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Pearson March Lecture Series to highlight local history
Friends of Pearson Metropark will celebrate northwest Ohio history in this year’s March Lecture Series. A diverse assortment of experts will explore the heritage of the region each Sunday in March, 2014, at 2 p.m. in Macomber Lodge on Navarre Avenue. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served following the program. Admission is free.
Schedule:
March 2
Richly Dressed and Handsomely Attired: Daily Life of our Earliest Residents, the American Indians, by Dr. Janet Rozick of Heidelberg University.
March 9
Farming Pioneers: Early Settlers on the East Side, by Joanne Crandall, Joehlin Family historian, and Floyd Hagedorn, Oregon historian.
March 16
Early Days of the East Side: From Villages to Townships to Cities, by Larry Michaels, local historian and author.
March 23
Pearson And Progress: George Pearson’s Leadership in the Development of the East Side, by Mary Breymaier, author of George W. Pearson, A Modest Hero.
March 30
Landmark Of Pride: The First Hundred Years of Waite High School, by Robert Clark, former East Side district leader for Toledo Public Schools.
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