TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 251 and in 1909, while employed in the accounting department of the Willys-Overland Company, he joined the Overland Company's band, of which he was a member for several seasons: When the Tillotson Manufacturing Company was organized Mr. Harris was made treasurer in 1917, which office he has since capably filled, and his cooperation is regarded as a valuable asset in promoting the success of the undertaking. The firm manufactures carburetors for the Overland, Durant and other well known automobiles and has a large, modern' and well equipped plant, in which from two hundred and fifty to three hundred men are employed, all of whom are skilled mechanics. There is a large demand for their output and the business is developing rapidly, owing to the well-directed efforts of the men at its head. On the 22d of March, 1910, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Edna Jackman, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackman of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have a son, Franklin H., who was born in 1915. Mr. Harris is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his political support is given to the republican party. His public spirit is indicated by his identification with the Chamber of Commerce and he is also a member of the Lions Club, the Sylvania Golf Club and the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Fort Industry Lodge, of which he is a charter member. He is yet a young man, but his enterprise and ability have enabled him to accomplish much, and his personal qualities are such that he has gained the warm friendship of those who know him. JUSTIN M. DONNELLY, M. D. Dr. Justin M. Donnelly, one of the younger representatives of Toledo's medical fraternity, possesses those qualities through which success comes as a natural sequence and in the field of professional service he is making rapid progress. He was born at Napoleon, Ohio, June 7, 1894, and his parents, Michael and Mary (McGurk) Donnelly, were also natives of this state. The father was a prominent attorney of Napoleon and there engaged in practice for many years, building up a large clientele. His death occurred at that place in 1915 and the mother passed away in 1914. To their union were born four children : Cyril and Justin M., of this city ; and Gerald and Edwin, who still reside at Napoleon. Justin M. Donnelly attended the grammar and high schools of his native town and in 1911 he completed a course in. St. John's College of Toledo. He next became a student at the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1915, and then entered Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1918. The ensuing year was spent as an interne at St. Vincent's Hospital of Toledo and in 1919 he opened an office at No. 317 Huron street in this city, beginning his professional career with exceptionally thorough training. He has a comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles underlying his work and is correct in the application of his knowledge to the needs of. his patients. He engages in the general practice of medicine and surgery and is a member of the staff of Mercy Hospital. On the 14th of September, 1920, Dr. Donnelly was married to Miss Mabel Derr of this city, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Derr, residents of Mansfield, Ohio, and to this union has been born one child, Marilyn, whose birth occurred on the 19th of November, 1921. Dr. Donnelly is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church, belonging to St. Agnes' parish. While attending college he was 252 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY connected with the hospital service of the Medical Reserve Corps and he keeps in touch with the advancement that is being made along professional lines through his membership in the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the Lucas County and Ohio State Medical societies and the American Medical Association. Dr. Donnelly is an energetic, progressive young man whose life is guided by high purposes and ideals, and industry, ability and tenacity of purpose, are bringing him to the front in his profession. FREDERICK B. WILLARD Frederick B. Willard, a well known lawyer of Toledo, was born on the 24th of March, 1870, in Monroe county, Michigan, a son of George and Fidelia (Doty) Willard. The father always followed agricultural pursuits. Frederick B. Willard largely acquired his education in the public schools of Toledo. He afterward took up the study of law in the office of Doyle, Scott & Lewis of this city and was admitted to the bar in 1906. For eight years thereafter he remained with the firm of Doyle, Scott & Lewis and then began practice independently. Mr. Willard has achieved success in his professional activities and is numbered among the strong and able members of the Toledo bar. On the 11th of October, 1911, Mr. Willard was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Leflet, a native of Arkansas, and they have become parents of two children : Bruce K., born February 24, 1914, in Toledo ; and Helen. Mr. Willard belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He has attained the Knights Templar degree in the York Rite, the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the First aptist church and throughout his life has been interested in those forces which make for righteousness, improvement and progress. Politically he is a republican and for a number of years has been an active worker in party ranks. In 1920 he was a candidate at the primaries for congress and was defeated by only one hundred and three votes, although Toledo has long been recognized as a democratic stronghold. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the Toledo Lawyers Club, and the Lucas County and Ohio State Bar associations. Mr. Willard's residence is at Point place. ROBERT LINCOLN WITTERS Robert Lincoln Witters is the president of the Toledo Plaster & Supply Company and is also connected with other business interests of importance in this city. He has made steady progress since starting out in the business world on his own account, depending upon his labors from an early age. He was born in Greentown, Ohio, March 4, 1884, his parents being Samuel D. and Charlotte (Stauffer) Witters, the former a shoemaker by trade. The son obtained a public school education and then took up the study of stenography, which he afterward used as a means of livelihood for a period of seven years. Later he spent three years as a salesman and gained further business knowledge and experience, so that he was qualified to accept the position of manager of the Toledo Pulp Plaster TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 255 Company, which was tendered him in 1912. Later the firm name was changed to The Toledo Plaster & Supply Company. In the meantime Mr. Witters had worked his way upward to the presidency of the old company and has continued as the chief executive of the enterprise since the present firm style was assumed. He is thoroughly acquainted with every phase of the business and the wisdom of his direction is shown in the continued success of the undertaking. Mr. Witters is also the president of the Detroit Fire Brick Company and in commercial and industrial matters his judgment is particularly sound and his discrimination keen. The 11th of July, 1907, was the day on which was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Witters and Miss Pauline Hemley of Toledo, and they have a son, Robert Gordon; born in Toledo, August 1, 1911. The parents are members of the Christian Science church and Mr. Witters' interest in community affairs is shown in his service as a trustee of the Janes-Franklin school and in his support of many plans and projects for the public good. He belongs likewise to the Inverness and Toledo Clubs and by reason of a social nature, genial disposition and unfeigned cordiality he is very popular with his fellow members of these organizations. GEORGE C. PICKARD George C. Pickard, who was long engaged in the bakery business in Toledo and since August, 1920, has been owner of the Wagner mill, was born in Monroe county, Michigan, January 29, 1861, and is a son of William and Sarah (Smith) Pickard. The father was born in Leeds, England, and came to America in 1837, making his way to Monroe county, Michigan, where he engaged in farming for many years. He married Sarah Smith, a native of that county, and both are deceased. In their family were eleven children, eight of whom are living. George C. Pickard, who was the second in order of birth, attended the country schools near his father's farm and afterward worked on the .old homestead, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He was thus employed until he reached his twenty-first year, when he began farming, on his own account, purchasing a tract of land in his native county, where he successfully devoted his attention to the cultivation of the fields for five years. He then removed to Ohio and made purchase of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in. Lucas county, which he still owns and which he successfully conducted for many years. After leaving that place he conducted a dairy farm for a time and then removed to Toledo, where he purchased the business of the Maumee Valley Baking Company. For twenty years thereafter he was active along that line but at the end of two decades retired from the baking business, although he still owns the property which he occupied and which is now very valuable. Later he purchased the Wagner mill, acquiring this property in August, 1920, and he is still operating the mill, which already he has developed into a profitable business and one which is steadily growing. On the 14th of March, 1883, Mr. Pickard was united in marriage to Miss Minnie L. Reecamper of Lucas county, a daughter of John F. and Angeline Reecamper. Mr. Pickard is a republican where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. His identification with fraternal orders covers the York Rite bodies of Masonry, for he has become a 256 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Knight Templar. He also belongs to the East Side Commercial Club and his interests have always had to do with public progress and improvement as well as the attainment of success through well directed business activities. Whatever he has undertaken he has capably managed and directed and his indefatigable energy and industry that never flags, have brought him to a creditable place among the substantial and prosperous business men of Toledo. TOLEDO CLUB This is the chief exclusively social club for men, comprising a membership at this time of more than eight hundred. It was regularly organized in 1889, but its inception runs back to a much earlier date, when a little group of men headed by Mr. David R. Locke, known in literature as "Petroleum V. Nasby," formed the Draconian Club, which took quarters on Superior street, back of the building where the Toledo Blade now has quarters. The group was extended as time went on, but it remained merely a group of congenial spirits, who occupied the building until there was sufficient demand for club facilities to warrant more pretentious plans. The southeast corner of Madison and Huron streets was purchased, upon which a new home was erected, of Superior sandstone. This building was occupied by the new organization, "The Toledo Club." The officers for 1889 were : J. B. Ketcham, (II), president ; W. N. Conant, vice president ; Dean V. R. Manley, treasurer, and W. L. Hoyt, secretary. For all of the years since, the Club has had a large part in the social affairs of Toledo, and it has grown with the city. About 1919, the facilities of the old building being inadequate for the demands of a first class club. A new site was purchased at the southwest corner of Madison and 'Fourteenth streets, and upon it was erected one of the most complete clubs in the country. It has spacious public rooms, furnished with unusual taste, and on an upper floor a large number of rooms for the accommodation of resident guests. JAMES ALFERD KIRKBY James Alferd Kirkby, actively identified with the manufacturing and commercial interests of Toledo as the vice president and. secretary of the Coghlin-Kirkby Machinery & Supply Company, was born in Toledo, September 29, 1879, a son of Richard and Emma Olive (Johns) Kirkby. The father was a passenger conductor on the railroad and is now active. James A. Kirkby pursued his public school education until he had completed the high school course, after which he started out in the business world as a clerk in a heavy hardware establishment, being thus employed from 1899 until 1911, during which period he became thoroughly familiar with every phase of the business and gained valuable experience in the commercial world, so that he was well qualified to take up business on his own account when in 1911 he became one of the organizers of the Coghlin-Kirkby Machinery & Supply Company. Through the intervening period of eleven years he has been active in the management, control and development of the business and as vice president and secretary of the TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 257 company he has bent his energies to administrative direction and executive control. From the beginning the enterprise has prospered and its trade relations are now extensive and important. Mr. Kirkby is also one of the directors of the Grid-Iron Grip Wheel Company. In Toledo, on the 3d of June, 1903, Mr. Kirkby was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Elizabeth Felt and they have become parents of a son and a daughter, Frederick Richard and. Ann Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkby are members of St. Mark's Episcopal church and manifest a helpful interest in those forces which make for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community at large. Mr. Kirkby is a thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and he also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, to the Rotary Club, to the Toledo Yacht Club, the Sylvania Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and is likewise identified with the Chamber of Commerce and the Toledo Art Museum. It will thus be seen that his interests and activities have always been directed in those channels through which flows the greatest good to the greatest number. While he has never sought to figure prominently in public life nor to become a public official, he has nevertheless been mindful at all times of his duties and obligations to the general welfare, and has lent the weight of his aid and influence to many projects which are of decided value in advancing the material growth, the cultural development and the moral progress of the city. FRANK MONROE PEABODY With industry and determination as dominant qualities, Frank Monroe Peabody has made steady progress in the business world and he is now serving as president of the Ohio Plumbers' Supply Company, one of the most successful commercial enterprises in Toledo, which is the outcome of his well devised plans and initiative spirit. He was born in Wellington, Ohio, January 6. 1876, a son of Eli and Sarone (Lang). Peabody, the former a native of Elmira, New York, and the latter of Oberlin, Ohio. In early life the father came to Ohio, where he devoted his attention to the cultivation of the soil, successfully conducting his farming interests for a number of years. Having accumulated a substantial competence, he spent his later years in retirement in Toledo and passed away in this city in 1907, while the mother's demise occurred in 1910. Their. family numbered three children: Albion, Mrs. Sarone Roemer and Frank M., all of whom are residents of this city. After completing his public school course Frank Monroe Peabody secured a clerical .position in Lamson Brothers' department store in Toledo, and later was employed by the J. L. Hudson Company of Toledo, with which he was connected for three years, When he secured work in the factory of the Eggman & Dugan Company, trunk manufacturers. At the end of a year he tendered his' resignation to accept a position in the office of the Rayl Light Company of Toledo and remained with that firm for nine years. He then decided to embark in business independently and going to Monroe, Michigan, he established a crushed stone works, which he successfully conducted for nine years and then sold. He next organized the Ohio Plumbers' Supply Company, of which he is the president, and since its inception the undertaking has enjoyed a rapid growth,, owing to his untiring efforts and capable management, and from twenty to twenty-five people are now employed 258 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY in operating the business. The firm handles plumbing and heating supplies .selling only to the wholesale trade, and the business is one of large proportions. Mr. Peabody has been married twice, his second union being with Miss Myrtle Heckman, whom he wedded at Monroe, Michigan, July 12, 1907. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heckman, well known residents of that place. By his first marriage Mr. Peabody has a daughter, Francis Mae, who was born in Toledo in 1901 and was educated in the grammar and high schools of the city. In his political views Mr. Peabody is a republican and he is prominent in Masonry, having become a member of the commandery, while in the consistory he has taken the thirty-second degree. He is also connected with the Rotary Club and the Toledo Commerce Club and is enthusiastic in his .support of the city and its opportunities. He also belongs to the Monroe Club of Monroe, Michigan. His residence is at No. 2738 Glenwood avenue. His life record is one which commands uniform respect and confidence, for he is numbered among those men whose advancement has its root in industry, perseverance and unfaltering determination. He received no financial assistance when he started out in the world but has worked his way upward through merit and ability and his labors have found expression in the development of a large mercantile concern, which is not only a source of individual profit but also a factor in the commercial upbuilding of the city. CHARLES HENRY CARROLL Becoming a resident of Toledo when a lad of eleven years, Charles Henry Carroll has for an extended period been identified with the commercial interests and development of this city and now figures prominently in business circles, being the secretary and treasurer of the Shaw-Kendall Engineering Company, while with other corporate interests he is closely and helpfully identified. A native son of Ohio, he was born in Napoleon on the 21st of July, 1872, his parents being Thomas R. and Godie A. (Cary) Carroll, both natives of Napoleon, Ohio. He acquired a public school education, which was begun in his native town and continued after his removal to Toledo when he was a lad of eleven years. A little later, however, he put aside his textbooks and soon entered the employ successively of J. R. McGlone, Lawton & Bartelle and Clark & Terhune, all lumber companies. He remained with Clark & Terhune until 1891, and then became associated with the firm of Shaw, Kendall & Company and remained with that corporation until 1896, when the concern was absorbed by the National Supply Company. Mr. Carroll was identified with the latter until 1904, as cashier, when he was elected treasurer of the Toledo Pipe Threading & Machine Company, occupying that position until 1914, when he again went with his old company after it had been separated from the National Supply Company. It is now operating under the name of the Shaw-Kendall Engineering Company, of which Mr. Carroll is the secretary and treasurer. Starting out in the business world when a lad in his teens, with resolute purpose and actuated by a laudable ambition, he has steadily worked his way upward and each forward step in his career has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He early recognized the fact that diligence and industry are the basis of all honorable success and upon those qualities as a foundation he has builded the superstructure of his prosperity. He has long been accounted one of the representative business men of TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 261 Toledo and aside froth, his connection with the Shaw-Kendall Engineering Company he has extended his efforts into other fields, being now president of the Ottawa Park Realty Company, also of the Parkside Realty Company and of the W. B. Welles Realty Company. He is thus figuring prominently in real estate circles and has comprehensive knowledge of the real estate market and property values. Through this means he has added materially to his annual income and at the same time he has been active in the development of an important business for the Shaw-Kendall Engineering Company. On the 16th of March, 1893, Mr. Carroll was united in marriage to Miss Grace L. Shears of Detroit and they have one daughter, Miriam W. She married H. A. Knowlson, December 3, 1919, and they have a son, Charles Carroll Knowlson, born February 13, 1923. Mr. Knowlson is associated with the E. H. Close Realty Company. Fraternally Mr. Carroll is a Mason, having attained the Knights Templar degree in the commandery, while he has also taken the Scottish Rite degrees. He is well known in club circles through his connection with the Toledo Club, the Inverness Club and the Toledo Country Club, and he is an earnest supporter of the Chamber of Commerce. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and throughout his life his course has been guided by high and honorable principles which have made him one of the esteemed citizens of Toledo, while his enterprise and progressiveness have given him high standing in business. CHARLES EDWARD CHENEVERT Since starting out in the .business world Charles Edward Chenevert has been engaged in the exportation of lumber and since 1918 has carried on the business in Toledo. At different periods he has also figured prominently in political circles and has done not a little to mold public thought and action. A native son of Ohio, he was born in Defiance, December 16, 1872, and is a son of Charles John and Lillian Mary (Lindenberger) Chenevert. The father engaged in the exportation of ship timber and made large shipments from Toledo. He was a native of Canada but spent much of his life on this side of the border and was well known in the business circles of the Buckeye state. Charles E. Chenevert supplemented his early education by study in the Kenyon Military Academy and later entered the Toronto University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1891. He afterward became associated with his father in the lumber export business and following the death of his father in 1892 he became sole proprietor of the business, which he has since carried on independently. In October, 1918, he removed to Toledo, where he has since operated, and from this point controls' an extensive trade in lumber exportation. He is familiar with every phase of the business and has gained an extensive patronage, by reason of his progressive methods, his thorough .reliability and his earnest desire to please his customers. On the 28th of June, 1893, Mr. Chenevert was united in marriage to Miss Inez Garver of Bryan, Ohio, and they became the parents of two children : Lillian Doris, and John Welker, the latter connected with the Bell-Teipel Realty Company at Toledo. The wife and mother passed away July 28, 1917. Mr. Chenevert is independent in his political faith. During his residence in De- 262 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY fiance, he served as mayor of the city for two years, while for four years he was a member of the city council, at all times exercising his official prerogatives in support of plans and measures for the general good. He- was also a member of the school board for four years and during two years of that period served as its president. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He greatly enjoys golf, turning to the links for recreation, and he belongs to the Inverness Club and to the Toledo Club, as well as to the Commerce Club. His interests and activities are thus evident, but he allows nothing to interfere with the faithful performance of his business duties and his entire course has been marked by steady progress, so that today he occupies a high position in business circles. NICHOLAS J. WALINSKI Nicholas J. Walinski has been engaged in the general practice of law in Toledo since 1908 and has won a good clientage, while at the same time he has become identified with. several corporate interests and has always found opportunity to cooperate in those plans and projects which are based upon an earnest effort to upbuild the community along lines of substantial development and improvement. Mr. Walinski is a native son. of Ohio, born in Berea, on the 4th of September, 1884, his parents being Theodore and Josephine Walinski. He was educated in parochial schools, in the high school of his native city and in St. Ignatius College at Cleveland, Ohio, which he attended for two years. He next entered St. Mary's Seminary of Detroit, Michigan, and was graduated from that institution in 1905. He afterward took up the study of law, matriculating in the Cleveland Law School, and gained his LL. B. degree as a member of the class of 1908. Soon afterward he located in Toledo for general practice and has here successfully followed his profession throughout the intervening 'years, being now well established with a large clientele. He has also extended his efforts into other fields, being the president of the Opieka Savings Bank Company, also of the General Plumbing & Electric Company and the National Oil Purifier, and vice president and attorney of the Toledo Glove Manufacturing Company. He belongs to the Lucas County and Ohio State Bar associations and keeps in touch with the work of the profession in the effort to standardize legal service and advance the ethics of the profession. On the 1st of June, 1910, Mr. Walinski was married to Miss Martha C. Zielinski, who passed away January 4, 1914, leaving two sons, Thaddeus N. and Eugene F. Later he wedded Helen Morkowski, who became his wife on the 29th of April, 1919, and one son, Nicholas. J., Jr., has been born to them. As his name indicates, Mr. Walinski is of Polish lineage and during the World war he was president of the Polish Red Cross and also a director of the American Red Cross. In fact, his activities in behalf of the government covered a very wide scope and- were signally beneficial and resultant. He was the secretary of the United States fuel commission at Toledo and a director of the war chest drive. He was also the vice chairman of the fair price commission and took a most helpful part in the home campaign and in many of the activities which constituted the support of the government during the memorable period of European strife. Mr. Walinski is also well known in club circles, having membership in the Toledo Commerce Club, in the Sylvania Golf Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and others. He belongs to the Polish Chamber of Commerce, to the Polish National Alliance, to the Falcons, to the Woodmen of TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 265 the World, to the Art Museum and to the Northwestern Ohio Historical Society. He is likewise a director of the Americanization Board and few men have labored so earnestly and effectively to uphold American standards and ideals as this man who, an American by birth but of Polish descent, has always upheld most firmly the principles of liberty for which his ancestry fought and for which his native country has always stood. Mr. Walinski's residence is at No. 1263 Nebraska avenue. CARL G. WACKE Carl G. Wacke, secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Toledo Casket Company, has been a lifelong resident of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Edon, Williams county, September 10, 1880, his parents being the Rev. William and Christina (Deindoerfer) Wacke. The father was a minister of St. Peter's Lutheran church at Edon for a period of twenty-five years and in 1900 came to Toledo to accept the pastorate of the First St. John's Lutheran church on Seaman street. The son, Carl G. Wacke, obtained his education in the parochial schools and in a business college of Toledo, thus qualifying for life's practical and responsible duties. He started out to provide for his own support as clerk in a general merchandise store and in 1903 he became identified with the Toledo Casket Company in the capacity of bookkeeper. He afterward went on the road as traveling salesman for the house and eventually he became one of the officials, being elected secretary and treasurer, while at the same time he is serving as general manager of the business. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase thereof and has been instrumental in building up the trade of the house to large proportions. The company enjoys an enviable reputation for thorough reliability and enterprise and Mr. Wacke has ever maintained the highest standards of trade in relation to patrons. He belongs to the National Casket Manufacturers Association of America. On the 27th of September, 1916, Mr. Wacke wedded Miss Eloise Eggert of Toledo and their friends in the city are many. Mr. Wacke holds membership in the Lutheran church and also in the Young Men's Christian Association, with which he has been identified for a number of years. He is likewise a member of the Toledo Association of Credit Men and is an alert and progressive business man, a loyal and public-spirited citizen and one whose faithfulness to any cause which he espouses is widely recognized as one of his strongly marked characteristics. He is also a member of the Toledo Y's Men's Club. Mr. Wacke resides on Dartmouth drive. L. ALCOTT ROWLEY Since 1910 L. Alcott Rowley has engaged in the general practice of law in Toledo and the family name is a prominent and honored one in professional circles of the city. He was born in Huron county, Ohio, March 29, 1882, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Stevens) Rowley, both natives of the state of New York. When eight years of age the mother was brought by her parents to Ohio and in this state her marriage occurred. The father was one of the foremost citizens in North Fairfield, Ohio, where he resided for many years, first conducting a mercantile es- 266 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY tablishment, while later he became the founder of a bank at Norwalk, this state, and in the management of his business interests he displayed marked capability and enterprise. The mother's demise occurred at Toledo in 1916. In their family were five children, four of whom are living : Edward, a successful banker of Toledo ; Arthur E., whose home is at Norwalk, Ohio ; C. Scott, one of the leading attorneys of this city ; and L. A. In the public schools of North Fairfield, Ohio, L. Alcott Rowley acquired his early education, afterward becoming a student at Hiram College, while later he entered the law department of Toledo University, from which he was graduated in 1910, being a member of the first class to win diplomas from that institution. He is now associated with his brother, C. Scott Rowley, in practice and they have been entrusted with important litigated interests, their clientele now being one of extensive proportions. Mr. Rowley is independent in his political views, supporting the candidate whom he deems best qualified for office, regardless of party ties. He is a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Toledo Bar Association. JOHN SUMMERFIELD CROWTHER, JR. John Summerfield Crowther, Jr., general superintendent of the Toledo Furnace Company, is a native of Maryland, born April 8, 1883, and is a son of J. S. and Gay (Page) Crowther, the former a farmer by occupation. The son prepared for college at the Boys Latin School in Baltimore, and matriculated at Lehigh University, where he pursued a course in mechanical engineering, being graduated with the class of 1906. He then entered the employ of the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrow's Point, Maryland, and remained with that corporation until 1911. In May of the latter year Mr. Crowther located at Toledo, where he entered the employ of the Toledo Furnace Company as a laborer, in order to learn every phase of the business. From time to time he has been placed in positions of still larger responsibility and in June, 1920, he was made general superintendent, directing the actual operations of the plant. On the 21st of September, 1915, Mr. Crowther was married to Miss Alice Malcolm of Toledo and they have become parents of two children : John Elton and John S. (III). Mr. Crowther is a member of the Toledo Club and the Rotary Club. FRED T. JOHNSON Fred T. Johnson, owner of the Johnson Greenhouses, constituting one of the large and important business enterprises of this kind in Toledo, was born October 9, 1869, in the city which is still his home. He is a son of Squire and Sophia (Miller) Johnson, the latter a native of Bangor, Michigan. The father, coming to this city, was a pioneer gardener here and was well known in the early days through his business connections. Fred T. Johnson was educated in the Adams Township district school and in the Toledo high school, and starting out in business, he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who did market gardening and conducted greenhouses. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 267 He began in 1892 with two small greenhouses and steadily developed the business, which has grown in volume and importance until he stands among the foremost in this line in Toledo. He rebuilt his greenhouses in 1910, placing an acre and a third under glass, and extensive additions which were made in 1922 brought two acres under glass. He has a splendid system and has thoroughly organized and developed the business until it is one of very extensive and gratifying proportions. He has also become the owner of considerable valuable real estate. At one time his grandfather and father owned all of the land where Calvary cemetery is now situated.. There is no phase of the florist's business with which Fred T. Johnson is not familiar. He has been extremely successful in the growing of flowers and of garden products and whatever he produces is of the highest excellence. He is familiar with every scientific phase of his work as well as the practical side of the business and he is justly proud of what is accomplished in his greenhouses. He is now the vice president and a director of the Florists and Gardeners Insurance Company. On the 29th of March, 1892, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Ella E. Turley, a daughter of A. J. and Esther Turley, the former one of the old-time candy makers of Toledo, who conducted for many years a confectionery store at the corner of Huron and Monroe streets. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have become parents of one child, Squire Donald, who passed away October 30, 1904, at the age of eight years. In his political views Mr. Johnson is a republican. He belongs to the Toledo Exchange Club and to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and along more strictly social lines is identified with the Toledo Yacht Club and the Toledo Automobile Club. He is today widely known in the city where his life has been passed and where his father and his grandfather were previously engaged in the line of business that now claims his attention. He has fully sustained the high reputation associated with the family name and has developed his business according to the steady growth of the city and the progressive spirit of the times. CLINTON ALVAH MAUK Clinton Alvah Mauk, president and manager of the C. A. Mauk Lumber Company, in which connection he is controlling a trade of substantial proportions, was born in Lima, Ohio, September 15, 1869, his parents being Alvah Washington and Winni f red ( McMillen) Mauk. The father was a lumber manufacturer, devoting the major part of his life to that business, so that from early boyhood the son was more or less familiar with the trade. He was educated in the public schools and in the Normal University at Ada, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1887. When his textbooks were put aside he became the associate of his father in the lumber business and thus gained broad and valuable experience. From July, 1887, until January, 1889, he conducted a retail lumberyard at Spencerville, Ohio, and then, seeing a still broader field of business, he removed to Toledo, where in the latter year he established a yard that constituted the nucleus of his present business. In April, 1899, he entered into partnership with Charles I. Barnes, under the firm style of Barnes & Mauk, an association that was continuously maintained until 1911, when Mr. Mauk took over the business, which he has since conducted under the name of the C. A. Mauk Lumber Company. This business was incorporated in 1917, with Mr. Mauk as the president and manager. He is practically 268 - EDO AND LUCAS COUNTY the owner of the business and the knowledge that he has gained through long experience is proving of essential value to him in its successful conduct. He is also the president of the Toledo Lumber & Mill Work Company and he is regarded as an authority on all questions relating in any way to the lumber trade. On the 15th of December, 1897, Mr. Mauk was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Burton Scrafford, a native of New York, and they have become parents of four children : Stanley Morris, who is a graduate of Dartmouth College, now associated with his father in business ; John Scrafford, a student in Dartmouth College ; Catherine Alvah, who is a student in Smith College; and Barnes Everett. The religious faith of the parents is indicated in their membership in the Trinity Episcopal church. Mr. Mauk is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, which indicates much concerning the nature of his interests as regards everything helpful and beneficial to the city. He belongs to the Old Colony Club, a national organization, and he has membership in the Toledo Club and the Inverness Club. He greatly enjoys a game of golf and finds much of his recreation on the links, but he spends the greater part of his time and attention in the management of his business affairs and is keenly alive to the possibilities of every new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of trade. He possesses a progressive spirit ruled by more than ordinary intelligence and good judgment and his native justice has ever expressed itself in correct principle and action. His residence is at No. 2154 Parkwood avenue. HARRY L. HUTCHINSON Harry L. Hutchinson, a member of the firm of Prudden & Company, is one of the best known men in investment security circles in Toledo. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, July 7, 1875, of the marriage of James A. and Alice M. (Rolf) Hutchinson, the former a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the latter of Peoria. When twenty years of age the father went to Illinois, locating at Peoria, where for many years he devoted his attention to the real estate business, and was very successful in his operations in that field. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson became the parents of two children : William R., a resident of San Antonio, Texas ; and Harry L. The last named acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and in 1898, when a young man of twenty-three years, he came to Toledo as local representative of the wholesale drug house of Parke Davis & Company of Detroit, Michigan. For six years he successfully managed their interests in this city and then resigned to engage in the retail business, operating the Boody House drug store for four years. He next turned his attention to financial interests, becoming a bond salesman for Spitzer & Company for Chicago, with which he remained for four years, or until 1912, when he accepted the position of manager of the Chicago office of Hoehler & Cummings and for two years served in that capacity. In 1914 he returned to Toledo, becoming a partner in the firm of Prudden & Company, with which he has since been connected. They handle municipal bonds and other high grade investment securities and rank with the foremost houses of this character in the country. Mr. Hutchinson has made a close study of the investment security business and his long experience therein has been productive of a familiarity with high class securities that is of no small value to the extensive clientele he enjoys. Mr. Hutchinson was married December 29, 1903, to Miss Alice M. Prudden, a TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 271 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Prudden, prominent residents of Lockport, New York, and they have two daughters : Prudence and Helen. Mr. Hutchinson is a member of the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club and the Carranor Hunt & Polo Club. In politics he is a republican, but votes independently at local elections, placing the qualifications of a candidate above party ties. He gives his best efforts to anything that he undertakes and has ever been actuated by a spirit of determination which makes for honorable manhood and progressive citizenship. Mr. Hutchinson resides at Eagle Point Colony in the up River Road section. J. C. BOSTELMANN, JR. It is a well recognized fact that the prestige enjoyed by a city rests largely upon its development along musical and artistic lines as upon its activity in the field of business and in the former connection John C. Bostelmann, Jr., is doing most important and valuable work as treasurer and managing director of the Toledo Institute of Musical Art, which ranks with the leading conservatories of the state. He was born in Elmira, New York, February 1, 1891, a son of John C. and Addie (Glover) Bostelmann, the former of European birth and the latter a native of Sag Harbor, New York. When a boy of eleven years the father came to the United States and afterward turned his attention to the study of law, becoming one of the leading attorneys of Corning, New York. He was called to the bench, being elected judge of the city court of Corning, over which he presided for many years, making an enviable record as a jurist. Of late years he has been connected with the legal department of the United States government, with headquarters in New York city, and he has gained a position of distinction in the ranks of his profession. The mother is also living and of their family of eight children, the following survive : Addie, Louis J., Cecelia, Ida and John C. In the acquirement of an education J. C. Bostelmann, Jr., attended the Corning Free Academy, the Peekskill Military Academy and afterward studied law in New York University. He then became a student at the Institute of Musical Art in New York city, after which he had the benefit of training in other schools of music and also under private instructors. After completing his studies he was appointed director of the Corning Conservatory of Music and later acted as managing director of the combined music schools of Rochester, New York, with which he was associated until 1917, when he came to this city, accepting a similar position with the Toledo Conservatory of Music, after which he founded the Toledo Institute of Musical Art, with which he has since been identified as managing director. He is well qualified for the duties which devolve upon him and since assuming charge of the institute he has devoted every energy toward its development and expansion. His efforts have been rewarded with a gratifying measure of success and within a short space of time he has built up an institution second to none in the character and thoroughness of its instruction. It now has an annual enrollment of from two hundred and fifty to five hundred pupils and from both a financial and artistic standpoint is a credit to his ability. He was also supervisor of orchestration for the city schools but owing to the growing demands made upon his time by the Toledo Institute of Musical Art he discontinued his duties in that connection on the 1st of March, 1922, to devote all of his time to the development of the Toledo Institute of Musical Art. 272 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY At Corning, New York, on the 7th of June, 1915, Mr. Bostelmann was married to Miss Sophie Pratt, a daughter of Congressman Harry H. Pratt, and they have three children : Sophie Pratt, who was born in Corning in 1916 and is attending the Fulton school ; Clara Spencer, whose birth occurred in Toledo in 1919 ; and Adeline Glover, who was born in this city in 1921. Mr. Bostelmann is a member of the First Congregational church of Toledo and has charge of its music. He votes the republican ticket when national questions are involved but at local elections supports the candidate whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party ties. His work has been a potent factor in promoting musical standards of Toledo and his services are thoroughly appreciated by those residents of the city who are lovers of "the divine art," as well as by those to whom all that is of cultural value and tends to raise the individual to a higher plane of thought, makes appeal. LINTON HENRY FALLIS A native son of Toledo and a member of one of the honored pioneer families, of the city, Linton Henry Fallis has demonstrated his ability to successfully manage large interests and is now at the head of the Sherlock Baking Company, one of the oldest and best known enterprises of the kind in the city. He was born on the 6th of October, 1886, of the marriage of Harry Dillon and Ida May (Lautzenheiser) Fallis, the former a native of Shawnee, Indiana, and the latter of Bucyrus, this state. The father was born June 22, 1861, and when six years of age he accompanied his parents on their removal to Toledo. After entering business life he established the H. D. Fallis Flour & Feed Company and later organized the Sherlock Baking Company, of which he was president until his death, being very successful in the conduct of the undertaking. He was numbered among the representative business men and highly respected citizens of Toledo. His demise occurred on the 22d of January, 1920, when he was fifty-nine years of age. The Fallis family was originally established in the south by George and Rachel (Ridgeway) Fallis, who settled in Frederick county, Virginia, while the maternal ancestors established their home in Pennsylvania at an early period in the history of this country. The mother of Linton H. Fallis removed from Bucyrus to Napoleon and thence to Maumee, Ohio, where her marriage occurred. She was called to her final rest in June, 1914, when fifty-four years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Fallis became the parents of two children : Martha, who married F. E. Heck of Toledo ; and Linton Henry. Linton H. Fallis acquired his education in his native city and following his graduation from the Central high school he responded to the lure of the west and made his way to Shoshone, Idaho. For about a year he was connected with irrigation work and then returned to Toledo, entering the employ of the Sherlock Baking Company in 1907. Starting in a humble capacity, he devoted his energies to the mastery of every phase of the business, of which he acquired a thorough knowledge, and after the death of his father he succeeded him as president, which office he has since capably filled, maintaining the high standards which have ever characterized the output of the firm and greatly enlarging the scope of the undertaking. They cater exclusively to the wholesale trade and "Luxury" bread and cakes, of which they are the makers, have a wide sale throughout the city, owing to their purity and excellence. The firm utilizes about fifty employes in the operation of its baking