400 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, and on November 1, 1889, Mr. Canniff became assistant general superintendent of the entire system. He was made general superintendent on January 1, 1892, and in March, 1896, was promoted to general manager of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Finally, on May 18, 1898, he attained one of the principal executive offices of its kind in the country, that of president of the Nickel Plate Railroad. He was the incumbent of this high office until his retirement in July, 1916, although he later retained an interest in railway affairs and was president of the Chicago & State Line Railroad. As may be noted from the above paragraph, Mr. Canniff's career in railroad work was one of steady progression from the most humble employment to the highest position within the gift of the road. He learned the business by practical experience, and he was a close student of the methods of railroading during his entire life. He had an extraordinary natural talent for this character of work; he met every situation with intelligent and well-considered action ; and his marked dependability brought to him the confidence of everyone with whom he contacted. Mr. Canniff was twice married. By his first wife he was the father of a son, Charles S., who is now deceased. He was married secondly to Ella Oviatt, who is also deceased. With various railway associations, Mr. Canniff held membership during his life. He belonged to the American Railway Association, and was a charter member of the American Railway Guild. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Chicago Club, the Traffic Club of Chicago ; the Country Club, the Union Club, the Roadside Club, the Clifton Club, and the Rowfant Club of Cleveland. He was an interested member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and lent his support to all local civic affairs which he considered of merit. In 1917, he was elected president of the Old Line Telegraphers & Historical Association to succeed Andrew THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 401 Carnegie. He had been a telegrapher during his first days in railroad work. The death of William H. Canniff occurred September 17, 1925, within a few weeks of his seventy-eighth birthday. Cleveland lost an exemplary and valuable citizen in his passing, one whose citizenship added much prestige to the community. GEORGE T. TRUNDLE, JR. George T. Trundle, Jr., figures prominently in Cleveland's business circles as president of the Trundle Engineering Company, which had its inception under his individual control on the 1st of July, 1919. He was born in Bakerton, Jefferson county, West Virginia, September 26, 1884, his parents being George T. and Georgiana (Moler) Trundle, the latter deceased. His education was acquired by attendance at night school and several correspondence school courses. It was in 1899, when a youth of fifteen years, that he came to Cleveland, Ohio, to earn his livelihood and began the hard manual labor of trucking nails in the plant of the American Steel & Wire Company. He worked thirteen hours daily for a dollar and thirty-five cents and devoted every spare moment to study in order that he might qualify for more remunerative employment. After three years he obtained a position in the maintenance department of the Cleveland, Lake Erie & Wheeling Railroad, with which he was connected for about two years, after which he spent a year in the drafting room of the Otis Steel Company, where he worked at mechanical engineering. Subsequently he was identified for several years as detailer and designer with the Royal Motor Car Company and the Peerless Motor Company. He then became interested in office appliance equipment and on August 12, 1907, joined the American Multigraph Company, which was then comparatively a new industry. He was first employed as tool designer and checker and also did extensive experimental and inventive work in developing various ideas of the company's president, H. C. Osborn, and H. C. Gammeter. In - 403 - 404 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS 1909 Mr. Trundle was promoted to the position of chief engineer of the company, in charge of engineering, estimating and manufacturing methods. On the 1st of July, 1919, he embarked in business on his own account and on the 3d of August, 1920, incorporated his interests under the name of the George T. Trundle, Jr., Engineering Company, which was changed to the Trundle Engineering Company on the 26th of June, 1926. Mr. Trundle has remained the executive head of the enterprise from the beginning and employs from sixty-five to one hundred and twenty-five people. The company, which is an organization of "business doctors," conducts an extensive laboratory for mechanical and industrial engineering services. Clients include representatives of all kinds of business, and the company has successfully treated more than two hundred and forty-four different lines, but does not take competitive concerns. The Trundle Engineering Company maintains an organized engineering service for business and industry, consisting of four principal departments : (1) Research—new processes, new products, material specifications and tests, power and fuel, ceramics, material substitutes, product design, chemical and welding; (2) Management Engineering—financial analysis and plans, organization plans and charts, executive statistics and control, market analysis, product analysis, sales quotas, sales plans and organizations, overhead analysis and control, budgetary control, material and inventory control, standard costs, complete operating programs; (3) Industrial Engineering—plant layout, equipment studies and betterment, method studies and betterment, material handling methods and equipment, time standards, wage payment plans, operation costs, maintenance cost and control, factory organization, inspection methods, production planning and control; (4) Mechanical Engineering—mechanical design, special machinery, design and building, tools and dies, drawings and specifications, tests and experimental testing equipment, automotive product develop- THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 405 ment and models, development of inventions, complete equipment specifications. In 1918 the American Fuse Manufacturers Association, consisting of firms manufacturing fuses, was formed at the instigation of the ordnance department of the United States Army with the object of creating a thorough understanding and high efficiency for the purpose of production in its most perfect form. The organization comprised many of the best known manufacturing concerns in the country. Mr. Trundle was delegated by the ordnance department to organize this body, and was chosen chairman. He is chief of the ammunition division of the Cleveland district ordnance department, a director of the American Management Association, member of the Cleveland Engineering Society, director of the Society of Industrial Engineers, chairman of the Ohio state committee on engineering and unemployment for the American Engineering Council and a member of the state board of voting machine examiners. His name is also on the membership rolls of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and the Chagrin Valley Country Club. On the 14th of November, 1907, Mr. Trundle was united in marriage to Miss Ida May Christner, of Cleveland, and they are the parents of two children : Miriam Amber, a graduate of the National Park Seminary; and Robert Christner, who is pursuing the mechanical and business administering courses at Cornell University. ARCHIBALD R. FRASER Banking interests of Cleveland are ably represented by Archibald R. Fraser, who brings to the discharge of his duties as a vice president of the Guardian Trust Company the knowledge and wisdom resulting from thirty-two years of practical experience in financial affairs. A native of Canada, he was born in Hamilton, Ontario, July 29, 1881, and is a son of William and Ruth (Richmond) Fraser. The father was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Christmas day of 1852 and when a young man of twenty he sought the opportunities of the new world, locating in Hamilton, Canada, where he obtained clerical work in the offices of the Great Western Railroad. His ability soon won recognition and in 1880 he came to Cleveland to write the tariff schedule for the Nickel Plate Railroad, which was just starting operations. In 1884 he was transferred to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he was agent for the road until he was sent to Conneaut, Ohio, becoming traffic inspector at that time. In 1910 he established his home in Cleveland and here resided until his death in 1925. While living in Canada he had married Ruth Richmond, who passed away July 5, 1916, leaving two sons and a daughter : William R., Archibald R., and Alice, all of whom are living in Cleveland. In the acquirement of an education Archibald R. Fraser attended grammar school in Erie, Pennsylvania, and pursued his high school studies at Conneaut, Ohio, where he was graduated with the class of 1899. His first position was that of bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Conneaut and six - 407 - 408 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS months later he resigned to become assistant cashier of the Marine Bank of that city. That he was capable and trustworthy is shown in the fact that when the institution was obliged to close its doors in 1902 he was made liquidating trustee and continued as such until its affairs were adjusted. In 1904 Mr. Fraser came to Cleveland as a bookkeeper for the Guardian Trust Company, soon afterward advancing to the position of teller. In 1909 he was made loan teller and attended to all of the business in that department. In January, 1915, he became assistant secretary of the company and since 1920 has been one of its vice presidents. For more than a quarter of a century he has been identified with this large and substantial moneyed institution, laboring earnestly and effectively to further its interests, and his position in financial circles of the city is an enviable one. In addition he is serving as treasurer and a director of the Clay Engine Manufacturing Company and as a director of the Williams Foundry and Machine Company of Akron, Ohio. On the 4th of February, 1908, in the historic Old Stone Church in Cleveland, Mr. Fraser was married to Miss Juliet Page Grigor, a daughter of John Grigor, who was a member of an old and prominent family of this city. The two children of this marriage are Ruth G., born in 1910, and Jack A., born in 1912. In 1931 the daughter was graduated from the Fine Arts College of Syracuse University with high honors. The son, a junior at Yale, is student manager of the Yale Athletic Association, having charge of track work. The residence of the family is at 2970 Berkshire road, Cleveland Heights. Mr. Fraser has membership in the Fairmount Presbyterian Church and in politics he is nonpartisan, voting as his judgment dictates. His Masonic affiliations are with Orman Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is a charter member; Heights Chapter, R. A. M. ; Heights Commandery, K. T.; and Al Sirat Grotto. He belongs to the Masonic Club, the Cleveland THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 409 Heights Civic Club, the City Club, the Cleveland Athletic Club, and Manakiki, Acacia Country and Lake Forest Country Clubs, being a trustee of the last named. His industry, ability and fidelity to trust are amply illustrated in his career and the respect that is uniformly accorded him is well deserved. ROBERT BURTON NEWCOMB During the thirty-three years of his connection with the Cleveland bar Robert Burton Newcomb has been engaged in active law practice and has ably upheld its prestige and has specialized in medico-legal work. He was born in New York city, October 26, 1872, a son of Dr. Gilbert L. and Elizabeth Newcomb, who are now deceased. The father, a prominent physician of New York, died in that city in 1884 and in the same year Robert B. Newcomb and his younger brother, Adrian G., came with their mother to Cleveland. At the age of twelve years Robert B. Newcomb enrolled as a pupil in the public schools of this city and when his high school education was completed he took a course in the Western Reserve Medical College, which numbers him among its alumni of 1893. He attended Oberlin College for a year, next matriculating in Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, which awarded him the Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1897, and two years later was graduated from the Western Reserve Law School. In June, 1899, Mr. Newcomb was admitted to the Ohio bar and entered upon his career as an attorney in Cleveland as the junior member of the firm of Hopkins, Cobb & Newcomb, his associates being W. R. Hopkins and F. M. Cobb. Later B. P. Bole joined the firm and this connection was maintained until January 1, 1907, when the firm of R. B. & A. G. Newcomb was formed under the name Newcomb, Newcomb & Nord. They now occupy a suite of offices on the fifteenth floor of the Standard Bank Building. It is one of the well known law firms of the city. R. B. and A. G. Newcomb are attorneys of ability and the latter is an ex-judge. - 411 - 412 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS As previously mentioned, the senior partner has concentrated his attention upon medico-legal practice and his work in this branch of jurisprudence has been of a most important character. In 1892, while in college, he founded the Western Reserve Medical Journal, later the Journal of Medicine and now known as the Cleveland Medical Journal. He has been an occasional contributor to various medical and legal periodicals. Robert B. Newcomb was married September 1, 1898, to Miss Faith Warner, a daughter of Dr. Millard F. Warner, president of Baldwin University, and they have two sons, Millard W. and Robert B., Jr. In politics Mr. Newcomb is a republican but he is not a strong partisan and casts his ballot for those candidates whom he considers best qualified to further the cause of good government. The development and advancement of his city are to him matters of vital concern and to this end he has become identified with the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. He is a Mason and also belongs to the Mayfield Club, the University Club, the Academy of Medicine, and is an active member of the Cleveland Bar Association. For thirty years he has been interested in exploration work in Northern Canada. HIRAM H. LITTLE, M. D. The name of Dr. Hiram H. Little is well known to those who are familiar with the early history of Cleveland, for he was one of its honored pioneers and an enterprising business man whose real estate activities were a vital force for development and progress in this city. He was born near Morristown, Vermont, in 1816, a son of David and Lucy Little, who were natives of Litchfield, Connecticut, and members of old and prominent families of that locality. The father fought for his country in the War of 1812 and afterward followed agricultural pursuits, which constituted his life work. In religious belief he was a Universalist and shaped his conduct by the teachings of the church. He passed away in Vermont at the age of sixty-two years and his widow afterward came to Cleveland, here remaining until her death, which occurred in 1875, when she had reached the venerable age of eighty-eight years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and, like her husband, was an earnest Christian. Their son, Dr. Hiram H. Little, was the sixth in order of birth in a family of eleven children and the last to respond to the final summons. He attended an academy at Johnstown, Vermont, and in preparation for the career of a physician matriculated in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he pursued his studies until graduated with the class of 1844. He opened an office in McConnelsville, Ohio, and there practiced successfully for twelve years. With his removal to Cleveland in 1856, Dr. Little withdrew from the medical profession to enter the real estate field, in which he continued - 413 - 414 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS until his death in 1896, and for a period of forty years was a leader in development work here. Sagacious, farsighted and reliable, he made his name synonymous with safety in real estate investments in this city and gave to his clients the benefit of expert advice in the selection of property. Many important deals in realty were negotiated by him and with the passing years his business assumed large proportions. In financial circles of Cleveland he was also well known as one of the organizers of the Citizens Savings & Loan Association, now the Union Trust Company, and in 1877 was elected a director of the Citizens Savings & Trust Company, thus serving throughout the remainder of his life. Dr. Little was married in Ohio to Miss H. M. Keyes, who was a daughter of Judge E. N. Keyes, of Vermont, and passed away in 1875. She was an Episcopalian and an active worker in the church. Harriet L., the only child of that marriage, died at the age of ten years. Dr. Little's second wife was Miss Laura Bascom, to whom he was married in 1876. She was a daughter of W. T. and Emily (Murray) Bascom, of Canton, Ohio, and a native of McConnelsville, this state. Mrs. Little long survived her husband, departing this life in 1928. They had two sons : Hiram M., who died in May, 1900, just before his graduation from Cornell University in the class of 1900; and Bascom, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Dr. and Mrs. Little were members of the Unitarian Church, in which he became a trustee, and was a liberal contributor toward its support. In politics he was a republican and kept well informed on all matters of public moment but had no desire for office or sympathy with those who seek political preferment for personal gain. He was ever a true friend of the poor and the oppressed and his decided views on the question of slavery led him to conduct one of the stations of the famous underground railway before the Civil war. At what is now number 7615 Euclid avenue he built the large THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 415 and imposing home which the family have since occupied. Strong in his ability to plan and to perform, strong in his honor and his good name, Dr. Little was a man who inspired esteem and admiration and in his passing Cleveland lost one of her most loyal and valuable citizens. JOSEPH S. RUBLE Thorough collegiate training, supplemented by practical experience, well qualified Joseph S. Ruble for the responsibilities which devolve upon him as vice president of the H. K. Ferguson Company of Cleveland, construction and industrial engineers of international repute. He was born in Center Hall, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1877, a son of James C. and Linda W. (Shirk) Ruble, who are now deceased. Joseph S. Ruble obtained his higher education in the Pennsylvania State College, from which he won the Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1901. He was with the United States Steel Company for five years, first having connection with their plant at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and came to Cleveland in 1903. Afterward he spent two years with the Chicago firm of Hoover & Mason, dealers in ore, and then reentered the service of the United States Steel Company as construction engineer at Birmingham, Alabama, so continuing for five years. During that period as construction engineer he rebuilt the mill and placed it on a modern basis. With his return to Cleveland in 1913 he associated himself with the Austin Company, factory builders, becoming vice president, with supervision of all construction work. In 1922 he joined the H. K. Ferguson Company as vice president in charge of construction and has since occupied the office, during the intervening period of ten years making three trips to Japan to direct their building operations and engineering work in that country. In 1918 the H. K. Ferguson Company was organized by Harold Kingsley Ferguson, who is its president. During the World war, while with the Austin Company, he gained dis- - 417 - 418 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS tinction as the author of the plan for putting up standard buildings in thirty working days, a task formerly requiring four or five months. The Ferguson Company has been intrusted with many important commissions, including the erection of industrial buildings for the Hayes Wheel Company of Jackson, Michigan; the Fatima cigarette factory at Richmond, Virginia; building work for the General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York, and the Delco Company of Dayton, Ohio; furniture factories for Showers Brothers at Burlington, Iowa, and Bloomington, Indiana; buildings on Staten Island, New York, and Ivorydale, Ohio, for Proctor & Gamble, soap manufacturers; and work for the Maxwell Motor Company of Detroit, the Nordyke & Marmon Company of Indianapolis, and the National Cash Register Company of Dayton. In 1923 the H. K. Ferguson Company undertook the construction of a large manufacturing plant at Tokio, Japan, for the Shibaura Engineering Company of that city. The preliminary work had been done before the memorable earthquake in September, and while that calamity delayed the program, the job was satisfactorily completed. Utilizing his technical knowledge and skill for the benefit of his company, Mr. Ruble has materially contributed to its prestige and success and in addition to efficiently discharging the duties of vice president of the H. K. Ferguson Company he is a director of the Dock & Terminal Engineering Company of Cleveland. In 1913 Mr. Ruble was married to Caroline Breckenridge Newbold of Birmingham, Alabama, and they reside at 2714 West Park boulevard, Cleveland, while Mr. Ruble's offices are located on the sixteenth floor of the Hanna building. He is a member of the general advisory committee on codes for the State of Ohio, department of Industrial Relations. He is a Knight Templar Mason and a Shriner and his college fraternity is Phi Kappa Sigma. He also belongs to the Shaker Heights Club, the National Town & Country Club and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. HOWARD ION SHEPHERD In the legal profession, as well as in the fields of business and finance, Howard Ion Shepherd registered achievement, and for nine years he figured prominently in banking circles of Cleveland as one of the vice presidents of the Guardian Trust Company. He was born in Charlotte, Michigan, July 28, 1874, a son of Elisha and Hulda H. (Ion) Shepherd, and in both the paternal and maternal lines was of Revolutionary war stock. Of Scotch origin, the Shepherd family was founded in America by Henry Shepherd and for five generations representatives of the name have lived in this country. Elisha Shepherd was born in Otsego county, New York, and in 1841 traveled westward to Michigan with his father, Hiram Shepherd, whose first trip to that territory was made in 1839. Locating in the southern part of Michigan, Elisha Shepherd furthered the work of development and progress in that region through his activities as a merchant and private banker, and was made a life president of the Eaton County Historical Society. His wife, was a native of Farmington, Oakland county, Michigan, and a daughter of Launcelot Henry Ion, who was born in London, England. In that country her father remained until 1828, when he came to the new world, casting in his lot with the pioneers of Michigan. He was a son of the Rev. Launcelot Henry Ion, a clergyman of the Church of England. The wife of Launcelot H. Ion (II) was a direct descendant of John Aldrich, who came to America in the year 1631. The sterling traits of his Scotch and English ancestors were manifest in the career of Howard I. Shepherd, who was - 419 - 420 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS reared in his native state and acquired his higher education at the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of LL. B. Admitted to the Michigan bar, he practiced law in Detroit for five years and then for one year was associated with N. W. Halsey & Company in Detroit. He then went to Toledo, Ohio, and was secretary-treasurer of the Toledo Ship Building Company for eight years. While a resident of Toledo he was made executive vice president of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company, thus serving for a period of six years, and afterward was with John N. Willys in New York for three years. He then came to Cleveland and to the time of his death was a vice president and director of the Guardian Trust Company, which has profited by his financial experience and acumen, his legal learning and his executive capacity. He was a director of the United Metals Products Company of Canton, Ohio, the Sieberling Rubber Company of Barberton, this state, and the Upson-Walton Company of Cleveland. On the 27th of February, 1899, Mr. Shepherd was married in Charlotte, Michigan, to Miss Floy A. Bush, a graduate of Olivet College of that state, and four children were born to them. The son, Henry Bush, was graduated from the University School for Boys in Cleveland and from Yale University in 1928 and is now connected with the Cleveland office of Jones & Laughlin. He married Miss Anna Katherine Harrison of this city. The daughters are : Marian Ella, now the wife of W. B. Todd, graduated from the Laurel School, and attended Mrs. Dow's school for girls, at Briarcliff Manor, New York; Helen Elizabeth completed a course in the Laurel School and is a graduate from Connecticut College; Katherine Louise, who is a student at Hathaway Brown School. The residence of the family is at 2717 Endicott road, Shaker Heights. Mr. Shepherd was president of Michigan Chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity and formerly served on the board of directors of the Michigan Alumni Association. THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 421 He belonged to the University of Michigan, Union, Mid-Day, Hermit, Country and Toledo Clubs. In the course of a serviceable career of varied activities he had gained a wide acquaintance and many friends, who were appreciative of his ability and worth and who entertained for him high regard. He died July 17, 1932. HENRY F. POPE In America the field of opportunity is open to every individual who has the courage and the stamina to persevere therein—a fact which is forcefully illustrated in the career of Henry F. Pope, who made his first contact with what is now the National Malleable & Steel Castings Company as office boy and has risen to the presidency of this great corporation. His uncle, the late Alfred A. Pope, was elected president of the National Malleable Castings Company, occupying the office until his death, and his talents as a business organizer made possible the vast interrelated industries from which the National Malleable & Steel Castings Company was formed. He was financially interested in the Link-Belt Company of Chicago. Alton Pope, the grandfather of Henry F. Pope, came to Cleveland in 1861 and engaged in the woolen manufacturing business under the name of Alton Pope & Sons. To the conduct of this enterprise he devoted his attention until it was discontinued in the '70s and he then retired from business. His demise occurred in 1885. In Maine he had married Theo-date Stackpole and four children were born to them : Ellen, Edward C., John L. and Alfred A., all of whom are now deceased. John L. Pope, the father of Henry F. Pope, was born in Manchester, Maine, June 13, 1837, and acquired his education in that state. In his early life he resided for brief periods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in Salem, Ohio. In 1861 he came with his father to Cleveland and in 1864 became active in the management of the Alton Pope & Sons woolen - 423 - 424 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS factory, thus continuing until the business passed out of existence. Afterward his energies were given to experimental work along mechanical lines and to the development of various inventions. In 1865 he was married in Cleveland to Frances E. Whipple, who still makes her home here, but Mr. Pope passed away in 1909. Of their seven children five are living : Henry F. ; Herbert, of Chicago; Dr. Carlyle, of Milton, Massachusetts; Walter S., of Cleveland; and Arthur, a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry F. Pope was born in Cleveland, September 10, 1867, and completed his education in the Central high school, from which he was graduated in 1884. As an office boy for the Cleveland Malleable Iron Company he entered the business of which he is now president and on the 30th of June, 1932, completed the forty-eighth year of his service with the institution. This has been a period of notable growth and progress and of many changes in the management of the business. The Cleveland Malleable Iron Company was the constituent part of the National Malleable Castings Company, which came into existence in 1891, and later this was succeeded by the National Malleable & Steel Castings Company. Progressing with the business, Mr. Pope soon qualified for the position of bookkeeper and in 1891 was promoted to assistant treasurer. He was elected vice president in 1909 and in September, 1913, upon the death of his uncle, Alfred A. Pope, was called to the presidency. The best efforts of his life have been given to the corporation and in its management as president he brings to bear an intimate knowledge of every phase of the business, supplemented by rare judgment and executive ability of a high order. The other officers of the company are Samuel Lewis Smith, vice president; William G. Kranz, vice president, and Oliver W. Loomis, vice president; and Ernest W. Whittemore, secretary and treasurer. Their output is sold chiefly to railroads and to automobile manufacturers. Over eight hundred persons work in the Cleveland plant, which covers more than twenty-five acres. The company also THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 425 owns and operates other foundries and has in its employ more than forty-five hundred men. In addition to administering the affairs of the National Malleable & Steel Castings Company, Mr. Pope is serving on the directorates of the Eberhard Manufacturing Company of this city, the Cleveland Trust Company and the Link-Belt Company of Chicago. On the 18th of April, 1900, Mr. Pope was married in Cleveland to Miss Sarah R. Collins, by whom he has a son and two daughters : Harriette Frances, who is Mrs. Erdman Harris, of New York city, and has two daughters, Jean Collins and Henrietta Pope ; John Collins, a graduate of Yale University and a teacher of English in that institution of learning; and Sarah, who is the wife of William S. Stewart, of Cleveland, and has one child, Sarah Pope Stewart. Mr. Pope has membership in the Presbyterian Church. He is a trustee of the Western Reserve University and his social connections are with the Union and Kirtland Clubs. WALTER JOHN RICH Numbered among the representative and successful business men of Cleveland, Ohio, was the late Walter J. Rich, who was the founder and the president of the Climax Refining Company, the development of which industry, through his intelligent management, was an outstanding achievement of his career. Mr. Rich was born in Rodbourne, Wiltshire, England, on February 12, 1869, and in his native country received his education in public and private schools. In the year 1885, he planned a three months' trip to the United States, to seek an improvement in his health and to have the pleasure of the trip. His uncle, John Teagle, was at that time a resident of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, and was president of the Cleveland Refining Company. Mr. Rich visited Cleveland soon after his arrival in this country and was naturally impressed with the business opportunities here, especially in the refining trade as explained to him by his relative. Finally, on February 1, 1886, he entered the employ of the Cleveland Refining Company in a clerical capacity, and from that time progressed very rapidly in the business. He became secretary and treasurer of the company eventually, and remained with this concern until November 30, 1897. On the following day, he organized the Climax Refining Company, for the purpose of conducting a manufacturing and jobbing business. Branch houses were established in Denver, Colorado, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, also an agency was started in India to facilitate the export trade in the oriental countries. The products of the Climax Refining Company became widely - 427 - 428 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS known because of their quality and uniformity. Mr. Rich adhered to the most ethical principles in the conduct of his business, and his integrity was unquestioned. He made a distinct impression on the business life of Cleveland during his life, and well deserved the material success which was his reward. Mr. Rich was married on November 6, 1896, to Miss Grace Weddell, a daughter of the late Horace Perry Weddell, a biography of whom is published upon another page of this publication. She is a descendant of one of Cleveland's oldest and most respected families. To their union there were born two children, namely : Horace Weddell, who resides at home with his mother, and is associated with the V. C. Taylor Real Estate Company; and Jeannette Victoria, who is now the wife of Hall Kirkham of Cleveland. The family home is situated at 12560 Cedar road in Cleveland Heights. Mr. Rich always retained a real devotion for his native England, and visited there a number of times, and in 1893 made a tour around the world, during the course of which he visited the principal British possessions. He was fond of outdoor sports and when in England enjoyed riding to the hounds. At home, golf was his favorite diversion. He belonged to the Union Club, the Roadside Club, the Euclid Club, and the Mayfield Country Club. He was vitally interested in civic affairs of Cleveland, and was an influential member of the Chamber of Commerce in this city. His religious affiliation, also of his family, was with the St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr. Rich retired from active business life in 1923, and his death occurred September 1, 1925. In his passing, Cleveland was deprived of one of its most exemplary citizens, the record of whose successful career is well worthy of perpetuation in the history of this municipality HARVEY O. YODER A designer and builder of special machinery, Harvey O. Yoder is one of the enterprising, farsighted business men to whom Cleveland owes her industrial development, and he has also gained prominence in other walks of life. His name is an influential one in political circles of Ohio and his work as a dry leader constitutes one of the outstanding achievements of his career. He was born on a farm near Wadsworth, in Medina county, Ohio, November 7, 1877, a son of Noah N. Yoder, whose early forbears lived in Switzerland, the ancestral home of the family being in the border country, about thirty miles from Strassburg, on the Rhine river in Germany. Noah N. Yoder was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, and engaged in merchandising as well as farming. In his district he was a man of prominence and served for six years on the board of commissioners of Medina county. Fraternally he was identified with the Knights of Pythias. He passed away on the home place April 7, 1915, leaving a widow, Mrs. Susan M. (Overholt) Yoder, a native of Medina county, and five children, namely : Ivan I., a Cleveland physician, who was a captain in the United State Army at the time of the World war and was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor in Kentucky; Harvey 0. ; Enos 0., of Guilford township, Medina county; Elizabeth M., the wife of Gilbert Holzer, who became a teacher in the public schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota ; and Harry H., now with The Equity Savings & Loan Company of Cleveland. All of the children were born on the homestead near Wadsworth and Ivan I., Harvey - 429 - 430 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS O. and Elizabeth M. graduated from the Medina high school, while the others received diplomas from the Wadsworth high school. Dr. Yoder, his sister, Mrs. Holzer, and brothers, Harvey and Harry, are all graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Harvey O. Yoder completed his high school course in 1899 and in 1903 was awarded the Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, where his proficiency as a football player made him a star tackle. Before attaining his majority he had enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war, joining Company G, eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1898, and was ordered to Cuba, where he was made sergeant of his company. After his return from the war he was for six years a member of the Ohio National Guard, and while attending Ohio Wesleyan University he had four years of military training. He came to Cleveland for, the study of law in the Western Reserve University, which conferred upon him the LL. B. degree in 1906, and in the same year he received the degree of A. M. from Ohio Wesleyan. Admitted to the bar in June, 1906, he opened an office in the Schofield building and continued in the general practice of law in Cleveland until 1918, when he retired from the profession. Meanwhile Mr. Yoder had become interested in mechanical pursuits and when the automotive business was yet in its infancy he realized that this was destined to become a great industry. He saw an opportunity to introduce machinery for the making of automobile parts and joined his cousin, Carl M. Yoder, in experimental work. This was the inception of the industrial enterprise now conducted under the name of The Yoder Company, the story of which appears in another part of this publication. The corporation has had the benefit of the mechanical skill and ingenuity of Harvey O. Yoder, together with his marked capacity for successful management and his legal knowledge and experience. THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 431 On the 11th of April, 1911, Mr. Yoder was married in Cleveland to Miss Mayme B. Robinson, a daughter of F. W. Robinson, secretary of the Equity Savings & Loan Company. Mrs. Yoder is a native of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada, but obtained her education in Cleveland, graduating from the East high school in 1907 and in 1911 from the Woman's College of Western Reserve University, which bestowed upon her the Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a member of the College Club and the Sigma Omega sorority. Mr. and Mrs. Yoder are the parents of a son and a daughter, Katharine and Leonard R. The family residence is at 15100 Edgewater drive. Mr. Yoder is a member of the Epworth-Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church and contributes liberally to its support. Active in politics, he was a candidate for state senator in 1912, when the progressive ticket was headed by Theodore Roosevelt, but is now a stalwart republican and one of the leaders of his party in Ohio. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Al Sirat Grotto, the Knights of Malta, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, the National Town and Country Club and the Lakewood Country Club. His relaxation is found in hunting and fishing. For nineteen years an ardent advocate of the cause of prohibition, Mr. Yoder has done effective and important work as a dry leader. He is a forceful, eloquent debater and has delivered many public addresses on the subject nearest to his heart. He is not a fanatic and numbers among his friends many who are violently opposed to him on the dry issue. He respects their viewpoint, if he believes it is honestly taken. In 1920, when the Cuyahoga County Dry Maintenance League was organized, he was elected its vice president and since 1929 has served as president. He is also a trustee of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League and a member of its headquarters committee. Mr. Yoder believes that prohibition is 432 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS here to stay, and recently said : "I don't think that prohibition has been a benefit to the masses. I know that it has. I know what drink did to industry in the old days. I know that industrially prohibition has been a remarkable success, It has helped mightily the masses. I regret that the classes have not allowed it to do the same for them." WILLIAM D. PURDON Among the men of experience and keen powers of discernment who are responsible for the notable progress made by the Guardian Trust Company is numbered William D. Purdon, who for twenty-six years has worked untiringly for the success of the institution and has been one of its vice presidents since 1921. He was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, January 25, 1876, and is a son of Andrew and Annie (Walker) Purdon. The father, a native of Ontario, Canada, left the dominion in his youth and about 1870 settled in Minnesota, which was then largely undeveloped. He experienced many phases of pioneer life on the western frontier and through patience and industry hewed a farm out of the virgin soil. Having reached the venerable age of eighty-six years, he is living retired, but his wife has passed away. In his native town William D. Purdon acquired a high school education and at the age of eighteen made his initial step in the field of finance, obtaining a situation in the National Bank of Wahpeton, North Dakota. In 1898 he laid aside his duties to participate in the Spanish-American war and spent one year in the Philippines, serving with the rank of sergeant in the national guard. With his return to Wahpeton he resumed work in the National Bank, with which he spent ten years in all, and since 1904 has been identified with the Guardian Trust Company of Cleveland. Here his worth was at once recognized and he was rapidly promoted, becoming assistant treasurer in 1910, assistant secretary in 1914, treasurer in 1915, and vice president in 1921. He is in charge of branch banking and of the banking department of the - 433 - 434 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS institution. His part in the conduct of its affairs is a most important one and his well directed labors constitute an integral chapter in the history of this large corporation. Under Mr. Purdon's supervision eighteen branch banks of the Guardian Trust Company have been established in Cleveland since 1920. Three branches were added in 1920; one in 1921; two in 1924 ; two in 1926 ; two in 1928 ; three in 1929 ; four in 1930; and one in 1931. Mr. Purdon has a highly specialized knowledge of the banking business, which has constituted his life work, and in addition to the capable discharge of his duties as a vice president of the Guardian Trust Company he is serving as a director of the Merry Land Company. In 1902 Mr. Purdon was married in Cleveland to Miss Virginia Davock, by whom he has two daughters, Virginia M. and Wilma D. The residence of the family is at 12037 Lake avenue. Mr. Purdon belongs to the Allen Lodge of Masons and to the Cleveland Athletic Club. Daily mastering the lessons of life and thereby developing his powers, he has reached a field of broad influence and usefulness, and is esteemed for the qualities to which he owes his success. WILLIAM FINLEY CARR A man of high professional attainments, William Finley Carr was long an outstanding member of the Cleveland bar, and by reason of his fine mental and moral qualities his memory is still fresh in the hearts of those who knew him, although twenty-two years have elapsed since his death, which occurred in September, 1909, when he had passed the sixty-first milestone on life's journey. A native of Stark county, Ohio, he was born March 13, 1848, and represented one of the colonial families of America. His grandfather, Samuel Carr, was born in New Jersey in 1771 and the farm which he owned in that state was the scene of the battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary war. In early life he engaged in freighting with wagons across the Alleghany mountains before the building of railroads. With his removal to Ohio he cast in his lot with the pioneers of Stark county and spent the remainder of his life within its borders, following general agricultural pursuits. His son, Jacob Carr, was born on the home place in Stark county in 1825 and engaged in farming throughout his active career. He married Jane Mary Finley, who was born in 1829, a daughter of William and Rhoda (Harris) Finley. Born in 1797, her father made his home in Wayne county, Ohio, for many years and his death occurred in 1866. His wife was born in 1799 and passed away in 1866. She was a daughter of John Harris, a Continental soldier who aided in winning American independence. The death of Jacob Carr occurred in Wadsworth, Medina county, Ohio, in 1897, while his wife passed away in 1894. - 435 - 436 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS Their son, William F. Carr, went with his parents to Illinois during his boyhood and was reared upon a farm in that state. Leaving home when a young man of twenty-two, he began the study of law under the supervision of his uncle, General E. B. Finley, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1875. In connection with Thomas Emery he entered upon the practice of law in Cleveland and from 1876 until 1879 was junior member of the firm of Emery & Carr. For four years thereafter he was alone and in 1883 joined F. H. Goff, later president of the Cleveland Trust Company, in the firm of Carr & Goff—a relationship that was maintained until 1890. At that time their organization was enlarged by the admission of J. E. Estep and M. R. Dickey as partners and the style of Estep, Dickey, Carr & Goff was adopted. Under that form the business was conducted until 1896, when the name was changed to Kline, Carr, Tolles & Goff. In 1904 Mr. Carr became head of the firm of Carr, Stearns & Chamberlain and with the admission of a fourth partner on July 1, 1908, the name of Royon was added to the organization. Of this firm Mr. Carr remained the senior member until his death. Although a general practitioner, he was best known as a corporation lawyer and in that branch of the profession was very successful. While well versed in the fundamental principles of jurisprudence, he remained throughout his career an earnest student of legal science and never entered the courtroom without preparation as thorough as time and means rendered possible. In argument he was logical, felicitous and convincing and won many verdicts favorable to the interests of his clients. In addition to caring for a large and remunerative practice, he was connected with business and financial enterprises of the city. On the 8th of November, 1883, Mr. Carr was married to Miss Alice T. Codding, a daughter of Robert Codding, and two children were born to them : Marian C., who was graduated from Smith College in 1907 and is now the wife of Paul B. Condit, of Cleveland, and has two sons; and Mar- THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 437 jorie Leigh, who also graduated from that institution in June, 1909, and in 1918 married Robert H. Jamison and has three daughters. Mr. Carr was an elder and a trustee of the Presbyterian Church and was a republican in his political views. His social connections were with the Union and Euclid Clubs. To the reading of books, "the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom," he devoted many enjoyable hours and his was among the best of the numerous private libraries in Cleveland. His tastes and interests were the visible evidences of a refined and cultured mind, and his demeanor was ever characterized by the innate courtesy, the kindliness and consideration that characterizes the gentleman. Shortly after his admission to the Ohio Bar Association, Mr. Carr was elected its president. A lawyer of pronounced ability and unquestioned integrity, he was an ornament to his profession and measured up to high standards in every relation of life. Mrs. Carr survives him and resides in Cleveland. COLONEL ANDREW CHERNA The late Colonel Andrew Cherna was prominently identified with journalistic interests as president of the Consolidated Press & Publishing Company, which published the Waechter und Anzeiger of Cleveland and the Volksblatt of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, September 18, 1882, and received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the University of Budapest. Subsequently he became attorney for one of the large banks in Budapest, where he later organized two smaller banks. Following his emigration to the United States in 1912 he was connected with a New York banking house in the capacity of private counsel for three years. On the expiration of that period, in 1915, he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and here was made editor in chief of Szabadsag, a Hungarian daily. He also became president of the Consolidated Press & Publishing Company, which published the Waechter und Anzeiger of Cleveland and the Volksblatt of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two foreign-language newspapers, and was widely recognized as an influential factor in the field of journalism. Colonel Cherna was decorated by the Hungarian government for distinguished political work during the World war, while in 1919 Governor H. L. Davis of Ohio appointed him honorary colonel of the Ohio National Guard. He figured prominently in the ranks of the republican party, was a personal friend of President Harding and served as a member of the executive committee of the Harding Memorial Association (national). At the time of his death, which occurred in New York city, September 14, 1929, many messages - 439 - 440 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS were received by Mrs. Cherna from prominent men of the nation, among them being one from President Hoover. Congressman Robert Crosser left Washington, D. C., to attend the funeral. The following editorial appeared in the Plain Dealer of September 17, 1929: "Few Clevelanders, native or foreign born, have achieved so much in so short a period as fell to Andrew Cherna to achieve in his fourteen years of residence here. This Hungarian born editor, publisher, lawyer, had made himself a citizen of influence and a builder of the community he chose for a home. Honored by the Hungarian government for distinguished political service, given an honorary appointment by the governor of Ohio, and known in many parts of America as a leader among his own compatriots in this country, his life was full and his death at forty-seven untimely." In 1917 Dr. Cherna was united in marriage to Mrs. Bertha (Klass) Kohanyi, daughter of Louis and Marie Klass, who was born, reared and married in Hungary. Dr. and Mrs. Cherna were the parents of three children, Marjorie H., Gladys Marie and Andrew K., all of whom are now in school and reside with their widowed mother at 17880 Lake road in Lakewood, Ohio. IRVING C. BOLTON Profiting by the many opportunities for advancement in Cleveland, his native city, Irving C. Bolton has become well known in its business circles as treasurer of the Warner & Swasey Company, which office he has occupied for a period of five years. He was born March 22, 1888, and is a son of Chester and Julia (Castle) Bolton. For seven years, from 1899 until 1906, he was a pupil in the University school of Cleveland and during 1907 and 1908 attended Milton Academy at Milton, Massachusetts, afterward becoming a student at Harvard University, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912. Following his graduation he became identified with business interests, which claimed his attention until the nation entered the World war. On the 3d of May, 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Ohio National Guard and later went overseas with the American Expeditionary Force, arriving in France, June 27, 1918. In July, 1918, he was made captain of Battery A of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery and returned to the United States, March 24, 1919. On April 10, 1919, he was discharged with a creditable military record and resumed the life of a civilian. With keen insight into business affairs and situations, he steadily advanced, qualifying for executive responsibilities, and in 1926 was elected treasurer of the Warner & Swasey Company. Through the systematic and efficient performance of the work in his department Mr. Bolton has furthered the growth and success of the firm, which is extensively engaged in the manufacture of machine tools. He is also identified with other large corporations, - 441 - 442 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS being a director of the Enamel Products Company and the Guardian Trust Company. On the 15th of December, 1917, Mr. Bolton was married in Cleveland to Miss Rachel Wilson, by whom he has two daughters, Julia Castle and Pauline Wilson. Mr. Bolton belongs to the Society of Colonial Wars, the American Legion and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. Socially he is well known as president of the Kirtland Country Club and a member of the Union, University, Tavern and Harvard Clubs. His influence has always been on the side of those projects which make for character development and higher standards of life. For a number of years he has been a vestryman of Trinity Cathedral and is also a trustee of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, and a member of the Cleveland Public Library Board. AMOS A. DENISON When twenty-two years of age Amos A. Denison made his first contact with financial interests of Cleveland and has taken an active part in the development of the Cleveland Trust Company, which he is now serving as comptroller. He was born in Parma, Ohio, May 11, 1876, a son of E. W. Denison, who was born in the same town. The grandfather, Amos E. Denison, was the first representative of the family in this region. He left his home in Stonington, Connecticut, about the year 1830 and took up government land in the Western Reserve in Ohio and was one of the early settlers of Parma. His father was Amos Denison, Sr., who served in the War of 1812. As a young man E. W. Denison engaged in farming, abandoning that occupation in 1891, when he established his home in Cleveland. Here he served as assistant city and county engineer. He is now living retired with his wife, Lizzie C. (Kontz) Denison, who was a daughter of Henry Kontz, also a pioneer settler of Parma. Amos A. Denison pursued his education in his native town and continued his studies in Cleveland, graduating from West high school and attending the Case School of Applied Science for a year. On the 1st of September, 1898, he entered upon his financial career as bookkeeper and teller of the Peoples Savings & Loan Company, with which he spent three and a half years, and afterward was similarly connected with the East End Savings & Loan, now a part of the Cleveland Trust Company. Steadily advancing as he gained in knowledge and experience, he was made manager of the Brooklyn office of the Cleveland Trust Company, located in - 443 - 444 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS the suburbs of the city, and with his return to the main office he was promoted to assistant secretary. The responsibilities of assistant vice president were next assigned to him and in 1927 he became comptroller, performing these duties with the thoroughness, fidelity and ability that have at all times characterized his work. Widely recognized as an expert in matters of finance, he was chosen to supervise the details of the mergers of nine banks into the Cleveland Trust Company and efficiently performed this difficult task. In 1901 Mr. Denison was married in Cleveland to Miss Maude Cogswell and a daughter, Helen C., was born to them. She graduated from the Nurses' Training School at Lakewood Hospital and later took a post-graduate course in the Western Reserve University. In April, 1932, she married C. M. Hansen and resides at home. Mr. Denison is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Cleveland Yachting Club and treasurer and a director of the Lakewood Country Club. By nature he is genial and companionable and enjoys the social side of life but never allows outside interests to interfere with the performance of his work in behalf of the Cleveland Trust Company. His record of progress and achievement have gained for him the respect, confidence and good-will of his fellowmen. WARREN BICKNELL A business man of marked ability and ripe experience, Warren Bicknell has done notable work in connection with the building and management of steam and electric railroads in various parts of the country and the financing and operation of transportation and industrial corporations. He is now chairman of the board of the Lundoff-Bicknell Company, general contractors of Cleveland and his name appears on the directorates of several large business and financial organizations. He was born in Morrisville, New York, February 19, 1868, a son of Charles T. and Susan (Payne) Bicknell, who were also natives of the Empire state, and is a representative of an English family that was established in this country in 1735. Charles T., father of Warren Bicknell, was born in Morrisville, New York, in 1836, removed to Ohio in 1878 where he successfully engaged in the manufacture of paper goods for several years. He retired from active business in 1905 and died on the 31st of May, 1930. In 1857, while living in New York, he had married Susan Payne, who died in 1871. Warren Bicknell acquired his early education in his native town and in 1878, when a lad of ten years, journeyed with his parents to Massillon, Ohio, where he also attended the public schools. In Cleveland he took a classical course in Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1890, and after his graduation began reading law in the offices of Boynton, Hale & Horr. Legal work proved irksome to Mr. Bicknell, who discontinued his studies, choosing a commercial - 445 - 446 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS instead of a professional career. For about eighteen months he was secretary of the Cleveland Athletic Club and then went to New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he devoted a year to the coal business. He disposed of his interests there to become auditor of the Cincinnati & Miami Valley Traction Company and general manager of the Dayton Traction Company. These companies were subsequently consolidated with the Southern Ohio Traction Company and when the reorganization was effected Mr. Bicknell was made secretary and auditor, with headquarters at Middletown, Ohio. At the end of two years he resigned to become general manager of the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company, with offices in Chicago. For two years he had supervision of this third rail electric system, constituting one of the most important urban electric lines out of Chicago. With his return to Cleveland he was elected president of the Lake Shore Electric Railways Company and thus served from 1903 to 1906, when he tendered his resignation, having been called to the presidency of the Cleveland Construction Company. This was one of the largest corporations of the kind in Ohio. Extensively engaged in the building of electric and steam railroads, the erection of light and water plants and the construction of telephone lines, its activities were not confined to one state. Among the larger contracts executed by the firm were construction and installation work for the following companies and systems : The Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company; the Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Railway Company; Lake Shore Electric Company; the Southern Ohio Company, the Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway; the Rockford, Beloit & Janesville electric line; the Richmond & Petersburg Railway in Virginia; the New York & Long Island Traction Company; the Kokomo, Marion & Western; the Western Ohio; the Youngstown & Ohio River Company; the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend and other electric lines. Until it was discontinued in 1920, Mr. Bicknell remained the executive head of the Cleveland Construction Company, THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS - 447 in addition to serving as president of the Springfield & Xenia Railroad Company and the Citizens Railway & Light Company of Fort Worth, Texas, which are not in existence at the present time. Formerly he was president of the Havana Electric Railway Company of Cuba but is no longer connected with that system; and also administered the affairs of two insurance companies, being now a director of both. At one time he was a director of the Citizens Savings & Trust Company, the Union National Bank and the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; receiver of the Municipal Traction Company of Cleveland ; vice president of the Crowell-Lundoff-Little Company; and chairman of the board of the Toledo Railway & Light Company. He is now chairman of the board of the Lundoff-Bicknell Company—a large concern which excels in construction work and has done much to improve and beautify the city. Their craftsmanship is exemplified in the B. F. Keith building, the Cleveland Art Museum, the Higbee department store, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company building, the Medical Arts & Builders Exchange, the Western Reserve Medical College, the Cleveland Public Library and other imposing edifices erected in recent years. Mr. Bicknell is also a director of the Land Title Abstract & Trust Company, the Inland Investors Company, the Guardian Trust Company, the Ohio C. Barber Endowment Company, the Union Salt Company, the Cleveland Railway Company, the Standard Textile Products Company and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company. With keen insight into business affairs and situations, he has a genius for devising the right thing at the right time and the poise, wisdom and executive capacity essential to the successful conduct of large enterprises. In February, 1900, Mr. Bicknell was married to Miss Anne Guthrie, a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, and two sons and two daughters were born to them : Frances Louise, who is the wife of V. C. Taylor II, of Cleveland and the mother of two children; Warren, Jr., who married Kate Hanna and who is associated with his father in business; Elizabeth, who 448 - THIS CLEVELAND OF OURS is Mrs. Ralph T. King, of Cleveland, and has two children ; and Guthrie, who is in college. Mr. Bicknell belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, to the Union Club, of which he is president, and also has membership in the Mayfield Country Club of Cleveland, the Kirkland Club and the Mid-Day Club. He is a trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, also a trustee of Western Reserve University, and president of the board of trustees of the Western Reserve Academy. Daily mastering the lessons of life and thereby developing his powers, Mr. Bicknell has had a notably successful career, replete with achievement. Impelled by the spirit of progress, he has constantly expanded the scope of his activities, which have been varied in character and far-reaching and beneficial in their results. OWEN BUCKET COMPANY Incorporated in 1908, the Owen Bucket Company opened offices in the Rockefeller building, where the sales of the company were handled. The patents for manufacturing were held by the company, which awarded contracts to Cleveland firms for the manufacture of its product. As the business increased the officers of the company decided that it would be more advantageous and economical to manufacture their own product. Accordingly, in 1926 they purchased a tract of land at 6001 Breakwater avenue and on this property erected the large modern factory which they have since occupied. Of brick and steel frame construction, it is well lighted and ventilated and equipped with the latest and best appliances for work of this nature. The plant is operated by individual units of electric power and turns out clamshell buckets of the two, three and four-line type, used by large contractors for excavation work and by industrial firms for the economical handling of sand and gravel. Developed to a high degree of perfection, the Owen bucket is second to none in efficiency of operation and is used almost exclusively by the largest contractors in this country. The company is continually devising plans for the improvement of the bucket and at all times stands back of its product, which is sold throughout the United States and Canada. The Owen Bucket Company has offices and warehouses in Long Island City, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Detroit, Michigan, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California with representatives in every State in the Union. This is a closed corporation, all of the stock being held - 449 -