Wayne County Centennial Day Draws 19000 in Wooster Crowd
A campus of 19000 plus attended Wayne County Centennial Christianity Day events in Wooster with major attendance at City Park, the Eighth Regiment Band led the hymn, and Rev W O Thompson spoke on Sunday School growth, citizenship and liberty amid a week of parades, speeches, and fireworks.
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Centennial reminiscences reveal early county church beginnings
Wayne county settlers recount the first Methodist preacher James Murry and regular Baptist leadership before 1820, with the 1823 Lutheran Sabbath school at Congress township, and recollections of Mr. Adams who helped build a log cabin for the 1840 campaign. Veterans’ dinner lists nine old soldiers, including Charles Oldroyd and Boyd Gilson, while local guests and Centennial visitors arrive with news of family ties and a wide circle of townsfolk in Orrville, Wooster, and surrounding areas.
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Thomas Howard
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Wm. Nightcap
Parade of 4000 in Clinton township civic pageant resplendent
A large turnout of 4000 plus men women and children marched through the streets in a spirited display. Leaders including Chief Marsha Dr J Ey Barrett and Rev Geo Osantas plus local committees and church figures followed, with bands railroad arrivals and a golden eagle banner. The parade featured a blockhouse scene near the Lutheran church and an open Bible carried aloft, illustrating a strong faith motive and community pride.
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Confusion Flows at Christianity Day Opera House Session
At City Opera House an evening program for Christianity Day faced crowd shortfall yet proceeded smoothly. The 8th Regiment Band joined, led by Capt Alcock, after a delay, and the program opened with a prayer by Prof Eling Compton. Dr Criley explained Rev Davis was absent but efforts to hear his historical paper continue. W H Woodland spoke on Wooster Baptists claiming the oldest local church lineage dating to 1812 with a blockhouse, early meetings, and 1839 building.
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Centennial reminiscences from Wooster native
A Canaan Academy scholar writes to the editor from Os, Minn on August 10 1896 recalling Wayne County history and early Wooster memories. He describes his father’s Ohio emigration from Franklin County to Wooster in 1838, noting two early brick buildings on North Main Street and the fledgling village’s growth. He mentions his family’s move and the era’s sparse schooling with two noted farming schools southeast of Wooster.
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