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Robert & Kay Sigler recently gave us a box of old photos that came from Ms. Elizabeth Black, who was a longtime 1st grade teacher at Kingston. Among these, was this 1921 Kingston HS Football picture, of which we were able to identify the players.

Standing L-R Coach F. W. Lott, James Leist, Harold Evans, William Yaple, Willard Immel, Forrest Kreisel

Seated- Charles Thomas, Orlande Evans, Russell Brooks, Eldridge Black, Donald Moran, Lloyd Sibrell, Arthur Merriman, Delos Sheplar, Leonard Smith

1916 Kingston Elementary School

This is from 1885 Kingston Schools, taken in front of the old HS building. Names???

We recently acquired these pictures of Kingston High School's Football Team from 1906, 1910, & 1914. We are seeking names for each of the pictures any help would be appreciated.

Vickie Cooley Peecher passed away on Friday January 20. She was a graduate of the class of 1978. Her viewing will be from 11:00-1:00 on Saturday the 28th at Ware's in Chillicothe.

Roger Lyons's (class of 1975) son recently stopped by ZTHS to take some pictures of his dad's school. He informs me that his dad works for the Houston Chronical Newspaper in Houston, Texas.

The Alumni Committee would like to thank the following people for their recent donations of memorabilia from our school systems past.

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sigler - Faculty member CHS (Kay is A KHS Grad) - box of old Kingston School photos from Ms. Elizabeth Black.

Joann Lemley-Kingston HS class of 1949 -a scrapbook of her high school years 1947-49 including many sports clippings, programs from plays, as well as other memoriabila

Shirley Kelley Irwin -Kingston HS class of 1961 (in honor of her father, Francis Kelley KHS class of 1936)

Assorted Kingston HS: Scribblers, Pow Wows, graduation announcements,

Basketball programs and other school papers.

Dave Kelley -KHS class of 1964

Kingston Band Jacket and assorted trophies

Lucille Porter Kelley-KHS class of 1940

1940 Kingston Yearbook, KHS basketball programs, Pow Wows, Zane Trace Basketball Programs 1967-69, 1960's ZT FFA notebooks and magazines

We are always looking for anything related to Kingston, Adelphi, Centralia, Zane Trace or any of the 1 room schools in our district. Anything: Yearbooks, pictures, programs, sports items, memorabilia, anything that has one of the school's names on it, information about schools' history, or any items belonging to former students. Anyone wishing to donate items to the School's Alumni Archives may contact Kevin Prickett at the school, 773-9854 (642-2033 home) or drop items off at the school anytime.

A small village once thrived where Zane Trace School now stands. Our school was first known as the Gravel Pit School, then as The Green Township School from 1916-1922 and then Centralia from 1922-1965 after which, it became known as Zane Trace.

In the second half of the 1800’s, a flour mill was built on the southern bank of the Kinnikinnick Creek where the Norfolk & Southern Railroad trestle now crosses State Route 180. This mill was built of brick and the machinery consisted of large cog-wheels made of wood. A great deal of skill in craftsmanship was used in creating it. The power for the mill was provided by a large water-wheel, propelled with water supplied by a dam that was built further up the creek. Farmers from the area would bring their wheat in to the mill to be ground into flour. One of the millers was a Mr. McCartney. His great- grandchildren, Annis and Clyde McCartney, were students at Centralia High School in its early days. A very fine grade of flour was produced at this old mill.

Later on, the flour mill was remodeled into a woolen mill where a very good quality of English broadcloth was produced. The machinery for this mill was imported from England. It was made of wood and was very costly.

The mill shut down for a while and then was started up again by a Mr. Bennett. This venture was financed by local settler and businessman, John Crouse. Today, Crouse Chapel Road is named for him. People from England came to Ross County to work in this factory. Mr. Bennett sent his finished product of broadcloth by boat down the Scioto and Ohio Rivers to New Orleans. Here, it was exchanged for gold, which was brought back to Kinnikinnick on foot or on horseback.

Many houses were built as homes for the English folks that came here to work. Six or seven houses were built above the Kinnikinnick where our school now stands. Several more were built along the banks of the creek. This village of houses was known as “The Old Factory.”

A saw mill was later built near the woolen mill. The saws worked in a similar way to a crosscut saw except it worked in a perpendicular way that only allowed it to cut only on the down stroke of the saw. This caused the process to be very slow. The saw mill was powered by a large water-wheel. Another mill was located farther down the creek.

A carding mill was also built nearer to the town of Kinnikinnick. This is where people would bring in wool that was combed and made into small bundles. The women could then use their spinning wheels and spin the wool into skeins of yarn. This could be then turned into cloth for many useful purposes around area homes.

The woolen mill shut down again as people could no longer afford to buy the expensive broadcloth. The residents began to change and after some time, the area known as “The Old Factory” became a shady and undesirable place to live. Many of the homes fell into ruin as people abandoned them. The old mill was used for a while as a barn until it fell to the ground. There is now, no evidence to be found of this once thriving community.

Zane Trace Local Schools Campus.

The all class reunion is coming up on May 26, 2012 and all alumni of Zane Trace Schools (Centralia, Kingston, and Adelphi) are welcome. Because of postage costs, we can only send invitations to those alumni that are members of an Honor Class this year or paid your dues last year. We want every alumni to attend rather you are an honor class or not. If you do not receive an invitation by April 27, please contact a committee member or copy this one for your use.

Zane Trace Alumni Banquet

All Class Reunion

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Honoring the classes of:

1937, 1942, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 1982, 1987,1992 and the graduating class of 2012.

Menu: ~TBA, Salad, Roll & Butter,

Catered by: ~Kim Knapp Morton (Class of 1971)

Dinner will be served in the cafetorium. ~This is a sit-down meal in which you will be served by the 8^th Grade Washington D.C. committee.

Schedule of Events:

5:00 p.m.-Doors Open-Registration-Building Tours

6:00 p.m.-Welcome & Business Meeting

6:30- p.m.-Dinner Served

Immediately following dinner: ~Recognition of Honor Classes, Scholarship Presentations, Drawing for Door Prizes and a 50/50 raffle.

Any questions please call the Zane Trace Middle School at 740-773-9854.

Dates for reservations and information will be posted in April of 2012

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dwane Swepston

Kingston, Ohio 45644

Alumni’s Name_____________________Year Graduated___________

Guest Name_____________________________________________

Address________________________________________________

If you cannot attend this year’s banquet, please send us any new information in regards to change of name, address, etc.

2012 Alumni Association Officers:

Past President: ~~~~~~~~Robert Dearth (1958) President:~~~~~Kevin Prickett (1978)

Vice President: ~ ~ Jane Myers McCreary (1962) Secretary:~~~Dwane Swepston (1985)

Treasurer:~~~~~~~~~~~~Spencer Sams (1988) Support Pers.~Carla Tripp Davis (1971), BJ Blankenship Tripp (1982)

Zane Trace Alumni Scholarship Fund

Each year the Zane Trace Alumni Association awards two (2) monetary grants to graduating seniors of Zane Trace High School who must be a child/grandchild of a Zane Trace Alumni. ~

Funds collected are deposited in the Zane Trace Alumni Scholarship Fund in the Kingston National Bank. ~Please return your check for the Z.T. Alumni Scholarship Fund along with your Alumni Banquet reservations.

$10.00___________ $15.00___________

$20.00___________ $25.00___________

$50.00___________ $75.00___________

$100.00__________ Other ____________

Thank you for your donation and support!