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Article content This photograph of the students at Kurhryville School in Ellice Township, Perth County, was taken around 1909 and generously donated to the Stratford-Perth Archives in 1982 by Mildred Creech. After it was donated, the archives published the picture in the newspaper and some readers were able to provide the names of the children. They are: In front, (girl by herself in white dress) Frieda Diehl; front row (left to right) Elsie Pfaff; Alvina Mogk; Martha Buddenhagen; Tena Weisgarber; Mabel Koch; Lavina Lohr; Gordon Schenck; Melvin Mogk; Nelson Smith; Milton Denstedt; Gordon Koch...

MORTON – Jeff Kaufman and Candice Cain have signed on the dotted line. Kaufman, the mayor of Morton, and Cain, president of Long Island-based Gemelli Films, have put their signatures on a contact approved Wednesday by the Morton Village Board that will mean the film company's "Baking Up Love" movie will be shot entirely in Morton. Under terms of the contract approved Wednesday, Gemelli Films will receive a $75,000 tourism grant from Morton. But the village will receive a number of guarantees from the film company in return, including possible revenue.  In exchange for giving Gemelli Films...

MORTON — A Long Island-based film company is making a movie based in Morton. Candice Cain and Nelson Smith, the movie's writer/director and director of photography, came to Morton this past weekend to shoot scenes around the village. "Transition scenes," is how Cain described them. Cain and Smith were so impressed with Morton's character and its people during their whirlwind three-day visit that instead of just a few scenes, the entire movie may be shot in the village starting next month. "That's our goal. That's our intention," said Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman, who hopes to have a contract...

Sunflower Biennial exhibition opens this week By Gary Demuth Layna Kinnaird believes her painting about imperfection is full of imperfections.  That’s why the Salina Central High School junior was surprised that her painting “What’s Wrong with Your Skin?” was chosen as one of the representative pieces in the 2021 Sunflower Biennial exhibition opening this week at the Salina Art Center.  “I’m really excited, but I wasn’t expecting this one to get in,” she said. “It’s not one of my favorites because I wanted to spend a little more time with it.”  In other words, Kinnair...

Artist residencies at a renovated dairy farm 2021 application deadline January 22, 2021. The Residency Mother’s Milk is a 2-6 week interdisciplinary residency, designed to support three or four visual or sound artists, or creative writers, who are pursuing innovative work in their field. The goal of this program is to provide individuals or collaborators with the time and