This tarnished old trophy cup was catalogued during a recent workday at the old county courthouse building in Shelby -- and it presented a puzzle. The cup was donated to the former historical museum in 1984 by the Shelby City School system. Engraving on one side of the cup indicates it was awarded in 1929 by The Cleveland Star newspaper to Washington School as winner of an elementary school contest. However, the name “Washington School” has been scratched over and an arrow incised pointing to the other side, where the name “Graham School” is engraved.
Volunteer cataloger Eleanor Morgan, inventorying the cup, and others around the worktable raised some possibilities. Perhaps the engraver made an error? Perhaps it was a rotating cup? Perhaps as the Great Depression began there was no money for a new one?
But there’s no way of knowing for sure, unless some reader has knowledge of the cup and lets us know by sending a message through Comments below.
Volunteer cataloger Eleanor Morgan, inventorying the cup, and others around the worktable raised some possibilities. Perhaps the engraver made an error? Perhaps it was a rotating cup? Perhaps as the Great Depression began there was no money for a new one?
But there’s no way of knowing for sure, unless some reader has knowledge of the cup and lets us know by sending a message through Comments below.
2 comments:
You want to know??? Because GRAHAM ROCKS!!!!!!
Perhaps when Washington School (on North Washington Street) closed the cup went to Graham School.
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