From The Centennial Newspaper of
Cannonsburgh, 5/15/1876

This is a group from the Highway Department, WPA, 7/21/1936.  Several local men are included.
l to r front row: Oscar Long, Perry Ferrell, Walt Sanders, Unknown, Roy Clayton
2nd row: Hank Davis, Kenneth Ray, Oliver Campbell, Earl Long, Florence Smalley (Gotschell), Harvey Boyd,  
Howard Noss, Harry Walters, Elmer Gray, Earl Boyd.
3rd row: Elex McLoney, Frank Wagoner, Dick Henry, Harvey West, Ed Staley, Tom Gotschell, Ken
McLaughlin, Wade Haney, Lloyd Foster, Walter Lucas, Harry Clapper.
4th row: Bert Parker (?), Wilmer Reigle, Bill Brackin, Virgil Smith, Charlie Kirbey, June McLean, Erin Hutson,
Unknown, **** Burwell, Harry Foster, Jeff Roberts.

The above two items were
hand-outs at the reunion.
The map is from
H.H.Hardesty's 1874
Illustrated Historical Atlas
of Carroll County, OH
according to the hand-out.

Wirt Russell, Catcher;  Jack Tope, R.F.; Guy Beaner, 3rd Base; Miles Davis, L.R.; George Slates,
Pitcher.     2nd Row, Howard Marshall, L.F.; Clyde Williams, C.F.; Otis Snee, L.F.; George
Cassidy, S.S.; June Barrick, Catcher.   3rd Row:  Will Randal, Mgr.; Niarn James and George
Magee, Umpires.
The Dellroy team of 1908.  During this season the team won 23 games and lost 3.  The uniforms were
hand made by Rachel Snee.

Original class of Pleasant Valley School, Rose Twp. No. 2.
Sept 5, 1883  -  Morges, OH

Number 2 was off Clay Road and was begun
by a group of men in 1834.  The Morges
School was Number 6.  There were 9 one
room schools in Rose Twp. and for a while a
2 room high school that was located not far
from Harmony Methodist Church.  This high
school was supposed to rival both Dellroy
and Magnolia High Schools.  It was in
existence in 1922.  From the early 1900's
the Number 9 school had a large number of
students because of Blocktown, the
housing provided by National fireproofing
(brickyard).  The Italians lived there and
their children would have gone to number 9.

Row one,kneeling L to R: Esther Knudsen, Julia Papai, Pete Csuti, Hary Burkhart, Irvin Little.
Row two: Nellie burkhart, Ruby Turkovich, Esther Halter, Anna Knudsen, Steve Papai, Steve Csuti, Ralph Casper, Joe Csuti, Joe
Turkovich.
Row three: Dorothy Marker, Jennie Sweaney, Veronica Csuti, Katie Csuti, Irene Sweaney, Unknown, Paul McLaughlin, Unknown
Casper, John Turkovich.
Back row: Kathryn Papai, Ellen Knudsen, Anna Papai, Unknown, Olga Knudsen, Vernon Casper, Albert Burkhart, Mike Papai,
George Casper, Marco Turkovich.
Identification and information to right of picture given by Suzanne Tozzi.
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Just over one-fifth of those attending the first-ever reunion for the Old Number Two School had actually attended
as a child.  Others came as guests to help celebrate the memory.  From left to right in the front row are Wilma
(Kessler)Torkos of Florida; Anne (Papai) Deverman of North Brook, IL; Olga (Knudsen) Fielding of Fairlawn; Esther
(Halter) Shalosky of Magnolia; Anna (Knudsen) Fetters of Waynesburg; Dorothy (Marker) Arth of Waynesburg;
Virginia (Casper) Greeneisen of Malvern; Nellie (Burkhart) Barnhart of Waynesburg; Jennie (Sweany) Hoagland of
Magnolia; Irene (Sweaney) Fetters of London, OH; Ella (Turkovich) Chomo of Canton; and Catherine (Csuti) Russell
of Carrollton.  (Second Row) Irvin Little of Dellroy; Steve Papai of Dellroy; Clifford Marker of Morges; Bob Casper of
Canton; Joe Scuti of Canton; Pete Csuti of Wisconsin; Albert Burkhart of Malvern; Harry Burkhart of Morges;
Dorothy (Sweany) Lower of Birmingham, AL; Ellen 9Knudsen) Alexander of Canton; and Ruby (Turkovich) Baxter of
Waynesburg.  (Back) Mike Papai of Manlius, NY; Anna (Turkovich) Geiger of Canton; Carl Papai of Columbus;
Kathryn (Papai) Spillman of New Waterfprd; Esther (Knudsen) Casper of Malvern; and Jow Turkovich of New
Philadelphia.

Mostly they showed up at St. Mary's Catholic Church Hall in Morges as guests of the few who had actually spent some time there
as a student.
Perhaps it isn't so surprising when you consider that the Old Number Two was last used as a school in 1934.  After that, students
from the rural area served by Pleasant Valley Number Two (its official name) were dispersed to Magnolia, Waynesburg and
Dellroy district schools.
In it's heyday, however, the Old Number Two School had as many as 52 students in grades one through eight - all at the same
time and in one room.
The building has since been dismantled and pieces of it used to build a garage in Morges near Waynesburg.
When it stood as a school, the Old Number Two was located in Section 9 of Rose Township.
It isn't known how long it was used as a school before 1934, but records indicate it was in operation in 1874.  The deed to the
property records it was leased to the Rose Township Board of Education by Sarah Brown on April 14, 1891 for $50 a year.
Among the conditions of the lease was the clause, "...premises shall be used and occupied in a careful, safe and proper
manner...the fires therein to be kept shall be safely secured, kept and conducted."

The above portion of the newspaper article was given to me by Suzanne Tozzi.