Sesquicentennial Committee Members

Basic details

Sesquicentennial Committee Members is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 7.56 in x 9.5 in.

It was created sometime in 1953.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

Vance Smith (b. 1892, d. 1965), Chairman of the Worthington Sesquicentennial Executive Committee, is pictured with committee member Mahlon Maxton (b. 1921, d. 1967). They are posing for the photograph with the special license plate commemorative for the Worthington Sesquicentennial celebrated in 1953. Vance Smith had a 44 year long career in schools, having served at one time as Worthington Schools superintendent, as church school superintendent for Worthington Presbyterian Church and as principal of Indianola Junior High School. Mahlon Maxton was owner of Maxton Chevrolet in Worthington. He was a veteran of World War II and active member of many organizations including (Ohio) Lodge F&AM, Worthington Shrine Club, Leasure-Blackston Post 239 among others.

Subjects

It covers the topics businessmen, veterans and service members, World War II and centennial celebrations.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0512.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 73-G-172.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on April 10, 2002. It was last updated November 4, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Sesquicentennial Committee Members from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Sesquicentennial Committee Members. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.