Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-08-27
BUCKEYE SCHOOL REUNION
FINE, INTERESTING EVENT

Wark OF Ohi0's educational system.
there was a Quaker neighborhood
lying directly east of Chesterhill, in
Marion township. Morgan county,
Ohio, where the scenes of life on
the farm and the general atmosphere
of the home as described in Whit
tiers Snow Bound" were duplicat-
ed. 1t included the district whose
school long has been known as
Buckeye" and which, during the
f'50's SOS '70's and into the SOS
had large attendance and often
was mentioned as the best country
lschool in the three counties. 1t fur
nished many teachers for other dis
ltrlcts and it is said that once during
that period there were eleven teach
received most of their schooling
| here.
From 1849, when by community
effort log school house was built
for a Friends school and given to
the newly organized school district
in 1853 and replaced by a frame
building in 1856, which in turn gave
way to the present school house in
1877. all on the same site, there has
been strong feeling of loyalty to
Buckeye among the former pupils
This feeling led to reunion on the
Old school grounds three years ago,
and to the forming of the Buckeye
reunion association, which had
charge of the second reunion, held
Wednesday, Aug. 10.
ThlS second reunion was a de-
llghtful affair, as was the first, and
some of the buckeyes were to-
gether for the first time in years.
Those coming the greatest distance
were Mary (Hiatt) Choguill and
Senie (Hiatt) Murphey from Cali
fornia; Ella (Jinnett) Barnes from
Oklahoma, and Margaret Richard
son from Nebraska.
The following former pupils were
present. their names being given in
| the order they signed the register:
| Ella Dutton Funk, Sara PEBBLES Rab-
herman, Eli Morris, Pauline Zumbro.
Edith Yarnell, Ethel Sleek, Margaret
richardson, Glen Yarnell, c.. II.
PEBBLES, Paul B. Zumbro, Carlos
Zumbro, Lillian Thompson Geddes.
Ella Worthington Edgerton, Louisa
Worthington, Pearl Carpenter. Rule
PEBBLES Schofield, Ruby Ellis Raw.
Luna Thompson Wymer, Zola, Trip
lett, Myrtle Triplett, Cora Daugher-
ty Burge, Asenath Hiatt Murphey,
" A. PEBBLES, Jonathan Morris,
Phebe Morris, C. w. Vanlaw, e. III.
Barnes, Annie Hiatt Mercer. Alice
Rowland, Lena Rowland, Mary Hiatt
Choguill, Edith Schofield Patterson.
Lillian S. Todd, Edna Murphey Me-
Dermott, Ella Jinnett Barnes, Edith
Murphey Strobe, Alwilda Johnson
sullivan, w. I. Smith, Rollin D.
Hlatt, Amanda Smith Fawcett,
j. H. Mercer, Geo. E. Fawcett Mil
ared l.. zumbro, Mabelle Fawcett
Black, Andrew T. Schofield, w. II.
Morris, Florence Ratcliffe Lawrence
Clark Bundy, Frank Daugherty.
Willard Johnson, Muriel Netzger
Lynn, Harry Morris, Alice Fristv
Newburn, Sol Metzger.
Former teachers of the Ruekeva
school present were FL. E. Smith. w.
I. Smith, Rule Schofield, Geo. E.
Fawcett, Sara Rabberman, Blanche
Senofleld, j. A. Wood, F. C. Dunn,
L. D. Phipps.
Every old pupil and teacher was
given reunion badge consisting of
an ONO Buckeye attached to a rib
bon.
invitations had been given to a
number of relatives and friends of
iormer pupils and to persons asso-
Grated IN some way with the district.
more than, one hundred responded
py their presence. There is space to
name only those coming from out
side this county, and they were Min
ME Crew Smith, Brownsville. Tex. .
Kathleen Fawcett. Cooper, Okla:
Dorothy Frances Barnes, Saltwater.
OKLA; w. A. Hiatt, OkmuIgee.
Okla; w. T. Morrey, New York
City; |. E. Deweese, Irwin. Pa: G.
(. Lawrence, Mary Curry and Mrs.
b. r Dutton, Athens; H. R. Caro-
theirs, Sharpsburg; Lola McGrew
Bartlett; w. S. Thompson and wife
and A. T. Smith, wife and children
OF tredericktown; Gertrude PhirSps.
Hemlock; Mrs. R. D. Hiatt, Column
bus; Mrs. HI. E. Smith and Serepta
Johnson Beebout of Marietta: Alice
Gilbert, Niles; Hannah A. Deweese.
STANLEY Crew and Jot Crew of
GAINESVILLE
The old school house had been
decorated with branches and leaves
from the woods nearby. Chairs and
Denches had been placed about the
grounds and long tables loaded with
eatables gave evidence of the boun-
tlIui dinner that was served at noon.
Just before the dinner, all present
stood while Rev. Nuzum lead in the
Lords prayer.
After the excellent meal enjoyed
by all, Will t. Smith as chairman
extended welcome to all and gave
some pleasing "reminiscences of his
school days at Buckeye. He was
born on the Smith farm near the
school house, has taught several
terms at Buckeye and always has
taken a lively interest in the school.
AT the close of his talk the chair
man asked all to join in reciting
one OF the poems in McGuffey's read
ers, Forty Years Ago" AS these
INES We're repeated there were those
who thought forty years was long.
long time, but there also were those
whose memories went back to fifty
and sixty and even seventy years
ago, and longer The spirit of the
lines was felt by all.
Harvey e. Smith of Marietta. a
native of the district, and once a
teacher at Buckeye, called attention
to and read from an article by the
Onio historian c. b. Galbreath in the
ONO Archaeological and Historical
quarterly describing the two Quaker
communities of Winona. Ohio, and
Springdale, Iowa, noted for their
antl-slavery spirit and their high
Ideals and he showed how well that
description would apply to the Buck
eye nelghborhood during the SOS,
bVs and '7O's. He presented the
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