TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 401 of buying and selling horses, so that his son, Edward H. Depenthal, gained considerable knowledge along that line, and when he became old enough he established a trucking business, having previously acquired his education in the public and high schools of Toledo. During his boyhood days he was extremely active and he decided that he would enter upon a business rather than a professional career. He was successful in his trucking enterprise and had soon secured a patronage far in excess of that of many men who had been in similar business for a much longer period. Eventually he erected a warehouse at the corner of Morris and Hall streets in Toledo and the building now standing there has forty-four thousand cubic feet. It is modern in every respect and is a monument to the enterprise and progressive spirit of Mr. Depenthal. On the 2d of December, 1922, was celebrated the marriage of Edward H. Depenthal and Miss Sara Murdoch, daughter of John T. and Elizabeth (Vogeley) Murdoch, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was always identified with the steel business. For some years he was connected with the Otis Steel Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and later went to Pittsburgh, where he was identified with the Crucible Steel Company. His wife was a native of Natrona, Pennsylvania, and by their marriage they became the parents of eleven children, which number included Mrs. Depenthal, who was educated in the public and high schools of Pittsburgh and is now actively engaged in the management of the business which was established by her husband and is now conducted under the name of the Depenthal Truck & Storage Company, operating several motor trucks. Recently the company had a three and one-half ton Federal truck made to order that will contain one thousand cubic feet and will render a service de luxe, being equipped with two cots furnishing sleeping quarters for the men. The floor and top are of hardwood and the truck is dust-proof. It is especially designed for long-distance and city hauling and is the last word in storage trucks, being the finest in this part of Ohio. Mrs. Depenthal displays marked capability in the management of her business interests. She is also active in out-of-door sports and 402 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY has membership in the Sylvania Golf Club, Women's City Club and Vocational Club and is active in the Collingwood church. Mr. Depenthal gave his political allegiance to the republican party but never aspired to office. His hobby was fine horses and he always had several of the best riding horses in this section and took prominent part in promoting horse shows. He was keenly interested in local military organizations and he was well known in the club life of the community, belonging to the Sylvania Golf Club of Toledo and having a life membership in the Toledo Yacht Club. He was likewise a member of the National Warehouse & Furniture Association and a charter member of the Ohio Warehouse Association. He belonged to the Toledo Warehouse Association and attended the national meetings of these organizations in various cities and states and also made trips to the Pacific Coast. He assisted in many civic enterprises which contributed to the development, upbuilding and improvement of Toledo and at all times he stood for business progress. A man of high standards, his life was well spent and he had a host of friends who entertained for him the warmest regard and deepest affection. He deserved much credit for what he accomplished, as he worked his way steadily upward through determination and ability, and the interests which he laid down are now being wisely carried on by Mrs. Depenthal. JOHN W. BEBOUT Among the younger members of the Toledo bar is numbered John W. Bebout, a strong and able lawyer, thoroughly equipped for the work of his profession. He was born in St. Louisville, Licking county, Ohio, April 10, 1898, and is a son of Edward and Bessie (Hobbs) Bebout. John Bebout, Sr., the American progenitor of the family, was a native of France and went from that country to Holland, afterward coming to the new world. He first settled in New Jersey and later migrated to Pennsylvania. While living in New Jersey he joined the Continental troops, and his son, John Bebout, Jr., also served under General Washington in the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 403 Revolutionary war. Ebenezer Bebout, the great-grandfather of John W. Bebout, was born in Pennsylvania and became one of the early settlers of Licking county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming until his demise. His wife was Mary Jane Craig. Their son, Harry Bebout, who also followed agricultural pursuits, married Esther Boyer, and both passed away in St. Louisville, Ohio. They were the parents of Edward Bebout, who was born in St. Louisville in 1876 and likewise became a tiller of the soil but is now living retired in Newark, Ohio. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and served on the school board, also filling other local offices, to which he was elected on the republican ticket. His wife's parents were John and Arvilla (Thayer) Hobbs, of Utica, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Bebout was a native of Knox county, Ohio, and fought in the Union army during the Civil war. To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bebout were born six children: John W. and Hollie H., of Toledo; Mrs. Ruby Dankmeier, who lives in Newark, Ohio; Leah, a resident of Toledo; and Harry and Pansy, both deceased. John W. Bebout acquired his early education in the country schools of Eden township, Licking county, and was graduated from the Newark high school in 1917. His advanced studies were pursued in the University of Ohio and Ohio State University, which latter awarded him the A. B. degree in 1921 and that of LL. B. in 1923. In the latter year he was admitted to the bar and then located in Toledo, becoming connected with the law firm of Miller & Brady. In 1927 he was admitted to a partnership in the firm of Miller, Brady & Yager, with which he has since been associated. He is a trial lawyer and wins a large percentage of his cases owing to his logic, forcefulness and skill in their presentation. On the 15th of September, 1924, Mr. Bebout was married in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Vonda Ely, a native of Spencerville, this state, and a daughter of Richard and Ethel (Purdy) Ely, of Columbus. Mrs. Bebout was graduated from the Columbus high school and took a two years' course in the Ohio State University. Mr. and Mrs. Bebout have become The parents of a daughter, Bonnie Lou, who was born June 29, 1927. Mr. Bebout is identified with the Masonic order, belong- 404 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ing to Columbus Lodge, No. 1037, F. & A. M., and his wife is connected with the Eastern Star. She is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Bebout is a member of the Church of Christ. He belongs to the Auburndale Exchange Club, the Delta Theta Phi and Delta Sigma Rho college fraternities and the Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. In politics he is a republican and heartily indorses every movement for the general good. He enjoys outdoor sports and is a devotee of golf. By nature he is frank, honest and generous, and these qualities have drawn to him a wide circle of loyal friends. LEO ALBERT LEBOWSKY Leo A. Lebowsky, owner of a prosperous sheet metal business in Toledo, is essentially a self-made man, having attained success solely through his own rightly directed efforts, and he well merits the high place which he holds in business circles. He was born in Toledo on the 25th of August, 1885, and is a son of Christ and Bertha (Reich) Lebowsky, both of whom were natives of Germany, the father born in the province of Mecklenburg and the mother in Posen. The father, who was a millwright by trade, gave his political support to the republican party, and he and his wife were members of the German Lutheran church. Both are deceased, the father dying in Toledo in June, 1924, at the age of sixty-one years, and the mother in April, 1922, at the age of fifty-eight years. Leo A. Lebowsky attended the parochial schools of Toledo to the age of thirteen years, when he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, at a wage of three dollars a week, and remained with the Milburn Wagon Works of Toledo for two years. He then became an apprentice to the sheet metal trade, and at the same time took a course in sheet metal working with the International Correspondence School, of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was with J. D. Gerkin of Toledo for ten years, at the end of which time he became shop foreman for the M. J. Ramler Company, holding that position for five years. He then bought J. J. Curran's sheet metal shop at 620 Monroe street, but later moved the business to TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 405 25 North Erie street. In 1925 he brought the business to its present location, at 29 Vance street, where he does all kinds of industrial sheet metal work and has built up a large and prosperous business. On November 24, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Lebowsky was united in marriage to Mrs. Marion ( Provost) Dickerhoff, a native of Toledo and a daughter of Ely Provost, who now resides at Stanley, Wisconsin. Mrs. Lebowsky attended the public schools of Toledo. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Toledo Sisterhood of the Knights of Malta. By a previous marriage Mr. Lebowsky is the father of two daughters, Lenoa and Helen, the former of whom is attending the Tri-State Business University of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Lebowsky are active members of Zion Lutheran church. He is a republican in his political faith and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Malta. He was formerly a member of the Bay View Shooting Club and of the American Rifle Men's Association. He is a man of sterling character and in every relation of life has shown himself worthy of the esteem in which he is held. His residence is at 615 West Dudley, Maumee, Ohio. CHARLES C. F. SIEVING The well directed labors of Charles C. F. Sieving have become an integral part of the business of The Western Manufacturing Company, a prominent Toledo firm, with which he has been connected from boyhood, and in the steps of an orderly progression he has risen to the office of vice president. He was born in this city in 1870, a son of E. H. and Sophia (Puck) Sieving, who are now deceased. The father was connected with the lumber industry throughout his commercial career and was associated with The Western Manufacturing Company for a few years. Charles C. F. Sieving attended the public schools of Toledo until he reached the age of fifteen and then became an employe of The Western Manufacturing Company, with 406 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY which he has since continued. He started as a tally boy and at the end of six months was transferred to the office, becoming assistant to the bookkeeper. At the age of sixteen he was placed in charge of the books and has since had supervision of the accounting end of the business, also acting as purchasing agent and in other capacities. Owing to his broad experience and unusual adaptability Mr. Sieving is capable of managing every department of the industry, and his expert work has been essential to its growth and success. He has filled the office of vice president since 1925 and has given to the company forty-four years of faithful, efficient service. In 1897 Mr. Sieving married Miss Ida Melcher, of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have become the parents of two sons: Carl, who is married, and Paul, both of whom are employed in the office of The Western Manufacturing Company; and three daughters; Dorothea, who married R. F. Walker and is living in Cleveland; Elsa and Elma, who are at home. The family are affiliated with the Salem Lutheran church and Mrs. Sieving is an earnest worker in its behalf. In politics Mr. Sieving is a stanch democrat but has never sought office as a reward for party fealty. He is a trustee of the Social Service Federation and also takes an active part in the affairs of the Toledo Choral Society. His influence is always on the side of movements for uplift, reform and progress, and that he is a man of high moral worth is indicated by the enviable place which he holds in the esteem of Toledo's citizens, with whom his life has been spent. PAUL DE LA BARRE, M. D. Time has demonstrated the worth of Dr. Paul de la Barre, a physician of high standing in Port Clinton. He was born in Stettin, Germany, in 1851, a son of Barnhardt and Louise de la Barre, and studied pharmacy in that country, which he left when a young man of thirty-one. In 1882 he sailed for the United States and was engaged in pharmaceutical work in New York city for three years. In 1885 he entered the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 407 Cleveland Medical College and was graduated with the class of 1887. Throughout the period of his connection with the medical. profession Dr. de la Barre has practiced in Port Clinton and in years of continuous service is its oldest physician. Experience and study have broadened his knowledge and enhanced his skill, and his ministrations have been beneficially resultant. He organized the Ottawa County Medical Society, becoming its first president, and was a member of the Ohio State Medical Society for many years. His has been a life of tireless industry, fraught with the accomplishment of much good, and at the age of seventy-eight years he is still active in his profession. BLAKE-MORE GODWIN Blake-More Godwin, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, was born in Clinton, Henry county, Missouri, January 13, 1894, a son of William Mastin and Jean Audree (Blake-more) Godwin. The father was a representative of an old Missouri family that removed to that state from Kentucky and originally from Virginia and comes of English ancestry. He was reared and educated in his native state and, turning his attention to the real estate business, has been active along that line for the past forty years, being numbered among the representative business men of Clinton. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. His wife, a native of Missouri and a representative of one of its pioneer families, also traces her ancestry to Virginia and is of English lineage. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Godwin became parents of two sons, the younger being James J. Godwin of St. Louis. The elder, Blake-More Godwin, pursued a public and high school education in Clinton, completing the latter as a member of the class of 1911. He then entered the University of Missouri at Columbia and won the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1915. He spent the succeeding year in Princeton University, which conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree 408 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY in 1916. Prior to the completion of his university work he was assistant in classical archaeology and the history of art in the University of Missouri from 1912 until 1915 and was a fellow in art and archaeology in Princeton until. 1916, when he came to Toledo as curator of the Museum of Art, filling that position until 1926. The following year he was made director of the Toledo Museum and so continues. His training and executive qualities well qualify him for the responsibilities of this position. He is also a trustee of the Toledo University, having, been thus associated with the school for the past ten years. On the 30th of June, 1926, Mr. Godwin married Miss Molly Conant Ohl, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Ohl, of Toledo, representatives of old and well known families of this city. Mrs. Godwin belongs to the Women's Club and is dean of the Toledo Museum School of Design. They reside at Scott place and are well known socially. When leisure permits Mr. Godwin finds diversion in fishing, but the greater part of his attention is given to his duties as director of the Toledo Museum of Art. He is a councillor of the American Association of Museums, a member of the Museum Directors Association, the College Art Association, the Archaeological Institute of America and of the Phi Beta Kappa. His writings include biographies of American painters and sculptors in "Allgemeines Kiinstler Lexikon," to which he has contributed since 1921, and articles on art for many periodicals. He made the designs for Gothic Hall and other features of the Toledo Museum. EARL F. CAMPER Earl F. Camper, secretary and treasurer of the Genoa Building & Loan Association, is one of the wide-awake and progressive young business men of the town of Genoa, where his birth occurred in 1896 and where he has spent the greater part of his life. He is a son of John A. and Rose (Ernst) Camper, the latter a native of Sandusky, Ohio. The father devoted the greater part of his active life to farming in Ottawa county and was also a prominent figure in local poli- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 409 tics, serving as township clerk and as village clerk. At all times he gave his political support to the democratic party, while fraternally he was connected with the Knights of The Maccabees and his religious affiliation was with St. John's Evangelical church. He died in the year 1898. In his family were two sons and a daughter: Earl F.; Ralph E., who is a resident of Genoa and is serving as clerk of the school board and township clerk; and Olive, now. deceased. The youthful days of Earl F. Camper were spent in the usual manner of the farm-bred boy, and after he had completed a course in the public and high schools of Genoa he started out to provide for his own support as an employe of the Toledo Edison Company, with which he was connected until 1923, save for the period of his service as a soldier in the World war from 1917 until January, 1919. He joined Company A of the Three Hundred and Forty-seven Infantry, which was assigned to the Eighty-seventh Division, and he was overseas from August until December, 1918, when he returned to America as a non-commissioned officer. When he was discharged he reentered the employ of the Toledo Edison Company, with which he continued until 1923, when he accepted the position of secretary and treasurer of the Genoa Building & Loan Association, which was organized in that year, its officers being J. E. Brunner, president; George Brunner, vice president; E. F. Camper, secretary and treasurer; W. D. Skilliter, Ell Dolph, H. W. Bergman, William Herman, C. T. La Cost, H. C. Wight and Dr. E. D. Schuiteman, directors, while L. K. Chambers is attorney for the organization. From the beginning Mr. Camper has been a stockholder as well as one of the directors and officers of the company, which has contributed in large measure to the material improvement and upbuilding of Genoa. This is the only building and loan association in Ottawa county, and through its agency many people have been enabled to buy or build homes. In all matters of general concern Mr. Camper is deeply interested, and his labors have been a factor in public progress throughout the period of his residence here. He is serving as secretary of the board of public affairs, has been village clerk and for one term a member of the city council. He 410 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY votes with the democratic party, of which he is accounted a local leader, and he belongs to the Exchange Club, formed to promote the business expansion of the city. Fraternally he is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, while his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. He possesses many sterling traits of character, and a spirit of friendliness is entertained for him by all with whom he has come in contact. HENRY HARRISON McUMBER, D. D. S. Close application has constituted the basis of the success of Dr. Henry Harrison McUmber, a well known dentist of Toledo and an able exponent of his profession. He was born in Shelby, Iowa, July 25, 1889, a son of Cassius and Mary (Reder) McUmber. His grandfather, the Rev. G. M. McUmber, was a Methodist minister of Iowa and married a Miss Powers, a native of the Empire state. Cassius McUmber was born in Batavia, New York, in October, 1846, and engaged in farming for many years. After his retirement he established his home in Los Angeles, California, where he passed away November 3, 1921. He was an adherent of the republican party and a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife was born in Marion, Indiana, November 20, 1854, and now resides in Glendale, California. Her father, John Reder, was a native of Germany. He followed agricultural pursuits in the United States for many years and spent the latter part of his life at Greenfield, Tennessee. His wife, Carrie (Ward) Reder, was born in Indiana and also passed away at Greenfield. Dr. McUmber obtained his early instruction in Greenfield and was graduated from the high school at St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1910. He was next a student at the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of D. D. S. in 1913, and has since followed his profession in Toledo. His office in the Nicholas building is equipped with the latest and best dental appliances, and his ability and skill have enabled him to gain a large practice. On the 30th of June, 1916, Dr. McUmber was married in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 411 St. Johns, Michigan, to Miss Nell Church, a daughter of Wilbur T. and Nettie J. (Reynolds) Church. Her father was a prosperous live stock dealer and owned many acres of valuable farm lands. He passed away in 1915, but Mrs. Church still resides at St. Johns. Mrs. McUmber took a course in the State Normal School at Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and engaged in teaching for a year prior to her marriage. Dr. and Mrs. McUmber have become the parents of two children: Henry Harrison, Jr., who was born September 24, 1918; and Eleanor May, born July 21, 1921. The Doctor and his wife are affiliated with the First Unitarian church, and Mrs. McUmber is active in its work and also in the affairs of the Woman's Club of Toledo. The Doctor is a republican and aided in furthering the success of the various drives promulgated by the government during the World war. He is a member of the Torch Club, the local, state and national dental societies and the American Academy of Periodontology. He keeps in close touch with the progress that is constantly being made by his profession, upholding its high standards, and he possesses those qualities which make for esteem and friendship. A. O. DEHN A. O. Dehn has devoted his life to educational work, in which he has won a gratifying measure of success, and is widely and favorably known throughout northwestern Ohio owing to his achievements as superintendent of schools of Ottawa county. For eight years he was a teacher in rural schools of this county and then took charge of the Rocky-ridge schools, of which he had supervision for three years. He was elected county auditor for a term of two years but tendered his resignation at the end of ten months to accept the superintendency of the Ottawa county schools and has served continuously since August 1, 1914. Under his regime notable improvements have been made in the curriculum and the methods of instruction followed in the county, and his work has elicited high commendation. 412 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Mr. Dehn won the A. B. degree from Toledo University and is now preparing for the M. A. degree in the Ohio State University. He keeps in close touch with the most advanced thought of the day along educational lines and has placed the schools of Ottawa county upon a high plane. About three-fourths of the pupils are now in a centralized or consolidated school, and music, manual training and home economics are taught in the schools of the county. All high school pupils are conveyed to the schools. AMOS LINT Amos Lint, president of the City Machine & Tool Company, is one of Toledo's most enterprising and progressive business men and has been very successful in his affairs. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on the 9th of November, 1872, a son of William and Eve Ann (Stauffer) Lint. His father, who was a blacksmith by trade, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and died in Dayton, Ohio. He served for four years and three months in the Union army during the Civil war, reenlisting as a corporal. He was under the command of General Sherman and was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the German Baptist church. His wife was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Amos Stauffer, who also was a native of Lancaster, whence he moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he became a successful flour miller. Amos Lint received his education in the district schools of Montgomery county, Ohio, and then became associated with his father in the latter's blacksmith shop. After following that line of work for four years, he learned the machinist's trade, serving a four years apprenticeship with the Dayton Tool & Die Works. He and Olander Garrison formed a partnership, under the name of Garrison & Lint, and went into business as machinists and die builders. Three years later Mr. Lint sold his interest in the company to his partner and started in business on his own account under the name of the City Machine Tool Works. This he carried on successfully until 1914, when he came to Toledo and organized the City TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 415 Machine & Tool Company, of which he was the proprietor. This proved a successful venture and in the following year the business was incorporated and he was elected president, which position he has retained to the present time. The company's operations are now confined exclusively to the building of dies, mostly for the automobile trade. Mr. Lint is also a director of the Home Bank & Trust Company, and president of both the Cornell Supply Company and the City Auto Stamping Company, of Toledo. In January, 1902, in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Lint was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Maude Ferris, who was born in Brookville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Thomas and Jane (Harding) Ferris, and was educated in the public schools of Union City, Indiana, and Union City College. Mr. and Mrs. Lint are the parents of a son, Robert Ferris, who was born May 11, 1913. Mr. Lint is a member of Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M.; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R.; the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and various local civic and social organizations, and he and his wife belong to the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church, to which they give liberal support. Mr. Lint is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he served as a private in the Engineering Corps. Though a very busy man, he occasionally indulges in his favorite outdoor sport—big game hunting—and usually brings home tangible proof of his marksmanship. He bears a high reputation in business circles of Toledo as a man of substantial qualities and dependable judgment and is greatly respected by all who are associated with him in either a business or social way. His residence is at 2104 Richmond road, Toledo. WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE During the past eleven years William Edward Wolfe has gained a place in the front rank of the capable and successful business men of Fremont, where he is directing the affairs of the Fangboner Seed Company, one of the leading concerns in its line in Sandusky county. He was born in Fremont in 1869 and is a son of A. J. and Jennie (Stults) 26-VOL. 3 416 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Wolfe. The father was extensively engaged in farming and also did a large grain business here for many years but is now deceased. William E. Wolfe was educated in the public schools of Fremont and attended the high school, but left before his graduation to become an instructor in a district school, teaching five winter terms. He also attended Stedman's Business College in Toledo, after which he embarked in the grocery business, first conducting his interests under the firm name of Waggoner & Wolfe and subsequently under the style of Stull & Wolfe. He remained in the grocery business for five years, then farmed for about a year and afterward became connected with his father in the grain business. In 1902 Mr. Wolfe went to Vickery, Ohio, and with two partners organized the Vickery Grain Company, with which he was identified until 1918, when he sold out, and, returning to Fremont, bought an interest in the Fangboner Seed Company, of which he became a director and treasurer, as well as general manager, in which capacity he is still serving. This well known concern is not only extensively engaged in handling seeds but also operates a large grain elevator and coal yard. It has had a very successful record and is accounted one of the solid and substantial business concerns of this locality. Mr. Wolfe was first married in 1893 to Miss Hattie Tindal, who died in 1901, leaving a daughter, Helen, who passed away when a maiden of fourteen years. In 1904 Mr. Wolfe was united in marriage to Mrs. Louise Brodfueher and adopted her daughter, Miss Louise Brodfueher. The latter married Hugh Reardon of Fremont and is the mother of a daughter, Marjorie, five years of age. Mr. Wolfe is an active supporter of the republican party and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is a director of the Fremont Golf Club, is vice president of the DeMars Hunting and Fishing Club and also has membership in the Port Clinton Yacht Club. For many years he has been a trustee of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife also belongs. The latter is likewise a member of several social and civic organizations, taking a deep interest in matters affecting the welfare of her com- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 417 munity. Mr. Wolfe has never been found wanting in his support of all measures for the promotion of the best interests of Fremont and is recognized as one of its most progressive and enterprising citizens. GEORGE EDWARD MYERS To have served for over forty years as one of the principal officers of a leading financial institution is a strong testimonial to a man's ability and integrity. Such has been the record of George E. Myers, who has been secretary of the Home Building and Savings Company, of Toledo, continuously since 1887, having been the first and only secretary of that organization. Mr. Myers was born in Lucas county, Ohio, May 26, 1852, and is a son of Simeon and Kresensia (Hass) Myers. His father was a native of Switzerland, from which country he came alone to the United States in 1849, and located at Monclova, Ohio. He was a baker by trade but on his arrival in this state took up farming and was also employed at clearing land along the Maumee river, which at that time was heavily wooded. Later he leased some land, on which he farmed until he entered the Union army during the Civil war, enlisting from Toledo and serving three years and three months. On his return home Mr. Myers engaged in the grocery business, but his death occurred shortly afterward, in 1865. His wife, who was a native of Baden Baden, Germany, came to this country alone and while on the boat crossing the Atlantic she met Mr. Myers, to whom she was married in 1850. To this union were born six children, all of whom are deceased excepting George E., of this review, and Edith, the wife of Henry Howe, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Howe is connected with a large corporation. They have two children, Harry and Jack. George E. Myers attended the public schools to the age of twelve years, and was then compelled to lay aside his textbooks to assist in supporting the family, his father having enlisted for the war. He worked at farming and in a grocery store until 1870, when he started a shoe store on Broadway 418 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and carried the business on for eighteen years. In 1887 the first meeting of the Home Building and Savings Company was held in the rear of this store, at which time the following officers were elected : Gilbert Cannif, president; H. A. Schlingman, treasurer, and George E. Myers, secretary. Mr. Myers accepted temporarily the office to which he was chosen, until a permanent secretary could be found. At the end of the first year he was again elected, at which time he informed the officers and directors of the organization that he would have to decline the office or give up the shoe store. It was decided to dispose of the store and from that time to the present Mr. Myers has given his time to the interests of the Home Building and Savings Company. For the first twenty years the association occupied an office at 844 Broadway, and then erected its present building at Broadway and Segur avenue, at a cost of thirty-two thousand dollars, the building having a frontage of one hundred and sixty-two feet on Broadway. The company occupied the first floor of this building until 1927, since which time it has made use of the entire building. Twelve people are employed in the offices to care for the accounts and handle the business of fourteen thousand depositors all over the United States. In 1904, Mr. Myers established an insurance agency, selling all kinds of insurance excepting life insurance, and carried the business on as an individual until 1926, when it was incorporated under the name of the George E. Myers & Sons Company. On September 7, 1881, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Morelock, of Toledo, and they are the parents of five children, as follows: Katherine died at the age of nine months. George is the next of the family. Ruth is the wife of Earl Forester, of Toledo, a major in the World war, and they have two children, George and Howard. Helen is the wife of Frank Black, an accountant, of Toledo, and their children are Katherine, the wife of Charles E. Shepherd, of Toledo, and Harriet M., the wife of Glenn Fitken, of Toledo, and the mother of two children, Harold and Glenn, Jr. Harold S., assistant secretary of the Home Building and Savings Company, was married June 1, 1925, to Miss Irene Steckel, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, and a daughter of William R. and Etta Steckel, both of whom are deceased. Harold S. and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 419 Irene Myers are the parents of a daughter, Nancy Irene, born December 10, 1928. Mr. Myers of this review has for many years been a member of Anthony Wayne Lodge, No. 141, K. P., and Toledo Lodge, No. 53, B. P. O. E. During the forty-two years of his connection with the Home Building and Savings Company he has handled its affairs with an ability and judgment that have redounded to the success of the company and the benefit of those who have invested their savings in it, and all who know him hold him in great respect for his sterling qualities and his fidelity to his trust. He has resided at 2356 Maplewood avenue since 1910, but previously had lived for thirty-one years at 1221 Broadway, where he first went to housekeeping after his marriage and where his children were all born. FREDERICK S. HELLER, M. D. No physician of Ottawa county is better known or enjoys a higher reputation than Dr. Frederick S. Heller, who has resided within its borders since early childhood and has practiced continuously in Oak Harbor for more than four decades. He was born in Fremont, Ohio, November 29, 1863, and when a boy of five came to Ottawa county with his parents. His father, George B. Heller, was county auditor for two terms and afterward engaged in the shoe business at Port Clinton. He passed away at Oak Harbor. His widow, who is one of its venerable citizens, was eighty-nine years of age in July, 1929. Dr. Heller was a pupil in the public schools of Port Clinton and attended the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. In 1888 he received the degree of M. D. from the University of Michigan and since his graduation has engaged in general practice at Oak Harbor. In diagnosis he is thorough and painstaking, closely studying each case intrusted to his care, and utilizes his knowledge to good advantage in his efforts to combat disease. He has an extensive list of patients and in years of continuous service is one of the oldest physicians in the county. Dr. Heller is frequently called in consulta- 420 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY tion and is a member of the surgical staff of the Pool Hospital in Port Clinton. He also has business interests and is a director of the Gordon Lumber Company. In 1893 Dr. Heller was married in Oak Harbor to Miss Gertrude Metzger, by whom he has two sons, Louis W. and Frederick, aged respectively thirty-four and twenty-seven years. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan and well known as mechanical engineers. Louis W. Heller is following his profession in Philadelphia, and the younger son is located in New York city. Dr. and Mrs. Heller are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mrs. Heller is president of the board of the public library. The Doctor is an adherent of the democratic party and was county coroner for two terms. For ten years he served on the board of education and was also a councilman for some time, expressing his public spirit by actual achievements for the general good. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Catawba Golf Club, the Exchange Club, the Ottawa County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Dr. Heller keeps in close touch with the advancement that is constantly being made in the fields of medical and surgical research and loves his profession for the good which it has enabled him to do. JAMES W. BROWN Obtaining his start in life by working in a flat hoop factory for fifty cents a day, James W. Brown has steadily progressed through industry and determination, becoming one of the substantial business men of Toledo, and he also figures prominently in public affairs as county parole officer. He was born in Wood county, Ohio, February 10, 1872, a son of Wilson W. and Clarissa (Lohman) Brown, and is of English descent in the paternal line. Born December 25, 1839, the father was reared in Indiana, his native state, which he left prior to the outbreak of the Civil war, settling in Hancock county, Ohio. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 421 Union army, joining the Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until September, 1863, and during the battle of Chickamauga received injuries from which he never fully recovered. As a young man he was a locomotive engineer, but afterward purchased land in Wood county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming from 1870 until 1910, when he established his home in Toledo. He was a member of the United Brethren church and gave his political support to the republican party, whose principles he stanchly upheld. While following agricultural pursuits he was nominated for the office of sheriff of Wood county but withdrew from the race, having no political aspirations. He remained in Toledo until his death, which occurred on Christmas day of 1916, when he was seventy-seven years of age. His wife was born near Fostoria, Ohio, March 1, 1845, and passed away in Temperance, Michigan, February 21, 1919, at the age of seventy-four years. She was a member of a German family that was founded in the eastern part of the United States, presumably in New Jersey, whence removal was later made to Ohio. Wilson W. Brown and Clarissa Lohman were married in Findlay, Ohio, and became the parents of ten children, of whom nine attained mature years. James W. Brown, the fifth in order of birth, attended the public schools of Bellville Ridge, the site of the first settlement in Wood county, and remained on the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years. In 1894, in association with W. L. Meeker, a brother-in-law, he entered into a contract with the W. L. Milner Company, proprietors of the first department store in Toledo, agreeing to furnish drivers, horses and wagons for delivering all of the goods sold in their establishment. The partners engaged in this line of contracting successfully for four years, disposing of the business at the end of that time, and Mr. Brown next became a dealer in furniture. In that enterprise he was associated with Chris Finkbeiner, who had formerly served as recorder of Wood county. It was in 1898 that they opened their store at First and Main streets, where they remained until 1914, when they secured more commodious quarters in the Masonic Temple building, and there conducted one of the leading furniture establishments of the east side, continuing the busi- 422 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ness until 1922, when it was sold. Subsequently Mr. Brown began his activities in the real estate field, in which he has also prospered, displaying wisdom and foresight in the management of the business and in the placing of his investments, from which he receives substantial returns, while at the same time he has contributed toward the city's upbuilding and improvement. On the 22d of October, 1894, Mr. Brown was married in Wood county to Miss Cora Glenn, who was born in Middleton township, near Bowling Green, Ohio. Her father, Thomas Glenn, now deceased, was a member of a prominent family of Wood county and her mother, who bore the maiden name of Libbie Barr, has also passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents of three children : Ethel Glenn, who was born August 11, 1895 ; Helen Genevieve, who was born November 16, 1899, and died November 19, 1913; and Mearl Grace, who was born March 14, 1903, and is the wife of Merle H. Scott. They reside in Lucas county and have one child, Robert Wayne Scott. Mr. Brown is a trustee of the East Broadway United Brethren church, contributing liberally of his time and means toward its maintenance, and he has been a republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, never faltering in his allegiance to the party. His first public office was that of councilman, which he filled from 1914 until 1917, representing what was then the fourteenth ward but is now the eighteenth. In January, 1922, he was appointed city recreation commissioner, in which connection he had supervision of Toledo's public parks and playgrounds until the end of the year 1927, when he was made deputy clerk of the common pleas court, continuing in that capacity until April, 1929. He has since been a county parole officer, performing the duties with the fidelity and thoroughness which have always characterized his work, and he displays rare qualities as a public servant. Mr. Brown enjoys the social side of life and is a member of the East Toledo Luncheon Club, while along fraternal lines he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a devotee of golf, also finding necessary relaxation and diversion in the sports of hunting and fishing. Impelled by high ideals of service, Mr. Brown has constantly TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 423 enlarged his field of usefulness, presenting in his life record a forceful example of what constitutes good citizenship. His residence is at 942 Forsythe street, Toledo. FRANK M. VOTAW Although his residence in Toledo has been comparatively brief, Frank M. Votaw has already become well known as one of the executives of the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company and is also a lawyer of ability. He was born in Akron, Ohio, November 16, 1900, and is a son of Harry E. and Ella (Wyant) Votaw. Both are natives of Canton, Ohio, the father's birth having occurred November 16, 1870, while the mother's natal day was April 11, 1874. For many years they have made their home in Akron, and Mr. Votaw is prominently identified with business affairs of the city as secretary and sales manager of the Commercial Printing & Lithographing Company. He is a Lutheran in religious faith and gives his political support to the republican party. Mrs. Votaw's father, William H. Wyant, was a native of Richmond, Ohio, but spent the greater part of his life in Canton. He was a close friend of President McKinley and both were members of Canton Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Wyant was a stanch republican and held some local offices, while his religious views were in accord with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married a Miss Withrow, also a native of Ohio, and both passed away in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Votaw have two children: Frank M.; and Elizabeth Wyant, who is the wife of William B. Chambers, of Memphis, Tennessee. Reared in his native city, Frank M. Votaw attended the West high school of Akron, graduating with the class of 1918, and subsequently matriculated in Kenyon College, which awarded him the B. S. degree in 1924. He was next a student in the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, winning the degree of LL. B. from that institution in 1927, and in the same year was admitted to the bar of Ohio. He is a member of Alpha Delta Phi at Kenyon and Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity at Reserve. Entering financial circles 424 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Toledo, he was made assistant secretary and trust officer of the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company, which he has since represented in those capacities, and is furthering the interests of the corporation through the exercise of his legal acumen and earnest, systematic work. Mr. Votaw is affiliated with St. Mark's Episcopal church, while in politics he is a republican. He is a member of the Mount Vernon Lodge of Masons, the Toledo Bar Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the Toledo Aviation Club. Aviation, sailing and golf constitute his chief sources of recreation, but he never neglects the serious business of life, bringing to his work the energy and enthusiasm of youth. Liberally endowed with those qualities which insure advancement in all lines of endeavor, Mr. Votaw has accomplished much for one of his years and is a valuable addition to Toledo's citizenship.   WARREN P. HALL, D. V. M. The progress of a community depends not so much upon its machinery of government as upon the men who occupy its public offices and their loyalty to duty, and in this connection mention should be made of Dr. Warren P. Hall, chief of the division of food and drug inspection of Toledo. He is a self-educated and self-made man whose scientific activities have been directed for the benefit of his fellows, and his efficient discharge of his public duties has been of far-reaching effect. Dr. Hall is a native son of New England, his birth having occurred in Wallingford, Connecticut, September 22, 1893. His father, the late Edwin Milton Hall, was also born in Wallingford and was a representative of one of the old Connecticut families of English lineage. He married Celia Green Stow, and among the ancestors of Dr. Warren P. Hall there were fourteen who participated in the Revolutionary war in the Hall and Stow families. He is a direct descendant of Captain Caleb Hall, who rendered valiant aid to the American cause in the struggle for independence. His maternal grandfather, the Hon. William Washington Stow, served as TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 425 state senator in Connecticut and was a prominent factor in the political life of that commonwealth, exercising marked influence over public thought and opinion. Edwin Milton Hall, father of the Doctor, was reared and educated in Wallingford, Connecticut, and devoted his business life to the manufacture of silverware. He continued in his native city until 1902, when he passed away at the age of forty-six years. His wife was also born in Wallingford and, like her husband, represented one of the old pioneer families of Connecticut of English origin. By her marriage she became the mother of four children, three sons and one daughter, and three of the number yet survive, the eldest, Raymond Milton, having passed away. The daughter, Edna Estelle, is the wife of Joseph W. Edwards, a resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The second son, Arthur Edwin, remains in Connecticut, making his home in New Haven. Warren P. Hall, who was the fourth in order of birth in the family, obtained his primary education in his native city and afterward attended the Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield, Connecticut, from which he was graduated with the class of 1915. He next entered the Michigan State College and completed a course in 1920, the degree of D. V. M. being conferred upon him at his graduation. He has always directed his activities into scientific fields and while in college he served as assistant bacteriologist and through his earnings in that connection supported himself and paid his tuition and other expenses of a college course. He mastered what was ordinarily a six-year study course in a period of four years and made an excellent record for thoroughness and for scholarship. After completing his studies he became chief bacteriologist for Armour & Company of Chicago, remaining with that corporation for a year. On the expiration of that period he made his way to Detroit, Michigan, where he became associated with the division of health as assistant chief veterinarian and in May, 1928, he became chief of the division of food and drug inspection for the city of Toledo. He is now rendering excellent service in this connection and is proving a loyal official. Doctor Hall was first married June 29, 1921, to Carrie M. 426 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Stockdale and had one son, Warren Stow, born in Detroit, February 2, 1926. On the 13th of October, 1928, in Columbus, Ohio, the Doctor married Miss Marguerita E. Ward, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, born at Duncan Falls. They reside at 4618 Commonwealth street. In his religious faith the Doctor is a Baptist. Politically he maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures as his judgment dictates. His sister is a very active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Doctor belongs to Loyalty Lodge, No. 488, F. & A. M.; Loyalty Chapter, No. 165, R. A. M.; and Monroe Council, No. 1, R. & S. M., all of Detroit. He is a member of the International Association of Dairy Milk Inspectors and a member of the American Veterinarians Medical Association. He is keenly interested in all that has to do with raising the standard of foods and drugs, knowing otherwise that such might be a great menace to public health. He keeps in touch with advanced thought and purposes along these lines and works in a scientific way to produce the best possible results. His work is giving uniform satisfaction to the city and has won him high commendation. Dr. Hall deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in that without financial assistance he made his way through college and equipped himself for an important service to his fellowmen. WILLIS JOSEPH HAKES Willis Joseph Hakes, an enterprising business man of Fostoria, well known as an automobile dealer, was born in Louden township, Seneca county, Ohio, in 1885, and is a son of Nathan and Susan N. Hakes. His education was acquired in the schools of Louden township and his first experience along business lines was gained in the Cramer sawmill at Fostoria. Afterward he secured work in a local glass factory and was thus employed for some time. In 1909 he made his initial venture as an automobile dealer and prospered from the beginning, owing to his close application and wise management of his affairs. Mr. Hakes specializes in the Ford TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 429 cars and is one of the most successful agents in the city. He has a well trained sales force, knows every phase of the business in which he is engaged and he has the largest building devoted to this purpose in northwestern Ohio. He is also a director of the Fostoria Unit Company. On the 1st of January, 1914, Mr. Hakes was united in marriage to Miss Civilla Peter, a daughter of David A. Peter and Susanna (Fruth) Peter, and they have one child, Beatrice May. Mr. Hakes adheres to the Lutheran faith and is affiliated with St. John's Evangelical church. He is a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner, holding the thirty-second degree in the order, and is also identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Exchange Club. He is also president of the Fostoria Automobile Club and a member of the Fostoria Country Club and largely finds his recreation in golf. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party and he is chairman of the republican county central committee. As a citizen he is loyal and public-spirited and his progress in business affairs has been commensurate with his industry and ability. MISS MINNIE B. POMRENKE Among the successful educators of northwestern Ohio is numbered Miss Minnie B. Pomrenke, principal of the Gypsum high school. She is a native of Oak Harbor and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pomrenke. After completing a course in the Oak Harbor high school she matriculated in the Bowling Green State Normal School and was graduated with the class of 1928, but is still continuing her studies there. She began her career as an instructor at Oak Harbor and later was made principal of the Rocky Ridge grade school. In 1924 she came to Gypsum in a similar capacity and has done much constructive work in the intervening period of five years. She thoroughly understands the needs of the pupils and is decisive and resourceful in meeting the difficult problems that are constantly arising in connection with her duties as principal. Miss Pomrenke enjoys her 430 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY work and is actuated by a spirit of progress that takes cognizance of all improved educational methods. She is the possessor of a pleasing personality, and her innate courtesy, tact and consideration have drawn to her a wide circle of sincere friends. SIGMOND SANGER Sigmond Sanger has been continuously engaged in the practice of law in Toledo during the past three decades and has become widely recognized as one of the leading representatives of his profession in Northwestern Ohio. He was born in Austria-Hungary, August 5, 1873, his parents being Solomon and Pauline (Klein) Sanger, both of whom are deceased. He was but a young lad when he accompanied his father and mother on their emigration to the United States, the family home being established in Toledo. In the acquirement of an education he attended the city's public schools, passing through consecutive grades until graduated from the high school with the class of 1889. His professional training was received in the University of Michigan, which institution conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1899. Following his return to Toledo he was associated in law practice for a time with Fordyce Belford, while in 1910 he became a member of the firm of Brown, Hahn & Sanger, which long occupied an enviable position in legal circles here. Mr. Sanger is now practicing alone. Walter Brown left the firm in November, 1927, when he was appointed assistant secretary of commerce by President Coolidge, and he has recently been made postmaster-general of the United States by President Hoover. George P. Hahn, the other member of the firm of Brown, Hahn & Sanger, was named a United States federal judge to succeed John Milton Killits, at Toledo, and took his seat on the bench January 1, 1929. Mr. Sanger is a member of both the Toledo Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Association and has long been accorded a gratifying clientage of extensive proportions. On the 25th of February, 1919, Mr. Sanger was united in marriage to Margaret H. Dreyfus. They have a daughter, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 431 Mary Ruth. Mr. Sanger is a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic fraternity, to which he belongs. He adheres to the Reformed Hebrew faith, belonging to Collingwood Temple. A contemporary biographer said of him: "Questions of public interest have been closely studied by him and at all times he keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age concerning political, sociological and economic conditions." He has been president of the Toledo Public Library since 1919 and is doing effective work in upholding and maintaining the high standards of this organization. During the World war Mr. Sanger took an active interest in upholding the government and promoting the work growing out of war conditions. He was ward chairman during the Third, Fourth and Victory Loan drives and also was active as a member of the War Savings and War Chest committees. Moreover, he was chairman of a rent profiteering committee, seeking to prevent excessive rents, and likewise served on a committee to aid war risk insurance cases. Thoroughness has characterized his activities in every relation, and wisely utilizing the talents with which nature endowed him, he has come to rank with the distinguished attorneys of Toledo. CARNEGIE-STAHL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY On January 5, 1891, the Bellevue Library Association was formed to provide a reading room and books for those of the community who would pay a small fee for the privilege. During the first year it was supported entirely by the membership fees, but the next year, a gift of land having been sold at a good price, the association was able to buy some books from its own funds. In 1896 the Nickel Plate Railroad began to pay thirty dollars a month towards the support of the library and continued to do so for some time. Early in 1903, influential citizens approached Andrew Carnegie, who agreed to give ten thousand dollars for a library building in Bellevue if a suitable site could be purchased. The money for this was raised by individual subscriptions, and H. A. Stahl, who had been very active in the 27-VOL. 3 432 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY campaign, pledged five thousand dollars for books. An attractive location was found and purchased and work started in the spring of 1903. The corner-stone was laid on September 24, 1903. R. E. Schmidt, of Chicago, was the architect, and H. Kimmel & Son, of Bellevue, the contractors. The building is of light grey, Norman pressed brick, trimmed in rock-faced blue Ohio sandstone, with a red tile roof. It consists of one floor and a basement at street level. The lot is terraced up to the entrance and the borrower enters the main delivery room with the children's room on his left and the adult reading room on his right. Back of the receiving desk are the stacks and the librarian's office. There is an assembly room in the basement with an outside entrance. The woodwork throughout is of quarter-sawed, weathered oak and the adult reading room contains a fine fireplace with a tablet honoring Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Stahl. At this time the library contains over twenty-four thousand volumes and possesses a fine collection of old reference books and magazines which are now very valuable. It serves the Bellevue Hospital and Lyme township nearby, and is noted especially for its excellent cooperation with the schools of its district. DONALD ARTHUR FINKBEINER One of the best known of the younger members of the Toledo bar who has rapidly attained a position of prominence in his profession is Donald Arthur Finkbeiner, who was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, May 26, 1894, and came from an old and respected family of Wood county. His parents are William Arthur and Winifred (See) Finkbeiner, also natives of the Buckeye state. His grandfather, Christopher Finkbeiner, who was likewise born in Ohio, enlisted in the Union army when a young man and in later life engaged in the furniture business in Toledo. He was affiliated with the Presbyterian church and gave his political support to the republican party. While residing in Wood county he was elected county recorder and also served for some time as mayor of Perrysburg, filling each of these offices in a manner that won for TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 438 him high commendation. He was a man of prominence in his community, honored and respected by all who knew him, and his widow, Mrs. Martha (Belleville) Finkbeiner, still occupies the family home in Perrysburg. Entering his father's store on completing his education, William A. Finkbeiner acquired a detailed knowledge of the furniture business, to which he has since given his attention, and is a recognized leader of the retail trade in Toledo. Imbued with his father's ability and public spirit, he made an enviable record as a councilman of the village, to which office he was elected on the republlcan ticket. He also adheres to the Presbyterian faith. Mrs. Finkbeiner's father, Jacob See, was born in New York and filled the position of a locomotive engineer for some time, devoting the latter part of his life to mercantile pursuits. He was also a Presbyterian and gave his political support to the republican party. His demise occurred in Perrysburg March 13, 1915, but his wife, Emma Walls See, passed away in the Empire state. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Finkbeiner have two sons, Donald A. and Carleton S. The latter resides in Perrysburg but follows the profession of a civil engineer in Toledo in association with George Champe. Donald A. Finkbeiner obtained his high school education in Perrysburg and Toledo, graduating in 1912 from Toledo Central high school. He then entered the University of Michigan and while attending that institution he enlisted, entering the service of his country in September, 1917, and was in training at Camp Sherman, Ohio, until May, 1918, when he was sent to Camp Lee, Virginia. Afterward he was ordered to Camp Funston, Kansas, and detailed for duty with the Tenth Division under General Leonard Wood. Here Mr. Finkbeiner was stationed until February, 1919, holding the rank of second lieutenant, and was then designated for special work on the United States Transport Susquehannah, thus continuing for about four months. At the end of that time he was honorably discharged and resumed his studies at the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1920. In the same year he was admitted to the Ohio bar and began the active work of his profession in Toledo. For four years he was associated 434 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY with the well known firm of Tracy, Chapman Si Welles and has since practiced alone, occupying an office on the sixth floor of the Ricaby building. His fitness for that most exacting branch of the legal profession, corporation law, is attested by a clientele. He has been attorney for the Community Traction Company since 1924. Since his admission to the bar he has constantly increased his legal learning through research and study, and this knowledge has served him well in forensic combat. Mr. Finkbeiner is a consistent member of the Perrysburg Presbyterian church, and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He belongs to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, manifesting a deep and helpful interest in matters touching Toledo's welfare and progress, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Toledo lodge of Elks and Phoenix Lodge, No. 123, of the Masonic order, which he joined at Perrysburg. His social nature finds expression in his identification with the Heather Downs Country Club, the University Club of Toledo and the Psi Upsilon college fraternity, while along strictly professional lines he is connected with the Toledo, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. At all points in his career Mr. Finkbeiner has ever conformed his practice to the highest ethics of the profession and is regarded as a successful lawyer of the highest reputation. SCOTT GRAVES Success in life largely depends upon the selection of a congenial field of labor, and that Scott Graves made a wise choice when he entered the legal profession is indicated by the fact that he is fulfilling every requirement of the important office of prosecuting attorney for Ottawa County, Ohio, although but twenty-eight years of age. He was born in Oak Harbor, Ottawa county, Ohio, December 22, 1901, and was graduated from the Scott high school at Toledo, Ohio. He received the B. S. degree from Kenyon college in 1924 and won the degree of LL. B. from the University of Ohio in 1927. In the latter year he was admitted to the bar and in the fall of 1927 began his career as a lawyer in Port Clinton. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 435 He is associated with his father, C. H. Graves, in general practice. On April 2, 1928, he was appointed by Judge Allyn to complete the unexpired term of Prosecuting Attorney Weirman. Mr. Graves proved exceptionally well qualified for the duties of a public prosecutor and in recognition of his ability was elected to the office following the completion of his term on November 4, 1928. His arguments are marked by clearness and force, and his logic carries conviction to the minds of court and jury. Mr. Graves is a bachelor and resides in his father's home at No. 520 Perry street. He attends the Episcopal church and is an adherent of the democratic party. He is a member of the Oak Harbor Lodge of Masons, the Port Clinton Yacht Club, the Lions Club, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which he joined while attending Kenyon College, and the Ottawa County and Ohio State Bar Associations. Mr. Graves upholds the high standards of his profession and is esteemed for his integrity and depth of character. HON. IRA RICHARD COLE Hon. Ira Richard Cole, judge of the municipal court of Toledo, his record being one of valuable judicial service characterized by the highest standards in meting out that justice which all should seek who enter upon litigation, is widely known in the city of his residence, for here his entire life has been passed. He was born August 5, 1894, a son of Richard M. and Delia (Surprise) Cole. The father was born in Lucas County, Ohio, and is a representative of one of the old families of this state of Irish lineage. He was reared and educated in his native county, attending the public schools, after which he became connected with the Ohio Gas Company, having remained in the employ of that corporation for many years. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church and his political belief that of the democratic party. His wife was also born in Lucas county and, like her husband, came of a family long associated with the development of Ohio. She is of Irish and French-Canadian lineage and by her marriage she has become the mother of three chil- 436 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY dren : Ira R. ; Mabel, who is now the wife of Harry Basil, of Toledo; and Helen, at home. Judge Cole began his education at the usual age, attending the East Side Central school, and when a lad of but thirteen years began to earn his own livelihood by working as a messenger in the employ of the Toledo & Ohio Eastern Railroad Company, his initial salary being fifty dollars per month. He remained with the railroad for a year and then resigned that position to enter the employ of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company of St. Louis. He was afterward with the Pinkerton Tobacco Company of Toledo, then a branch of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. He started in the advertising department and later became a traveling salesman for the house, proving efficient in bringing to his company a liberal share of the trade in its particular line. In 1926, however, he left commercial activities to enter the political field by becoming a candidate on the democratic ticket for the office of clerk of the courts but was defeated. In 1927 he was made his party's candidate for the position of judge of the municipal court and was elected by a large majority. This office he has continued to fill to the present time and is making an excellent record by the fairness and impartiality of his decisions. He is particularly considerate of first offenders yet not lax to a point of making the criminal believe that offenses can go unpunished. He fully realizes his duty to the state as well as to the individual and his judicial record is most commendable. On the 28th of October, 1928, in Chicago, Judge Cole was married to Miss Mae Kettenhofen, of Los Angeles, California. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks lodge No. 53 of Toledo, with the Loyal Order of Moose, No. 713, of which he is now serving as dictator, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, No. 197. There is a military chapter in his life record, for during the World war period he served in the Twenty-second Ohio Infantry, being stationed at Syracuse, New York, and was honorably discharged after the signing of the armistice in November, 1918. He has always voted with the democratic party and is one of its ardent supporters in Toledo, having risen to a point of leadership in its ranks. He finds his diversions in fishing, golf and motoring. He is TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 437 genial, is social in nature and kindly in spirit, and he is proving an able official on the bench, his record being highly satisfactory to the community at large. HON. CHARLES HERMON LEMMON The common pleas bench of Lucas county was honored by the election to it of Hon. Charles H. Lemmon, whose record as lawyer, jurist and citizen has earned for him an exalted place in the estimation of his fellow citizens. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on the 17th of April, 1893, and is a son of Charles Hermon and Harriet A. (Week) Lemmon, the former of whom is deceased, while the latter, who of German-English descent, still resides in this city. The Lemmon family is of English origin and was early established in this country. The Judge's grandfather, Reuben Compton Lemmon, was an eminent lawyer and served on the bench of the Lucas county common pleas court for twenty years. Charles Hermon Lemmon, Sr., was born near Delta, Fulton county, Ohio, March 9, 1852, and acquired his early education in the public schools of Toledo. He entered upon the study of law in the office and under the direction of his father, and was admitted to the bar in Lucas county in 1874. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney from 1877 to 1879. He later turned his attention to the abstract business and examination of titles to real property and continued active in that field until 1911, when he retired from business, at which time he was secretary of what is now the Toledo Title Company. He died on the 14th of February, 1919. Judge Lemmon received his preliminary education in the public schools of Toledo, graduating from the old Central high school. He pursued his literary studies and law course in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in June, 1917. He had been admitted to the bar of Ohio on January 2, 1917, and on the first day of the following December he entered upon the practice of his profession in association with the firm of Doyle & Lewis. On March 31, 1918, he enlisted in the United States army and, after a short experience in training camp, 438 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY was sent overseas. He saw active service in France, participating in the St. Mihiel drive and the Aisne-Marne offensive at Verdun. He was honorably discharged April 26, 1918, at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and at once resumed the practice of law with the same firm as formerly. He met with very gratifying success, building up a large general practice, though specializing in railroad, corporation and real estate law. On January 31, 1927, he was appointed by Governor Donahey to the bench of the municipal court of Toledo and was elected to that position at the ensuing November election. His discharge of his judicial duties was so able and fair that in November, 1928, the people of Lucas county still further honored him by electing him to the bench of the common pleas court, which position he assumed on January 1, 1929. On May 13, 1918, in Chillicothe, Ohio, Judge Lemmon was united in marriage to Miss Dorothy L. Richards, who was born at Shawnee, Ohio, November 11, 1895, and is a daughter of Morgan and Emma E. (Bailey) Richards, the former of whom is deceased. Mrs. Richards now makes her home in Toledo. Judge Lemmon is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Exchange Club, the University of Michigan Club, the Toledo Automobile Club, the American Legion and the Reserve Officers Association. He also belongs to the Lucas County and Toledo Bar Associations. His religious faith is that of the Unitarian church. The Judge is a man of high character, unquestioned integrity and attractive qualities, and in the community in which he has spent his life he commands the highest respect. ORRA B. PELTON The name of Orra B. Pelton is well known to Toledoans owing to his activities in behalf of the Memorial Park cemetery, of which he has been managing trustee from the time of its inception, while previously he was a leader of mercan- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 439 tile enterprise in Trilby, his native town, located in Washington township, Lucas county. He was born April 24, 1885, and is a son of Giles H. and Mary Emma (Bright) Pelton. His grandfather, Elias Pelton, was born in Illinois and engaged in farming and painting at Trilby, where his demise occurred in 1849 when he was thirty-two years of age. He attended the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-Day Saints, and was a democrat in his political views. He married Miss Almira Imis, who was also a native of Illinois and passed away at Trilby. Their son, Giles H. Pelton, was born in Gustavus, Trumbull county, Ohio, November 14, 1840, and became one of the early settlers and dairy farmers of Washington township. For seventy years he has resided on the homestead at Trilby and as one of the pioneers of the district he is widely and favorably known. He is a faithful member of Christ church and gives his political support to the democratic party. His wife was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 29, 1862, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Rhinehart) Bright, who were also natives of that city, and both passed away in Traverse City, Michigan. In the early days when pottery was made by hand Mr. Bright engaged in that line of business in Fort Wayne, thus continuing until his factory was destroyed by fire. He afterward became an agriculturist. He was a republican and adhered to the Evangelical faith. In the rural schools of Washington township Orra B. Pelton acquired his elementary instruction, next attending the Sylvania high school, from which he was graduated in 1904. On starting out in life for himself he embarked in general merchandising at Trilby, where he engaged in business for eighteen years, gaining a large patronage through the wise and able management of the business and close adherence to a high standard of commercial ethics. In 1922 he assisted in forming the Memorial Park cemetery of Toledo, of which he is managing trustee, manifesting keen discernment in the direction of its affairs and working earnestly, systematically and effectively to promote the interests of the organization. Its beautiful park, which embraces two hundred and fifty-three acres, is located on Monroe street in Sylvania and ranks 440 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY with the finest properties of the kind in northwestern Ohio. Mr. Pelton is also managing trustee of Log Cabin. Manor, which he established at Trilby, proving especially adapted to executive duties of this character. On the 1st of October, 1910, Mr. Pelton was married in Toledo to Miss Eva L. Barber, who was born in this city, June 4, 1891, a daughter of Royal F. and Mary D. (Robideau) Barber. Her father has passed away but Mrs. Barber still resides in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Pelton are the parents of three children : Marion Adell, who was born August 2, 1919; Olin Le Roy, born October 31, 1921; and Warren J., July 17, 1923. Mrs. Pelton is affiliated with the Christian Alliance church of Toledo, while Mr. Pelton adheres to the Methodist faith. In politics he is a republican and served on the school board of Washington township for ten years, doing much constructive work in that connection. During the World war he was active in four of the Liberty Bond drives and devoted a large portion of his time to patriotic service. He is identified with various Masonic bodies, including Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and aided in organizing the Masonic Club at Trilby. Of the Civitan Club of Toledo, now the Knights of the Round Table, he served as president; is a trustee of the Highland Meadows Golf Club, and a member of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. He enjoys motoring and spends the winter months in his attractive home at Daytona Beach, Florida. A progressive business man of keen intelligence and firm purpose, Mr. Pelton has accomplished everything that he has undertaken, using methods which will bear the light of close investigation and scrutiny, and owes his prosperity to an upright, well spent life. EDWIN RUTHVIN GILLET Edwin Ruthvin Gillet has devoted his life to electrical work and is well known in business circles of Toledo as a lighting fixture expert. A native of Canada, he was born in Chatham, in the province of Ontario, September 3, 1883, a son of Calvin French and Mary Jane (Miller) Gillet, both   TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 443 now deceased. The family settled in Chicago in 1888, and his education was acquired in the public schools of that city. His first experience as an electrical engineer was gained with The Cutler-Hammer Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he served an apprenticeship of four years. Mr. Gillet was the thirteenth employe of this now large and internationally known corporation. His next connection was with the Harrison, New Jersey, branch of the General Electric Company, where he remained for three and a half years, becoming acquainted with business conditions in Toledo while traveling for that corporation. In February, 1911, he came to this city with The F. Bissell Company of Toledo and continued with the firm, which in 1922 was incorporated as The Gillet-Bissell Company. In 1923 Mr. Gillet purchased Mr. Bissell's stock in the concern, admitting F. C. Hoehler to a partnership, and was thus associated for four years under the name of The Gillet-Hoehler Company. In 1927 he embarked in business for himself and has since been the owner of The Gillet Lighting Studio, Inc., at 1214 Madison avenue. His technical knowledge and skill are supplemented by business acumen and executive force, and he has become recognized as one of Toledo's foremost dealers in lighting fixtures. Mr. Gillet was married March 15, 1909, in Chicago to Miss Ella Seiwert, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, anproven a has proven'a most congenial union. They reside at 3426 Brookside road, in Ottawa Hills, and are well known in the best social circles. Mr. Gillet was one of the organizers of the village of Ottawa Hills, became a member of its first council, and at its first election was again chosen, becoming vice mayor. In 1928 he was elected mayor, being the third to hold that office since the incorporation of the village. He was the first vice president of the Toledo Kiwanis Club and a district trustee for three years, taking a leading part in the activities of the organization. Mr. Gillet was honored with the presidency of the National Lighting Dealers Association in 1924 and served for three consecutive years.. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Sylvania Golf Club, of which he was one of the organizers. From early boyhood he has been a lover of cloor 444 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY in his school days was proficient in both baseball and football. Later he became nationally known as, a bicycle rider, was a member of the famous Morgan & Wright team, and won a number of championships. He is well known in local competitive golf circles and is accorded a place among the first ten golfers of Toledo. He is affiliated with Trinity Episcopal church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. Choosing a definite objective at the outset of his career, he has concentrated every effort upon its attainment and is well deserving of the success which he now enjoys. Mr. Gillet is a broad-gauged man of progressive views and high standards and exerts a strong and beneficial influence in his city. ALFRED W. PLACE Among the prominent and influential citizens of Bowling Green is numbered Alfred W. Place, who is a native son of and has spent practically his entire life in Wood county, where he is now devoting his attention to the management of his extensive interests. He was born in a log house on a farm in Wood county on the 8th of May, 1876, and is a son of Robert and Elmira (Mercer) Place. His paternal grandfather, Robert Place, Sr., was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1815, and at the age of twenty-six years married Miss Sarah Asplin, who was born in that country in 1814. In 1850 they brought their family to the United States, locating first in Buffalo, to which city they had worked their way from New York on a canal boat. He was employed in railroad work for about a year, after which he came to Ohio, locating in Medina county, where he was employed at farm work for four years. In 1855 he bought land in Webster township, Wood county, erected a log cabin, and thus entered upon what proved to be a very successful career as a farmer and landowner. To him and his wife were born seven children : James, John, Robert, Charles, Thomas, Sarah Ann and Lydia. Robert Place, Jr., was born August 23,' 1851, and died in May, 1928. He attended the public schools and completed his education in the Methodist Seminary at Mau- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 445 mee. He taught school for nine terms and then established a general store at Mercer, afterward called Rudolph, which he conducted for five years. Eventually he devoted all of his attention to farming and was more than ordinarily successful, becoming the owner of many acres of valuable land. On October 8, 1875, he married Miss Elmira Mercer, who was born in Portage township in 1854 and was a daughter of Daniel and Susanna (Roberts) Mercer. To them were born three children, Alfred W., Alta Matilda and Flora May. Alfred W. Place received his early education in the public schools of Bowling Green, after which he entered Bethany College, at Bethany, West Virginia, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1898. He spent one year in postgraduate work at Butler College of Indianapolis, Indiana, and three years at the University of Chicago, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1902. During the ensuing six years he was engaged in ministerial work in the Disciples of Christ church and then went to Tokio, Japan, where for six years he served as president of a regular government school. Mr. Place is now vice president of the Universal Machine Company, in charge of engineering and designing, and is also sales manager. He was one of the principal organizers of the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Company in northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, with offices in Pittsburgh. This is one of the most successful cooperative sales organizations in the United States. Dr. Clyde L. King, of the Wharton School of Economics of the University of Pennsylvania, pronounced it the best farmers' cooperative sales organization. On the 18th of June, 1902, Mr. Place was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Graham, of Indianapolis, Indiana, who was graduated from Butler College and did postgraduate work in the University of Chicago, graduating there in 1901. She is a daughter of the Hon. William Henry Harrison Graham, who died in 1907. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Ellen McLeod, is now living in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Place have three children : Graham, Robert and Alta. Both Mr, and Mrs. Place are active members of the Disciples of Christ church and he is also identified with Bowling 446 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Green Lodge, F. & A. M., the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Beta Theta Pi college fraternity and the Order of the C of the University of Chicago. He is president of the Bowling Green Tennis Club and the Northwestern Ohio Tennis Club and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc. For five years he was one of the extension lecturers of the Ohio State University. A man of sterling character and splendid personal qualities, he has always commanded the respect and confidence of his fellowmen and is numbered among the substantial citizens of Wood county. CHARLES HENRY GRAVES The name of Charles Henry Graves is familiar to most Ohioans owing to his service as a state official and of his long and prominent connection with legal affairs. He is one of the foremost attorneys of Port Clinton and also a successful financier. He was born in Clair township, Ottawa county, June 24, 1872, a son of John Henry and Mary (Joseph) Graves. The father settled in Ottawa county early in the '60s and conducted a blacksmith shop in Oak Harbor for several years. He was a third degree Mason and closely observed the beneficent teachings of the order. Charles H. Graves attended the public schools of Oak Harbor and pursued his legal studies at the University of Michigan, which awarded him the degree of LL. B. in June, 1893. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Ohio and entered upon the practice of law in Oak Harbor. There he followed his profession until elected secretary of state in 1910, when he went to Columbus, Ohio, and served with distinction for two terms. In 1915 he located in Toledo and formed a partnership with Judge Stahl. They were accorded a liberal clientele and the association was continued until 1924, when Mr. Graves opened a law office in Port Clinton. His legal acumen has won for him an extensive practice, and he is also an astute financier. Since March, 1927, he has been president of the National Bank of Port Clinton and wisely administers the affairs of the oldest moneyed institution in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 447 this locality as well as one of the largest and strongest in northwestern Ohio. On September 2, 1896, Mr. Graves was married in Oak Harbor to Miss Emma B. Mylander, and they have two sons: Barton H., who was born in 1897 and is employed as a salesman ; and Scott, a prominent lawyer of Port Clinton. The family are Congregationalists in religious faith, and Mr. Graves gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. In 1901 he was elected prosecuting attorney and filled the office until 1907, securing a large percentage of convictions. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, and the Masonic order, in which he holds the thirty-second degree. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Port Clinton Yacht Club, the Catawba Cliffs Beach and Country Clubs, and the Ottawa County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Mr. Graves has never swerved from the course dictated by conscience and honor, and his reward is the esteem and approbation of his fellowmen. RUEL CRAWFORD On the list of Port Clinton's professional men appears the name of Ruel Crawford, a lawyer, with a background of more than twenty-five years' experience. He was born in Port Clinton, December 21, 1877, a son of Charles Allen and Mary (Duff) Crawford. The father was a ship captain. Ruel Crawford supplemented his public school education by two years' attendance at the Ohio State University and in 1902 was admitted to the bar. Since March, 1903, he has engaged in general practice in Port Clinton. He is a member of the firm of True, Crawford & True. In 1908 Mr. Crawford was married in Port Clinton to Miss Rose M. Nissen, whose education was completed in Lake Erie College, and they have become the parents of three children: Robert Dudley, aged eighteen years, who is a law student at the University of Michigan and a member of the freshman class; Helen, aged sixteen, a sophomore in high 28-VOL. 3 448 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY school; and Jean, aged nine years and a grammar school pupil. Mr. Crawford attends the Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is a Knight Templar Mason, and his wife belongs to the local chapter of the Eastern Star. Along social lines he is connected with the Port Clinton Yacht Club and the Catawba Country Club, while his professional affiliations are with the Ottawa County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. LEONARD J. RAAB Leonard J. Raab is numbered among the earnest, capable and successful attorneys of Toledo and commands a large and representative practice in the courts of Lucas county. He was born at Raab's Corners, Ohio, on the 24th of December, 1894, and is a son of William and Barbara (Burkard) Raab. His paternal grandparents, Leonard and Barbara (Snupp) Raab, were natives of Germany, in which country they spent their lives, the grandfather following the brokerage business. They were members of the Roman Catholic church. William Raab was born in Germany and his death occurred in Toledo, Ohio, May 25, 1921, at the age of sixty-seven years. At one time he was a member of the Toledo police force and prior to his retirement was infirmary inspector. He was a democrat in politics and belonged to St. Ann's Roman Catholic church. His wife was born at Lawrence, Ohio, October 6, 1856, a daughter of Peter and Eva (Loux) Burkard. Both of her parents were natives of France and are deceased, her father dying in Toledo, at the age of eighty-one years, and her mother at Raab's Corners, Ohio, in 1893, at the age of sixty-three years. Mr. Burkard was a farmer by occupation, supported the democratic party and was a member of the Roman Catholic church. Leonard J. Raab received his early education in the parochial schools and then entered St. John's College, in Toledo, from which he was graduated, and from the law department with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1925. He was admitted to the bar of this state, December 31, 1925, after TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 449 which he located in Toledo and has practiced his profession to the present time. He is associated in the practice with his brother, John W. Raab, and Earl W. Shoemaker, and is also connected with the legal department of the Willys-Overland Company as a trial lawyer. He is a close student of the law, keeping in touch with the latest decisions, and being careful and painstaking in the preparation of his cases, he consequently has been uniformly successful in practice. On September 25, 1917, in Monroe, Michigan, Mr. Raab was united in marriage to Miss Mamie T. Duval, who was born in Monroe county, Michigan, December 5, 1898, and is a daughter of Mrs. Phoebe Duval, who still resides in that county. Mrs. Raab is a graduate of St. Joseph College, in Monroe, Michigan, and is a member of St. Ann's parish in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Raab are the parents of two children, Velma Tresa, born October 2, 1918; and Jacqueline Phoebe, born July 25, 1921. Mr. Raab is a strong republican in his political belief and is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Izaak Walton League of America. He maintains professional affiliation with the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He gives liberal support to St. Ann's church, as he does also to all other deserving benevolent objects, and no worthy cause or movement appeals in vain to him for his support. GEORGE G. POWERS George G. Powers, vice president and manager of the Powers Lumber & Supply Company at Genoa, possesses those qualities which make him a substantial and enterprising business man and a progressive citizen whose worth to the community is widely acknowledged. Since starting out in the business world he has made steady progress and now occupies a position of large responsibility. A native of Port Clinton, Ohio, Mr. Powers was born October 19, 1897, a son of Edward A. Powers, who was born in Woodville, Ottawa county, April 7, 1861. For a number of years the father was engaged in the grain business at