500 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY In 1927 Mr. Kuesthardt was united in marriage to Mrs. Katie Stamper, of Rome, Georgia. He is an adherent of the democratic party and stands for progress, reform and improvement in public affairs. He belongs to the Kiwanis Club, the Lake District Newspaper Association, of which he is president, the Ohio Newspaper Association, the Buckeye Press Association and the National Editorial Association. He has a high conception of the responsibilities of his profession and has made the Times the champion of every movement for the growth and betterment of this district. WILLIAM E. GRAVES The progress of a community depends largely upon the enterprise and initiative of its business men, and through his intelligently directed mercantile activities William E. Graves has contributed materially toward Oak Harbor's commercial development, at the same time winning the legitimate reward of a well spent life. He was born in Genoa, Ohio, in 1874, a son of J. H. and Mary Graves, and is of German lineage in the paternal line. In. 1893 he was graduated from high school and for ten years thereafter was a teacher in rural schools of Ottawa county. He then turned his attention to mercantile affairs and in 1906 became one of the owners of the business of the Mylander Hardware Company. For twenty-one years he was associated with George A. Meyer in merchandising under the style of Graves & Meyer and since the death of his partner in 1926 has been sole owner of the business. It is conducted under his own name and the Graves hardware store is one of the oldest and most reliable in Oak Harbor. Mr. Graves carries a complete stock of shelf and heavy hardware and also handles farm implements. He is a courteous dealer, ever ready to supply the needs of customers, and the steady growth of his business is due to judicious management and his close conformity to the Golden. Rule. In 1902 Mr. Graves married Miss Clara Rosentreter, who passed away in 1921, leaving a son, John H., who was born in 1904. For three seasons he was a radio operator, stationed on boats navigating on the Great Lakes, and is now TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 501 associated with his father in the hardware business. He married Miss Velma Wolfe, and their attractive home is a center of the social life of Oak Harbor. He is a Mason and also belongs to the Lions Club. William E. Graves' second union was with Miss Johanna Schnoor, to whom he was married in Oak Harbor in 1923, and her death occurred a year later. She was affiliated with the Evangelical church and Mr. Graves also adheres to that faith. In politics he is a stanch democrat and was a central committeeman for five years. He is serving for the second term on the county election board and has been a councilman for two years. He is a Knights Templar Mason, a member of Fremont Commandery, No. 56, and has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is a member of the Business Men's Association of Oak Harbor. Mr. Graves is deeply interested in matters of public moment and combines in his character all the qualities of a useful and desirable citizen. JOSEPH WILLIAM SPRENGER, D. O. Dr. Joseph William Sprenger is a well known osteopathic practitioner of Port Clinton and an able exponent of his profession. He was born in 1897 and is a native of this community. His father, Charles J. Sprenger, was born in Germany in 1871 and was educated in the public schools of that country, afterward serving an apprenticeship in a bakery. In 1888 he sailed for the United States and has since been a resident of Port Clinton. For a time he was employed in a barber shop and then established a business of his own which he conducted successfully for fourteen years. In 1907 he sold his barber shop and purchased a farm four miles from Port Clinton. He has since operated the place and specializes in the growing of apples and pears, having a fine orchard of twenty-two acres. For four years he was one of the councilmen of Port Clinton and has been clerk of the courts since 1922, entering upon his fourth term in August, 1928. Mr. Sprenger has made a highly creditable record as a public servant and is a citizen of substantial worth. He adheres to 502 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the Catholic faith and is a devout communicant of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. In 1895 he was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Beck, and Joseph William Sprenger is their only child. Dr. Sprenger attended the public schools of Port Clinton and in 1920 was graduated from the School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri. For six months he served as an interne at Kirksville and later as interne in the Detroit Osteopathic Hospital and lived in that city for one year. Afterward he removed to Romeo, Michigan, where he followed his profession for a few years, and on March 1, 1925, opened an office in Port Clinton. He has an exact knowledge of anatomy as well as the scientific principles upon which his work is based and has met with gratifying success in his efforts to combat disease and alleviate suffering. He is located at No. 315 Jackson street and enjoys a large practice. Dr. Sprenger was married May 28, 1921, to Miss Gretchen Rutishauser and they have two sons, Richard and Robert. Mrs. Sprenger is a member of the Congregational church of Woodstock, Connecticut, and the Doctor is affiliated with Immaculate Conception church. He is an adherent of the democratic party and is a member of the Lions Club, the Port Clinton Yacht Club, the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club and the state and national osteopathic associations. He has charge of the athletic department of the Port Clinton high school and is active in behalf of the Boy Scouts and all movements which tend to advance the standards of American citizenship. Dr. Sprenger is a young man cf high ideals and occupies a secure place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. IRWIN H. FRIEDMAR Early in life Irwin H. Friedmar recognized the importance of industry and perseverance as factors in the attainment of success and these qualities have brought him to the fore in legal circles of Toledo. He was born in New York city on the 11th of September, 1903, and is a son of Joseph and Ann (Levine) Friedmar, natives of Kiev, Russia. They TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 503 were married in that city and emigrated to America in 1902. They spent one year in New York city and then came to Ohio, locating in Toledo, where the father has since engaged in the automobile business. He has a family of three children, two sons and a daughter. The eldest, Irwin H. Friedmar, was graduated from the Scott high school in 1922 and completed his education in the University of Ohio, Northern, in 1926. He was employed during vacation periods and thus paid his way through college. Since his admission to the bar he has engaged in general practice in Toledo and is entrusted with legal interests of importance. He is well versed in the fundamental principles of jurisprudence, readily quotes precedents, and is clear in his reasoning and logical in his deductions. Mr. Friedmar was married April 7, 1926, in Toledo to Miss Geneva Jane Firsdon, a native of Bowling Green, Ohio, and a daughter of David and Josephine (Daugherty) Firs-don, members of one of the old families of Wood county. Mr. and Mrs. Friedmar have one child, Joanne J., who was born in Toledo, November 11, 1927. The family reside at No. 2444 Warren street, and Mr. Friedmar's office is located on the eighth floor of the Spitzer building. He adheres to the Jewish faith and is unbiased in his political views, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He is a member of the Toledo Chamber of Cornmerce, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Toledo and Ohio Bar Associations. For recreation he turns to fishing and also enjoys baseball. Nature has endowed Mr. Friedmar with a keen intellect, and that he is a young man of exceptional worth is indicated by the high place which he holds in the esteem of Toledo's citizens, with whom practically his entire life has been spent. HENRY C. VOGELI Henry C. Vogeli, president of the John Vogeli Company, is one of Toledo's able and successful young business men and conducts the business of the company along the same substantial lines as established by his father, who was its 504 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY founder. He was born in Toledo on the 1st of September, 1904, and is a son of John and Bertha (Helwig) Vogeli. His paternal grandparents were Henry and Elizabeth (Snetzler) Vogeli, both of whom were natives of Switzerland, whence they came to Toledo, where Henry Vogeli engaged in the sheetmetal business. They both died in this city. John Vogeli was born in Switzerland on the 15th of September, 1879, and died in Toledo, Ohio, May 3, 1928. He was in the sheet-metal and roofing business all of his life and established the firm since known as The John Vogeli Company. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he served with the rank of a corporal. He was a republican in his political views, and he and his wife were members of the First Reformed church of Toledo. His wife was born in Toledo, April 13, 1878, and is a daughter of Fred and Reika (Kreiger) Helwig, both of whom were born in Germany and now reside in Toledo. Mr. Helwig is a retired railroad man. To Mr. and Mrs. Vogeli were born three children, namely : Henry C., of this review, is the only son. Lucile Mae, who was graduated from the Libbey high school in Toledo and took a special course in the Martha Morrison School for Women, is now bookkeeper for the East Side Towing Company and resides with her mother in Perrysburg. Ruth Bertha is a sophomore in the Toledo high school. Henry C. Vogeli was graduated from the Toledo high school in 1922, after which he took a special course in sheet-metal working at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, from which he was graduated in 1925. He then became connected with The John Vogeli Company as a stockholder and outside superintendent, and one year later was made vice president, also doing the estimating and having charge of the office up to the time of his father's death, when he became president of the company. His mother, Mrs. Bertha M. Vogeli, is vice president, and Mrs. Albert H. Miller is secretary. The company does all kinds of sheetmetal and roofing work, in which it has won and retains a high reputation for the superior quality of its work, the result being a steady and substantial increase in the volume of business from year to year. Mr. Vogeli is a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 123, F. & TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 505 A. M. ; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Zenobia Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; the Toledo Kiwanis Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. His religious membership is with the Lutheran church, and in political affairs he maintains an independent attitude. He is a man of substantial qualities, dependable in everything to which he gives his attention, and has a fine record of successful business management. RAYMOND R. SEMON, D. O. For sixteen years Dr. Raymond R. Semon has engaged in the practice of his profession in Port Clinton and enjoys an enviable reputation as as osteopathic physician. He was born in 1892 and has always resided here. His father, Frank D. Semon, was engaged in the plumbing and heating business in Port Clinton for a number of years but is now retired, and his mother, Louise A. Semon, is also living. Dr. Semon completed his high school course in 1910 and prepared for his chosen line of work in the College of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri, graduating with the class of 1913. Since that time he has followed his profession in Port Clinton and in years of continuous activity is its oldest osteopathic practitioner. The Doctor studied optometry under Dr. Wagoner, finishing his course in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1919, and his knowledge of this science has been utilized to advantage in connection with his work as an osteopathist. Experience has enhanced his skill, and his patients are drawn from a wide area. In September, 1922, Dr. Semon married Miss Marjorie E. Hagel, who was graduated from the University of Ohio at Athens and is a daughter of Richard and Hannah Hagel. Dr. and Mrs. Semon have two sons: Richard F., who was born in 1923 ; and James R., born September 9, 1925. The parents are Episcopalians in religious faith and the Doctor casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. He is a York Rite Mason, an Elk, a member of the Colonial Club, the Port Clinton Yacht Club, the Catawba Country Club and the Ohio State and American Osteopathic Associations. Genial and companionable by nature, Dr. Semon enjoys the social 506 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY side of life but never neglects his professional duties and is a young man of fine mental and moral qualities, which have won for him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. KENNETT J. NORWINE Kennett J. Norwine, vice president of the E. G. Vorce Motor Company, handling automobiles in Genoa, was born in Bismarck, Missouri, in 1889 and acquired a public school education. He became a licensed embalmer, having attended the M. H. Alexander School of Embalming in 1910, and engaged in business along that line in charge of a funeral home until 1918, when he removed to Toledo and obtained a clerical position with the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company, with which he was connected until 1920, when he became associated with E. G. Vorce. For five years he was sales manager for E. G. Vorce, who conducted a Ford agency, and in 1925 the business was incorporated under the name of the E. G. Vorce Motor Company, since which time they have handled the Chevrolet, Oakland and Pontiac cars. They carry in stock a complete line of these cars and Mr. Norwine employs three salesmen for the territory in which he is operating, with offices and sales rooms at Genoa, while his territory is approximately ten miles square. As vice president of the E. G. Vorce Motor Company, Mr. Norwine is contributing to the success of the steadily growing business which constitutes an important factor in the commercial activity of his section of the state. In 1910 Mr. Norwine was married to Miss Raphael St. Gemme, and they have two sons: Kennett Walter, who was graduated from the high school of Genoa and is now a student in the University of Detroit as a member of the class of 1930; and Carmon C., who is a junior in high school ; and a daughter, Dorothy L., a member of the freshman class in high school. Mr. and Mrs. Norwine are keenly interested in educational matters and she is now president of the Parent-Teacher Association, an organization that is doing most active work in advancing the interests of the schools. Frater- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 507 nally Mr. Norwine is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, having membership in the lodges in Genoa. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and his interest in civic affairs is manifest in many tangible ways. He is a charter member of the Exchange Club and attends the Christian church, while at all times he gives his aid and support to projects of general worth, ranking high both as a citizen and as a business man. ROBERT F. BARTLEY Few obstacles can deter the man of energy, courage and determination, and of this type is Robert F. Bartley, who secured his legal education through indomitable purpose and strenuous effort. He is one of the able lawyers of Toledo and represents the third generation of the family in this city. He was born here on the 27th of February, 1890, a son of Hugh J. and Amanda (Lehman) Bartley. The grandfather, Hugh J. Bartley, Sr., was a native of Cork, Ireland, and in his youth sought the opportunities of the new world. He settled in New Jersey and fought for the Union during the Civil war. Soon afterward he established his home in Toledo and continued a resident of the city until his death, which occurred in 1917. He devoted his attention to industrial affairs and was well known as a manufacturer of saws. His political support was given to the republican party, and in religious faith he was a Roman Catholic. He had a family of eleven children, of whom five survive. His son, Hugh J. Bartley, Jr., was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1865 and attended parochial and public schools of Toledo. After completing his studies he learned the trade of a printer and was a pressman for twenty-three years. Subsequently he became United States marshal at Toledo through appointment of President Wilson and met a tragic death in 1921, while filling that office. He was a stalwart democrat, and his fraternal affiliations were with the Eagles and the Red Men. His wife, who was born in Buffalo, New York, passed away in 1901. Her parents were natives of Germany but spent the greater part of their lives in the 508 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY United States. Mr. and Mrs. Bartley were the parents of three children : Robert F.; Lillian A., who is the wife of Rodger A. Melchoir, of Toledo; and Howard E. Bartley, also a resident of this city. Robert F. Bartley received his rudimentary instruction in one of the parochial schools of Toledo and later was a pupil in the public schools of the city. His start in life was gained as a member of the police force of Toledo, with which he was connected for eleven years in the capacity of a detective, and he successfully handled many difficult criminal and civil cases. A close observer and a keen analyst of character, Mr. Bartley became thoroughly conversant with conditions in the lower strata of society and is well known as the author of the book entitled "Big Bill," a story of the underworld. Most of the characters were taken from real life, and Mr. Bartley's personal contacts and experiences with crime and criminals are graphically depicted in this interesting book. While discharging the duties of a detective he was preparing for a professional career, devoting every leisure moment to the reading of law books, and he attended night classes in the school maintained by the Young Men's Christian Association, a private school of the city, Toledo University and St. John's University. After nine years of hard study he was graduated from the last named institution in June, 1922, with the degree of LL. B. and has since engaged in general practice in Toledo. He devotes much time and thought to the preparation of his cases, which are presented in the most effective manner, and the extent of importance of his clientele proves the confidence reposed in his legal acumen. On the 25th of November, 1908, Mr. Bartley was married in Toledo to Berna B. Gardner, a native of this city and a daughter of John A. and Louise (Jenne) Gardner. Mr. Bartley has a suite of offices on the eighth floor of the Nicholas building, and his residence is at No. 4341 Willys parkway. He casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and Mrs. Bartley belongs to the women's auxiliary of that organization. Mr. Bartley is a. member of the local bar association and maintains his physical and mental vigor by playing golf. A young man of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 509 marked ability and exceptional force of character, he has already accomplished much and is destined to succeed in everything that he undertakes. REV. FRANCIS J. MACELWANE, M. A. The educational interests of the Catholic diocese of Toledo are in capable hands in the person of Rev. Francis J. Macelwane, who for the past nine years has served as superintendent of schools, in which capacity he has been effective in maintaining the various institutions under his charge at a high standard of efficiency. Father Macelwane was born in the home of his parents on the shore of Sandusky bay, three miles southeast of Port Clinton, Ohio, September 8, 1890, and is a son of Alexander and Catherine (Carr) Macelwane. The father was a native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and the mother was born in Ireland, whence she was brought to America at the age of eleven years. Father Macelwane received his elementary education in the public schools, from which he was graduated in June, 1904, after which he attended St. John's high school, Toledo, from which he was graduated in June, 1908. He pursued his classical studies in St. John's College at Toledo, graduating in June, 1911, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and receiving also from his alma mater his Master degree in June, 1921. He carried on his philosophical and theological work in the University of Innsbruck, Tyrol, from October, 1911, until July, 1915, and also took a postgraduate course in education at the Catholic University, Washington, D. C., during the college year 1921-22. On October 28, 1915, at Toledo, Ohio, Father Macelwane was ordained to the priesthood by Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, D. D., Bishop of Toledo, and was soon appointed assistant pastor of the cathedral chapel, in which position he served from 1915 to 1920, except during the period of his army service. He served as a chaplain in the United States army during 1918-19, during which period he was assigned to the air service at Payne field, West Point, Mississippi. From 1916 to 1920 Father Macelwane served as superintendent of the 510 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Cathedral high school in Toledo, and then was appointed principal of the Central Catholic high school, in which capacity he served until his promotion to his present position as superintendent of schools of the diocese of Toledo. He has a deep and sincere interest in the mental, moral and physical welfare of the youth of the diocese, and under his able supervision each of these departments of child training receives its due share of attention. Father Macelwane is a member of the American Legion, the Knights of Columbus and the United States Army Officers Reserve Corps. A man of high culture and attainments, he possesses a forceful individuality and commands the respect of all who come in contact with him. He is doing a splendid work along educational lines, through which he is exerting an influence immeasurable in its eventual results. AUGUST G. LINKEY Among Woodville's progressive citizens and successful business men stands August G. Linkey, who is conducting a large and prosperous baking business, having a modern and up-to-date plant and commanding a patronage that extends throughout the surrounding territory. Mr. Linkey was born in Gibsonburg, Ohio, in 1886, and is a son of Emanuel and Hattie (Smith) Linkey, of whom the former was extensively engaged in farming and had large oil interests. Mr. Linkey attended the public schools of his native town, graduating from high school, after which he went to work as a clerk in the grocery store of Smith & Sanders. In 1923 he came to Woodville and engaged in the baking business, in which success attended him and he now has a well equipped place, the property being forty-four by one hundred and thirty-two feet, on which is located his substantial building, which contains all the equipment essential to the proper conduct of the business. He produces all kinds of bread and pastry and takes a justifiable pride in the high quality of his goods, which are in great demand, his business enjoying a constant and steady increase. He sells both wholesale and retail and keeps a truck for delivering to dealers. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 513 In 1915 Mr, Linkey was united in marriage to Miss Flossie Ottney, of Gibsonburg, Ohio, daughter of Joseph and Amanda (Urich) Ottney, and they are the parents of four children, Helen, August, Jr., Rosalie and Garth. Mr. Linkey gives his political support to the democratic party, is president of the county advisory board of health and is active in local civic affairs. In the fall of 1927 he was elected mayor of Woodville, for a two-year term, in which office he is still serving. He is also secretary of the Doughboy Monument Committee and president of the fire department. He is a director of the Exchange Club and has just completed the organization of the Exchange Club of Gibsonburg. He was a leader of the Gibsonburg band for twenty years and is now the leader of the Ohio State Maccabees Band of Gibsonburg, and is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, while Mrs. Linkey belongs to the Ladies of the Maccabees. They attend the Lutheran church, to which they give generous support, and while living in Gibsonburg Mrs. Linkey served as organist in her church. Mr. Linkey is a man of fine character and commands the uniform respect and esteem of those who know him. LEE O. TUSTISON Lee O. Tustison is classed with the able newspaper publishers of northwestern Ohio. For seventeen years he has been general manager of the Defiance Crescent-News, an up-to-date daily newspaper devoted to the welfare of this district. Mr. Tustison was born in DeKalb county, Indiana, August 22, 1881, a son of Charles A. and Flora A. (Scholes) Tustison. After completion of his high school course he matriculated in the Tri-State College at Angola, Indiana, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For a few years he followed the teaching profession. In 1907 he began his newspaper career as an advertising man, first with the Whitley County (Indiana) News, then with the Herald at Denison, Texas, afterward going with the Gazette at Sterling, Illinois. In 1911 he located at Hicksville, Ohio, purchasing the News, which he published for two years. He 514 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY came to Defiance in August, 1912, as manager of the Crescent-News. In 1916 he acquired the paper. In 1920 he shared the publication of the Crescent-News with Ralph W. Peters, who has since been the editor of the paper. The progressive endeavors of these men have made the Crescent-News one of the best papers in this part of the state. It is steadily growing in power and influence and is highly regarded by the people of the community. On the 2d of June, 1909, Mr. Tustison was united in marriage with Miss Mae Hamilton, of DeKalb county, Indiana. They have one son, Keith H. Mr. Tustison is president of the Defiance Chamber of Commerce and a director in the State Bank of Defiance. He is also a Rotarian, and his religious views are indicated by his affiliation with the Presbyterian church. LE ROY LORIN BELT, M. D. Dr. Le Roy Lorin Belt, who served in the World war, is engaged in the practice of medicine in Marblehead, where he has made his home for eight years. He was born in Kenton, Ohio, in 1892 and is successfully following in the professional footsteps of his father, Dr. W. A. Belt, who is a native of Wapakoneta, this state. About 1871, when a boy, the latter came to Lakeside, Ohio, with his father, Le Roy A. Belt, who surveyed the town. Being an educator of ability, Le Roy A. Belt was called to the presidency of Ada. College and also served as a Methodist minister and presiding elder of the Toledo and Bellefontaine districts. For a few years Dr. W. A. Belt was proprietor of a hotel in Lakeside while attending the Cincinnati Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1884. He then opened an office in Kenton, Ohio, where he has practiced for many years, drawing his patients from a wide area. He is secretary of the Hardin County Medical Society, and also belongs to the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. A past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the state of Ohio, he has received the honorary thirty-third degree in recognition of his services in behalf of the order. He is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church and gives his political allegiance TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 515 to the republican party. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Alba Webster, passed away in 1897. Her daughter, Rachel, is the wife of E. W. Bank, instructor in public speaking at the University of Wisconson. William A. Belt, Jr., a half-brother of Dr. Le Roy L. Belt, was graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan and is now connected with a well known firm of Toledo attorneys. Reared in his native town, Dr. Le Roy L. Belt attended its public schools and a preparatory school in Kenton, afterward taking a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University. He was next a medical student at the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, graduating with the class of 1916, and while in that city was an interne of the Babies Hospital and also the St. Clair Hospital. On leaving Cleveland he entered Harper Hospital, a Detroit institution, with which he was connected for two years in a professional capacity, and during the World war went overseas with the Harper Hospital unit. He was attached to Base Hospital No. 17, winning a captaincy during the period of his service in France, and in April, 1919, was honorably discharged. In 1920 he returned to Kenton, joining his father, with whom he was associated in practice until February, 1921, when he came to Marblehead to take charge of the hospital of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company. He has since had supervision of the institution, performing his important duties with the thoroughness and efficiency which have always characterized his work. In 1920 Dr. Belt married Miss Frances Jordan, a daughter of Dr. A. B. and Katherine Jordan of Marblehead. Mrs. Belt was graduated from the nurses training school of Harper Hospital and also served in France during the war. Dr. and Mrs. Belt have three children : Le Roy L., Jr., aged eight years; Mary Katherine, six years; and John Robert, nine months. The Doctor and his wife are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church in Kenton, and he casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party. A York Rite Mason, he has attained the Knight Templar degree in the commandery and is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Civic Club, the Ottawa County and Ohio State Medical Societies 32-VOL. 3 516 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and the American Medical Association. Natural talent and acquired ability have brought him rapidly to the fore in his profession, while earnest study and close application insure his continued progress therein. PAUL FREDERICK ORR, M. D. Dr. Paul Frederick Orr, commissioner of health for Toledo, has utilized his professional knowledge for the benefit of humanity and is widely and favorably known as a pathologist and writer on subjects pertaining to the science of disease. He was born in Holton, Brown county, Kansas, September 5, 1895, and is a son of Robert J. and Carrie Suzanna (Ebert) Orr. The paternal grandfather was born in the northern part of Ireland and early in the nineteenth century emigrated to America. He settled on a farm in Iowa and there spent the remainder of his life. Robert J. Orr was born in the Hawkeye state and completed his education in Kansas. As a young man he engaged in teaching and also followed farming. In politics he is a strong republican and has served as postmaster of Lawton, Oklahoma, for several years. During his early life he was a Presbyterian but after his marriage joined the Methodist church, of which his wife was a member. She was born near Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is of Dutch lineage. To Mr. and Mrs. Orr were born two sons: Herbert S., who works under his father in the Lawton post office; and Paul Frederick. Dr. Orr completed a caurse in the Cameron high school at Lawton, Oklahoma, in 1912 and won the B. S. degree from the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College at Stillwater in 1915. He next attended the Iowa State College, of which he became a research fellow in bacteriology in 1917, and in 1918 was awarded the degree of M. S. by that institution. From 1919 to 1921 he was a student in the scientific department of Harvard University and in 1925 was graduated from its medical school. In August, 1924, he had become an interne of the Henry Ford Hospital of Detroit, Michigan, and remained there for about a year During 1915-16 he was graduate assistant in chemistry at the Oklahoma TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 517 Agricultural & Mechanical College and for a year thereafter was assistant bacteriologist of the department of health of Toledo. In 1917-18 he was research fellow in bacteriology and hygiene at the State College of Iowa and then became teaching fellow in preventive medicine and hygiene at the Harvard Medical School, acting in that capacity until 1921. During 1923-24 he was assistant in pathology at the same school and from 1925 until 1928 was state medical inspector and assistant epidemiologist of the department of health of Michigan. On the 1st of May, 1928, he returned to Toledo as commissioner of health and has made a fine record in that office, giving to the city the services of an expert. Dr. Orr has carried his researches far and wide into the realms of medical science and has made valuable contributions to the literature of his profession. He is the author of "A Study of the Thermal Death Points of Bacteria," an article written in 1918 for the Society of American Bacteriologists and read before its members in Washington, D. C.; "The Bacteriological Characteristics of Bacillus Botulinus," written for the Society of Experimental Biology & Medicine in 1919; "The Pathogenicity of Bacillus Botulinus," which appeared in the Journal of Medical Research in January, 1921; a monograph on "Toxic By-Products of Bacillus Botulinus," written for the Society of Experimental Biology & Medicine in 1921; a treatise entitled "A Rapid Method for the Determination of Botulinus Toxin," which was published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in 1921; "An Epidemiological Study of Undulant Fever in Michigan," prepared for the American Public Health Association in December, 1928, and a further study of the same subject, written for that association in 1929; "Dosage of Toxin for Active Immunization Against Scarlet Fever," published in the paper issued by the Michigan department of health; and "An Epidemic of Typhoid Fever Following a Church Dinner," an article which appeared in the same journal. Dr. Orr was married August 28, 1921, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Miss Dorothy Alice Dean, who was born in Boston, July 25, 1903, and is a daughter of Arthur and Gertrude (Riddell) Dean. The Riddell family is of English origin and was established in Salem, Massachusetts, during 518 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY the period of the Revolutionary war. Dr. and Mrs. Orr have become the parents of one child, Laurie Ann, who was born in Lansing, Michigan, May 12, 1926. From the time of the inception of the society of Boy Scouts of America the Doctor has been a tireless worker in behalf of the organization and was scoutmaster of Troop No. 1 at Boston, previously having been assistant scoutmaster of Troop No. 22 at Toledo. He belongs to the Exchange Club of this city and in 1922, when identified with the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College, was elected a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honorary fraternity. In 1923, while a Harvard instructor, he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha society, an honorary medical fraternity. In 1917 he was chosen a member of the Society of American Bacteriologists and has been affiliated with the American Public Health Association since 1918. In 1928 he became a member of the Toledo Academy of Medicine and is also connected with the Lucas County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In politics he is a republican, and his religious views are in harmony with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. His hours of leisure are spent in the open, and his favorite sports are tennis, handball and hunting. Dr. Orr paid for his medical education by teaching and at one time was a physician in the Boston Dispensary. Although young in years he occupies a position of eminence in his profession and has to his credit a notable record of brilliant achievement. JAMES H. BAHNSEN James H. Bahnsen, now secretary and assistant manager of the R. Hagel Company, of Gypsum, was born in Germany in 1890 and was about one year old when brought to the United States by his parents, Hans and Anna Bahnsen. For a time after settling here the father engaged in farming but later worked in the gypsum industry and for the past ten years has been janitor of the Gypsum schoolhouse. James H. Bahnsen received his education in the public schools and in 1905, when fifteen years of age, he entered the TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 519 employ of R. Hagel, a general merchant, with whom he remained for one year and a half. Mr. Hagel then sold out to the R. Hagel Company, for which concern Mr. Bahnsen worked until 1912, when he embarked in the mercantile business under the name of Bahnsen, Ross & Company. This venture met with success, but within three months R. Hagel & Company bought him out and from that time Mr. Bahnsen has been a stockholder and officially identified with the company. He is now serving as credit manager, secretary and assistant manager of the business, in which capacities he is rendering a high type of service. In 1921 Mr. Bahnsen was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Luchsimgen, of Port Clinton, and they are parents of a daughter, Elenore, born August 7, 1924. Mrs. Bahnsen is a member of a literary club and is actively interested in the social affairs of her community. Politically Mr. Bahnsen is independent and has been active in his efforts for the advancement of his community. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the American Legion and the Port Clinton Yacht Club. He is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in April, 1918, in the Three Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment United States Infantry, with which he was overseas about ten months, and was honorably discharged May 3, 1919. During his period overseas he served in both France and Italy. He is a man of excellent qualities and is highly respected by all who have come in contact with him. DEWILTON ADOLPHUS KRAEMER The leading newspaper of Ottawa county is the Ottawa County Exponent, which is owned and edited by Dewilton A. Kraemer at Oak Harbor. He has been personally identified with this publication from the age of twelve years, or a period of forty-five years, and has developed it into one of the best country newspapers in northwestern Ohio. Mr. Kraemer was born in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on the 13th of May, 1872, and is a son of Judge J. H. and Lottie (Earl) 520 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Kraemer. Judge Kraemer, who was born in Oak Harbor, March 8, 1845, is of German descent, his father, with two brothers, having come from the fatherland when young men and located at Lancaster, Ohio. His father later moved to the vicinity of Toledo, Ohio, and eventually settled in Ottawa county, founding the town of Oak Harbor. This was first called Hartford, but the name was later changed to Oak Harbor because there was another Hartford in Ohio. Lottie (Earl) Kraemer, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 7, 1848, is of English descent. Her brother, William Earl, built the Ottawa county infirmary. Judge Kraemer and his wife are now residing in Los Angeles, California, both being past eighty years of age. Of the six children born to them, three are living, namely : Dewilton A., of this review; Thomas E., the proprietor of Kraemer's restaurants in Columbus, Ohio; and Maud E., who is with her parents in Los Angeles. D. A. Kraemer attended the public schools of Oak Harbor, graduating from high school in 1891. He assisted his father on the home farm from the time he was old enough, and when about twelve went to work in the printing office of which he is now the owner. Thus he has spent practically his entire career here and has been manager of the plant for the past thirty-five years and sole proprietor and editor for about twenty years. The Exponent, which has a circulation of twenty-two hundred and fifty, is ably edited, the news of the county being presented in an attractive style, while typographically the paper is the equal of any of its contemporaries. It is a splendid advertising medium, for it is a welcome visitor to practically all of the homes of this section of the county. On August 15, 1906, Mr. Kraemer was united in marriage to Miss Anna Kathryn Buck, who was born in Carroll township, Ottawa county, Ohio, March 1, 1882, and is a daughter of Jacob D. and Christina (Meyer) Buck. Her father, who was born in Danbury township, Ottawa county, March 28, 1854, is now residing with his children. Her mother, who was born in Danbury township, Ottawa county, February 6, 1857, is deceased. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Buck, seven are living, namely : Mrs. J. J. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 521 Schau, of Port Clinton, Ohio; Mrs. William L. Zeis, of Port Clinton; Mrs. D. A. Kraemer, of Oak Harbor; Mrs. R. I. Heller, of Oak Harbor ; Wesley M., of Pontiac, Michigan; Jarrold D., of Flint, Michigan; Kenneth, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Kraemer are the parents of two children: Bryan Dudley, born in Oak Harbor, October 30, 1908; and Jean Louise, born in Oak Harbor, July 10, 1910. Mrs. Kraemer has always taken an active interest in the civic and social affairs of Oak Harbor, being a member of the Literary and Social Club, Oakmores, a social club, and the Order of the Eastern Star, while she is a leader in the work of the Ladies Aid Society. Mr. Kraemer has always supported the democratic party, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of Oak Harbor Lodge, No. 495, F. & A. M.; Oak Harbor Chapter, No. 162, R. A. M.; Oak Harbor Lodge, No. 516, K. P., in which he has passed through the chairs; the Oak Harbor Business Men's Association and the Exchange Club. Personally and through the columns of his paper, Mr. Kraemer has been a constant and effective booster for Oak Harbor and has been actively identified with every movement the object of which has been the betterment of the community along material, civic or moral lines. He has been successful in his business, has commanded the uniform respect of his fellowmen and is regarded as one of the representative men of his locality. MERRILL B. RUDES Merrill B. Rudes, who has won a creditable place among the automobile dealers in Ottawa county, is identified with the sales service branch of the business in handling the Overland, Whippet, Willys-Knight and La Salle cars at Genoa. He is a native of the city in which he still resides, his birth having here occurred in 1890. His father, Carl A. Rudes, also a native of Ottawa county, was employed for a long 522 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY period by the Lake Shore Railroad Company, but he and his wife are now deceased. In the acquirement of his education Merrill B. Rudes attended the public schools until graduated from high school on the 9th of June, 1909. He then engaged in railroad work, becoming connected with the Northwestern as an advertising agent, in which capacity he served for a year, while later he was a conductor on the road for a similar period. He afterward spent two years in the service of the Lake Shore Electric Road, at the end of which time he turned his attention to the automobile business, and for about one and a half years was a testing inspector in the Willys-Overland factory at Toledo. On the 14th of March, 1914, he opened a garage and repair shop in Genoa and in 1916 took over the Studebaker agency, which he retained for two years, afterward selling the Oakland car for a year. Mr. Rudes next became agent for the Buick and Dodge automobiles, thus continuing until 1922, when he took over the agency of the Overland and Willys-Knight cars, which he has since handled. He is also agent for the La Salle cars and conducts a complete sales and service business covering a wide radius around Genoa and employs four salesmen. He is thoroughly progressive, enterprising and reliable, and the growth of his patronage has been continuous since he entered this field. In 1914 Mr. Rudes married Miss Della Meyer, of Clay Center, Ohio, and they are now the parents of two sons : Merrill B. Jr., who was born in 1920; and Harlow George, born in 1924. Mr. and Mrs. Rudes occupy an enviable social position and are highly esteemed by all who know them. Mrs. Rudes has taken a prominent and active part in the work of the Eastern Star, the Daughters of Rebekah and the Woman's Relief Corps. Mr. Rudes gives his political indorsement to the republican party, which he has supported since attaining his majority, putting forth every effort in his power to insure its success. For six years he was president of the city council, and his administration was characterized by a ready recognition of the needs of the city and unfaltering effort to meet municipal requirements. He has also occupied the presidency of the Exchange Club and is well known in fraternal circles as a member of the Masonic TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 523 order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the last named he is a past noble grand, and with his wife he holds membership in the Rebekahs and the Eastern Star. He finds his recreation largely in golf and belongs to the Chippewa Country Club. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rudes are members of the Evangelical church, and their interests and activities center in those channels through which flow the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number. A lifelong resident of Genoa, his record is as an open book which all may read and find therein an expression of a high type of citizenship and of most commendable qualities in business. ORVAL CLETUS LEHMAN Orval C. Lehman, the able and efficient cashier of the Payne State Bank, at Payne, Paulding county, was born in this place on the 6th of December, 1894, and is a son of William E. and Elnora (White) Lehman. For many years the father engaged in farming, in which he was successful, and a few years ago retired and moved into Payne, where he is now serving as postmaster. He is a republican in his political affiliation and is a member of the Masonic order. Orval C. Lehman attended the public schools and after his graduation from high school entered the Payne State Bank as a clerk. During the thirteen years of his connection with this institution he has given to it his loyal and devoted service and has received successive promotions, having been made cashier in December, 1920. In this capacity he has rendered a type of service which has gained for him a good reputation as a capable, careful and dependable business man. This bank was organized May 11, 1912, by the Straus Brothers Company and has a capital of $50,000; surplus, $12,700; undivided profits, $7,500, and deposits, $400,000. Mr. Lehman is cashier, a director and secretary of the board. In 1919 Mr. Lehman was united in marriage to Miss Cecelia A. Radenbaugh, of Payne, Ohio, and they are the parents of a daughter, Marjorie C., born December 19, 1922. Mrs. Lehman is a member of the Parent-Teacher Association 524 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and is deeply interested in those things which affect the civic and moral welfare of the community. Mr. Lehman is a veteran of the World war, for which he enlisted May 25, 1918, and was appointed a non-commissioned officer, first class, in the quartermaster corps. He was first stationed at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and was later transferred to Beauregard, Louisiana, where he remained until the close of the war and was honorably discharged December 26, 1918. He is a member of Reubin J. Smith Post, No. 287, A. L., of which he was commander in 1926 and is now treasurer. He is past master of Flat Rock Lodge, No. 580, F. & A. M., and a Royal Arch Mason of Paulding, Ohio, chapter. He is a member of the Payne Commercial Club; was chairman of the County Bankers Association in 1929, and was a member of the executive committee of Group Two of the Ohio Bankers Association in 1929. He is an earnest member of the Christian church and lends his influence and support to those things which are of greatest value to the civic, social and moral development of the community. HARRY J. DETZER Harry J. Detzer, president of the Toledo Blue Print & Paper Company, Inc., has owned and conducted this business since 1915 and he also figures in connection with financial interests of the city as a director of the Ohio Savings Association and of the Metropolitan Mortgage Company. Toledo numbers him among her native sons inasmuch as his birth occurred here January 31, 1889, his parents being Joseph and Mary (Gessner) Detzer. The father was born in Toledo in 1851, while his father was a native of Germany and on coming to America settled in this city. Joseph Detzer was here reared and educated and during the major part of his active business life was connected with the Western Union Telegraph Company but is now living retired. His wife, whose birth occurred in Maumee, Lucas county, in 1851 and who represents one of the old families of this part of the state, is also living and they have reared a family of three TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 527 children : Harry J.; Isabelle, the wife of Joseph Schiebel ; and Hazel, the wife of Francis Laudenbach. Harry J. Detzer pursued his education in the public and parochial schools of Toledo but put aside his textbooks when only thirteen years of age in order to earn his own living. He entered the employ of the L. Beckmann Company as a messenger boy, receiving a wage of but three dollars per week, and continued with the firm for five years. In 1907, associated with Fred Hanley, he established his present business, which was begun on a small scale in the old National Union building. The trade has steadily been developed until the Toledo Blue Print & Paper Company now controls the largest business of the kind in northwestern Ohio. Mr. Detzer has been sole proprietor since 1923 and incorporated his interests under the present name in 1928. His patronage comes from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana within a radius of sixty miles, and employment is given to ten people. His trade is steadily growing and his success is the direct outcome of efficiency, of high standards of service and of thorough reliability. Extending his efforts into financial fields he has, as previously stated, become a member of the directorate of the Ohio Savings Association and the Metropolitan Mortgage Company, both business concerns of Toledo. On the 19th of June, 1913, in Toledo, Mr. Detzer was married to Grace E. Limmer, of this city, a daughter of Henry and Emma Limmer, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Detzer reside at 1448 Kenyon drive with their two sons, Harry J. and James Edward, the former born February 23, 1918, and the latter March 12, 1924. Mrs. Detzer is a member of the Women's Club and other women's organizations of Toledo and takes an active part in church work. Both Mr. and Mrs. Detzer adhere to the Catholic faith, being communicants of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. During the World war period Mr. Detzer took an active part in promoting the sale of Liberty bonds. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, while his social nature finds expression in his membership connections with the Maumee River Yacht Club, the Toledo Yacht Club and the 528 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Heather Downs Club. He ranks now with the representative business men of his native city, but turning back the hourglass of time, one sees him as a youth of thirteen years struggling to gain a start in the business world and provide for his own support. He early recognized the value of perseverance, determination and unfaltering industry and those qualities have served as the foundation upon which he has built his progress and success. HERMAN A. BAHNSEN Herman A. Bahnsen, vice president of the R. Hagel Company, is one of Gypsum's energetic and progressive business men and is very popular throughout the community. He was born here in 1893 and is a son of Hans and Anna Bahnsen, both of whom were natives of Germany, from which country they came to the United States in 1891. They came at once to Ottawa county, Ohio, where the father first gave his attention to farming but later was employed in a lime works and for the past ten years has been identified with the gypsum industry. Herman A. Bahnsen received his education in the public schools of Gypsum and then worked for the United States Gypsum Company. In 1912 he came to the R. Hagel Company as a delivery man and clerk, and has been connected with this well known concern to the present time. In 1917 he became a stockholder in the enterprise and is now vice president of the company and managing buyer. The R. Hagel Company has a large and well stocked general store in Gypsum and gives free delivery service, being one of the leading and most up-to-date business establishments of this locality. In 1917 Mr. Bahnsen was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Fellerath, of Gypsum, and they are the parents of two children : Virginia, aged eleven years, and Marjorie, aged eight years, both of whom are attending school. The republican party receives Mr. Bahnsen's political support and he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Port Clinton Yacht Club and the Catawba Beach TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 529 Yacht Club. He attends and gives his support to the Lutheran church, is a man of high civic ideals and has never been lacking in his support of those things which make for the wellbeing of the community. JUSTIN GUY BALLOU, M. D. Thorough scientific training and keen powers of discernment well qualified Dr. Justin Guy Ballou for the practice of medicine and surgery, which has constituted his life work, and for eleven years his professional activities have been centered in Oak Harbor. He was born in Stanford, Lincoln county, Kentucky, in 1882, of which state his parents, Joseph and Susan E. Ballou, were also natives. The father, a minister of the Christian church, has passed away, and the mother is also deceased. In the acquirement of an education Dr. Ballou attended the Stanford Male Academy, after which he matriculated in the Toledo Medical College, completing his course in the University of Illinois, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1905. Beginning his career as a physician and surgeon in Graytown, Ohio, he remained there until 1918, when he enlisted in the United States army and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps. In July, 1918, he opened an office in Oak Harbor, winning a large practice as a result of his knowledge and skill and his devotion to the duties of his profession. On May 21, 1907, Dr. Ballou was married in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Miss Winifred Annette Beck, of Stanford, Kentucky, by whom he has a son, Justin Guy, Jr., a pupil in the public schools of Oak Harbor. The Doctor gives his political support to the republican party and is affiliated with the Methodist church of Oak Harbor. A thirty-second degree Mason, he is connected with the York and Scottish Rites and the Shrine and is also an Elk. He belongs to the Exchange Club, and both he and Mrs. Ballou are members of the Catawba Cliffs Country Club. She is likewise identified with the Woman's Club of 530 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Toledo, the local chapter of the Eastern Star, and adheres to the Presbyterian faith. Dr. Ballou's professional standing is indicated by the fact that he has been called to the presidency of the Ottawa County Medical Society, which office he is now filling. He is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. CHARLES T. LA COST, SR. Long identified with public affairs, Charles T. La Cost, Sr., filled important offices in that connection but business matters now claim his attention and as a lumberman he has won a notable measure of success. He has industrial interests in several cities of Ohio but maintains his headquarters in Genoa, where he has made his home for a period of nine years, materially influencing its progress along commercial lines. He was born in 1867 in Defiance county, Ohio, of which his parents, Francis and Mary (Biglow) La Cost, were also natives, and in the paternal line is of French descent. His father enlisted in the Union army and served throughout the Civil war. The mother was of English lineage, and her father became a captain in the British army. Charles T. La Cost, Sr., supplemented his public school training by attendance at Oberlin College and was graduated with the class of 1890, receiving the A. B. degree. He then located in Bryan, Ohio, and for three years was clerk in a law office. His first public office was that of deputy county recorder, in which capacity he acted for two years, and afterward was a deputy in the probate judge's office for three years. From 1898 to 1915 inclusive, a period of seventeen years, he was postmaster of Bryan. He was first chosen for the office by President McKinley, was twice reappointed by President McKinley, and received his next appointment from President Taft, discharging his duties with the thoroughness and fidelity that have characterized his work throughout life. In 1916 he removed to New Lexington, Ohio, and for four years was secretary-treasurer of a mining company. Mr. La Cost allied his interests with those of Genoa in 1920 and has since engaged in the lumber business, constantly broad- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 531 ening the scope of his activities until he is now numbered among the foremost lumbermen of this part of the country. He is secretary-treasurer of The Powers Lumber & Supply Company of Genoa; of The Elmore Lumber Company of Elmore, Ohio ; The Price Lumber and Manufacturing Company of Fremont, Ohio; The East North Street Lumber Company of Fostoria, Ohio; and The La Cost-Powers Company of Toledo. In matters pertaining to the lumber industry he is exceptionally well informed, and his business associates rely upon his judgment and integrity. In 1890 Mr. La Cost was married in Oberlin, Ohio, to Miss Grace D. Wilcox, a native of Lorain county, this state, and a daughter of Lucien H. and Zilpha (Rugg) Wilcox, both of English ancestry. Her father, a lake captain, has passed away, and the mother is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. La Cost have a son, C. Tracy, who married Alice Powers and resides in Toledo; and two daughters, Bertha, who is living with her parents in Genoa; and Sylvia, the wife of George A. Greenbaum, of New Lexington, Ohio. Mr. La Cost's identification with military affairs covers three years of service in the Ohio National Guard. He is a prominent Mason and acted as secretary of the Masonic council at Bryan until he transferred his residence to New Lexington. A stalwart republican, he has never wavered in his allegiance to the party, and he is a member of the Congregational church. Enterprising, forceful and efficient, Mr. La Cost has established an enviable record as a business man, and his worth as a citizen has been thoroughly demonstrated. ARTHUR EDSON KIRK Arthur Edson Kirk, a highly esteemed citizen of Ottawa county who since 1905 has given his attention largely to fruit and dairy farming near Port Clinton, was born November 7, 1869, on a farm north of Lacarne, Ohio, a son of Artebanes and Thirza Kingham (Hall) Kirk, the former born at Brick Meeting House, Maryland, July 5, 1831, and the latter at Springfield, Ohio, January 26, 1835. The earliest known ancestor in the paternal line settled in East Nottingham, 33-VOL. 3 532 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Chester county, Pennsylvania, about 1712, being a member of the early Penn colony, and was of Scotch-Irish lineage. In the year 1833 a colony of Kirks and Knights removed from Maryland and Pennsylvania to Lorain county, Ohio, settling near the lake, where they remained for about two years. Grandfather Knight had left a farm in Maryland, where the soil was poor, in order to find better land but found conditions in Lorain county similar to those that he had left behind. Hearing of the rich, deep soil in Sandusky, now Ottawa county, he came to this section with his family and his son-in-law, John Kirk, together with Roger Kirk. They established homes at Port Clinton and finally removed to Erie township in 1835. Both the Roger and John Kirk farms are now a part of the Erie proving grounds, under supervision of the ordnance department of the United States government. Artebanes Kirk was the youngest member of the colony that came westward from Maryland, being carried on horseback all the way to Ohio. Horseback riding was the usual mode of travel in those days for both the young and old of both sexes, for the automobiles of that period were the heavy wagons with a board across the box or a splint-bottom chair in the wagon for the aged or the feeble. The corduroy roads of that day would not permit of travel at the rate of forty miles per hour. The Kirk-Knight colony consisted of Immer and Esther Knight with their seven daughters, three sons, son-in-law and their little grandson, Artebanes Kirk. Of the daughters, Naomi became the wife of Andrew Gamble ; Belinda married John Kirk; Hannah married Abraham Bell ; Clarissa married Levi Loomis; Esther became the wife of Cyrus Moore ; Lydia married the Rev. James Kingham ; and Lucinda married Theodore J. Kirk. Immer Knight married Eliza Marion, and Nathan married Mary Lockwood. William Kirk Knight was married three times, first wedding Susan Kirk, then Anna Kleinhans, while his third wife was Emily Marion. The mother of Arthur E. Kirk was a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Kingham) Hall, both of whom were natives of England, the father being from Berkshire and the mother from Oxfordshire. They became residents of Springfield, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 533 Ohio, in 1833 and were married in the following year. Thomas Hall was a stock buyer, handling cattle in that early day. The Halls, together with the Rev. James Kingham, removed to Port Clinton about the year 1836, making the trip with ox teams and wagons, and it required two weeks to cover the distance between Springfield and Port Clinton, Ohio. Thus from pioneer times the ancestors of Arthur E. Kirk have been closely connected with the development and up-building of this section of the state. He was reared on the old home farm and acquired a common school education in Erie township, Ottawa county, while later he spent two years as a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. With youth behind him, he turned his attention to general merchandising at Lakeside, Ohio, where he continued in business from 1895 until 1904. He also spent a year in a store at Toledo and then returned to the home farm in Erie township in the spring of 1905, residing thereon until 1918, when the United States government purchased the property for part of the Erie proving grounds. At that time Mr. Kirk bought his present home east of Port Clinton and has since devoted his attention largely to fruit raising and dairying. He has a well improved property, equipped for the conduct of his particular line of business, and has met with gratifying success in his undertakings. In April, 1902, he was appointed receiver for the Lakeside Company during its financial difficulties. On the 28th of October, 1896, Mr. Kirk was married in Lakeside to Miss Jennie Wonnell, who passed away November 3, 1897, and two years later, on December 26, 1899, at Weston, Ohio, he married Amy Brackney, who was born in St. Johns, Ohio, March 16, 1868. Her father, Wilson Brackney, a native of this state, was born in 1831 and died in 1911. His wife, Hetty (Allen) Brackney, was born in 1838 and passed away in 1880. She traced her ancestry back to at least a dozen people who came over in the Mayflower, and the lines of relationship also touch the families of Captain Miles Standish, Ethan Allen, Moses Cleaveland and Dr. Silas Allen, the last named a surgeon in the Revolutionary war. The children of Mr. Kirk are Arthur Clifton, a son of the 534 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY first marriage, who married Thereva Meachem and resides at Lacarne, Ohio. They have one daughter, Betty Jane. Wilson Artebanes Kirk, living on the farm east of Port Clinton, married Novelle Schwartz and has one child, Marjorie Ellen. Edward Brackney, living on the home farm with his father, married Lorena Miller. Robert William, the youngest of the family, is attending the Ohio State University at Columbus. The military experience of Mr. Kirk covers service in Company K of the Ohio National Guard from 1892 until 1894 and included active duty during the miners' strike in 1893. Politically he is a republican and for nine years he was a member of the board of education. He has membership in the Knights of Pythias lodge, of which he was chancellor commander in 1898, and in the Grange, of which he was master from 1915 until 1918. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist church, and she belongs to the Rural Round Table, the Farm Women's Club and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk are widely known in this section of the state, and they have a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintance. GEORGE ARTHUR BOON, M. D. Dr. George Arthur Boon, a capable and successful practicing physician of Ottawa county, located at Oak Harbor, was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1899 and is indebted to its public school system for the early educational advantages which he enjoyed. Following his graduation from high school as a member of the class of 1914, he began preparation for his professional career as a medical student at McGill University in his native city and was graduated therefrom in June, 1923. For a year thereafter he served as an interne in the Montreal General Hospital, which enabled him to put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test, and he gained thereby broad and valuable experience. He also filled a similar position in the Toledo General Hospital, with which he was connected for a year, and on the 1st of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 535 August, 1926, he came to Oak Harbor, where he opened an office on Water street, and has since engaged in general practice. He also frequently handles hospital cases and at all times he is most conscientious and faithful in the discharge of his professional duties. That he may make his services of the greatest benefit to his fellowmen he keeps in close touch with the advanced thought and research work of the profession and holds membership in the Ottawa County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. In February, 1926, Dr. Boon was married to Miss Lelia Sperling, and they have one son, Carl Sperling, who was born August 2, 1927. The Doctor has attained high rank in Masonic circles, having membership in the blue lodge, No. 475, F. & A. M. ; Chapter No. 162, R. A. M.; the Council, R. & S. M., of Oak Harbor; and the Commandery, K. T., of Fremont, and he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite at Toledo. He is also appreciative of the social amenities of life and holds membership in the Lions Club and the Port Clinton Yacht Club, while Mrs. Boon is prominent in social and literary circles. They have gained a wide acquaintance during their residence in Oak Harbor and now have many friends here. LESTER W. HUDSON Lester W. Hudson, engaged in the coal and feed business in Genoa, was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, in 1890 and is a son of J. L. Hudson, who in early life followed the occupation of farming but in 1893 came to Genoa, where he established the feed store that is now being carried on by his son. At that date there was no elevator between Genoa and the lake, and his business met a commercial want in the community. He was actively associated with the enterprise throughout his remaining days, his death occurring in 1921. Fraternally he was connected with the Knights of the Maccabees and in all of life's relations he measured up to high standards. His widow, who in her maidenhood was Miss Fanny Sam, still makes her home in Genoa. Their family 536 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY numbered the following named : Roy, who is a resident of Toledo ; Mrs. Blanche Bowland, of Elyria, Ohio; Mrs. Grace Casey, of Jackson, Michigan; and Erma, residing in Genoa. The other member of the family, Lester W. Hudson, was but three years of age when his parents removed to this city, where he has since remained, so that he had the advantages of the public school system here, and when he had completed his high school course he began working with his father in the feed and coal business. In 1920 he took charge of the store and has since been manager thereof. During the intervening period he has built up a substantial business as a dealer in both feed and coal, and he maintains his yards on the New York Central tracks, which furnish easy shipping facilities, and he has all modern machinery for unloading the cars. Moreover, he makes all fuel deliveries by truck, and his business equipment makes his enterprise one of the foremost of the kind in this part of the county. He is likewise a stockholder in the Genoa Building & Loan Association and is a thoroughgoing business man whose laudable ambition, unfaltering energy and close application have constituted the foundation for his present day success. Mr. Hudson is most pleasantly situated in his home life. In 1909 he wedded Miss Mary Bahnsen, of Genoa, and they have a daughter, Helen, who was born in 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson hold membership in the Disciples church and are actively interested in its work. They are well known in social circles of the city and are esteemed by many friends who appreciate their many sterling traits of character. In his political views Mr. Hudson is a democrat and manifests an active interest in local affairs, his aid and support being at all times given to those projects which tend to promote the public welfare and advance the general good. HARRY E. YOUNG As a representative of journalistic interests in northwestern Ohio, Harry E. Young is widely known and as the publisher of the Genoa Gazette is giving to the community a paper of wide interest and value, for as a publisher he holds TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 537 to high standards and has a ready recognition of what the public wants. Back of his present activities is a wide experience in the advertising business and in the newspaper field. Ohio claims Mr. Young as a native son, his birth having occurred in Leipsic, June 13, 1896. His father, O. E. Young, was also born in Leipsic, where his parents settled soon after the Civil war, the grandfather there engaging in the drug business. In early manhood O. E. Young entered the railway mail service and has been continuously connected with government work of this character to the present time. His political indorsement is given to the republican party, and he is an active worker in its ranks, doing everything in his power to promote its success and insure the adoption of its principles. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order. He married Miss Della R. Scott, and they are the parents of a son, Harry E., and two daughters: Helen A., now living in Detroit, Michigan; and Catherine M., of Toledo. At the usual age Harry E. Young became a public school pupil and when his course of study had encompassed the high school period he entered the Ohio State University, in which he pursued a course in commerce and journalism, winning the Bachelor of Science degree in 1921. After leaving school he became advertising manager for the Gebot Baking Company of Baltimore, Maryland, there remaining until late in the fall of that year, when he became connected with the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate, with which he was associated until 1925, when he purchased the Genoa Gazette from the firm of Schooler & Day. He has since been the owner and editor of the paper, which is now housed in a building that he erected in 1926. The Gazette is published weekly on Fridays and has a circulation of approximately eight hundred copies. In addition Mr. Young also does commercial printing, and his business in this department is of a substantial character. In all of his newspaper work he is ably assisted by his wife, the labors of the one ably supplementing and rounding out the efforts of the other, and they have made the Gazette popular with its patrons. The plant is thoroughly modern in its equipment, so that the paper presents a most attractive appearance from a mechanical stand- 538 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY point, while its news interests are widely acknowledged by the reading public. Since 1925 Mrs. Young has been very active in the business as associate editor and in fact has complete charge of the business end of the paper. It was in September, 1917, that Mr. Young married Miss Ethel L. Trott, of Leipsic, Ohio, and they have one child, Mary Jane, born in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Parent-Teacher Association of Genoa, and they attend the Christian church here but are affiliated with the Third Presbyterian church of Toledo. Mrs. Young belongs to the Outlook Club of Genoa and is well known and active in church and social circles. Mr. Young has membership in the Exchange Club and also in the Genoa lodge of Masons. There is an interesting military chapter in his life record. He was appointed to the officers training school of the field artillery, with which he remained until honorably discharged November 25, 1919. He is now a member of the American Legion Post at Genoa and thus maintains pleasant relations with the khaki clad boys of 1917-18. While in politics he adheres to republican principles, he casts an independent ballot at local elections, voting for men and measures rather than party interests. He finds his recreation largely in horseback riding but allows nothing to interfere with business and is holding to high standards in newspaper publication and as a member of the National Editorial Association. GEORGE WALTER MILLARD George W. Millard, whose life has been the expression of those high standards of manhood and citizenship which it is the province of the bar to inculcate and protect, has for more than a third of a century engaged in law practice in Toledo and since passing the novitiate period of his professional career has occupied a high and enviable position in professional circles. He was born in this city December 24, 1872, a son of the Hon. Irwin I. and Mary Catherine (Keller) Millard. His father, a distinguished lawyer and jurist, was born in Richland county, Ohio, December 9, 1838, and was in his seventieth year when his death occurred in Toledo on the of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 541 24th of December, 1907. The ancestry of the family is traced back to Thomas Millard, who left Birmingham, England, in 1681, making the voyage to America in one of the ships of the fleet that brought William Penn to this country. For several generations Philadelphia remained the home of the Millards, the American progenitor having aided in establishing that city. Judge Millard was a grandson of the Rev. Thomas and Hannah Millard, the former a Methodist minister who entered upon missionary work in Ohio in pioneer times and took up a government claim in Crawford county, this state, he and his wife being laid to rest in the family burying ground on that plot of land. Their son, Joseph Millard, learned the miller's trade and for a number of years operated a flour mill at Lodi, Ohio. He married Molly Immel and both he and his wife were laid to rest in Crawford county, his death occurring in 1857. Their family numbered three sons, of whom Judge Millard was the youngest. After attending the public schools of Wayne county, Ohio, he studied for three years in the Fredericksburg Academy and at the same time taught a portion of each year. On the 11th of August, 1861, he joined the Union army as a member of Company I of the Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving under Colonel Moses Dickey with the Army of the Ohio until on the order of the regimental surgeon he was discharged on account of physical disability in 1862. It was some time before he recovered his health, and when he did he began teaching at Weilersville, Ohio. With his removal to Toledo in 1863 he secured a clerkship in the recorder's office and later served for one year as deputy recorder. He next became bookkeeper for Alonzo Goddard, consignee of the Erie Railroad line of steamboats and the Miami & Erie Canal line in Toledo. Attracted by the legal profession, however, he began reading law in the office of Bissell & Gorrill of Toledo, with whom he remained until the spring of 1867, when he was admitted to the bar and was taken into partnership by his former preceptors. It was not long before he had gained distinction as an able lawyer, showing notable skill and precision in the handling of cases, while much important litigation was entrusted to his care up to the time when he retired from private practice to become 542 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY probate judge, having been elected to that office by a very large majority in the fall of 1891. For twelve years he remained upon the bench and his service was characterized in the memorial service of the Bar Association following his death in these words : "Judge Millard as probate judge was always courteous and attentive and to those seeking advice or counsel with reference to estates or other matters in his court he was always kind and sympathetic and ready to advise. Not only was he an impartial and careful adviser, counsellor and friend, but as a judge required to pass on important controversies and questions of law and fact, he showed conspicuous ability. While on the bench he was called upon to decide many important matters of law involving new and close questions. His opinions in such and in fact all cases calling for statement of reasons from the bench were models of judicial clearness and reasoning. It was very rare that any decision of Judge Millard was reversed. It is safe to say that no man in Lucas county ever retired from the probate bench more universally esteemed than Irwin I. Millard. The regard of this community for his memory was shown by the universal expression of sorrow at his death and the great outpouring of people at his funeral." On the 12th of March, 1863, Judge Millard was married to Mary Catherine Keller, of Weilersville, Ohio, a daughter of George and Susannah (Meyers) Keller. She was born in Crawford county, Ohio, in September, 1843, and died June 25, 1894. The seven children of this marriage were : Irwin G. ; George W. ; Edna G., the wife of John Ehni ; Clara M. ; Fred J. ; Ralph B. ; and Edith B. The daughter Clara was the first woman admitted to the bar in northwestern Ohio and she held the position of deputy in the office of the probate judge for twenty years. The second son of the family, George W. Millard, determined to follow in his father's professional footsteps. He had pursued his early education in the public schools of Toledo and he became a law student in the office of King & Tracy, well known attorneys of this city, winning admission to the bar in 1894. He was also associated with his father from 1901 until 1907, becoming his active partner in 1904 under the firm name of Millard & Millard, an association that was TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 543 maintained until the father's demise. Since that time George W. Millard has practiced independently and is accounted one of the outstanding members of the profession in Toledo. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact, his analysis of a case thoroughly accurate and his deductions at all times sound and logical. While his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial, he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. Mr. Millard was married in 1896 to Miss Grace L. Beatty, a daughter of William and Mary (Droullard) Beatty, representatives of old and well known Toledo families. Mr. and Mrs. Millard have a son and two daughters : Irwin William, now of Chicago, who married Margaret Jordan and has one child, Sarah Margaret; Georgia G., at home; and Mary Catherine, who is the wife of Willard I. Webb, Jr., and has two children, Willard I., (III) and Thomas Irwin, the family home being at 3147 Parkwood avenue, Toledo. Mr. Millard gives his political support to the republican party and keeps thoroughly informed on the vital questions and issues of the day. He has membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a past chancellor commander of Anthony Wayne Lodge, No. 141, K. P., and in religious faith is an Episcopalian. He finds diversion from onerous professional duties in horticulture, floriculture and agriculture, taking keen delight in watching the growth of crops, fruit and flowers upon his country place. His interest chiefly, however, centers in his professional activities and he is a valued member of both the Toledo and Ohio State Bar Associations. ANDREW C. LAUSTEN Andrew C. Lausten, the efficient and capable assistant cashier of the American Bank at Port Clinton, Ottawa county, has spent his entire life in this locality, where he is widely known and greatly respected. He was born in Port Clinton in 1888 and is a son of Louis and Carolina ( Thompson) Lausten, who spent their last years in Port Clinton. Here Andrew C. Lausten received his education in the pub- 544 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY lic schools, after which he took a commercial course in the Spencerian Business College of Cleveland, Ohio. He was employed for three years at the Port Clinton depot of the Lake Shore Railroad, and was then traffic manager for the American Gypsum Company for three years. In 1912 he came to the American Bank of Port Clinton as assistant cashier, which position he has served to the present time, and is also a stockholder in this institution. In 1909 Mr. Lausten was united in marriage to Miss Freada Lorenzen, of Port Clinton, and they are the parents of two children : Janet, aged twelve years, and Robert, aged five years. Mrs. Lausten is active in church, club and social affairs of Port Clinton and is extremely popular. Mr. Lausten is a member of the Masonic order, in which he has received the chapter degrees, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Lions Club, the Catawba Cliffs Country Club, the Catawba Cliffs Beach Club, the Colonial Club and the Port Clinton Yacht Club. He attends and supports the Lutheran church, and also lends his influence to every measure advanced for the betterment of the community and the promotion of its highest interests. He is an able banker and a worthy citizen and is greatly respected throughout the community in which he lives. JAMES VINCENT EASLEY James V. Easley is a prominent attorney of Toledo and a patriotic American who has proved his devotion to his state and the nation by his twenty-three years in military service. He was born in the village of Worthington, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1886, the son of Vincent and Mary (McGuire) Easley, the father being an agriculturist in the vicinity of that village. In 1902 James V. Easley came to Toledo, and after several years in grammar school entered the old Central high school, completing his course in 1909. While in high school he was very active in its affairs, being a member of the track team, business manager of The Almanac, treasurer of The Webster Literary Society, and manager of the Stationer's TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 545 Desk, a school supply store. He then studied law at Ohio State University, graduating therefrom in 1913, and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in June of the same year. He immediately began his career as a lawyer in Toledo, where he has since followed his profession with the exception of a. period of three years active military service on the Mexican border and during the World war. In 1906 Mr. Easley enlisted as a private in the Sixth Ohio Infantry, and remained a member thereof until August 5, 1917, when that organization became the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry, a unit of the Thirty-seventh Division, during which time he held all grades up to and including second lieutenant. In September, 1917, he was promoted to the grade of first lieutenant, which grade he held until discharged. With his division, Lieutenant Easley sailed for France, June 21, 1918, and was assigned to duty in the Baccarrat sector. He remained with his regiment until September 20, 1918, when he was assigned to special duty with the provost marshal general's department, and made an assistant provost marshal. These duties he discharged with characteristic fidelity and efficiency, making a fine record as an officer, and was honorably discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, July 31, 1919. On the 1st of December, 1919, he was commissioned a captain of infantry in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States Army, which grade he holds at the time of this writing. After his discharge from active military service Captain Easley returned to Toledo and resumed his practice. He has an office on the fourth floor of the Valentine building and the extent of his clientele denotes the confidence reposed in his legal acumen. On the 24th of December, 1917, he was married to Miss Gladys Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Armstrong, a prominent pioneer family of East Toledo. Mr. Armstrong was well known in railroad circles during his lifetime, having been for many years freight agent for the Hocking Valley Railroad at Toledo. Captain Easley is a member of the Roosevelt Club of Toledo and a strong republican. He is a member of Harry E. Kern Post, No. 93, American Legion, which post he has served as adjutant. He assisted in the organization of the 546 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY National, State and Toledo Chapters, Reserve Officers Association, serving the last named organization as president for four years. He is also an ex-president of Toledo Chapter, No. 51, National Sojourners; a member of Robinson Locke Lodge, No. 659, F. & A. M. ; and the Toledo Bar Association. While engaged in the practice of the law, Captain Easley has given of his time and energy to movements in the public interest. He was during the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, county chairman of the Citizens Military Training Camp campaigns and in 1927 assistant chairman. Much of his leisure is spent out of doors and gardening affords him the necessary relaxation and diversion. He has fulfilled the responsibilities and obligations of life to the best of his ability, and stands deservedly high in the esteem of his fellowmen. HARRY DAVID TIEDTKE Harry David Tiedtke, a self-made Toledo business man of pronounced ability, who held service to his church and humanity as the supreme ideal of his life, passed away July 27, 1924, when fifty-four years of age. Ever recognizing the fact that advancement goes hand in hand with energy, determination and systematic effort, he reached the goal of his ambition through the employment of these agencies, becoming the head of one of Toledo's large printing establishments as president and manager of the Harry Tiedtke Printing Company. He was a native of Wood county, Ohio, born November 12, 1869. His parents, August and Justine (Kieper) Tiedtke, emigrated to the United States in early life, settling in Lake township, Wood county, Ohio, where the father improved and developed a farm, and he continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until called to his final rest. His sons, Charles A., now deceased, and Ernest, became prominent in mercantile circles of Toledo, operating one of the largest department stores in this section of the country. Harry D. Tiedtke was still but a youngster when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Toledo, where he maintained his residence and his business establishment throughout the remainder of his life. He completed his edu- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 547 cation in the Central high school of Toledo and in his early 'teens entered upon an apprenticeship to the printer's trade in the employ of the B. F. Wade Company. At the age of twenty, through the exercise of industry and economy, he had accumulated sufficient capital to enable him to found a business of his own, becoming the proprietor of a well equipped printing establishment, located at the corner of Jackson and Superior streets. The enterprise was originally carried on under the firm style of Van Wormer & Tiedtke but subsequently Mr. Tiedtke purchased Mr. Van Wormer's interest and became sole owner of the Harry Tiedtke Printing Company, continuing at the head of the business to the time of his death. Not long before his passing he had completed a modern printing plant at Erie and Jackson streets to which the business was removed in December, 1923. His expert knowledge of the trade enabled him to turn out work of the highest grade and to conduct his plant without loss of time, labor or material. He built up an extensive and successful business and also made profitable investments in real estate, being the owner of valuable property in the downtown section of Toledo. While a printer by trade, the greatest energies of Mr. Tiedtke's life were spent in Sunday school and philanthropic work and he was regarded, next to the late Marion Lawrence, as the "best known and loved churchman in Toledo." When thirteen years of age he united with the First Westminster Presbyterian church, which he actively supported in all branches of its work for the forty-two years thereafter to his death. He served as an elder in that church for more than a quarter of a century and was superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-three years. As a result of his active interest in Sunday school work he became allied with and a close friend of the late Marion Lawrence, consulting general secretary of the International Council of Religious Education. He was devoted to Mr. Lawrence and gave him material financial assistance in his work. He took great interest in all children with whom he came in contact, not only in his own Sunday school but all over the city. While away on vacation trips it was his custom to send cards to hundreds of these boys and girls. For many years he was 34-VOL. 3 548 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY identified with the managing board of the Toledo Sunday School Association and backed that organization financially in all campaigns. An example of his interest in this work as well as his characteristic modesty was shown at the time of the World war when he purchased Bibles and had them presented to Toledo soldiers in the name of the Toledo Sunday School Association. His interest in the welfare of children caused him to give his wholehearted support to child labor laws. Mr. Tiedtke did not confine his religious and humanitarian work to Toledo alone but was a supporter of the World's Sunday School Association and had planned to attend its convention in Glasgow, but ill health prevented. Moreover, he was a supporter of the International Council of Religious Education, the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago and the American Sunday School Union, as well as the Toledo Council of Churches. He was one of the organizers of the Toledo City Mission and was a member of its board of trustees. He also was on the board of the Central Gospel Mission. For four years he held the position of treasurer of the Joint Sunday School Campaign fund which supported the Toledo Weekday Bible School during the period of its greatest expansion. He was an able Bible student and contributed generously to the libraries of young ministers. Activities for the betterment of social and living conditions in which he participated also included twenty years of work in what is now the Ohio Neighborhood Institute at East Broadway and Vinal street in association with the late John E. Gunckel. He was likewise active in founding the Toledo Newsboys Association, while for forty years he was a member and supporter of the Toledo Young Men's Christian Association. For several years he was a member of the church extension committee of the Toledo Presbytery. As a citizen he was especially interested in the work of the Anti-Saloon League. Older residents of Toledo will remember Mr. Tiedtke as a member of the Orlo Male Quartet, composed of George B. Cole, Andrew and Otto Weis and Harry D. Tiedtke, a famous musical organization in its day. At his passing the Toledo Times said : "His death is mourned by hosts of friends whom he made through his friendliness, generosity and charitableness, which found outlets in church, Sunday school and com- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 549 munity work. Mr. Tiedtke was known to be well-to-do and had taken a considerable part in real estate development in the business district, where he was reputed to have owned a large amount of property. His wealth could be much greater but for the fact that he gave many thousands of dollars to religious and charitable institutions with which he was connected. Such gifts as these are reputed to have constituted the greater portion of his wealth." In 1904 Mr. Tiedtke married Miss Cora Belle Wade, whose parents were Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wade, the former of whom was engaged in the printing business in Toledo but is now deceased. Mrs. Tiedtke passed away in October, 1917, leaving a daughter, Justine Margaret, who is a graduate of the Scott high school, attended Wooster College and finished at Castle School in Tarrytown-on-the-Hudson. Mr. Tiedtke was also survived by his two brothers, Ernest and Charles A., and his two sisters; Miss Katharine Tiedtke, who resides at 2358 Scottwood avenue in Toledo; and Bertha, who is Mrs. George A. Spross, also of Toledo. Another sister, Henrietta, married Thomas D. Edmonds of Toledo and died some years ago. EARL E. NEAL Following the occupation to which he was reared, Earl E. Neal has been an earnest, systematic worker, and one of the fine farms of Ottawa county is the visible result of what he has accomplished. He was born on Catawba island in 1881, a son of Clark and Emily Neal, and represents a pioneer family of Ohio. The father was born in 1831 and followed agricultural pursuits, also earning a livelihood by fishing. The mother's natal year was 1839 and she was the first white child born on Catawba island. Her son, Edwin. C. Neal, has a productive farm on the island. Frank G. Neal, another son, is engaged in farming near Geneva, Ohio, and the daughter, Mrs. Jennie Byrne, is a resident of Cleveland. Earl E. Neal was reared on the homestead and supplemented his public school education by a year's attendance at the Ohio Northern University in Ada. He assisted his father