250 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ment of Toledo. Equally prominent was his long connecti with public service and public interests, for he was a close student of all activities and projects which had to do with the city's welfare and advancement. He was a member of the Toledo Club, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Knights of Pythias, a past exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. Honest, industrious, modest, genial and kind-hearted, Mr. Wall was admired and respected by all who knew him and probably no resident of his time in this city had a wider acquaintance or more real friends, and not a few of the latter had known him from boyhood. Death terminated his life of activity and usefulness on the 30th of January, 1927, when he was in his seventy-first year. Christopher F. Wall was married in Toledo to Miss Bessie Osterman, a daughter of Nathaniel D. and Margaret (O'Connell) Osterman and of Holland and Irish descent. His widow is still living in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Wall were the parents of two sons and a daughter. The elder son, Christopher Franklin, Jr., was born in May, 1895, and died October 4, 1921, in his twenty-seventh year. He was one of the best known of Toledo's younger and promising business men and had followed closely in the path of his father's success, both as a business man and the modest acquisition of a host of loyal friends and admirers. The second son is Richard J., mentioned below. The daughter, Alice Margaret, is the wife of John Charles Cochrane, of Ottawa Hills, and has two sons, Christopher Wall Cochrane and Samuel Stewart Cochrane. Mrs. Cochrane was one of the first women to enjoy an extended airplane trip when she accompanied her brother, Richard J., on a cross country trip. In the acquirement of an education Richard J. Wall attended parochial and public schools of Toledo and next entered St. John's College of this city, afterward becoming a reporter for the Toledo Blade. His knowledge of the classics was gained in the University of Michigan, after which he studied law for two years, abandoning his legal work, at the time of his brother's death, to assume the burden of business responsibilities to which he felt his father should no TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 251 longer be subjected. At that time he took charge of the taxicab business which C. F. Wall, Jr., had conducted. Later he returned to the University of Michigan as a part-time student in an endeavor to complete his preparation for the law. However, the stress of business forced him to forego even this, after a year. A reorganization of the business was effected in 1921 and since that time Richard J. Wall has controlled about seventy-five per cent of the stock. He was vice president at first but since 1927 has been president of the Toledo Yellow Taxicab Company, of which his brother was formerly the executive head. This is the largest taxicab company in the city and its operation involves over one hundred cars and three hundred employes in this division. Mr. Wall is also president of the Toledo Transfer & Storage Company, operating the finest garage in the city, together with other interests. He is president of the Yellow Drive Yourself Systems, president of the National Electric Specialty Company, manufacturers of electric specialties, president of the American Air Transport Company, which began its operations of carrying passengers over air routes in 1928. The able and efficient manner in which these various businesses are conducted affords an excellent tribute to Mr. Wall's ability as an executive and capacity as an organizer. In June, 1929, he was named a member of a special committee appointed by Secretary of Commerce Lamont at Washington to investigate automobile maintenance and to determine steps to be taken to reduce the number of accidents from faulty mechanism. This committee consists of thirty-eight representatives of manufacturers, automobile dealers, motor clubs and operators from various sections of the country. Systematic, methodical and decisive, Mr. Wall has scattered his energies without lessening their force, and the progress made by the corporations which he heads is proof of his administrative power and business acumen. Mr. Wall is a bachelor and resides at the Commodore Perry Hotel, while his office is located at 221 Ontario street. He adheres to the Roman Catholic faith and is affiliated with the church of St. Francis de Sales. A portion of his time is reserved for politics and as a member of the executive committee of Lucas county he exerts considerable influence in the 252 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY local councils of the republican party. He is honorary president of the Toledo Safety Council and a director of the National Safety Council, and never refuses to serve his city when needed. Along fraternal and social lines he is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Toledo Club, the Sylvania Golf Club and the Toledo Yacht Club. For diversion he also turns to hunting, fishing and flying. He is an experienced aviator and an authorized pilot, holding license No. 3705 issued by the department of commerce, and has traveled several thousands of miles through the air from coast to coast. Mr. Wall is thoroughly imbued with the progressive spirit of the age and has erected as the guide-posts of his life those principles which constitute the basis of all honorable and desirable prosperity—so well established by his father and followed through, during his short life, by his brother, Christopher F., Jr. He is a young man of exceptional ability and through his achievements has brought additional luster to the family name. CHARLES DEMOIN HOOVER Charles D. Hoover, vice mayor of Toledo, has been a leader in local politics for several years and is also identified with business affairs as a representative of the Electric AutoLite Company. He was born in Lima, Ohio, July 1, 1879, and is a son of James W. and Ida, (McWilliams) Hoover. The grandfather; Washington Hoover, migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio and was one of the pioneer agriculturists of Allen county. James W. Hoover was born on his father's farm near Lima and became a railroad employe, following that line of work for forty-seven years. He is now retired but Mrs. .Hoover passed away in 1886. Charles D. Hoover was about four years of age when the family, moved to Warrensburg, Illinois, where his mother died when he was seven years old. He then went to live with his uncle, Frank McWilliams, a farmer living about two miles from Warrensburg. Three years later he returned to Ohio and until the age of seventeen made his home with his uncle, Edward S. Hoover, a farmer of New Richland, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 253 Ohio. Up to this time Charles D. Hoover had attended the district and common schools and had worked as a farm hand, but he was ambitious not only for better education but as well for a business or trade that afforded more of a future than farm work. He attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, and when nineteen he became an apprentice in the Toledo plant of Baker Brothers and there learned the trade of pattern making. Later he was connected with that department of the Kent-Owens Machine Works, in which he spent two years, and in 1918 entered the employ of the Electric Auto-Lite Company in the capacity of a pattern maker. His energy and skill soon won recognition and at the end of eighteen months he was placed at the head of the pattern department, of which he still has charge. He also has supervision of the work in the castings department and is an important factor in the production end of the business, exerting every effort to further the interests of the company, to which he has rendered eleven years of faithful service. Mr. Hoover was married April 12, 1904, in Toledo, to Miss Ruby Alice Schaub and they have become the parents of a son, Ralph James, who was born February 8, 1906, in Toledo, and is now connected with the engineering department of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are earnest, helpful members of the Monroe Street Methodist church and both take an active part in republican politics. Mr. Hoover was a precinct committeeman for two terms and afterward was a member of the city council for five consecutive terms of two years each. During that period he aided in securing for the municipality many needed improvements and lent the weight of his support to all movements of reform and progress. In 1927 he was made vice mayor and is also rendering valuable service to Toledo in that connection, performing his duties with characteristic efficiency and thoroughness. Along fraternal lines he is affiliated with the Masons, the Eagles, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his wife takes a prominent part in the local activities of the Daughters of Rebekah and also those of the Eastern Star. He is much interested in the work of the Salvation Army and has been appointed by the commander of this district with several other prominent business 254 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY men to act as an advisory committee. Mr. Hoover is a broad-minded man of proven integrity and worth and his influence upon the life of the city has been of the highest order. WILLIAM P. HAYNES One of the old and influential financial institutions of Sandusky county is the Fremont Savings Bank Company, of Fremont, of which William P. Haynes is president and of which his father was president before him. He has devoted the greater part of his business life to banking and is regarded as a capable, progressive and dependable man in all the relations of life. Born in Fremont, in 1861, he is a son of William E. and Maria (Harmon) Haynes. His father was born in New York state, whence he removed to Fremont about 1840. He early became identified with the banking business and in 1892 acquired an interest in the Fremont Savings Bank Company, which had been etsablished in 1882, and of which he eventually became president, filling the office to the time of his death, in December, 1914. He was a democrat in his political views, was actively interested in public affairs, and in 1888 was elected to repreesnt his district in congress, in which body he served two terms with credit and distinction. He was a man of broad views and well defined opinions and was numbered among the strong and influential men of his community. William P. Haynes attended the public schools, spent two years in high school and two years in the DeVeaux boarding school. In 1880 he returned to Fremont and accepted a position as bookkeeper in the private bank of White & Haynes, in which capacity he served until the fall of 1886. On April 1, 1887, he entered the First National Bank as bookkeeper and teller, and remained with that institution until 1893, when he came to the Fremont Savings Bank Company to relieve Mr. Hayes. He has worked up through the various departments of the bank, serving successively as teller, assistant cashier, cashier and vice president, and in December, 1914, on the death of his father, was elected president, which office he is still filling in an able and eminently satisfactory man- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 255 ner. He is also a director and president of the Sandusky County Savings and Loan Bank. In 1891 Mr. Haynes was united in marriage to Miss Grace Newcombe, of Fremont, and they have a daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of G. E. Cooper, of Kokomo, Indiana, and to them have been born three children—Barbara, John and Richard. Mrs. Haynes is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and is active in the work of its societies, as well as in the civic and social affairs of Fremont. Mr. Haynes has always supported the democratic party and has shown a helpful interest in public affairs, having served two years as a member of the city council, while at present he is a member of the city sinking fund board. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. He attends the Episcopal church, to which he gives generous support, as he does to all worthy benevolent causes. He is a man of strong character and sincere purpose, has stood consistently for those things which contribute to the public welfare and is regarded as one of Fremont's valued and substantial citizens. STANLEY WOLFE The largest and most important contracting firm in Sandusky county is the Steinle-Wolfe Construction Company, of Fremont, of which Stanley Wolfe is a partner. This concern takes contracts of any size, large or small, and has a fine reputation for the thorough character of its work, evidences of which are to be found throughout northwestern Ohio. Stanley Wolfe was born in Fremont, in 1893, and is a son of Charles M. and Clara M. Wolfe. The father, who was also a native of Sandusky county, engaged in the contracting business for thirty-five years and was one of the best known men in his line in this section of the state. Stanley Wolfe was educated in the public schools, graduating from high school in 1912, after which he was associated in business with his father until 1916. When the United States became involved in the European struggle he enlisted in the One Hun- 16-VOL. 3 256 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY dred and Forty-seventh Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Galbraith, and became regimental supply officer with the rank of captain. He was sent overseas, where he served nine months, during which time he took part in five engagements and was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In 1919 he returned to this country and was honorably discharged. Returning to Fremont, Mr. Wolfe worked for Carl F. Steinle, contractor, for about a year. Later he was with his father two years, or until the latter's death, and in 1923 he formed a partnership with Mr. Steinle, under the firm name of the Steinle-Wolfe Construction Company. In January, 1926, Mr. Wolf and Mr. Steinle organized the Advance Lumber Company in Fremont and he is still actively connected with both enterprises. The Steinle-Wolfe corncern has done much important building throughout northwestern Ohio, among the prominent structures erected by them being the Fremont Foundry building; Buick and Dodge garage, Sandusky; Elks Home, Fostoria; schools at Bellevue; buildings for the Herbrand Company, Fremont; Genoa high school; Franz-Theodore Stone laboratory, Gibraltar Island, Ohio; Kresge building, Fremont; filtration plant at Fremont, and many other important public buildings and private residences in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. They have also done a large amount of wrecking work. They have a well established reputation for dependability in the execution of their contracts and are numbered among Sandusky county's leading business men. In 1915 Mr. Wolfe was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Bowlus, of Fremont, and they are the parents of four children, Jane, Charles, Barbara and Suzanne. Mr. Wolfe is a republican and has been active in local public affairs, having served for six years as a member of the election board. He is a member of Ft. Stephenson Lodge, No. 225, F. & A. M.; also the chapter, council and commandery ; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Toledo. He likewise belongs to Fremont Lodge, No. 169, B. P. O. E.; the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the American Legion. He attends the Presbyterian church, to which he gives liberal support. He is still interested in military affairs, holding a commission as captain in the One Hun- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 257 dred and Forty-eighth Regiment Ohio National Guard. He is a man of stanch personal qualities, stands for all that is best in the life of the community and commands to a marked degree the esteem of those who know him. JOHN O. MUNN John O. Munn, president of the John O. Munn Company, maintaining an advertising agency in Toledo, was born in Watertown, Codington county, South Dakota, September 7, 1886, a son of Edward P. and Martha B. (Heck) Munn. The father's birth occurred in Batavia, New York, February 21, 1855, and he was descended from an old New York family of English lineage that was founded in America prior to the Revolutionary war, in which some of his ancestors participated. Edward P. Munn pursued his education in Valparaiso, Indiana, and in 1883 removed to the west, becoming a pioneer of South Dakota, where he followed agricultural pursuits for many years but is now living retired in Los Angeles, California. His wife was born in South Bend, Indiana, February 22, 1860, and comes of a family of Dutch descent that was established in Pennsylvania at an early day. Through the maternal line she comes of French Huguenot ancestry. By her marriage she has a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters, all of whom survive. John O. Munn, who was the fifth in order of birth in this family, was only a year old when his parents left South Dakota and became residents of Toledo, where he pursued his education, attending the grade and high schools of the city. He started out to earn his own living when a youth of sixteen and was first employed by the Franklin Printing & Engraving Company in the sales department at a wage of a dollar and a half per week. That he was industrious and faithful is indicated in the fact that he remained with his first employers for eight years. He next became connected with the Willys-Overland Company as assistant advertising manager and was associated with that organization for ten years or until 1919, when he established business on his own account under the name of John O. Munn Company, specializing in advertising 258 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY for automobile dealers. The business was begun on a small scale but has been steadily developed and expanded until it is now one of national proportions. The company handles much of the advertising of automobile dealers throughout the United States. In 1924 Mr. Munn organized Sterling Beeson, Inc., which is a national advertising agency, advertising products of Toledo manufacturers, and of this company Mr. Munn is vice president. They employ on an average fifteen people in the office and their business is one of steady and gratifying growth. On the 15th of October, 1921, in Toledo, Mr. Munn was married to Miss Signora Roberts, who was born in Alexandria, Indiana, a daughter of W. T. and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Roberts, the latter a representative of an old Virginian family. Mr. and Mrs. Munn have two children : Nancy Jane, born in Toledo, March 2, 1923; and Mary E., born August 30, 1924. They reside at 39 Canterbury court, Ottawa Hills. This is a suburban home in which Mr. Munn takes great delight, for he finds much pleasure in gardening and horticultural pursuits, spending his leisure hours in the cultivation and care of his flowers, which are abundant and beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. Munn hold membership in the Ashland Avenue Baptist church, of which he was formerly a trustee. He belongs to the Young Men's Christian Association and has taken a very active part in its educational work. His wife has membership in the Young Women's Christian Association and in the Women's Club of Toledo. In Masonic circles he is well known, being identified with Fort Industry Lodge No. 208, F. & A. M. ; Toledo Council No. 33, R. & S. M. ; Toledo Commandery No. 7, K. T. ; and Toledo Consistory, in which he was secretary of the class of 1925. He is likewise connected with Zenobia Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of Toledo. He belongs to the Toledo Club and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He has been frequently called to leadership in club circles, serving as president of the Toledo Exchange Club and also of the Toledo Advertising Club, while at the present writing he is vice president of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and at one time was a member of the Toledo Efficiency Committee. He takes deep interest in every- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 259 thing that he deems of vital worth to the community and his cooperation can always be counted upon to further those plans and measures which make for public progress and improvement. The interests and activities of his life are well balanced, making him a helpful and public-spirited citizen as well as an enterprising, progressive and prosperous business man whom to know is at all times to respect and honor. CLARENCE WILLIAM FREDERICK Clarence W. Frederick is president and general manager of the East Side Sales Company, of Fremont, which has one of the most prominent and successful automobile sales agencies in Sandusky county and is enjoying a steadily growing business. Mr. Frederick was born in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, on the 7th of January, 1891, and is a son of Frank J. and Carrie (Foos) Frederick, both of whom are deceased. He was educated in the parochial schools at Millersville, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen years began clerking in a grocery store. Later he joined his father in the hardware business at Millersville, with which he was connected until the spring of 1917, when he enlisted in the Forty-ninth Aerial Squadron for service in the World war. He was made a sergeant and was engaged in mechanical work at Kelley field until the close of the war, being honorably discharged in February, 1919. During the remainder of that year he worked for the International Harvester Company in Toledo, Ohio, and in 1920 he bought an interest in A. J. Gibbs' automobile business in Fremont, which was conducted under the name of the East Side Sales Company. They dealt in Studebaker cars, International trucks and farm machinery, their sales territory including all of Sandusky county and some outside territory. In 1922 Mr. Gibbs sold his interest, which is now owned by three Frederick brothers, Clarence W. Frederick being president and general manager of the company; Urban A. Frederick, vice president; and Victor C. Frederick, secretary and treasurer. They have five salesmen on the outside and five men in the service department. In 1923 they erected the substantial building which they now occupy at 118 East 260 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY State street, where they have a well arranged office, attractive showroom and a well equipped repair and service department. Their energetic and progressive methods have resulted in a large increase in the volume of their business and they are enjoying a fine measure of prosperity. In 1919 Mr. Frederick was united in marriage, to Miss Cecile Molyet, of Old Fort, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children, Clarence W., Jr., Francis Cyril and Mary Kathleen. Urban and Victor Frederick are also married, the former having four children and the latter one child. Clarence W. Frederick is a democrat in his political views and has shown a commendable interest in the welfare of the community. He is a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Knights of Ohio and the Lions Club. He and his wife belong to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church. Mr. Frederick possesses an agreeable personality, is straightforward in all of his affairs and commands the confidence and respect of all who have dealt with him, while in social circles he is deservedly popular. GEORGE ALBERT VRADENBURG Prominent among the progressive, able and successful business men of Toledo stands George A. Vradenburg, vice president and general manager of The Champion No-Leak Paper Dish Company, and he is closely identified with a number of other important commercial enterprises of the city. He was born in South Dakota on the 1st of April, 1882, and is a son of Cassius and Caroline Elizabeth (Kiltz) Vradenburg. His family was founded in this country by his grandfather, Milo Vradenburg, who was a, native of Holland and died in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cassius Vradenburg, who was born in Pennsylvania, followed the occupation of farming during his early years but later engaged in mercantile affairs and is now living in California. He is a republican in politics. His wife was born in Pennsylvania and died in Iowa. George A. Vradenburg attended the public schools of Iowa; later took a preparatory course at Oberlin Academy, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 263 and then a full college course at Oberlin College, graduating in 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During his college course he was a 4 letter man, receiving letters in football, baseball, basketball, being a member of the first team the college had, and debate. During his last year in football he was selected as all state half-back. Mr. Vradenburg first became a salesman for the Toledo Seed & Oil Company, of Toledo, of which concern he eventually became vice president and general manager, being with that company for twelve years altogether. In 1922 he established the American Paper Container Company, of which he became president and general manager, but subsequently sold that business and developed The Champion No-Leak Paper Dish Company. As general manager of this business he has placed it on a solid footing, it now being the largest company in its line in the world, with branches at Evansville, Indiana, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, its products enjoying a well deserved popularity throughout the country. Mr. Vradenburg is also vice president and general manager of the American Paper Bottle Company, of Toledo; owns a half interest in and is a director of the Detroit Oil & Naval Stores Company, of Detroit, Michigan, and a director of a number of other industrial and commercial interests in Toledo. On February 28, 1911, in Gladstone, Michigan, Mr. Vradenburg was united in marriage to Miss Lena Bushong, who was born in Columbus Grove, Ohio, and is a daughter of Isaac N. and Alice (Scott) Bushong, the latter of whom is deceased. Mr. Bushong is a successful lumber manufacturer of Gladstone, Michigan. Mrs. Vradenburg completed her education at Oberlin College and is a member of various women's clubs of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Vradenburg are the parents of three children, namely: Helen Elizabeth, born December 23, 1912; John Newton, born August 10, 1915; and George Albert, Jr., born September 10, 1919. The republican party receives Mr. Vradenburg's support and he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Rotary Club and the Sylvania Golf Club. He and his wife are members of the Epworth Methodist Episcopal church. Ever since coming to Toledo he has manifested a keen and helpful interest in the Y. M. C. A. and been active in the work 264 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of that organization, serving as a trustee for some twelve years, chairman of Hi-Y and city wide boys' work committees six years and now vice president of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Vradenburg, though a very busy man, has never neglected his duty to his community, maintaining a deep interest in those things which are calculated to promote the general welfare of the people along material, civic or moral lines, and is regarded as one of Toledo's best citizens in the finest sense of the term. His residence is at 3531 Brookside road, Ottawa Hills. GRAFTON MOLEN ACKLIN To such men as the late Grafton M. Acklin is the city of Toledo indebted for its prominence in the industrial world, for to a .marked degree he possessed those qualities which make for success in any undertaking—courage, judgment and integrity—and as president of the Acklin Stamping Company he attained a measure of success worthy of his efforts. Mr. Acklin was born in Aberdeen, Brown county, Ohio, on the 30th of July, 1851, and his death occurred in Toledo on the 17th of December, 1926. He was a son of John S. and Martha Ann (Smith) Acklin, the former of whom was born September 4, 1850, in Maysville, Kentucky. John S. Acklin was a son of David and Martha (Maxwell) Acklin, the former of whom was born in Campbell county, Kentucky, in 1792. Grafton M. Acklin, who was one of eight children born to his parents, attended school in his native town to the age of fifteen years and then came to Toledo, which was his home during the remainder of his life. Here he gained employment as a clerk in a wholesale grocery store, of which he eventually became one of the owners. Later the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Acklin engaged in the coffee roasting and spice business, which he carried on successfully until 1896, when he was requested to take over the management of the Toledo Machine & Tool Company, which at that time was but a small institution. Under his wise and judicious management the business prospered and it became one of the largest manufacturing and industrial concerns of Toledo. He retired from TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 265 that company in 1911 and soon afterward, in association with his three sons, Sames M., Donald R. and William Collord, organized the Acklin Stamping Company, of which he became president holding that position up to the time of his death. The company soon outgrew its original factory and in 1925 moved into its present plant, at 1925 Nebraska avenue, one of the largest and finest factories in Toledo. After his death, James M. Acklin became and still is president of the company, the other officers being Donald R. Acklin, vice president, and William C. Acklin, secretary and treasurer. In 1881 Grafton M. Acklin was united in marriage to Miss Jessie F. Ridenour, who was born in Smithville, Wayne county, Ohio, but was living in Toledo at the time of her marriage. Her death occurred August 27, 1927. To their union were born three sons and two daughters, namely : James M., born April 27, 1884, who is referred to more fully on another page of this work; Donald R., born April 17, 1886, who resides in Perrysburg, Ohio, and is vice president of the Acklin Stamping Company; Jessie Florence, born May 23, 1892, who became the wife of Ralph L. Binney, of Toledo, October 20, 1917, and died October 20, 1918; Margery, who died in infancy; and William C., who was born July 22, 1898. Donald R. attended the Toledo public schools and graduated from Ohio State University in 1908. He served for thirteen years as a member of the state agricultural board. On June 6, 1912, he married Miss Imogen McClees, of Columbus, Ohio, and they have four children, namely : Jessie, born April 16, 1913; Margery, born February 21, 1915; Donald, born February 21, 1915; and Catherine, born August 1, 1918. William C. Acklin was married, August 4, 1920, to Miss Marjory Stewart. He is a veteran of the World war, having gone overseas as a captain- in the Twenty-sixth Division, the first American division to land in France. He saw much active service and was awarded three service stripes and three wound stripes. He received a good education, having graduated from Cornell University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1910. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and belongs also to the American Legion, the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club, and Tam-O-Shanter Club of Detroit. He and his family were members and liberal supporters of the First Congregational church. 266 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Grafton M. Acklin entertained no ambitions for political preferment, but, because of his well known ability and integrity, he was selected to serve as one of the trustees of the sinking fund, which position he filled for eight years, and was also one of the commissioners of the sinking fund for the school district of Toledo. He was a member of the Toledo Club and the Ottawa Shooting Club and took great pleasure in the companionship of his friends. However, his chief interest aside from his business was in the Masonic order, to which he gave much of his time and efforts for half a century. For more than four decades he was connected with the grand chapter and grand council of Ohio and for more than three decades with the general grand chapter and general grand council of the United States. On May 9, 1921, Mr. Acklin had the pleasure of visiting Keystone Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M., at Shanghai, China, and was elected an honorary member of that body. He took a real interest in the work of the order because of its meaning to him, rather than for any official preferment which it offered him. He was a nobleman by nature; honored every position which he filled, and his death was the cause of deep regret throughout the wide range of his acquaintance. E. J. FROWINE, D. D. S. Among the capable and popular dentists of Wood county Dr. E. J. Frowine of Bowling Green holds a conspicuous place. He has been engaged in the practice of dentistry here for nearly a quarter of a century, during which period he has held the confidence of the people and has enjoyed very satisfactory patronage. Dr. Frowine was born in Portsmouth, Scioto county, Ohio, and is the son of August and Mary (Fisher) Frowine, both of whom are deceased. He received his preliminary training in the public schools and then entered the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1904. He is a member of the Psi Omega fraternity, and the Omicron Kappa Upsilon honorary dental fraternity. He at once entered on his life work in Bowling Green, where he has a nicely furnished and well equipped TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 267 office in the Commercial Bank building. He has earned a reputation as a careful, painstaking and thorough operator, retaining the respect and good will of all those who avail themselves of his services. The Doctor maintains professional affiliation with the Northern Ohio Dental Association, Ohio State Dental Society, American Dental Association, and the Wood County Dental Society. He is president of The Mutual Savings and Loan Company. The republican party receives Dr. Frowine's vote. He has served two terms on the city council, and one term as the president. He has shown constant interest in matters relating to the prosperity and welfare of his city and is regarded as one of the public spirited men of the community. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of the city and has served one term as its president. He is also a member of the Commercial Club, the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has received both the York and Scottish Rite degrees, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Dr. Frowine was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Von Kanel of Bowling Green, and they are the parents of two children, Von K., and Susan. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. GEORGE L. BOYERS Industrial circles of Toledo and Lucas county number George L. Boyers as a prominent representative, for he is well known as the president of the Boardman Stamp Company; capable and resourceful in the field of business in which he has achieved marked success. He has extended his trade connections to many neighboring cities and to adjoining states and is now reaping the well merited rewards of labor. Mr. Boyers was born in. Jackson, Michigan, September 9, 1881, and is a son of Irving L. and Emma M. (Holbrook) Boyers. The father, who was born in the state of New York in 1854 and was a representative of one of the old New York families of English lineage, was one of thirteen sons, all of whom were apprenticed to learn a trade. Irving L. Boyers 268 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY pursued his education in New York and became a resident of Michigan in the latter part of the '70s. There he acted as a guard in the Jackson state penitentiary for many years. In politics he was a stanch prohibitionist and throughout his life was an earnest advocate of the cause of temperance. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and passed away in that faith July 14, 1916, when sixty-two years of age. His wife, who was born in Jackson, Michigan, January 28, 1851, was a daughter of a pioneer settler of that place and the family was of English descent. She survives her husband and makes her home in Toledo. The family numbered four sons: Wesley I., Benjamin G., George L. and William H., all residents of Toledo. George L. Boyers largely acquired his education in the public schools of Charlotte, Michigan, and afterward attended the Owosso Business College at Owosso, that state, being graduated from that institution with the class of 1901. He was first employed as secretary to the train master of the Grand Trunk Railroad at Durand, Michigan, where he continued for two years, and later he was with the Pacific Express Company as secretary to the superintendent of the Ohio division. On the 10th of June, 1908, he arrived in Toledo an entire stranger. He continued to fill the position of secretary here for five years and during the succeeding two years was manager for the Stebbins-Wilhelm Furniture Company, engaged in the manufacture of furniture at Sturgis, Michigan. After two years spent in that service he was with the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad Company in various capacities for a period of eight-years, first acting as a stenographer but gradually working his way upward until he became traveling passenger agent. When he retired from that position he was made office manager for the Tiedtke Brothers Company of Toledo and thus spent the ensuing four and one-half years. On the 1st of August, 1920, he purchased the plant of the old established Boardman Stamp Company, the business having been conducted by the Boardman family from 1881, it being a pioneer enterprise of northwestern Ohio. Today the company is widely known and the trade extends over a wide territory. Mr. Boyers maintains the high standards which have ever been associated with the house and his business TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 269 methods and reliability are features in the continued success of the undertaking. On the 31st of August, 1904, Mr. Boyers was married to Miss Grace M. Walter, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, and a daughter of Amos J. and Sophia (Kerschner) Walter. The Walter family formerly lived in Mansfield, Ohio, while the Kerschner family came from Pennsylvania and was related to the Wanamaker family of Philadelphia. Mrs. Boyers is now manager in the savings department of the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company, a position which she has occupied for eight years. Mr. Boyers votes with the republican party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. He belongs to Calumet Lodge No. 612, F. & A. M., the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Credit Men's Association and to the Broadway Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a steward. He enjoys tennis and bowling when the demands of business afford him periods of leisure in which to participate in those sports. His business affairs, however, engage the major part of his time and attention and it has been his close application and persistent purpose that has enabled him to steadily progress toward the goal of success. The Boyers' home is located at 741 Southover road, Mayfair Park addition. FREEMAN S. BILLINGS Freeman S. Billings, of Clyde, who owns one of the leading garages in Sandusky county, has attained success because he has worked hard and intelligently for it, his business being conducted on a plane that has commended him to automobile owners in need of service. Mr. Billings was born at Delray, near Detroit, Michigan, in 1893, and is a son of Freeman J. and Elizabeth, (Valimont) Billings. His father, who for a number of years was successfully engaged in the paper manufacturing business, established his permanent home at Clyde, Ohio, in 1922. He is now retired from active pursuits and is spending much of his time in travel. F. S. Billings received his education in the public schools 270 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Delray, after which he was associated with his father in manufacture of paper until they quit that business and came to Clyde. Soon after he bought the A. M. LaFerer property, which he converted into a large garage. In this enterprise he met with encouraging success and at length was compelled to build an addition to the original building. He now has a general garage, including a large and complete repair department, in which he employs a number of skilled workmen. He maintains a wrecking service and also a complete accessory stock and a full supply of parts, so that he is able to do prompt repair work on all makes of cars. One of the basic principles of his business policy is that every patron shall leave his place satisfied, for he knows that satisfied cutsomers are his best advertisement. In 1914 Mr. Billings was united in marriage to Miss Ann White, of Toledo, and they have a son, Alfred James, born in 1920 and now attending school. Mrs. Billings has been a valuable assistant to her husband in his business, keeping the books and attending to the office. Mr. Billings is a republican in his political creed and is never remiss in the duties of citizenship. He belongs to the Exchange Club and is popular among his many friends, while throughout the community he is held in high esteem. ALBERT M. MAYLE One of Toledo's important industrial concerns is the Mayle Manufacturing Company, Inc., of which Albert M. Mayle is president and general manager, and under his wise supervision the company has made splendid progress in the business world. Mr. Mayle was born at Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, on the 1st day of August, 1879, and received his education in St. Joseph's parochial school there, but laid aside his textbooks at the age of thirteen years in order to assist in the support of the family. During the following three years he was employed as a farm hand and in a furniture factory, and then apprenticed himself to learn the trade of a machinist. He followed that line of work until 1914, when he started a small factory in his back yard on Foster TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 271 avenue, Toledo. He met with encouraging success in this venture and remained at that location for four years. In 1919 he bought a lot of John Vollmeyer and formed the Mayle Manufacturing Company, Inc., for the manufacture of tools and dies. He erected a factory building on his lot, in which he carried on the business until 1927, when, it having grown to an extent that demanded more space, the company erected its present up-to-date factory building, sixty by one hundred and twenty-six feet in size, at 1735 Hawthorn street, where they are now equipped to do any kind of work in their special line, the making of stamping dies. They are turning out a large amount of work, nearly all of which is for manufacturing concerns in and near Toledo. The present officers of the Mayle Manufacturing Company are : Albert M. Mayle, president and general manager; A. J. Mellon, vice president ; and S. N. Sloan, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Mayle is a self-made man in the best sense of the term and deserves a large meed of credit for what he has accomplished through his determination, industry and good judgment, and today those who know him hold him in the highest respect. WILLIAM G. HUBACH William G. Hubach, one of the executives of the Hubach Products Company and a prominent business man of Tiffin, was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 19, 1875, a son of Henry and Emma (Reyfuss) Hubach, of whom more extended mention is made in connection with the sketch of Charles H. Hubach, on another page of this work. William G. Hubach supplemented his public school education by attendance at a business college, from which he was graduated in 1895, and then took a course in the Wahl-Herman Brewing Institute of Chicago. This training was utilized to advantage in the brewery which his father had established in Tiffin and the son remained active in the conduct of the industry until the advent of prohibition. At that time the plant was supplied with new equipment and has since been utilized for the manufacture of ice cream, butter and cheese 17-VOL. 3 272 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of superior quality. The business is operated under the name of the Hubach Products Company, of which Charles H. Hubach is the executive head, and William G. Hubach fills the office of manager. His comprehensive knowledge of the dairy industry is supplemented by keen sagacity and his work has constituted a vital element in the upbuilding and success of the business. Mr. Hubach was married October 29, 1910, to Miss Elizabeth Mathias, of Tiffin, and both have a wide circle of sincere friends in the city in which they have so long resided. Mr. Hubach is a Scottish Rite Mason of the thirty-second degree, belongs to Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and is also connected with the Fraternal Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Eagles. In politics he is a democrat and loyally supports every movement destined to prove of benefit to Tiffin. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association, the Mohawk Golf Club and the Lincoln Club. Throughout life Mr. Hubach has been an earnest, systematic worker, conscientiously performing his duties and obligations, and the respect accorded him is well deserved. DR. ORVILLE L. ALTENBERG. Dr. Orville L. Altenberg, a well known Toledo optometrist, was born in Ithaca, Michigan, December 21, 1876, a son of Daniel W. and Sophia E. (Ingman) Altenberg. His father was born in Utica, New York, May 5, 1834, and the family, of German lineage, was long established in that state. The ancestry, however, is traced back to Altenberg, Germany, where lived William Altenberg, who came to America in 1779, settling in the Empire state. He enlisted at Utica, New York, for service in the War of 1812 and was killed in action. Daniel W. Altenberg was reared and educated in DeKalb county, Indiana, the family home having been established at Auburn. During the Civil war he and four of his brothers volunteered in defense of the Union, becoming members of Company M, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, and rendered valuable aid in support of the cause which they TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 273 espoused. Daniel W. Altenberg was a civil engineer who successfully followed his profession for many years. At the time of his death he was living in Ithaca, Michigan, and there passed away December 1, 1898, at the age of sixty-four. For many years he had served as surveyor of Gratiot county, Michigan. He gave his political allegiance to the republican party and he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife, who was born in Auburn, Indiana, was a daughter of Lancelot Ingman, who was a pioneer settler of Auburn, Indiana, of English descent. Her grandfather in the maternal line and three of his children were massacred by Indians in Virginia, his wife and one child hiding in a wheat field and thus managing to escape. To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Altenberg were born five sons and two daughters, of whom six are yet living. Dr. Altenberg, who was the sixth in order of birth, first opened his eyes to the light of day on a farm in a log cabin which his father had built. He obtained his education in the public schools of Ithaca, Michigan, and then in preparation for his professional career attended the Chicago College of Ophthalmology, from which he was graduated March 7, 1899. He has taken postgraduate work at Kansas City, Missouri, there receiving a diploma March 3, 1914, and he also won a diploma from the Institute of Optometry on September 15, 1920. He is now a fellow of the Optometrical Society. In October, 1909, he was appointed by Governor Fred Warner a member of the Michigan state board of examiners, on which he served for a period of four years. Dr. Altenberg began practicing in Ithaca, Michigan, where he continued until 1913, when he came to Toledo, where he has since maintained an office. He has been quite successful in his chosen life work and he is now a member and executive secretary of the Ohio State Optometric Association, having filled the office for two terms. He belongs to the Toledo Academy of Optometry, of which he is a past president. Dr. Altenberg was married in Saint Louis, Michigan, December 21, 1897, to Miss Sarah E. Parks, a native of that place and a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Abair) Parks, both of whom are deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Altenberg have two children : Clarence P., who was born at Elsie, Michigan, 274 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY December 2, 1898 ; and Gordon W., born at Ithaca, May 1, 1901. The family resides at 405 West Manhattan boulevard in Toledo and Dr. Altenberg has his office in the Spitzer building. Dr. Altenberg has membership in the Collingwood Presbyterian church and in Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M. He is senior vice commander of Toledo Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Politically he is a republican and an active member of the Lucas County Republican Club. He enjoys hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation, but all interests are made subservient to his professional activities and duties. He has become thoroughly familiar with the scientific principles which underlie his chosen life work and as an optometrist he has gained high rank and well merited position, discharging his professional duties with a sense of conscientious obligation. THOMAS S. AUBRY In his commercial career Thomas S. Aubry has made each day count for the utmost, improving the opportunities of the hour and thus advancing steadily until he now ranks with the leading realtors and influential business men of Toledo. He was born in this city on the 28th of December, 1893, and is a son of Toussaint and Emma (Cousino) Aubry. The father was born in St. Edward, Canada, of French ancestry, and when quite young came with his parents to Toledo, his education being completed in this city. Entering the field of merchandising, he prospered in business and in 1909 was able to retire. He gives his political support to the democratic party and is affiliated with the Roman Catholic church and the Knights of Columbus. His wife was a member of one of the old families of Erie, Michigan, and was also of French ancestry. She was born May 1, 1860, and passed away July 25, 1927. In the family were thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters, and all of the sons are yet living, but five of the daughters are deceased. Thomas S. Aubry was a pupil in parochial and public schools of Toledo and his higher education was acquired in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 277 St. John's College, from which he was graduated in 1914 with the degree of LL. B. He worked his way through that institution, enrolling in an evening class, which he attended for three years, never missing a night. After his graduation he secured the position of clerk in the office of the National Malleable Castings Company, starting with a salary of nine dollars per week, and he was steadily advanced. In April, 1918, he enlisted in the United States army and was assigned to duty with the medical detachment of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Brigade. Mr. Aubrey was stationed at Camp Sherman in Ohio and passed the officer's examination. He was about to start for Camp Gordon, Georgia, when the armistice was declared, and on December 11, 1918, he was honorably discharged. On returning to Toledo Mr. Aubry organized his present business and with limited capital but a large supply of determination he has established one of the city's leading home building and realty firms. It was incorporated in 1918 under the name of The Aubry Realty Company, which has erected many substantial, attractive and desirable residences, thus contributing toward the city's improvement and up-building. The company also writes all forms of insurance and has based its progress upon a firmly established reputation for enterprise and reliability. Mr. Aubry has studied the real estate business from every angle and displays marked foresight and keen sagacity in the conduct of his affairs. He is president of The Aubry Realty Company and also of the Sylvester Mortgage Company, whose business is likewise in a prosperous condition. Politically Mr. Aubry is of independent views, and he adheres to the Catholic faith. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He takes a prominent part in the local activities of the former order and acted as chairman of the special sales committee in charge of the Knights of Columbus drive for one hundred and seventy thousand dollars to finance a new athletic building. It has been constructed in Sixteenth street, between Monroe street and Jefferson avenue, and when completed in 1929, the building represents an expenditure of about two hundred and thirty-five thousand 278 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY dollars. Mr. Aubry is also a member of the Toledo Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He resides at No. 2533 Cherry street, and his office is located at No. 804 Madison avenue. During his periods of leisure he indulges in hunting and fishing and greatly enjoys all forms of athletic sports. Mr. Aubry is a public-spirited citizen and a progressive business man, alert to conditions in the modern commercial world and possessed of the energy, determination and resourcefulness necessary to cope with them successfully. WILLIAM E. HETTRICK, JR. William E. Hettrick, Jr., president and treasurer of W. E. Hettrick & Son, Inc., is one of Toledo's young, progressive and able business men and is meeting with well deserved success. He was born in Toledo on the 14th of August, 1901, and comes of an old American family which was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1740, whose members have all been noted sailmakers. His paternal grandparents were Edward C. and Lydia (Wentz) Hettrick, the former of whom was born in Philedalphia and died in Toledo, Ohio. He served in the quartermaster's department in Washington, D. C., during the Civil war and later became a manufacturer of sails and tents. William E. Hettrick, Sr., son of Edward C. Hettrick and father of W. E. Hettrick of this review, was born in Chicago, Illinois, August 25, 1870, and died in Toledo, Ohio, January 18, 1929. He was about ten years of age when his .parents located in Toledo and after leaving school turned his attention to the canvas goods business, in which he gained a detailed knowledge under the able instruction of his father. In 1893 he embarked in business for himself, later incorporating the enterprise as the Hettrick Manufacturing Company, of which he served as president until 1927, when he retired from the organization to form the firm of W. E. Hettrick & Son, Inc. He was president of the latter corporation at the time of his death. In 1892 he married Miss Alice E. McCoy, of Toledo, daughter of John and Jane (Dack) McCoy. They became the parents of two children: Bernice M., who is the wife of Thomas L. Young, of Toledo, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 279 and is the mother of a daughter, Janet; and William E. Het-trick, Jr. The latter graduated from the Toledo high school in 1919 and then entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1923. He took a special course in economics at Oxford University of England and on his return home became associated with the Hettrick Manufacturing Company of Toledo as purchasing agent. In 1927, when William E. Hettrick, Sr., withdrew from that firm, father and son organized and incorporated the firm of W. E. Hettrick & Son, of which the father was president and the son became vice president. On the death of his father, in January, 1929, William E. Hettrick, Jr., became president and treasurer of the corporation, the associate officers being R. A. Landers and J. W. Conn, who serve as vice president and secretary, respectively. They are engaged in the manufacture of canvas goods under the trade name of "Het-Son" and have built up a large and steadily growing business through the high quality of their products and their sound business methods. Politically Mr. Hettrick is a stanch republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Ashland Avenue Baptist church. He belongs as well to the Psi Upsilon college fraternity. He is a keen, discriminating and reliable business man, his splendid executive ability enabling him to maintain his industrial enterprise at the highest degree of efficiency, and he commands the respect of all who are associated with him. CARL F. STEINLE For fifty-six years the name of Steinle has figured prominently in connection with the contracting and building business in Fremont and is still represented by Carl F. Steinle, who is now a member of the Steinle-Wolfe Construction Company, one of the most important concerns in its line in Sandusky county. Carl F. Steinle was born in Fremont, in 1878, a son of Joseph J. and Caroline (Gretz) Steinle. The father, who was a native of Germany, engaged in the con- 280 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY tracting business in connection with Oswald Steinle, under the name of Steinle Brothers, from 1872 to 1908, when Carl F. Steinle, who had been associated with them, bought the business. Joseph J. Steinle died in February, 1928, at the age of eighty-three years. Carl F. Steinle received his education in the public schools of Fremont and in Ohio State University, and in 1902, when twenty-four years of age, became identified with his father's business. After taking it over, he carried it on alone, on a much larger scale than under the former owners, erecting the Masonic Temple at Fremont, the Normal school in Bowling Green, the Hayes Memorial at Fremont and the Sandusky County Hospital, besides many other large buildings in this section of the country. In 1923 Mr. Steinle admitted Stanley Wolfe to a partnership in the business, which is now conducted under the name of the Steinle-Wolfe Construction Company. They have done a large amount of important construction work throughout northwestern Ohio and enjoy a high reputation for their sound business methods and the satisfactory character of their work. Among the prominent structures erected by them are the Fremont Foundry building, Buick and Dodge garage in Sandusky, Elks Home in Fostoria, a school in Bellevue, buildings for the Herbrand Company in Fremont, Genoa high school, Franz-Theodore Stone laboratory, Kresge building in Fremont, the filtration plant in Fremont, and many other important public buildings and private residences in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. Mr. Steinle is a director of the Fremont Factories Company and also of the Advance Lumber and Supply Company. In 1902 Mr. Steinle was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Kramb, of Fremont, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shively) Kramb. Mr. and Mrs. Steinle are the parents of three children : Miriam, born in 1904 ; Robert, born in 1905; and Betty, in 1908. Mr. Steinle is a democrat in his political views and has been active and influential in local political affairs. He is a member of Brainard Lodge, No. 336, F. & A. M.; the Chapter, Council and Commandery ; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; Fremont Lodge, No. 169, B. P. O. E., in which he has passed all the chairs, and the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 281 Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Steinle is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and the Daughters of the American Revolution, and is active in local civic and social affairs. Mr. Steinle was deeply interested in all war measures and did effective work in the various Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. In fact, he has never been found lacking in his support of any measure calculated to promote the public welfare and is regarded as a distinct asset to his community, commanding the esteem and good will of all who know him. ERNEST A. HASEMEYER Energy, perseverance and diligence constitute the basis of all advancement, and liberally endowed with these qualities, E. A. Hasemeyer has risen to the vice presidency of the Eckhardt Monumental Company. He is in charge of the business in Tiffin and has been identified with this corporation for many years, giving to it the best efforts of his life. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, December 15, 1880, a son of John Fred and Marie Magdalene (Henninger) Hasemeyer, natives of Germany and now deceased. He was reared in his native city and received a public school education. For a year he worked in the Toledo post office and then entered the employ of the Eckhardt Monumental Company of that city. Starting as a bookkeeper, as he demonstrated his worth- to the firm he was steadily promoted, and on June 2, 1903, was appointed manager of the Tiffin branch, which office he still fills. Under his expert supervision the business has steadily expanded and he is also vice president and a director of the company, whose interests have always been his first concern. Years of practical experience and close study have given him a highly specialized knowledge of the industry and lie also possesses the requisite initiative and executive force. In addition to his activities of that character, he is a director of the American Clay Forming Company of Tiffin and a member of the Tiffin Tire & Supply Company. Mr. Hasemeyer was married June 12, 1906, to Miss Myrtle Irma Knowlton, who died October 13, 1915, leaving two children, Sylvia M. and Mary Ellen. On the 2d of April, 282 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY 1918, Mr. Hasemeyer was united in marriage to Miss Hulda Louise Weinig, of Tiffin, and they now have three children: Ernest W., Lucy Ann and Katherine Louise. Mr. Hasemeyer is a Knight Templar and Consistory Mason and a member of Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and is also connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Junior Order United American Mechanics. He is a past president of the Mohawk Golf Club and the Exchange Club. He is a member and trustee of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, is a director of the Young Men's Christian Association and was chairman of the campaign committee of the National Daughters of America Home. His political allegianec is given to the republican party. He is a member of the school board and champions all movements for Tiffin's growth and betterment. Mr. Hasemeyer is a man of substantial worth and his ability, devotion to duty and public spirit are well known to his fellow citizens, who entertain for him high regard. CARL LOUIS DIERKS The remarkable strides made in comparatively recent years in the methods of handling fresh fruit and vegetables for the market is strikingly exemplified in the operating methods of C. L. Dierks, Inc., of Toledo, of which concern Carl L. Dierks is president and general manager. This business he has built up from a small beginning to one of the largest and most important in this section of the country. Mr. Dierks was born in Toledo, Ohio, on the 17th of August, 1888, a son of Frederick and Caroline (Troger) Dierks. His father was born in Hamburg, Germany; and died in Toledo, Ohio. Having learned the trade of cabinet maker in the fatherland, he followed it for a number of years in Toledo. Later he was engaged as a baker and retail grocer. He was a republican in politics, took an active interest in local public affairs and represented his district in the state legislature. He was a charter member of St. Lucas Lutheran church and gave his support to those things which were calculated to promote the material, civic or moral wel- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 283 fare of the people. His wife was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and is now residing in Toledo. Carl L. Dierks attended the grade and high schools of Toledo, and the knowledge thus acquired was supplemented by a course in the American School of Correspondence. At the age of fifteen years he engaged in the celery business as a side line to his mother's grocery business. He peddled celery in the mornings and evenings and by close attention to his business and courteous treatment of his customers he built up a steadily growing business. Among his principal customers were the large Chinese restaurants, which eventually he supplied with all of the food products used in their business. Before long_ the business developed into a wholesale celery distribution at the old hay market on Superior street, and when the new market was built on Erie street, he distributed celery to the wholesale and retail trade, a business which has grown steadily to the present time. In 1921 it was incorporated under the name of C. L. Dierks, of which he is president and general manager. Since 1925 the business has been located at 202 Vance street. At this address is also located the F. B. Heyser Company and the Blue Ribbon Beverage Company, subsidiaries of C. L. Dierks, Inc., of which companies Mr. Dierks is president. The company has a branch in Cleveland, Ohio, known as C. L. Dierks, Inc., of which Mr. Dierks is president, and a retail fish market at 90 Main street, Toledo, which is called the Main Street Fish & Poultry Market. At the time of the incorporation in 1921, the company also took up the repacking and ripening of tomatoes, bringing in carloads of green tomatoes from Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee and old Mexico. This ripening process, which is carried on by the use of ethylene gas, is one of tremendous importance to the early vegetable and fruit markets of the north. Mr. Dierks and his assistants did much experimenting before they perfected the system to a point where it was dependable. The gas is practicable in ripening not only tomatoes but also honeydew melons, pineapples and bananas. The success in each commodity was very noticeable in the producing of a higher color and ripening the merchandise at a lower temperature, and they were 284 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY found to be in a firmer and better condition than when ripened in the old-fashioned way, which was a hot plate and boiler and a high temperature. The principle involved in the use of ethylene gas in the ripening of fruit is to dissolve the green pigment into a sugar content and hasten the maturing of the fruit or vegetable. The Dierks company are the first repackers of fresh tomatoes east of Chicago and are the pioneers in the present method of ripening green stock for market consumption. They are the originators of the present system for repacking purposes, using conveyors and blowers for taking the tissue paper from the tomatoes as they are received from the south. The company utilizes fifteen trucks, employs from twenty-five to fifty persons in the factory, besides the office force. The company has a loading plant at Curtis, Ohio, where there are loaded annually from two hundred to four hundred carloads of canners' stock tomatoes. The company contracts with the farmers for the tomatoes and sells to the canners. The company also has two farms under lease, on which it grows its own celery, one at Ballville, Ohio, and the other at Willard, Ohio, besides large supplies received from the Kalamazoo district. On June 30, 1915, in Toledo, Mr. Dierks was united in marriage to Miss Helen Irene Furey, who was born in Toledo and is a daughter of Daniel and Ella (Plunkett) Fuery. Mrs. Dierks was educated in the public schools of Toledo and is a member of St. Teresa's Roman Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Dierks are the parents of a daughter, Ruth Elizabeth, born August 20, 1916. Mr. Dierks is a republican in his political affiliation, while his religious connection is with the St. Lucas Lutheran church. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Toledo Yacht Club and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, of which he is on the transportation committee. He is a member of the. American Fruit & Vegetable Shippers Association; was on the Great Lakes Regional Advisory Board during the World war and was the last employe of the government in this district concerned with the salvage and appraisal of government war materials. During the war he took an active part in promoting the various drives, and officially he was civilian chief inspector for the government dur- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 285 ing the manufacture of the French 75 mm. gun carriages, made at the plant of the Willys-Overland Company. Mr. Dierks is a man of great initiative and executive ability, is progressive and up-to-date in his methods, and conducts his business along sound and safe lines. He has thus established confidence throughout the trade and the splendid success which has come to him has been well deserved. JOHN J. LEHMANN John J. Lehmann, who is numbered among the oldest members of the Sandusky county bar in point of years of professional service, has been engaged in the practice of law in Fremont for thirty-four years, during which time he has stood as the equal of any of his compeers in ability and in those qualities which mark the successful lawyer. Mr. Lehmann was born in Scott township, Sandusky county, on the 12th of October, 1863, and is a son of Leodegar and Barbara (Staub) Lehmann. His father, who was a native of Baden, Germany, came to Sandusky county in 1832 and devoted the remaining years of his active life to farming. The mother's parents were natives of Alsace-Lorraine and when they were crossing the Atlantic in 1832 their daughter Barbara was born. John J. Lehmann acquired a good public school education, which he supplemented by taking the normal and law courses at the Northern Normal University at Ada. Prior to entering upon the practice of law he taught school for a number of years, during which time he served as principal of the school at Rising Sun, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar October 4, 1894, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession continuously since, commanding a large and remunerative clientele and winning a reputation as one of the most capable and dependable lawyers of this community. In October, 1894, Mr. Lehmann was united in marriage to Miss Lillian B. Fry, of Scott township, Sandusky county, and they are the parents of four children, namely : Lester L., who enlisted for service in the late war, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and served overseas, being wounded in the 286 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Argonne offensive, and is a member of the American Legion. He is married and is now sales manager with the Federal Electric Sign Company of Chicago. Ruth E. is the only daughter. William E., who also enlisted and was in training, but was not ordered overseas, is now secretary and treasurer of the John C. Verden Company of Cleveland; John F., who is married, is bookkeeper for the Gloria Oil Company, of Fremont, Ohio. Mr. Lehmann is a democrat in his political affiliation and has always been active in local public affairs. For several years he was clerk of Scott township and served two terms as a member of the state legislature in the seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh general assemblies from 1904 to 1910, in which he was a member of several important committees and did effective work. He is a member of the Sandusky County Bar Association and is now its secretary and treasurer. He and his wife are earnest members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, to which they give liberal support. Mr. Lehmann is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and has been clerk of the local camp for thirty-four years and is the oldest clerk in service in Ohio. He is also a member of the American Insurance Union. He has had a long and creditable career in one of the most exacting of professions, and he has also proved an honorable member of the body politic, standing as a man among men, and commanding respect by innate force of character as well as by superior ability. ARTHUR W. EMCH Arthur W. Emch, the efficient and capable assistant cashier of the State Savings Bank, of Woodville, is one of his community's best known citizens and is held in high esteem for his business ability and his sterling character. Mr. Emch was born in 1900 in the town in which he now lives and is a son of Joseph and Lizzie Emch, the former now engaged in farming near Woodville and regarded as one of the substantial citizens of this section. Mr. Emch received his early education in the public TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 287 schools of Woodville and after graduating from high school. attended Toledo University. In 1924 he became a stockholder in the State Savings Bank and in that year was made assistant cashier, which responsible position he is still holding. He has shown sound and reliable judgment in practical matters and through his able efforts and devotion to the interests of the bank has largely contributed to its success. He is also a stockholder in the Lucky Farmers Exchange. Mr. Emch was married September 11, 1928, to Miss Vera M. Owen, daughter of Evan and Daisy (Clapper) Owen, of Woodville, Ohio. Mrs. Emch is a member of United Brethren church. Mr. Emch is independent in politics. He is now serving his fourth year as clerk of the school board. During the late war he was a member of the Students Army Training Corps at Toledo University and is now a member of the American Legion. He attends the Lutheran church and gives his support to every measure or movement intended to promote the best interests of his town or county, in the welfare of which he has shown a commendable interest. He has many warm and loyal friends throughout this locality and all who know him hold him in the highest regard. HERVE MERRIAM CHENEY In the front rank of Toledo's successful business men and highly respected citizens stands Herve M. Cheney, the manufacturer of Hall's Catarrh Medicine, which has long been a leader among the standard and popular proprietary remedies of this country. For a half century the Cheney family has produced this valuable medicine and Herve Cheney is fully maintaining the splendid business reputation so firmly established by his father. He was born on the 13th of October, 1874, on the present site of the Young Men's Christian Association building in Toledo and is a son of Frank J. and Flora (Merriam) Cheney. He attended the public schools of Toledo and after graduating from high school entered .the law school of Yale University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1895. He at once entered upon the practice of his 18-VOL. 3 288 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY profession but about a year later he relinquished the law to become associated with his father in the present business, to which he is now giving his entire attention. In 1906 Mr. Cheney was united in marriage to Miss Orah McMillan. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity and the Inverness Golf Club. He lives in an attractive home in Ottawa Hills, one of Toledo's exclusive suburban districts, and was the first mayor of that town, serving three and a half years from January, 1925. He has shown a constant and effective interest in the progress and welfare of that community, and in the business circles of Toledo is held in high regard for his ability and progressive methods. Personally he is a man of sterling qualities, dependable and loyal under all circumstances, and his kindly, genial and unaffected manner has gained for him the genuine esteem and friendship of all with whom he is associated. LLOYD THOMAS WILLIAMS Lloyd Thomas Williams, a well known Toledo attorney who has been actively engaged in practice in this city 'for nearly three decades, is one of the able lawyers constituting the firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan, who have long enjoyed an enviable reputation among the leading representatives of the profession in Ohio. He was born in Jackson, this state, on the 31st of May, 1874, his parents being William E. and Anna (Hughes) Williams. He traces his ancestry back to Morgan Williams, who was of Welsh birth and who settled in Jackson county, Ohio, about the year 1830. William E. Williams, the father of Lloyd T. Williams, was there born and reared, his natal day being January 8, 1848. Liberal educational advantages were accorded him. He attended the normal school at Lebanon and the Ohio University at Athens and further prepared himself for a professional career as a student in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, which in 1871 conferred upon him the degree of M. D. He engaged successfully in the practice of medicine and surgery at Jackson for four decades or until TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 291 his death, which occurred December 26, 1911, when he was sixty-four years of age. In early manhood he wedded Anna Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hughes, who were natives of Wales and took up their abode in Ohio about 1830. Thomas L. Hughes became a prominent figure in public affairs and was chosen to represent his district in the Ohio state legislature. He was also well known in business circles as secretary of the Jefferson Furnace Company at Oak Hill, Jackson county, Ohio. His daughter, Mrs. Anna (Hughes) Williams, acquired a public school education at Oak Hill and also pursued a course of study in the Oxford Female Seminary. By her marriage she became the mother of three children : Lloyd Thomas, of this review; Anna, the wife of Orin Gould Murfin, an admiral in the United States Navy; and Winifred, who is the wife of Daniel H. Armstrong, an attorney at law residing in Columbus, Ohio. After the death of his first wife William E. Williams was again married, his second union being with Margaret Evans. They had a son, William Edwin Williams, Jr., who is now a member of the Toledo law firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan. Lloyd T. Williams received his early education in the public schools of his native city and after his graduation from the high school entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1896, while four years later, in 1900, the LL. B. degree was conferred upon him by the College of Law of that institution. During the years 1896 and 1897 he was a high school teacher at Jackson. It was in July, 1900, that he entered upon the work of his chosen profession in Toledo, practicing independently until 1903, when he identified himself with the firm of Brown & Geddes. On the 1st of January, 1905, he was admitted to partnership under the firm style of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau & Williams and he is now one of the members of the firm of Geddes, Schmettau, Williams, Eversman & Morgan. They specialize in corporation law and are accorded a clientage of extensive and gratifying proportions. Mr. Williams has membership in the Toledo Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. 292 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY On the 14th of September, 1912, in Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Frances E. Baker, a native of this city and a daughter of Arthur E. Baker and the late Mrs. Alice (Berdan) Baker, representatives of old and well known families of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are the parents of five children, all born in Toledo, namely : Frances Elizabeth, whose natal day was June 4, 1914 ; Alice Pamela, born June 27, 1916; Lloyd Thomas, Jr., born May 5, 1918; William, born July 17, 1921; and Arthur Baker, born December 15, 1923. The family residence is at 2025 Parkwood avenue in Toledo. Mr. Williams gives his political support to the republican party and has manifested an active and helpful interest in civic affairs, having rendered effective public service as chairman of the city plan commission of Toledo, while at the present time he is also a member of the Lucas county plan commission. During the period of the World war he served on the legal examining board and also promoted the various Liberty Loan drives. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the First Congregational church, while fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons, belonging to Rubicon Lodge, F. & A. M.; Fort Meigs Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M.; Toledo Council, No. 33, R. & S. M.; and St. Omar Commandery, No. 59, K. T. Thoroughly appreciative of the social amenities of life, he also has membership in the Toledo Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Carranor Hunt & Polo Club, the University Club and the Ohio State University Faculty Club. He likewise belongs to three Greek letter fraternities —Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. EDWARD. GRANT MAY, M. D. Dr.. Edward Grant May holds a peculiarly close relation to the people of the section of Toledo in which he resides, for not only has he ministered successfully to their physical ills for many years but has also evinced a deep and genuine regard for the civic welfare of the community, to which he has given freely of his time and means. The Doctor was born in Monroe county, Michigan, on the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 293 2d of December, 1864, a son of William J. and Helen E. (Hitchcock) May. His father was born in London, England, where he was reared to the age of twelve years, when he accompanied his parents on their emigration to the United States. He learned the blacksmith trade at an early age and came to Lucas county, Ohio, when there was but one house where now stands the city of Toledo. He settled in Manhattan, now Maumee, where he ran a blacksmith shop and farmed, and at the latter occupation he was very successful, being regarded as one of the best farmers in Lucas county. He became the owner of four hundred acres of land, his holdings now being at the edge of Toledo. In former years it required one full day to go from his farm into Toledo and return. He died at the age of eighty-eight years and his wife when eighty-seven years old. Of the fourteen children who blesesd their union, Dr. Edward G. May is the only, survivor. Edward G. May attended the public schools of Monroe and the high school in Toledo, after which he took up the study of medicine in the Northwest Ohio Medical College, of Toledo (now a part of the University of Toledo), from which he was graduated in 1887. During this period he studied medicine with Dr. W. C. Chapman of Toledo, now deceased, with whom he remained for five years. He served two years as assistant physician in the Toledo Insane Asylum, after which he moved to Archibald, Ohio, where he practiced medicine for twenty-six months. In 1892, Dr. May entered upon the private practice of his profession on Walbridge street, off Broadway, but at the end of a year he bought his present place at 1327 Dorr street, where he has resided continuously to the present time. His was the first building in that block, and the Doctor recalls that there was a rail fence about his property and that the road in front was paved with planks. Horse cars were operated in that section of the city and the Doctor often killed rabbits and game birds in the neighborhood. There were but two other houses in that locality when he settled there, and he has been an interested spectator of the wonderful evolution which has taken place during the thirty-seven years of his residence here. In 1924 he completely remodeled his house, at a great expense, creating one 294 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of the most modern offices in the city. All of the downstairs rooms in the house are finished in imported red gum, with rubbed finish. During the years of his residence here the Doctor has taken an active and effective part in those things which have contributed to the welfare and pleasure of the people of the community and in 1919 did a very fine thing when he erected, at his own expense, a community house, seating one hundred and fifty people. That this has been appreciated is evidenced by the fact that practically every night in the week the building is utilized for some community purpose, such as card parties, band meetings, lodge meetings, dancing parties and other local meetings. This building is kept open and maintained at no expense to the users, Dr. May paying all expenses connected with it. Many improvements have been made in it, such as improved lighting effects and fixtures, all of which have been installed at the Doctor's expense. Dr. May is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States army. He was commissioned a first lieutenant and was assigned to the base hospital at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Virginia, where he served for seven months, being honorably discharged on December 16, 1918. He has always been an active supporter of the republican party and has represented the thirteenth ward in the city council for three terms, and has no opposition for reelection to a fourth term. This is not his first experience in city politics, as at the age of thirty years he represented the old eighth ward in the city council. He is a member of Collingwood Lodge, No. 457, F. & A. M. Dr. May was married and had one child, Lucille, who died at the age of twenty-six years. He pays the highest possible tribute to his mother, who was a woman of strong character, many gracious qualities of head and heart, and whose kindliness and hospitality gained for her the love and admiration of all who knew her. At the age of eighty-three years she wrote a poem of ten verses and to the very last manifested a deep interest in the people and things about her. Dr. May is an able, skilled and successful physician, having enjoyed a large and remunerative practice during the years of his residence here, and to a marked degree holds the esteem and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 295 confidence of his fellowmen. He is a member of the various medical societies and has honored his profession and his community by his noble and unselfish life. FRED A. DURNWALD One of the most up-to-date and prosperous automobile sales organizations in northwestern Ohio is operating under the name of the Palace Auto Sales Company, of Fremont, of which Fred A. Durnwald is president. This corporation, which specializes in the Buick line of cars, has made an enviable record and Mr. Durnwald has gained recognition as a man of marked business ability and discriminating judgment. He was born in Sandusky county in 1880 and is a son of Joseph and Rose Durnwald, the former a farmer by occupation. Fred A. Durnwald received his educational training in the district schools and spent his early years on the home farm. At the age of nineteen he went to Vickery, Ohio, where he worked in a blacksmith shop until 1904, when he took a farrier's course in the Grand Rapids Veterinary College. He continued at the blacksmithing business until 1912, when he turned his attention to the automobile business, establishing the Palace Garage at Fremont. He had a well equipped repair shop and acted as agent for various lines of cars, meeting with encouraging success. He carried the business on alone until 1926, when he incorporated the Palace Auto Sales Company, of which he is president, his associates in the undertaking being H. C. Swartzlander and Melvin Vogt, the former vice president of the company. He has since devoted his main efforts to the sales of Buick cars. The company's territory includes Sandusky, Seneca and Ottawa counties, Melvin Vogt being in charge of their business at Tiffin and H. C. Swartzlander at Port Clinton. Mr. Durnwald has handled the Buick cars since 1912 and has sold many of them through this section of the state, while under the present organization the sales have greatly increased, until this is now one of the leading Buick agencies in northwestern Ohio. Forty-five men are employed in the organization and the business has steadily 296 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY grown through the years until now it requires several times the space originally occupied. In 1918 Mr. Durnwald was united in marriage to Miss Grace Hetrick, of Fremont, daughter of A. D. and Celeste (Overmeyer) Hetrick, and they are the parents of a daughter, Frances, born in 1920. In his political affiliation Mr. Durnwald is a. democrat, while fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He belongs to the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, in the various activities of which he has taken a part, and is regarded as one of his city's enterprising and dependable business men. He and his wife are earnest members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church and their influence is given in favor of those things which are calculated to better the civic and moral conditions of their community. Mr. Durnwald is extremely popular throughout the circles of his acquaintance and is greatly respected by all who know him. RABBI JOSEPH SAUL KORNFELD Among the notable men of Toledo is numbered Rabbi Joseph Saul Kornfeld, who has achieved distinction as a diplomat, theologian, author and lecturer. A native of Austria-Hungary, he was born February 12, 1876, and in early childhood was brought to America by his parents, Herman and Emilie (Gross) Kornfeld. Following the completion of his public school training he entered the University of Cincinnati, from which he won the B. A. degree in 1898, and in the same year was ordained as rabbi by the Hebrew Union College. During 1905 and 1906 he was a student of Semitics at the University of Chicago, and he also attended McGill University at Montreal, Canada, specializing in English literature and history. He was a rabbi at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, from 1898 until 1904, and in 1900 he married Josephine Bluthenthal, of Pine Bluff. In 1904 he accepted a call from Temple Emanuel at Montreal, Canada, and in 1906 he was called to Columbus, Ohio, where he resided from 1907 until 1921, serving the congregation of B'nai Israel Temple during that period. Meanwhile he had become corresponding TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 297 secretary of the Central. Conference of American Rabbis, filling the office from 1913 until 1915. While living in Columbus he figured prominently in civic affairs as one of the commissioners of the department of public recreation and social education and in 1913 was elected a member of the charter commission, doing much constructive work in these connections. His public spirit was also expressed by service on the Columbus board of education, of which he became a member in 1915 and president in 1918. He had become president of district No. 2, B'nai B'rith, in 1914 and a year later entered upon his career as a lecturer in association with the Redpath Chautauquas. Diplomatic honors came to him in 1921, when he was appointed by President Harding as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Persia, a post which he filled with distinction. In 1924 he came to Toledo and has since been rabbi of the Collingwood Avenue temple. Along social lines he is connected with the Kit-Kat Club. A gifted writer, he has become well known as the author of a volume entitled "Ludwig Phillippson" and also various published sermons and addresses, notably : "The Survival of Israel," "The Bible in the Sunday School," "The Jew in History" and "Judaism in America." His mental endowments are of a high order, and his is the record of a strong and serviceable career, containing much that is of inspirational value. Since 1926 he has been a member of board of managers of the department of synagog and school extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. NOBLE BRYAN SHERCK Noble B. Sherck, who is engaged in a general insurance business in Fremont, is one of this city's wide-awake and energetic business men and has been rewarded with a very satisfactory measure of success. Born in Seneca county, Ohio, in 1896, he is a son of David C. and Flora (Hensinger) Sherck, who are now retired and live in Clyde, Ohio. Mr. Sherck attended the public schools of Green Spring, graduating from high school in 1917, and then enlisted in the United States Coast Artillery Corps. He was made a sergeant and 298 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY was sent to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, for training, remaining there until the close of the war, in 1812, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to Tiffin, Ohio, he took a year's course in a business college, afterward taught school three years, then spent a year in the University of California. He next entered Ohio State University, where he pursued the commerce course for two years. In 1925, he engaged in the insurance business, securing the agency for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He has since added other lines and is now conducting a general insurance business, winning success by enterprising methods. In January, 1927, Mr. Sherck was united in marriage to Miss Grayce McGinnis, of Cleveland, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Philip E., born December 8, 1927. Mr. Sherck has always supported the democratic party. He is a member of Green Spring Lodge, No. 427, F. & A. M., the American Legion, the Lions Club and the Fremont Golf Club and is an extremely popular member of the circles in which he moves, being cordial and friendly in manner, sincere in motive and action and exemplifying a high type of citizenship. JOHN DREITZLER John Dreitzler, one of the leading citizens and worthy native sons of Seneca county, is now serving his fifth year as mayor of Tiffin, having been elected to that office as the candidate of the democratic party for three consecutive terms. He was born on a farm north of Tiffin on the 27th of July, 1881, his parents being Samuel and Margaret Elizabeth (Kassing) Dreitzler, both of whom are deceased. The paternal grandfather, Christopher Dreitzler, emigrated to the United States from Germany. John Dreitzler supplemented his district school education by study in the Ohio Northern University at Ada and subsequently taught school for eleven terms, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge which he had acquired. Thereafter he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits with good success until 1919. His activity in public affairs won him the favorable attention of his fellow townsmen, who TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 299 made him clerk of Loudon township, which position he filled very acceptably for twelve years. He was clerk of the courts of Seneca county for four years prior to being chosen mayor of Tiffin, in November, 1923, which office he is now filling for the third successive term. He is giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration characterized by civic improvements of broad scope, and is able to obtain quick, decisive action in municipal matters. During his incumbency in office the resurfacing of two hundred and forty thousand yards of streets has been done, white way lighting systems have been installed and many other improvements made. On the 6th of March, 1906, Mr. Dreitzler was united in marriage to Lelia Florence Kipka, daughter of Edward W. and Louise (Mertz) Kipka, of Fostoria, Ohio. Their children are three in number, namely : Louise E., Helen A. and Edward S. Mr. Dreitzler is a consistent member of the German Lutheran church, belongs to the Rotary Club and fraternally is identified with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. His life is exemplary in all respects and he has ever supported those interests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, while his own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation. JOHN F. BOWMAN John F. Bowman, who heads a large and modern automobile plant as president of the J. F. Bowman Company, Lincoln and Ford dealers in Toledo, was born in Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1883, and is a son of Alfred C. and Jessie (White) Bowman, the latter now deceased. The father was born in England and was reared and educated in that country and in Switzerland, coming to America in the latter part of the '60s, at which time he located in Detroit. For over half a century he was connected with the Grand Trunk Railway Company, filling various executive positions, but is now living retired, still retaining his residence in Detroit. His wife, who was born in Falmouth, England, was brought