Citizens of Kilvert, Ohio enjoy Community Day at the Kilvert Community Center on September 17, 2017. The Community Center is dependent on fundraisers, memberships, and hall rentals to stay open and provide services to the town.
On Sunday, September 17, the Kilvert Community Center hosted the Kilvert Community Day. Attendees were treated to lunch courtesy of Community Center volunteers, and raffled off several prizes. Kilvert was originally founded as Tablertown by Michael Tabler around 1830. Tabler moved from his father’s plantation in Virginia to Ohio after falling in love with one of his father’s slaves Hannah. The two moved North with their six children so that they could live freely. Many of Kilvert’s residents can still trace their heritage back to Michael and Hannah.
Kilvert Community Center Board Member David Butcher took a survey of the more than 50 guests at Kilvert Community Day to see if they were in favor of changing Kilvert back to Tablertown.
“It doesn’t sound like much, but they can just absolutely wipe out your history,” Butcher said.
David Butcher and Linda Mayle draw the raffle winner at the Kilvert Community Center in Kilvert, Ohio, on September 17, 2017. (Haldan Kirsch/WOUB)Visitors enjoy lunch provided by the Kilvert Community Center for Kilvert Community Day on September 17, 2017. (Haldan Kirsch/WOUB)Photos of Kilvert citizens who served in the military decorate the wall of the Kilvert Community Center in Kilvert, Ohio, on September 17, 2017. According to David Butcher, a Kilvert citizen has served in every major U.S. war and still has several active military service members. (Haldan Kirsch/WOUB)Citizens of Kilvert, Ohio enjoy Community Day at the Kilvert Community Center on September 17, 2017. The Community Center is dependent on fundraisers, memberships, and hall rentals to stay open and provide services to the town. (Haldan Kirsch/WOUB)Patrick Thomas, left, and Cecil Tabler sit outside the Kilvert Community Center in Kilvert, Ohio, on September 17, 2017. Tabler is one of the descendants of town founder Michael Tabler. (Haldan Kirsch/WOUB)Kenyen Mayle, 7, of Kilvert, Ohio was one of the children’s raffle winners at Kilvert Community Day in Kilvert, Ohio, on September 17, 2017. (Haldan Kirsch/ WOUB)
