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Ravenna Township

The complete chapter on this township from 1922 Portage County High School Yearbook, published 1922. 176 words, covering 9 settlements. The chapter predates the incorporation of Ravenna Township and Ravenna City, so it covers both. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.

Contents

1 section

The section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.

The modern record here

9 settlements

What the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.

SettlementFires Storm reportsMines and quarries Specimens
Birchwood Manor--221,050
Black Horse-511867
Campbellsport-14708
Fair Acres--3907
Hamlet Park--3907
Pine Gate Village--10876
Ravenna-566856
Sprotts Corners--9876
West Park Homes--12868

Settlements in this township

9 places

Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. 1 of the 9 are named in the chapter; the rest were founded later or were never more than a post office.

The chapter

176 words

Reproduced complete and unedited from 1922 Portage County High School Yearbook, published 1922. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.

Ravenna City

The Lecture Course of the Ravenna Township School was given by the pupils, of the school this year, as was voted upon at one of the progressive Parent-Teachers' Meetings.

The first number of the Course was given by the last four grades under the direction of Miss Pfile, Miss Marie Roetzel, Mrs. Beckwith and Mr. Gombert. 'The date of the first performance was Feb- ruary 17th, beng very close to both Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. The program throughout was one of patriotic enthusiasm and spirit. The numbers included plays ,songs, drills, dancing and speaking in the costumes of the Revolutionary days. "The children showed much intellect and initiative in their efforts to make the program a success.

The last number was presented by the first four grades under a leadership of Miss Patterson, Miss Chapman, Mrs. Hayes, and Miss Ruth Roetzel. This program consisted of folk dances, the plays "Cinderella" and "Hansel and Gretel," and the Jessie Gaynor flower songs with great approval and the teachers and pupils felt paid for their efforts in its production,

Provenance

Text from 1922 Portage County High School Yearbook, published 1922, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.