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By Mark J. Price
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Aug 24, 2009
History never sleeps.
Here are some interesting updates from the world of This Place, This Time:
Kenmore on film
Lights! Camera! Cardinals! A documentary about Kenmore will premiere next month at a multiclass reunion for Kenmore High School.
The Class of 1945 has invited ''the classes of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and beyond'' to a reunion from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 12 at Kenmore Community Center, 880 Kenmore Blvd.
Kenneth Dague, 78, produced the 24-minute movie, which dates back to Kenmore's founding in 1908. The city merged with Akron in 1928.
The film will be shown at 11:30 a.m. The Kenmore Historical Society will have a display of memorabilia.
A buffet luncheon catered by the Waterloo Restaurant will follow the film. Cost is $16 per person. For lunch reservations, call reunion secretary Sam Salem at 330-864-3745.
All Kenmore alumni are welcome, Salem said.
Brown Street revisited
Pat Marks of Akron raised a good question about our Aug. 10 story on Lucinda ''Aunty'' Brown (1822-1917), who operated a residence hall for Buchtel College students for nearly 40 years:
Is that how Brown Street got its name?
That is a fair assumption because the street ends at the University of Akron, Buchtel's successor, near where Brown's home stood at 268 Carroll St.
However, Aunty Brown didn't arrive in town until 1878, and the street already had its name in the 1874 local atlas.
Our guess was that the street was named for abolitionist John Brown, who died in 1859.
That wasn't right either.
According to Beacon Journal files, the street honors early settler Charles W. Brown (1796-1888), who lived on a 113-acre farm near present-day East Market Street and Buchtel Avenue.
The college was built on his former property.
Who was Margaret?
Beacon Journal reader Ed Hutchinson, who attended Margaret Park Elementary in the 1950s, wondered about the school's name following our recent stories on the old swimming beach at Summit Lake.
''Margaret Park? Must have been a lady's name, but what did she do?'' he asked.
Margaret Park was named for Margaret Chapman Barnhart (1874-1913), who spearheaded a campaign to establish playgrounds in Akron.
She also was active in the YWCA, Summit County Children's Home and Summit County Juvenile Court.
Some former pupils might remember seeing her portrait, which used to hang at Margaret Park Elementary.
Mark J. Price is a Beacon Journal copy editor. He can be reached at 330-996-3850 or send e-mail to mjprice@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Barnsville, Ohio
Posted 09:42 AM, 08/24/2009
I went to Margret Park School in the late 40"s. The
history of the School is something. I beleive the
Public Library has more information.
Posted 01:05 PM, 08/24/2009
They have schools?
*smile*
Akron, OH
Posted 01:37 PM, 08/24/2009
Margaret Barnhart. Any relation to Melissa?
Posted 03:27 PM, 08/24/2009
I am a 1973 graduate of Kenmore High School and attended Margerate Park for K to 2nd. I went to Lawndale Grade School and Innes Jr. High. I still live in Kenmore and am a Proud Kenmore Cardinal.
Tallmadge, Oh
Posted 05:26 PM, 08/24/2009
Let's see...the girls all wear black t shirts and have bare bellies, and the kids all wear vests that say "future hell's angel"
and traditional art is a tatoo.
Yep great place.
Posted 06:40 PM, 08/24/2009
What do you do when you're not talented enough to make movies on the national and international stage? Do local interest pieces and try to have a career financed by local institutions. I'd like to see a documentary on how West Virginia wound up in Kenmore and perhaps an expose on local meth culture. Maybe a meth recipe contest. That neighborhood is creepier than North Hill, Maple Valley and Vernon Odom put together and it's mostly white. Akron is the only place I've been where the white people are creepier than the black people and Kenmore makes me feel dirty just driving through it.
Akron, OH
Posted 07:23 AM, 08/25/2009
Wow, some low blow stereotyping going on so early in the day from people who really have no clue as to who lives in Kenmore and why they choose to do so.
