Gayleen Gindy - Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio: From Footpaths to Expressways and Beyond Volume Six

SYLVANIA,
LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO

FROM FOOTPATHS
TO EXPRESSWAYS
AND BEYOND

VOLUME SIX:

Our Newspapers, Public Libraries, Ev ents,
Festivals, Annual Programs, Clubs, Cen ters,
Camps, Organizations, P osts,
Places in Sylvania and Si lica

GAYLEEN GINDY

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2017 . All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/01/2017

ISBN: 978-1-5462-0060-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-0059-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017911205

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

George Will

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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.

A. Whitney Brown

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Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.

Marge Piercy

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The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

Maya Angelou

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For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Anonymous

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Dedicated to my fa mily

Sam, Allan, Samantha, Audrey, Sophia and Ella
I love you!

Individuals who have helped with information in one way or another include: Sharon (Polly) Cooper, Elizabeth (Liz) Stover, Lucille Laskey, David Drake, Carolyn Micham, Melvin Micham, Gordon Deye, Alcy Downing, Richard Downing, Clark Collins, Rachel Stanton, Gerald Sobb, Leonard McMahon, Clayton Fischer, Cheryl Lavimodiere, Margie Lintner, Peggy Watts, George Eichenauer, John Plock, Jeff Ballmer, Rick Barricklow, Deb Raszka, Terry Helpman, Loren Sengstock, Tammy Martin, Tara Jacobs, Barb Taylor, Dan Hughes, Robert Oberly, Larry Wagner, Kathryn Keller, Vicki Alspach, Jennifer Howard, Sue Tuite, Lonnie Smith, Glenn Fink, John Fisher, Donald Covrett, Curtis Niles, Richard A. Campbell, Clifford Keeler, Scott Reed, Charles Tipping, Melissa Burzynski, Richard Laux, John Grayczyk, Ralph Stallsworth, Karen Keeler, Ara Smith, Hazel Smith, Robert C. Smith, Robert A. Smith, Milton Thomas Cory, Greg Roytek, Mark Weichel, Timothy Burns, Debbie Webb, Pat OBrien, Joe Shaw. Also a big thank you to the employees at the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Toledo and Lucas County Public Library for being ever ready to drag stuff out of that backroom for me and fix the machines: James Marshall, Greg Miller, Donna Christian, Irene Martin, Mike Lara, Ann Hurley, Jill Clever and Laura Voelz. And a big thank you to R. Michael Frank, Esq., for all that you did for me during some very rough times in my life.

It is impossible to personally thank everyone that helped with information for these books, so to those that I did not specifically name, I give you thanks for your contribution.

Just so that nobody in my family can say that I did not mention them in my book I would like to mention the following names of my beloved family who have all helped me in many, many ways: Sam Gindy, Allan Gindy, Samantha Gindy, Audrey Blaisdell-Gindy, Sophia Rose Gindy, Ella Jane Gindy, Charles Sullins, Carolyn Daler-Sullins-Micham, Allan J. Gindy, Carolyn Sberna-Gindy, Melvin Micham, Sharon Dentel-Sullins, Jeff Gindy, Jill Sullins-Dallas, Mark Dallas, Pen Dallas, Marsha Rosinski-Dallas, Nick Dallas, Melissa Flores-Dallas, Luna Mae Dallas, Miles Dallas, Andrew Dallas, Bart Sullins, Julie Crayford-Sullins, Sara Sullins, Laura Sullins, Amy Sullins-Verhelst, Bob Verhelst, Bret Sullins, Charley Sullins, Jack Sullins. You are all the highlight of my life.

This book is volume six of my eight volume set of books that will be published about Sylvanias history. All eight volumes will be titled Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio; From Footpaths to Expressways and Beyond , and each volume will have a different set of historic photos on the cover to represent the contents of that particular book. The top portion of each spine will have a letter to represent one letter in the name Sylvania. When lined up on your bookshelf the books will spell out S-Y-L-V-A-N-I-A. The volume that you are reading right now has the letter N on its spine.

Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio is located in northwestern Ohio, and our north border line runs along the south border line of the Michigan state line. Monroe and Lenawee County, Michigan are our bordering neighbors to the north, and we are a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, which the township of Sylvania borders on their eastern and southeastern lines. These volumes include the history of both the city and township of Sylvania as one community, but distinguished by the words city or township.

The 2010 census shows that there were 18,965 residents in the city and 29,522 residents in the township of Sylvania, for a combined population of 48,487. At this time the township continues to grow with new commercial development and new residential subdivisions, while the city of Sylvania has pretty much all been fully developed. Sylvania Township and the City of Sylvania share so many of their services that in most cases the residents dont even know which community they live in, they just know that they live in Sylvania. A few of the services that the two communities share include fire services, rescue services, public schools, public recreation, court services, historical societies and in some cases water and sewer services. Another confusing fact is that residents of the city of Sylvania get the opportunity to vote for the three township trustees and township clerk; because the Ohio Revised Code says that the city is officially still part of its original township of Sylvania. But the township residents do not get the opportunity to vote for any of the city public officials. Police service is one service that is still operated by the two separate entities, as well as police and fire emergency dispatching services and road and street maintenance services.

To recap the volumes that have been published so far, Volume One included history of the beginning years of Sylvania, the American Indians that lived in the Northwest Territory and in the areas throughout Lucas County, before the county was established. Included was information on the locations throughout Sylvania where the Indians camped, and where their footpaths and arrowheads were found by the early settlers when they first arrived here. Volume One also includes the following other subjects: The Ohio-Michigan boundary dispute; the establishment of Lucas County; The first settlers in Sylvania; Sylvania Township and its original boundaries and annexations; the initial events; elected positions; the first land purchases; the first elections under the name of Sylvania; information from the first township minutes books; government meeting places; voting in Sylvania; a complete listing of Sylvania Township officials; how the village of Sylvania was established and later became a city; information from the first minute books of the village of Sylvania; a complete list of village/city officials; populations; merger attempts; postmasters and post offices; the Ten Mile Creek; the Ottawa River; and the establishment of a public water system in Sylvania.