Wayne County, Ohio Online Resource Center:Documents needing wikification/Township Notebooks/WOOSTER CITY, Vol II

Historical Homes and Buildings

• Blockhouse Timbers Built First Jail in 1816, DR 6 Sep 1949
• Old Jail Gets New Lease On Life, 1 Oct 1987
• Ye Olde Jaol Lives, DR 1 Oct 1987
• Powder Blast Wrecks Store (Stibbs Mill), DR 6 Sep 1949
• Larwill Home Built 1820 Falls to Supermarket Lot, DR 5 Nov 1965
• Wayne Co. Buying Eagles Bldg. (Yocum House) DR 1 Sep l959
• Taylor-Johnson Bldg., DR
• Western Union, Norris Barber Shop and Ann’s Beauty Shop, 26 Aug 1970
• Former School (Taggart School #1) now Steinbrenner Home, 28 May1971
• Christmas Knoll Home, 28 Mar 1973
• Clapper House Was Once Home for Woosterian, 4 Sep 1975
• Second Wayne Co Court House, DR
• Metz House Gives Way to Critchfield Law Office, DR 5 Jan 1967
• Brick Home Has Long History (Henry Myers House) 14 Jul 1970
• Last Hotel on Liberty Closes, DR 31 Jul 1970
• Landmark Comes Down (Medal Brick Bldg.) DR 24 Jun 1971
• Overholt House Sketch, DR 23 Mar 1975
• Quinby Jones House, Maize Home, Ben Jones Home, DR 25 Aug 1975
• Schoolroy Bldg. Part of Register of Historic Places, DR 10 Feb 1979
• Massaro Bldg. Part of Family Roots on Hill, DR 3 Mar 1979
• Putting On the Dog, Court House, DR Jun 1987
• Many Businesses Operated from the Iron Block DR
• County’s Only Brick Barn (Shelly Yocum) DR 12 Jun 1990
• Wooster Landmark (Funk Home) DR 3 Apr 1995
• Walter Foss Home Restoration, 23 Jul 1995

Business & Industry

• Wm. Annat Co: Old Fashioned and in No Hurry to Change, DR
• Wooster Chamber is 53, DR 8 Sep 1953
• East Ohio Gas – Wooster Oil & Gas Center, DR 25 Nov 1959
• Economy Savings and Loan Co., DR 12 Jun 1964
• No Cracks in Wooster’s Liberty-Beall, DR 24 Feb 1966
• Mayor Breaks Ground for N. End Shopping Center, DR Nov 30 1954
• Shopping Center Races toward Opening in Fall, DR 29 Jul 1955
• Sesqui Windows Tell Priceless History, DR 18 Jun 1958
• Dollar Days Began 43 Years Ago in 1919, DR 17 Aug 1962
• Landmark Purchases Elevator, Buckeye Farm News, Sep 1987
• Lyric II Celebrates Anniversary, DR 3 Dec 1974
• Closing of McIntire Furniture, DR 9 Feb 1987
• What Memories the Minglewood Had, DR 6 Jan 1988
• Quailcrest Rebuilds, Expands, DR 30 Jan 1987
• Retzler Will Build on N. Walnut, DR 6 Jun 1963
• Retzlers Will Provide New Isaly Store Bldg. 27 May 1954
• Shopping Ctr. Still Has Unsolved Dilemma, DR 29 Jul 1970
• Wooster Inn Opening Planned, DR 28 Dec 1950
• Titanium – A Wooster Tale, DR 30 Jan 1987
• G & S Titanium the New Kid on the Block, DR
• United Titanium…At the Gate, DR
• Join Wooster’s Walk of Fame, DR 20 Aug 1991
• Aerial View of Streetscape Project
• No More Boardwalks and Jackhammers, 6 Oct 1994
• Downtown Wooster Transforms in Niche of Time, DR 7 Jun 1995

Library

• Bookmobile Starts County Trips, Sep 1940
• Program for Library Dedication, 8 Oct 1967
• A Tree Grows In Wooster Library, DR 28 Apr 1960
• Geneology at Library, DR 16 Jul 1968
• Geneol. Group Buys Books for Library, DR 28 Mar 1977
• Library Seeks Grant to Build Creston Facility, DR 19 Sep 1988
• Geneol. Enthusiasts Delve Into Past, Dec 5 – 11, 1989
• Tree Checkup (Photo) DR 9 Dec 1993

Children’s Home/Rittenhouse

• Willed as Orphans’ Home, 1952
• Will Provides $100,000 to Maintain Orphanage
• Rittenhouse Memorial Will goes Into Court, 23 Jun 1953
• Briefs Sought In Rittenhouse Controversy, DR 25 Jun 1953
• Rittenhouse Rule Given by Court, 7 Aug 1953
• Rittenhouse Memorial Fifteen Years After Donor Dies, DR 19 Jul 1951
• Rittenhouse Fund Aid Puts Over Plans for Handicapped School, 3 Apr 1961
• Inflations Slowed Down Rittenhouse Bequest
• Photos Hold Boyhood Memories, DR
• Children’s Home Cares for 1450 Since Opening in 1882, DR 20 Mar 1951
• Children’s Home Festival Proceeds Turned Over, DR 25 Aug 1960
• Nine West Salem Children Taken from Filthy Home, DR 19 Mar 1956
• Children’s Home Wants 2,000 Guests
• Children’s Home Began Its Operation in 1882, DR 14 Jun 1958
• History of Children’s Home Told by Mr. Wolf, 21 Apr 1971
• Children’s Services Is Voters League Target 26 Mar 1971
• Children’s Home Receives Funds, DR 26 Apr 1971
• Saddle Club Gives $1,000 to Soc. For Handicapped 16 Aug 1963
• “Yes, We Would Do It Again” Says Foster Parent, 27 Aug 1970
• Inflation Pinches Budget for Child Welfare Agency, 3 Oct l970
• Christian Children’s Home Dedication, 23 Jul 1970
• Children Catch the Excitement of Learning, Aug 1987
• Children’s Christian Home Gives Care, Bargain Hunter 24 Sep 1987

Habitat for Humanity

• Millard Fuller’s Blueprint for Success
• Building a Dream, DR 1 Aug 1987
• Wayne Habitat Dedicates 2nd House, DR 29 Aug 1988
• Wooster College Dedicates Houses to Habitat, Bargain Hunter, 30 May 1989
• Habitat Dedicates Hallowed Ground, DR 11 Jun 1990

Fire Department

• Dedication of Fire House Climaxes 18 Year History, 4 Oct 1954
• New Twp. Fire Garage to be Poll, DR 17 Sep l958
• Wooster Twp. Smoke Eater, DR 25 Sep 1959
• Wooster Twp. Firemen Are Co. 1sr Certified Rescue Squad, DR 29 Aug 1963
• Fire Fighting Changed a Lot in 60 Yrs., 14 Mar 1999