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Fostoria Hammered by Storm

(July 21, 1938)

Fostoria and its immediate vicinity to the north and south, was shelled early last evening by two- inche hailsstones, causing wide-spread damage and followed immediately by a furious wind storm and a drenching rain of cloudburst proportions.

The bombardment of golfball-size ice balls lasted only six minutes, but during that brief period, thousands of windows were shattered in homes, churches, factories and greenhouses. Birds were even knocked out of the trees in several instances and crops were damaged in the rural sections.

A pigeon was knocked down at the Union Street School (Union & Summit Streets) Building then run over by a automobile. A full grown robin was pelted to the ground in front of the Hal Stout home on Summit Street. The groggy bird was rescued by Hal Jr. and later recovered after a rest in the garage.

Of the Greenhouses, Enright's (on South Union St.) was the hardest hit with approximately 5,000 panes shattered. At Sackett Greenhouse (on North Main St.) the number of broken panes was estimated at 3,000. The Hollenbvaugh Greenhouse, (on Coumbus Ave) was just on the edge of the storm and escaped the brunt of the damage with less than 20 broken panes.

The Storm failed to reach as far east as Bascom where the annual summer picnic of the National Carbon Co. was in progress at Meadowbrook Park. It rained there, but not hard enough to spoil the festivites. Approximately 1,700 employees of the company along with their familes and friends were in attendance at the picnic.

Over 1,100 insurance claims were filed as a result of the storm, causing insurance companies at least $50,000

Subject: For 1938, More on Fostoria.

1938

From R/t Plus Saturday May 6,2000

Underpass Rejected

On Nov. 8, 1938 Fostoria voters turned down a bond issue that would have assured the city a $475.000 subway (underpass) under the B & O and Nickel Plate railroad tracks on South Union Street. The vote was 1,505 in favor, with 2,768 against.

The grade separation would have cost to city a maximun of $50,000. There would be an outright federal grant of $350,000 with the railroads paying the remaining $75,000

From R/t Plus May 13, 2000

1938 FHS Football Team Honored'

Fostoria High School's football players, undefeated this season and sporting a string of 16 consecutive victories, were honored by the citizens of Fostoria at the annual Kiwanis Club banquet held at the Church of Christ last evening (Nov. 29). Ernie Godfrey, assistant coach at Ohio State, who was the principal speaker of the evening, climaxed the series of honors heaped upon the Redmen by hailing them as "Champions of Ohio."

Nineteen gridders, 13 of them seniors, and two student managers were presented with letters by Coach Dwight (Ike) Trubey.

The letters were awarded to Captain Billy Munsey, who was unable to attend because of an injury received in the Thanksgiving Day game, Henry Lind, Roscoe Marshall, Charley Smith, Junior Aldrich, Pete Parmenter, Graydon Whitman, Les Fruth, Lawrence Smith, Charley LeComte, Johnny Shrider, Bill Shiflet, and Charley Greenfield, all seniors; Clair Kisabeth, Charles Imber and Cliff Fox juniors; Alex Lind sophomore and Jim Solomon and Whitey Franklin, student managers. Joe Keys, senior cheerleader, was presented with a emblem.

City Solicitor John Gutknecht acted as toastmaster and presented those connected with the school system, and other guest, for short talks.

Godfrey, Ohio State assistant coach, spoke of the city of Fostoria as having been a pioneer in Ohio scholastic football and ranked the city along with Massillon, Canton, Steubenville, Toledo Scott and Toledo Waite as the other schools that have contributed to Ohio's football heritage.