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Health of people who travel to work: the effect of travel time and mode of transport on health: What have we learnt from the Kent and Medway health and lifestyle survey?
No full textThis is the first study of the health of people travelling to work. The paper describes a study from the 2001 Kent & Medway Health and Lifestyle Survey. It focusses on the health of people commuting to London and those working elsewhere who were travelling for more than 45 minutes
Two Book Reviews
No full textThis issue of the Education Policy Analysis Archives comprises two book reviews: An essay review of R. G. Brown Schools of Thought by Craig Howley and Aimee Howley, and a review of Ernest R. House, Professional Evaluation by Kent P. Scribner
The Kent Historian, Kent Historical Society Newsletter, Number 109, Fall2023
No full textNewsletter highlighting recent events and collections of Kent Historical SocietyTHE KENT HISTORIAN
The Newsletter ofthe Kent Historical Society Fall, 2023
Number 109
Modern Vision exhibit adds recent Kent history
Researchers, local business, KHS, together celebrate mutual effortfor displays
By Bengt George
KHS Staff Writer
When walking through the front doors of our museum, visitors are often taken with the warm, rustic materials that greet them. The ornate wood and brass trim of the house, the vintage glass and ceramic of our pharmacy exhibit, distressed leather above a stone fireplace in our Early Kent room. It all creates the sort of sensory experience one would expect from a history
museum.
Within these walls, visitors may be surprised to come across space age polymer-dispensing displays in durable plastic. This is exactly the case with our latest (in both senses of the word) exhibit.
Modern Vision: Liquid Crystal Technology
in Kent is the culmination of months
ofwork with both Kent State University's
Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) and local
company Kent Displays. We are delighted
to continue our preservation of local industrial
history through to the 21st century, tracing our relationship to technological innovation and our continued relevance on the world stage. As President Emeritus Sandra Halem says about the new exhibit, "The reason that Kent is thriving where many small towns are
not, is because we keep
reinventing ourselves."
Liquid crystal displays, most commonly seen in the screens of cell phones and televisions, have a long history with the city of Kent.
In 1965, Kent State
professor Glenn H.
Brown established
LCI as a cutting-edge
research center into
various applications of
liquid crystals.
His colleague and Dr J. William Doane shares his story of of making industrial history in Kent with Liquid Crystal Technology, as Sandy Halem listens.
Director of the LCI,
J. William Doane, products to this day. Their line of reusable would in 1993 co-found Kent Displays, writing tablets, the Boogie Board, are used which continues to create new commercial See Modern, page 4
Tap Talks emerge from natural elements, local history
Unique location brings community through story
By Tom Hatch
KHS Board Member
Before we get to the story ofTap Talks and how this speakers' series has enriched our community, the story of North Water Brewing, the venue at which Tap Talks occurs every third Tuesday at 7 pm, is worthy of some ink. Many things came together to make NWB an important Kent landmark.
First, there's the North: Located at the northern end ofWater Street, past the Mill, the Art Gallery, Scribble's, Lucci's,
Bent Tree Coffee, and the Fairchild Bridge; Don Schjeldahl, chief visionary, calls it the perfect spot. He should know.
Don returned to full-time life in Kent after a career as a site selection specialist and industrial economist. Along the way, Don worked for two years finding perfect spots for Sierra Nevada Brewing.
According to Don, "This location checked all the boxes: an old under-utilized
industrial structure begging for rebirth,
on the hike and bike trail, a stone's throw
from the Cuyahoga River, in a neighbor-
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part of a resurging Mill District commercial
street." Get some exercise, grab a beer.
Next, there's the Water: Did you know that, because glaciers covering our area left behind deep river valleys and underground tunnels of sand and gravel (nature's premier system for filtering water), we have
access to some of the best water in North
America? Who knew we were walking on
interbedded and interlensing sand, gravel,
silt and day in buried valleys?* Don did.
Finally, there's the Brewing: According to Dylan Hamilton, North Water's master brewer, "Kent's water is as dose to perfection as it gets. Starting with a dean canvas allows me to create exciting beers without the worry ofwater chemistry skewing the results." Ahhh, perfection!
Right spot, great beer, so what's missing? It's complicated. Don Schjeldahl's vision for NWB is to build a sustainable business that fosters social, economic, and environmental responsibility.
His work experience taught him that, in today's world, successful towns grow and prosper when "there's a focus on people, streetscape improvement, and building a lively ascendant downtown." These days, with dime stores gone and pharmacies on every corner except downtown, forward-looking central areas feature used bookstores, art galleries, coffee shops, yoga studios, and, yes, microbreweries. Places that foster reflection and conversation.
Tap Talks, the speaker's series that focuses on telling stories of Kent's past, present
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and future, is a natural part of the vision to align culture and community. If you've been to North Water Brewing on a third Tuesday at 7pm in the past year or so, you may have heard the "likely true" story of Captain Brady; the story of Brady Lake as an amusement park; Spiritualist encampment, and mob hangout; how the May 4th site on Kent's campus became a National
Landmark; the key role Kent's Historic South End has played in the growth of our city; how we got the Kent Environmental
Council, the Wick Poetry Center, Davey Tree Expert Company, Portage Parks, and
the Franklin Hotel.
Doug Fuller, retired Kent architect and member of the Kent Historical Society Board, is planning a new slate of fascinating stories for this coming year. In September, we'll hear about the Davey SEED (Science Employee Education and Development) campus currently under construction at the former Oak Knolls Golf Course.
In October, we'll hear about the "Story Mapping" project underway to make information about historic structures in Kent available to building and homeowners and the general public interested in historic preservation.
Could there be a talk about the history of Fageol Twin Coach? We're working on it.
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We're also working on stories about Kent's Black History, the Williams Brothers Mill, the famous Blue Gill dinner at Twin Lakes, Native Americans in Franklin Mills, the Silk/Alpaca Mill, and many more.
There are lots of stories to tell. According to Don Schjeldahl, "Kent is loaded with smart people." Doug adds, "Ifyou come to a Tap Talk, you'll likely learn something you didn't know before and you'll have a chance to sample some great beer."
Ifyou have an idea for a Tap Talk, or would like to research any aspect of Kent history, please contact Julie Kenworthy, KHS Director, or Doug Fuller at Kent Historical Society and Museum. We have lots of resources, can point you in the right direction, pair you with a capable speaker if you are shy, and help you create a Tap Talk that will not only spark conversation among your fellow Kentites, but will help point you in the right direction, pair you with a capable speaker if you are shy, and help you create a Tap Talk that will not only spark con-
At a Tap Talk in November, 2022, Chas Madonio (above, left, with microphone). local author of"Bars, Bands, and Rock 'n Roll," played to a full crowd. Find upcoming topics at https:1/northwaterbrewing.com/eventsltaptalksl or on KHS Facebook during the second week of each month.
Artifact Spotlight
By Bengt George
KHS StaffWriter Most Kent residents are familiar with the Masonic Center, the palatial brick building on West Main that serves as a destination for the city's Ghost Walk and regular flea markets. Well before its 1923 acquisition by the Rockton Masonic Lodge, the mansion had been constructed
in the early 1880s as Marvin Kent's home. While it belonged to the Kent family, the home was visited by multiple US Presidents, who stayed in the guest quarters still dubbed the "President's Room" today.
Photos ofthe Masonic Center can be seen in our Early Kent Room at the museum, but the attic holds other artifacts ofthe Masons.
This season we've chosen to feature two ofour ornate ceremonial swords, personalized for two notable figures from Kent history. These swords belonged to Hugo Birkner and Lincoln Garrett, evidenced by their engraved names on the blades and scabbards and initials emblazoned on the grips.
This type of sword was commonly presented to high-ranking members of Masonic organizations, used not as weapons, but symbolic representations versation among your fellow Kentites, but will help introduce many people to perfect beer.
Join us for Tap Talks, every third Thursday, at North Water Brewing, at 7 p.m.
of their importance to the order. Accompanying these swords is a portrait ofan unknown Mason wielding a similar sword, produced by popular 1870s and 1880s Kent photographer James Wark. The photo shows the kind of ceremonial dress and ornaments that complimented the decorative swords in Mason ceremonies.
More ofWark's work can be seen throughout our collections, including those hosted on our website.
Though these swords are not currently on display, they serve as beautiful
reminders ofKent's enduring history and the importance ofpreserving physical artifacts. As always, we invite all community members to visit our museum during public hours to experience our collections from all eras and corners ofKent society. Remember, our new public hours are Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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in schools, offices, hospitals, and homes all over the world.
On June 29, we had the opportunity to bring together the KHS family, Kent State researchers and Kent Displays staff in celebration of the exhibit's opening.
in the community who serve as sources of
"living history," contributing to our mission-
ofpreservation on a constant basis. The exhibit can be seen alongside all our other displays during public hours on Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can expect to see a variety of
LCI photographs
and documents,
including Doane's
official patents on
its technological
developments.
Below this, a large glass case shows the history of Kent Displays' products, from government projects to commercial prototypes to the affordable and accessible products they sell
today.
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Exhibit contributors, families enjoy displays, mood rings and Boogie Boards. We've also aimed
Dr. Doane himself addressed attendees and shared his first-hand experiences through the events documented in Modern Vision. It's our great fortune to have people to make this our most interactive exhibit to date. There are Boogie Board products to test, mood rings (which contain liquid crystals) to take, and multiple videos
Modern Vision interactive exhibit includes videos, LCI photographs, Doane's official patents, video, Kent Displays' products and more to try.
explaining the science of liquid crystals to watch.
We'd like to thank all of our volunteers, our contacts at LCI and especially Kent Displays for their invaluable help in making this exhibit a reality.
Fall 2023
The Kentennial, Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society, Volume 36, September 1999
No full text.waterpower: The
A Note from Genesis of Kent the Qirector
Over half of the lim- Often in studying his- As the importance of
ited edition of Kent, tory, we s.ee a com bi- the river's force be-
Ohio: the Dynamic nation-of f~,ctors that came clear, other en-
Decades has already produ~e an effect. For terprising spirits begc
been sold. We're example, without the using the force of the
proud of the book presence of water- · Cuyahoga's flow to
and feel that it is an power along the produce the energy t
. important r~c<?rd of · course of the Cuya- run sawmills and gris
our community's his- hoga River, Kent as miils. it was no arbi-tory
in the 20th cen- we know it today would trary decision to call
tury. never have material- our early community
ized. "Franklin Mills."
Currently, we are
working on two more One of the first actions The great flood whic
book projects. The the Haymaker family swept through town i
first is a children's took when they arrived 1832 destroyed the
history of Kent here early in the 19th original dam and de-scheduled
for publi- century to found the mostrated to the con
~ation at year's end. town was to dam the munity the importanc
river and harness its of flood control for iti
The other is a re- power, building the major power source.
issue of Grism~r's first dam in 1806. It The present dam wa
venerable history of was seven feet high, built concurrent with
Kent in a soft-back built out of stones, the construction of ti
format with a much- earth, and logs just Pennsylvania and
needed new com- above our dam today. Ohio Canal.
plete index, slated to Soon after, the first
be issued in 2001 . gristmill, a primitive Even after waterpoY
"corn cracker" was in was supplanted by
place. other forms of enerf
Continued on P .2
Waterpower (from P .1)
the dam and waterfall in the heart of the
community became symbols of the force
which helped to establish the settlement
on the river's banks that we now call
"Kent."
After the great floods which devastated
Ohio in 1913, the
dam , which
thwarted a
greater disaster
downriver, was
damaged. Karl
Grismer, in his
History of Kent,
tells us that when
some citizens
suggested removing
the o,d dam, " ... most people did
not like the idea of destroying the old dam,
which had served the community so many
-years .. . "
In 1924, a drive was launched to repair
the dam. Even though its waterpower was
no longer needed, it and its waterfall were
such symbol~ of Kent's past that a
community-wide drive began to collect
funds for the restoration . Almost 6000 in
donations were collected through a grassroots
effort and allowed for the work to be
completed in 1925.
When the Kent Industrial District was
made part of the National Register of Historic
Places in the 1970's, the waterfall
and dam were placed at its heart as symbols
of our town's industrial heritage. The
creation of the district meant that both the
national Trust for Historic Preservation
and the Ohio Preservation Office recognize
the area bounded by River Street,
Main Street, Franklin Avenue, and Stow
Street as being one of the nation's historic
treasures.
From the windows of our historical society
offices on the second floor of the Great Atlantic
and Western Railroad depot, there
is a spectacular view of the Cuyahoga and
the falls. Blue heron come every morning
to fi~h near the base of the falls. Humans
fish there too, and iri
a constant parade,
hikers stroll along the
~ ... ~ walkways. The ~-- ;-~ arches of the historic
. sto·ne bridge form
.... ,_ ._ .. , ·,! perfect circles with
. :~ , ~ .. : ~:.· ·,. , · their reflection in the i/J. · · ·:" > · :·· · riyer below. If you sit
~· · :,: an_d watch for any
length of time, you
can grasp the flow of history in the power
the dam represents. In the roar of the water,
you can near the voices of historythe
Haymakers', -John · Brown -Zenas ·Kent . ' ,
Marvin Kent, Martin Davey-imagining
these historic figures watching the water
flow over the dam which has served its
community for over one hundred and sixty
years.
Ted Sapp Passes Away
Trustee Emeritus and long-time supporter
of the Kent Historical Society, Ted J.
Sapp, died June 30, 1999 at age 89. An
alumnus of Kent State University, Ted was
a life-long lover of Kent history. In addition
to his service on the historical society
board, he a_lso served on Kent City Council,
the Board of Trustees for Standing
Rock Cemetery, and the Portage County
Board of Elections. He was at one time a
Portage County Commissioner.
Kentennial June 1999 p. 2
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A history of Kent, Ohio written especially
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into modem times, The Jtory of Kent Ohio presents the history of an Ohio city in a dear and accessible manner.
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donated four scouting uniforms (Cub Scouts, history project continu,es. Qnce again this
Boy Scouts, Bluebi~ds, and Campfire Girls) year we will be using students from Kent
frpm th~ 1950's and 1960's. We plan to fea- Roosevelt High Scho_or as interviewers. The
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The Kent Historian, Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society, Volume 64, Winter 2008
No full textTHE KENT HISTORIAN
Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society
HISTORY FEATURE
Winter 2008
Number 64
Kent Grows, Changes During the' Great War' of Early 1900s
In 1916, the village of Kent was already
growing. As noted in Karl H.
Grismer' s The History of Kent, he
writes: "The entrance of the United
States into the World War found Kent
well started on the most prosperous
period of its history. The growth was
due almost entirely to three thingsthe
Kent State Normal School, by
then, well established; the Erie shops,
which were employing more men
than ever before,
and the
Mason Tire
and Rubber
Compa-ny
... which
spnng into
existence almost
overnight
and flourished
Kent grew, and
grew rapidly."
On
April 6, 1917,
the United
States declared
war on Germany, and Kent, like the
rest of the country, was swept up in
the war. "Within two weeks after war
was declared, 23 Kent men enlisted in
the 10th Regiment of the Ohio National
Guard. There were: Frank W.
Elgin, Kennerdell E. George, KM.
Hass, John H. Jones, J.W. Lackey, Max
M. Miller, George H. Moon, George
W. Myers, B.J. Sawyer, W. A. Simpson,
I.W. Shanafelt, G.E. Shanley, W.F.
Myers, H.C. Strayer, F.W. Ferry, C.J.
Weideman, H.P. Boak,C. A. O'Connor,
C. C. Cannon, Claude Davis, Ralph
'.. Hawk, H.E. Swarthout, and H.D.
~ ilt. A camp was established at
Brady Lake where many of the men
trained until they left for Camp Sheri-dan,
at Montgomery, Ala., on Sunday
morning, September 16, 1917."
Many war-bond drives were organized
from 1917 until the end of
the war in 1918. Every war loan was
quickly "oversubscribed and every
call made by the Red Cross was answered
generously. Kent meticulously
observed the 'heatless days,' the
'meatless days,' and the 'breadless
days,' and when sugar and coal were
rationed, no one grumbled. The only
concern was: 'Bring the boys back
safely-and quickly.'"
Many young men from Kent were
either drafted into the Army or volunteered
to serve. These young men
were given the nickname "our boys"
by the local newspapers, which included
The Kent Tribune, the Portage
County Democrat, and the Ravenna Republican.
The latter often published
some of the letters the soldiers wrote
to their families back home.
"On June 5, 1917, 726 Kent men
were registered for the draft. The first
contingent left for Camp Sherman, at
Chillicothe, [Ohio], on Thursday, Sept.
20. Thereafter, hardly a month passed
until the end of the war without more
men leaving to enter the service.
"The tragedy of the war was first
brought home to the Kent people
when it was reported that Clinton Allen,
a graduate of the Kent high
school, was injured in France on June
4, 1918. From then on, the casualty
lists were read with the greatest
dread-no family knew when it
would learn that it had lost a son, a
brother, or friend." Word of a local
soldier's death would often be frontpage
news, and letters from soldiers
became regular features.
The Kent Historical Society's new
exhibit on the "Great War" features
the personal effects of local Kent soldiers
Roscoe Hahn, James Apple and
Luther Parmelee. In 1917, Ravenna
would establish a training facility for
the American Red Cross. Many young
women would train to become
nurses. Some, like Kent librarian Nellie
Dingley, volunteered to serve as a
nurse in France.
Kent, like the rest of the world,
also suffered the effects of the worldwide
influenza epidemic, or Spanish
flu. In October 1918, a small influenza
outbreak caused the Kent schools to
be closed for a month.
As the war wound down, news of
its impending armistice continued at
home and to the troops overseas.
"Then came the false armistice, on
Nov. 8, 1918. Kent, like the rest of the
nation, celebrated with the wildest
abandon. Every whistle in town was
blown--bells were rung-work was
forgotten. Until late at night the downtown
section was thronged with celebrants.
Everyone was determined to
have a good time-and everyone did.
Verification of reports that the
Nov. 8th armistice was only a newspaperman's
blunder came like a sickening
blow. The town, which had ris-
See WAR, p. 4.
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KHS Receives Christensen Foundation
Grantfor'School Days' Project
T he Henry V. and Frances W.
Christensen Foundation has
awarded the Kent Historical Society
a 2,280 grant to help fund a project
titled "School Days: Kent, Ohio," an
audiovideo/Web site and oral history
project about life in the Kent schools.
The project will include video
oral histories with Kent's senior citizens
on what their life was like when
they were in school, including their
experiences during important events
in the community. This valuable resource
is part of the Historical Society's
commitment to helping students
understand their heritage as well as
bridging the generations from children
to seniors.
The Historical Society has made
education a priority. Each spring the
third-grade students in Kent schools
study local Kent history, which includes
a tour of the Historical Society
museum and a chance to see the DVD
"Kent: The Early Years." The grant will
help purchase a new video and digital
camera as well as enhancing the Historical
Society's Web site featuring excerpts
from the museum's collection.
If you would like to help with this
project by contributing an oral history,
call the Historical Society office for an
appointment. Of particular interest are
Union/ Central, Longcoy, Holden,
Franklin, Walls, Davey, Roosevelt, St.
Patrick's, South, University and DePeyster
schools. If you have any personal
photographs, documents or newspaper
articles you would like to add to
the project, these items can be scanned
and the originals returned to you.
The Historical Society is very
grateful to the Christensen Foundation
for its past assistance in funding
the museum's second-floor Children's
Learning Center as well as helping to
upgrade the building's fire and security
systems.
Friends Gather to Honor Loris Troyer
0 n a cold winter day in early
December, nearly 40
friends braved the snow for the
official dedication of the Loris C.
Troyer Library & Archives at the
Kent Historical Society museum.
Troyer and his wife, Laura,
greeted guests in the Visitors
Room.
Board President Sandy Halem
earlier had presented Troyer
with the proclamation naming
the Archives & Library in his
honor at his home on his 94th
birthday, October 11, 2008.
Troyer was one of the Kent Historical Society President Sandy Halem pre-founding
board members of the sents the library-and-archives dedication proclamation
Historical Society and has ac- to Loris Troyer.
tively promoted the preservation of local history throughout his life. As editor
emeritus of the Record-Courier, Troyer began writing his weekly "Portage Pathways"
columns, which later became the basis of the book Portage Pathways, published
by the Kent State University Press in 1998. This wonderful compilation of
more than 140 of his most memorable essays and illustrated with historical
photographs is available at the Historical Society's Museum Gift Shop. To help
support the library and archives with a donation, see the related article on page 3.
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a nonprofit organization that strives to be
the primary Kent history resource and
reference center, leading the community
in the collection, preservation and interpretation
of Kent's heritage through exhibitions,
educational programs and activities.
The society brings educational
programs to schools, businesses and
civic organizations and collaborates with
the Main Street Kent and other historic
preservation projects in the community.
Board of Trustees
Sandra Halem, President
Jack Amrhein, Treasurer
John Benedik
Howard Boyle
Scott Flynn
Audrey Cielinski Kessler
Matt Metcalf
Pat Morton
Jim Myers
Carol Stroble
John Wunderle
Staff
Mary Ann Green, Administrator
Newsletter Staff
Audrey Cielinski Kessler, Edita,
Museum Hours
Thursday: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Friday: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Groups and special tours
by appointment
Direct inquiries to
Kent H lstorical Society
P.O. Box 663
Kent, OH 44240
330/678-2712
[email protected]
www.kentohiohistory.org
Winter 2009
Museum Gift Shop Featured Item:
Kent and the Great War, The Letters
ofLeoBietz
A few years ago, Dr. James Best, emeritus
professor of political science at Kent State
University, donated a collection of letters from
Leo Bietz. Bietz drove an ambulance in France in
what was known as the "great war." Bietz wrote
to his family in Kent, who had taken over his
role in running the Imperial Dry Oeaning Co.
without him. Bietz returned to Kent and became
Kent's postmaster (in the old post office located
next to the Kent Historical Society' s office on
South Water Street) as well as an active community
leader.
The letters in this book were transcribed
by Derrick Ranostaj, one of the Historical Soci-
, ety' s Kent State University's interns. Ranostaj' s
interest in World War I prompted the HistoriL,;,.,..-===
= === ==::;__;.._.., cal Society to help him create the society's
exhibit, Kent and the Great War, as well as this book. Volunteer Henry Halem
created the book design and helped guide this wonderful little piece of history to
publication. As you will note, it is the first book published under the Kent Historical
Society Press.
Stephen H. Paschen, university archivist at Kent State, described the book:
"The World War I letters of Leo Bietz provide not only a rare glimpse of an Amer-
--.__.Acan soldier's experiences in wartime but also a snapshot of life in and around
Kent, Ohio, during 1918 and 1919. A fascinating collection of letters Leo wrote to
family and friends back home is accompanied by letters he received providing
the precious news of goings-on in Kent. His letters convey some of the profound
awe he experienced as the dramatic global conflict drew to a climax. But the true
significance of this collection is personal history. The First World War is viewed
through the eyes of one individual and those who knew him. These letters, a
collection preserved by the Kent Historical Society, reveal much of what Kent and
its people experienced during a war that changed the face of the world."
Kent and the Great War, The Letters of Leo Bietz, (Kent Historical Society Press, 143
pages, 15, ISBN 9781607251743); transcribed by Derrick Ranostaj.
The Kent Historian Celebrates Its First Year
F our seasons have passed since the
Kent Historical Society launched
its new quarterly newsletter, The Kent
Historian. Thanks for all of your positive
responses. We especially appreciate
our board member, Audrey Cielinski
Kessler, who volunteers as our
editor and layout specialist.
This Winter 2009 issue features a
special insert by Dr. John Jacobs. Ja:
obs is not only well known in the
---.._../community for his long history of service
as a caring physician, but he also
is a consummate professional who
Winter 2009
has helped the Historical Society archive
thousands of photographs. He
and his wife Jean have helped with
identifying the many "anonymous"
photographs in the Historical Society's
archives.
If you have some local history
you would like to research or a personal
or family story to share, please let
us know. For any photos you want to
donate, please identify the people in
the picture and the location and date
the picture was taken. The photos will
be scanned and the orginals returned.
'94 Club' to Fund
Loris C. Troyer
Library & Archives
H ave you joined the "94 Oub"
yet? You can help create a lasting
legacy for the Kent Historical Society
archives. The Historical Society started
the "94 Oub" to honor Loris C. Troyer
on his 94th birthday and to maintain
the organization's growing library and
archives.
The names of those contributing
$94 for a listing will be added to a
plaque in the library, and a DVD of
the dedication will be sent to all donors.
If you would like to contribute,
send your tax-deductible contribution
to the Historical Society or call Mary
Ann Green for credit-card orders.
Contributors will be listed in the
spring newsletter.
KHS Volunteers
in the Spotlight
V olunteers in the spotlight for the
winter are Christy Schjeldahl
(top) and Betty Sweet (bottom).
"I look forward
to my
time each
month at the
KHS. As a
transplant to
Ohio from
Minnesota
and Michigan
, I find it
a great way to become acquainted and appreciative
of Kent's history. I enjoy working with
Mary Ann [KHS administrator], who is so positive
and encouraging. I thank Betty Sweet,
who encouraged me to volunteer."
"After my
husband
Richard's
death in
2005, I discovered
the
Kent Historical
Society.
The people I
met were
very upbeat and caring. Mary Ann had a
friendly way of keeping me busy. I have been
living in Kent since 1957, so I do feel at
home here. Every time I volunteer, I learn
more about Kent's great heritage.
3
WAR
Continued from p. 1
en to the pinnacles of ecstasy, sank into the depths of
gloom. But not for long. The real armistice came on November
11, and this time the people waited until the afternoon
to celebrate. Mayor (Martin) Davey, Dr. J. H. Hull
and Dr. M.J. Slutz addressed a crowd which gathered at
the public square. A parade formed, which was headed by
E.O. Carlin's hearse, in which there was an effigy of the
Kaiser. The band played, the fire trucks fell into line, and
so did scores of automobiles and hundreds of celebrants
who walked. Later, part of the procession went on to Ravenna
to show that town how Kent greeted the fall of
Prussian militarism."
The Historical Society hop·es its exhibit will give the
viewer a sense of how that World War I affected Kent and
the men and women who served the country and the Kent
community.
Source: This article is a verbatim excerpt from The History of Kent by
Karl H. Grismer, Chapter XI (pages 109-110), copyright 1932.
Welcome 2009! The Kent Historical Society
has a new sign in front of the Society
office at 234 S. Water Street to welcome
visitors and give the hours the office
is open to the public . Remember
that tours for grou. s can always he
scheduled by appointment.
Kent Historical Society
P.O. Box 663
Kent, OH 44240
KHS Announces 2009 'All
About Kent' Speaker Series
'--"' T he first speaker in the Kent Historical Society's 2009
All About Kent Speaker Series is Portage County historian
Wayne Enders. His presentation will begin at 7 p.m.
on February 9 at the historic Marvin Kent residence, now
home of the Masonic Center ( corner of Mantua and West
Main streets). Enders will present highlights of people
and events in Kent and Portage County between 1850 and
1900. When he spoke as part of the series last year, Enders
talked about people and events prior to 1850.
Enders, a lifelong resident of Ravenna Township, is
the author of Connecticut Western Reserve, State of Ohio,
County of Portage Timeline 1669-2007. Copies of the book
will be available and will be signed by the author.
Guests will be met at the front door by Marvin and
Maria Kent (portrayed by Bruce and Nancy Hansford). On
behalf of the Rockton Lodge 316, they will provide a tour
of their former home along with members of the Portage
County Historical Society, also in period costumes. Jeffrey
Jones will play period music on a dulcimer. Pictures of a
sleigh once owned by the Kent family and reconstructed
by the Portage County Historical Society will be on display
along with archival photos from the period assembled
from the KHS archives by John and Jean Jacobs.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be
served. For more informatio:1, caB the KI-IS office.
Nonprofit Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Kent, OH
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Kent Historical Society Newsletter, Volume 7, Fall Issue, October 1991
No full textKENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
"PRESERVING THE PAST TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE"
A Society dedicated to the preservation of historical artifacts
and properties within the City of Kent, Ohio
October, 1 gg 1
152 Franklin Avenue, P.O. Box 663, Kent OH. 44240, Pr1one (216) 6 78-27 t 2
A Q Uititerly Public atiori V oltllne 7 . Fall I~ue Oc10ber .1991
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARVIN KENT
1 75th Anniversary
On September 21st, 175 years ago, Marvin Kent was
born. He became a resident of Franklin Mills in
1838 following manufacturing and mercantile
pursuits. Christian Cackler called him our foremost
citizen. When you consider all of his endeavors and
what all he did for the village, it's no wonder that in
1867 its citizens renamed Franklin Mills Kent Ohio.
The list of the Kent's accomplishments includes a
Mercantile business in Ravenna and real estate in
Franklin Millslike the Franklin Exchange, office
building and the Franklin House Hotel. When built in
1837 the hotel was the largest and tallest building in
the state. The Kent's also built and operated flour
rn i1i s, a tannery l woo 1 en rn il1 s, rJ h:iss factories and
the county's fir.st bank.
Marvin Kent's most challenging feat was the charter
and building of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway. He made it possible for a freight or passenger
car to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great
Western plains. Marvin liked to call it the great link
because r,e felt he had linked the East with the West
by utilizing the same gauge of track from the Erie
Railroad at Jamestown New York to the Mississippi
and Ohio Railway at Dayton, Ohio.
The building of this railroad also brought to Franklin
Mills car sr,ops where the building and repair of
Coach cars provided employment for over 200
workers. The railroad brought great prosperity to
our town.
The Atlas of 1874 says "The great broad-gauge
railway l stretching in unbroken connection from
New York City to St. Louis, is one of the grandest
monuments of American energy and enterprise upon
the continent, and while others have co-operated in
the work, yet the chief honor of the achievement is
due to President Marvin Kent, Jl So 175 years after
his birth, we wish to acknowledge his birthday.
B i1l Birkner
DON "T FORGET I
The Collector's Addition Christmas Tree ornaments
are on sale at the following locations:
Home Savings Bank
Kent Hardware
The Works
Kent Historical Society
McKay Bricker
Thompson 1s Drug
These ornaments are bright red with a picture of the
Station screen printed on them. We plan to make this
a tradition and each year have a different historic
building or structure.
Be a char-i.er- member and buv one todav. Price 3,500 for the purchase of
computer and office equipment. This equipment,
purchased from Jasan Company and Kent Office
Supply, will make the project much easier to accomplish
in addition to having a long-range benefit
to the Historical Society and the Museum. A special
thanks goes out to the Kent Kiwanis and a donor that
wishes to remain anonymous for their generous
donations. Another thanks to Mr. Birkner for his
timeless and dedicated work on behalf of the History
project and the Society itself.
Jody Huebert Hamm
Project Director
HAYMAKER PIONEER CEMETERY WORKDAYS
On Sunday, September 22nd, Dr. and Mrs. John
Jacobs and Debbie Redman 1s Junior Girl Scout Troop
#62, worked all afternoon mowing, trimmingl and
raking up the grounds of the cemetery. They were
one week early because yours truly had given them
the wrong date for our workday. but my error turned
out for the best because they were ab le to get everything
ready for our big work day on September 29th.
We certainly hope no one gets a poison ivy rash from
our tasks.
Our largest group came from the United Church of
Christ. The UYF youth group and twenty great kids
in attendance. There were four members from Kent
Kiwanis, and three of us from the Kent Roosevelt
class of 1945. We want to thank Gary and Mary
Young for taking the time on Sunday afternoon to
bring and supervise the UYF ( United Youth Fellowship)
members. These kids restores one's faith in
our youth.
We accomplished so much, but we still have a way to
go to clear the brush on the other side of the fence,
repair and clean the stones, and get some plantings
done on the east fence.
We cannot end our story without thanking Mr. Pat
Moffet, Craig McClintock, Roy Foster, David Ear 1
Cox, and David Davis of the Kent Parks and Recreation
Department for supplying trucks and drivers
for removing the brush and debris. Without these
people, especially Roy, David Earl, and David, we
cou 1 d not have accom p 1 i shed our goa 1.
Bill Birkner
LATEST ACQUISITIONS
Wagon Jack, circa 1880. By Mrs. W.W. Loewenguth.
Two pictures of Klines Grocery Employees and the
Elgin Reunion, circa 1911. By, Mrs. Dorothy Moody.
Picture of Roosevelt High-school Band, circa 1924.
By, Mr. Wildun Scribner.
Painting Portage Indian from Portage National Bank
Lobby. By, t1r. John Hostler.
Hand Cloths Wringer, circa 1920's. By, Mr. John
M. Birkner, Jr.
Toy Steam Enginel circa 1930 's. By, i1r. Hugo E.
Birkner, Jr.
Book, Kent State, The Years of Youth, by Phillip
Shriver 1 1954. By,--Mr. W111iam B. Birkner.
The Historical Society is interested in any artifacts,
printed material, or photographs that you may have
The day was wonderful, not too cold, the sun was that pertains to Kent. Please contact the Historical
shining and 32 beautiful people showed up to cut Society at 678-2712 if You have anvthina You would
trees, drag brush, and deal with plenty of poison ivy. like t~ donate for our c~llections. · -· '
Kent Historical society
152 Franklin flue., P .o. Boa 663
Kent, Ohio +1240
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The Kent Historian, Kent Historical Society Newsletter, Number 82, Winter/Spring 2014
No full textTHE KENT HISTORIAN
The Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society Winter/Spring 2014
Number82
Town and Garden Tour returns June 7, 8
Kent is an eclectic mix of old and new, of
past and present.
In June, residents will have a special opportunity
to see this up close.
1he Kent Historical Society will host the
Town and Garden Tour on June 7 & 8, with a
special sponsors night party on June 6. The
tour will include a variety of unique historic
homes, gardens, and buildings in the downtown
and the West Main Street area. It will also
feature unique urban living spaces at Acorn
Corner.
Tickets will be 1 ,400 with a good portion of that going to
support the mission of Kent Historical Society.
KHS also raised 1,400, which will help support
the mission of Kent Historical Society.
The Brady Lake Park opened in 1891 and
remained in operation until the late 1940s,
when it deteriorated into a gambling and
nightclub resort.
veloper, Don Wilson Sr., rook over the park in
the late 1920s and led it during its "golden
age," Endres said.
The park eventually featured a figure-eight
roller coaster, a carousel and a midway. Campsites
and summer cottages were developed.
Big-name bands and acts performed, including
Cab Calloway and Rudy Vallee. Unusual
acts were brought in to draw larger crowds including
"aerial daredevils ," rodeos and horse
swimming acts. Bingo was added in 1938. In
1942, the park was sold to a group of Clevelanders,
who changed the focus to gambling,
which ultimately led to its closing in late 1949-
50.
Winter/Spring 2014
Sandy Halem steps down as KHS president
By Sandra Halem
This January, I retired from the presidency
and board of the Kent Historical Society. fu I
look back, I remember so much of the history,
both institutional and personal, that has
made this 40-year partnership so gratifying.
I was cleaning out my files and came across
an interview in the Record-Courier from
May 1977 which began with the following
paragraph: "Keeping Kent history alive is
Sandra Halem's hobby, a hobby that is keeping
her quite busy lately. Sandy and members
of the Kent Historical Society are preparing
to restore the Kent Railway Station."
At that time, I was a producer and writer
in the Television Services Department at
Kent State University, creating programming
for the newly opened PBS station Channels
45/49.
Our daughter, Jessica, was three years old
and my husband, Henry, was building the
glass program within the Kent State Art Department
from the ground up. His academic
appointment at Kent State was the reason we
had come to Kent in the summer of 1969.
We were newly married and anxious to find a
place to call home.
Loris Troyer, then editor of the RecordCourier,
had met my husband and I during a
1970 Town/Gown meeting held following
the tragic events of May 4th on the Kent
State campus. At that first meeting, Loris
learned of my love of history and convinced
Henry and I that Kent was a great place to
live and raise a family. It was the beginning of
a friendship that would last more than 40
years until his death in 2011.
Loris submitted my name to the Kent Historical
Society Board ofTrustees in 1974. I
would be replacing John Carson, who was
leaving to serve as county commissioner. I
was 30 years old and would serve as the first
woman, still unusual for membership on
boards of trustees. John Flynn also was appointed
at the same time, and Howard Boyle
would join in 1977 as the board sought to
engage younger members with skills that
would help in our 10-year quest to preserve
the Erie Depot.
See Halem, page 6
KHS board members in the spotlight
Amrhein new KHS board president
Retired teacher has served on
KHS trustees board since 1997
Jack Amrhein joined the Kent Historical Society
Board of Trustees in 1997 after being
asked by then-superintendent Marc Crail to
represent the school district.
Amrhein began his education career in 1980,
teaching at Davey Junior High, Stanton Middle
School and Theodore Roosevelt High
School before retiring in 2013. He also serves
on Kent City Council representing Ward 2.
This is his second term.
Amrhein moved to Kent in 1976. He graduated
from Kent State University in 1980 and
fell in love with the city and decided to make it
his home, he said.
Amrhein and his wife, Claudia, who is the
general manager of P ARTA, have two sons,
Joshua and Matthew and a daughter-in-law,
Raquel, who is married to Matthew.
Amrhein said chat although he has big shoes
to follow in caking the reins from Sandy, he
said he has learned valuable skills from her.
"Sandy has taught me to go with my gut instinct
and she has taught me to listen to others,"
Amrhein said. "She has also taught me to
think outside the box."
Amrhein said he always had a deep interest
in history and pop culture and has had the
Winter/Spring 2014
"privilege and good fortune to work in the
Kent Schools for some 33 years teaching those
subjects."
Amrhein's avid interest in pop culture helps
him to better understand what Kent was like
during the 1900s and how it has affected the
community as we know it today.
He hopes to continue to share his love of the
topic by hosting pop culture presentations for
the community in the near future.
He said his main goal, though, is to continue
on the same track char Sandy has taken, adding
that education, membership and preservation
are his top priorities as board president.
"History is important because WE ARE the
past: we are the sum of all the events - good,
bad, and indifferent - chat have happened to
us. This sum product guides our actions in the
present," he said.
Amrhein said he encourages people to get involved
with KHS to support the mission of education
and preservation and to assist with the
ongoing renovation and maintenance of KHS
museum's new permanent location at 237 E.
Main St. The museum has been located in the
historic Kem home for nearly three years. Amrhein
wants people to learn to know and love
the museum like he does.
"The Kent Historical Society is the caretaker
of the city's past. I love it," Amrhein said.
Sandy Halem resigned in January as
president of the Kent Historical Society
Board of Trustees. Jack Amrhein has
been selected as the new president of
the board. See story, below.
Friends look
back at Halem's
contributions
Booth
JEANBOOTI-1
KHS Board member
I have only known Sandy
well since I started volunteering
at the Kent Historical
Society a few years
ago. Over the years we
have spent a lot of time
in basements, attics and
storage rooms finding
and preserving historically
significant Kent artifacts. With Sandy
everything is fun no matter if it was a dirty
project like pulling weeds; a tedious one like
folding newsletters or a scary one like climbing
down rickety basement stairs (at our new museum)
to a damp dungeon (at our old museum
on Water Street.) A growing vibrant museum is
Sandy's legacy to Kent Historical Society. Although
Sandy has resigned from the board we
expect that she will continue to share her enthusiasm,
sense of humor and joy in life with
all of us.
See Friends, page 4
3
Halem from page 3
ROGER DI PAOLO
Historian, author, editor
"(Sandy's) like a force of
nature ... a whirlwind of
energy and ideas, but always
with a focus. She's a
great motivator. People
enjoy working with her
because she brings a sense
of fun to whatever needs
to be done. She decided it
was time that I had writ-
Di Paolo ten a book and she did so
much to make it happen. "Rooted in Kent"
would not exist without Sandy and Henry. We
started talking about "doing a book" in June,
she promised me that if I did what she told me
to do, it would be ready by the holidays. I did,
and we published it in early December 2009.
We sold 500 copies by Christmas."
BECKY DUNLAP
KHS board member
For countless years I have accompanied
Longcoy's third-graders on their walking tours
of the city of Kent. One of the students' favorite
stops was the Kent Historical Society
Museum. Sandy (or Mrs. Halem to the students)
would captivate and amaze her 9-yearold
audiences (and the parent chaperones) with
stories of Franklin Mills, early pioneers, etc.,
and show students some of the many interesting
artifacts housed in the museum (including
Martin L. Davey's desk from his time as governor,
antique wedding dresses, an early letter
with a Franklin Mills postmark, Haymaker
family tree quilt, etc.)
She made Kent's history come alive year after
year with the kind of enthusiasm a gifted
teacher wishes to instill in her students. Sandy's
eyes would shine and glow as she shared the
gift of the Kent Historical Society Museum.
Ending the tours, she would sit at the player
piano, pop in a roll of music, and her feet
would pedal to power the music that would
have students swaying to the beat as we exited
the museum.
Thank you Sandy, on behalf of all the children
you have helped educate on the rich and
varied history of Kent, Ohio!
AUDREY C. KESSLER
KHS board secretary
I remember the time after I first came on the
KHS board and Sandy asked me to be the person
to do the newsletter. We met about starting
up the publication. I was impressed with
Sandy's vast knowledge of Kent history. She
knew the information in such depth and detail.
She had ideas for the newsletter but was open
to my suggestions as well, including content
and the name of the newsletter. Her enthusi-
4
asm for the project also increased my excitement
about the work ahead. I felt honored to
be working with her and being able to tap her
expertise and wisdom about Kent history and
how that history could be expressed through
the newsletter.
SCOTT FLYNN
KHS board vice president
Everyone knows that
Sandy was a tireless and
passionate leader of
KHS, but what I'll miss
most is the sense of
humor Sandy brought to
KHS. She and Henry are
a hilarious couple. You
never know what will
come out of Sandy's
mouth next, which is
Flynn part of the reason the
KHS board is going to
miss her so much. Sandy joined the board in
'74, and left in '84. She rejoined the board in
'94 and became president in '04, only to leave
now in '14. I'm looking forward to her return
in 2024.
TOM HATCH
KHS Director
The entire Kent community has been fortunate
for Sandy Halem's leadership of the Kent
Historical Society and Museum over the past
10 years. Sandy's vision and articulate advocacy
has brought us acclaim and growth as she ably
helped us achieve our goal of collecting and
telling the important story of Kent's history
and keeping it accessible for future generations.
KASHA LEGEZA-BURTON
KHS board member
I always assumed historical
societies were stuffy.
And history? Never much
cared for the subject during
my school days. Then I met
local-history dynamo Sandy
Halem - and everything
changed!
In 2009 Sandy recruited
my husband, Jona Burton,
and me to volunteer as de- Legeza-Burton
signer and editor, respectively,
for our mutual friend Roger Di Paolo's book,
"Rooted in Kent: 101 Tales from the Tree
City." We (along with many others) worked
great together as a team to get a fantastic book
published on a very tight deadline. And I was
hooked on local history - and the Kent Historical
Society!
Not long thereafter, Sandy encouraged me to
join the KHS Board of Trustees - yet another
volunteer job I simply couldn't resist because of
her never.:.ending examples of energy, enthusiasm
and a heartfelt commitment to the preser-vation
and promotion of Kent history.
Sandy's youthful spirit permeates every aspect
of KHS - and it's the reason I constantly
find myself encouraging younger friends to join
our local history family with the catchphrase,
"We're not your grandmother's historical society!"
MATT METCALF
KHS board treasurer
Sandy's knowledge of the Kent community,
its people and history will be impossible to replace.
The size and the incredible state of our museum
is a direct result of her years of hard work
and dedication to the Kent Historical Society.
And now that she is no longer volunteering on
our projects, she better learn to keep her checkbook
ready.
JIM MYERS
KHS board member
Sandy, more than anyone
in the history of our
organization, has
PUSHED us to do more
and do better as a group,
encouraging others and
relying on the skrns of
others to make it happen.
We should all be grateful
for her being interested in
the history of her adopted Myers
home town. Since I as one
of the founders of the KHS, have seen her accomplishments
make others, who like myself
have helped along the way, seem "pale by comparison"
to what Sandy has done for us. The
"latch of Hatch," that is the hiring of Tom
Hatch, has taken us to a new higher level!
CAROL SfROBLE
KHS board member
I first met Sandy about
seven years ago when I
stopped in the historical
society when it was on
Water Street. There had
been an article in the
paper about the society
looking for new board
members.
So when I stopped in
to inquire about the open- Stroble
ing and to check out the
place (I had never been there before), I met
Sandy for the first time.
I was so impressed and inspired by her enthusiasm
for the society, her love of the history
of Kent and her passion for preserving it, I just
knew I wanted to be a part of this group!
I know we will all miss her constant presence
there, but she can be reassured that she has
been an inspiration to many others who will
carry on her work.
Winter/Spring 2014
From the pages of history
Fire destroyed Longcoy grocery 102 years ago
Store operated next day, was
rebuilt after Feb. 1912 disaster
The following is reprinted from a story in the
Ju61 30, 1952, edition of The Record-Courier as
the store shuttered its doors cifter 87 years of
operation in Kent.
In 1865 The Civil War had just ended when
a new grocery store and meat business was
started in Kent. Today, after 87 years'
continuous service to the community under the
same name, the store has gone out of business.
The Longcoy grocery store is no more. The
store that has carried the name "Longcoy" for
87 years, serving many of the old-time
Kentites, has sold its stock and fixtures.
***
THE STORE was started in 1865 by David
Longcoy with his twin sons, Frank and Francis
as partners. It continued that way until 1876
when Frank pulled out and went to Iowa. Soon
afterward, the market was moved from its
original location at the corner of Main and
River Sts. to 124 S. Water St.
Frank returned to Kent in 1889 and, with
his brother, handled the store until 1902.
Then, Harry C. Longcoy, son of Frank, bought
the store along with WA. Sparror.
It was during the tenure of these owners that
disaster struck. Early Sunday morning on
Lincoln's birthday in 1912 fire broke out and
destroyed the store.
H.C. Longcoy, aided by his employees,
worked all day obtaining a new stock and
business was resumed as usual Monday
morning in an adjoining room.
In 1917 Harry Longcoy bought out Sparror's
interest and became sole owner. He continued
in possession until 1946 when he sold to Harry
De Voe, who operated the store for a year and a
half under the Longcoy name.
***
ON DECEMBER 1, 1947, David B.
Longcoy, cousin of Harry Longcoy, bought the
store and carried on in the family tradition
until July 19. That date was the last business
Tour, from page 1
the Masonic Temple, the Clapp-Woodward
House (KHS Museum), the Franklin Hotel,
the May Prentice House (new home of the
Wick Poetry Center), the former Lilac Gardens
of Daisy Wolcott, and several other gardens
and historic homes where prominent figures
from Kent's early days lived.
One of the featured houses is the home and
Winter/Spring 2014
A fire in 1912 destroyed the Longcoy grocery store at 124 S. Water St. It was rebuilt and
continued operating until 1952.
day for the Longcoy grocery.
H. C. Longcoy expressed a desire and a hope
that the store could have continued for 100
years. But in this modern day of constant
change and movement, tradition has been
overcome by practicality.
Dave, whose health was the primary reason
for the selling, said, "It was unfortunate that it
fell to me to end the st
The Kentennial, Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society, Volume 49, Winter 2002
No full textTRIBUTE TO JAMES F. CACCAMO
by Ralph Darrow
Kent Historical Society director James F. Caccamo,
50, of Munroe Falls, died Saturday,
November 9, 2002, at home following an apparent
heart attack.
,
Born July 27, 1952, he was the son cfEmest
and Alice (Alboreo) Caccamo.
A 1970 graduate of Walsh Jesuit High School,
he received his bachelor's and master's degrees
from Kent State University.
Mr. Caccamo had been employed as the archivist
at the Hudson Library since 1979 and the director
at the Kent Historical Society since 1998.
He was a member of the Ohio Underground Railroad
Association, Friends of Freedom Society
Ohio Genealogical Society, Munroe Falls Historical
Society, Stow Historical Society and the Hudson
genealogical Society group.
He was the author of several books on local history
and the Underground Railroad. He enjoyed
researching local Underground Railroad history,
genealogy, collecting Wedgewood pottery and
pampering his pets.
Survivors include his wife, Brianna (Marion),
whom he married December 14, 1974; son, Jason;
and sisters Doris Braden and Christine Caccamo.
Memorials may be made to the Kent Historical
Society, P.O. Box 663, Kent 44240 or to the Hudson
Library and Historical Society, Special Endowment
fund, 22 Aurora Street, Hudson, 44236.
Jim Caccamo was a
great asset to the society
as well as to the community
of Kent. His efforts
to save the Kent Dam
waterfall were long and
from the heart. Jim always
helped everyone
with any subject of historical
research that
came to the museum.
Elementary students will
long remember the Kent
Historical Society from
the paperback he wrote,
THE STORY OF KENT,
as well as his talks at the
schools.
Jim will be greatly
missed by not just his
immediate family and
firends but by his Kent
Historical society family
& friends.
Coincidentally, two major
tragedies have hit Kent
on May 4th. In 1936 it
was the start of a strike
at Lamb Electric; in 1970
four students sue- ·
cumbed to National j~
Guard bullets on the
Kent campus.
DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
The Kent Historical Society continues to offer
many gift items, including hand-blown glass
inspired by the colors and forms of historic
glass produced in our area. Each piece is
marked by its creators at Hale Farm and
these designs will be marketed exclusively by
the Kent Historical society. We have bowls
and pitchers in these four colors: cobalt blue,
amber, green, and amethyst.
We also have other items to fill stockings: our
dark green coffee mugs illustrated with our
historic depot, our new postcards, and original
flour bags from the Williams Brothers Mills;
and don't forget our selection of Kent history
books, including the new edition of Grismer's
HISTORY OF KENT that we just released in
2001.
Our hours are 9-4 Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays.
Looking forward to your visit.
In the coming weeks the Board will begin considering
an appropriate tribute to honor Jim's
contributions. We encourage your suggestions.
Any donations to the society in Jim's
honor will be held in a separate account. We
will keep you updated on the search for a new
director and plans for the Kent Historic
Preservation Coun~il.
As expected for one who had become wellknow
to many for a mutual love of history and
heritage, the Kent Historical Society has received
messages of condolence and inquiry
about how the work of Jim Caccamo can be
honored.
We will have a display highlighting the career
of Jim Caccamo. Please visit the museum
and view a small part of what Jim had accomplished
at the Kent Historical Sociey.
The present display in the museum is THE
-------------------tLIFE IN KENT featuring basketballs auto-
DEAR FELLOW SOCIETY MEMBER,
graphed by the Kent State University men and
women teams. Featured with THE LIFE IN
KENT will be Christmas decorations with the
Harry Potter train running under the Christmas
Tree. Also, featured are three generations of
We are ~aeply sadened by the untimely death wedding gowns: Metta-Marsh-Kunsman 1913;
of Jim Caccamo, director of the Kent Histori- Leah-Kunsman-Bradstock 1943; and Unda-cal
Society. He contributed much in dedica- Bradstock-MacDouga/11968. These gowns
tion, time, ideas and enthusiasm for the Kent will be on display until late spring
community and beyond. We will also remember
his compassion, humor and humanity.
Fortunately, the direction and strong management
that Jim provided to the Kent Historical
Society will enable us to continue operating
smoothly and effectively in the coming weeks.
We are very pleased that Mary Ann Green;
administrative assistant to the director, will _1
continue providing us with her enthusiastc ·
and competent work as with our long time volunteer,
John Cheges.
Please feel free to call during the mentioned
office hours with suggestions, questions or
ideas.
PLEASE COME AND VISIT THE ROWE MUSEUM
AND SEE A SMALL PART OF JIM
CACCAMO'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
PLEASE VISIT AND SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES OF JIM CACCAMO
BY WRITING IN THE "MEMORIAL
BOOKn PROVIDED IN THE LIBRARY.
Kentennial Winter 2002 ... p 2 .I" .
,
THE SEARCH HAS BEGUN ...... .
The Kent Historical Society Board of Directors are launching a search for a new director following
the death of our previous director, Jim Caccamo. The Board is seeking a candidate who will continue
the dedication and spirit Caccamo brought to the position. Jim's scholarship, interest and enthusiasm
for perserving our community's history will be among the qualities the Board will look for
in choosing his successor. In the interim during the job search, the Rowe Museum, owned and operated
by the Kent Historical Society, remains open.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The Board plans to have a new director on
board by March 1st. For information on the job positing, go to the website http://www.kenthist/
· aol.com, or call the Kent Historical Society at (330) 678-2712.
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Kent Historical Society
Board of Trustees:
Jack Amrhein
Howard Boyle (President)
Dawn Carpenter
Ralph Darrow (Secretary)
Margaret Garmon
Sandra Halem
Jim Myers
Reed Strimple (Treasurer)
Loris Troyer
John Weiser
Bill Wilen
Jq~n Wunderle
Staff:
Mary Ann Green, Administrative Assistant;
John Cheges, Museum Docent
The Kent Historical Society
P.O. Box663
152 Franklin Avenue
Kent OH 44240
(330) 678-2712
We wish to thank the following businesses
for their membership and in-kind services:
Ametek, Inc.
The Art Armory
Sissier & Sons Funeral Home
City Bank Antiques
Copy Print
Davey Tree Expert Co.
Diversa, Inc.
Doug Garmon Photography
DuBois Book Store
Escott & Co.
Euclid Garment Mfg.
Home Savings Bank
Kent Office Supply & Business Machines
Land 'O Lakes, Inc.
Pufferbelly Ltd.
Ray's Place
Record Courier
R. W . Martin & Sons , Inc.
Shallenberger & Associates
Siefer Electric
Smithers Oasis
Sue Nelson Designs , Ltd.
Wright Heating & Air Conditioning
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The Kentennial, Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society, Volume 37, December 1999
No full textA Note from
the Director
Genealogy
Program Coming
On Thursdayi December
9 at 7:15
p.m. at the Kent Free
Library I the Kent Historical
Society wm be
presenting "Getting
Started in Your Genealogy."
I wm be introducing
those in
• attendance to the
methods and strategies
of family history
research.
Seating is limited to
501 so please can the
Kent Historical Society
office at (330)
678-2712 to preregister.
I hope to see
you there.
James F. Caccamo
a Yale
Pioneer
There are many stories
that have been
passed down to.us.
about pioneer times
and what is notable ·
about many of them is
that they contain tales
of the hardships the
pioneer woman had to
endure in their effort to
settle Franklin Township.
A good example
is the story of Mary
Yale Wimams.
Mary Yale was born in
Russell, Massachussets
in 1780. In 18061
she married Dudley
Wimams. Fourteen
years laterf they decided
to pun up stakes
and move to the Western
Reserve. They selected
F rankHn Township
and set out on a
three-month journey
from New England, arriving
here on September
2, 1820 with four
children.
illiams:
oman
Dudley. WiUiams purchased
about 600
acres in the northwest
part of the township
and the couple worke<
on establishing a
homestead.
As Pioneer Women of
the Western Reserve
tens us, "Deer meat
was their chief ndence
for some years.
They came into the
county at a time when
everything depended
upon their own exertions.
Mrs. Wimams
with the zeal and energy
born of the time,
undertook to help in
some measure in the
breadwinning for the
family and went out
weaving by the day."
Her work eventually
led to a dramatic turn
of events. One day sh
was delayed in her return
home and did not
Mary Yale Williams (from p .. 1)
make it home before sunset. Darkness obscured
the landmarks and Mrs. WiHiams
soon found herself fast in the heavy
woods. Realizing that wandering around
aimlessly would only get her more lost
she decided to sit down and wait until
morning. There in the wilderness, surrounded
by wild animals 1 she waited.
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Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from
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make your checks payable to the Kent
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Kentennial December 1999 p. 2
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At Last!
A history of Kent designed for younger readers:
T E STOB.Y OF KEIT, o•Io
;J'A.M:ES F. l!A.l!l!A.M:O
Award-winning author and Direttor of the Kent Historical Society
for release December of 1999
50 pag~ soft-cover~ ilustratecl indexecl this new history of Kent was written with children in mind but is suitable reading
for al ages. Mr. Caccamo is the author of many books including Hudson~ Olio anti die llntlerpauatl hi/road and lne
Stlllf Ill Hudson~ {)/ia From the days before the settlers cam~ through canal days and the arrival of John Brown~ right
into modem times~ ll,e Jta,y Ill ltllt {)/io presents the history of an Ohio city in a dear and aumible manner.
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Kent OH 44240
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The· Kent Historical Society offices · and
museum wm. b~ c.losed on Christmas
Eve, December 24.
We will b~ open for business New Year's
Eve, pe~rnber 31, 1 :00 to 4:00 p.m.
From.the historical society
board and staff, we wish all of
our memt>ers a wonderful holiday
·season!
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maintain the day-to-day operations of our historical society and enables us to undertake
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The Kent Historian, Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society, Issue 67, Fall 2009
No full textTHE KENT HISTORIAN
Newsletter of the Kent Historical Society
Fall 2009
Number Issue
HISTORY FEATURE
Beckwith Orchards Owned, Operated for Five Generations
F or many, a visit to Beckwith Orchards
on Lake Rockwell Road in
Franklin Township is much more
than a trip to buy freshly harvested
apples, tasty apple cider and gifts
with a country flair. For area school
children, it's a field trip to learn how
Johnny Appleseed planted apple
seeds when America was still a wilderness
beckoning pioneers westward.
Beckwith's has two Johnny Appleseed
trees started from a tree he
planted in Ashtabula.
The Beckwiths' home journal entries
were initiated in 1891 by Jay Beckwith,
with contributions from Beckwith
family members over the decades to
provide a sense of what life and hard
work were like in a more rural and
pastoral Portage County during the late
19th and early 20th centuries.
For example, this excerpt from
March 7, 1891 : "Today is Saturday.
The men have been hauling logs for
lumber for the new house . .. . The
sled went very nice across the fields
in the forenoon, but in the afternoon
it thawed quite a little
and in some places was quite
muddy."
Charlie Beckwith inspects one of the apples in his orchard.
Two entries describe how
even when hard frosts threatened
crops, Beckwith family
members looked forward to
warmer and brighter days.
Take this one from May 4,
1891: "We had a hard frost
night. The fruit trees are mostly
blossomed now. The frost
did a great damage to the
strawberries last night. I have
made a flower bed out in the
A family owned and operated
farm for five generations, Beckwith Orchards
has been growing and selling
fruit for more than 125 years. Also on
site is a gift and apple pie shop.
For those who want to explore
the history of this Portage County
treasure, a visit to the Kent Historical
Society is in order. The society's holdings
include an article by Jay Beckwith,
who noted that the Beckwith
family history can be traced to before
the Revolutionary War. Jay recalls
.ow his parents, Frank and Mary
Beckwith, provided the foundation
for the "Beckwith Clan" when they
married and began to raise a family.
garden. Zinnias, four o' clocks, bachelors
buttons, poppies, sweet alyssum
and sweet peas are in it."
And from June 7, 1891: On the
night of May 18, a hard frost visited
this part of the country and killed all
the wheat, and small fruits, doing
great damage. School let out May 5.
... Three months vacation now."
The entry for January 1, 1892,
shows that New Year's Day was more
of a work day than a holiday: "Marvin
and James and I butchered a beef
in the forenoon. A nice young cow. In
the afternoon we cleaned out the well.
I went down into it and fished out
two pails, a chain, rope etc.
In the 1890s, horsepower meant
exactly that and not automotive power.
This entry from December 31, 1893,
also adds a commentary on a play: "A
large party of young people from the
neighborhood went on a sleigh ride
about the 14th to [Redbrush] Schoolhouse.
I shall always remember that
ride, how I froze when I got there and
melted after we go there. The play was
not so good as the sleigh ride."
One entry describes a time before
rotary tillers and clothes dryers. April
9, 1892: "Frank began plowing our
garden patches. I helped first round.
Held the plow for part of one furrow.
It is Saturday and Maud is washing.
The wind is doing its best to keep us
from hanging our clothes out. The
sheets can wind around six times and
hav e room to flap as many times
again. How the wind did blow. Nothing
like air. Fresh air.
A very cold winter in January
1893 hampered one journal contributor
as shown by this entry: "Lakes are
frozen solid. Roads are drifted terribly,
such a freezing, sweeping wind. I
must close, for my ink is froze; my
hands are numb."
An entry one summer shows
what multitasking would have meant
See APPLE, p. 4.
Inside ...
' School Days ' Exhibit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Kent World War II Veterans . . . .... . . 2
Tales of Kent Forthcoming .. ..... . ... 3
In Memoriam: Pat Morton . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New KHS Web Site Debuts . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ghost Stories/Walk Coming . . . . . . . . . . 3
Garden Tour Blossoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DiPaolo Book of Tales from Kent
Coming Soon to KHS Gift Shop
~ ave room on your holiday shopping list for a new book, Rooted in Kent: 101
J Tales from the Tree CihJ by Roger Di.Paolo. Di.Paolo was reared and educated in
the Tree City. He is editor of the Record-Couriie,~ where he got his start in journalism
in 1977 as a reporter. His weekly column, "Portage Pathways," is an opportunity for
him to share his interest in local history with readers.
The new book will focus on events, people, businesses and industries as
well as trends that shaped the community from its founding through the middle
of the 20th century. A form will be mailed in November for Kent Historical Society
members to preorder the book at a discounted holiday price.
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Pat Morton,
Long-Time KHS Board Member
T he Kent Historical Society lost a dedicated volunteer and board member when
Pat Morton passed away on July 20, 2009, of cancer. She was born in Champion,
Ohio, on January 2h, 1948, and moved to Kent in 1981. Pat served on the
board of the society from 2005 to 2009. She was very active
in numerous projects and events that showed her affection
for the city and its history.
Because of her love of flowers and gardens, Pat organized
a successful garden tour during Kent's bicentennial
celebration and another for the historical society this year.
For the society's tour, she created very attractive program
booklets, and found four tour sponsors and 15 lovely gardens
(to be shown over three Saturdays and staffed by more
than 20 volunteers). This highly praised event raised 5 in the society's gift shop.
The Kent Ghost Walk is set for
October 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30
p.m. Ghost stories that take place in
historic downtown Kent will be used
for the ghost walk If you have a Kent
ghost story, send it by e-mail to
[email protected] or postal
mail it to Main Street Kent, 138 E.
Main St., Kent, OH 44240.
If you would like to volunteer to
help with the ghost walk, contact
Main Street Kent.
KHS Volunteers
in the Spotlight
Volunteers in the spotlight for the
fall are Ann Phillips (top) and
Jean Giulitto (bottom).
"Volunteering let's
me travel in time
through Kent's rich
and diverse history.
It's a pleasure
to help preserve
this heritage."
"I love being
able to help the
historical society
out, and it's a
pleasure working
with Mary
Ann Green and
other volunteers."
3
Kent Historical Society
WINTER NOTES 2009
PLEASE JOIN US
Roger Di Paolo -will be available to autograph copies of his new book, published
by KHS, which includes 101 columns from his Portage Pathways articles
for the Record Courier. This amazing book also contains more than 125
photographs from libraries, archives &: private collections - some not seen in
100 years. This is a MUST for your holiday shopping list.
Special KHS member price $17. 00
Author!
Roger Di Paolo
ROOTED IN KENT: 101 Tales from the Tree City
Published by KHS Press
New Book Launching Party & Reception
Saturday, December 12th 11:30-3:30
KHS HOLIDAY SHOPPING
Don't forget to stop by the museum for some special gifts! A list of items
available - including special discounts for KHS members - is included in
this mailing. Holiday orders must be paid for and shipped (or picked up) by
Saturday, December 19th.
Books, cards, mugs, puzzles, aprons, maps!
NOW ON DISPLAY
1924 Player Piano (DONATIONS of piano rolls gratefully accepted)
Patchwork quilt from the collection of Evangeline Davey
City of Kent Model Trains
1831 rare stampless cover from "Franklin Mills, Ohio"
signed by George B. DePeyster, postmaster
WINTER VACATION
The Kent Historical Society will be closed from December 20th, 2009 to
February 3, 2010. We -will reopen on Thursday, February 4th; call for special
tour or research needs.
Call (330) 678-2712 for more information.
Mary Ann Green, administrator
234 South Water Street. Kent, Ohio
www.kentohiohistory.org
(330) 678-2712
email: [email protected]
I t' s Ti me t o Ce l e b r a t e !
You're invited to spend the season with
us. We have the accommodations for all
of your ~oliday parties. Make your
reservations today.
The Puf·ferbelly' s 28th Anniversary week
is just around the corner. Be here for
our 9lassic anniversary specials
it' December 14·-18.
On Sunday, December 20th S anta Clau s is
corning to town early. Join us for a
Brunch with Santa and enjoy our Sunday
Brunch buffet from 11:00 - 2:30.
Corne celebrate Ne w Years Eve with us.
We'll supply the noisemakers , hats and
bnllofJr·s . At midnight we will have a
complimentary champagne toast. All
you'll need to bring is your
resolutions. Don't forget to
make your rese rvations .
HA_pp·y rIOLil)AYS FRO~! YOU'R
E'RIE?IDS Arr urriE PUFFE!RBELLY.
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Because many of you have called the Historical Society asking about the future of the Christian
Science Church, we want to remind you that the September Meeting of the Library Board of
Trustees is scheduled for Thursday, September 21 at 3:30 pm in the new library.
Thursday evening, September 21 st the Kent Historical Society will co-sponsor a lecture at the Kent
State University Museum. Curator Dr. Anne Bissonnette will present a talk about her exhibition
Tlte Age of Nudity which exhibits clothing from 1 780 to 1820 in the Museum's Murphy Lecture
Hall. There will be no admission charge for our members that evening, but seating is limited. Call
330-672-3450 for reservations no later than 5:00 p.m. Monday, September 18th.
On Saturday, September 30 we are looking forward to re-opening our Museum. We have
reorganized our first floor including the library, "reading" room, " Visitor's Center" and our main
museum collection. We will be open to the public on Thursday and Friday from 11-3 and Saturday
from 11-2. Please call our Administrator Mary Ann Green if you would like to help volunteer with
the library, oral history program or our collection.
October 26-27 the KHS will host "The Building Doctor" Program which brings experts to assist in
preserving older buildings (built before 1955). Thursday evening's presentation is open to the
public. If you would like to be considered for one of the ten on-site visits on Friday, please request
an application from us.
We are rowing because of the support of our members and community. Please be advised that our
NEW E address is www.kentohiohistory.org and our NEW EMAIL is khs(cukentohiohistorv .org
Thaqk~ ·~k--
an a Halem, President
KENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BOARD Of TRUSTEES
Sandra Halem, President
Dawn Carpenter, Vice President
Recd Strimple, Treasurer
Bill Wolcott, Secretary
ADMINISTRATOR
Mary Ann Green
Jack Amrhein
Howard T Boyle, 11
Doug Fuller
Margaret Garmon
Pat Morton
Jim Myers
John Wunderle
Scolt Flynn
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