Written by Julie Carle
BG’s independent news
The first setting was given after the inclusion of the village of Weston in 1874 prevents people from tiring their horses in newly planted trees instead of using the new city’s attachment errors.
Perhaps the city was founded to protect the trees, Jeremy Schroeder, President of the Histon Histon Society, told at a recent Weston History Exhibition, hosted by the Histon Society and Weston Public Library.
“Were the business owners of the city so worried that people attached their horses to the center of trees they were like,” Do you know what? Is it time to form a government? “Schroeder said.” I could have used the finding the city’s first setting to strengthen my recent recommendation to plant more trees, “he added jokes.
The cooperation event is designed to present Weston’s historical collections and to arouse the interest of the community in local history.
“I think some people are lowering how interesting things were here in their small hometown, but it just makes people participate, he said.
Members of the historical club presented some objects of their collections of the Weston High School band and class photos from 1921 to a photo of two horses in front of Citizens Bank and Weston’s centenary, 2-5. June 1954.
Part of Weston’s history includes the importance of timber in the growth and development of the city. Oswald brothers were involved in many different industries locally and eventually settled in Lumber, said Brittney Klockowski, secretary of the historical club. “They are responsible for cleaning the land of the trees and selling timber in the center of the trees, he said.
The Oswald timber shop and the livestock industry in the area were the most important reasons why the city had a train storage and rail.
The photo gallery tracked Pauline Bradshaw, born in 1885 in Weston, the first daughter of a local house carpenter Ch Bradshaw. She married Clyde Adams, who taught and coached basketball at Weston High School.
Larry Nelson, a member of the historical club, found and bought a photo series on Ebay and brought them to the library for a history event.
The library director Shelen Stevens and her team filled a meeting room in the library’s history room. “We have a little bit about our history,” he said, referring to photos, descriptions and objects that spread to the tables according to topics.
Most of the library’s history collection has been donated to the library. “Either someone is getting older and they stop and offer their belongings or family members who cleanse their loved ones home do not want to throw the objects away, so they bring them to us,” Stevens said. “This has become a lot of treasures over the years.”
Library patrons are often visitors to the history room to look at their collections.
“Ninety percent of people who will use history resources for genealogy,” he said. “They are looking for a burial site, farm, property.”
According to Stevens, he helped a Canadian man to find “his last song, an ESI father, who had a plot outside Weston.”
“We were able to go to the courthouse to look for numbers (on the plot) and the next day we were able to find a plot,” he said. “And it’s just an absolute joy and the treasure gives people the ability to get a piece of history or genealogy that they lack.”
The whole table dedicated to Weston schools was established near the entrance of the room. The original Weston “W” association and the newer version bordered both sides of the table and the big fabric with the “Weston Tigers” bar.
All six Weston school buildings were represented:
#1 – built in 1836 at the corner of Main and Mill Street. Taylor or Kealer School, the building was in use until 1855.
#2 – built in 1855 at the corner of Taylor and Maple. In 1859, the Union Church kept services at school. The building still stands.
#3 – Built in 1867 on Center Street Street opposite the Church of Christ. The building was later used as a Cooper store to manufacture barrels. In 2022, school material was used to build the house on the original school site.
#4 – built in 1876 on Locust Street, where Weston Park is currently. The building had 200 students and three teachers. The construction costs it was $ 4,640.
#5 – Built in 1895 on Locust Street, where the current Weston Park is located. The construction of the structure cost $ 11,673, which included six classrooms, the Superintendent office, the basement and the first school library of Weston. The building was renovated in 1940 and added a gym. In 1969 the school was demolished.
#6 -The last school built in Weston was built in 1916. The construction and household area of the industrial art were added in 1952.
The careful condition of the 1915 Weston Gleaner Band shows 27 men and their instruments. The photo includes all the band members who represent many long-term Weston families recognizable last names: Dewese, Roe, Conklin, Rowe, Sanders, Spratt, Baumgarder, Irwin, Heckerman, Barton and Wade.
Weston Depot, which was transferred to the Wood County Fairgrounds in 1969, has its own binder for photos, stories and objects. Lavonne Loboschefsky created a notebook that included the receipts, photos and clips it paid. He donated a notebook to the library. “We got up to two bricks when they took the warehouse,” Stevens said.
“We want to promote greater appreciation for local history, whether it is Weston or other cities,” he said. “By weaving a real history in emotional people, we can provide a compelling case study on the important role of a small town libraries and historical societies as keepers of the collective memory of the community. We all want to make history a truly living history for people.
