600 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Toledo Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to Rubicon Lodge, F. & A. M., Fort Meigs Chapter, R. A. M., Toledo Council, R. & S. M., and St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templars. He also has membership in the Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. His religious connection is with the First Congregational church. Along strictly professional lines his association is with the Lucas County, Ohio State and American Bar associations. HARRY MORRIS GOULD Harry M. Gould, vice president and treasurer of The Gould Realty Company, is one of the best known real estate men in Toledo, not only from the character and importance of the transactions negotiated by his firm but as well from his long connection with the real estate business. Harry Morris Gould was born in Russian Poland, December 5, 1890, and was nine years old when his parents came to the United States and established the family home in Toledo. In this city he attended the public and high schools and early in life started on his business career. He sold newspapers on the streets and even then displayed a grasp of business affairs and a power of organization that was more natural of a mature mind than one of his age. While yet an eighth grade school boy he controlled a newspaper business of twelve hundred customers in the downtown district, requiring the services of twelve regular carriers and two extras. Young Gould was the owner of the business and had built up to a point where it brought him an income of fifty dollars a week and was so well organized that when he disposed of it he was able to realize nearly one thousand per cent profit. For a time he owned a cigar store in the lobby of the St. Clair building, but in 1910 he began his career in the real estate business, which he has ever since followed. About that time he purchased the insurance business of Alex. Tyler, also that of A. A. Walp, both representing different lines, which he combined with a general real estate business under his own name and opened offices in the St. Clair building. Mr. Gould thus carried on his business as an individual until 1918, when in company with his brother, Louis H., (who is mentioned elsewhere in this work), he organized The Gould Realty Company. This Company handles only down-town business property, specializing in ninety-nine-year leases, being the pioneer real estate firm. in 'Toledo to make this specialty the feature of its operations. They have negotiated many important property transfers, and enjoy .an exceptionally high class clientele. Straightforward business methods have always characterized their dealings, with the result that the firm is regarded as one of the representative real estate houses in Toledo. On the 26th of January, 1915, Mr. Gould was married to Miss Hylda Schragenheim of this city and they have three children, all born in Toledo : Virginia Harriett ; Robert Allen, born August .25, 1918; and Shirley Ann. Mr. Gould has been a member of the Newsboys' Association since its organization and his aid and cooperation can always be counted upon to further any plan or project that will safeguard the youth of the city and lead to the development of his latent talents and the growth of character that has its foundation in justice, truth and right. He is a self-made man in the fullest meaning of the term and while not yet of middle age, has achieved a success that more often represents a lifetime of effort. He has a wide acquaintance among Toledo's business men that, TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 603 in a great many cases, dates back to his newsboy days. Mr. Gould belongs to B'nai B'rith and the Collingwood temple and he has membership in the Progress Club, the Glengarry Country Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and his interests and activities reach out along constantly broadening lines which touch the welfare of society. His residence is at No. 2317 Rosewood avenue. WHITHAM ALBERT BOARDMAN Whitman Albert Boardman is the secretary, treasurer and manager of The East Side Iron Elevator Company, a grain trade concern of Toledo. Capability and efficiency have brought him to his present business connection and his labors are now constituting an important element in the steady growth of the enterprise. Toledo numbers him not only among her representative business men but also among her native sons, his birth having here occurred December 7, 1886. He was the fourth in a family of five children whose parents were Avery W. and Fannie May (Funk) Boardman. The father started out to earn his living as a newsboy and for many years was identified with railroad interests, holding positions of increasing responsibility and eventually becoming a most active and progressive business man of Toledo. He was born in Akron, Summit county, Ohio, January 6, 1848, his parents being John C. and Priscilla P. (Granger) Boardman, who were natives of the state of New York. In the Granger' line he is descended from Thomas Granger, who was a fifer of the American army during the Revolutionary war, while Lemuel Granger, the grandfather of Avery W. Boardman, became a pioneer resident of Akron, Ohio, and superintended the building of the nine canal locks at that place. The Boardman family was also established in Ohio in 1812 by the great-grandfather of Whitman A. Boardman, who purchased government land near Springfield. His son, John C. Boardman, was born in Washington county,. New York, April 2, 1803, and was but a boy when brought to Ohio. He became a stonecutter and contractor and lived in Summit county until his death in 1869. It was in that county that Avery W. Boardman was, reared, attending the public schools of Akron, and when quite young he became a wage earner as a newsboy on the old Atlantic & Great Western Railway, working thus for several years. He afterward became a brakeman on that road and on the 5th of February, 1872, secured employment as a brakeman with the Wabash Railroad Company. Some time afterward he was appointed yardmaster in the freight yards at Toledo and later was transferred to Danville, Illinois, where he sustained injuries that caused the loss of his left leg. With his return to Toledo he was given a position in the freight offices of the Wabash company and after five years was transferred to the elevator offices of the Wabash System at Toledo, there occupying a responsible position that enabled him later to establish business on his own account. In 1894 he became the first secretary and manager of The Iron Elevator Company of Toledo, builder of the first iron elevator in the world. In 1895 he became one of the incorporators of The East Side Iron Elevator Company, of which he was secretary and general manager until January 1, 1914, when he was succeeded in the position by his son Whitman. Avery W. Boardman retired from active business to become director of the public service of Toledo under appointment of Mayor Carl Keller, but while he rendered signal service to the public 604 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY in that position, he resigned before his term expired. He would not lower his standards of service and efficiency in the office and this brought him into a clash with professional politicians who would sacrifice good government and efficiency to the rewards of office. It is said that few men in Toledo have ever been better informed concerning the political position and interests of the city and at all times he has also kept well informed on the vital questions and problems affecting the country. Avery. W. Boardman is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has taken the degrees of subordinate lodge and encampment, and also of the Daughters of Rebekah. He likewise belongs to Anthony Wayne Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and he is identified with the Toledo Produce Exchange, the Toledo Commerce Club, the Transportation Club and the Toledo Settlement Association. He and his family are actively identified with the Washington Street Congregational church, in which for many years he served as treasurer and as trustee, while in the Sunday school he was superintendent of the senior department. In all branches of the church work he has long been deeply and helpfully interested and his influence is ever on the side of progress and uplift. On the 29th of April, 1873, Avery W. Boardman was married to Miss Fannie May Funk, daughter of Christian and Mary (Schoff) Funk of Danville, Illinois. Their children are five in number : Ethel, Grace, John C., Whitman A. and Frederick A. When Whitman A. Boardman left the Toledo public schools it was with the intention -of seeing something of the country, prompted by the restlessness and desire for experience that come to most youths. He made a trip to Missouri, where for seven months he worked on a farm owned by an uncle then living in Shelby county.: With his return to Toledo, however, he recognized the need of further educational training and became a student in the Davis Business College. He followed in his father's business footsteps by becoming a railroad man and was employed on the Clover Leaf between Toledo and St. Louis for a short time, while later he went to Denver and thence to a ranch at Morrison, Colorado. He was at different periods in Greeley and Boulder, Colorado, and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as in points on the Pacific coast. Until the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 he was employed on the Leland Stanford University ranch at Vina, California, after which he was with the McCloud River Railway and Lumber Company in that state for six months. His father needing him at home, he returned to Toledo and became a grain sampler with the Toledo Produce Exchange under the inspection department. A little later he entered the employ of The East Side Iron Elevator Company, of which his father was secretary and manager. His first position was that of bookkeeper and later he was advanced to assistant manager, while on the 1st of January, 1914, he succeeded his father in the official capacity of secretary and manager. Since then he has given his attention to administrative direction and executive control of the business and in 1916 he was also made treasurer. He thus figures prominently in connection with the grain trade of Toledo and has gained a place among the representative and progressive business men of the city. On the 12th of April, 1909, Mr. Boardman was married to Miss Onlee Marie Bird, a native of Elkhart, Indiana, but reared and educated partly in Toledo. She is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.. George M. Bird of this city and by her marriage she has become the mother of one child, Helen Marie, born in Toledo. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 605 Mr. Boardman, like his father, has become prominently known in political circles. He has closely studied the vital questions affecting the welfare of the city and state and his opinions have for a number of years carried weight in republican councils. In 1914 he was a director of the Lucas County Republican League. None question the integrity of his position. He stands firmly for what he believes to be right and works just as untiringly for the principles he espouses as though he was to receive renumeration therefor. He never hesitates to support his ideals of citizenship and in reaching forward toward the betterment of conditions he employs most practical and effective methods. Mr. Boardman is also widely known in other connections. He is an active member of the Toledo Produce Exchange and the Toledo Commerce Club and Masonry finds in him a most worthy exemplar, his membership being in Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, F. & A. M.; Toledo Chapter, R. A. M.; Toledo Council, R. & S. M.; St. Omer Commandery, K. T., of which .he was senior warden in 1915 ; and Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He and his family are members of the Washington Street Congregational church and their social position is an enviable one, while the hospitality of many of. the best homes of the city is freely accorded them. Varied, indeed, have been the experiences which go to make up the life record of Whitman A. Boardman. Roughing it in the west for many years, he came to a realization of what are the real values in life and to judge at their true worth the principles of industry, determination and integrity. His career has at all times been purposeful, his labors resultant, and he has advanced step. by step not only in business connections but also in that influence which has to do with the standards of citizenship and efficiency in connection with the discharge of public duties. AL E. REUBEN Toledo has the reputation of having the largest real estate offices in the United States, except Chicago and New York, and it has the largest number of ground floor offices. It took vision on the part of Toledo realtors, and vim and vigor, to place Toledo in this enviable position. One of the men whose progressive spirit and untiring efforts aided greatly in this accomplishment was Al E. Reuben, president of the Reuben Realty Company—one of Toledo's largest real estate organizations. Mr. Reuben, while still a young man, has won wonderful success in his chosen profession and has accomplished much for the growth of this city. In the city of Toledo on October 26, 1892, Al E. Reuben was born, and has resided here continuously. In the Central high school he received his diploma and immediately after graduation he began to cast about to select his life's vocation. The sale and exchange of realty appealed to him and a little over ten years ago he opened a modest little office on one of the upper floors in the Nasby building. During the first year his brother, Zale A. Reuben, joined him and the present Reuben Realty Company was organized. With the constant growth of the business this company has changed repeatedly into larger quarters until now it occupies the commodious ground floor offices at No. 607-609 Madison avenue. Even in these large quarters the Reuben organization is cramped for space and plans are being discussed to remodel and construct a model real estate building on the property at No. 311 Superior street 606 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY purchased two years ago by this company for offices. Here the firm proposes to build one of the most complete real estate homes in the country—one that will house its attorneys, architects, building and insurance departments and all the other branches of an up-to-date realty organization. It was great faith in Toledo, combined with a wonderful capacity for work which built this company. The Reuben Company stands as a monument to the enterprise and constructive ability of its president and founder. During the life of the Reuben Realty Company it has platted twenty-eight additions to take care of Toledo's growth and is now planning to place several more allotments on the market. Mr. Al Reuben, in addition ..to his real estate activities, founded and is president of the Toledo Mortgage Company, one of Toledo's newest but one of its most successful financial institutions. This company was formed to aid, home owners in the purchase of their, property and has proven a great boon since the days when banks were, unable to loan on Toledo realty because of financial stringency. Mr. Reuben married on November 11, 1922, Miss Lillian Durbin, of this city, a daughter of D. L. Durbin. Mr. Reuben is a great lover of outdoor sports. He was one of the founders of the Ottawa Park Riding. Club, which has constructed one of the finest riding rings and club houses in the county. He belongs to the Toledo Yacht Club and takes great pleasure in his yacht, "The Lotus." Of both the Elks and Masons he is a member, and of practically every society of civic nature to help Toledo grow. HARRY CLAYTON TILLOTSON Toledo owes much to the enterprising spirit. and business acumen of Harry Clayton Tillotson, whose initiative spirit and powers of organization have led to the development of one of the leading productive industries of the city, and the success which he has won is well merited, for it has been gained through industry, ability and determination. He was born in Medina county, Ohio, December 7, 1866, and his parents were Miles and Parnell (Butts) Tillotson, the former a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and the latter of Canandaigua, New York. In early life they came to Ohio and in Medina county the father became well known as a building contractor. Later he removed with his family to Ovid, Michigan, and secured the position of general superintendent of a large sash, door and blind factory, continuing to act in that capacity until 1869, when he was killed by an accident. The mother's demise occurred at Ovid, Michigan, when she was seventy-four years of age. There were three children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Tillotson : Harry C. ; Frank, a resident of Detroit, Michigan ; and Mrs. Ida Voorhies of. Ovid, that state. In the public schools of Ovid, Michigan, Harry Clayton Tillotson obtained his education and on starting out in life for himself he engaged in the bicycle business, which was then at its height, being very successful in that line of activity. Later he went to Chicago, Illinois, becoming distributor for a well known firm of automobile manufacturers and also continuing the sale of bicycles, and for ten years he remained a resident of that city. In 1914 he returned to Toledo, to which city he had first come in 1897, being connected with the Consolidated Manufacturing TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 609 Company for the production of Yale bicycles and automobiles. For some time he had been engaged in perfecting an automobile carburetor and in 1914 he became one of the organizers of the Tillotson Manufacturing Company for, the purpose of placing his invention upon the market. From its inception the venture proved a success and in the intervening period the business has enjoyed a steady growth, about five hundred men now being employed in its plant, which is located at the junction of the City boulevard with the tracks of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. The company's carburetor is recognized as one of the best on the market and the firm is kept constantly busy with orders, supplying the manufacturers of the Overland, Durant and other high grade automobiles. The officers of the company are : Harry C. Tillotson, president ; Royal R. Scott, secretary ; and Vincent H. Harris, treasurer. Mr. Tillotson carefully supervises every detail of the business, while he also has the ability to see clearly its larger aspects; and has secured a high degree of efficiency in the operation of the plant, which was erected in 1917 and is one of the finest and best equipped in this section of the country. In Chicago, on the 4th of January, 1894, Mr. Tillotson was married to Miss Mary E. Schorr, whose parents were residents of Millersburg, Ohio, and they have two children : Helen E., who was born in Chicago and is a graduate of Monticello Seminary ; and Parnell A., who is a native of this city and also attended that educational institution after completing her public school course. Mr. Tillotson is identified' with the Masonic fraternity and his political support is given to the men and measures of the republican party. He is a member of the Toledo, Inverness Country and Toledo Yacht clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants & Manufacturers Association and of the last named organization he served as president for two terms. He is a man of well balanced capacities and powers who has steadily progressed since his initial effort was made in the field of business, and the importance of his interests establishes his position among the foremost representatives of industrial activity in Toledo, which has greatly benefited through his progressive citizenship. Mr. Tillotson resides in the Ottawa Hills section. L. A. WILLOUGHBY, M. D. Dr. L. A. Willoughby, specializing in urology, is one of the leaders in his chosen field in the medical profession in Toledo. Born in Watseka, Illinois, on the 21st of March, 1881, he is a son of Leonidas A. and Emily (Capron) Willoughby, .whose family numbered two children, the daughter being Ethel E. Willoughby, now a teacher of English in the Woodward high school of Toledo. The family removed to this city when Dr. Willoughby was but five years of age, and here, he acquired his education in the public schools, while in preparation for his professional career he attended the Toledo Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. Having thus qualified for his profession, he entered upon general practice in Toledo but soon concentrated his efforts upon his specialty and his highly developed skill and efficiency in this field make him one of the leading urologists of Toledo and the state. In 1910 he pursued a postgraduate course in urology at Johns Hopkins University, and in 1913 took postgraduate work in St. Peter's Hospital in London, England, and also did work in other leading hospitals on the continent. His training has been most comprehensive and he continues a close 610 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY student of the profession, keeping in touch with the latest researches and discoveries. He has been associated with the health department of the city and is a. member of the staff of the Municipal Hospital as assistant director of the urological department, a position which he has occupied from the beginning. During the World war he was on the medical advisory board for the Toledo district and was given a commission as captain of the Medical Corps, being on active duty at Camp Taylor. Dr. Willoughby was married in 1919 to Miss Bernice Lash. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and its beneficent principles find expression in his life work. He is an equally loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics he maintains an independent course. Along professional lines he is associated with the. Lucas County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Association, the American Urological Association and the American Medical Association and he eagerly embraces every opportunity for advancing his knowledge and promoting his skill in his chosen field of labor, meeting every responsibility and duty with a deep sense of conscientious obligation. EDWARD HENRY RHOADES Edward Henry Rhoades, deceased, was recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Toledo for many years. The court records bear testimony to many favorable verdicts that he won, which brought him prominently before the public as a most able. and resourceful, lawyer. Mr. Rhoades and his wife, Anna Sophia (Rhoades) Rhoades, were both natives of central New York state.  Edward Henry Rhoades was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan in 1868; and the .following year he entered upon the active practice of the profession in Toledo, where his name became a synonym for intense activity in law practice and loyalty to the highest standards of the profession. He numbered among his clientele many of the leading business figures of the city and it has often been said that he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. Mr. Rhoades continued in active practice until his death on April 23,. 1913, being survived by his wife and two. sons, Edward H., Jr., and John D. For a number of years prior to the death of Mr. Rhoades both of his sons were associated with him in the practice of law and one of Mr. Rhoades' greatest joys in life was to see how ably they were following in his footsteps. John D. Rhoades was born in Toledo, September 15, 1877. He attended the public and high schools of Toledo, being one of the first graduates in the four years course from the Central high school, completing the course in 1898. He next became a student in Oberlin College and was there graduated with the class of 1902. His law studies were pursued in the office and under the direction of his father and he was admitted to practice in 1904. His early training was thorough and upon admission to the bar he became a law partner of his father and brother, since which time he has been a partner in the firm of Rhoades & Rhoades, for since the father's death he has been associated with his brother and they, too, maintain an enviable position at the Toledo bar. John D. Rhoades is a member of the Lucas County Bar Association and also has membership relations with the Toledo Auto Club, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and the Sons of the American Revolution. He is likewise a member of the Northern Ohio Historical Society. His TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 613 political endorsement has always been given to the republican party, which he loyally supports at the polls, although he has never sought public office. His interest outside of his profession centers largely in Christian work. He has been an active member of The Ashland Avenue Baptist church of Toledo for-years, and for the past seven years has been one of the board of managers of The American Baptist Publication Society ; also for a number of years, the president of the Toledo Baptist Union, and for one year the vice-chairman of the Ohio Council .of Northern Baptist Laymen. Edward H. Rhoades, partner of John D. Rhoades, in the law firm of Rhoades & Rhoades, was born in Toledo, August 9, 1872, and in the pursuit of his education attended the Central high school, from which he was graduated in 1891. At Oberlin College he remained a student for several years and is numbered among its alumni of 1896. His law studies were pursued in his father's office and he was admitted to practice in 1899, after which he became associated with his father in the trial of many cases. In fact, a partnership relation was established between them and following the father's demise the brothers continued in active professional association, under the firm style of Rhoades & Rhoades. They have a large law practice of a distinctively representative character and their work before the courts has won them high commendation. On the 21st of November, 1899, E. H. Rhoades was married to Miss Maude Hosler of Kendallville, Indiana, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hosier of Noble county, that state. They have two children: William H., born in Toledo in 1900 and now a senior in Denison University of this state ; and Edward H., who was born in Noble county, Indiana, January 4, 1914, and is now a pupil in the Toledo schools. Like his brother, E. H. Rhoades is a republican and he also has membership connection with the Toledo Automobile Club and the Sons of the American Revolution. His interest aside from his law practice and his family, is largely in Christian work. For the past seventeen years he has been superintendent of The. Ashland Avenue Baptist Sunday school ; for over six years he has been the president of the Ohio Baptist convention, and has served for two years on the administrative committee of the Baptist General Board of Promotion. The Rhoades family has for considerably more than a half century been closely associated with law practice in Toledo and, more than that, has figured prominently in connection with the development and establishment of high standards in the community. WALTER A. EVERSMAN Walter A. Eversman, a member of the firm of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau Williams, is the son of Frederick W. and Elizabeth (Graether) Eversman. He graduated from the Toledo high school and immediately thereafter matriculated at the University of Michigan, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1901, and the degree of LL. B. in 1903. He passed the bar examinations in 1903. The year following his graduation he spent in study in Germany at the universities of Berlin and Munich. On June 25, 1910, Mr. Eversman married Miss Grace L. Greenhalgh. In 1918 Mr. Eversman was appointed general solicitor in charge of the legal department of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad for the. Federal govern- 614 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY ment. At the termination of Federal control he was elected general solicitor and director of Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company and has continuously since been in charge of the legal department of that corporation. Mr. Eversman is a member of the local, State and American Bar associations. EUGENE MORRIS LEMPERT Eugene Morris Lempert, treasurer of the Weber Clothing Company, is thus identified with one of the largest clothing establishments in this section of the state, devoted exclusively to handling men's and boys' clothing. He is a native of Rochester, New York, born July 20, 1886, and is a son of Morris H. and Sophia (Harris) Lempert, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in the state of New York. The father came to America in early life and, residing at Rochester, New York, was there engaged in the manufacture of men's felt hats, being the originator of what at one time was known as the Dollar Hat. For a number of years he was recognized as one of the largest hat manufacturers of the state of New York, having an extensive plant in Rochester and conducting a business that extended over a wide territory. In 1893 he came to Toledo, where he opened a hat jobbing business and also purchased the business of the Weber Clothing Company, becoming president thereof. He concentrated his efforts and energies upon this undertaking and built up the business to its present large proportions, remaining president of the company to the time of this writing. He also became the owner of the Landover Hat Stores, which he founded in a number of cities and of which he is still owner. He is likewise engaged in the jobbing of men's hats. A man of marked enterprise, he has steadily developed his interests from a small beginning until he is today one of the foremost merchants and jobbers of the state and of the middle west. To him and his wife were born two children, the brother of E. M. Lempert being Bernard F., who also remains in Toledo. Eugene Morris Lempert attended the schools of Toledo, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, and later became a student in the Orchard Lake Military Academy at Orchard Lake, Michigan, in which he remained a student for three years, and on the expiration of that period he returned to Toledo, where he became associated with the business enterprises of which his father is the head. Eugene Morris Lempert is now the treasurer of the Weber Clothing Company, also of the Frankenberg & Lempert Hat Company and the Landover Hat Stores. He has displayed thoroughness and diligence in mastering every phase and detail of the business interests with which. he is identified and has become a forceful and resourceful factor in both commercial and manufacturing circles. His indefatigable energy and his unfaltering determination enable him to carry forward to success whatever he undertakes and in his vocabulary, like that of his father, there has never been any such word as fail. Mr. Lempert is widely, prominently and favorably known in club and social circles of the city and was serving as president of the Toledo Automobile Club up to the time when . he entered the war, when he was commissioned captain in the Quartermaster Department and later won promotion to the rank of major. He was sent overseas, where he established and systematized the clothing repair department, of which he had charge under Colonel Franklin D. Olier, remaining TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 615 overseas for twenty-three months. On his return he again took up his work in connection with the three corporations of which he is the treasurer and has concentrated his efforts and attention upon the further development and control of the business. Mr. Lempert is a member of the Masonic lodge and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also identified with the American Legion and his political support is given to the republican party. He belongs to various fraternal and social organizations, having membership with the Toledo Yacht Club, the Maumee River Yacht Club, the Progress Club, the Young Men's Christian Association, the Young Men's Hebrew Club, the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Golf Club, the Toledo Automobile Club and the American Legion. His interests and connections are thus wide and varied and he has given earnest and adequate support to all those forces which make for public progress and improvement, for social advancement, for the betterment of business conditions and for the organized efforts that are being put forth to advance the intellectual and moral welfare of the community. DAVID D. DELZELL, M. D. Dr. David D. Delzell, one of Toledo's well known and highly respected physicians, is engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery and his professional activities have always been confined to this city. He was born at Logansport, Indiana, November 3, 1885, and is a son of Dr. David Edgar and Hattie (Miller) Delzell, who are also natives of the Hoosier state, the birth of the former occurring in Carroll county, while the latter was born in Cass county. For forty-five years the father has devoted his attention to the practice of dentistry, in which he has gained expert skill, ranking with the pioneer members of this profession in the state. To Dr. and Mrs. Delzell have been born three children : Paul, a resident of Detroit, Michigan ; Bernice, who is living at Logansport, Indiana ; and David D. David D. Delzell acquired his early education in his native city and a year after his graduation from high school he entered the medical department of the University of Illinois at Chicago, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1912. Coming to Toledo, he became an interne at the County Hospital and in 1913 he opened an office in this city, where he has since been located. He has won the confidence of the public and has been accorded a large practice in recognition of his professional skill. He closely studies the cases that come under his care and keeps in touch with the great truths which medical science is constantly revealing. He has been called to public office, serving as city health physician in 1914 and making a highly commendable record in that connection. He practices in all of the hospitals of the city and is very conscientious in the discharge of his professional duties. Dr. Delzell was married September 15, 1914, to Miss Ruth Wilda Smith, who became an orphan at an early age, and they have two children : David Edgar, born in May, 1915 ; and Margaret Louise, who was born August 5, 1916. Both are natives of Toledo and public school pupils. In his political views Dr. Delzell is a republican and in Masonry he has taken the Knights Templar degree, while he is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Professionally he is connected with the Toledo & Lucas County 616 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and during the World war he was appointed assistant surgeon of the United States Health Service. He has always conformed his practice to the highest ethics of the profession, in which he has made continuous progress, and to his chosen life work he gives his undivided attention. WILLIAM O. HOLST William O. Hoist, conducting business at Toledo under the name of the W. O. Hoist Builders' Supply Company, has spent practically his entire life in this city, although he was born in Christiania, Norway, April 23, 1864, his parents being Theodore and Hannah (Peterson) Hoist. The family came to America in 1869, landing in New York city and going from there to Chicago,. Illinois, where they lived a year before coming to Toledo. Theodore Hoist was a cabinetmaker by trade. His skill in that art had brought him inducements to emigrate to America and work for the Illinois Central Railroad when that company began building the better class of railway coaches. After one year with the Illinois Central at Chicago, Theodore Hoist moved in 1870 to Toledo and for thirty-nine consecutive years was employed at his trade in the shops of the Wabash Company of this city. He still makes his home in Toledo but has now retired from active business. His wife passed away in this city in 1919. To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hoist there were born f our sons : Edward C., who is connected with the Michigan Central Railway as train master ; Elmer T., who is with the F. W. James Company of Toledo ; Conrad A., who is with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad ; and William O., of this review. The last named attended the public and high schools of. Toledo, after which he engaged in railroad work for seventeen years, being identified with the operating department of the Michigan Central. While a high school pupil he had spent his leisure hours in the study of telegraphy in the' office of the Wabash Railroad and immediately after finishing school was taken into the regular service of the company as telegraph operator, remaining in the Toledo offices for eight years. Subsequently he spent a similar period in the transportation department of the Michigan Central Railway and during the greater part of the time was yardmaster. When he left the railroad in 1900 to engage in business for himself, he settled on South Erie street, where he has since maintained his headquarters. He organized his interests under the name of the W. O. Hoist Builders' Supply Company and the business has since grown to large proportions, being one of the foremost enterprises of the kind in the city. Mr. Hoist is sole owner of the business, which furnishes employment to thirty-five people. He has a splendidly equipped plant with rail and water facilities and his capable management and wise direction of his interests have led to the steady development of the business until the results have been written in terms of success. Mr. Hoist has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Eva May Frisch of Toledo, the wedding being celebrated on the 23d of April, 1887. She passed away May 2, 1896, leaving two children : Raymond W., who was born in Toledo in 1888 and is now engaged in business with his father ; and Bessie, who was born in Toledo in 1890 and died in 1908. The son married Miss Laura Digby of Bowling Green and they have become parents of two children : Betty Jane, born TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 619 in 1915 ; and Billy, born in 1919. For his second wife Mr. Holst chose Miss Madeline M. Holland, the wedding being celebrated at Toledo, November 26, 1898. Mr. Holst has long been recognized as a public-spirited citizen and his cooperation in matters intended to promote the public welfare is well known. In 1898 he was elected to the office of city clerk and filled that position for one term. In 1897 he was a member of the city council and acted as president thereof. He has qualities of leadership that usually bring him to the front in any connection. For two terms he was the president of the Transportation Club, to which he still belongs, and for an equal period he was president of the Ohio Builders' Supply Association. Fraternally he is a Mason, having taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites, and he .has filled all of the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He likewise belongs to the Toledo Club and to the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Inverness Club, the Transportation Club, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Maumee River Yacht Club. All these are indicative of the nature of his interests and activities. He is identified with the Rotary Club and the Toledo Automobile Club and aside from his connection with other lodges is associated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He enjoys the companionship of his fellows who have kindred tastes and interests and his social qualities make for popularity wherever he is known. He is always courteous, genial and obliging and he stands with those men of sterling worth whose well spent life is attested by the number and kind of their friends. CHARLES JACOB MANDLER Charles Jacob Mandler, president of the Allen Filter Company, was a man, whose inventive genius and research work brought him to a prominent position in scientific circles. In the matter of developing the manufacturing water purifiers he did work of inestimable value to the world and the whole country has benefited by his labors. Mr. Mandler was born in Elkhart, Indiana, July 26, 1874, a son of Jacob and Alice (Plant) Mandler. He was quite young when the family removed from Elkhart to Toledo and here he received his early education and graduated from the high school. He afterward studied for a year under private tutorship in Germany. Following his return to his native land he entered upon a law course at Cornell University, where he received the degree of B. L. in 1897 and that of LL. B. in 1898. With his graduation from Cornell he again took up his abode in Toledo, where he entered upon the active practice of his chosen profession, which he followed for about four years, making for himself an enviable reputation among those who were members of the Toledo bar at that time. Moreover, he was not only admitted to practice by the supreme court but had made notable progress in his chosen calling and undoubtedly would have risen to fame in that connection had not the trend of events turned his activities into other channels. Owing to the death of his father he turned to business interests and his talents as a constructive genius drew him into manufacturing. At the time of his death he was the head of the Allen Filter Company, a Toledo corporation, and to his inventive genius the company largely owes the high place which it now occupies in connection with the manufacture of water purifiers. His work and his experiments, resulted in the perfection of the Mandler diatomaceous serum filter, which has been furnished in large quantities to the government for use in 620 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY hospitals since the beginning of the World war. It has also been widely used in laboratories and elsewhere, including the Parke-Davis, Mulford and other leading plants of that character throughout the country. It proved to be equal to the German filter and its value was at once recognized by scientific and professional men, not only throughout this country but in other lands as well. In 1918 Mr. Mandler pursued a special course of study in Ann Arbor and in every possible way through reading, research and investigation he broadened his knowledge and promoted his efficiency. On the 22d of December, 1903, Mr. Mandler was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Wachter, a daughter of Peter and Mary Jane (Willcox) Wachter. Mr. Wachter was born in Germany and came to the United States when a boy, and for many years was the leading shoe merchant of Toledo. The mother was a daughter of Henry Willcox, representative of one of the honored pioneer families of northwestern Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Mandler became the parents of a daughter, Mary Alice. Mr. Mandler held membership in the Congregational church, taking an active part in all church work and serving as treasurer and trustee at the time of his death. He gave his political allegiance to the republican party and cooperated in every movement which he deemed of value in promoting the public welfare. During the World war he was particularly active in support of all the efforts of the government to bring hostilities to a successful close and did earnest work in connection with the Liberty Loan campaigns and the Red Cross and other drives. He was a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A. M., and attained the Knights Templar degree in the commandery, at all times loyally following the teachings and purposes of the craft. He belonged also to the Commerce Club, and the nature of his recreation was largely indicated in the fact that he was a member of the Toledo Golf Club. His life in many respects approached the ideal. He was a devoted husband and father, a loyal son, a cheerful and effective worker in the church and a strong progressive student in scientific realms, qualities which at all times made him a most valuable citizen. His research work and inventions were most valuable and while he was extremely quiet and unassuming in manner, the .worth of his work as a factor in the world's progress has long been widely acknowledged. EDWARD PAYSON SEARLE Edward Payson Searle, who under the name of the Monarch Manufacturing Company developed one of the important productive industries of Toledo in the manufacture of lubricating oils and greases, made for himself a place in the front rank of the substantial and representative business men of the city. His life story is the record of earnest endeavor and in his vocabulary there was no such word as fail. His plans were carefully formulated and promptly executed and his entire career proved the force of industry and determination as factors in the attainment of, business prosperity. Mr. Searle was a native son of New England, his birth having occurred in Burlington, Vermont, October 21, 1839, his parents being Henry and Lodo (Robinson) Searle, the former an architect by profession. The mother was a direct descendant of Rev. John Robinson of Leyden, Holland, of Congregational fame. TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY - 623 The removal of the family from the Green Mountain state to New York caused Edward Payson Searle to become a pupil in the public schools of Rochester, and when he had completed his education there, he entered the office of his father and acquainted himself with the building trades. He was so engaged when he put aside all business and personal considerations to aid his country in the defense of the Union, enlisting as a member of Company F, Thirteenth New York Infantry, on the 30th of April, 1861, to serve for two years. His regiment was assigned to the Fifth Army Corps and with his command he participated in both battles of Bull Run and in seventeen other skirmishes and engagements ere he was mustered out on the 31st of May, 1863. He continued as a private soldier, preferring to remain with his friends rather than enjoy military advancement. At one time he was captured but was promptly paroled. After being mustered out Mr. Searle went to Medina, New York, where he engaged in the ice business and in market gardening, making his home in that city for a period of twenty-two years. He became quite a prominent figure in political circles there and at one time held the office of county sheriff. In 1891 he removed westward to Rockford, Illinois, where he engaged in the manufacture of lubricating oils and greases, continuing in that city for five years, when owing to a desire to secure better railroad facilities to promote his shipments, he removed his business to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There the business grew to such proportions that he deemed it advisable to establish a branch at Toledo. Mr. Searle was the president of the firm, which operated under the name of the Monarch Manufacturing Company, and with the establishment of the Toledo branch Fred Searle was appointed superintendent, while Henry Allan Searle was left in charge of the parent concern at Council Bluffs, as manager and treasurer. The business continued to grow and expand and today there is employed a very large force of men in the conduct of the business. The Toledo branch was established in the suburb of Ironville in 1902 and has justified the sound business judgment of its promoter, for the trade directed from this house has steadily developed to extensive and gratifying proportions. While residing at Medina, New York, Mr. Searle was united in marriage on the 3d of May, 1865, to Miss Emily Prudden, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hulburd) Prudden. Four sons were born of their union : Robinson Prudden, who is now manager of the Balso Oil Company of Toledo ; Henry Allan, in charge of the business of the Monarch Manufacturing Company at Council Bluffs, Iowa ; Charles Edward, who is an illustrator of New York ; and Fred Howard, who is superintendent of the Monarch Manufacturing Company at Toledo. Mr. Searle retired from active connection with the business in 1910 and spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. At the time of his death, which occurred on the 3d of July, 1918, he was engaged in writing his personal recollections of the Civil war. He always gave his political allegiance to the republican party and was a strong personal friend of Congressman Isaac R. Sherwood. His religious faith was that of the Congregational church and in club circles he was known as a member of the Transportation Club. He always proudly wore the little bronze button that proclaimed him a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and for two years, in 1907 and 1908, he served as commander of Toledo Post, occupying that position when the G. A. R. encampment was held in this city. He was also chief of staff of the state department. He never lightly regarded the duties and obligations of life but found pleasure in the performance of the daily tasks which came to him and in the discharge of his duties as a citizen. Opportunity was to him always a call to action and one to which he made ready response. He made 624 - TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY his work count as a factor in growth and progress in every community in which he lived and Toledo came to look upon him as a prominent representative of her commercial and manufacturing activities. ALEXANDER L. SMITH Alexander L. Smith, senior member of the law firm of Smith, Beckwith & Ohlinger of Toledo, was born June 16, 1855, in Columbus, Ohio, a son of Josiah D. and Ann Eliza (Osborn) Smith. He attended the public schools of Columbus, Ohio, while later he matriculated in Amherst College and received the Bachelor. of Arts degree, upon graduation with the class of 1876. Subsequently he went to Germany, where he studied in the Berlin University and also in the Heidelberg University in the years of 1878 and 1879. He then began a course in law under private instruction and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1882, while later he was admitted to practice in the United States courts. In 1897 he formed a partnership with George H. Beckwith that has since been maintained. They practiced under the style of Smith & Beckwith until 1914, when they were joined by a third partner, Gustavus Ohlinger, leading to the adoption of the present firm name of Smith, Beckwith & Ohlinger. Mr. Smith is general solicitor for the Ann Arbor Railroad and has largely specialized in corporation law. His practice has long been of a most important character and he occupies a place in the foremost ranks of the legal fraternity in this city. He is likewise one of the directors of the Commerce Guardian Trust & Savings Bank. On the 9th of December, 1885, Mr. Smith was married to Miss. Alice Doolittle, a daughter of General Charles C. Doolittle of Toledo. Mrs. Smith died on the 28th of March, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became parents of three children : Donald P., Emily H., and Elizabeth D. Mr. Smith is a member of the First Unitarian church and has been signally honored with a membership on the national council of the Unitarian Laymen's League, one of the highest honors which can be conferred on a layman of this denomination. His interest in the public welfare and progress of the city is comprehensive and vital. FRANK H., FRAZELLE Frank H. Frazelle, well known in mercantile circles of Toledo as proprietor of the Frazelle Piano Company, was born in Lansing, Michigan, December 15, 1864, a son of Jacob and Katherine (Ruemley) Frazelle, who left their native land and crossed the Atlantic in one of the old-time sailing vessels. They first located at Batavia, New York, but soon afterward removed to Lansing, Michigan, where the father opened a bakery, and confectionery store, building up a successful business along that line, and he also conducted a similar establishment at Mason, that state. The grammar schools of Lansing and the high school at Mason, Michigan, afforded Frank H. Frazelle his early educational opportunities, and having developed a talent for music, he decided to fit himself for a professional career.