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What is the history of the Miamisburg Alumni Association?
A Brief History
of the
Miamisburg High School Alumni Association
Miamisburg was plotted in 1818. Miamisburg had its first graduating class in 1873. There were nine graduates in that class. In 1876, we didn't have a graduating class.
The Miamisburg High School Alumni Association was formed June 11, 1888, by 47 former graduates. The meeting was held in City Hall. It was decided the organization would be called the Miamisburg Alumni Association. It was resolved that the object of said organization be to perpetuate and continue the friendships and memories of school life and, each year, give a suitable reception for the current graduating class. The first Alumni Banquet was held on June 29, 1888. The banquet was held in the Odd Fellows Hall with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) ladies preparing the food. The price was $ .50 a plate. It was decided that each alumnus could bring one guest. An Executive Committee of five was formed to decide on the music and program. It was decided that each graduate would pay dues of $ .25 per year. The first Alumni President was Charles Kinder, Class of 1874; Vice President, Clari Schenck; Secretary, Eudora Reiter; and Treasurer, M. Augustus Fisher.
The Miamisburg High School Alumni Association is the oldest continuous high school alumni association in the United States, having held a get-together each year since its inception. During the war years, a meeting was held, but a meal was not served due to the rationing.
Since the Miamisburg High School Alumni Association is a 501c3 organization as listed with the Federal Government, all donations--both business and personal--are tax deductible.
Author: Cheryl (Cox-Williams) Stock
Where can I find information about Miamisburg?
Several great sources are: miamisburg.org, exploremiamisburg.com and playmiamisburg.com.
What's happening at the Peerless Mill Inn?
New brewery in the works at former Peerless Mill Inn
Updated: 9:09 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2013 | Posted: 8:50 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2013
Dayton Daily News
Progress slow in Peerless Mill restoration Historic inn plans to reopen Peerless Mill Inn To Close April 30
The former Peerless Mill restaurant building will become the Star City Brewing Company , a microbrewery and tasting room slated to open perhaps as early as this fall. The microbrewery is the brainchild of co-owners and Miamisburg natives Brian, left, and Justin Kohnen, right, and third co-owner Brian Yavorsky,center, who is a former college friend and current business partner of Justin Kohnen’s. Yavorsky said the trio is buying the former Peerless Mill from Paul Music, a real estate broker for Big Valley Realty in Springboro, who bought the historic former restaurant at 319 S. Second St. in late 2011 and announced plans to restore the facility and reopen it as the Peerless Mill restaurant. Those plans stalled in recent months. Music told the Dayton Daily News in August 2012 that the condition of the 14,000-square-foot building was worse than first thought. The Peerless Mill served meals to generations of Miami Valley residents, operating for nearly eight decades before closing in 2008. The Peerless Mill began in 1828 as a sawmill on the Miami & Erie Canal and became a restaurant in 1929.
The former Peerless Mill Inn will soon be transformed into the Star City Brewing Company, slated to open perhaps as early as this fall, the microbrewery’s owners said Thursday.
Star City Brewery is the brainchild of co-owners Brian Yavorsky of Liberty Twp. and Miamisburg brothers Brian and Justin Kohnen. Yavorsky said the trio is buying the former Peerless Mill Inn from Paul Music, real estate broker in Springboro, who bought the historic former restaurant at 319 S. Second St. in late 2011.
Music initially announced plans to restore and reopen the Peerless Mill as a restaurant. But those plans stalled, and Music told the Dayton Daily News in August 2012 that the condition of the 14,000-square-foot building was worse than first thought.
The Peerless Mill served meals to generations of Miami Valley residents. It began in 1828 as a sawmill on the Miami & Erie Canal and became a restaurant in 1929. It was rebuilt following a devastating fire in 2003, but closed in 2008.
Katie Frank, downtown development coordinator for the city of Miamisburg, said the new brewery is a double win for the city. Star City will breathe new life into a property that is an important part of the city’s history, and will become a cornerstone in Miamisburg’s development efforts downtown, which are tied to the Great Miami River and its bike path.
All three of the brewery’s owners have been avid home-brewers for several years. They decided to look for a location to open a microbrewery and “fell in love with the Peerless Mill Inn” after touring it, Yavorsky said. The owners are incorporating a historical display about the building into their plans, which call for a microbrewery and tasting room.
Yavorsky called the projected autumn opening “aggressive” but said much of the interior renovation is complete.
Star City Brewing becomes the 11th brewery or brewpub in various stages of development in the Dayton area. Two microbreweries — the Dayton Beer Company in Kettering and the Yellow Springs Brewing Co. — have opened.
News about Star City Brewing.
Miamisburg brewpub gets $20K boost from city/Forgivable loan to help pay for renovations of former Peerless Mill
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013
By Mark Fisher - Staff Writer - Dayton Daily News
The new brewpub called Star City Brewing that is coming to the former Peerless Mill Restaurant space at 319 S. Second St. in Miamisburg will get a $20,000 forgivable loan to help defray renovation costs.
Miamisburg City Council approved the expenditure unanimously on Tuesday night, Aug. 6. The funding from the Downtown Miamisburg Retail Business Incentive Program will start out as a two-year loan, but the loan would be forgiven if the brewpub meets criteria of staying open and hiring at least one full-time employee for at least two years, according to the ordinance council members approved.
The incentive program “is designed to encourage retail development” in and near the city’s downtown, said Chris Fine, Miamisburg’s economic development director. Brian Yavorsky, co-owner of Star City Brewing, said renovation of the microbrewery is on schedule, and the new business could open as early as mid-September. But Star City’s owners encountered costly repairs to the building’s heating and air conditioning units and its fire alarm and suppression systems, in part because vandals had stripped the building of its copper, Yavorsky said.
City officials were pleased when the brewpub project was announced earlier this year, saying the 14,000-square-foot building had become a target for vandals and was in danger of becoming an eyesore.
The Peerless Mill served meals to generations of Miami Valley residents, operating for nearly eight decades before closing in 2008. Miamisburg development officials said in May that Star City will breathe new life into a property that is an important part of the city’s history, and will boost Miamisburg’s development efforts downtown.