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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Canfield Historical Society president Suzie McCabe spoke to C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students about the evolution of the printing industry at the Mahoning Dispatch during the school’s annual Canfield History Walking Tour on May 30.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students listened as Suzie McCabe, Canfield Historical Society president, explained the history of the Mahoning Dispatch during the school’s annual Canfield History Walking Tour on May 30.
By ABBY SLANKER
C.H. Campbell Elementary School third-grade students learned about local Canfield history during their day-long Canfield History Walking Tour on May 30.
This is the seventh year the third-grade classes have visited many historical sites and buildings on the village green and surrounding areas.
Scheduled stops on the tour included Ruggles-Coope House, Old Courthouse, Christian Church, Odd Fellows Hall, Methodist Church, the Green and gazebo, Farmers National Bank vault, Mahoning Dispatch, Township Hall, War Vets Museum, Canfield Historical Society’s Bond House, Presbyterian Church, Canfield Village Middle School, Turner School Houses, WPA Building the Old Texaco Station and Dave Goddard’s house.
Each class was assigned a color of T-shirt to wear, so teachers and accompanying parent volunteers could keep track of each class while taking the tour.
At the Mahoning Dispatch, students were treated to a presentation tour and by Suzie McCabe, Canfield Historical Society president. McCabe, dressed in historical attire, gave the students the history of the Mahoning Dispatch and even turned on a couple antique printing presses, while giving them a tour of the composition room and then the press room.
McCabe explained the evolution of the printing industry.
“They printed newspapers here from 1889-1968. After that, they continued to use the presses for other things like the Canfield Fair programs and they also printed signs here,” McCabe told the students.
At the other historical stops, the third-grade teachers relayed the history of the locations to the students, highlighting the Ohio Historical Markers at the sites.
This year marked the seventh year of the tour, which was originally created by C.H. Campbell third-grade teachers Marian Bailey and Heidi Snyder and Hilltop Elementary School third-grade teacher Jenny Beil.
The teachers researched the historical stops to correlate with third-grade content standards, which includes learning about your community.