Grisez School

This is supposed to be the third grade at Grisez Special School 1930. I'm suspicious. There would not be this many children in one grade in a rural school. There would only be this many in the whole school. It doesn't look as if there are any older kids in this picture. I welcome input since this is the only picture I have from this school.

Names
Row 1 - Virginia York, Evelyn York, Leona Deloye, Virginia Boerger, Marcella Sherman, , Mildred Barhorst, Amelia Deloye, Evelyn Barhorst.
Row 2 - Edward York, Richard Sherman, Eugene Sherman, Albert Boerger, Aloys Larger, Frank Thomas.
Row 3 - Elmer Grisez, Herbert Larger, Elmer Larger, Floyd Thomas, Robert Edwards, Floyd Thomas, Paul Deloy, Richard Barhorst.
The teacher was Goldie Martin (not in picture).

Photo

Dorothy Quinlin donated this flag. It hung in the window during WWII to commemorate the 2 Quinlins who were away in the war.

March meeting

The monthly meeting was held March 15 in the museum. Jim got us up to date on the new Shelby County History Alliance which consists of Ft. Loramie, Sidney Historical, Jackson Center, Botkins and Anna.

The Sidney group will soon be setting up a display that all the museums will contribute to. Jim will be getting together some artifacts that show Ft. Loramie history. Look for it at the Ross Historical building in Sidney probably in April.

Maintenance on the building is a constant worry. The roof will need to be replaced and a gutter and spout repaired however, the mild winter has been a big help to our heating costs. The water has been turned back on in the building.

We are still looking for old photos especially of immigrant ancestors and school classes. Also need history of businesses now and then and of farms. Contact one of the officers or email the address above.

As always the museum will be open Sunday afternoons in June, July and August. Tours can be arranged and anyone can get in almost anytime to do research. Call Dorothy Quinlin 937-295-2659 or Karen Anthony 937-295-2353 or email.

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Some teachers

Some teachers at Grisez Special School that closed in 1936. They aren't in order. I got the names from a reunion they held in 1988.
D. Snow
Frank Loy - 1910-1911
Alma Gigandet - 1917-18
H.H. Short
Mr. Groff
Bernard Barhorst
Ann Sommer
Goldie Martin - 1930
Martha Remlinger
Ellen Nischwitz
Marie Freytag (Winkeljohn)

Some Hopewell Special School teachers.
Harvey Loy - 1906
Anna Jelley - 1911
Mary D. Gigandet - 1918-19
Teresa Wilkins - 1940
Robert Gigandet
Charles Echman

Some of the teachers at Basinburg Special.
John Barhorst 1903-1904
Harley Helman 1906-1907
Rosa Moorman 1910-1911
Arthur Kiefer 1914-1915
Frances Loy

The Irish

Since St. Patrick's day is on March 17th I thought I would address the Irish immigrants to this area. Many Irish came here to work on the canal and moved on but some stayed. St. Patrick's and McCartyville were named for them. The children who went to St. Patrick's School were given St. Patrick's Day off in honor of the saint their school was named for.

Michael Quinlin and Bridget Ronan immigrated from Ireland. She came in 1856. They settled in McLean Twp. on a farm in the Sherman School District. Their children were, William (a pharmacist in Ft. Loramie), Mary, who married a Doorley, John, Thomas, Joseph, James, Alice, Edmund, and Emma. There may have been more. William Quinlin also served as mayor.

John Walkup was born in Ireland and married Mary Edwards in 1856. He was a farmer in Walkup School District. Children were Thomas, Joseph, Milton or Newton, Margaret and Nancy. Thomas was a physician in Ft. Loramie.

Another Irish family were the Moyers who lived in Cynthian Twp. and came from Ireland by way of Pennsylvania. These are only a few.

Model donation

Wesley Kiefer of Sidney has donated this model that he created of Loramie's store as it might have looked. He researched the subject and found that this is the way the French traders built their stores. It was built on the scale of 3/4" to 1'. No nails or metal fasteners were used. The shingles were hand split and the logs fastened with pegs. It took about 60 hours to build not counting the time spent researching Loramie's store and the type of construction used around 1780.

Newsletter

Dorothy Quinlin found a flag in a drawer that belonged to the Quinlin family. It is a WWI flag that was hung in a window and had a star on it for each son in the military.

The levy to generate funds for the historical societies in Shelby County will be held in a special election in August if it is approved by the commissioners.

Alex Heckman, Director of Education and Museum Operations for Dayton History and grandson of former member Henrietta Heckman has emailed us and invited any of us to come and visit the museum in Carrillon Park.

The Christmas decorations have been taken down and stored away until next year. The dining room will remain decorated so visitors can see what we do. New displays are being planned for the summer. The water will be turned back on soon since it seems unlikely it will get cold enough again to freeze the pipes.

We have decided to no longer hold the annual dinner for members but some other sort of get-together will be arranged.

We are still looking for writers and old photos for the new history book. Contact Jim Rosengarten.

This blog has been generating a lot of interest in our organization. If you know anyone who would like to receive it let me know. Keep checking back. I put things on all the time. Scroll down to see what's new.

Replicas

Wooden cutouts of Ft. Loramie buildings.
St. Michael's Church, Vogelsang's, Busse's meat market, Willman's Dept. store, Gaier's gas station, Ernst gas station, bank, fire department.
$15.00 each plus shipping.

Unknown photo

This looks like a one-room school class possibly on an outing. One of the people in it is probably a Gausepohl and it could be in Deiters School District east of Minster. It looks like the 19teens. If you recognize it let me know.

Turp & Eb

Turp & Eb, by Albert Freytag. Stories of the childhood of Albert and his friend Turp Raterman. 140 pages, $16.00.