The February 2, 2023 meeting of the Twentieth Century Club of Garrettsville was held at the home of Nasreen Kitko, with the hostess being assisted in her entertaining duties by Betty Clapp and being, also, the presenter of the evening’s program, which was on Ohio’s Highways and By-ways. The roll call response was to relate one’s own traffic incident story, and they were varied, including the covid-inspired end-of-year teacher parade covering all of the district, a Christmas hazardous homecoming, a turnpike situation, police stops, traffic back-ups, a bridge phobia, electrical difficulties a tornado chase, a rodent passenger & rescue, a construction stop in Glacier National Park, expressway interchange panic, a new-to-snow-driving rescue, an exclamation on an iconic national roadway (“See! See! See!”) –harrowing adventures aplenty!
The next meeting will be on February 17, when the nominating committee will get to do its thing. Cal’s II will be the site of the Spring Party, to be held on April 20. A treasury surplus will be distributed to some worthy group, to be determined at the next meeting, suggestions are being sought. Then it was on to the program, presented by Nasreen Kitko.
This began with two historical roads which figures importantly in the nation’s history as well as Ohio’s–Zane’s Trace, cut by Col. Ebenezer Zane from Wheeling, VA (It was not “West” yet) to Maysville KY, and The National Road, which went straight across the Ohio Territory, East to West and was the first federally-funded highway in the nation, an improved road connecting the Potomac R. to the Ohio R. and beyond ( approximately the route of today’s U.S. 40) Both of these encouraged the social and economic development of the United States and the Ohio Country. Both are landmarks in themselves and are home to other attractions. The third topic was the so-called Amish Byway in and around Holmes County, a 160-mile scenic locale designated a National Scenic Byway in 2002. Come see! Come see!
Amish-made pies topped off the meeting. Tasty too!
