Book: Wintersville Citizen

              VOL. 2, NO. 2                                  THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 1963- TWELVE PAGES                                      $500 peryear 10


JUST


REWARD


By EVE SEITER


  Booker T. Washington once
said that "no man who con-
tinues to add something to the
material, intellectual, and
moral- .well-being  of   the
.place :in  which he lived
long without. proper reward."
O.W. Buchanan, Superintend-
ent. of ,the Cross Creek
:Township Schools, has cause
t� meditate: upon :the truth of
Mr. Washington's observation.
:He -has just been notified of
a signal: honor ,soon: to' be
bestowed upon him.. He will
1ei rewarded for years of con-
tribution--material,  intel-
ectual-.. adii moral-to our
Commitity. When the -new..
irnio:;:r gh School, situated
astn:tnes throw from the Win-
tersville   Memotial :High
  Sool, :siae" -,,,..stones
  throw from the Wintersville
  Memoriai High  School, is
dedicated, it. will proudly
bear the Buchanan 'n ame!
Officials of the Cross Creek
Townhip School  District
have dedecided .to name the
fine, :new  school building
O.W. Buch anan   unior High
School...           -
  At this writer's request
  Mr.. ^ Buchanan traced the
  pattern of his .. 3 years of
  work in our Area. Even to the
uninitiated" the record of mna-
te'rial achievement is im-
pressive. The tall, quiet man
came, to Wintersville from
Paulding, Ohio, where he was
engaged in school work for
23 years. For 17 of those
23' years he: served as Super-
infendent 'of the Paulding
Exempted Village Schools. In
the 13 years of his .sojourn
in our Area Mr.. Buchanan has
replaced  two      one-room.
schools, Bantam Ridge and'
Long Run! He has worked to,
secure three Bond Issues.
totaligig $2,300,000 making
it possible to build additions
to. Wintersville   Memorial
High School, to Bantam Ridge
School, to Wintersville Ele-
mentary and Stark Grade
Sh1ools as .well as the soon-
to-be, new    O.W. Buchanan
Junior High School. He has
faced the necessity of this
building program to provide
facilities  for   enrollment.
which has increased 143% in


13:years!
Located as we are, this
buijding program  entailed
providing both sewage and
Water !systems as well as im.
proving  playgrounds.   The
prospect brightened with the
adventof, the Wintersville Wa-
ter :Systemabout; eight years
  goIt continues to brighten
wit' tne plans forthei


tersville  Sewage  Disposal
moving into their second
phase. The situation at the
Stark School 'remains un-
changed. Water is hauled
daily to the financi'al tune of
$35 a week!
  All but two of his 13 years
  as School superintendent in
  in the Cross Creek Township
  School District have been
  occupied with building pro-
  grams.. During this, period a
  veritable explosion of know-
  ledge has occurred "in our
  world.. Mr. ,Buchanan is con-
vinced - that such widening
of intellectual' horizons de-
mandscons tant review:of the
intellectual progranm of the
school. To this end the cur-
Siculuim has been expanded to
-include more science arid
mathi :more modern language,
and   increased   vocational
trainilng., Three  years. of
Latin   are. now   available
with a fourth soon 'to, be
possible. A 'student may at-
tempt the Spanish language
as early as the 8th grade!'
An advance biology course
has ,been'instituted that pre-
med students or/ those .who
hope to become technician's
may acquire basic khowledge
A ,single unit of ..advanced
science,  chemistry     and
physics ,is open to students
who may not plan to enter
college. With the opening of
'the O.W. Buchanan Junior
High School, students 'will
train in a 30 station language
lab'. :Higher' math courses,
basic to space age develop-
ment, will also become avail-
able.
  This remarkable' material,
and. intellectual   advance
does not blind Mr. Buch:anan
to the. shortcomings of- the
school curriculum. He feels
that'. two areas in partic-
ular are practically untouched.
Rejectingtheterm"retarded,"
he refers to the area of teach-
ing the :slow learner" and
the "late Bloomer". Cutting
classroom   enrollment from
40 to 25 studnts has been a
step in the right 'direction
but this kindlyv educator dreams
of a class design speci-
fically for these children,
that they may learn to read
as a group of intermediates.


  For many years the child,
  either naturally slow. or,
  slowed down by emotional
  upset or illness, has of a
  necessity . been    classed
: with elementary childrerin in
  his:- effort to  recover in
  lost ground.
  : .i Mr. Buchanan .dreams,.too,
  of   expanded  ' vocational


training. He would like to
effect 12 years of basic, ex-
ploratory study plus. two years
of intensive special training.
  A   Guidance Council has
  been set up in the Cross
  Creek School District with a
  Guidance  Committee   func-
  tioning in each school. Mr.
  Buchanan feels that it is too
  early to assess- its achieve-
  ment though some compara-
  tive studies have been tabu--
  lated.
  O.W. Buchanan. brings far
  more to his work than mere
  academic :or administrative
.qualifications.. The son of
devout, Methodist parents, he
,,reflects Christian:-concern for
people. His interest in youth
: is :tempered ith' undrstand-
ing  ::hem :and thew Iin
which they -must take their -
place. Appropriately enough,
he is currently serving on the
Board of Education: of the
EN.E.. Ohio Methodist Con-
ference. He also serves as a
member of the council of
Higher (College) Education
of the. same -Conference .
Throdgh the  years  as a
Methodist layman  he  has
served in many capacities,.
including that of preacher.,
Mr. and Mrs.. Buchanan have
three   children ::and  nine.
grandchildren.  The   oldest
son is a Methodist minister in
Twinsberg. The daughter,
like her mother,, is a regis-
terednurse and is married' to
a Presbyterian minister. The
youngest son, Qavid, makes
his home in Belvedere near
Bloofningdale, where he car-
ries on a family tradition', too.
He is a carpenter.
  O.W.Buchanan must cherish
  the gift of recognition his
  fellow men have offered him.
  To have the respect of the
  community in which one lives--
  one must earn    it. O.,W.
'Buchanan has done just that.


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