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Old school museum to host open house
STEUBENVILLE -- The Pleasant Hill School House Historical Museum, located at 3125 state Route 213, will hold an open house from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Those attending the open house will have the opportunity to walk through a building which was once a one-room schoolhouse area children attended.
Visitors, if they so choose, will be versed as to the education children received during the 1800s and will have the opportunity to see the school supplies and materials used during those early days.
Anyone can attend the open house, which is free of charge.
Brilliant Legion to hold 9/11 ceremony
BRILLIANT -- Officials from the Brilliant American Legion Post 573 will be joining area police and fire and rescue personnel as they pay tribute to the veterans, first responders and Americans who perished as a result of the events which unfolded Sept. 11, 2001.
The public is invited to attend the remembrance ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the Liberty Corners Memorial, located by the Post at 210 Market St., Brilliant.
The Brilliant volunteer fire department will raise the garrison flag on its ladder truck and the Brilliant American Legion will conduct a rifle salute.
Guest speaker will be Fire Chief Brian Harvey. Music will be performed by Ron Retzer.
"While we hope that members of the community will be able to attend the ceremony, it will be available on live stream on the American Legion Facebook page," organizers stated.
In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the Legion hall.
SHS Class of 1959 luncheon
STEUBENVILLE -- The monthly luncheon of the Steubenville High School Class of '59 was held on Aug. 9.
There were 18 classmates in attendance, according to organizers.
During the get-together, condolences were extended to the family of Barbara Maragos.
Officials then presented blessings to all who were present and to those who were unable to attend.
Class member Norina Eroshevich advised she would not be at the next meeting due to having knee replacement surgery, it was noted.
Well-wishes were expressed to Eroshevich.
Happy birthday was sung to Terry Seese, Pete Barren, George Milosevich and Patty Milosevich. The Milosevichs provided the birthday cake for the event.
The next meeting will take place at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Froehlich's Classic Corner.
Call Donna Snyder for reservations at (740) 314-5248. All are welcome to attend, organizers stated.
Steubenville schools retirees meet
STEUBENVILLE -- The Steubenville City Schools Retirees met for lunch at Capraro's in Hopedale Aug. 10.
Members discussed the on-going collection being taken for its Christmas charity.
Proceeds raised will go toward helping needy adults.
A vote was taken on whether or not to continue sponsoring a nutcracker in the seasonal event, with the final vote being no.
Retirees will no longer sponsor the nutcracker, officials stated, noting the cost had increased from $100 to $300 a year for storage.
The group's next luncheon will take place Sept. 14 at Margaret's in Toronto.