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SCHOOL YEARBOOKS - KELLEYS ISLAND STYLE

We’ve all seen them, the yearbooks from the 1970s when Kurt Boker had a hand in preparing them. They were hardbound and full of photos from the school and its students, but they also contained loads of historic pictures, stories and information. One of the projects that Leslie undertook this winter was scanning all these old yearbooks and posting them to the KIHA website . These yearbooks contained quite a few surprises. The earliest complete yearbook we found in our files was from 1954 and came from Iola Riedy’s house. Iola Riedy lived in the stone building on Division St. that used to be the stone school house . After the death of her husband, Gilbert, Iola, who was a professional librarian, installed a branch of the Sandusky library in a small room she added to the SW side of her house. The library served islanders and summer visitors until 1985 when she retired. Islanders recall putting their returned books on the washing machine inside the back door. The library then moved int...

JEAN ICSMAN MARRIES JOHN LANGE

November 1952 - The marriage of Jean Icsman and John Lange of Kelleys Island - We love the exquisite description of the wedding attire. You just don't get that kind of detail today. These announcements are a wealth of information about people who were connected to Island families. Click on the picture to make it larger and easier to read.  posted by Leslie Korenko