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September 2, 2022
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...a news item about a 1925 fire that destroyed the Collinsville school and prompted talk about a Milford Township consolidated school. Here is the link...
...information about the COACH of the 1928 Darrtown High School baseball championship team - who later became a school principal and superintendent. Check out his story at Fred Finkbine as coach and school administrator.
BTW... another Finkbine has a more current Darrtown connection. Janet (Finkbine) Pater is the niece of Fred Finkbine. Both Janet and her husband, Joe, were active with the Darrtown Bicentennial.
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The Hamilton Evening Journal published a news article in September of 1926 that told of work being done on the Darrtown school house and included the names of the faculty members.
See this news story in the "More 1926 School News" section of the School History page.
Guess the number of faculty members, including the principal:
The news item (above) named Miss Marie Miller of Reily, Ohio as a member of the Darrtown faculty.
Miss Miller enjoyed a 46-year career as a teacher in Milford Township and in the process touched the lives of hundreds of Milford Township families.
In 1925, when Miss Miller began teaching at Darrtown, she moved to the village and boarded with the Fred and Louise Schmidt family.
Six years later, Miss Miller became Mrs. Schmidt, when she married Arthur Schmidt, the son of Fred and Louise.
See more about this memorable woman at the Autobiography of Marie Schmidt.
Nope, not nine.
Twelve is not the number.
Ten is twice the actual number.
Correct, there were five faculty members, including the principal, who likely taught some classes.
The ERBECK family page was created to confirm the existence of the Erbeck farm on Scott Road back in the 1950s and 60s. Links to more than 20 documented resources are included. Click the following link to access the Erbeck Family page.
The MORROW family page was created to acknowledge the arrival of the Morrow family in the Darrtown community in the early 1990s. A video has been added to show the connections between the Morrow family and numerous Darrtown pioneers. Click the following link to access the Morrow Family page.
...a news article about the marriage of
William Weiss and Frances Bufler, both Darrtown natives, who moved to Texas in 1908 ... and returned to Darrtown two years later. See: 1908 Weiss-Bufler wedding.
...a story about the formation of a
Red Cross auxiliary in Darrtown in 1917.
Guess the number of original members:
Nada, 50 is not correct.
Sorry, 100 is incorrect.
Yes-s-s. 150 is the number reported.
Presumably, this was in response to WWI, which did not end until November 1918.
See more at: Red Cross auxiliary formed.
Tim Rose from Virginia wrote: "I saw the note about wagon builders. My grandfather [William Ramsey] told me he would take his horse-drawn wagon down to the creek to cut ice. I think he then rode it up to Oxford to sell the ice."
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See about William "Babe" Ramsey at the Ramsey Family page.
HELP NEEDED!
Our Research Department seeks assistance.
Please inform the webmaster, if you have any knowledge of Jacob Stinger, who reportedly was a "well known farmer living south of town."
Here is the 1919 news item that started this investigation.
Commemorate a family member, friend, group, event, or memory, with a personalized paver!
$50 per paver covers the cost of production. Veteran John Newman (right) voluntarily secures and installs the pavers.
Orders for engraved pavers in Darrtown's village square are still being accepted!
If you have questions, send an email to: newman61@gmail.com
Here is a link to a Paver Order Form
