The Wellington Genealogical Group will host a joint meeting with the Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society at the Wellington Town Hall on the town square, second floor, Wellington, Ohio at 7:30 PM. , Wednesday, September 1, 2004. Following a short meeting, the Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization (O.H.I.O) will reenact the famous Oberlin-Wellington Slave Rescue. The incident occurred in 1858 when an eighteen year-old fugitive slave John Price was abducted in Oberlin by slave hunters and taken to Wellington to await transport back to the South. Over three hundred enraged citizens of Oberlin stormed the building where he was held in Wellington vowing that no slave would be returned. The protest resulted in the arrest, trial, and conviction of twenty-three participants. Barney Hartmen will appear as Morris Gillette, a major witness to the event. The public is invited to attend this reenactment of an episode in the tale of "the town that started the Civil War." For further information contact Margaret at margral5@aol.com, or Jean at atmmom1@aol.com Respectfully submitted, Jean Copeland VP, LCC/OGS