300 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY (Gaffney) Nachtrab. His father, who was born in this city, October 17, 1856, worked for many years as a machinist but is now retired. He is a republican in politics and is a member of St. Agnes Roman Catholic church. He is a son of Joseph Nachtrab, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Toledo, at the age of ninety-nine years. He was an expert blacksmith and ran a shop in West Toledo for many years. He was a veteran of the Civil war and supported the republican party. Jennie (Gaffney) Nachtrab was born in Toledo, May 4, 1860, and is a daughter of Owen and Jennie (Kelley) Gaffney, both of whom were natives of Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Toledo. Mr. Gaffney was a sewer contractor. He served in the Union army during the Civil war and was a devout member of the Roman Catholic church, having been one of the founders of St. Patrick's parish in Toledo. Laurence L. Nachtrab attended the parochial schools of Toledo and St. John's College. He went to work in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was later similarly employed with the New York Central Railroad. He then became city solicitor for the Merchants Dispatch Transportation Company, but resigned that position to accept an appointment to the Toledo police department. He served as a policeman eight years, followed by five years as a city detective, and was acting captain of detectives for three years. He then resigned from the police force and entered the sales department of the Willys-Overland Company, with which concern he was connected for ten years. At one time he was branch manager at St. Louis, and his last position with the Willys-Overland Company was as factory field representative in the middle west division. Resigning that position, he went into business for himself on Sylvania avenue, Toledo, as a dealer in Hudson and Essex cars, under the name of the Nachtrab Motor Sales Company. He carried on that business for two and a half years and on January 1, 1929, sold out and became general sales manager, wholesale and retail, for the Doan Motor Company, distributors of Nash cars at 1002 Adams street, which position he now holds. He is intimately familiar with every angle of the sales end of the business and is making a splendid record in his present position. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 301 On October 29, 1912, in Toledo, Mr. Nachtrab was united in marriage to Miss Jennette Agnes Gilday, who was born and reared in this city and is a daughter of Joseph and Helen (Nester) Gilday, both deceased. Mr. Gilday was a grain dealer and stood high in business circles of this city. Mrs. Nachtrab was educated in the parochial schools, and the Ursuline convent In Toledo. She is the fifth vice president of the National Catholic Welfare Association of America and is president of the Altar Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Nachtrab are the parents of two children: Joseph Leo, born June 23, 1915; and John Arthur, born January 5, 1917. Mr. Nachtrab supports the republican party and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus.; the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is vice president; the Exchange Club, of which he is president; and the Toledo Yacht Club. He and his wife are active members of the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic church, and he served as captain in the drive to raise funds for the erection of the cathedral. He also took a leading part in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives during the World war and was captain of the motor division. He has done well whatever he has undertaken and has commanded the confidence of those with whom he has been associated, being regarded as one of the leading representatives of the automobile trade in this city. KACZMAREK FAMILY One of the most highly respected families of Toledo is that of Kaczmarek, the various members of which have shown themselves progressive, enterprising and loyal citizens and a credit to the community in which they reside. The family was founded here by John Kaczmarek, who was born in the province of Posen, then German territory. When thirty year old he came to the United States, settling at Manistee, Michigan, where he worked in the lumber camps for a time. Later he went to Buffalo, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania, in both of which places he was employed. When thirty-eight 302 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY years old he located in Toledo, where he resided until his death, which occurred in October, 1927. He was married in Posen and his wife, Mary, accompanied him to this country. Here they became the parents of ten children, namely : Mrs. Frances Zoldowski ; Henry; Mrs. Kate Dymarkowski, whose husband, John, is deceased ; Hattie, deceased; Cora, deceased; Frank, Anthony, Blanch and Martha, who live with their mother; and Stephen J. The last named was born in Manistee, Michigan, December 7, 1883, and was but a small boy when brought to Toledo by his ,parents. He received his education in the public and parochial schools, after which he went to work in Kirk's bicycle factory. Later he entered the employ of the Standard Tube Company and was also with the Consolidated Manufacturing Company. He traveled with the Leeman circus for four years, after which, in partnership with his brother Henry, he established a hardware and furniture store in Toledo, with which he was connected for eight years. In 1921 he became a partner of his brother-in-law, John D. Dymarkowski, in the coal business, under the name of the Subway Coal Company, at Brown and Nebraska avenue, which they carried on together until the death of his brother-in-law, in 1923, his interest having since been held by his widow. On September 20, 1921, Stephen J. Kaczmarek was united in marriage to Miss Victoria Bryzelak, and they are the parents of two children : Charles, born July 21, 1922 ; and Rose, born March 1, 1925. Mr. Kaczmarek is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the family are members of the Roman Catholic church. Frank Kaczmarek was born March 14, 1897, and on completing his public school education he worked in the Overland automobile factory, where he was employed for five years. Going then to Detroit, Michigan, he worked in succession for the Ford, Chalmers and Timken companies at his trade, that of toolmaker.. On his return to Toledo he established a trucking business between Toledo and Ann Arbor, which he carried on until enlisting for the World war. He became a member of the Three Hundred and Eighth Ammunition Train, with which he was in training at Camp Sherman for ten months; was then sent overseas and served for thirteen TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 303 months in France, Belgium and Luxemburg. He is now a member of the American Legion. Henry N. Kaczmarek was born November 1, 1881, and was educated in the parochial schools of Toledo. He farmed for a time, worked in various brickyards in Toledo, and then entered the service of the Toledo Tube Company, with which concern he remained for fourteen years, being at first employed on the presses, later as a shipping clerk and eventually as superintendent of the plant. He went to Dover, Ohio, with the same company, and was also in Ontario, Canada, for a while. Returning to Toledo, he served for five years as a foreman for the Standard Steel Tube Company. He and his brother Anthony now own a general store at 832-34 Brown avenue, Toledo, in which they carry a large stock of furniture, stoves, hardware and paint, as well as a good line of radios. Henry Kaczmarek is a member of the Woodmen of the World. All of the brothers are held in high esteem throughout the community, for they have exemplified a high type of citizenship and have proved themselves worthy of the success which has come to them. JOHN E. BRUNNER John E. Brunner, actively connected with one of the leading industries of northwestern Ohio as superintendent of the White Rock plant of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, was born in Macon county, Missouri, in 1872 and is a son of William and Henrietta Brunner, both of whom have passed away. He acquired a public school education in his native county and in 1901 came to Ohio, settling in Marblehead, where he was employed by the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company as a foreman. In 1906 he was transferred to Clay Center, Ohio, as superintendent of the White Rock plant there located and devoted to the manufacture of lime and crushed stone. He has since occupied this position but makes his home in Genoa and has rendered most capable and efficient service to the corporation which he represents. The interests under his control are wisely managed and Mr. Brunner enjoys an enviable reputation as a thoroughgoing, 304 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY conscientious and systematic superintendent. He is also a stockholder in the Curtice State Bank, of which he is a director, and is president of the Genoa Building & Loan Association. On June 22, 1904, Mr. Brunner married Miss Louise St. Marie, of Marblehead, and their children are : Maurine, who was born in 1905 and since her graduation from Ohio State College and Western Reserve has been a librarian in Cleveland; and Alice, who was born in 1908 and is attending Ohio State College. Mrs. Brunner adheres to the Catholic faith and is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes church. In his political views Mr. Brunner is an earnest republican, doing all in his power to promote the growth and secure the success of the party in his community. The cause of education finds in him a strong champion and he is now serving on the Genoa school board. He belongs to the Exchange Club, the Masonic Lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the former fraternity he has passed along both routes, being now a Knight Templar of the York Rite and a thirty-second degree Mason of the Scottish. Rite. He is likewise identified with the Mystic Shrine and is a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft, which are based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of man. MONROE CRONSTINE, M. D. Deeply interested in his chosen line of work, Dr. Monroe Cronstine has always made his professional duties his first consideration and is one of Toledo's successful surgeons. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, January 4, 1897, a son of Samuel and Regina Cronstine, natives respectively of Warsaw, Poland, and Berlin, Germany. The father was born in August, 1844, and received his education in Poland. Leaving that country when a young man of twenty-one, he came to the United States and located in Nashville, Tennessee, where he resided from 1865 until his death on November 21, 1917, when he was seventy-three years of age. He was a retail jeweler and one of Nashville's leading merchants. In 1867 he received his naturalization papers and exercised his right TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 305 of franchise in support of the candidates of the democratic party. Mrs. Cronstine was born May 31, 1861, and came to America with her mother in 1878, when a young girl, settling in Nashville, where she was subsequently married. Mr. and Mrs. Cronstine became the parents of six children, two sons and four daughters: Theresa, who is the wife of Samuel Goldberg, of Nashville; Isaac, who lives in Chicago; Rosalee, who is Mrs. Joseph E. Roth, of Louisville, Kentucky; Dorothy, the wife of Samuel Baer, of New York city; Florence, also a resident of this city; and Monroe. Dr. Cronstine was reared in his native city and in 1914 was graduated from the Hume-Fogg high school of Nashville. His classical studies were pursued in Vanderbilt University, in which he also obtained his scientific training, and won the M. D. degree from that institution in 1919. For eighteen months he was resident surgeon of Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and then came to Toledo. On the 15th of August, 1920, he began his professional career in this city and is now numbered among its leading surgeons. His work is marked by sureness, precision and skill and he rarely loses a patient. He has established a large practice and is a member of the surgical staff of Robinwood Hospital. During the year 1929 he spent three months abroad, doing postgraduate work in Germany, England and France. Dr. Cronstine is a bachelor and resides at No. 2617 Fulton street, while his office is located on the sixth floor of the Toledo Medical building at No. 312 Michigan avenue. He adheres to the Jewish faith and is a member of the Collingwood avenue temple. In politics he is nonpartisan, voting for the candidate whom he considers best qualified for office, and lends the weight of his support to all projects for the general welfare. He is identified with the Independent Order of. B'nai B'rith ; Cumberland Lodge, No. 8, of the Masonic order, which he joined at Nashville ; and Justice Lodge, No. 951, of the Independent Order of Qdd Fellows at Toledo. Dr. Cronstine also belongs to Alpha Omega Alpha, an honorary medical fraternity, the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the Ohio and Tri-State Medical Societies, and is an active member of the American Medical Association. By nature he is studious and energetic, and traveling constitutes his chief source of relax- 20-VOL. 4 306 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY ation and diversion. He has a keen sense of the responsibilities of his profession and is a young man of strong character and high principles, esteemed and respected by his fellow practitioners and the general public. WILL ARUNDEL RUNDELL One of the leading real estate concerns of Toledo is the W. A. Rundell Realty Company, of which Will A. Rundell is secretary, treasurer and general manager, and in the management of which he has met with marked success. He was born at Monroeville, Allen county, Indiana, on the 6th of June, 1877, and is a son of Martin E. and Mary (Niezer) Rundell. He comes of a long line of American ancestors, some of whom took part in the war of the Revolution, and the line is traced back to Lord Arundel, of England, among whose descendants was Anne Arundel, for whom Arundel county, Maryland, was named. Mr. Rundell's paternal grandparents were Isaac and Sarah (Bartholomue) Rundell, the former of whom was born at Oswego, New York, moved to Allen county, Indiana, where he followed the vocation of farming, and died in Fort Wayne, that state, in 1875. His wife was born in Vermont and was descended from a prom- inent family of that state. Among their children was Martin E. Rundell, who was born in Oswego, New York, May 15, 1844, and died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1918. He was a locomotive engineer, in which capacity he was long in the employ of the.Pennsylvania Railroad, and he set up and ran the first locomotive out of Fort Wayne on the old Muncie Railroad. At the opening of the Civil war he enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Light Artillery, with which he served three years and nine months. He was wounded in the battle of Lookout Mountain and lay for three days with a dead horse on him, and he never fully recovered from that injury. Among the more important engagements in which he participated were the battles of Chickamauga, Tullahoma, Ringgold and Atlanta, and took part in Sherman's historic march to the sea. He was a republican in politics and was a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mary (Niezer) Rundell was TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 307 born in Allen county, Indiana, November 15, 1848, and died in Fort Wayne in 1923. She was a daughter of Bernard and Christina (Busse) Niezer, both of whom were natives of Germany, whence they came to the United States in 1832 and settled on "Irish Ridge" in Allen county, Indiana, where the father engaged in farming, and there they spent their remaining years. The family name, which was of noble origin, was Von Niese in Germany. Will A. Rundell was educated in the public schools of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and then went to work for G. E. Bursley & Company, wholesale grocers of that city, with whom he remained for fifteen years. He was engaged in clerical work and during those years also equipped himself for certified public accountant, which vocation he followed in Fort Wayne. In 1912 he came to Toledo and established the W. A. Rundell Realty Company. This proved a successful venture and in 1915 the business was incorporated with Mrs. Rundell as president and he as secretary, treasurer and general manager. This firm has handled a vast amount of real estate in Toledo and vicinity and has gained a high reputation as a progressive and reliable concern. Mr. Rundell is a member of the Toledo Real Estate Board, the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards and the National Association of Real Estate Boards. On May 3, 1910, in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church in Providence, Ohio (the oldest Catholic church in the state, built in 1842 and still in daily use), Mr. Rundell was united in marriage to Miss Grace Elizabeth Pilliod, who was born in Toledo and is a daughter of Augustine and Grace Elizabeth (Nort) Pilliod, both of whom are now living in Grand Rapids, Ohio. Mr. Pilliod is a capitalist and a man of prominence and influence in business circles. Mrs. Rundell was educated in the public schools and Ursuline Academy, and also attended Toledo Medical College three years prior to her marriage. She is a member of the Toledo Women's Club and the National Council of Catholic Women, and holds office in both organizations. She is a strong republican in her political views and during Warren G. Harding's candidacy for the presidency she became a public speaker in his behalf. From that time to the present she has done much public 308 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY speaking in the larger cities of Ohio. She was a strong and effective supporter of the woman's suffrage cause. She was the first woman in the United States to serve as a trustee of a municipal university, having been appointed by the late Mayor Bernard Brough as a trustee of Toledo University, in which capacity she served six years, being also secretary of the board. She is a woman of gracious and tactful manner and is extremely popular in social circles. Mr. Rundell has always supported the republican party and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Chamber of Commerce, the East Toledo Club and was the organizer and a director of the Chippenwa Golf Club, an exclusive eastside organization. He is a director of the Toledo Zoological Society, in which he is specially interested. During the World war he gave his active support to the various Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and has always shown an intense loyalty to the best interests of his community. He and his wife are members of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church and give their support to all worthy benevolent or charitable causes. GEORGE WILLIAM BATCHELL George William Batchell has long been prominent in the glassmaking industry because of his connection with the Toledo Engineering Company, makers of glassmaking furnaces, in which line he has built up a large and prosperous business. He was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia, on the 24th of January, 1883, and is a son of Elmer and Ella (Bowers) Batchell. His father was born in Bethany, West Virginia, and died in Toledo, Ohio, February 24, 1928, at the age of seventy-two years. Early in life he followed farming as a vocation but later engaged in the lumber business in West Virginia. In this he was successful and retired from active affairs some time prior to his death. He was a democrat in politics and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a son of John Batchell, who served as a veterinary surgeon in the Union army during the Civil war and later became a farmer. He, too, was a democrat in politics and TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 311 a Methodist in religious belief. Ella (Bowers) Batchell was born near Wellsburg, West Virginia, and died in Toledo, Ohio, January 7, 1929, at the age of seventy-one years. She was a daughter of Adam and Nancy (Oram) Bowers, who owned and operated Waugh's mills in Wellsburg, and was also the owner of a farm. He was killed in his mill, through his clothing getting caught in the machinery. He was a democrat and a member of the Baptist church. His wife was a native and lifelong resident of Wellsburg. George W. Batchell attended the public and high schools of Wellsburg, West Virginia, after which he followed the trade of bricklaying for about nine years, during the last eight years of which period he was supervisor of construction for J. H. Mathews & Company of Wellsburg. He then went into business on his own account, specializing in the designing and construction of glass furnaces. Prior to 1928 he and W. G. Bergman were in the business as partners under the name of the Toledo Engineering Company, of which Mr. Batchell is now sole owner, though still conducting the business under the same name. He makes a furnace embodying a number of excellent features and has gained a splendid success in this enterprise. He is also a director of the Improved Glass Process, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio. On November 24, 1901, in Steubenville, Ohio, Mr. Batchell was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Hallett, who was born in Brilliant, Ohio, and died in Wellsburg, West Virginia, August 28, 1914, at the age of twenty-eight years. She was educated in the public schools of Wellsburg and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Her parents, Elmer and Effie Hallett, of Wellsburg, are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Batchell were born two daughters, namely : Eleanor Bell, born April 26, 1903, and Helen Marie, who was born December 21, 1910, and died February 19, 1929. Eleanor B. is the wife of Ralph Seifrest, of Findlay, Ohio, who is associated with the International Correspondence School, and they are the parents of a son, George Batchell Seifrest, born January 22, 1929. The republican party receives Mr. Batchell's support and his religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church of Wellsburg, West Virginia. He is a member of 312 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Wellsburg Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M.; Delta Chapter, No. 179, R. A. M., at Cincinnati, Ohio; Violet Chapter, No. 45, 0. E. S., at Cincinnati; and various local civic organizations. He is a great lover of nature, and his favorite pastime is rambling in the woods. A man of marked business ability and a mechanical expert, he has made important contributions to the facilities of the glass industry and well merited success has crowned his efforts. His residence is at 3235 Collingwood avenue, Toledo. THOMAS F. HEATLEY, M. D. The science of medicine has a worthy exponent in Toledo in Dr. Thomas F. Heatley, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession here for the past fifteen years. He was born in Chelsea, Michigan, on the 27th of March, 1884, and is a son of Henry V. and Maria (Farrell) Heatley. His father, who was born in England, was a lawyer by profession and practiced in Chelsea up to the time of his death. He was a convert to the faith of the Catholic church and in politics supported the democratic party. His wife was born in Sandusky, Ohio, a daughter of William Farrell, a native of Ireland, who died in Sandusky. Mrs. Heatley died in Detroit in December, 1928. Thomas F. Heatley completed a public school course and attended Ferris Institute, at Big Rapids, Michigan. He then entered the medical school of the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1911. He served an interneship as an undergraduate surgeon at the University of Michigan one year, followed by six months at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, New York, and one year in St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo. He then entered upon the practice of his profession on Western avenue; Toledo, where he remained for five years, during which period he served as surgeon for the New York Central Railroad. In 1919 he located at 2677 Monroe street, where he is associated with his brother, Dr. Robert F. Heatley, and Dr. M. J. Larkin. He is a member of the medical staff of TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 313 Mercy Hospital, and for the past eight years has been surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Doctor Heatley was married, October 2, 1915, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Miss Frances E. Savage, who was born and reared in Ashtabula and is a daughter of Charles W. and Ella (Howells) Savage, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Heatley graduated from the Ashtabula high school and St. Mary's Academy, at Monroe, Michigan. Later she graduated in nursing from St. Vincent's Hospital and practiced her profession in Ashtabula and in Washington, D. C. She is a member of the Women's Club, the Ursula Wolcott Chapter, D. A. R., and the Sylvania Golf Club. Dr. and Mrs. Heatley are the parents of three children, Jane S., born January 16, 1919; Frances Ellen, August 18, 1923, and Anne, June 4, 1926. The Doctor is a democrat in his political belief and belongs to the University of Michigan Club, the Sylvania Golf Club, the Lucas County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Association of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Surgeons. Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. Genial and courteous in manner, he is well liked by all who know him, while his ability and skill have gained for him high standing in his profession. ALFRED HASWELL Alfred Haswell, secretary and manager of the Sentinel Company, publishers of the Daily Sentinel-Tribune, at Bowling Green, is in every respect well qualified as a newspaper man. This paper, under his capable supervision, maintains its place among the leading journals of northwestern Ohio and he is held in high regard throughout the newspaper fraternity. Mr. Haswell was born at Birkenhead, England, on the 23d day of July, 1870, and is a son of John and Jane (Sterry) Haswell. He received a good education in the public schools of his native country and in 1893, when twenty-three years old, came to the United States. He took a commercial course in a business college in Toledo, Ohio, and in 1899 bought an interest in the old Sentinel at Bowling Green. 314 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY On December 10, 1906, the Sentinel was consolidated with the Tribune, under the name of the Daily Sentinel-Tribune, and this paper has enjoyed a steady and continuous growth in public favor, having a large circulation throughout Wood and adjoining counties. All departments of the paper are maintained at a high standard of excellence and the Sentinel-Tribune ranks among the best country dailies in the state of Ohio. On July 5, 1899, Mr. Haswell was united in marriage to Miss Iona Manville, daughter of Dr. A. J. Manville, who was one of Bowling Green's pioneer physicians, a leading druggist and prominent in the business affairs of the younger city. 'Mr. and Mrs. Haswell are the parents of two children, Claude M. and Mildred, who died at the age of five years. Mr. Haswell gives his political support to the republican party and his religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Masons and the Kiwanis Club and is an ex-charter member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a past president and a present director of the Commercial Club and has always been an earnest supporter, personally and through the columns of his paper, of everything calculated to promote the best interests of the city or county. He has been treasurer of the Associated Ohio Dailies organization since January, 1921, was vice president and director of the Inland Press Association for several years, and the Sentinel-Tribune is also a member of the Ohio Select List of Dailies. A man of strong character and marked individuality, Mr. Haswell commands the confidence and respect of his fellowmen and is regarded as one of Bowling Green's best citizens. CHARLES J. PILLIOD Charles J. Pilliod, president of the Standard Locomotive Equipment Company, is one of Toledo's progressive and enterprising business men and is meeting with notable success in his present undertaking. He was born in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, October 31, 1862, a son of Augustine and Amelia (Harris) Pilliod. His paternal grandfather, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 315 Frank Pilliod, was a native of France, served under Napoleon Bonaparte, and came to the United States in 1824. He gave much of his attention to farming, and was also successful as a merchant, being able to retire from active pursuits, and his death occurred in Toledo. His son Augustine was also born in France and for a number of years after coming to this country was engaged in the flour-milling business. His first mill was at Napoleon, Ohio, from which place he moved to Waterville in 1866, to Toledo in 1869, and to Swanton, this state, in 1883. He was an active and prominent supporter of the democratic party and served as treasurer of Henry county during the Civil war. He was a member of the Roman Catholic church. His death occurred at Swanton, Ohio, in June, 1897, at the age of seventy-seven years. His wife, who was born at Napoleon, Ohio, died at Swanton in May, 1903, at the age of seventy-four years. Charles J. Pilliod attended the parochial schools of Toledo, the Toledo high school and Notre Dame University, at South Bend, Indiana. On leaving college he became associated with his father in the milling business, with which he was identified until 1886, when he went to work as a locomotive engineer for the St. Louis, Toledo & Western Railroad. Later he was with the Lake Shore Railroad for two years, first as a locomotive engineer, and then in the engineering department. In 1910 he engaged in business on his own account as ' a manufacturer, under the name of Pilliod Brothers Company, which in 1914 was changed to the Standard Valve Gear Company. In 1920 it became the Locomotive Appliance Company, and in 1924 acquired its present title, the Standard Locomotive Equipment Company, of which he is president and general manager. The company is engaged in the manufacture of locomotive appliances of various kinds and the high quality of its products has gained for it a large and steadily increasing business, it now being numbered among the important industrial concerns of Toledo. On June 5, 1903, in Toledo, Mr. Pilliod was united in marriage to Miss Rose Schlosser, who was born in Waterloo, Indiana, a daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Miller ) Schlosser, the former of whom was a farmer near Waterloo and both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Pilliod received a good 316 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY public school education at Waterloo and to her union with Mr. Pilliod have been born three children : Augustine, who is vice president of the Standard Locomotive Equipment Company, of Toledo; Thelma S. and Catherine, both of whom are at home. By a previous marriage Mr. Pilliod is the father of six children, namely : Fred L., of Plainfield, New Jersey, who is associated with the John Mansfield Company, of New York city; Charles J., Jr., who is the Pacific coast representative of the National Reproducing Company, with headquarters at San Francisco; James E., deceased ; Evangeline, who is the wife of Harold Kratz, of Angola, Indiana ; Mabel, the wife of Joseph P. Hobbs, of New York city, and Marion, the wife of Charles Kidney, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Pilliod is a democrat in his political views, belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and he and his wife are earnest members of St. Ann's Roman Catholic church. Mr. Pilliod is a man of high business ideals, fine executive ability and straightforward manner. The prosperity which is now his is the direct result of his energetic and persistent efforts along right lines, and today he commands the deserved respect of all who know him. HOWARD J. MURPHY, M. D. Strong, self-reliant and purposeful, Dr. Howard J. Murphy paid for his college education by tutoring and other lines of work, and the progress that he has made in medical circles of Toledo proves that he has chosen a profession well suited to his talents. He was born in New York city on the 21st of August, 1901, and is a son of Charles R. and Florence Ada (Mitchell) Murphy. The father was born in Canterbury, England, March 3, 1875, and remained in that country until he reached the age of twenty-one. In 1896 he located in New York city and later had charge of the City Club of Stamford, Connecticut. His work in that connection won for him more than local prominence and led to his selection for the post of secretary of the Elmira (N. Y.) Club. For fourteen years he successfully directed its affairs and in December, 1917, came to Toledo. He is now manager of the Toledo Club, TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 317 which has also derived substantial benefit from his expert services. His wife was born in Nottingham, England, May 12, 1874, and when a young girl of fourteen came to the United States with her parents, Matthew and Ann (Street) Mitchell. To Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were born two sons : George R., who was graduated from Columbia University and the College of Physicians & Surgeons of New York city and is now a well known pediatrician of Elmira, New York; and Howard J. The latter completed a course in the Elmira high school in 1918 and during the following year attended Columbia University. He continued his classical studies in the University of Michigan, afterward entering the medical school maintained by that institution, and was graduated with the class of 1926. For a year he was an interne at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in 1928 opened an office in Toledo. In addition to caring for his large practice he is a member of the dispensing staff of St. Vincent's Hospital and is also connected with the Maternity Hospital and the Lucas County Hospital. Dr. Murphy was married September 4, 1926, in Muskegon, Michigan, to Miss Dorothy Cowell, who was born in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. She is a daughter of George E. and Etta (Regan) Cowell, the former a representative of a pioneer family of Sault Sainte Marie and the latter a member of an old family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Murphy have become the parents of a son, Charles R., who was born August 29, 1928, in Toledo. The residence of the family is at No. 3315 Parkwood avenue, and the Doctor's office is located at No. 316 Michigan street. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and his religious views are indicated by his affiliation with St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. His public spirit is expressed by service on the board of education and as medical examiner for the public schools of Toledo. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Theta Kappa Psi medical fraternity, the Toledo Academy of Medicine, the Lucas County, Ohio State and Tri-State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. Although he stands practically upon the threshold of his career, Dr. Murphy has 318 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY already achieved prominence as a physician, and his pronounced ability and tireless energy insure his continuous advancement in the vocation of his choice. WINFIELD S. ROHR Winfield S. Rohr is one of the important factors in the successful operation of the plant of the Kent-Owens Machine Company of Toledo, and is serving as vice president and factory manager. He was born in Massillon, Ohio, on the 8th of July, 1880, and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Wachter) Rohr. His grandfather, Henry Rohr, Sr., was a native and lifelong resident of Massillon, where he followed farming throughout his active life. His son Henry was born in Massillon in 1836 and died in Toledo in February, 1914. In early life he worked at the plastering trade, but his later years were devoted to farming. He was nominally a democrat in politics but was an independent voter. He was a member of the Lutheran church, as was his wife, who was born in Germany in 1838 and died in Toledo, November 26, 1906. Winfield S. Rohr received his education in the public schools of Temperance, Michigan, and remained on his father's farm until eighteen years of age, when he came to Toledo and apprenticed himself to learn the machinist's trade with Baker Brothers. At the end of four years he entered the employ of the Toledo Glass Company as a machinist, and two years later went to work for the Kent Machine Company, now the Kent-Owens Machine Company. He was employed one year as a machinist, in which he demonstrated a degree of efficiency which won for him deserved promotion as assistant foreman, in which capacity he served three years, followed by three years as general foreman, five years as assistant superintendent, six years as superintendent, six years as factory manager and for the past two years he has held the dual position of vice president and factory manager. He has devoted his attention closely to the interests of his firm and has long been regarded as one of the most valuable members TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 319 of its executive staff. Mr. Rohr is also a director of the Toledo Alloyed Castings Company. On February 11, 1903, in Toledo, Mr. Rohr was united in marriage to Miss Ethel M. Divins, a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Eliza (Blackburn) Divins. Her father, who was a commercial salesman, was born in Upper Sandusky and died in Toledo. His wife, who still resides in this city, is a native of McCutchensville, Ohio. Mrs. Rohr, who was educated in the public schools of Upper Sandusky and Toledo, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Rohr is an attendant. He is a republican in politics but is an independent voter. Fraternally he is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, No. 396, F. & A. M., of Toledo; Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M.; and the Chamber of Commerce. As a diversion from the routine of business, he is greatly interested in the raising of flowers, in which he is very successful. His record is one of loyal and able service, and all who are associated with him hold him in high esteem for his ability and sterling qualities. HON. JOSEPH EDWARD BAIRD Among the men of prominence in northwestern Ohio is numbered the Hon. Joseph Edward Baird, a Bowling Green citizen whose public life has been a succession of triumphs. He filled with distinction city, county and state offices of trust and responsibility and is now a member of congress. He was born in Perrysburg, Wood county, Ohio, November 12, 1865, a son of Charles C. and Elizabeth A. Baird, and is of Scotch, English and Irish lineage. The father was born in Stark county, Ohio, March 25, 1831, and the mother was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, this state, April 1, 1839. The grandfather, George Washington Baird, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1800 and his ancestors were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. When a young man of thirty-three he came to Wood county, Ohio, and settled at Miltonville, on the Maumee river, in 1833. In 1840 he was called to public office and represented Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and Hancock counties in the lower house of the 320 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY general assembly of Ohio for four years. His wife, Almira (Hine) Baird, was born in old Milford, Connecticut, in 1807. She came to Ohio in 1825 and was married in Randolph, Portage county, in 1827. During the Civil war Charles C. Baird enlisted in the Union Army and was assigned to duty in the Seventy-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later he served in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh. The Hon. Joseph E. Baird attended the public schools of Perrysburg and his higher education was acquired in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1893 with the degree of LL. B. While well equipped for the law, he never engaged in active practice because of the public demand for his services. He remained in Perrysburg until he reached the age of twenty-eight and has since maintained his home in Bowling Green. In early life he taught school and thus acquired the funds necessary for his legal education. Mr. Baird was elected county clerk and acted in that capacity for two terms, from August, 1894, to August, 1900. In 1902 he was the popular choice for mayor of Bowling Green and ably administered the affairs of the municipality for three years. From 1910 until 1914 he was postmaster of Bowling Green and in 1921 was made secretary of the public utilities commission of Ohio, occupying that office for two years. In 1923 he was appointed assistant secretary of state of Ohio and thus served for six years, proving exceptionally well qualified for the important duties devolving upon him in that connection. In the fall of 1928 Mr. Baird was elected to represent the thirteenth Ohio district in the national halls of legislation and took his seat in congress in March, 1929. A close student of the science of government, he manifests a statesman's grasp of the vital questions and issues of the day and is ideally fitted for the office which he fills, having clearly demonstrated that his knowledge and wisdom in matters of state can be trusted. Mr. Baird was married February 22, 1898, in Bowling Green, to Miss Ida Alice Graham, who was born in Iroquois, in the province of Ontario, Canada, December 26, 1873, and is of English and Irish descent. Her father, Andrew TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 321 Graham, was born in the same town, May 18, 1851, and was married October 29, 1872, in Prescott, Ontario, to Miss Lydia Jane Barnhart, who was born at Dixon's Landing, Ontario, September 28, 1851. She has passed away and as did Mr. Graham while in Bowling Green, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Baird have been born three children. The older son, Edward Graham, a prominent attorney of Columbus, Ohio, is now professor of law in the State University of North Dakota. Florence Elisabeth, the accomplished daughter, is at home. Richard Kent, the younger son died in July, 1929. Mr. Baird is a strong republican and a leader in the affairs of the party. His religious views are in harmony with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a consistent member, and along fraternal lines he is identified with Bowling Green Lodge, No. 818, B. P. 0. E. Mr. Baird has displayed rare qualities as a public servant and his record reflects credit and honor upon his native state. LOUIS H. LEWANDOWSKI Thorough technical training and broad practical experience have well qualified Louis H. Lewandowski for the profession of civil engineering, which he is successfully following in Toledo. He was born in this city, June 6, 1893, a son of Michael and Salome (Jazwiecki) Lewandowski, natives of Posen, Germany. The father became a prominent business man of Toledo and engaged in general contracting for many years. In politics he was nonpartisan, and his life was govered by the teachings of the Roman Catholic church. He passed away April 14, 1925, in Toledo, but Mrs. Lewandowski is still a resident of the city. Louis H. Lewandowski supplemented his public school education by attendance at St. John's University, Toledo University and Columbia University in New York city. For some time he was in the employ of James Winans, a well known civil engineer of Toledo, acting as an assistant in field work, and next he entered the office of the sanitary engineer of Lucas county in the capacity of resident construction engineer. Mr. Lewandowski filled that important position for 21-VOL. 4 322 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY four years, finding a ready and correct solution for all intricate and difficult technical problems. He then began his independent career as a civil engineer, opening an office in the Nicholas building in Toledo and later moving to the Summit-Cherry building, where he has since been located. In 1927 he established the business under the present style of Louis H. Lewandowski, Inc., and is engaged in both civil and mechanical engineering. His attention is devoted chiefly to paving and sanitary engineering, and his marked efficiency in these lines has won for him many important commissions. On the 24th of November, 1920, Mr. Lewandowski was married in Toledo to Miss Veronica Donnelly, who was born in this city and attended St. Peter's & St. Paul's school and also the Gunckel school of Toledo. Her father, Thomas Donnelly, has passed away, but her mother, Mrs. Catherine (Burkhauer) Donnelly, still makes her home in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Lewandowski are the parents of two sons : John Richard, who was born May 16, 1922 ; and James Louis, born May 21, 1927. The family are faithful communicants of the Roman Catholic church of the Blessed Sacrament, and in politics Mr. Lewandowski is an independent voter. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Knights of Columbus, and baseball is his favorite sport. His ability, determination and close application have brought him to the fore in his profession, and his work has been of direct benefit to his city as well as a source of individual prosperity. GEORGE B. RICABY One of the foremost realtors of Toledo is George B. Ricaby, president and founder of the George B. Ricaby Company and a national figure in real estate circles, who has developed many important property interests that have been a contributing element to the growth and improvement of the city. Mr. Ricaby is a native of Michigan, his birth having occurred in Montague, Muskegon county, on the 24th of November, 1884. His parents are William H. and Mary Elizabeth (Bell) Ricaby. The father was born at Erie, Penn- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 325 sylvania, October 13, 1854, a representative of a family that traces its ancestry back to Strassburg, France. The first authentic record tells how one of this name was forced to leave that country on account of his religious convictions and with other French Huguenots who were suffering persecution on account of their belief crossed the channel to England. One of his descendants made the long voyage to America and it is believed settled in Pennsylvania, where the family has been represented through several generations. It was in that state that William H. Ricaby acquired his early education. While still a young lad and prior to the Civil war he removed to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and he was but fourteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to St. Joseph, Michigan. Later the family home was established at Montague, that state, where William H. Ricaby successfully engaged in the jewelry business for many years, there residing until about 1891, when, having disposed of his business, he removed to Benton Harbor, where he also conducted a jewelry store. In the early part of the present century he came to Toledo, having been a resident of this city for more than a quarter of a century. His wife was born in Milton, Canada, October 19, 1855, and is descended from an old Canadian family of English lineage. To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ricaby were born three children but two have passed away. The surviving son of this family, George B. Ricaby, pursued his early education in the public schools of Montague and of Belding, Michigan, and afterward entered the high school of Benton Harbor, from which he was graduated in 1903, when eighteen years of age. He then turned his attention to journalism and became city editor of the Benton Harbor Review. At the age of nineteen years he purchased the Galien Advocate at Galien, Michigan, at which time he was the youngest owner and editor of a newspaper in the state. He established his paper on a successful and paying basis, after which he sold the business and organized the Twin City Blade, a daily paper which became a leading journal of Benton Harbor. He made it equally successful with his former venture and continued its publication until 1905, when he again sold out and came to Toledo. 326 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Here Mr. Ricaby entered into active association with George E. Pomeroy, one of the prominent realtors of the city at that time. He was assigned to duty in the sales department and there learned all branches of the real estate business, to which he has since devoted his attention. He continued with Mr. Pomeroy until 1909, when he joined the E. H. Close Realty Company, of which he became the vice president, thus serving until October 1, 1918, when he organized the George B. Ricaby Company and has since developed one of the largest real estate enterprises in northwestern Ohio, the business being national in its scope. The company specializes in subdivision properties and downtown developments. Their operations have been connected with the construction of many of Toledo's foremost buildings, including the Commodore Perry Hotel, the Western Union building, the Lamson building, the Ricaby building and various office and public buildings and industrial plants. There is a subsidiary company, conducted under the name of George B. Ricaby, Inc., rendering a national real estate service in directing sales campaigns for other real estate firms in New York, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Through this agency the company has been instrumental in opening up and developing many important subdivision properties in the various states mentioned. George B. Ricaby remains as president and treasurer of the George B. Ricaby Company, with H. G. Tait and Robert J. Dederich as vice presidents, and Charles F. Chapman as secretary. The company employs sixty people on an average, including their office employes and sales force. Mr. Ricaby also organized the Lake Cities Realty Company, Inc., which has investments in subdivision properties amounting to over ten million dollars in Toledo and in Buffalo, New York. He is likewise president of the Sheridan Place Realty Company, president of the Windsor Realty Company, president of the Shore Acres Realty Company and treasurer of the Mount Vernon Realty Company. On the 23d of July, 1914, in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Ricaby was united in marriage to Mrs. Violet J. Corbett, of Toledo, a daughter of Thomas Jennings, well known in this city. They reside in the Eagle Point colony on Riverside TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 327 drive. Mr. Ricaby finds his recreation in horseback riding, boating and in outdoor sports. He belongs to the Toledo Club, Toledo Country Club, Toledo Yacht Club, Carranor Hunt & Polo Club, the South Shore Country Club of Buffalo and the Buffalo Athletic Club. He likewise is a charter member of Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M., of Toledo. His interest, however, centers in his business, and his high standing is indicated in the fact that he has been elected to the presidency of the Toledo Real Estate Board and has held several offices in the Ohio State Real Estate Board and the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He is known in real estate circles throughout the length and breadth of the land and he has displayed much of the spirit of the pioneer in his operations, holding to the ideal which is ever before the pioneer and which he seeks to embody in a practical and tangible form. The operations of Mr. Ricaby have reached out along original lines and his well formulated plans have been carried forward to successful completion. His labors are far-reaching and effective and in many states his work has constituted a contributing element to marked development and progress. His record is one of notable achievement and he is justly accounted one of the foremost and honored residents of Toledo. GODFREY SCHLATTER Godfrey Schlatter, president and general manager of the Art Iron & Wire Works, Inc., is one of Toledo's up-to-date and progressive business men and under his able management the business is showing a steady and substantial growth. He was born in Switzerland on the 6th of July, 1872, and is a son of John G. and Marie (Meister) Schlatter, both of whom also were natives of Switzerland. His father came to the United States in 1873 and at once located in Toledo, where he worked as a laborer, being employed by the city during the laying of the water mains. After two years here, he moved to Archibald, Fulton county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming for five years, and then returned to Toledo, where he 328 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY worked for nearly twenty years. To him and his wife were born six children. Godfrey Schlatter received a somewhat limited education in the public schools and at an early age began to learn the iron and wire work trade, which he followed for twenty years with a local concern. In 1905 he engaged in business on his own account, establishing a small shop where he lived, at 2111 Canton street, and six months later he was joined in business by his brother, Samuel, who had been with the Vulcan Iron Works for six years and who proved a very valuable help in getting the business established. Following the death of his brother, six years later, Godfrey Schlatter became the sole owner of the business which increased until it outgrew the original quarters, having fourteen men in his employ. In the spring of 1925 Mr. Schlatter and his two eldest sons, who had become connected with the business, erected a brick building at 860 Curtis street. On January 1, 1928, the business was incorporated and to take care of the further expansion of the business an addition to the main building, forty by one hundred twenty feet in size, conforming in style with the other part, was erected that year. The corporation employs four men in the drafting room; forty-eight men in the shop and four in the executive department. Godfrey Schlatter is president of the Art Iron & Wire Works, his son E. A. is vice president and another son, B. G., is secretary and treasurer. The company manufactures ornamental iron and structural steel, high class art craft iron work for entrances to residences, banks and public buildings, and has earned a wide reputation for the superior quality of its products, both as to style and material. They have done the ornamental iron work on some of the finest buildings and most exclusive homes in Toledo, as well as country clubs and estates in this vicinity. In September, 1902, Mr. Schlatter was united in marriage to Miss Frances C. Schrank, a native of Paulding county, Ohio, and a daughter of Andrew and Katherine Schrank, both of whom are deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Schlatter have been born five children, namely; Ezra A., Benjamin G. and Carl C., who are associated with their father in business; Herman H., who is attending school; and Lois TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 329 Catherine, also in school. Mr. Schlatter and his family are of the Apostolic Christian faith and active in the work of that church. He is a man of earnest purpose and sound principles and has so conducted his business as to command the confidence of all who have had dealings with him. RINEHOLD W. KRENZ Rinehold W. Krenz of Toledo, who has achieved a great success in the manufacture and sale of incinerators and boilers, has gained prosperity because he has worked hard and intelligently; has been up-to-date in his ideas and methods and has rigidly observed the highest standard of commercial ethics. He was born in Grand Haven, Michigan, on the 5th of February, 1872, and is a son of William and Augusta Krenz, both of whom were natives of Germany, in which country they were married. The father was the first to come to this country, settling in Grand Haven, where he prepared a home and then sent for his wife. He was a brick mason and brick manufacturer and followed those lines of business throughout life. He died at the age of fifty-two years as the result of a fall from a scaffold, and his wife passed away at the age of seventy-four years. To this worthy couple were born eight children, as follows: One who died in infancy; Robert, who died at the age of thirty-seven years; Bertha, a dressmaker, operating a shop in Detroit, Michigan; Oscar, a resident of Detroit; Mame, the wife of Fred Bauer, a dry goods merchant of Detroit; Martha, the wife of William Seelow, who is engaged in the truck agency business in Detroit; Edward, a painting and decorating contractor in Detroit; and Rinehold W. Rinehold W. Krenz attended the public schools until he was thirteen years of age, when he began work in a sawmill at Grand Haven, Michigan. He also spent a summer in the same line of work at Ludington, Michigan, and then returned to Grand Haven. He worked in lumber camps, receiving a wage of one dollar a day and board. The family having moved to Detroit before he was fifteen years old, he there started to learn the trade of boiler making. He first worked 330 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY for Stephen Pratt, of Detroit, with whom he remained for eight years. During the panic under the Cleveland administration Mr. Krenz went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he walked the streets for two weeks, looking for employment. Finally he succeeded in finding work with the Lake Shore Railroad, with which company he remained for four years, when Stephen Pratt, of Detroit, sent for him and gave him work for one year. Going then to Bay City, Michigan, he secured a position as foreman with the McKinnon Manufacturing Company, which job he held for two years. He went from there to Cleveland, where he bought a carload of tools, which he shipped to Toledo, and in 1899 opened a boiler shop adjoining the Vulcan Iron Works. He carried on that establishment for two years and then took John G. Coleman in as a partner. In 1903 they erected a shop next to the Cherry street bridge and remained there twelve years, at the end of which time Mr. Krenz bought his partner's interest in the business and thereafter ran it alone. In 1915 he bought the site of his present plant at 1706 Summit street and erected a modern building, twenty-five by seventy-two by one hundred and fifty feet in size. He still manufacturers boilers, for which he has ample room and all necessary machinery, but is specializing in the making of the Krenz-Toledo Incinerators. For fourteen years he experimented on a home incinerator, which is radically different from any other style on the market and which solves the important problem of garbage and refuse. It is a built-in type and is absolutely smokeless and odorless. Special designs are made for hospitals, cemeteries, colleges, undertakers and municipalities, and they have proven highly successful wherever used. Three units of these incinerators were installed for the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and for the Woodlawn cemetery of Toledo, besides many other in near-by cities. The incinerator is always clean, dependable, durable and one hundred per cent efficient. It is the only incinerator equipped for five kinds of fuel, rubbish, wood, gas, oil and coal. It consumes garbage in any condition, wet or dry, and burns all of the gases as well as the materials. Mr. Krenz turns out about one hundred and fifty incinerators monthly and ships his products all over the United States, having also had many inquiries from TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 331 Shanghai, China, Venezuela and Porto Rico. He has a meritorious proposition and justly deserves the success that has come to him. His residence is at No. 19 Bronson place. GEORGE STRAFFORD MILLS Toledo and many other cities of importance in various parts of the country have derived direct benefit from the creative powers of George Strafford Mills, an architect of national repute. He was born in London, England, December 5, 1866, and when a child of four came to the United States with his parents, George and Mary Huxley (Callow ) Mills, who settled in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1870. The father engaged in the practice of law and was also a well-known journalist, becoming editor of both the St. Louis Times and the Globe-Democrat of that city. His demise occurred at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, August 18, 1890, and his widow afterward returned to England. She spent the remainder of her life in that country, passing away at Eastbourne, a watering-place in Sussex, in 1927, when eighty-nine years of age. George S. Mills, the only surviving member of the family, attended the public schools of St. Louis and the manual training school of Washington University, from which he was graduated in 1884. He afterward studied architecture in the office of George I. Barnett and in 1885 came to Toledo as an instructor in the Scott Manual Training School, which was opened about that time. Soon afterward he was made superintendent of that school and served until November, 1892, when he tendered his resignation, entering upon his career as an architect at that time. For five years he was associated with Harry W. Wachter as a member of the firm of Mills & Wachter, which existed until April, 1897. Mr. Mills was alone for several years and since April, 1912, has been head of the firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman & Nordhoff. They are regarded as the leading architects of northwestern Ohio, and Toledo is largely indebted to them for the beauty and symmetry of its public buildings. Owing to their superior ability they have been intrusted with many important commissions 332 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY and their handiwork ornaments many cities in the east and west. Under the wise guidance of Mr. Mills the business of the firm has steadily increased until it now extends from Boston to San Francisco. He is a director of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Company and is also connected with other large corporations. Mr. Mills was married November 14, 1894, to Miss Alice F. Baker, a native of Toledo. She was a daughter of George and Fidelia (Latimer) Baker and passed away September 25, 1913. Mrs. Mills had become the mother of two daughters : Fidelia Latimer, who is the wife of James Wallace of Toledo and has one son, James Wallace (IV) ; and Elizabeth Mary, deceased. On October 26, 1915, Mr. Mills was married in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Miss Stella A. Petersen, a native of Iowa. They reside at No. 2268 Scottwood avenue and Mr. Mills' offices are situated on the twelfth floor of the Ohio building. He is affiliated with Trinity Episcopal church and is unbiased in his political views, placing the qualifications of a candidate before party ties. A Scottish Rite Mason, he has attained the thirty-second degree and along social lines is connected with the Toledo Club, the Ottawa Hills Riding Club, the Toledo Country Club, the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, and Castalia Trout Club. In 1900 he became a member of the American Institute of Architects, of which he was elected a fellow in 1915—an honor worthily bestowed. During 1919 and 1920 he was vice president of the institute and has also served on its executive committee. His even-paced energy and constantly expanding powers have placed Mr. Mills with the distinguished representatives of his profession and his work is the expression of a high and enduring art. FRANZ JOSEPH AREND Franz J. Arend, of Toledo, who holds an important executive position with The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, has gained his present business standing through his energetic efforts, backed by sound judgment, and he is highly regarded by those with whom he is associated. He was born at Deerfield, Lenawee county, Michigan, on the 3d of Janu- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 333 ary, 1892, and is a son of John and Johannah (Gertz) Arend. His father was born in Germany, August 1, 1865, and died in Deerfield, Michigan, December 18, 1916. In his early life he was a farmer, but later for many years was associated with the Blissfield Sugar Company. He was a member of the Lutheran church and Blissfield Lodge, No. 114, F. & A. M. His wife was born in Germany October 5, 1863, and is now residing in Toledo. They became the parents of eight children, six sons and two daughters, namely : Emil, Herbert C., Carl W., Bernard and Franz J., all of whom are associated with The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company; Fred, who is engaged in farming at Saline, Michigan; and Mrs. John C. Fey and Mrs. Walter Hoffman, both of whom are residents of Toledo. Franz J. Arend attended the public and high schools of Blissfield, Michigan, and later also took a correspondence course in accounting. He entered the employ of the Sam Bell-man Company, of Toledo, as a meat cutter, which line of work he followed for four years, and then formed a partnership with Morris Seligman and opened meat markets in twenty stores of the Sam Bellman Company in Toledo. In 1926 they sold their meat markets to The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which concern had also purchased the Sam Bell-man Company's stores, and Mr. Arend then accepted a position as assistant superintendent of the meat markets for the new owners. So satisfactory was his service in the local field, that he was promoted to the superintendency of their meat markets. Later he was transferred to a territory covering parts of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, in which capacity he is now serving. On April 23, 1913, in Sandusky, Ohio, Mr. Arend was united in marriage to Miss Emily Parker, who was born in Castalia, Ohio, and is a daughter of John H. and Etta (Graves) Parker. Her father was born at Castalia, October 14, 1859, and still resides at that place, being retired after a long and successful career as a farmer. He is a republican and has served as township trustee and in other local offices. He is a member of the Lutheran church. His wife was born at Castalia, Ohio, November 18, 1863, and is living there. The Parker family was established in this country by Mrs. 334 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Arend's great-grandfather, who was of English stock and who was one of the minutemen in the war of the Revolution. His son, Jackson Parker, was a native of Pennsylvania, and died in Castalia, Ohio, where he had followed farming. He married Catherine Schuck, who was born near Fremont, Ohio, and died at Castalia. To John H. and Etta Parker were born five children, three sons and two daughters : Lucius, who is engaged in the garage business at Castalia, and also has an airport; Clinton, a farmer at Castalia ; John W., of Sandusky, Ohio, and the present sheriff of Erie county; Mrs. Emily Arend ; and Norma, the wife of W. B. Keyser, who is engaged in the real estate business in Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Arend attended the public and high schools of Castalia and the Perkiomen School, at Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Toledo Women's Club, Stella Chapter, No. 50, 0. E. S. and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Arend are the parents of two children, Franz Joseph, Jr., born July 2, 1916, and Ann Serena, born November 1, 1917. Mr. Arend is an ardent republican in his political views and is a member of Toledo Lodge, No. 144, F. & A. M.; Toledo Chapter, No. 161, R. A. M.; Toledo Council, No. 33, R. & S. M.; Stella Chapter, No. 50, 0. E. S.; Toledo Lodge No. 53, B. P. 0. E.; and various civic organizations. He and his wife are members of the Glenwood Lutheran church, in the societies of which Mrs. Arend is an active worker. They are both very popular in the social circles to which they belong. FREDERICK SCHULTY For many years Frederick Schulty was prominently identified with industrial operations in Toledo as one of the forceful executives of The Western Manufacturing Company and he is now reaping the reward of a well spent life. He was born in Napoleon, Henry county, Ohio, in 1855, a son of Henry and Mary (Schnitker) Schulty. The father was a native of Germany and came to the United States in 1851. Frederick Schulty was reared in the Buckeye state and received a public school education. Endowed with that qual- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 335 ity which has been termed "the commercial sense," he advanced rapidly in business and became connected with The Western Manufacturing Company, which was founded and incorporated April 6, 1870. The original stockholders were J. J. Baird, Frederick Puck, F. E. Witker, John H. Puck, J. M. Lyman and H. C. Lyman. Operations were begun in a two-story building, thirty-six by forty feet in dimensions, located on Water street, Toledo, between Jackson and Adams. The business grew so rapidly that in 1875 a larger building was erected on the site where the plant is now located. The principle articles manufactured were sash, doors, blinds, moldings and interior finish. Since that time new additions have been built until today the factory contains more than one hundred and seventy-five thousand square feet of floor space. In 1912 the steam plant which had been in use since 1870 was replaced by the most modern electrical equipment obtainable. The entire plant was rearranged and a complete sprinkler system for fire protection was installed. In 1890 a large dock reaching from Sycamore to Locust street was built to handle the large cargoes of lumber received from the north, which was the main source of supply at that time. It was abandoned in 1910 and large sheds were constructed over it for the storing of lumber. At present the company has storage room for three million feet under cover and two million feet in the yards. Deliveries were made with horses and wagons until 1915, when they were entirely replaced by a fleet of motor trucks, which are required to handle the business in and around Toledo. On Tuesday, April 6, 1920, the fiftieth anniversary of the company, the business was closed throughout the day in order that those connected with the firm might participate in the celebration which was held in the Moose Temple. The officers of the corporation at that time were : Frederick Schulty, president; Fred J. Puck, vice president; Charles C. F. Sieving, secretary and treasurer; John H. Puck, director; 0. M. E. Schick, assistant secretary; Henry Kuhlmann, assistant treasurer; J. W. Peschel, sales manager; and William Schmidt, superintendent. Under the expert management of Mr. Schulty the industry made notable strides and for many years he successfully guided its destiny, retiring in 1925 336 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY owing to failing health. Earnest, conscientious and upright, he has fulfilled every duty and obligation in life to the best of his ability and occupies a high place in the esteem of his fellowmen. JACOB ZEEB One of Williams county's most prominent citizens is Jacob Zeeb, of Edgerton, who is rendering appreciated service as a member of the board of county commissioners. He was born in Edon, Ohio, on the 4th of July, 1870, and is a son of George and Christina (Keinath) Zeeb, the latter of whom is of German descent and still resides in Edon. The father was born in Germany, whence he came to the United States when twelve years of age. He learned the trade of a furniture and cabinet maker, which line of work he followed throughout his active life. His death occurred in 1904. Jacob Zeeb attended the public schools of Edon and went to work at the age of fourteen years as a clerk for the C. C. Wood Grocery Company, with which concern he remained until 1889, when he came to Edgerton and entered the employ of F. W. Arnds, in whose grocery and bakery he was employed until 1894. He then bought the grocery, which he rapidly built up to a large and important business, and sold it in 1914. Later he took the local agency for the Ford cars, in the selling of which he was very successful over a period of six years, resigning the agency in 1920. He is the owner of a well improved farm of forty acres, on which he has a fine apple orchard of one thousand trees, as well as berries of all kinds. He gives his personal attention to this farm, which he has developed into a very profitable and valuable property. He is vice president of the Edgerton State Bank; is financially interested in the Edgerton Elevator Company, and has been secretary of the Oak Manufacturing Company for twenty years. In 1895 Mr. Zeeb was united in marriage to Miss Grace Relyea, of Edgerton, who is very active in local church, club and civic affairs, being a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Federation of Women's Clubs. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 339 Mr. Zeeb is a strong democrat in his political views and has been active in public affairs, having served as a trustee and treasurer of his township, and in the fall of 1928 was elected a member of the board of county commissioners. He has long been connected with the Williams County Agricultural Society, of which he is now vice president, and he has done much to bring the fair up to its present rank as fourth among the county fairs of the country. He is a member of the Business Men's Association and has been active chairman for the Edgerton home coming. His religious connection is with the Lutheran church, though he is a regular attendant at the Methodist men's Bible class. He possesses a strong individuality, is regarded as a man of sound and dependable judgment and as farmer, business man, public official and citizen is one of the leading men of Williams county. FRANCIS WILLIAM ALTER, M. D., F. A. C. S. Dr. Francis William Alter is known throughout northwestern Ohio as a physician and surgeon of broad experience and marked ability and for more than a quarter of a century he has been an outstanding figure in medical circles of Toledo. He was born in this city June 21, 1869, a son of John P. and Barbara (Wortge) Alter, natives of Germany. The father was born in Vernheim, near Manheim, in the province of Hesse-Darmstadt, July 12, 1823, and sought the opportunities of the United States when a young man of eighteen years. After landing in New York city he traveled by rail to Buffalo and then crossed Lake Erie on a vessel which took him to Toledo. In 1841 he located in the city and two years later enlisted for service in the Mexican war. At the close of that conflict he was honorably discharged and returned to Toledo. He was the first drayman of the city and successfully engaged in the business for several years. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and his religious views were in harmony with the doctrines of the Roman Catholic church. He was deeply attached to the country of his adoption and his useful, upright life was terminated in July, 1872, when he was forty-nine years of age. His wife was born in Gross- 340 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY zimmer, Hesse-Darmstadt, and sailed for the United States, June 25, 1846, arriving in New York city on the 6th of November. She came direct to Toledo, where she was subsequently married, and long survived her husband, passing away in March, 1922, at the advanced age of ninety years. She was also a devout Catholic and possessed many admirable traits of character. To Mr. and Mrs. Alter were born eight children, five sons and three daughters, and three are now living : Elizabeth, Catherine and Francis William. Dr. Alter, the youngest member of the family, obtained his early instruction in a parochial school and the Toledo high school. He subsequently attended a preparatory school in New York city. On taking up the study of medicine he attended for one term at the Toledo Medical College, then matriculated in the University of New York (Bellevue Hospital Medical College), from which he received the M. D. degree in 1896. After a year's service as an interne in the New Amsterdam Hospital of New York city he took a postgraduate course in the New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute, conducted by Dr. Knapp, a noted specialist in diseases of the eye and ear, and then returned to Toledo, where he practiced for five years. On the expiration of that period he went abroad and for eighteen months studied under renowned physicians of Vienna, Austria. In 1904 Dr. Alter resumed his professional activities in Toledo and has since devoted his attention to the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, a field in which he excels. He ranks with the foremost specialists of this part of the country and his practice has assumed extensive proportions. For twelve years he was connected with St. Vincent's Hospital and is now a member of the staff of Mercy Hospital. In 1924 he opened the first eye, ear, nose and throat hospital in Lucas county and the institution is now conducted as a day hospital and used exclusively for this branch of professional service. Dr. Alter erected in 1929 a modern hospital, designed and equipped for the care and treatment of patients afflicted with diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, and a portion of the building has been reserved for offices. This imposing structure is located at 219 Fifteenth street, between Madison and Jefferson avenues. TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 341 On the 25th of August, 1909, Dr. Alter was married in Chicago, Illinois, to Miss Edna Maria Hegly, a native of Monclova, Ohio, and a daughter of Ernest and Mary Elizabeth (Dart) Hegly. The father was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and when but a year old was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled near Monclova, Lucas county, Ohio. His education was acquired in the schools of that district, where he followed the occupation of farming for some time, and was also a well known contractor, erecting many of Monclova's substantial buildings. He greatly enjoyed the sport of hunting and was a "crack" shot. In stature he was tall, lithe and trim and had hair of raven blackness. Of dignified bearing and striking appearance, he was a commanding figure in every gathering at which he was present and his death at Perrysburg in 1918 was sincerely mourned by all who enjoyed the privilige of knowing him. Mrs. Hegly is of French, English and German ancestry. Her father was a Union soldier and served from the beginning until the close of the Civil war. When very young, Mrs. Hegly lost her mother and was reared by an uncle and an aunt, by whom she was adopted. Mrs. Alter is the eldest of a family of five children, two sons and three daughters. One of the sons was killed by a bolt of lightning when he was nine years old and the other also died in childhood. The daughters are Josephine Hegly and Mrs. William 0. Bonser, of Toledo. By his first marriage Mr. Hegly had one daughter who became the wife of a Mr. Sasse, and some of their children are residing in Maumee, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Alter are the parents of eight children : Francis William, Jr., who was born August 25, 1910; Nicholas Hegly, born December 19, 1911; Robert L., born March 8, 1913; Barbara Elizabeth, born July 26, 1914; George Frederick, born July 28, 1916; Albert Jerviss, born September 5, 1917, Edna Mary, born March 18, 1919 ; and Josephine, born December 16, 1920. The residence of the family is at 3412 River road and the Doctor's offices are situated at 219 Fifteenth street. He and his family attend St. Paul's Episcopal church of Maumee and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. Along fraternal and social lines he is connected with the Toledo Club, the Inverness Golf Club, the Independent Order 342 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. For eight years he has been one of the trustees of the Toledo Academy of Medicine, of which he was elected president in 1924, and for thirty years has been one of its officers, representing the academy in every capacity except that of treasurer. He is an ex-secretary of the Lucas County Medical Society and is also identified with the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Opthalmology and Otology, and the American College of Surgeons, in which he has held a fellowship for fifteen years. Dr. Alter is widely recognized as an authority upon that branch of professional science in which he specializes and his contributions to the leading medical journals of the country have been important and valuable. His talents have been utilized for the benefit of humanity, and judged from the standpoint of service and his lofty conception of the higher ideals inherent in his profession, his career has been notably successful. Dr. Alter is a devoted husband and father and his fine qualities of heart and mind have made him universally esteemed. MORRISON WAITE YOUNG Morrison Waite Young has in many ways left the impress of his individuality and ability upon the business development of Toledo, where his activities continue through his connection with many important corporate interests. In all that he has undertaken he has shown sound judgment and keen insight, readily discriminating between the essential and the non-essential. Ohio is proud to number him among her native sons. Mr. Young was born in Maumee in September, 1860, his parents being Samuel M. and Angeline L. (Upton) Young. The father's birth occurred at Lebanon, Grafton county, New Hampshire, in 1806. He supplemented his public school education by the study of law, was admitted to the bar and in 1835 established his home in Maumee, Ohio, where he began the practice of his profession. With the organization of Lucas county he was elected its first auditor, filling the posi- TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 343 tion for two years. He practiced for an extended period as senior partner in the firm of Young & Waite, his associate being Morrison R. Waite, who for a year had studied law under the direction and in the office of Mr. Young and who later became chief justice of the United States supreme court. In 1855 the firm opened an office in Toledo but in the following year Mr. Young retired from active practice to concentrate his efforts upon railroad interests, as he had become closely associated with the Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company and afterward with the Columbus & Toledo Railway Company. In the year of his removal to Toledo he also entered banking circles by joining with others in the purchase of the old Bank of Toledo and aided largely in the direction of its affairs. After a decade this institution was reorganized under the name of the Toledo National Bank and Mr. Young was elected its first president, so serving until January, 1890. Thus for thirty-five years he was an outstanding figure in the financial circles of the city. His business activities were of wide scope and importance. In 1862 he became senior partner in the firm of Young & Backus and erected the mammoth elevators on Water street, near Adams street, being closely associated with the grain and elevator trade of the city during the following eighteen years. So sound was his business judgment and so enterprising his methods that his cooperation was sought in many fields whereby the business development and expansion were promoted. He died January 1, 1897, and in his passing Ohio lost one of her honored, distinguished and representative citizens. Of him it was said : "Along with the dignity that goes with large practical achievements he possessed that dignity that comes from character and true gentlehood." Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Morrison Waite Young, named for his father's old-time partner and friend, devoted his youth largely to the acquirement of a public school education until 1876 and then to the mastery of a preparatory course in the Hopkins grammar school at New Haven, Connecticut, and to a college course in Yale, having entered the university in 1879. He was graduated with the class of 1883 and immediately returned to his home, where he started out in the business world in connection with the 344 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Clover Leaf and the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroads. Two years were devoted to railroad interests, at the end of which time he became identified with the hardwood lumber business and also supplied ties to the Pennsylvania and Lake Shore Railroads, being thus engaged until 1890, during which time he developed an enterprise of large and substantial proportions. He took over the management of the Young estate at his father's death and thus assumed the responsibility of directing extensive and important property and commercial interests and at the same time assumed the presidency of the Blade Printing & Paper Company, with which his father had been associated for many years. His activities have constantly broadened in scope and importance and he succeeded his father not only in the management of private business affairs but in the outstanding place which he occupied in the business circles of Toledo. For many years Mr. Young has been an officer and director of the Second National Bank and on the 14th of January, 1908, succeded to the presidency of that institution and has since been its executive head. He has closely studied the problems of finance and thoroughly understands the business conditions which have their basis largely in banking stability. He has made it the policy of the bank to extend aid to all worthy commercial and industrial enterprises and at the same time he has ever tempered progressiveness with a safe conservatism that has firmly maintained the high standards and the good name of the institution which he represents. He is further known as a financier through his activity in organizing the Summit Trust Company, of which he is the president and which he has established on a firm and paying basis. He is likewise a director of the Toledo Plate & Window Glass Company, which he aided in organizing, and a director of the Northwestern Elevator & Mill Company. At one time he served on the directorate and as vice president of the Toledo Gas Light & Coke Company. His entire career has been characterized by a ready utilization of opportunities and the wise use of his time and talents. Mr. Young's club associations are with the Toledo Club, Toledo Commerce Club and Toledo Country Club and of the first named he has been president. Those with whom he TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 345 comes in contact find him a genial, cordial gentleman who is a believer in the equality of opportunity in business and a ready recognition of the worth of his fellowmen. J. E. KELLY One of the ablest and most influential citizens of Wood county is J. E. Kelly, who for over thirty years has been actively engaged in the practice of law in Bowling Green and has long been recognized as a leader in civic and political affairs of the county. He was born at Custar, Wood county, Ohio, on the 7th of March, 1869, and is a son of Alfred and Emeline (Crum) Kelly, the former of whom was a native of New England and established the family in Wood county. J. E. Kelly received his elementary education in the public schools, after which he attended the Ohio Normal School at Fostoria, the Valparaiso Normal School, at Valparaiso, Indiana, and then entered the Ada School of Law of Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1896. He was soon afterward admitted to the bar of Ohio and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Bowling Green. He has been a close and constant student of his profession, and he has proven the equal of any of his compeers in acuteness of intellect, in clarity of thought, in powers of discriminating analysis and in lucidity of expression. A strong trial lawyer, a reliable office counselor and a man of strict regard for the ethics and traditions of his profession, he commands the respect of his colleagues and the confidence of the public to a marked degree. Mr. Kelly was united in marriage to Miss Maude Knepple, of Seneca county, Ohio, and they are the parents of two children, Eleanor Jean and Dorothy May. He is an ardent republican in his political views and has long been one of the wheelhorses of his party in Wood county, having served on the county central committee for thirty years and has been chairman of the county executive committee for the past ten years, a position which carries with it the leadership of the party in the county. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Wood County Bar Association and the Ohio State 346 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Bar Association. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a generous supporter, as he is also of all other worthy benevolent or charitable causes. thats interested in everything tEat tends to advance the public welfare or elevate the standards of living, and is regarded as one of the community's best citizens. EDWARD D. SCHUITEMAN, M. D. Dr. Edward D. Schuiteman is a successful young physician of Genoa, where he has been actively engaged in professional work for the past seven years, specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He was born at Fremont, Michigan, in 1895, his parents being Henry and Jentine Schuiteman, natives of Holland and Germany, respectively. The father is still a resident of Fremont, Michigan, but the mother has passed away. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded Edward D. Schuiteman in his youth. After completing a public school course at the place of his nativity he continued his studies in Valparaiso University of Indiana and subsequently attended the University of South Dakota, while his professional training was received in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1921. He then served as an interne in St. Vincent's Hospital of Toledo until August 1, 1922, when he came to Genoa, where he has since remained and has gained an extensive general practice as he has demonstrated his ability in coping with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to arrest disease and defer death. To a considerable extent he is specializing in ophthalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology. Dr. Schuiteman is a director of the Genoa Building & Loan Association and along strictly professional lines has membership in the Ottawa County Medical Society, the Lucas County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In 1923 Dr. Schuiteman was united in marriage to Miss Erna Kropp, of Toledo, who manifests an active interest in TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 347 church and social affairs of the community in which she now resides, being a helpful member of the Lutheran church and also belonging to the Century Club and the Adelphia Club. The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is widely recognized as a progressive, enterprising and public-spirited citizen whose support is withheld from no movement or measure calculated to advance the general welfare. He is a member of the Exchange Club of Genoa and of the Fremont Yacht Club. He attends the services of the Christian Reform church and fraternally is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, belonging to the temple in Toledo. J. OTIS GARBER Impelled by a strong desire for knowledge, J. Otis Garber worked his way through college and is now a successful educator, also serving as secretary in charge of the newly created bureau of civic affairs of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, an office for which he possesses exceptional qualifications by reason of his highly specialized knowledge of the subject of municipal administration. Mr. Garber was born in Roanoke, Virginia, December 18, 1902, a son of Samuel C. and Mary E. (Garber) Garber, and in both the paternal and maternal lines is of German descent. The father was a scion of an old Virginia family that was established in America in 1748. He was graduated from the high school at Mount Morris, Illinois, De Pauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, and the Chicago College of Physicians & Surgeons, afterward taking a special course in the Philadelphia College of Surgeons. His first professional experience was gained in Camden, Arkansas, and in 1901 he opened an office in Roanoke, Virginia, where he practiced successfully until his death in 1904, when a young man of thirty-four. Afterward his widow returned to Indiana and is now living in South Bend. She is a daughter of Daniel and 348 - STORY OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY Mary (Blickenstaff ) Garber, pioneer settlers of Wabash county, Indiana, and is also a descendant of an old American family. J. Otis Garber, an only child, attended the grammar schools of North Manchester and Winona Lake, Indiana, and in 1920 was graduated from the high school of Goshen, that state. In 1924 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan as well as the degree of Master of Arts in municipal administration. During his first and second years of study he was employed throughout the periods of vacation in a Goshen factory and also sold books and did other work in order to meet the expenses of his higher education. His last two years in the university were spent in the field of municipal administration, including American government, municipal government, governments of Europe, municipal administration, taxation, public utilities, city planning, administrative law, law of public offices, law of municipal corporations, highway engineering, water works and sewerage, together with seminars in municipal problems, criminology, accounting and allied subjects. After completing his studies Mr. Garber taught civics in the high school at Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, during 1924-25. During the first semester of the 1925-26 scholastic year he was assistant to Professor Thomas H. Reed in the department of municipal administration at the University of Michigan. He came to Toledo as instructor in municipal government and administration at the University of Toledo at the beginning of the second semester of 1925-26 and continued in that position throughout the following year. He was promoted to the rank of assistant professor of municipal government and administration at the beginning of the first semester of 1927-28. He was appointed secretary of the commission of publicity and efficiency of Toledo and began his duties on February 1, 1928, and was released from that position to begin his work as civic affairs secretary of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce on January 1, 1929. The following is an excerpt from an article which appeared in the December, 1928, issue of "Toledo's Business." "Creation of a bureau of civic affairs by the Chamber of Commerce was recently authorized by the board of trustees TOLEDO AND THE SANDUSKY REGION - 349 and publicly announced during the past month through the daily press, followed by the appointment of J. Otis Garber by Secretary Bonnar as secretary in charge of this new bureau. Establishment of the bureau is to become effective January 1st, at which time Mr. Garber has asked, in his letter of resignation, to be released from his present position as secretary of the city's publicity and efficiency commission in order to assume his new duties with the Chamber. Decision by the trustees to create this bureau was arrived at after careful consideration at various meetings, following a discussion of the proposal over a much longer period by the officers of the Chamber. Advocates of the plan, which includes members of the board and others, are of the opinion that the Chamber should take a wider and more active interest in various matters of civic importance than it has been possible to do in the past without such a bureau. It is felt, for instance, that the Chamber should participate in the national fire prevention contest and promote an active and continuous campaign of education in Toledo along lines found to be so successful in other cities in reducing loss by fire. Another matter in which many members of the Chamber believe the organization should take more interest is city planning, in cooperation with the city and county planning commissions. Taxation is another subject of great importance in which it is believed the Chamber should become more interested because of its direct relationship with the industrial development of the city. This problem is not only local but state-wide, and includes within its scope a readjustment of Ohio's franchise and incorporation taxes, which are greatly in excess of such taxation in other states. With the creation of the bureau, a search was made for a secretary who would be a man with special training and real knowledge of city planning work and programs of municipal government and with experience in municipal research, resulting in Mr. Garber being chosen." Mr. Garber was married August 28, 1926, in Toledo, to Miss Esther Gillham, a native of Covington, Kentucky, and a daughter of Dr. Wallace and Laura G. (Smith) Gillham. Mr. and Mrs. Garber reside at No. 527 Oakwood avenue, and his office is located in the Safety building. He is a mem-