“Hey everybody welcome to another episode. Come along on a trip to Ohio’s Amish Country and to my own little hometown Berlin, Ohio.” – Cynthia Troyer
In Like Cyn
Season2 Episode 14
Berlin, Ohio
Published to YouTube on October 21, 2016
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In Like Cyn – Season2 Episode 14
Berlin, Ohio
Published to YouTube on October 21, 2016
[Cyn: Cynthia Troyer; SE: Sage Emeralds]
Title: The Comedy Multiverse logo
Title: In Like Cyn logo
Cyn: Hello, hello and welcome to another episode of In Like Cyn.
SE: Wha-wha – what? Uh uh uh yo! Everything I do is brand new I must continue… Yeah, everything I do is brand new I must continue…
Cyn: Amish country!
TITLE: Cynthia Troyer, screenwriter.
Cyn: And today I am I am in a very little small town here in Ohio called Berlin, Ohio. A little bit like Ber-lin, Geman. But we say Berlin. Berlin. Berlin, Ohio. And this is the little Amish town where I grew up.
Cyn VO: The village of Berlin – the oldest existing village in Holmes, County –
TITLE: Berlin, Ohio!
Cyn VO: – was first planned on July 2, 1816, by John Swigert, a native of Berlin, Germany. Swigert’s plan provided for 108 lots to be arrayed along two streets. Another early settler, Joseph Troyer, hailed from Berlin, Pennsylvania and together Swigert and Troyer bestowed upon the new settlement the shared name of their respective hometowns. Berlin is located at a high point in Holmes County and local legend holds that Swigert chose the site because, thus situated, the town could be more readily defended against Indian attack.
TITLE: Ralph & Velma Troyer, Mom & Dad
Cyn VO: Most of Berlin’s early settlers were from Germany and Switzerland, having first settled in Pennsylvania, then migrating to Ohio.
TITLE: Beats by Sage Emeralds
Cyn VO: Early Berlin residents were members of a number of churches, including Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Mennonite. Amish settlers came later, establishing their first church there in 1820.
Cyn VO: The Pomerene family was prominent in Berlin. Pomerene Hospital in Millersburg is named for Joel Pomerene, a Civil-War-era surgeon. Atlee Pomerene was a U.S. Senator who once ran for the Democratic nomination for President. The Pomerene family house still stands along east Main Street.
Cyn VO: When my mother was young her and her siblings spent some of their formative years growing up in the Pomerene House.
Cyn: The Pomerene House. Again this is the Pomerene House. My mom grew u in this house.
Cyn: Main Street Fudge and Popcorn – that’s new. All these houses here on Main Street, they used to have people living in them, and now all of them are gift shops. Like every single one. Pwew, pwew. This used to be the Bargain Hunter. That used to be the Fire Department.
Cyn VO: Atlee Pomerene. Lawyer Statesman. United States Senator 1911-1923. This tablet marks the home of distinguished Holmes County Doctor. His wife Loretta Maxwell Pomerene, and is the birthplace of their three children. The interior has become a gift shop.
Cyn VO: My grandmother – Sadie Stutzman – passed away while living in this house. I never had the privilege to meet my maternal grandmother. Her calling hours took place in this parlor in an old-fashioned American tradition known as “laying out of the dead.” Her coffin was on display in this room.
Cyn VO: Holmes County is home to an Amish community – the largest in the world – that draws many visitors to the county.
Cyn VO: The most common site in an Amish community is the horse and buggy. It marks distinctively the separation between the Amish community from the rest of the world who use the automobile for everyday transportation.
Cyn VO: Holmes County is noteworthy among Amish settlements in that it is home to a very diverse group of Amish. Eleven distinct affiliations, ranging from the New Order Amish, Old Order Amish, Swartzentruber Amish, Andy Weaver or Dan Church Amish, each having various degrees of conservative ways.
Cyn VO: Growing up Mennonite I’ve been asked many times about where does this religion come from? The Amish and the Mennonite are an outgrowth of the 16th Century Anabaptist movement in Europe. During the Swiss Protestant Reformation this group of people was considered radical for rejecting infant baptism and mandatory military service.
Cyn VO: They immigrated to America in hopes of religious freedom. Having crossed the Allegheny by covered wagons, here they settled, farmed and grew — until today their descendants in Holmes County and the surrounding counties constitute the largest community of Amish in the world. The Mennonite faith began first with the Amish sect splitting 150 years later.
Cyn VO: Before I knew it – my time in the country was up – and I headed back to LaLa-Land. Thanks for taking a trip with me to my hometown.
TITLE: special thanks to… Ralph & Velma Troyer for their help in making this episode… love you Mom & Dad!
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