Feature Article on Jimtown School.
Topic: EDUCATION & DOWNTOWN/BUILDINGS
By Martha Thompson and Gene Eggleston in January, 2000
JIMTOWN: FIRST PTA IN SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO -- DOES BUSINESS IN SIDNEY |
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long gone, replaced in 1930 by Parkwood elementary, as we learned in the last issue of Historical
Highlights. But, the school, located outside Sidney’s city limits at that time on the Wapakoneta Avenue and Russell Road intersection, retains the distinction of having started the first Parent-Teachers Association, the P.T.A., in Shelby County. Ethel Price Sharp, teaching at Jimtown, started the organization and Florence McClure was its first president as noted in the 1924 Ohio state PTA association yearbook (see illustration). Good meetings are the mark of a PTA and two essential ingredients of good meetings are a comfortable place to sit and good refreshments. Evidence of both are shown in the receipts pictured here. They bring back memories of businesses long faded from the Sidney scene. We are indebted to Society member Martha Thompson who saved these receipts, some dating back to 1920, for the historical record. Thompson’s mother, Mrs. J.E. (Brieta) Thompson, was once treasurer of the Jimtown PTA. [ Back ] [ Next ] [ Up ] [ New Search ] |
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