Ohio History Journal

  • 1
  •  
  • 2
  •  
  • 3
  •  
  • 4
  •  
  • 5
  •  
  • 6
  •  
  • 7
  •  
  • 8
  •  
  • 9
  •  

HISTORICAL NEWS

HISTORICAL NEWS

Historical Societies

 

BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, Brecksville

Mrs. Walter S. Lister, Secretary

The society is working on a project to restore the first schoolhouse

in Brecksville.

 

BUTLER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Hamilton

A. S. Anderson, President

New officers, elected in November, are A. S. Anderson, president;

William E. Lakeman, vice president; Fred Hammerle, treasurer; and

Mrs. Henry Kessling, secretary pro tem. This society was incorporated

during the past summer as a step toward the acquisition of the former

Benninghofen family home, left to the society under the terms of the

will of Pauline Benninghofen. The fourteen-room home is to be de-

veloped into a museum.

 

CRESTLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Crestline

Ernest G. Hesser, President

Volume I, Number 1 of the society's Bulletin appeared in September

1949, edited by the president. Its pages tell of the organization of the

society and the development and use of its museum. The latter, located

in the city hall, has four rooms, known as the Crawford-Indian Room,

the Pennsylvania Railroad Room, the Founders' Room, and the Crafts

Room. All grade-school children from Crestline and Leesville with their

teachers have visited the museum, where members of the society have

given them instructive talks on the collections.

The society is now laying plans for the celebration of the Crestline

centennial in 1951.

 

 

DELAWARE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Delaware

Mrs. Walter S. Cole, Secretary

The society has had several important projects. One concerns the

preservation of historical buildings and materials otherwise to be lost

92