel Barth
Jkepita Greetham
Emma Ruple
Batty Dieter
Ruth Wolfe
Connie Moats
Winifred Twigg
Eva Rupach
Medina
Margaret Stocker
Worthy Maron
Fannie Bradley
Clyde Bradley
Mildred Law
Arthur Law
Laureel Yost
Amelia Mellers
Velma Schoenberger
Elizabeth Gross
Viola Blackhall
Marshall
Eleanor Swanker
Irma Wise
Florence Towne
Lucille Twiner
Lois Burns
Florence Schultz
Treva Taylor
Warder
Iva Arnold
Lloyd Schultz
Juanita Greetham
Betty Dieter
Ruth Woike
Elyria
Wellington
Amherst
LaGrange
Sullivan
Cleveland
Oberlin
Bradley
Smatron
18 Attend WSCS Christmas Party In South Amherst
Mrs. Paul Foor opened her home to the W.S.C.S of the Methodist Church for the annual Christmas tureen and party. Seventeen members and a guest attended the affair. The group packed and delivered 49 fruit plates to the sick and shutins while a candlelight service closed the program. Gifts, readings, and prayers marked the gathering with plans for January and June meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Amherst
Paul Foor
Pyle
South Amherst Rd
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
C. E. Young
Russell Springer
Elmer Harris
Peter B. Marshall
Dale Riggs
Almon Brocksieker
Jim Bryant
Henrietta
Robert Wyler
Harold Dickinson
Wakeman
Eastern Star
Pansy Chapter
Ober
Lin
Myron Allgood
Nelson Green
Maude Ewell
Grace Russell
Wilma Austin
Parma
Henry Sanford
E. L. Yes
Glen
Windsor
Can
Iles
William Kueser
Virgil Les
Berrien Springs
Mich
Story Hour
Glen Hes
West ‘Palm Beach
Fla
Les
West Palm Beach
Ricketts
Cemetery and Park Association
Lettle Leach
George Meyer
Belden
Virgil Okeys
Mobberly
Raymond Okey
Adir
Litchheld
C. C. Stocker
Carl Fratz
Lenore Sears
Neil Scoville
Lakewood
Carl Hoffman
Victor Haines
Lorain Armory
Carl Hinz
Eugene Reisner
Skippy and
Green
Arthur
Harry Hinz
Donald Yost
Alberta Bradley
County Home Demonstration Council
Nichols Appliance Store
Albert Jam‘iesons
Grange Christmas Party and OES Installation News
The community notes cover a range of social events from Litchfield and nearby towns including a Grange Christmas party with a Red Cross talk and handicap school collection, OES officers installed at the Masonic Temple, and various visits and gatherings among families such as the Leach, Yost, and Bradley households plus regional church and home demonstration activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Red Cross
Richard Leach
Roberta
Norris
Robert Rogers
Cleveland
OES
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eda
Tmesees
Board of Education
Elee- Cn Sip
Ton
Ehyria Union Board
Eof
Paul W. Sampsell
Ralph W Pomeroy
John C. Hale
Artemas Beebe Jr
Jeduthan C. Hi
W. F. McLean
George E. Crisp
David J. Nye
Chas
E. Wilson
John Lersch
R. D. Perry
H H. Clough
Everett E. Willams
Tex
Mrs
N. E. Walters
Si Boone
Lodi
Akron
Marie Jackson
Keith
Germany
Casablanca
Spain
Portugal
Lewis Fuller
S |Avon Lake
Fuller
Lottie Fuller
Santa Claus
Ryan Hardware
East Ave
Wilfi
Paramount Tree Lights
Kliptons
Viduae Cs
Ryan Hardware and Appliance
Gerald Bergman
Eisenhower
America
Gerald
Syimer Bergman
Richard
Bernice
Lorenso
Idaho
Miss Grace Russell Wakeman
B.C
WSCS
Brockseiker
Dawa
Mee
Cork
Evans
Sim Ane Reeves
Valawibe
Florsheim
Litchfield
Bauer Dairy
Middle Avenue