Osso-Ovch ExPupils

06/05/2022

A new “official” webpage has been in effect since 2021 :: osso-ovch-axp.org

07/19/2020

For 3-years Now: Go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AXPOSSOOVCH/

Feel Free to communicate, or review all that's here but there will probably be no responses. Go to: association of ex-pupils osso/ovch

07/25/2017

New

There's a new AXP page at

"association of ex-pupils osso/ovch"

06/25/2016

As Written By James Koski, AXP President, 2016; in the 2016 AXP Spring Newsletter:
...This year's Reunion (136th AXP Annual Reunion) will be held on July 1, 2, & 3, and we are hoping for a great turnout. The Board is in the process of working on ideas for new activities that everyone will enjoy. Once again the dance will be held in the Orphans' Den. A bonfire will be enjoyed on both Friday & Saturday nights at the AIA campfire pit which is located behind the former Peter Pan building. As a pleasant surprise, we will be changing the menu for a few of our meals. I hope that all of you who plan on coming to Reunion will bring some extra change, as there will be several new souvenirs available for purchase this year. Hope to see you at Reunion! Be ready to join in and have some fun. As with everything in life, involvement is the key to success....

06/25/2016

As Written By Don Regal, on the OSSO/OVCH FaceBook page, June 24, 2016:

REUNION is 7 days away!!!!!! Banquet tickets are selling very well If you haven't purchased one yet don't stress they will be available at the membership check in at the shelter but seats are limited number.
The banquet meal is one you don't want to miss we are having Whole Smoked Hog & Fried Chicken, Garlic Smashed Potatoes & Herbed Green Beans, Tossed Salad or Creamy Cole Slaw, Rolls, and Cake (Chocolate or Vanilla) Your Choice of Lemonade, Tea, Coffee, or Water.
Tickets will be $20 per person and 6 & Under Free
If you haven't made it back to a reunion this would be a good time to start it is sure to be a fun filled weekend.
The Reunion program will be available next week on www.ossoovch.org

In 1869, the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization of Union soldiers who fought in the American Civil War, established the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' (OSSO) Home in Xenia, Ohio. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home. The Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans'…

07/01/2015

Friday, July 3th through July 5th is the 135th Annual AXP Reunion.
Main Event: Saturday Dinner Banquet is on campus at the Central Dining Room. $15, & age 6 & under free.
Other, but not all Activities: Shelter-house Lunch Cookouts Friday & Saturday. Shelter-house Bingo Friday & Saturday evening. Saturday Night Dance at the Orphanz Den Hang-out. Sunday Morning Church at campus Chapel.
All X's & their families, & X employees, whether membership is current or never applied are invited; the banquet requires membership & a previous or on-site ticket purchase. Lodging at hotels/motels in Xenia area.
DT
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Here are some of the events for Reunion to look forward to.
1. Reunion begins friday at 9:00 am. Registration at the museum.
2. First general meeting will be friday at 3:00 pm.
3. We will be having a campfire behind where Peter Pan stood, at AIA's campfire pit on both friday and saturday nights 8 pm - midnight.
4. We will try to have a softball game on saturday morning 9 am - noon. So put your ball glove in your car right now, so you dont forget.
5. The 2nd general meeting will be saturday at 1:30 pm.
6. A panoramic group photo will be saturday at 4:00 pm. Please try to be a part of this, the more the merrier. The banquet is afterwards at 5pm.
7. We are trying to have the gym open on friday and saturday and the school open on saturday. The chapel will be open saturday 9 am - 5pm.
8. The dance will be in the Ophans Den saturday 8:30pm - midnight.
9. Bingo friday and saturday nights at 8 pm.
11. Brunch will be served in the Orphans Den on Sunday 10 am.
12. Remember to bring any personal project made while you were at the Home, so we can create a new display in the museum. Bill Terry sent us a wallet he made while in the Leather Craft class, to start this display off. So put your project in your car right now also, so you dont forget.
I hope to see you all there.
JK