The Wordwright :: Bill & Jean Venrick, Lancaster Ohio

The BIS History

THE BIS-FSB, WHAT BUILDINGS ARE LEFT?”

  Subtitle: What is there now that the boys would remember? Strange as it may seem, some BIS (aka FSB) boys have written asking this question and those really concerned ...

THE BIS BOYS and GRANDMA LUTZ

  THE BIS BOYS and GRANDMA LUTZ Written by Jean Steel Venrick   CLARA ELIZABETH LUTZ RECENTLY* I TALKED WITH my cousin, Nancy Combs Strait and the subject of the ...

THE BIS – FSB ANNEX

 THE ANNEX, WOW!  To the uninformed, THE ANNEX must have been named by someone like Robert Schuller, Norman Vincent Peale or no less than Dale Carnegie. The Annex was not ...

JIM, THE BARBER

Our correspondent, “Jim, the Barber” is one of nearly a dozen BIS boys who have corresponded with us and he has written us nearly a dozen times himself. Jim’s writing ...

BIS COTTAGES “On the Hill”

Form and function are at work whenever organizational plans are executed. Without a plan the dreams of Charles Remeelin would result in chaos. As a result of following those plans ...

BIS BOYS TALK — SESSION 6

AND ANOTHER BOY HAD TO TALK The two boys featured in this article are FRANK, who is talking about his years at the BIS and 30 years of prison life ...

BIS BOYS TALK – SESSION 5

This extension or addition to the sessions of BIS BOYS TALK might need an apology to three of the “boys from the Hill” because these e-mails we received were almost ...

THE CEMETERY AT THE BOYS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

THE CEMETERY AT THE BOYS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Lancaster, Ohio aka Ohio Reform School & Farm, and in the closing days, FAIRFIELD SCHOOL FOR BOYS +++++++ 1856 – Ohio Reform School ...

Session 4 – BIS – THE BOYS TALK

These sessions, the BIS BOYS TALK, have brought a lot of comments and for that we are grateful. It is enlightening to see such memories conjured up with a little ...

PART TWO – BIS BOYS TALK, SESSION 3, Part 2 of 2

PART TWO – Highlights of Jay’s residence at FSB and his release from the program, his entrance back into society, marriage, career and family notes. PICKING UP the story of ...