RECENT NEWS
Annual Meeting, Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Attendees to this year’s event got an “up close and personal” tour of the NCHS’ new timeline exhibit, “From Crossroads to City” by Matthew Peek, its creator. Matthew, of Hartville and a senior at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, KY, has spent the past three summers as an intern with the Society. He, with the direction of NCHS Executive Director Kathleen Fernandez, researched, designed and created this incremental history of New Berlin/North Canton from 1814 to the present which uses artifacts and photographs from the Society collections, some of which had never been on display before. Matt took participants through the timeline, highlighting specific parts of the separate exhibit cases and of the Community Building/YMCA and the Hoover Company. Matt kept the audience captivated with his fascinating stories of our community's past.
About fifty Hoover High School sophomores in U.S. History classes attended. They were very impressed with the presentation, and fascinated by the rich history of North Canton. Some expressed an interest in using the Heritage Society collections as they work on future course projects.
In addition, President Dave McDaniel gave the 2007 North Canton Heritage Society report, and two new members were elected to the NCHS Board of Trustees. Tim Selinsky, who grew up in North Canton and has spent forty years in the construction business, looks forward to serving on the Board as he gets back to his roots. George Zablo, an Accountant/Home Builder, loves history and is particularly interested in our local history. Both Selinsky and Zablo seem anxious to do what they can to help preserve the history of our community.
President McDaniel also recognized the dedication and hard work of the two outgoing Trustees, Ron Karlo and Larry Bishop.
Matthew Peek (left foreground) speaks to students during the tour of the museum at the Annual Meeting 2008
December 2, 2007 - Christmas Home Tour
The 2007 Christmas Home Tour was both enjoyable and successful. The tour featured two private homes, the Inn at Fieldcrest (formerly the Hoover Farm) and the North Canton Heritage Society.
John and Ann Caplea opened their home on State Street in Greentown. The restored home contains many original features as well as some novel additions, such as a spectacular circular glass conservatory.
The other private home on the tour was that of Jim and Karin Smith, on Sprucewood NW. Although newly constructed, it was filled with antiques and reproductions, giving it a country feel.
Another stop on the tour, the Inn at Fieldcrest, formerly the 1920s era-Hoover Farmhouse, contained many of the furnishings used by the Hoover Company when it housed overnight business guests.
The North Canton Heritage Society, located in the former NoCaHi, was the fourth stop on the tour. The exhibit, "From Crossroads to City," had just opened.
The Jim and Karin Smith Home - one of the stops on the Christmas Home Tour
Visitors to the Caplea home were greeted in the glass Conservatory.
September 14, 2007 - Annual Spaghetti Dinner
Much spaghetti was eaten, raffle prizes awarded and the Hoover Vikings went on to defeat the McKinley Bulldogs at the September 14 Spaghetti Dinner hosted by NCHS. The grand prize, an overnight stay at the Inn at Amish Door, was won by Theresa Reolfi. Thanks again to our prize donors and to all who attended or bought raffle tickets. The Society netted over $1,500 from the event. Proceeds from the dinner support the programs of the Heritage Society.
Spaghetti Dinner 2007
May 24, 2007 - Bringing Our Local History to Students
To promote interest in our local history, the Heritage Society and the North Canton City Schools cooperated to hold a special activity for third graders in the school district's Galaxy Program. A panel of four local residents shared their experiences during the 1940s with more than twenty students from all four of the district's elementary schools. Panelists Helen Culp, Larry Bishop, Bob Wise, and Dorothy Mathewson answered some excellent student questions, and related very interesting stories of their experiences in that decade.
Third graders listen attentively as panelists recollect the 1940s
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