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King and Majoy to Wrestle at State Huron will be represented at the Division III state wresting meet held at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus this weekend by Matt King (152-pound class) and Nino Majoy (285-pound class). Both finished in third place in their respective
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weight classes during the District match at more Nino Majoy, who is an impressive Owens Tech in Toledo this past weekend. 41-6, beat Bryan Eyerly of Ontario by a King, whose season record is 22-8, de- 3-1 margin. feated Nick Hall from Crestview with a 4-2 decision to get third place. Meanwhile, sopho-
Nino Majoy (left) and Matt King will represent Nino Majoy beat Bryan Eyerly of Ontario by a 3-1 margin to take third Huron at the Division III State Championships in place. Photo by betty Majoy Columbus. Photo by betty Majoy
Portraits of Huron’s Past: John F. Squier By Lisa yako of HistoricaL researcH Partners Huron’s location on the Huron River and the shores of Lake Erie has always afforded the town opportunities to develop maritime businesses, including fishing and shipbuilding. Beginning in the 1820s and finding fruition in the 1830s, the shipbuilding industry made Huron famous around the Great Lakes. During that time, Huron was considered one of the most important steam shipbuilding towns on Lake Erie. Once the Milan Canal was officially opened on July 4, 1839, the shipbuilding industry in Huron declined rapidly. Milan soon became a shipbuilding mecca, but Huron maintained a prolific shipbuilding industry through the 1880s. One of the most prolific shipbuilders in Huron during the period from the mid-1850s until the early 1880s was Mr. John F. Squier (aka, Squires). John F. Squier was born in Vermont in 1821 and moved to Huron in 1837. Around 1851, John Squier married Maria L. (maiden name unknown) and constructed the house at 125 Center St. at the time of his marriage. John Squier’s career in the shipbuilding industry likely began in the early 1850s. In 1853, Squier worked at the shipyard of Lockwood and Smith in Milan, but his reputation as a master shipbuilder already preceded him. In an article about a new steamship being built in Milan in July of 1853, the Buffalo Daily Republic described John Squier as “one of the best mechan-
ics in his line, and whose experience and well built included Sandusky, Ohio, Detroit and known abilities will prove a sufficient guaran- Marquette, Michigan, Sheboygan and Kenosha, tee that his department in the building of the Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. John Squier’s shipbuilding career ended in 1883 when he steamer will be all that could be required.” John Squier soon had his own shipyard in constructed one of the last ships to be built in Huron and was known as the principal builder Huron, the propeller Sakie Shepard. John F. Squier lived out the remainder of his there and one of the most skilled shipbuilders in all of Northern Ohio. From 1854 until days in Huron and died in 1897. He is buried 1883, Squier built or modified about 30 ships beside his wife at the Scott Cemetery. Though and tugs including the C.C. Griswold in 1854, the name of John Squier is not generally known the Marion Egan in 1861, and the Stampede today, he truly left a mark on the town of Huron in 1862. According to Richard J. Wright, John during his day and should well be remembered. Squier’s “most outstanding contribution to lake commerce was the propeller Ohio built in 1875, which was doubledecked and carried four masts.” The Ohio was known as the first four-masted ship to sail any of the Great Lakes. In addition to building ships in Huron, Squier also The OHIO was built in 1875 by John F. Squier in Huron. The built at least one Ohio is a wood-hulled, propeller-driven vessel with a length of ship in Toledo, 203 feet, and a width of 35 feet. It displaces 1,101 tons and has a one in Vermilion, load capacity of 850 tons. The photograph shows the Ohio unand one in Lorain. der way on the Great Lakes. Photo is courtesy of the Historical The home ports of Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University. ships that Squier Photo PerMission by the Center for arChival ColleCtions at bGsU.
First Grade Makes Learning FUN The first grade students at Shawnee Elementary School combined their Science and Social Studies lessons last week to study the earth in a hands-on fun way. The students of Mrs. Gimperling’s and Mrs. Hoty’s classes made Papier-mâché globes after studying the Earth’s surface. The lesson included the placement and names of the four oceans and seven continents. The Science/Social Studies combination lesson was a full week process. The first day was described as the “messiest”. It was the day all The first grade students of Mrs. Hoty’s 40 students covered their and Mrs. Gimperling’s classes paint the balloons with torn newspafour oceans and seven continents on per soaked in a liquid starch mixture. The next step, day their Papier-mâché globes.
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two, was painting the entire “globe” light blue to represent the oceans. Once the oceans were dry, on day three the students blotted and painted all seven continents with green paint. And finally, on the last day the children labeled their globes and took them home to share with their families. “The best part of this week was the children were having so much fun making their globes that they did not even realize how much they were learning at the same time,” stated Lou- Cecilia Pinkerton proudly ise Hoty, first grade holds up her Papier-mâché teacher. globe upon completion.
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