Identifier: ohiorurallifesur00pres (find matches)
Title: Ohio rural life survey. "Country churches of distinction"
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Dept. of Church and Country Life Neff, Lois, comp
Subjects: Social surveys Rural churches Ohio -- Social conditions
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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MIDDLEKIELD ATHLETIC CLUB BASEBALL TEAM AND ITS MANAGER,REV. C. M. McCONNELL 20
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MIDDLEFIELD BOY SCOUTS IN CAMP Middlefield Methodist Episcopal Church, Geauga County When the Methodist Episcopal Church at Middlefield was plannedthe boys were not forgotten. P)esides an auditorium, Sunday schoolroom, pastors study and kitchen, there are a gymnasium and boysclub room. The church is kept open several nights in the week and acompetent person is in charge when the young people meet in the gyni-nasium for a social or for gymnasium work. The young peo))le of thevillage instead of meeting on the street corners and in disreputaljleplaces come to the church. It has indeed become the social centerof the community. For three years the pastor was manager of the baseball team of thetown. He arranged the schedule and took all the responsibihty of thegames. Several star players were developed and the team was heldin good repute throughout the county. The conduct of the ))layers wasthe cause of nuich favorable comment and the undesirable features ofthe game were reduced to the mini

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