{"id":21356,"date":"2021-04-12T16:07:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?p=21356"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:21:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:21:59","slug":"students-restore-historic-highs-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?p=21356","title":{"rendered":"Students Restore High\u2019s Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Medina County Career Center\u2019s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?page_id=1513\">Automotive Collision Technology<\/a> <\/span>and <a href=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?page_id=1549\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Precision Machining Technology<\/span><\/a> students recently collaborated to restore the original High\u2019s Jewelry sign, which was originally located on the Medina Square.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21359 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsignhistoric.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsignhistoric-200x269.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsignhistoric-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsignhistoric.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Roger Smalley, Medina historian and Medina Town Hall and Engine House Museum operator, shared:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;In 1909, George F. High purchased the jewelry store. In 1911, he installed an elegant clock in front of the building that was lit by electric lights each night. In 1926, the business underwent a name change and was called High and Son Jewelry Store, George F. and Sidney High, Props. At the same time, the Village of Medina installed its historic lampposts and it is believed that at this time High\u2019s placed their new sign on top of the clock. George and Sydney ran the business together from 1926 to 1945. The name changed to High\u2019s Jewelry Store when George retired. Sydney ran the business store until 1976. At some point in the 1980s, the High\u2019s Jewelry Store sign was thrown away and rescued by the Medina Community Design Committee. It was later donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medinamuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medina Town Hall and Engine House Museum<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MCCC\u2019s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?page_id=1513\">Automotive Collision Technology<\/a> <\/span>students fabricated the new front and rear panels and repaired the center section of the original sign. They bonded all the panels together and reinforced the rear and front bracket so the sign could be properly hung. Students completed the artwork restoration on this historic artifact.<\/p>\n<p>MCCC\u2019s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/?page_id=1549\">Precision Machining Technology<\/a> <\/span>students disassembled the sign and manufactured fixtures to transfer the holes from the old sign template to the new sign template. This careful restoration required precision machining, wiring, and installation of sockets and fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was completely blown away with the restoration and workmanship the students achieved with the sign. I think it was an interesting project for them, both with its inherent challenges, but also its importance for our local history, said Matt Wiederhold, executive director, Main Street Medina. \u201cThe sign will be a huge attraction for the Medina Town Hall and Engine House Museum.\u201d<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-200x65.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-400x130.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-500x162.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-600x195.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-700x227.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp-800x259.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/highsigngrp.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medina County Career Center\u2019s Automotive Collision Technology and Precision Machining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"Tribe__Tickets__Commerce__PayPal__Main","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hs"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21373,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21356\/revisions\/21373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcjvs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}