1919 - Ohio State Senator Ake introduced a bill banning German from the public schools.
The village school children celebrated Arbor Day by planting 2 weeping birch trees in honor of former pupils, Louis Daniel and Grover Cox, both casualties in WWI.
1947 - After 30 years the Village Beautiful Club voted to change its name to the Agenda Club.
1943 - The Bureau of Mines revealed that dolomite, an ore needed for the manufacture of war weapons, was discovered in several locations in Shelby County.
