SOCCER. The sport of soccer originated in Great Britain and spread throughout the world during the second half of the 19th century. It is not surprising that immigrants of British origin first brought the game to Cleveland during that time. By 1906 distinct teams were formed, the most prominent being the Cleveland Soccer Football Club.
SOCIAL MISSION SISTERS OF THE HOLY GHOST were invited by Bp. JOSEPH SCHREMBS to work in Cleveland before WORLD WAR I, but due to wartime and postwar conditions, the first sisters, Sr. Hildegarde and Sr. Judith, did not arrive until 1922.
SOCIAL PLANNING AREAS, geographic units of about 3,500 persons designed to coincide with accepted geopolitical boundaries, played an important role in Cleveland social-welfare programs for nearly 30 years. First utilized in 1951 by the Cleveland Welfare Fed.
The SOCIAL REGISTER for Cleveland was a separate local edition formerly published by the New York Social Register Assn. New York's Social Register was founded in 1887 by Louis Keller, who compiled his list of socially acceptable families from Mrs. Astor's famous "400," as well as from other lists.
The SOCIAL SERVICE CLUB was a successful sociopolitical organization founded in Jan. 1901 by members of the Cleveland YMCA, including General Secretary GLEN K. SHURTLEFF. The club essentially disbanded after Shurtleff's death in Jan.
The SOCIALIST CONVENTION of 1924 was held in Cleveland on 6-7 July at the Hotel Winton. The delegates' major objective was to decide whether to endorse Sen. Robert M. LaFollette as a candidate for president of the U.S. as the CONFERENCE FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL ACTION had done in Cleveland two days earlier.
The SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY (SLP) of Cleveland is the local "section" of the SLP of America and is one of the city's oldest political organizations. The SLP goal is collective ownership of the economy and a "socialist industrial union" government administered by democratically elected representatives from the country's industries and services.
The SOCIETY CORP. (SOCIETY FOR SAVINGS) BUILDING, on the north side of PUBLIC SQUARE, is the most important remaining building in Cleveland by John Wellborn Root of the influential Chicago firm of Burnham & Root.
The SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH (SABR) is an organization dedicated to the research and preservation of baseball with more than 6,500 members around the world. From 1990 to 2011 the organization was headquartered in the CAXTON BUILDING in downtown Cleveland.
SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY, INC. See ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN.
SOCIETY FOR ORGANIZING CHARITY. See CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY.
SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND. See CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.
The SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, also known as the Cleveland Relief Assn., organized on 26 Dec. 1850 and was active for about 2 years.
The SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS (SAE), CLEVELAND SECTION was founded as a branch of the SAE. The parent organization was established in 1905 to inform and contribute to the research, design, production, and use of all forms of transportation. Six years later the society began creating regional sections to encourage the local automotive interests of their members.
The SOCIETY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES was formed in Dec. 1887 as a professional forum for scientific and medical topics by dissident members of the CUYAHOGA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, who felt that the county organization was out of step with medical research.
SOKOL CLEVELAND was a Czech gymnastic, cultural, and educational organization founded in 1895. The Czech Sokol (Falcon) movement began in Prague, named for the native Czechoslovakian bird known for its strength and freedom, the qualities the movement wanted to cultivate through its program of gymnastics and physical training, while developing national pride and unity among CZECHS.
The SOKOL GREATER CLEVELAND GYMNASTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, INC., the only remaining CZECH Sokol organization in the Greater Cleveland area, came into existence in May 1976 when Sokol Tyrs officially changed its name.
SOKOL POLSKI, the Polish Falcons of America, is a cultural and recreational society locally headquartered on Broadway. Similar to the Czech Sokol movement (see SOKOL CLEVELAND), the Polish Falcons began as a movement to foster national pride and patriotism among POLES in Poland in 1867.
SOLAR UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., organized as the Solar Distribution Co. by Milton Kates in 1977, provided alternative heat sources to alleviate the energy crisis brought on by the high price of imported oil and offered conservation services as well.
SOLDIER PLOTS. Soldier plots containing burials of groups of American military veterans have been established within the City of Cleveland and the following cemeteries, public and private: Harvard Grove, MONROE ST., WOODLAND, Highland Park, West Park, and CALVARY.
SOLDIERS' & SAILORS' RELIEF COMMISSION. See CUYAHOGA COUNTY SOLDIERS' RELIEF COMMISSION.
The SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO, 20 Apr. 1861-Nov. 1868, part of the U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION, was organized as the Ladies Aid Society to assist soldiers serving in the CIVIL WAR.
The SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT, situated on the southeast quadrant of Cleveland's PUBLIC SQUARE, is the city's major CIVIL WAR memorial. Designed by LEVI T. SCOFIELD, the monument was dedicated on 4 July 1894 after nearly 15 years of planning.
The SOLDIERS' HOME (12 Dec. 1863-June 1866) grew out of the need to ease and facilitate the transportation of sick, wounded, or disabled soldiers during the CIVIL WAR. Homes, or "rests," as they were often called, were established in all major American cities along popular travel routes.
SOLLMAN, TORALD HERMAN (10 Feb. 1874-11 Feb. 1965), dean of American pharmacology, was born in Colberg, Germany to August and Adelhaid Eckhardt Sollman, and came to America at 13 to live with his brother, a druggist in Canton, working in his store and studying medicine in his spare time. At 17 he became the youngest person to receive a pharmacist's license from the state of Ohio.
SOLON, incorporated as a village in 1917 and as a city on 5 Dec. 1960, operating under the mayor-council form of government. It is 18 miles from Cleveland in the southeast corner of Cuyahoga County and occupies 21 sq. mi.
The SOLON HISTORICAL SOCIETY, founded 1 July 1968 as a nonprofit organization, is devoted to the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about SOLON and its vicinity, especially its exploration, settlement, and development. The society was created following meetings of interested citizens and a membership drive that enlisted over 1,000 persons.
SOMERS, CHARLES W. (13 Oct. 1868-28 June 1934) was a founder of the CLEVELAND INDIANS baseball team and financier of the American League in the early 20th century. Born in Newark, OH to Joseph Hook and Philenia McCrum Somers, he came with his family to Cleveland in 1884 and attended business school before working for the J.H.
SOMMER, FRANCIS ERICH (18 Feb 1890-6 Dec 1978), scholar, linguist, and polyglot of GERMAN origin, was born in Speyer, Bavarian Palatinate, German Empire (today Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), son of Hans Sommer and Maria Katharina Hoffmann.
SOMMER, WILLIAM (18 Jan. 1867-20 June 1949), Cleveland artist, was born in Detroit and from 11 to 16 studied drawing with a church woodcarver and trainer for Detroit Calvert Lithograph Co, where he served an apprenticeship from 1881-88. He studied a year in Europe (1890-91), then worked for lithograph companies in New York before moving to Cleveland in 1907.
SONES, F. MASON, JR., M.D. (28 Oct. 1918-28 Aug. 1985) was a medical science pioneer in cardiac cinematography whose work was instrumental in the development of coronary bypass and cardiac surgery. Born in Noxapater, Mississippi to Frank Mason and Myrtle (Bryan) Sones, Sones graduated from Western Maryland College in 1940. He received his M.D.
The SONS OF TEMPERANCE, a national semi-secret fraternal society, organized a Cleveland lodge on 27 July 1847; branches existed in the city for nearly 40 years. The centralized order of the Sons of Temperance organized nationally in 1842 in New York, in the wake of the evangelical Washingtonian TEMPERANCE movement.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. See PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES.
SOUTH BROADWAY is a southeast Cleveland neighborhood and Statistical Planning Area (SPA). An exceptionally irregular shape, it extends nearly to I-490 on the north and as far south as Grand Division Ave. It is bounded on the west by I-77 and on the east by E. 79th St. and Broadway Ave.
SOUTH EUCLID, originally a part of EUCLID TWP., was incorporated as a village in 1917 and as a city in June 1941. It occupies 4.7 sq.
The SOUTH EUCLID HISTORICAL SOCIETY was incorporated on 2 March 1966 to preserve historical data and mementos relating to SOUTH EUCLID. In 1967 the society published an 80-page history on the community's 50th anniversary, and, in 1975-76, helped restore a schoolhouse in LYNDHURST as part of the national bicentennial activities.
SOUTH POINTE HOSPITAL, 41110 Warrensville Road, was created in November 1994 through the merging of Meridia Suburban Hospital and nearby Brentwood Hospital. Meridia Suburban Hospital opened in 1957 as Suburban Community Hospital, expanding its structure in 1968 and 1975.
SOUTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1892-1931), at 3166 Scranton and Prame streets, began in the fall of 1890 (incorporated 4 Mar. 1892) as a mission Sunday school organized by Rev. Dr. William Gaston, pastor of NORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. In October the PRESBYTERIAN UNION rented a hall for the Sunday school and engaged Rev.
The SOUTH WAITE FOUNDATION was incorporated in 1953 by Waite Hill mayor FRANCIS M. SHERWIN and his wife, Margaret Halle Sherwin. The foundation usually contributes to organizations with which it is familiar, stressing community funds, the arts, secondary education, youth, and medical research.
The SOUTHGATE SHOPPING CENTER, one of the nation's first large shopping centers, was built by A. Siegler & Sons, Inc., of Cleveland as part of a $17 million community development in MAPLE HTS., which also included homes and apartment units. Situated on Libby Rd. between Warrensville Ct. and Northfield Rd., Southgate Shopping Center was dedicated in 1955 with 44 stores.
SOUTHGATE, ROBERT L. (24 Oct. 1921-6 Sept. 1988), librarian, teacher, writer and publisher, pioneered the local study of the history of AFRICAN AMERICANS.
SOUTHWEST GENERAL HEALTH CENTER (formerly Southwest General Hospital), founded in 1921, continued in the 1990s to operate one of the most active emergency departments in Cuyahoga County, seeing over 34,000 patients in its Emergency Dept. in 1994. Southwest General was one of the first community hospitals in the U.S. founded by public subscription, with 8 original beds.
The SOUTHWORTH HOUSE located at 3334 Prospect Ave. was built in 1879 for W. P. Southworth Company Founder, William Palmer Southworth and his wife Louise M. Stark. W. P.
SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET IMMIGRATION. The growing community of immigrants from RUSSIA and the former Soviet Union is becoming a palpable presence in Cleveland.
SPACES provides a venue for emerging artists as Cleveland's principal alternative art gallery. Launched by visual and performance artists who shared a sense of exclusion from commercial galleries and museums, it opened in June 1978 in the Stouffer's Bldg. on PLAYHOUSE SQUARE.