Photos from 2008 Richardsville Community Reunion
It is unclear how many people attended the gathering, but thought to be near 100.
Photo from 2008 Richardsville Community Reunion
I thank everyone who shared photos!
Left to Right"
Ken Boyer, (I need help here) Deb Long, Devere Boyer
The Brookville Class members of 1974 at Reunion
Back row: L to R
Russ McKinney, David (Leroy) Rhines, Rodger Long
Front Row L to R
Barb (Owens) McKinney, Shelly Skalicky, Janet (Carrier) Sarvey
"Mom's Girls" Left to right
Rachelle, Ran'a, Lucy (Long) (Brosius) Stotts
Lucy Long was a Pupil at Richardsville School.
Everett Long's Richardsville Ball Team uniform, with photo of him and team. (est. 1920's)
Kilee Carpenter with Grand Dad's (Everett Long) Base Ball uniform from Richardsville's Ball Team, early 1900's.
This is part of an e-mail I received from Ran'a, Kilee's mother:
Kilee is our ball player here, the pitcher on her team. So I can't wait to have the picture of her blown up with Grandpa's Team picture, and have them framed together. I use to tell Jim and the kids stories of Grandpa always listening to the ball games on the radio while we would play outside every summer. I wish they could have met him.
Left to Right:
Shelly Skalicky, Ed Kerchinski, Janett Kerchinski, Child ( I need help here with ID), Don Gillung
New friends visiting like old pals.
Left to Right
Beverly (Beatty) McClosky, Shelly Skalicky
Future generations who attended
Payton McAninch who would be the Great,Great, Great Granddaughter of Lewis Evans (and she is very proud of that I might add. She is getting into this old stuff!)
And the boy is my brother Jeff's Carrier's son, Lance Carrier, who would be the Great, Great Grandson of Lewis Evans.
(Janet (Carrier) Sarvey of Brookville shared the photo, and I.D.)
Mac Cable enjoying Emma Work's Richardsville Baptist Church Book.
Need help on ID
Left to Right
unknown, unknown, Mac Cable, Susan Cable, unknown
Enjoying the wall with poster size early 1900's Richardsville class photos with names
Need help with ID, and name spelling on this photo
Left to Right back row standing
Danny Long, (unknown), (unknown) Edeth Rhines
Front row sitting down
Dever Boyer, Rodger Boyer, Ken Boyer
Returning home to Direct Descendants of Mr. Lewis Evans
Left to Right: Rocking Chair and 1870's Warsaw township school records, Victrola and the original shipping crate.
All of these items came from the Lewis Evans farm in Richardsville. Mr. Evans was the school Secretary in the late 1800's These books chronicle all of the old one room schools, pupils names, ages, attendance, grades, teachers names, and lessons taught in that period in Warsaw township.
The Victrola still works, and includes the actual records that was used by the Evans Family, as well as the original shipping crate the Victrola came in.
All of these items were held by Lewis Evans son Tom and his wife Marie (Long) Evans until both of them passed, then held by Marie's only brother, Everett and his wife Julia (Lindenmuth) Long until they both passed. Since then they have been held by the Long children (Mary Jane, Lucy May, and Daniel Nathen) until the 2008 reunion. Then the 1870's school records were signed over to the "Jefferson County Historical Center" Curator Carole Briggs. The chair and Victrola handed over to Lewis Evans Great Granddaughter Janett (Carrier) Sarvey and her husband Bill Sarvey of Brookville Pa.
The Carrier/Sarvey familys were good enough to actually crank it up and play a few tunes for us!
Lucy is sharing a look at an original turn of the century map of the area.
Left to Right
JoAnn (Barber) Smith, Lucy (Long) (Brosius) Stotts
Lucy has protected this authentic Richardsville held map for many years, and brought it from Ohio to share at the Reunion
Showing appreciation to Carole Briggs for making the time in her busy schedule to attend the reunion on a Holliday week end. Carole is the Curator for the Jefferson County Historical Center.
Left to Right:
(thought to be Huck Vogel ?) Danny Long, Rana' (Brosius) Carpenter, Carole Briggs, ( I need a name here) Chad Long.
Two items display on the table are 1865 Civil War portrait of Lewis Evans in the original frame, and medicine bottles from the days when Richardsville had a Doctor, Dr. Stahlman. In the background you can see one of the 7 old reunion/group photos that were enlarged for help in photo ID. Some of the large panoramic photos displayed were as much as 9 feet long and laminated for posterity and getting help with ID.
As things quited down, Darrell and Jean Hidinger, with Dorris Harriff entertained us with some beautiful old music.
Near the end of the day we had a 50/50 drawing, the winning ticket was held by Ran'a Carpenter. Ran'a and her sister Rachell, brought their mother, Lucy (Long) (Brosius) Stotts in from Ohio for the Reunion. Shown in the middle is Master of Ceremonies Deb Long as she announced the winner.
I was given the honor of ringing the old Richardsville School Bell at the close of the day.
Danny Long :-)