Canton Township Historical Society

06/02/2026

With the recent concerns about the electric drain in our community due to the pending Data Centers, we thought this was an interesting read from 108 years ago.

Canton Daily News, Canton, Ohio
June 2, 1918 – Sunday – page 26
Digital Archives of the Stark County District Library

POWER SUPPLY WILL INCREASE

Waco Plant is Enlarged
To Handle More Current Here.

The Waco plant of the Central Power Co. is ready for additional power supply to Canton consumers as soon as more current is available from the mammoth generating plant at Windsor, West Virginia, General Manager Frank Golding said Saturday.
Two transformers of 60,000 kilo-watts capacity have been installed to increase the local power output as soon as additional equipment being installed at Windsor develops the power output of the West Virginia plant to produce the maximum carrying load of the Waco transformers.

***This MAY be a picture of the Windsor Power Plant. Our research for pictures of the plant provided several which don't always look similar to each other. We can't attest to the accuracy of identification done by others. We've also included a picture of the historical marker for the 'Village of Power', an interesting documentation of a housing concept frequently done in the early 1900s by large companies.

06/02/2026

We always want to support the efforts of local businesses. What a great idea!

06/01/2026

Another good history clip!

05/31/2026

Ms Long's 1st Grade Class Amos McDannel 1958-59

05/29/2026

IT'S BASEBALL SEASON! CHECK OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON 136 YEARS AGO!

Stark County Democrat, Canton, Ohio
May 29, 1890 – Thursday – page 2
Digital Archives of the Stark County District Library

THE STARK COUNTY LEAGUE.
- - -
Permanent Organization Effected –
The Schedule of Games – Season
Opens in Canton on Decoration Day.

The Stark County Base Ball League met last evening at the Y. M. D. C. Hall and effected a permanent organization. The committee on constitution reported a constitution and by-laws which were adopted after some amendments. The following officers were then elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, J. H. Reigner; vice president,
The league will consist of four clubs, the Y. M. D. C., of Canton David Sowers, of Navarre; secretary and treasurer, Frank M. Goshorn.
Each club shall elect two directors to the league, the manager to constitute one and another one to be elected by the club. [Young Men's Democratic Club]; Navarre, North Industry and New Berlin. Each club put-up a guarantee that they will finish the season. There will be 12 games during the season, six at home and six abroad. The clubs will play four games apiece with each other. The season will open on Decoration Day with New Berlin at Canton and North Industry at Navarre. One game a week will be played, usually on Saturdays, the season to close in September.
The pennant will consist of a neat badge to be worn by the players of the winning club. Each town is to furnish an umpire and the double umpire system is to be used. In case of a contested game an arbitrating committee is to be appointed by the president to adjust the matter.
Each town is to have an official scorer who is to keep a full and correct score and forward it to the secretary of the league who shall make up the averages of each player. A small prize will also be given to the players having the best batting and fielding averages at the end of the season.
The following schedule has been adopted by the league for games until June 14, 1890:

AT CANTON.
May 30 –Canton and New Berlin.
May 31 –Canton and Navarre.

AT NEW BERLIN.
June 14 –New Berlin and North Industry.

AT NAVARRE.
May 30 –Navarre and North Industry.
June 7 –Navarre and New Berlin.
June 14 – Navarre and Canton.

AT NORTH INDUSTRY.
May 31 –North Industry and New Berlin.
June 7 –North Industry and Canton.

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05/27/2026

Mark your calendars for our next speaker on Wednesday, June 10th at 6PM at the Community Center. Molly Wadsworth, the cemetery sexton at Melscheimer Cemetery will be presenting its history. Although located in Pike Twp, many Canton Twp former residents have been laid to rest there and the location was located in what was Canton Twp until around 1813 when Pike Twp covered the area. See you then!

05/25/2026

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05/23/2026

Another great film with the Plain Township Historical Society!

05/22/2026

Mark your calendars for our next speaker on Wednesday, June 10th. Molly Wadsworth, the cemetery sexton at Melscheimer Cemetery will be presenting its history. Although located in Pike Twp, many Canton Twp former residents have been laid to rest there and the location was located in what was Canton Twp until around 1813 when Pike Twp covered the area. See you then!