(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 100 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY donia Lumber Company, Fred A. taking over the management of the lumberyard and Frank B. assuming charge of the general store. Previous to this, in 1915, they had purchased a tract of standing timber in Virginia and operated a sawmill there until 1918. They disposed of their lumber interests in June, 1928, but still conduct their general store in Macedonia. On June 9, 1897, Mr. Jenkins was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Munn, who is a daughter of Amos and Sadie (De Haven) Munn. The Munn family was early established in this section of the state and has been prominent in public affairs. Her paternal grandparents were Hiram and Esther (Cranmer) Munn, the former of whom was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He came to Macedonia in a very early day and was a pioneer circuit rider for the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in Macedonia in 1880. His wife was born in Macedonia, July 14, 1814, and became the mother of eleven children, all of whom are deceased. Abraham Cranmer, the maternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Jenkins, came to Summit county in 1812 and in 1830 settled at what is now known as Macedonia. Amos Munn was born in Macedonia, May 6, 1840, and lived practically all of his life in Summit county. He conducted a general mercantile business and served as express agent for forty-six years. He was married twice, first to Miss Sadie De Haven, of Northfield, Summit county, who died in 1874, and they had one child, Gertrude Elizabeth. In 1876 he married Miss Joanna Havens, of Bedford, Ohio, and they became the parents of two daughters. Estelle is the wife of A. E. Jenkins, of Macedonia, and they have a son, Dale M. Rada, deceased, became the wife of H. L. Armstrong, of Akron, and they had two children, Elizabeth and Wendell. To Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have been born two sons : Lynn E., who was married to Miss Lucile Bogaske, of Cleveland, in which city they now live; and Alden A., who is connected with the Welfare Federation in Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Macedonia and for nearly twenty years he has been director of both the church choir and orchestra, being a very capable and efficient leader. Mrs. Jenkins is a charter member of the Macedonia & Northfield Cemetery Association, is also a member of the Nordonia Club, a social organization, and the Ladies' Aid Society, taking a very active and prominent part in all church work. Mr. Jenkins is a republican in his political views and has shown a good citizen's interest in public affairs. He AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 101 is a man of upright character, candid and straightforward in manner and cordial in his social relations, and has a large circle of loyal friends. RUSSELL B. KOONTZ At the foundation of the prosperity of every city lies the work of the successful business man of the type of Russell B. Koontz, a well known manufacturer, who has stimulated the pulse of trade in Akron, at the same time winning that properity which is the legitimate reward of an upright life of well directed industry. He was born in Greensburg, Ohio, November 20, 1872, and is a son of Alkiah A. and Marietta L. (Bender) Koontz, also natives of that town. The father developed one of the productive farms of Green township, Summit county, following agricultural pursuits for many years, and is now enjoying a well earned rest. Mr. and Mrs. Koontz have a family of five children : Mrs. A. T. Durant, of Akron ; Mrs. P. E. Welten and Mary E., of Cuyahoga Falls; Fay W. Koontz, of Greensburg ; and Russell B. Koontz. The last named was reared on the homestead and attended the public schools of Greensburg. After a preparatory course in Buchtel College he enrolled as a student in the Northern Ohio University and was graduated with the class of 1893, winning the degree of Civil Engineer. He then entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company of Akron and was assigned to the engineering force of the New York office, with which he was connected for six years. Mr. Koontz was then transferred to St. Louis, Missouri, and remained there until 1902, when he resigned his position. Locating in Akron, he became one of the organizers of the Adamson Machine Company and since 1902 has been secretary, treasurer and assistant general manager of the corporation, which has profited by his engineering experience and skill as well as his executive capacity and mature judgment. The work of production is facilitated by the most modern appliances and the growth of the industry has paralleled that of the city. Governed by time-honored ideals, the finished product of the plant is the result of years of striving for perfection, and the output of the firm is shipped to many parts of the country. Mr. Koontz was married April 24, 1898, in Akron to Miss Blanche Taylor, a daughter of Thomas Taylor, of Athens, Ohio, 102 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY and they have become the parents of three children. Mary E., the eldest, was born in New York city in 1899. She was graduated from Buchtel College and is engaged in teaching in Akron. Russell T., who was born in New York city in 1900 received his education in the public schools of Akron and is connected with the Diamond Match Company of Barberton, Ohio. In Cleveland he married Miss Marie Trot, by whom he has three children : Mary Margaret, Dorothy Ann and Fredrick T. Willard was born in Akron in 1905 and after his graduation from the Central high school was a student at Hiram College. He married Miss Lela Carnahan, of Akron, and is now a salesman for the Guaranty Mortgage Company of this city. Mr. Koontz is a Mason and belongs to the local Masonic Club and the Old Colony Club of New York city. He is an elder of the High Street Church of Christ and for eight years has been superintendent of its Sunday school. Throughout his career Mr. Koontz has been actuated by a keen sense of duty and honor, and his influence upon the life of the city has been of the highest order. Mr. Koontz's residence, "Stony Brook," is on the Massillon road. STEPHEN SAMUEL MILLER In founding the Mohawk Rubber Company, Stephen Samuel Miller brought to the undertaking broad and practical experience which reached back even prior to the time when the automobile tire was unknown. He has grown with the development of the rubber industry and in fact has made valuable contribution to this development. There are few, if any, able to speak with greater authority concerning the trade and the progress that has been made in rubber manufacturing, and his success is the merited reward of close study, high purpose, unfaltering industry and firm determination. Mr. Miller was born in Norton Center, Ohio, February 7, 1856, and is a son of Charles and Hannah (Bechtel) Miller, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio in early life, settling in Summit county. The father was well known in manufacturing circles inasmuch as he established and successfully conducted the Excelsior Mower Works and afterward organized the Miller Match Company, of which he was president to the time of his demise,. He was thus active in the industrial and commercial expansion of Akron and his labors AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 105 constituted one of the basic elements of the city's growth and development. His wife has also passed away and of their seven children only two are yet living, the surviving daughter being Mrs. Cora M. Boardman, now a resident of Chicago. In his boyhood days Stephen Samuel Miller attended the public schools of Akron, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, and when his textbooks were put aside he started out in the business world—then a youth of seventeen years—with the Excelsior Reaper & Mower Company, with which he remained for three years. On the expiration of that period he secured a situation with the Buckeye Reaper Company and was thus employed from 1876 until 1896. In the latter year he became associated with the India Rubber Company of Akron and when he left that firm in 1898 it was to become the first superintendent of the Goodyear plant, which position he filled until 1900. He next entered into active relations with the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company at Akron, built the plant here and remained as superintendent thereof for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he purchased the business of the Mohawk Rubber Company and has since been its guiding spirit. He thus assumed control of one of Akron's large industrial enterprises and is a recognized leader among those tire manufacturers whose products ably serve the "quality" tire market. The business as it now exists was founded by Mr. Miller in 1913 and the broad experience which he had gained through his previous association with the rubber industry now stood him in good stead. He had wide knowledge of manufacturing and of the trade and he wished to work out his advanced ideas on quality tire production, desiring to make and distribute the finest tires that could be produced through resources, experience and human ingenuity. This purpose which actuated him at the outset has been the guiding spirit of the business from the beginning. The plant has been enlarged from time to time, the trade has been developed until it covers a wide area and the present production capacity is twenty-five hundred tires and three thousand tubes per day, while in 1926 the sales exceeded six million dollars. Today the company has nine branches in America, while thousands of dealers and many foreign distributors handle the Mohawk products. The company employs six hundred men and distributes a monthly pay roll of over one hundred thousand dollars. The Mohawk was founded and developed by Akron men and is still owned by Akron citizens. Its present officials, aside from Mr. Miller, are : 106 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY J. B. Huber, vice president; R. E. Bloch, treasurer; H. H. McCloskey, secretary; and J. F. Jones, sales manager. With men of this caliber at its head there is no doubt concerning the future expansion of the Mohawk interests. In February, 1891, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Anna Seiberling, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Seiberling, of a prominent family in Akron mentioned elsewhere in this work. Their children are : Donald H., who was born in Akron in 1894 and following his graduation from high school here attended the Culver Military Academy; and Harold S., who was born in 1897 and supplemented his high school course by study in the Mercersburg Academy and in Cornell University. The religious faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church, and fraternally Mr. Miller is a Mason. He also belongs to the Akron City Club, the Congress Lake Country Club, the Vista del Lago Beach and Country Club, the Akron Automobile Club and to the Akron Chamber of Commerce, the last mentioned association being indicative of his active interest in the welfare and upbuilding of the city. He has accomplished much in the course of a useful and busy life, for his labors have not only been a source of material success for himself but have been largely beneficial to the community in which he operates. Mr. Miller's residence at 697 West Market street has been his home for more than thirty-seven years and his removal to that section of the city was before it was supplied with gas, water, electric light, sewers or trolley. ALBERT W. LANE A wide-awake and progressive business man, Albert W. Lane has gained a place in the front rank of the successful automobile dealers of Barberton and, because of his fair dealing and straightforward manner, is firmly established in public confidence. He was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1886, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Boulis) Lane, the former of whom was a farmer by occupation. Both are deceased. Albert W. Lane was reared on the home farm and secured his educational training in the public schools of his native county. He entered the employ of the Ohio State Telephone Company, with which concern he remained for seven years, and then located in Massilon in 1917, soon afterward embarking in the automobile business as AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 107 a dealer in Dodge cars. He continued there until 1921, and in 1924 bought the agency for the Hudson and Essex cars in Barberton. The business, under his wise and judicious management, has enjoyed a steady and satisfactory growth. He has a well equipped sales establishment and has sold a large number of these well known cars in his section of the county. In 1912 Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Anna Louise Edwards of Massillon. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Barberton Chamber of Commerce. He has shown a commendable interest in the welfare of his community, and his record has gained for him a high place in the esteem of the people of his city. MARTIN H. BEHNCKE As a boy Martin H. Behncke displayed an aptitude for mechanical pursuits—a talent which he has wisely cultivated, and his ability and enterprise have brought him to the fore in industrial circles of Akron. He was born in this city, July 21, 1881. His father, Jacob J. Behncke, was a native of Germany, and in early life came to the United States, first locating in Minnesota. Later he went to Pennsylvania and eventually migrated to Ohio, settling in Akron. He was an expert miller and millwright and worked for a time for Ferdinand Schumacher. Afterward he entered the employ of the Quaker Oats Company and remained with that corporation until his death in 1918. His widow, Mrs. Agnes J. (Wilkenson) Behncke, was born in Pennsylvania and is now a resident of Akron. They had a family of five children : William Behncke and Mrs. Alice Hughes, who have passed away; Mrs. Minnie Harris, a resident of Newark, Ohio; and Jacob J. and Martin H. Behncke, of Akron. The last named was a pupil in the North Hill school and after completing his course learned the machinist's trade with the Webster, Camp & Lane Company, with which he spent eight years. For six years thereafter he worked in the machine shop of the Tappan, Rice & Clerkin Company, and his skill as a machinist then led to his selection for a responsible position in the plant of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, where he was employed for eight years, steadily advancing during that period. In 1921 he resigned and organized the Akron Machine Mold, Tool & Die Company, of which he has since been the president. His 108 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY machine shop is located at No. 696 Blaine avenue and turns out high class work. The business is thoroughly systematized, and its steady growth is due to his well defined plans and close supervision of the work in every department of the plant. In its conduct he brings to bear broad experience and the sagacity, initiative and decisiveness of the successful executive. Mr. Behncke was married in Akron May 18, 1903, to Miss Naomi Edwards, a native of Churchill, Mahoning county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Ruth Edwards. Pauline Naomi, the only surviving child of Mr. and Mrs. Behncke, was born in Akron, August 23, 1908, and is a graduate of the North high school of Akron. She also completed a course in a business college and is now the wife of Welden J. Moke, of Akron. Mr. Behncke is a Royal Arch Mason and belongs to the Eskimo Club, while his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the North Hill Church of Christ, of which he is a consistent member. Energetic and purposeful, he has converted his opportunities into tangible assets, and his success has been won by methods which neither seek nor require disguise. RALPH EDWIN BOOTHBY Ralph Edwin Boothby, an educator of well known ability connected with the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson, was born in Medford, Massachusetts, June 2, 1890, and is a son of Charles Herbert and Edith Mabel (Weeks) Boothby, both of whom were of New England parentage. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him and in 1912 he completed a course in Harvard University, receiving from that institution the Bachelor of Arts degree. His entire life has been devoted to educational work. In the year of his graduation he received appointment as master of St. Stephen's school at Colorado Springs, Colorado, thus serving until 1915. In the latter year he became head master and filled that responsible position until 1922, when he accepted a position on the faculty of the Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, there spending a year. In 1923 he became connected with the Park school of Cleveland, Ohio, and after serving for a year accepted the position of head master of the western Reserve Academy at Hudson, where he has since continued. He has become widely known as an educator of pronounced ability, thorough in the organization of classes and with the ability to impart clearly AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 109 and readily to others the knowledge that he has acquired. He is a member of the Progressive Education Association and is serving on the advisory board. He belongs to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity, to the University Club of Cleveland and to the Harvard Club of Boston, Massachusetts. It was on the 12th of July, 1917, that Mr. Boothby was married to Miss Marion Louise Brooks, of West Medford, Massachusetts, and they have become parents of three children : Lawrence Warren, Norman Bostwick and Theodora. Both Mr. and Mrs. Boothby are widely and favorably known, being prominent in social as well as religious and educational circles. They are of the Episcopalian faith and he is holding the office of junior warden in his church. His activities have ever been of a constructive nature, contributing to character building as well as to intellectual progress, and his work and influence are immeasurable until they have reached their full fruition in the lives of those who have come under his instruction. CLARENCE S. NORRIS Clarence S. Norris, vice president and general manager of the Instant Tire Service Company, is one of Akron's most progressive and enterprising men, as has been evidenced by the splendid increase of this company's business under his management. Mr. Norris was born in Portage county, Ohio, on the 20th of January, 1881, and is a son of William L. and Ida (Nettle) Norris, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. The father came to this state in early manhood, was married here, and has always resided in Akron, where for thirty-seven years he has been connected with the Quaker Oats Company and its predecessors. To him and his wife were born three children, namely : Guy, deceased ; Mrs. Scott Worley, of Akron, and Clarence S. The last named received a public school education and then entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company, with which concern he remained for nine years, rising to a responsible position. In 1910 he became associated with the Miller Tire & Rubber Company, remaining in its employ until 1922, when he became manager of the Instant Tire Service Company, of which he has since been vice president and general manager. This business has enjoyed a steady and substantial growth, owing 110 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY to the high type of service which the company has rendered, and has outgrown its present quarters, which are being remodeled and enlarged in order to properly care for the increasing number of customers who have found that here they receive a little better and a little quicker service than elsewhere, and at very moderate charges. The company employs twenty-six skilled workmen and takes an honest pride in the high quality of its work, in both tire and battery service. In 1909, in Akron, Mr. Norris was united in marriage to Miss Susie Surbeck, a daughter of Conrad and Katharine (Fulton) Surbeck, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Norris are the parents of two sons, Richard Carl, born February 2, 1914, who is attending the Akron high school ; and Howard Earl, born November 26, 1916, who is in the public schools. Mr. Norris is a member of Akron Lodge No. 363, B. P. O. E.; the Chamber of Commerce, the Akron Automobile Club and the Silver Lake Country Club. He resides at Silver Lake and is a member of the town council. He is entitled to a large meed of credit for the progress he has made in his individual affairs, his success being the outcome of his persistent and determined efforts along right lines, and all who have come in contact with him hold him in high regard for his business ability, his square dealing and his excellent personal qualities. RAY EMANUEL BLOCH Ray Emanuel Bloch, vice president and treasurer of The Mohawk Rubber Company, is one of the best known of the younger men identified with the rubber industry in Akron, in which line of activity his entire business career has been spent. Mr. Bloch was born in Marshallville, Ohio, September 10, 1894, and is a son of Charles E. and Margaret C. (Stotler) Bloch, who were also born in this state. Their respective parents, however, came to America from Germany and one of the grandfathers had previously served as burgomeister in a leading city of Germany. Charles E. Bloch became a carriage manufacturer, conducting a substantial business until the advent of the automobile, since which time he has been associated with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as a cabinetmaker. To him and his wife have been born three children : Ray E., Fred C. and Mrs. Ruth E. Mott, all living in Akron. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY- 113 Ray E. Bloch, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, attended the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and continuing his studies until 1913, when he started out in the business world as an employe of the company that was the predecessor of the present Mohawk Rubber Company. His initial position was that of office boy, and his advancements have come as the recognition of work well done and his capacity for assuming greater burdens and responsibilities. When the original concern sold out to the present Mohawk Rubber Company, Mr. Bloch continued with the manufacturing and business department. He has been treasurer for a number of years and on March 5, 1928, was also made vice president in charge of finance. He is recognized as a highly capable man in the rubber industry and has been no small factor in the growth and development of the corporation with which he is identified. Among his other business connections he is a director of the Depositors Savings & Trust Company of East Akron. On the 16th of December, 1915, Mr. Bloch was married to Miss Rhea B. Garman, a daughter of Elmer E. and Mary (Haines) Garman of Homerville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bloch have a daughter, Mary Ellen, who was born December 15, 1920. Fraternally Mr. Bloch is a Royal Arch Mason and loyally adheres to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He also belongs to the Fairlawn Heights Golf and Country Club, to the Kiwanis Club, to the Akron Automobile Club and to the Akron Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is president of his Sunday school class. His aid and influence are ever given on the side of civic improvement and moral progress, and he has labored just as earnestly and effectively along those lines as he has for business advancement, his career proving that success and an honored name may be won simultaneously. Mr. Bloch's residence is at No. 1089 Delia avenue. ARTHUR D. CLAGGETTE Arthur D. Claggette has made a most creditable and commendable record as building and plumbing inspector of Barberton, to which positions he was appointed in 1921. He was born in the village of Kensington, Maryland, June 24, 1886, a son of Richard D. and Mary Elizabeth (Philips) Claggette, who were 114 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY also natives of that state. The father, who engaged in business as a building contractor throughout his active life, removed from the Old Line state to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1904. For fifteen years he had survived his wife, who passed away in 1889. Of their two children one is deceased. Arthur D. Claggette attended school at Kensington, Maryland, to the age of fourteen years and subsequently pursued a high school course in the Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal, Virginia, from which he was graduated in 1903. A contemporary biographer said of him : "By this time he had decided to become an architect. He liked to draw plans. With this ambition in mind he entered the University of Virginia, where he spent one year in mathematics. Circumstances over which he had no control caused him to quit college. For the next three years he worked for his father at Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a journeyman carpenter by trade, and a "journey man" by occupation. For twenty years he journeyed all over the country, south in the winter, west and north in the summer months, most of the time in the interests of a concern manufacturing sprinklers for fire protection. But he was getting to the point where he wanted to quit the road and settle down if he could find a good town to locate in. He was in Cleveland during the early part of 1916." In February, 1916, Mr. Claggette associated himself with the Kraus Plumbing & Heating Company of Akron, with which he remained until appointed to the position of plumbing inspector of Barberton on the 20th of April, 1921. In the fall of that year he was appointed building inspector and through the intervening period of seven years he has most capably discharged the duties of the dual position. He has approved the building plans for many large structures, including factories, churches, commercial buildings, dwellings and the new Masonic temple. On the 28th of June, 1917, at Barberton, Mr. Claggette was united in marriage to Miss Mary Billings, daughter of E. E. Billings and representatives of a prominent family of Summit county. Mr. and Mrs. Claggette reside at 647 North Third street. Fraternally Mr. Claggette is identified with the Masonic order, F. & A. M. He is a member of the Akron Automobile Club and in religious faith is a Presbyterian. He is very fond of music and literature and finds his recreation along those lines. His rec- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 115 ord is that of a self-made man whose success is the direct reward of his own labors, and he well merits the confidence and esteem which are uniformly accorded him. GEORGE W. MEMMER George W. Memmer, manager of the Central Savings & Trust building, has long been numbered among Akron's substantial business men. He was born November 20, 1872, in this city and represents one of its old and honored families. His father, John Memmer, was born in Suffield, Portage county, Ohio, June 14, 1839, a son of David and Margaret (Archart) Memmer, and was reared on his father's farm. He attended the country schools of that locality and a private school taught by a Professor Fitzgerald in Cleveland. After completing his studies he was employed as a clerk for five years in grocery and confectionery stores in the Forest City. In 1861 he located in Akron and on March 1 of that year engaged in business as a confectioner, opening a store at No. 137 South Howard street. For seven and a half years he remained its proprietor, building up a large trade, and in 1868 established an insurance office at the corner of Main and Market streets, remaining at that location for a quarter of a century. He specialized in fire insurance and subsequently organized the firm of John Memmer & Son continuing at its head until his death which occurred in 1910, when he was seventy years of age. His ability, enterprise and integrity made him a leader in that field of activity, and he was also a director of the Central Savings Bank & Trust Company and president of the Odd Fellows Temple Company of Akron. On August 22, 1860, John Memmer married Miss Louise Boyer, who was a native of Germany and came to the United States with her parents when very young. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was reared, educated and married. Her demise occurred at Akron on the 29th of December, 1904. In their family were five children : Laura and Nellie M., who have passed away; Ida May, who is Mrs. Alexander W. Mayes of Akron; George W. Memmer; and Ella Louise, who is the wife of T. A. Palmer. George W. Memmer was educated in Akron and at the age of seventeen was graduated from high school. He then entered his father's insurance office, and his keen mind enabled him to 116 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY readily grasp the details of the business, of which he took charge in 1910, successfully conducting it until 1917, at which time this was one of the oldest insurance firms in Akron and also one of the most reliable. Since 1905 Mr. Memmer has been manager of the building of the Central Savings & Trust Company, proving equally capable and successful in this connection. In January, 1900, Mr. Memmer married Miss Maude Day, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Day and a member of one of the prominent families of Akron. Mr. Memmer is a thirty-second degree Mason and belongs to the Masonic Club, the City Club, the Portage Country Club and the Turkey Foot Lake Club. He champions all worthy public projects, and the growth and progress of Akron is a matter in which he takes much personal pride. Mr. Memmer's residence is at 642 Diagonal road. FAYE EDWARD JENKINS Faye Edward Jenkins, president of the Carter & Jenkins Agency Company, is one of the well known men in insurance and real estate circles of Akron, and for over twenty-five years has been identified with the city's business interests. He was born April 2, 1885, in Neuman, Stark county, Ohio, a son of Abraham and Margaret (Price) Jenkins, natives of Wales. They came to the United States in their youth and the father was engaged in various lines of business in Stark county. His demise occurred in Sherrodsville, Carroll county, and the mother passed away in Stark county. They had three children: Mrs. H. F. Wendling, Mrs. James H. Miller and Faye E. Jenkins. The last named attended the public schools of Stark county and early in life began to do for himself. His first commercial experience was with the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company in Akron in 1903, where he was employed for eight years. He then joined the sales force of the C. H. Yeager Company of Akron and remained for five years in that connection. On the expiration of that period he became a salesman for the W. J. Johnson Realty Company, continuing with that firm for three years. Entering business for himself, he formed a partnership with Lloyd D. Carter, the present postmaster of Akron. They established the Carter Jenkins Agency Company, of which Mr. Jenkins is now the president. He was one of the organizers of the E. L. Marting Realty Company, and is now secretary of that AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 119 company. He is also secretary and a director of the Home Realty Company and is a director of the Goodyear Overlook Realty Company as well. Having made a close study of the various forms of insurance, he is able to assist his clients in selecting the policies best suited to their needs and is equally well informed on real estate matters. The Carter & Jenkins Agency Company has developed into one of the leading companies in its line in Akron and ranks with the city's well managed and dependable business organizations. Mr. Jenkins was married November 15, 1916, in Akron tc Miss Margaret Dunning, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Dunning and a member of a well known family of Bay City Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have three children, all born in Akron: Lucille, who was born May 9, 1915; Faye Edward, Jr. who was born December 8, 1922; and Purcella June, born July 3, 1927. Mr. Jenkins is connected with the chapter and grotto in Masonry, and his religious belief is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church. Worthy motives and high principles have actuated him at all points in his career and in winning prosperity he has also contributed in substantial measure toward Akron's improvement and progress. Mr. Jenkins' residence is at 62( Roslyn avenue. RICHARD ANDREW GREGG, M. D. In medical circles of Akron no one is held in higher regard than Dr. Richard A. Gregg, who has won wide recognition as an able physician and public-spirited citizen. He was born in Knoxville, Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 15th of August, 1888, and is a son of Dr. Melvin and Mary (McCullough) Gregg, who were also born in this state, of which the mother is still a resident. ThE father, who was for many years engaged in the practice of medicine in Smithfield, died in 1912. To them were born four children, as follows : Mrs. Sara Crumley, of Warren, Ohio; Mrs, Elizabeth Galbreath, of Smithfield, Ohio ; Mrs. Margarite Lewis of Akron; and Richard A. Richard A. Gregg attended the public schools of his nativE town, graduating from high school, after which he entered Ohic Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1912. He then matriculated in the 120 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY medical school of Western Reserve University at Cleveland, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1915. He served as interne in the Cleveland City Hospital one year and a similar period in the Cleveland Contagious Hospital, after which he became company physician and surgeon for the B. F. Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company. He held that position until 1917, when he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, and was commissioned a first lieutenant. He was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, until the close of the war and was honorably discharged December 30, 1918. He then came to Akron and entered upon the private practice of his profession, in which he has met with distinctive success. On February 3, 1916, in Steubenville, Ohio, Dr. Gregg was united in marriage to Miss Cora McCann, a daughter of W. J. and Lucy McCann, a prominent family of that city. To Dr. and Mrs. Gregg have been born two children, Elizabeth, born June 13, 1917, and Richard Andrew, born November 2, 1920. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Masonic Club, the Vista del Lago Country Club and the Akron Automobile Club, while he and his wife are earnest members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. The Doctor is a member of the medical staff of the Akron City Hospital and is held in high regard by his professional colleagues. He is a man of strong character and pleasing personality and throughout the range of his wide acquaintance in Summit county he commands confidence and esteem. His residence is at 959 Copley road. FAY GRANT DAVIS Fay Grant Davis, engaged in general merchandising in Darrowville as senior partner in the firm of Davis & Schafer, was born in Stow township, Summit county, April 10, 1861, and is a son of Harvey and Clarissa (Bosworth) Davis, both of whom were of New England parentage, belonging to old families of that section of the country. Upon the old homestead farm in Stow township Fay G. Davis not only remained through his youthful period but there spent fifty-four years of his life, devoting his time and energies to agricultural pursuits with good success. During that period he also served his township as assessor for a number of years, proving a capable and just official. In 1915, however, he put aside the work of the farm in order to engage in AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 121 general merchandising in Darrowville, where he opened a store which he conducted alone until 1919, when he was joined by his son-in-law, Clinton R. Schafer, under the firm style of Davis & Schafer. This connection has since been continued and the business has enjoyed a steady growth, for they carry a well selected line of goods and make every effort to please their customers. In 1884 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Davis and Miss Mary Mack, of Hudson township. Her father, John Mack, was a native of Germany but came to the United States in early life and here married Abbie Bentle, of German extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have one daughter, Abbie C., now the wife of Clinton R. Schafer and the mother of a young son, Robert Fay Schafer. For an extended period Mr. Davis has been a member of Grange No. 751 and he is widely recognized as a progressive and public-spirited citizen, interested in all that affects the general welfare. He and his wife are active and consistent members of the Stow Church of Christ, of which they have long been representatives, and they are widely and favorably known in this part of Summit county, having many warm friends who esteem them highly for their genuine personal worth. NAT C. KIBBLE Energetic, efficient and determined, Nat C. Kibble has risen rapidly in the business world and is now at the head of one of the large insurance firms of Akron. He was born in Reedsville, Ohio, September 7, 1894, and his parents, Cincinnatus and Ida Belle (Mills) Kibble, were lifelong residents of the Buckeye state. His father followed the carpenter's trade and became a successful contractor, erecting many substantial buildings in Reedsville and other localities. He has passed away and the mother is also deceased. They are survived by five children : William B. and Thomas C., of Akron; Paul, who lives in Reedsville; Mrs. Cecil O. Cowdery, also of Reedsville; and Nat C. Kibble, of this review. The last named attended the public schools of his native town and taught school for two years. For a similar period he studied medicine at the Starling Medical College in Columbus but did not finish the course as the World war was then in progress. In 1917 he joined the United States Marines and was in the service 122 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY of his country for two years, receiving his honorable discharge in New York city in 1919. He then returned to Akron and has since engaged in the insurance business as a member of the firm of Kibble Brothers, Inc., of which he is the president. The other officers are William B. Kibble, secretary; and Thomas Davis, treasurer. The firm maintains an office on the second floor of the Metropolitan building and writes all forms of insurance, also selling high class bonds. As its executive head Nat C. Kibble manifests foresight, good judgment, a capacity for detail and administrative power, and the business has enjoyed a steady growth. Mr. Kibble was married April 28, 1917, in Bellville, Ohio, to Miss Hattie V. Shaffer, a daughter of Clem L. and Clara Shaffer, and they have become the parents of a son, Nat C., Jr. Mr. Kibble is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, while his Masonic connections are with the Akron Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M. ; Akron Chapter No. 361, R. A. M. ; and Yusef Khan Grotto, M. 0. V. P. E. R. He is a member of the Life Underwriters Association, the Masonic and Automobile Clubs and the Akron Chamber of Commerce. His religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the First Methodist Episcopal church and his support is readily given to projects for the good of his city and state. Mr. Kibble is a young man of progressive spirit and high principles, esteemed and respected by all with whom he has been associated. JOHN STANLEY LOWMAN John Stanley Lowman, first vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia Rubber Works Company, has been identified with Akron's industrial activities for nearly thirty years and is one of the best known men connected with the rubber industry in the city. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Lowman was born December 18, 1874, his parents being Mather J. and Harriet (McNairy) Lowman. The ancestral line is traced back through many generations to Holland, but for more than two and a half centuries the family has been in the new world. Jacob Lowman, grandfather of John S. Lowman, was born in Maryland but became a resident of Cleveland in 1832, when the future Ohio metropolis was but a small town. There he turned his attention to carriage manufacturing, which he conducted under the firm style of J. Lowman Sr Son, his partner in the under- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 123 taking being Mather J. Lowman, who was born in Cleveland in 1845 and succeeded his father as the executive head of the carriage manufacturing business of J. Lowman & Son. He was thus closely associated with the industrial development of his native city, where he built up a business of extensive proportions. His wife was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, and was a representative of one of the old New England families of Scotch descent. She died when her son John S. was but three weeks old. Mather J. Lowman survived until 1897, passing away in Painesville, Ohio. In his family were two sons by his first marriage, Charles J., now residing in Birmingham, Alabama, and John Stanley, and also two daughters and a son by a second marriage. John Stanley Lowman secured his early education in the graded schools of Cleveland, where he spent the greater part of his youth except for a brief period passed in Painesville, Ohio, where he was graduated from the high school. When his textbooks were put aside he started out in the business world as an employe of the McIntosh-Huntington Company, wholesale hardware dealers in Cleveland, remaining with that house for five years. He then sought adventure in the Klondike, attracted by the gold discoveries in that country, and making his way to the far north he spent two years in mining there. It was a period fraught with many interesting and sometimes thrilling experiences, as well as with dangers and privations, and in 1899 he returned to Akron, where in September of that year, he entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Company, working in the costing department and in the clearing house as assistant manager. There he continued until June, 1904, when he was offered and accepted the position of secretary of the Alkali Rubber Company, which was afterward merged with the Philadelphia Rubber Works Company on the 1st of January, 1910. Mr. Lowman became first vice president of the new organization and continues in that executive position to the present time. His experience now covers a long period, and his activities have constantly broadened in scope and volume and have been an important factor in the development of the city. On the 24th of April, 1901, Mr. Lowman was married to Miss Jessie E. Bell, of Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel E. and Emily (Lancaster) Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Lowman have two daughters and a son : Harriet B. is a graduate of the Western Reserve Academy, Lake Erie College, and also from the library 5-VOL. 3 124 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY school of Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio. Eleanor is a graduate of the Western Reserve Academy and of the Connecticut College for Women. John S., Jr., born in Akron, May 14, 1914, is a student in the University School of Cleveland. Mr. Lowman is well known in club circles, being a member of the Portage Country Club, the Akron City Club, the Silver Lake Country Club and the Lotos Club of New York city. He is likewise a member of the Akron Automobile Club and of the Akron Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to and is senior warden of Christ Church Episcopal of Hudson, where he resides. While the greater part of his life has been passed in Ohio, his career is one rich in experiences and broad in its scope and interests. He has ever kept in touch with the trend of modern thought and progress and has always fully met his duties of citizenship and his obligations to his fellowmen. Mr. Lowman is regarded as one of Akron's strong and able business men and highest type of citizenship. GEORGE HENRY WADSWORTH George Henry Wadsworth, who is widely known as an inventor and manufacturer, had the advantage of an early start in mechanical pursuits, his chosen field of endeavor, and his contribution toward Akron's advancement along industrial lines is the well organized, systematically conducted business operated under the style of the Wadsworth Core Machine & Equipment Company. A native of England, he was born in Chester-on-the-Dee, February 11, 1857, and attended a private school until he reached the age of fourteen, when his mother apprenticed him to the machinist's trade in Wolverhampton, the city in which the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company now has its British factory. At the end of six years Mr. Wadsworth completed his apprenticeship and then became an industrial life insurance salesman for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of London, England. In 1880 he was one of seven solicitors whom the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company induced to go to Cleveland to introduce industrial life insurance in that district. He was made assistant superintendent but was anxious to follow his trade and severed his relations with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company a year later, ob- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 127 taining a position in a Cleveland machine shop. There he spent four years and next made his way to Dayton, Ohio, where he worked for a year. At that time natural gas was discovered in Findlay, Ohio, and he went there to investigate it, making an investment which resulted in the loss of most of his savings. Opening a machine shop, he soon secured patronage from the gas well drillers and remained in Findlay for three years, seeing the town grow from four thousand to twenty thousand inhabitants. On the expiration of that period he returned to Cleveland as superintendent of the Avery Stamping Company, filling the position until 1893, when he went to Chicago. After a short stay in the Windy city he located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and while working there in the shop of the Falls Rivet & Machine Company Mr. Wadsworth invented a core-making machine which was patented in 1901. When in the employ of the American Motor Car Company of Cleveland he built its first runabout in 1902. This was among the early automobiles equipped with a steering wheel and the only brake on it was on the transmission. Mr. Wadsworth's first ride in the machine was a thrilling one. When the car was descending the North Howard street hill the brake ceased to work and the runabout sped down into the valley. After crossing the bridge over the Little Cuyahoga river the machine ascended the hill beyond until its momentum had been spent then started to back down, but at an opportune moment Mr. Wadsworth jumped out of the machine and held on to the front end while the gentleman with him managed to steer it into the ditch before it had gathered much speed. No one was hurt and the machine was not damaged except for the transmission which had been torn off, thus rendering the brake, attached to it, absolutely useless and causing the operator to lose control. It was on the 1st of January, 1911, that Mr. Wadsworth established himself in business at Akron at his present location, No. 10 West Buchtel avenue. He is president of the Core Machine & Equipment Company, which manufactures the sand core that was evolved by his creative genius. The plant is equipped with modern appliances for facilitating the work and the output is shipped to all foreign countries as well as to every state in the Union. A master craftsman, Mr. Wadsworth closely inspects the labors of those in his employ and no inferior piece of work ever leaves his shop. He also has the requisite foresight, wisdom and executive force, and in the operation of the plant 128 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY has secured maximum efficiency with a minimum expenditure of time, labor and material. Mr. Wadsworth was married April 1, 1880, in Wolverhampton, England, to Miss Cecelia Blower, a daughter of John Blower, and they became the parents of three children. The daughters are : Mrs. Florence Greer, born in Cleveland, now a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Agnes, also born in Cleveland, the wife of Milo C. Sammons, who is secretary and treasurer of the Wadsworth Core Machine & Equipment Company. The son, George H. Wadsworth, was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1909 and died after a few hours of illness resulting from over exertion in a basketball contest while a student at the University of Akron. He was a young man of seventeen years and the pride of his parents. Mr. Wadsworth gives his political allegiance to the republican party and takes the interest of a good citizen in public affairs but has neither sought nor held public office. He is a member of the Akron Chamber of Commerce and also belongs to the American Foundrymen's Association, the Rotary Club and the Silver Lake Country Club. His home is situated in the village of Silver Lake and for recreation he works in his vegetable and flower garden. Mr. Wadsworth is fond of travel and has made four trips to Europe, and has also visited many points of interest in the United States. His life from an early age has been one of unceasing industry, and his well developed powers have carried him into important relations. He has never deviated from the course dictated by conscience and honor and enjoys to the fullest extent the esteem and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. JOHN W. TREGO The J. W. Trego Motor Company at Barberton has gained general recognition as a reliable and trustworthy concern and has been very successful in the handling of the Chrysler cars. The business is owned by John W. Trego, who was born in Polo, Ogle county, Illinois, on the 31st of July, 1891, a son of John and Etta (Diehl) Trego. He secured his education in the public schools, graduating from high school, and he then entered the automobile business as branch manager for the Mack International Motor Truck Corporation at Akron, Ohio. He remained AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 129 with that company for three years and then became manager of the White Motor Sales Corporation, with which he remained for two years. On December 1, 1926, he came to Barberton and established the J. W. Trego Motor Company, of which he is president and his wife is secretary and treasurer. He handles the Chrysler car exclusively, believing it to be the best car at its Price in the market, and, through his progressive methods and indefatigable efforts, has built up a large and prosperous business, having sold a large number of these cars. On November 22, 1922, Mr. Trego was united in marriage to Miss Lida Nelson. She takes a deep interest in social and civic affairs and is a member of the Women's City Club of Akron. Mr. Trego is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his religious connection is with the Lutheran church. He is a veteran of the World war, having served twenty-five months in the Motor Transport Corps, being attached to the general staff. As the architect of his own fortune he has builded wisely and well, conducting his affairs in accordance with the highest commercial ethics, and he well merits the splendid success which has come to him. RALPH MYERS The well known Chevrolet automobile has a capable and efficient sales representative in Barberton in the person of Ralph Myers, who has met with a flattering measure of success and is numbered among the wide-awake and energetic business men of his community. Mr. Myers was born in Akron, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1892, a son of William H. and Melissa (Smith) Myers. He secured his educational training in the grade and high schools of his native city, and on leaving school entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with which company he remained for three years. Mr. Myers then turned his attention to the automobile business in Akron as a dealer in Grant and Chandler cars, which he handled until 1923, when he came to Barberton and established an agency for the Chevrolet cars. Prosperity attended him from the start and his sales have steadily increased through the years, until today his is one of the most important concerns in its line in this section of the county. Mr. Myers also maintains a modern and well equipped garage in which he does all kinds of re- 130 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY pair work, promptly and efficiently. He employs twelve persons and is enjoying a well merited success. On July 6, 1921, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Effie Reynolds, and they are the parents of a son, Thomas. Mr. Myers gives his political support to the republican party and belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Because of his integrity of character, his outstanding business ability and his agreeable and friendly manner, he enjoys marked popularity in the community and is regarded as one of its solid and dependable citizens. LOUIS CHARVOZ A prominent representative of the automobile trade in Akron is Louis Charvoz, now president and general manager of the Charvoz Chevrolet Inc., in which connection he has built up a large business that is the direct expression of his enterprise and laudable ambition. It has been said of him that what he desires he gets and, moreover, it is a well known fact that what he has desired has been along commendable lines. His birth occurred in Osage City, Kansas, November 11, 1889, his parents being Louis and Rosalie (Bourger) Charvoz, who were natives of Switzerland and of Alsace-Lorraine, respecitvely. In early life they came to America and after residing for a time in Wisconsin established their home in Kansas, where the father engaged in cattle raising and ranching and also operated extensive coal mines. He resided in the Sunflower state until 1893, when he removed to Woodward, Oklahoma, where he remained until 1909, when he retired from business, now making his home in Purcell, Colorado. His wife passed away in Arizona in 1915. In their family were two children, the daughter being Mrs. N. W. Hudson, who makes her home in Purcell, Colorado. The early boyhood of Louis Charvoz was spent on what was known as the Cherokee strip in northern Oklahoma, at a place called Woodward, and he attended the public schools there until his thirteenth year, when he ran away from home to become a cow puncher, spending six months in Colorado with the largest cow outfit in the country. He then went to Montana, where for two years he was employed on the range near Miles City. He next devoted a year to work in the copper mines at Butte and he also spent a few months as a gold miner at Goldfield, Nevada. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 133 In 1904, at San Francisco, he enlisted in the navy and was sent to Hoboken, New Jersey, where he was assigned to the battleship Brooklyn, which at that time was ready to sail for France to bring back the body of John Paul Jones. With his return to the port of New York, Mr. Charvoz was transferred to the torpedo boat Chauncey, with which he went to the West Indies and to the Mediterranean and Red seas. The voyage was extended to India and to China and for twenty-eight months he was on duty at the Asiatic station, covering the period of the Russo-Japanese war. While a seaman he visited many of the known ports of the world, saw many places of interest and constantly broadened his knowledge through this experience. He was paid off May 1, 1906, and returned to Oklahoma and resumed his studies, for he had come to a full realization of the value of education in the years that had passed. He finished his high school course at Woodward in 1908 and a year later he was married. In 1909 Mr. Charvoz went to Colorado, and having learned the machinist's trade while in the navy, he there obtained employment as a machinist with mining .companies, thus working until 1916 in Colorado and Arizona, spending much of his time at Ajo and Bisbee in the latter state. It was at that period that his desire to enter the automobile business led him to Detroit, where he secured a position in the Studebaker shop. A little later, however, he entered the shop of the American Car & Foundry Company, which was manufacturing shells and torpedoes for the British army under orders from the United States government ordnance department. Later he was appointed civilian inspector of motor transportation at Detroit, and at the time of the close of the war had two hundred persons under his supervision and was in full charge of the one-ton truck production for the United States Army. On the 1st of January, 1919, he joined the sales force of the Chevrolet Motor Company at Flint, Michigan, and in 1920 was sent by W. C. Durant to New York to take a sales promotion course there. On his return he was placed in charge of the Detroit-Flint-Cleveland retail store sales and on October 1, 1921, he organized the Chevrolet agency in Cleveland, having been sent to that city as manager of the interests of the company, while later he bought the sales agency, which he conducted until June, 1923. He then sold out there and came to Akron, securing the agency of the Chevrolet car at this place. Through the intervening period he has built up an extensive business and is now president of Charvoz Chevrolet Inc., which 134 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY has developed a strong organization and is making large sales annually. On the 15th of May, 1909, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Charvoz and Miss Cecil Roll, of Woodward, Oklahoma, a daughter of E. B. and Agnes Roll. They were playmates in childhood and their interest in each other never ceased, culminating in the marriage which has led to a most happy home life. They have one son, Berkley Louis, born December 12, 1927. Fraternally Mr. Charvoz is a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and he has membership in the Akron City Club, Portage Country and the Portage Riding clubs and also in the Akron Automobile Club, the Akron Chamber of Commerce and the Automobile Dealers Association. No native son of Akron is more loyal to its interests. With his removal to the middle west and his connection with the automobile industry he came to a realization of what the city had to offer in the way of opportunities present and to come. He therefore became possessed of a desire to establish his home here and this ultimately found fulfillment, as previously indicated. Each experience in his life has had a broadening effect, adding to his well-rounded development, bringing him in touch with life in its various phases, and with the passing years his laudable ambition has carried him steadily forward until the automobile trade finds in him today an alert, energetic representative who stops not before he attains the successful accomplishment of his purpose. His residence is at 574 Merriman road, Akron. MORRIS C. TUHOLSKE, M. D. With thorough preliminary training and broad initial experience, Dr. Morris C. Tuholske is now well established in practice as a physician and surgeon of Akron, where he is also widely and favorably known because of his excellent social welfare work. His birth occurred in Troy, New York, June 12, 1879, while his parents, David and Hulda (Himmelweit) Tuholske, were natives of Germany, the father's birth there occurring in 1846. They were young people when they crossed the Atlantic to the new world, becoming residents of New York city, where David Tuholske engaged in the manufacture of cigars. Ere the Doctor was a year old the family home was established in AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 135 Akron, where the father is now connected with the commercial interests of the city although he has reached the advanced age of eighty-two years. His political support is given the democratic party and he is identified with the Reformed Jewish faith. His wife passed away in Akron in 1921. They were the parents of five children, the others in addition to Dr. Tuholske being: Adolph, living in St. Louis, Missouri ; Nathan, of New York city; Leon, who is president and treasurer of the Arlington Drug Company of Akron ; and Mrs. Myrtle Weintraub, of Brooklyn, New York. Reared in the city which is still his place of residence, Dr. Tuholske passed through consecutive grades in the public schools until he had completed a course in the Central high school with the class of 1896. He later became a student in Buchtel College of Akron and after a year went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he enrolled as a medical student in Washington University, being numbered among its alumni of 1903. He gained broad and valuable experience as interne in the St. Louis City Hospital and in the St. Louis Female Hospital and was also connected with the Tuberculosis Clinic and the St. Louis City Dispensary. He re mained with the clinic until 1912 and rendered valuable service in that connection, after which he returned to Akron, where he opened an office. Through all the intervening period he has practiced successfully, being widely recognized as one of the ablest physicians and surgeons of this city. He specialized to a considerable extent in gynecology and pulmonary diseases and there are few whose opinions are accepted with equal authority on tubercular cases in this section of the state. He has done much to disseminate knowledge that will check the ravages of the white plague and while serving as medical inspector of the public schools of Akron he instituted its open-air schools. He has taught and preached the gospel of fresh air as a preventive measure and his labors have been far-reaching and beneficial. In 1927 he was chief of staff of the People's Hospital of Akron and in addition he enjoys a large private practice On the 26th of December, 1912, Dr. Tuholske was married to Miss Hulda Schwalb, who was born and reared in Wheeling, West Virginia, a daughter of Louis and Mary Schwalb, of whom the mother is deceased but the father is now living. Dr. and Mrs. Tuholske have one son, Robert Julius, who was born in Akron in 1914 and is attending the Portage Path school. 136 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY The Doctor is well known in Masonic circles, having membership in Henry Perkins Lodge, No. 611, F. & A. M.; Washington Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M.; and Akron Council, No. 80, R. & S. M. He also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Akron Automobile Club. He is a past president of Akron Lodge, No. 719, Independent Order B'nair B'rith, and has been its representative in the grand lodge. Greatly enjoying a game on the links, he has membership in the Rosemont Country Club. He is a valued member of the Akron Hebrew Congregation, Temple Israel, and takes the keenest and most helpful interest in Jewish welfare work. His wife has membership in the Jewish Woman's Council and in the Temple Sisterhood and likewise belongs to the Tuesday Musical Club, being interested in all those agencies which make for artistic and cultural advancement in the community. Along strictly professional lines Dr. Tuholske has membership in the Summit County Medical Society, in which he is serving as chairman of the medical section, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. What he has accomplished in the field of social welfare work alone entitles him to notable distinction. His services have been of great educational worth and value and comprehensive results have followed his labors as he has disseminated knowledge concerning the methods of preventing or checking the ravages of disease. CHARLES R. NEWTON, M. D. Studious, diligent and painstaking, Dr. Charles R. Newton has steadily advanced toward the goal of success and occupies a position of prominence in medical circles of Akron. He was born June 17, 1883, in Newcomerstown, Ohio, and his parents, S. G. and Sarah (Marlott) Newton, were also natives of this state. The father was engaged in the lumber business and also became a successful building contractor. He is survived by the mother. In their family were four children but the daughter, Mrs. Carrie Wilhelm, is deceased. The sons are : B. E.; James, who lives in Coshocton, Ohio; and Charles R. Dr. Newton attended the public schools and Bethany College, which awarded him his A. B. degree. In 1914 he received the degree of M. D. from the Western Reserve University and for a year thereafter was connected with the United States public AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 137 health service. Since 1915 he has made Akron the scene of his professional labors, and his medical knowledge and skill in combating disease have brought him a large practice. In 1912 Dr. Newton was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Myra Bethel, who was a daughter of T. F. Bethel and passed 'away in 1919. Mrs. Newton had become the mother of two children: Marjorie, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1913; and Elizabeth, who was born in Belmont county in 1915 and is attending the public schools. Dr. Newton is a York Rite Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Akron Automobile Club, the Summit County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. His profession claims his undivided attention, and his life is guided by the teachings of the Church of Christ. Devotion to duty is one of his outstanding characteristics, and during the period of his residence in Akron he has won the esteem of many friends. FRANK A. TERPE Among those whose loyal and efficient services have contributed to the successful operation of the Columbia chemical division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Barberton is Frank A. Terpe, who holds the responsible position of office manager. He was born at Dubois, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, on the 10th of August, 1889, and is one of five children born to Joseph A. and Julia Helen (Meade) Terpe. His parents now live at Marion Center, Pennsylvania, where the father is in the government service. Frank A. Terpe attended the public schools and then engaged in teaching school. He entered the State Normal School, at Indiana, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1915, and then continued teaching, which vocation he followed for ten years altogether. In 1918 he came to Barberton and was employed as a clerk by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, with which concern he has remained to the present time, having been promoted to the position of office manager in 1925. He has here rendered a high type of service and is regarded as one of the most valuable employes of the company. On December 25, 1915, Mr. Terpe was united in marriage to Miss Hazel Fleming, of Corode, Pennsylvania, and they have two children: Darrell and Donald. 138 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Mr. Terpe is a republican in politics and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Rotary Club, the Brookside Country Club and is a past president of the Barberton Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. A man of sterling character and upright life, he has consistently stood for high ideals in all the relations of life and is highly regarded throughout the community where he lives. DARWIN WILLIAM THORNTON Choosing a line of work well suited to his talents, Darwin W. Thornton has wisely continued therein and is one of Akron's best known and most successful automobile dealers. He was born September 24, 1884, in Angelica, Allegany county, New York, and is the only child of James and Ellen (Hunt) Thornton of that county. His parents were lifelong residents of the Empire state and his father followed the trade of a blacksmith. In the grammar and high schools of his native town Darwin W. Thornton pursued his studies and also attended the Spencerian Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. After the completion of his course he became a bookkeeper in the Cleveland branch of the Thomas B. Jeffrey Company, which was then manufacturing the Rambler car, and filled that position for seven years. On the expiration of that period he became a salesman for the same firm in the Cleveland territory and acted in that capacity for some time, building up a good business for the house in his district. In 1915 he came to Akron and established a Chevrolet agency at No. 376 South Main street. The display space was just large enough to exhibit two cars and the repair department, equally modest in dimensions, was located in a small space in the rear of the basement. In a few years these quarters proved inadequate and the business was transferred to No. 216 East Market street, where it was conducted until removal was made to the present location, No. 394 West Exchange street. The business was incorporated in 1925 and the present style of the Thornton Chevrolet Company was adopted. During the formative period in its history the business was handled by Mr. Thornton and one assistant and the company's sales staff now includes twenty men of experience and ability. Mr. Thornton enjoys the distinction of being Akron's pioneer Chevrolet dealer and with but one exception his is the oldest agency of the kind in the state. He has a highly specialized AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 141 knowledge of the automobile industry and is conducting a business of large proportions, created by concentrated effort and judicious management. Mr. Thornton was married October 25, 1913, in Akron to Miss Grace M. Koebsel, a daughter of Gustavus and Martha M. Koebsel. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton have become the parents of three children : Robert, who was born October 11, 1915; William, whose birth occurred October 18, 1920; and Patricia, born March 5, 1926. All are natives of Akron, and the sons are attending the King school. Mr. Thornton has attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry and is connected with both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Portage Country, Akron City and Automobile Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious views coincide with the tenets of the Episcopal church, of which he is a consistent member, and his support is given to all measures for the growth and betterment of his community. Honest, industrious and efficient, Mr. Thornton has progressed through the medium of his own efforts, and a pleasing personality has drawn to him many friends, by whom he is affectionately termed "Darby." His residence is at 744 Merriman road. EDWIN SIDNEY LYON, M. D. Dr. Edwin Sidney Lyon, physician and surgeon, has practiced in Akron for fourteen years and successfully follows in the professional footsteps of his father. He was born in Atwater, Portage county, Ohio, January 7, 1889, and his parents, Dr. Orin A. and Jessie (Fremont) Lyon, were also natives of this state. His father was a well known physician of Atwater and in 1892 removed to Akron, where he spent the remainder of his life, building up a large practice. His demise occurred in June, 1908, but Mrs. Lyon is still a resident of the city. They were the parents of four children : Edwin S., Mareta, Paul and Virginia. Edwin S. Lyon completed a course in the Central high school of Akron and then entered Buchtel College, which he attended for three years. Going to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, he worked as tree doctor for the Davey Tree Corporation of Kent, Ohio. He then became a student in the C. P. M. C. at Cleveland, Ohio, 142 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY and was graduated with the class of 1913. For one year he was house physician in the Boston Medical Hospital and has since followed his profession in Akron. Dr. Lyon is connected with the staffs of the Peoples and Children's Hospitals, and his knowledge and skill are in constant demand. Dignified, well poised and efficient, he inspires confidence in his patients and possesses a kindly, sympathetic nature which is one of the physician's chief assets in the sickroom. In October, 1914, Dr. Lyon was united in marriage to Miss May Currie, a daughter of Charles Currie of Akron, and they have become the parents of two children : Jean Elisabeth, who was born January 1, 1917, and is a pupil in the King grammar school ; and Suzanne, who was born March 26, 1920, and is also attending that school. Dr. Lyon is affiliated with the Congregational church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. During 1914-15 he was coroner for Summit county and discharged his duties in a manner that won for him high commendation. He is a member of the Akron Automobile Association, and his public spirit is expressed through his connection with the Chamber of Commerce. In Masonry he has attained the Knights Templar degree, and his professional relations are with the Summit County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Studiousness, combined with the habits of industry and thoroughness, have enabled him to steadily advance in his chosen field of endeavor, and his merit compels esteem. His residence is at 184 Casterton avenue. RALPH C. BUSBEY Ralph C. Busbey, vice president and editor of the India Rubber & Tire Review, of Akron, has had extensive and varied experience as a newspaper man and has long been recognized as a writer of superior ability, as to both thought and literary style. Mr. Busbey was born in Chicago, Illinois, on the 12th of May 1890, and is the only child born to T. Addison and Emancipation P. (Coggeshall) Busbey. Both parents were natives of Ohio the father born at Springfield and the mother in South Vienna. T. Addison Busbey was long prominent in public affairs in this state, having served two terms as state senator, during which period he became the author of the Busbey-Fouts highway bill, AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 143 and later was a member of the staff of Secretary of State Thad Brown. In 1889 he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he became the managing editor of the Railway Age, one of this country's leading railroad publications, but he has now retired from active affairs. His wife passed away in 1913. Ralph C. Busbey received his educational training in the public schools of Chicago, graduating from the Austin high school in 1908. He instinctively turned to journalism, a predilection which he undoubtedly inherited, for not only was his father a writer and editor, but his uncle, William Busbey, was editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean ; another uncle, L. White Busbey, was Washington correspondent for the Chicago Inter-Ocean, secretary to "Uncle Joe" Cannon and author of Cannon's memoirs, while his maternal grandfather, William T. Coggeshall, was at one time associated with Samuel A. Lane, Summit county historian, in the publication of the Buzzard, an early prohibition paper in Ohio; published the Ohio State Journal ; was Ohio's first state librarian ; served as secretary to Governors Salmon P. Chase and W. T. Dennison, and became United States minister to Equador, in which country he died while serving in that capacity. On leaving high school Mr. Busbey became a reporter on the Daily News, at Springfield, Ohio, on which he served until 1911, in which year he gave so efficient accounts of the Billy Sunday revival meetings in that city that the evangelist took him along with him to Columbus, where he reported the meetings for the Columbus Citizen. It was Mr. Sunday's wish that he remain with him as director of publicity, but Mr. Busbey decided to continue in active newspaper work and remained with the Citizen until 1913. In that year he returned to Springfield and was appointed chief deputy clerk of the court of common pleas, in which capacity he served for three and a half years, during that period handling more than one thousand divorce petitions and judgments. He then became connected with the Robbins & Myers Company, establishing that concern's welfare department and editing the company magazine. In the fall of 1917, when Warren A. Myers became the owner of the Springfield Sun, Mr. Bus-bey was made its managing editor, in which position he served until 1919, when he went to Columbus as Ohio feature editor for the Associated Press. In the course of this employment he came to Akron, where he wrote fifteen feature articles for the Associated Press and the American Magazine, and these were of a character that at- 144 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY tracted the attention of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, with the result that he took charge of that company's outside magazine publicity. In 1921 he became manager of the Akron bureau of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which position he retained until 1923, since which year he has been connected with the India Rubber & Tire Review, of which he is now vice president and editor. He has devoted himself indefatigably to the interests of this publication, which he has developed into one of the strongest and most popular trade journals of this country. On September 16, 1916, in Springfield, Ohio, Mr. Busbey was united in marriage to Miss Blanche K. Kissell, a daughter of C. B. and Lucretia (McEwen) Kissell, a prominent family of that city. Mr. Busbey is a member of the Akron Kiwanis Club, of which he is a past president; is vice president of the Advertising Club, of which he was one of the organizers; is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and is a director of the Hoover National Conference of Business Magazine Editors. During the late war, while editing the Springfield Sun, Mr. Busbey was one of five Ohio editors who were awarded certificates by Editor and Publisher for the best editorials on the Liberty Loan. Intensely public spirited, he has never neglected an opportunity to advocate and support those things which contribute to the public welfare, and he stands consistently on the right side of every moral issue. Personally Mr. Busbey is a man of agreeable manner, candid and straightforward in all of his relations with his fellowmen, and all who know him hold him in the highest regard. JOHN A. BRITTAIN Few residents of Akron were better known than John A. Brittain and few were more highly respected. Many lines of commercial activity profited by his business enterprise and acumen, and his public spirit was manifested by actual achievements for the general good. He was a native of England and at the age of seven was taken to Canada, where he remained for fifteen years. Coming to Akron thirty years ago, he entered the employ of the Erie Railroad Company, with which he remained for four years, and filled a responsible position in the freight department. After severing his connection with the road, Mr. Brittain ventured in business for himself, opening a store on South Main street, where he sold haberdashery, cigars and tobacco, magazines, confection- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 147 ery and sporting goods. Progressive, energetic and capable, he soon became recognized as one of the leading merchants of that section of the city, and his trade steadily increased. He was always courteous and obliging and many of his patrons were in the habit of making their appointments at his establishment, owing to its convenient location. In 1920 he retired from that line of business but had previously assisted in promoting the Central Garage Company and the Metropolitan Building Company, being one of the directors of the latter corporation at the time of his death. Mr. Brittain was also secretary and one of the organizers of the Franz Foundry & Machine Company; secretary of the Heepe Wholesale Company; vice president of the Reed Benzol Company; a director of the Main & High Realty Company of Akron and also of the Miller Grove Company at Florence Villa, near Winter Haven, Florida. His unusual capacity for detail was supplemented by the poise, resourcefulness and wisdom of the man of large affairs, so that he was enabled to focus his energies in directions where fruition was certain. Mr. Brittain was married August 21, 1905, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to Mrs. Frank M. (Kepler) Chisnell, a native of Akron and widow of Harry G. Chisnell, and theirs proved an ideal union. Mr. Chisnell, also a native of Akron, was identified with the early operations of the Barberton division of the Pittsburgh Plate Company, being general superintendent of all the plants of that great corporation. He died at the age of thirty-three years. His surviving son is Carl Clarence Chisnell, a well known attorney of Akron. Mrs. Brittain resides in the family home at No. 1120 North Howard street and possesses those qualities which make for strong and enduring regard. Mr. Brittain was one of the directors of the Akron Automobile Club and had served in that capacity for many years. In Masonry he held the thirty-second degree and was connected with Akron Commandery, the Grotto, and Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He was also affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the City Club and the Silver Lake Country Club. Deeply interested in the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, he was a member of the committee sponsoring Troop 19, which captured the championship of Akron in scout technique for the Summit County Children's Home, whose inmates returned his deep affection for them. Mr. Brittain was a man of wide interests but always found time to cooperate in well defined plans 148 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY for Akron's advancement. He enjoyed the social side of life and was affectionately termed "Johnny" by his legions of friends. Honest, sincere and unselfish, he won and retained the esteem and confidence of all with whom he was associated and his death on July 22, 1926, was a distinct loss to the city. CLAUDE R. HASTINGS Claude R. Hastings, owner of the Hastings Insurance Agency in Akron, is one of the leaders in his line of business in Summit county and is realizing a success which he has richly earned through his indefatigable efforts and his square dealing. He was born in Auburn, DeKalb county, Indiana, on the 27th of December, 1892, and is a son of Bert M. and Clara (Freeman) Hastings, the former of whom was a native of Medina county, Ohio, and the latter of Iowa. In 1888 the family moved to Auburn, Indiana, where they resided until 1898, when they came to Akron, and here the father established the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company agency. He died in 1919. To him and his wife were born three children, Claude R., of this review; Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Marian Katzenmyer, of Hillsdale, Michigan. Claude R. Hastings attended the public and high schools of Akron, to which city the family had moved when he was about six years of age, and later he entered Dennison University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1914. He then became associated with his father in the insurance business, in the management of which he has been eminently successful. Theirs stands second to no other agency in this section of the state. The company does a general insurance and farm mortgage business. Claude R. Hastings is the owner of a good farm of one hundred acres, a part of which is in Summit county and the remainder in Portage county, and upon his place he is successfully engaged in the raising of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. On August 19, 1916, in Ravenna, Ohio, Mr. Hastings was united in marriage to Miss Susan G. Hubbell, a daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (James) Hubbell. Her father has now retired from active business affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings are the parents of two children, Robert R., born in 1920; and Patricia Ann, born in 1926. Mr. Hastings is a member of Ado- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 149 niram Lodge, F. & A. M., and the Masonic Club. He is a man of stanch qualities of character and congenial traits and not only commands the respect of all who have come in contact with him in a business way, but also the esteem and friendship of his associates and acquaintances. RALPH GORDON THOMAS Ralph Gordon Thomas, of Akron, who is numbered among the leading members of the Summit county bar, has a large clientele and has been identified as counsel with many important cases in the courts of this county. He was born in Akron on the 14th of November, 1888, a son of Richard G. and Catherine (Phillips) Thomas, both of whom were natives of Wales. In 1874 they became residents of Akron, where the father held responsible positions in steel and rolling mills for many years. Both parents are now deceased. To them were born ten children, of whom seven are living, namely : Mrs. Jennie F. Herd, of Memphis, Tennessee ; William J., of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Dr. L. R. C. Eberhart, of Akron ; Ralph G., of this review; David R., of Akron ; Mrs. Mabel K. Parker, of West Richfield, Ohio; and Dr. M. A., of Cleveland, Ohio. Ralph G. Thomas attended the Akron public schools, graduating from Central high school, after which he attended Buchtel College and completed his classical studies in Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911. He had also been pursuing a law course in that institution and in 1912 received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was soon afterward admitted to the bar of Ohio and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Akron, where he has met with a very gratifying measure of success. On November 10, 1922, in Akron, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bedur, a daughter of A. L. and Mathilda Bedur. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Summit County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He belongs to Henry Perkins Lodge, F. & A. M.; Akron Chapter, R. A. M.; the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being past exalted ruler of his lodge; and also belongs to the Masonic Club and the Gyro Club. He is a director of the Workers Savings & Loan Company of Akron. Being