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By Cornelia Grace

Harrison News-Herald Reporter

CADIZ —

A few minutes outside of Cadiz is the unincorporated community of Georgetown in Short Creek Township.

Though small, they are a tight-knit community that enjoys getting together with everyone from neighbors to those from surrounding villages. The hall where they gather got an upgrade this year and Trustee Andy Filippi and Facility Coordinator Barb Howes are trying to get the word out.

The Gerogetown Community Hall was once a one-room schoolhouse, back in the early 1900s. Howes shared the memory of her father being in the Christmas program before the school was turned over to the township in 1970. The township converted the building to a community center and it has remained functioning in that capacity ever since.

“We were told about the grant by State Rep Don Jones,” Fillipi said. “We did it in January… and then we went ‘til July maybe and they initially told us we got the grant. Then it was ‘hurry up and wait.’”