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»™l *• if •• ' 2' C„ ' 73 7S zs 6! Volume 45, No. 5 - October, 1997 Jr. O.U.A.M. Alumni Homekid Levi Olmstead (seated) visits while Jerri Seyfors (back, left) and Edna Ehrhart hug while seeing each other for the first time this year, photo by Randy Roberts By Michael Woodyard Staff Writer The Advertiser-Tribune Tiffin, Ohio When Gurstle Grubbs and about 10 of her friends went down to the river, they knew they were breaking the rules. First of all, they had shorts on and girls weren't allowed to wear that kind of clothing during the 1930s at the Junior Home. Second, they had strayed from the school grounds on a hot summer day to dip in the Sandusky. The trouble is that Dad caught them. Dad Kernan, that is, the much loved superintendent of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Home. He shuffled the girls back to their cabins, graciously skirting the lawn in FOR HOMEKIDS, A Reunion, It's front of the administration building, Grubbs said. The river is a little lower and a bit slower now, and the faces have a few more wrinkles now, but the bonds that Grubbs - now Gurstle Hartveld - formed are strong yet today. "Some of the kids I see more than my brothers and my sister, unless they come here," Hartveld, who graduated from the home in 1943, said. This weekend's homecoming, the 57th by some reckoning, attracted alumni from the four corners of the country. Hartveld made her way from Ventura, California. The Junior Home was a vital part of life in Tiffin, providing a home and a school to more that 6,000 kids over the course of its existence. Founded by the United American Mechanics, the home - which operated between 1896 and 1944 - was a place where the children of workers who died could go and get an education, camaraderie and a sense of place. By the account of many who attended the gathering, the Junior Home was one of the first in Ohio, if not the nation, to provide bona fide vocational training. Boys were taught printing, woodworking or mechanics, It's Not Just Coming Home! fc^^fc^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^fc ^ ■« girls were taught nursing, homemaking and secretarial skills. In spite of the practicality of the surroundings, Hartveld said, the kids still found ways to cut up and have fun. "The boys snuck off to the woods more than we did, but when we did, we'd swing out over a creek like Tarzan. It was a lot of fun. There was a stone quarry that they said was bottomless, it scared off the girls from the woods," she said. According to Jim Voight, one of the older graduates at this year's reunion - his was the class of 1932 - the boys wanted to "skinny dip in the creek, See Coming Home, page 2 This Issue, OaobER, 1997 of The Junior HoMtkid, is dedicATEcl to JohN "RAbbir" Starrett. THE JUNIOR HOMEKID Official publication of the National Association of the former Jr. O.U.A.M. School, Tiffin, Ohio. Published six times a year at the subscription rate of $10.00 per year. THE STAFF EDITH M. KILGORE Business Manager P. O. Box 286, 403 North Street, Republic, Ohio 44867 SUSIE RAWLS Managing Editor & Publisher Route 2, Box 290, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801 NORA LEE BARBEE Subscriptions & Treasurer 4022 South Holden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 GURSTLE HARTVELD Western Editor 491 South Brent Street, Ventura California 93003 JERRI SEYFORS Eastern Editor 207 Maynard Avenue, Crestline, Ohio 44827 LULA D. McGRATH Southern Editor 10411 Takeridge Court, Charlotte, North Carolina 28277 JOE BUCKLEY Tiffin Editor 9 Ash Street, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 JIM VOIGT Contributing Editor 2932 Ferguson Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 IRBY TODD Contributing Editor 2045 East Bay Drive #608, Largo, Florida 34641 REYNOLD ELKINS Contributing Editor 902 Cottonwood Road, Kettering, Ohio 45419 vTfU ffiMU&x \^em*tiu& Mrs. Nora Lee (Moon) Barbee Subscriptions 4022 South Holden Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 First Class Mail U. S. Postage PAID Rocky Mount, N.C. Permit No. 168 |Vla M OdtpW 13th! First Class - HCDONNOLD, MRS ELEANOR B 245 IRONWOQD DR WEST CARROLTON, OHIO 45449
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Title | JR Home The Junior Homekid October 1997 |
Subject | Junior Order of United American Mechanics ; Junior Order of United American Mechanics Home ; Tiffin (Ohio) |
Time Period | October 1997 |
Place | Greensboro, North Carolina |
Description | The Junior Homekid was the alumni newspaper for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Home. This issue is for October 1997 (Volume 45, No. 5). |
Creator | Jr. O.U.A.M. Alumni |
Date of Original | October 1997 |
Collection | Tiffin-Seneca Public Library Ohio Collection |
Source | Newspaper, 16 pages : black and white illustrations : 35 cm. |
Submitting Institution | Tiffin-Seneca Public Library |
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Extent | 16 pages : black and white illustrations : 35 cm. |
Date created | 2017-02-14 |
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Full Text | »™l *• if •• ' 2' C„ ' 73 7S zs 6! Volume 45, No. 5 - October, 1997 Jr. O.U.A.M. Alumni Homekid Levi Olmstead (seated) visits while Jerri Seyfors (back, left) and Edna Ehrhart hug while seeing each other for the first time this year, photo by Randy Roberts By Michael Woodyard Staff Writer The Advertiser-Tribune Tiffin, Ohio When Gurstle Grubbs and about 10 of her friends went down to the river, they knew they were breaking the rules. First of all, they had shorts on and girls weren't allowed to wear that kind of clothing during the 1930s at the Junior Home. Second, they had strayed from the school grounds on a hot summer day to dip in the Sandusky. The trouble is that Dad caught them. Dad Kernan, that is, the much loved superintendent of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics Home. He shuffled the girls back to their cabins, graciously skirting the lawn in FOR HOMEKIDS, A Reunion, It's front of the administration building, Grubbs said. The river is a little lower and a bit slower now, and the faces have a few more wrinkles now, but the bonds that Grubbs - now Gurstle Hartveld - formed are strong yet today. "Some of the kids I see more than my brothers and my sister, unless they come here," Hartveld, who graduated from the home in 1943, said. This weekend's homecoming, the 57th by some reckoning, attracted alumni from the four corners of the country. Hartveld made her way from Ventura, California. The Junior Home was a vital part of life in Tiffin, providing a home and a school to more that 6,000 kids over the course of its existence. Founded by the United American Mechanics, the home - which operated between 1896 and 1944 - was a place where the children of workers who died could go and get an education, camaraderie and a sense of place. By the account of many who attended the gathering, the Junior Home was one of the first in Ohio, if not the nation, to provide bona fide vocational training. Boys were taught printing, woodworking or mechanics, It's Not Just Coming Home! fc^^fc^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^fc ^ ■« girls were taught nursing, homemaking and secretarial skills. In spite of the practicality of the surroundings, Hartveld said, the kids still found ways to cut up and have fun. "The boys snuck off to the woods more than we did, but when we did, we'd swing out over a creek like Tarzan. It was a lot of fun. There was a stone quarry that they said was bottomless, it scared off the girls from the woods," she said. According to Jim Voight, one of the older graduates at this year's reunion - his was the class of 1932 - the boys wanted to "skinny dip in the creek, See Coming Home, page 2 This Issue, OaobER, 1997 of The Junior HoMtkid, is dedicATEcl to JohN "RAbbir" Starrett. THE JUNIOR HOMEKID Official publication of the National Association of the former Jr. O.U.A.M. School, Tiffin, Ohio. Published six times a year at the subscription rate of $10.00 per year. THE STAFF EDITH M. KILGORE Business Manager P. O. Box 286, 403 North Street, Republic, Ohio 44867 SUSIE RAWLS Managing Editor & Publisher Route 2, Box 290, Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27801 NORA LEE BARBEE Subscriptions & Treasurer 4022 South Holden Road, Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 GURSTLE HARTVELD Western Editor 491 South Brent Street, Ventura California 93003 JERRI SEYFORS Eastern Editor 207 Maynard Avenue, Crestline, Ohio 44827 LULA D. McGRATH Southern Editor 10411 Takeridge Court, Charlotte, North Carolina 28277 JOE BUCKLEY Tiffin Editor 9 Ash Street, Tiffin, Ohio 44883 JIM VOIGT Contributing Editor 2932 Ferguson Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 IRBY TODD Contributing Editor 2045 East Bay Drive #608, Largo, Florida 34641 REYNOLD ELKINS Contributing Editor 902 Cottonwood Road, Kettering, Ohio 45419 vTfU ffiMU&x \^em*tiu& Mrs. Nora Lee (Moon) Barbee Subscriptions 4022 South Holden Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27406 First Class Mail U. S. Postage PAID Rocky Mount, N.C. Permit No. 168 |Vla M OdtpW 13th! First Class - HCDONNOLD, MRS ELEANOR B 245 IRONWOQD DR WEST CARROLTON, OHIO 45449 |
Date created | 2017-02-14 |
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