(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 650 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY many years, and after retiring lived at Roodhouse, Illinois, until his death in 1913. His widow, who makes her home with her son Stacy in Akron, bore the maiden name of Martha Gulick, was a native of New Jersey and a daughter of Isaac Gulick. Stacy G. Carkhuff became a pupil in the public schools of Roodhouse, Illinois, when a lad of ten years and was a youth of nineteen when in 1891 he entered the service of Rand, McNally & Company of Chicago, continuing with that well known firm of publishers until 1893. He then became identified with the great Minneapolis milling firm, the Washburn-Crosby Company, and in 1897 was placed in charge of the company's branch at Peoria, Illinois, while subsequently he was connected with the Chicago office of the same corporation. Mr. Carkhuff has been a resident of Akron since 1901. He identified himself with the Firestone Company soon after its organization. Beginning as an employe, he made steady progress in the sales and general office departments until in 1905 he was made secretary, an office which he has held continuously to the present time. A contemporary biographer said of him : "S. G. Carkhuff has shown by his career the high value of persistency and regularity of effort in acquiring his successful position in business affairs. During his connection with a number of well known American corporations, he showed a splendid capacity for detailed work and executive and salesmanship skill, and he is now one of the able men in that group of industrial executives who control and promote the activities of Akron's manufacturing interests." Mr. Carkhuff is also a director of the National City Bank. On the 16th of December, 1896, Mr. Carkhuff was united in marriage to Miss Jessie L. Johnson, daughter of Andrew Johnson of Newcastle, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Carkhuff have two sons: Stacy G., Jr., who was born in Akron, April 19, 1911, and is now attending Roxbury School; and John Raymond, born October 29, 1915, who is attending grade school in Akron. In Masonry Mr. Carkhuff has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to the following bodies : Adoniram Lodge, No. 517, F. & A. M.; Washington Chapter, R. A. M.; Akron Commandery, K. T. ; Akron Council, R. & S. M.; Lake Erie Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Tadmor Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He is also a member of the Masonic Club, the Portage Country Club, the Fairlawn Country Club, the Congress Lake Club, the Rotary Club, the Akron City Club, the Chamber of Commerce and is a former trustee of the First Congregational church of AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 651 Akron. Both Mr. and Mrs. Carkhuff enjoy an enviable position in Akron's social circles and the latter is an active member of the Woman's City Club. Residence, 1225 West Market street. JOHN J. SHEA Akron has few men who are more outstanding figures in connection with rubber tire manufacturing than John J. Shea, the treasurer of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and one of Akron's popular citizens. He has made wise use of his time, talents and opportunities and has proven a forceful and competent executive. Born in. Columbus, Ohio, November 27, 1888, he is a son of John A. and Mary (Kelly) Shea, the former a native of Chicago, Illinois, while the mother was born in Columbus, Ohio, and both have spent the major portion of their lives within the borders of the Buckeye state, where they were reared, educated and married. The father has been connected with the meat industry throughout nearly all of his days and is now the manager of the Akron branch for the Armour Packing Company of Chicago. He is widely known not only in this city but throughout Ohio and has an extensive circle of warm friends. He and his wife reside at 187 Beck avenue and they have reared a family of six children. One son, Edward V. Shea, was killed in action during the World war, thus making the supreme sacrifice for his country. Other members of the family are : William J., who is with the General Tire & Rubber Company; Joseph B., who is with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; Mary and Eunice, both at home. The other member of the household was John J. Shea, who in his youthful days pursued his education in the public schools. Leaving the high school, he spent one month as a messenger in a bank and later was with the Akron Democrat. Not caring to continue in either line of effort—that of finance or newspaper work, he became connected with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, then in its infancy. This was in 1908. Since that time he has never desired to make a change in his business associations and he has worked his way steadily upward from a clerical position, being advanced step by step until, in January, 1923, he was made treasurer of this corporation, which is one of the foremost operating in its particular field in the United States. He is also a director or officer in a number of other concerns, 652 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY including several subsidiary companies of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, and at all times is regarded as a man of notably sound judgment, of unfaltering enterprise and keen discernment. On the 15th of November, 1927, Mr. Shea was married to Miss Agnes D. Saunders, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Saunders. He belongs to St. Sebastian's Roman Catholic church and is a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He also is a member of the Portage Country Club, Akron City Club and the Fairlawn Country Club. He neglects none of the duties nor obligations of citizenship, cooperating in all measures for the general good, and his influence is ever on the side of advancement and improvement. HARRY WILLIAMS Harry Williams, president of the National City Bank, is one of the best known men in Akron's banking and financial circles. His identification with the city's business interests dates back more than forty years, all of which, with the exception of about eighteen months have been in connection with the banking business. Mr. Williams was born in Brimfield, Portage county, Ohio, June 7, 1869, and came to Akron when a young man. He was first employed here as a clerk in a confectionery store and about eighteen months later began his career in the banking business as a clerk in the City National Bank. Subsequently he entered the employ of the Citizens Savings Bank, with which institution he remained until 1893, as assistant in charge of its East Akron branch. He then returned to the City National Bank and was connected with that institution until the expiration of its charter in 1903, when it was succeeded by the National City Bank; with N. C. Stone as president, E. S. Day as vice president and Harry Williams as cashier. In 1926 Mr. Williams was elected president of the bank and has since been its executive head. In 1893, Mr. Williams married Miss Nina Moulton, a daughter of J. Q. Moulton of Brimfield, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have two daughters, M. Jeannette and Mildred R. The former is the wife of A. Lon Homeier, president of the Homeier Motor Company, and has a son, Lon Williams Homeier, born in Akron, August 7, 1927. For over a quarter of a century the career of Mr. Williams AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 655 has been inseparably a part of the history of the National City Bank, and ever since its organization, he has contributed his best energies towards its success, and its high standing as one of Akron's strong and ably managed financial institutions offers an excellent tribute to its management and directorate. Mr. Williams is a member of the Portage Country Club and the Akron City Club. ALEXANDER STEARNS MCCORMICK, M. D. Dr. Alexander Stearns McCormick, an Akron physician of ability who is now limiting his practice to anesthesia, was born in Montreal, Quebec, May 22, 1876. He received degrees from McGill University and the University of Bishops College and in 1910 won his M. D. degree at the University of Western Ontario. He also studied in the University of Toronto and Columbia University and during young manhood made an athletic record as a cyclist and a fast quarter-mile runner. Another chapter in his life record covers twenty-two years of military service in which he rose from private to captain in eleven years with the Victoria Rifles of Canada. During the South African war from 1899 to 1902 he served as corporal in the Second Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment (regulars). This battalion took part in forty-one battles, the capture of ten towns and five thousand prisoners. Dr. McCormick received the "Queen's Medal" with three bars and a special gold medal. Later he was a captain in the reserve of the Canadian Army Medical Corps for eight years. He volunteered for service with the Medical Corps of the United States Army during the World war but was not accepted because he was not an American citizen. He has been an American citizen since 1919. Dr. McCormick married Ruth Barbara Morrison of New York in 1908 and took up his permanent abode in Akron, Ohio, three years later, in 1911. Since the year 1915 he has specialized in and limited his practice to anesthesia. He has been secretary and chief anesthetist to the Children's Hospital since 1919 and senior anesthetist to the People's Hospital since its opening on the 1st of March, 1915. In 1926 he was chief of staff. He has given anesthetics for more than three hundred and fifty operators, among them some of the best known surgeons of the United 656 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY States. Since 1913 he has been secretary of the Summit County Medical Society. The name of Dr. McCormick is on the membership rolls of the Akron Rotary Club, the Fairlawn Heights Golf Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Akron Humane Society and the Munroe United Presbyterian church. A lover of animals, he endeavors to aid any unfortunate animal and prevent cruelty or neglect. The authority he possesses by reason of the fact that he has been a special deputy sheriff under Sheriffs Hutchison, Weaver and Bollinger is a valuable aid in his work on behalf of animals. His amusements are auto touring and music, chiefly the latter, and he owns the finest collection of music records in North America. He was the organizer and is the manager and conductor of the Doctors Orchestra of Akron, a symphony of thirty physicians and dentists. It is now in its third season and is a remarkably fine concert organization whose programs are enjoyed by audiences that never fail to be delighted and surprised by the excellent playing and musicianship displayed by these busy members of the two professions. Dr. McCormick is the composer of selections that have been played by bands and orchestras of the United States and Canada. He numbers among his friends famous conductors and musicians of the United States and Great Britain. JOHN PATRICK DORAN John Patrick Doran is sole owner of a sign painting business that in its scope and importance has made him known throughout the length and breadth of the land. With the passing years he has acquired wide experience and broad knowledge that has been invaluable in the successful conduct of his interests and his record is one of which Akron, his native city, may well be proud. He was born August 3, 1876, a son of Patrick Charles and Adeline (Jahant) Doran. The mother was born in Akron and belonged to an old and highly respected family that came to this city from France, settling here in an early day. The father was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and came to America in early life. He served as a soldier throughout the entire period of the Civil war and participated in many hotly contested battles, enduring such hardships and exposure that his health became affected and his death resulted in 1881, when he was yet a comparatively young man. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 657 He had been one of the trusted employes of the Young American Clothing Company of Akron and he had many warm friends in this city. Both parents are now deceased. In the family were five children : John P. ; Frank A., deceased ; Mrs. J. T. Enright, of Akron; Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, Jr., also of this city; and A. W., who is with the sales department of the B. F. Goodrich Company. John P. Doran obtained his education in the public schools and in St. Vincent's parochial school, after which he entered upon an apprenticeship with the Werner Company, there learning the art of lithography. This he followed for a time and he also learned the decorator's trade, at which he worked, and in this line he has since continued. He is today extensively engaged in decorative sign painting and has done much meritorious work for conventions, for presidential campaigns and for inaugurations. The general character of his work, however, is that of window decorations for large department stores in all sections of the country. He became a window dresser and decorator for the J. Koch Company of Akron and continued with that house for fifteen years but resigned in 1913 in order to establish his present sign and decorating business. His plant is splendidly equipped for handling the largest contracts and work of the highest character in his field and he enjoys a enviable reputation throughout the United States as a sign painter and decorator. All work is hand painted, for which he employs several well known artists having in charge the scenic work on all signs. His plans are carefully formulated, the work carried out in a most systematic manner and only results of the finest kind are seen in the contracts which he executes. On the 1st of September, 1901, Mr. Doran was married to Miss Bertha Hamm, of Akron, a daughter of Albert and Anna (Merritt) Hamm, the father a painting contractor of this city and both are now deceased. They are parents of four children. George W., who was born in Akron in 1902 and is a graduate of St. Vincent's school and the law department of the Ohio State University, is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Akron. Dorothy, born in 1905, attended St. Vincent's parochial school and the Ohio State University and is now a special writer for the Beacon Journal. Ruth and Edward W. are students in St. Vincent's school. Mr. Doran is a communicant of St. Vincent's Roman Catholic church, in which he has been baritone soloist for thirty years. He is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and belongs 658 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY to the Kiwanis Club and to the Akron Merchants Association and he is interested in all those activities which have to do with the welfare and progress of the city and with its development along civic lines. He has ever been actuated by a spirit of enterprise and his diligence and capability have carried him steadily forward not only in the field of business but in his activities relating to the general good. C. J. BOWMAN One of Summit county's leading educators and most highly respected citizens is C. J. Bowman, who is rendering splendid service as principal of the Central high school of Akron, having been actively identified with the schools of this city for nineteen years. Mr. Bowman was born in Canton, Ohio, and is a son of J. R. and Mary E. (Stimmel) Bowman, both of whom are natives of this state, in which they have always lived. The father received his education in Buchtel College, after which he taught school in Stark county for a number of years, and then turned his attention to farming. He and his wife are residing in Canton, which has been their home for many years. They became the parents of five children, four sons and a daughter, namely: C. J., of this review; Dr. H. H., of Canton; L. R., of Stark county; Stanley S., who enlisted for service in the World war and was killed in action in France ; and Lucile, of Canton. C. J. Bowman attended the country schools of Stark county and then entered Mt. Union College, at Alliance, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1900, receiving also his Master's degree from his alma mater in 1908. On leaving college he engaged in teaching in the district schools of Stark county and later taught three years in the public schools of Ashtabula, Ohio, and three years in the schools of Canton. In 1909 Mr. Bowman came to Akron as assistant principal and coach at the Central high school, which dual position he filled until 1911, when, on the opening of the South high school, he was transferred there as principal. So eminently satisfactory was his service during these years, that in 1924 he was appointed principal of the Central high school and is still filling that position in an able and efficient manner. On June 20, 1905, in Conneaut, Ohio, Mr. Bowman was united in marriage to Miss Alma Kahler, a daughter of Robert and Kath AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 661 erine Kahler, of Conneaut. They have two children, Richard R., born in Akron in 1910, now a sophomore in the University of Akron, and Robert E., born in Akron in 1913, and now a junior in West high school. Mr. Bowman is a member of Mt. Akra Lodge, No. 680, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; has received the degrees of the Scottish Rite and is a member of Al Koran Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He also belongs to the Akron Rotary Club, of which he is a director and trustee, and the Silver Lake Country Club. He is a member and trustee of the North Hill Methodist Episcopal church, and in the Sunday school has taught the men's Bible class for the past twelve years. In 1926 he was elected president of the Ohio High School Principals' Association. A man of liberal education, high ideals and unfaltering devotion to his life work, Mr. Bowman has discharged his duties in a manner that has gained for him the unstinted praise of the people of this city and the confidence and esteem of all who know him. GEORGE WILMARTH SHERMAN Among Akron's able and progressive citizens none is more favorably known than George Wilmarth Sherman, president, treasurer and manager of the Akron Industrial Salvage Company, which has become one of the essential enterprises in connection with the rubber industry and under his capable management has attained substantial success. Mr. Sherman has made a comprehensive study of the problem of properly caring for and saving the waste of industrial and commercial establishments and after persistent labor has attained results that are very satisfactory. Mr. Sherman was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, December 10, 1872, a son of George Augustus and Anna Pope (Howard) Sherman, who were born, reared, educated and married in Fall River and were lifelong residents of Massachusetts. The father spent fifty years of his business life, continuing until his death, with one group of associates in Boston, Massachusetts, save for a few years in New York, the business being that of a large wholesale house supplying men's furnishings. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Sherman were parents of two sons and a daughter. Garrie Howard Sherman is a resident of Fall River, and one son, William Lane, died in infancy. 662 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY The other son, George W. Sherman, after leaving the Fall River high school entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston and was graduated in chemical engineering with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1894. He regularly entered business life as assistant mechanical engineer with the Colgate Company in Jersey city, New Jersey, and after seven months with that concern joined the engineering department of the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He became master mechanic and remained with that company three years, when he resigned to open an office as consulting and sales engineer on his own account in Boston. In the fall of 1901 he came to Akron to join the staff of the Diamond Rubber Company group, headed by A. H. Marks. After a few months he was sent to Liverpool, England, as superintendent of the Northwestern Rubber Company, Ltd., a rubber reclaiming company, in order to get that plant into production. After remaining there for about a year he returned to Akron as laboratory technician at the home plant of the Diamond Rubber Company. At about this time the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company bought a half interest in the reclaiming department of the Diamond Rubber Company and this business was reorganized under the name of the Alkali Rubber Company to operate under the Marks patent. This company was the predecessor of the present Philadelphia Rubber Works Company and was the first sizable commercial expression of the pioneer work done by A. H. Marks in laying the foundation for the modern rubber reclaiming industry. Mr. Sherman became the engineer for the new company, in which capacity he served one year, when he returned to the Diamond Rubber Company to take charge of the disposal of its by-products, this being enlarged some years afterward to include the scrap department, later dignified by the name salvage department. Up to this time the scrap departments of all the rubber factories were relatively unimportant, that of the Diamond Rubber Company showing an annual profit of about three thousand dollars. The decision by the Diamond Rubber Company to dignify this activity was promptly justified, as during the first year through the new policy it showed a profit, by the same method of bookkeeping, of ninety thousand dollars. The gross business of this department grew to three million dollars per year and at one time called for an organization of over two hundred people. During the World war Mr. Sherman's attention was drawn to the necessity and wisdom of salvaging all kinds of waste ma- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 663 terial, and with the assistance and cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce the Akron Industrial Salvage Company was formed. Regarding the early activities and operations of this organization, the waste reclamation department of the federal department of commerce made the following report in 1919: "The Akron (Ohio) Industrial Salvage Company is in reality a civic movement for the development of a city-wide system of waste reclamation, to deal not only with the waste of the home, but also with the waste of the store and factory. Fostered by the industrial leaders of the community, the firms and corporations holding the stock of the company represent approximately seventy-five per cent of the industrial capitalization of the community. The theory underlying the experiment is that every article has a value in use and that every avenue of waste utilization should be so investigated that no article which can be used in industry shall be destroyed. * * * It is the belief that habits of thrift can be inculcated by demonstrating to the members of the company as well as to the community at large the added value which accrues through the proper sorting of material, as well as the added price which can be secured through the handling of large quantities. It is believed that this will have a tendency to check the present system of destruction of material when the accumulation in the hands of the individual is small. It is the idea that the pooling system will enable the individual or firm with a small daily or weekly accumulation to dispose of it at the same price a pound as is now secured only by firms with a large turnover, and at the same time handle it at the same cost per pound for each, irrespective of volume. This will have a tendency to encourage saving on the part of the individual or firm who previously destroyed because it was too expensive to attempt to accumulate sufficient material to make a fair return. "The Akron Industrial Salvage Company is a direct outgrowth of the activities of the war industries board. The plan was originated by the commercial economy board of the council of national defense (later transferred to the war industries board). It was further developed by the war prison labor and national waste-reclamation section (later transferred to the department of commerce as the waste-reclamation service) ; but its successful operation is attributable to the activity and interest of George W. Sherman, manager of the salvage department of the B. F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio. The theory was evolved in war times; its feasibility was demonstrated after the 664 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY signing of the armistice. The plan was laid before Mr. Sherman by representatives of the war industries board early in January, 1918, with an idea of having an investigation made as to the feasibility of an incorporated waste-saving movement. After a preliminary investigation in Akron, Ohio, Mr. Sherman placed the matter before the Chamber of Commerce, and a salvage committee was appointed to further study the question. In accordance with the recommendation of the committee, a number of interested persons organized the Akron Industrial Salvage Company, which was incorporated May 10, 1918, under the laws of the state of Ohio. The company was capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars, each share being one hundred dollars par value." In 1920, after an exceptionally large and prosperous year, dividends were paid and the capitalization authority was increased to five hundred thousand dollars, of which seventy-two thousand dollars only has been issued up to the present time-1928. During the slump of 1921 the gross business shrunk to about twenty-five per cent of its 1920 volume and showed a large loss. Its gradual recovery since that time has finally brought the figures into the black column. As a method of reducing overhead during this period Mr. Sherman was granted, in lieu of most of his salary, that portion of the business related to second-hand machinery and usable items, which activity is conducted as a separate business under his own name, and this enterprise has become an important and considerable one. To revive the business and again stimulate interest in the idea back of the movement required determined and persistent effort as well as considerable tact and sound judgment. Today the company is filling a definite place and performing an appreciated service in the community. On the 25th of November, 1902, in Akron, Mr. Sherman was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Crumrine, daughter of Martin H.. and Olive (Henry) Crumrine, well known and prominent residents of Akron. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman have become parents of four children : Mrs. Harriet Hawkins, a graduate of Wheaton College at Norton, Massachusetts, who now lives in Fall River, Massachusetts, and is the mother of one son, Edward Jackson, Jr. ; George Wilmarth, Jr., who died at the age of three years; Barbara, also a graduate of Wheaton College ; and Philip Stone, who is attending the West high school in Akron and is an enthusiastic Boy Scout. Mr. Sherman takes a keen interest in everything affecting the AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 665 welfare and development of his city and in November, 1927, was elected a member of the board of education, while formerly he served as president of the board of trustees of the Akron public library. He is a member of Phi Beta Epsilon, a college fraternity, and the Akron City Club, and is earnest in his support of the Boy Scout movement. He and his wife are active members of the First Congregational church, in which he has previously served as trustee and is now a deacon. His career shows initiative, enterprise, determination and a laudable ambition that has carried him steadily forward, and today he occupies an enviable place in the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. ARTHUR OSWIN AUSTIN Arthur. Oswin Austin, factory manager of the Barberton plant of the Ohio Insulator Company, is a man of high and widely-known attainments in his special field of effort, having an international reputation as an electrical engineer and regarded as an authority on the subject of electrical insulation and transmission lines. The important position which he now holds affords him abundant scope for the exercise of his abilities and he is regarded as a most important factor in the successful operation of the plant with which he is identified. Mr. Austin was born in Stockton, California, on the 28th of December, 1879, and is a son of Oswin A. and Mary (Hamman) Austin, both of whom still reside in California. Mr. Austin completed the course of the grade schools and then entered Leland Stanford University, at Palo Alto, California, from which he was graduated in 1903. He went to work for the General Electric Company, but later went to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with which concern he had charge of insulation work. He remained in that capacity until 1905, when he went to Lima, New York, where he had charge of an insulator plant, and remained there until the plant was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1908. In January, 1909, Mr. Austin became connected with the Akron High Potential plant, the forerunner of the present Ohio Insulator Company. He became vice president of the company, was later made resident manager, and is now factory manager of the Barberton plant, being also a director of the company and the holding company, the Ohio Brass Company and the Canadian Ohio Brass Company. Mr. Austin was married in 1898, to Miss Eleanor Briggs, of 666 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Rochester, New York, who died in 1919. In 1920 he was married to Miss Augusta Briggs, a sister of his first wife, and they are the parents of two children, Barbara, now deceased, and Martha. Mr. Austin is a republican in his political views, and is a Mason. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, an associate member of the American Ceramic Society and belongs to the American Electric Chemical Society and the American Society for Testing Materials, and is a member of Sigma Xi. Though closely devoted to his life work, Mr. Austin is not neglectful of his obligations to his community and gives his earnest support to such measures as are calculated to advance the public welfare. A man of tireless energy and large attainments, he holds an unquestioned place in his profession and commands to a marked degree the respect and esteem of all who come in contact with him. REV. MILTON ARTHUR WAGNER Rev. Milton A. Wagner, pastor of the Arlington Street United Brethren church since September, 1921, is a native son of Akron who has dedicated his life to the service of the Master. He was born on the 10th of September, 1884, his parents being Levi E. and Clara (Beamesderfer) Wagner, both of whom are natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in Fredericksburg and the latter in Myerstown. They located in Akron, Ohio, in 1880 and during the boyhood of their son Milton removed to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where Levi E. Wagner was engaged as one of the superintendents of the Bethlehem Steel Company. He is now at Dayton, Ohio, in the employ of the United States government. To him and his wife, who also survives, were born six children, namely: James G., a resident of Dayton, Ohio; Ella and Henry, both of whom are deceased ; Charles H., living at Dayton ; Mrs. Carrie Capstick, also a resident of Dayton; and Milton A., of this review. Following the completion of his high school course in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Milton A. Wagner entered the rolling mills of the Bethlehem Steel Company at Bethlehem, that state, where he thus worked for seven years. He began preparing for the ministry in Lebanon Valley College at Annville, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917. Four years later, in 1921, he was graduated with honors from Bone-brake Seminary of Dayton, Ohio, with the degree of B. D. His AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 669 first pastorate was at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he was stationed for three years, and was then in charge of the Bethany United Brethren church at Lebanon, where he won many of the men who worked with him in the rolling mills. This church had the largest Junior Christian Endeavor Society in the world, more than five hundred attending. From Lebanon he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he occupied the pulpit of one of the largest churches during his seminary course, and then in September, 1921, he returned to the city of his birth as pastor of the Arlington Street United Brethren church, the congregation of which has remained under his consecrated guidance through the intervening period of seven years. In 1926 he spent more than three months traveling in Palestine, Africa, Europe and the British Isles. The Arlington Street United Brethren church was organized on the 28th of June, 1915, in a small tabernacle, thirty-two by sixty, with forty members, on Arlington street, near Martin avenue. In the fall of the same year two lots were bought near Fifth avenue and a few years later the corner lot upon which the church now stands. In the fall of 1921, Mr. Wagner found worshipping in the small building in which they were organized, a struggling membership. This soon became too small and in the summer of 1924 was begun the erection of the one-hundred-and fifty-thousand-dollar structure which stands at Fifth avenue and Arlington street. Many have said that it was a church built on faith, for when the edifice was begun there was less than three thousand dollars in the treasury. On the 8th of March, 1925, the church was dedicated by Bishop A. R. Clippinger of Dayton, Ohio. The church is one of the largest in the city and also of the denomination. The present membership of the school, under the leadership of F. B. Davis, the general superintendent, is eleven hundred and forty-seven, and an active membership of the church at seven hundred and twenty-two. The Arlington Street United Brethren church has had one of the most rapid growths of the city and the denomination. The trustees are W. L. Brown, B. W. Warner, F. B. Davis, F. B. Thomas, J. W. Berry, F. C. Miner and Thomas Lindsay. On the 16th of October, 1902, at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Mr. Wagner was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hughes, daughter of Luther and Mary Ann (Bowman) Hughes and representative of a prominent family of that place. Rev. and Mrs. Wagner are the parents of two daughters : Mrs. Kathryn Horlacher, born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1903, who is the mother of one child, 670 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Jean Marie, and resides in Akron; and Christine, who was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and is now attending the East high school of Akron. Mr. Wagner is a member of Loyalty Lodge, No. 266, F. & A. M., of Akron, and the Patriotic Sons of America, No. 254, and Mrs. Wagner is a member of the Eastern Star of Akron. JAMES WALTER SCHADE Akron's present greatness is not due entirely to the progressive spirit of her native-born citizens, for many men have come to this thriving and prosperous municipality from other states and have aided in making the Rubber City among the most talked of in the country, with the eyes of the world centered on its immense rubber manufacturing enterprises, the products of which circle the globe. The city is largely indebted for her development to such men as James W. Schade, director of laboratories for the B. F. Goodrich Company, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, January 22, 1882. His parents were Henry and Ruth (Ross) Schade, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Henry Schade was but three years of age when brought to the United States by his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, New York, in 1848. He was reared, educated and married in the Empire state and after attaining his majority turned his attention to the silver plating and silverware manufacturing business, in which he has won well deserved success. To him and his wife, who has passed away, were born three children : James W., of this review; Harry M., a resident of New York city; and Mary E., also living in New York city. James W. Schade pursued his early education in grade and high schools of Brooklyn and subsequently entered Cornell University, where he specialized in chemistry and from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1904. Thereafter he spent two years in the employ of the J. T. Baker Chemical Company of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and next entered the Industrial Laboratories of New York city, with which he continued for three years. In February, 1909, he came to Akron, Ohio, here entering the laboratories of the B. F. Goodrich Company, which he thus represented for four years or until 1913. During the succeeding nine years he was employed in the boot and shoe department of the company and since 1922 has been AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 671 director of the laboratories, having entire charge of laboratory work. On the 3d of July, 1907, at Ithaca, New York, Mr. Schade was united in marriage to Miss Marion W. Elliott, daughter of William and Alice Elliott of that city. Her parents are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Schade have three daughters, namely: Alice E., born in. Akron in 1909, who is a graduate of the West high school and is now a student in Cornell University, class of 1931; Winifred I., born in Akron in 1911, who is a graduate of Chevy Chase College of Washington, D. C. ; and Janet R., who was born in Akron in 1917 and is a pupil of the King school here. Mr. Schade is a member of the Lions Club of Akron, the Fairlawn Country Club, the American Chemical Society and the Chemists Club of New York city. He also belongs to the West Congregational church and conforms his life to its teachings. Since coming to Akron he has evinced a disposition to cooperate with his fellow townsmen in all measures for the improvement of the city or the betterment of local conditions, and he is well deserving of the high place which he has won in public esteem. CHARLES H. WIENER Business enterprise in Akron finds a worthy representative in Charles H. Wiener, a well known produce merchant, who has spent the greater part of his life in the Rubber city. A native of/Russia, he was born December 15, 1880, and during his childhood came to the United States with his parents, Simon and Fannie Wiener, who settled in Akron. His father is still a resident of the city but the mother passed away in 1912, leaving a family of seven children : Joseph, J. Harry, Morris, I. Benjamin, Abraham, Charles H. and Emanuel H. Charles H. Wiener was a pupil in the public schools of Akron and also attended a night school. In 1901 he became secretary and treasurer of the E. H. Wiener Company, which his father organized at that time, and has since filled these offices, working systematically and effectively for the success of the corporation, which conducts a wholesale produce business at the corner of South Forge and Hill streets. The fruit handled by the firm is shipped from Florida, California and other parts of the United States. Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Porto Rico also supply the company with produce and each year has recorded a marked in- 22-VOL. 3 672 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY crease in the business, which is now the largest of the kind in this part of Ohio. Throughout twenty-seven years of uninterrupted prosperity the E. H. Wiener Company has conscientiously adhered to the principle that "Public service is a public trust," ever realizing that the confidence of thousands of loyal patrons is its most valuable asset, and the firm name has become synonymous with enterprise and integrity in commercial circles of this locality. Mr. Wiener was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Leonora Glichman, a daughter of Frank J. Glichman, and they have become the parents of three children : Elden S., Daniel and Ralph, all of whom were born in Akron. Mr. Wiener is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Akron Lodge of Elks and the Automobile Club. He heartily cooperates in well defined plans for the city's advancement and is a man of broad views, progressive spirit and high standards. THE TRUMP BROTHERS RUBBER COMPANY The activities of this well known corporation only date back to 1921, but in the meantime have achieved a success that not only gives it an important position in the rubber industry but offers a fine tribute to the business ability, management and vision of Elno H. Trump, president of the corporation and his brother Ross M. Trump, secretary and treasurer, both of whom have been connected with the rubber industry from the outset of their business careers. The Trump Brothers Rubber Company was organized in 1921 with a capital of four thousand, one hundred dollars, and began business with seven employes. Its growth has been steady and of a substantial character, and from its very modest beginning is now a business employing more than three hundred people and distributes over eight thousand dollars weekly in wages. Plant expansion has been made from time to time, and the acquisition of subsidiaries has added to the company's facilities, placing it among' the important concerns of its kind in the rubber industry. The Rubber Recovery Company, of Akron, is one of the subsidiaries of The Trump Brothers Rubber Company and while only established in 1926 has a pay roll of two thousand dollars per week. Elno H. Trump was born March 25, 1887, at Sharon Center, AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 675 Ohio, and is one of the three children of A. H. and Ella C. (Alderfer) Trump, the others being, La Vonne, of Wadsworth, Ohio, and Ross M. Elno H. Trump attended the public schools of Wadsworth, Ohio, and first learned the rubber business as an employe of the B. F. Goodrich Company in Akron. Subsequently he filled a position with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He has been the president of The Trump Brothers Rubber Company since its inception and has also been the executive head of the Rubber Recovery Company since organization. In 1909 Mr. Trump was married in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Miss Rose Bassett, and they have four children : Donald, born in Akron in 1911; Dorothy, born in Sebring, Ohio, in 1914; Alice, born in 1917 in Sebring, Ohio; and June, born in Barbarton in 1923. In his fraternal connections Mr. Trump is a Mason. His residence is at 120 Lloyd street, Barberton. Ross M. Trump was born at Sharon Center, Ohio, May 5, 1892; attended the public school at Wadsworth, Ohio, and completed his education at Oberlin College. His first commercial experience was secured with the B. F. Goodrich Company, where he was employed for several years, later entering the employ of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He was one of the organizers of The Trump Brothers Rubber Company in 1921, becoming secretary and treasurer, and has ever since served the corporation in that dual capacity. He is also treasurer of The Rubber Recovery Company and treasurer of the Eclat Rubber Company of Cuyahoga Falls. Mr. Trump was married April 9, 1919, in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Miss Helen Watts, a daughter of John Watts of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Trump have two children : Ross Mervin, Jr., who was born in Wadsworth, September 25, 1921; and Betty, also born in Wadsworth, May 9, 1927. Mr. Trump is a Mason and in his church connection belongs to the Trinity Reformed church at Wadsworth, Ohio. He resides in Wadsworth. MAURICE M. SASLAW Assuming a man's responsibilities at an early age, Maurice M. Saslaw has courageously fought life's battles alone and unaided. The exercise of effort has developed his latent powers and although young in years, he is accounted one of Akron's leading business men. Because of his own struggles for a livelihood he is 676 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY in full sympathy with those in need and his broad humanitarianism has prompted him to put forth earnest and effective efforts in their behalf. A native of Russia, he was born November 15, 1897, and is a son of Louis and Bessie Saslaw. Five children were born to them, namely : Benjamin, who lives in Florida ; Nathan, of Colorado Springs, Colorado ; Mrs. Samuel Margolis, a resident of Akron ; Freda, deceased ; and Maurice M. The last named received his education in the public schools of Kiev, Russia, which he attended until he reached the age of thirteen, and in 1910 came to the United States. Locating in Painesville, Ohio, he secured a position in the clothing section of an up-to-date department store and was paid one dollar per week, receiving his board in addition. His ability and diligence were rewarded by rapid advancement and when only seventeen he was placed in charge of the sales department, also becoming a buyer for the house. At the age of nineteen he was receiving a salary of forty dollars per week and remained with the firm until 1914, when he began his independent career as a merchant, opening a clothing establishment in Painesville. In 1916 he disposed of his stock of merchandise, having decided to seek a larger field of activity, and embarked in the clothing business in South Akron. From the beginning he prospered in the venture and by 1920 had become the proprietor of four such establishments, located in various parts of Akron. These stores he successfully operated until the widespread financial depression of 1924, which proved disastrous to many firms. His life's savings were lost in the crash and he was obliged to start anew, becoming an insurance solicitor. Mr. Saslaw readily mastered the art of salesmanship and was so successful that in 1925 he was appointed general agent for the Missouri State Life Insurance Company for this section of Ohio. In the intervening period he has developed a large organization which comprises fifteen experienced salesmen and three office assistants, utilizing the excellent methods which constituted the basis of his success as a clothing merchant, and is now local agent for ten of the largest companies. He knows every phase of the insurance business and offers to his clients the services of an expert, enabling them to secure the policy best suited to their needs. Mr. Saslaw was married January 10, 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Ethel Prentke and they now have a son, Robert L., who was born in Akron, January 31, 1926. Mr. Saslaw is one of the directors of Temple Israel of Akron, an ex-president of the AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 677 Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, and a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, Canton No. 2 of the Uniform Rank and Akron Encampment. He is chairman of the campaign for the Cleveland Orphans Home, national director of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association, and as a director of the Home for Ex-Patients is engaged in the task of procuring suitable employment for those who have recovered from that dread disease known as the "white plague." His philanthropic spirit knows no creed and his charitable work is prompted and inspired by his deep interest in and love for those in distress. To all movements for Akron's progress and betterment he lends the weight of his support, and his generous nature, breadth of mind and high principles have won for him a secure place in public esteem. Nature has endowed Mr. Saslaw with much personal magnetism and his friends are drawn from all walks of life. HENRY RANDEL BAREMORE, JR., M. D. Dr. Henry Randel Baremore, Jr., ranks with the leading physicians and surgeons of Akron. He was born August 2, 1887, at Lake George, New York, son of Henry and Regina H. (Graeff) Baremore. His father was a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the mother was born in Pennsylvania. In early life they went to New York state and Henry Baremore engaged in merchandising. He continued in that line of business until his death and is survived by Mrs. Baremore. To their marriage were born three children, two of whom are now living : Mrs. Regina Whittemore, who resides in Elizabeth, New Jersey; and Henry R. Baremore, Jr. Dr. Baremore attended the Chestnut Hill Academy of Pennsylvania and spent a year in the preparatory department of the University of Pennsylvania. He next matriculated in the University of Vermont, received the degree of M. D. in 1913, and was interne for a year in St. John's Riverside Hospital at Yonkers, New York. For a similar period he was house physician of the Red Cross Hospital in New York city, afterward becoming connected with the Manhattan Maternity Hospital, and left that institution six months later. In 1916 he came to Akron as physician for the B. F. Goodrich Company, with which he remained until 1917, and then enlisted in the medical corps of the British army, winning the commission of first lieutenant. He was stationed at a base 678 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY hospital and later was promoted to rank of captain. In 1919 he was discharged and resumed his duties with the B. F. Goodrich Company. Since 1920 he has engaged in private practice in Akron, and is a member of the junior staff of the City Hospital. Dr. Baremore was married April 29, 1916, in Troy, New York, to Miss Helen Lamb, a daughter of C. M. Lamb, and they have two children : Helen Randel, and Regina Graeff. Dr. Bare-more is affiliated with the Church of Our Saviour and faithfully adheres to its teachings. He is a member of the University and Automobile Clubs, the Summit County and Ohio State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. His energies are reserved for his profession and his ability and close application insure his continued progress therein. Dr. Baremore's residence is at 969 Amelia avenue. VAN EVERETT DAVID EMMONS As one carries his researches into the records of Akron's past and investigates its present conditions, he learns of the close connection of Van Everett David Emmons with interests which have had to do with the city's upbuilding and development for many years and, moreover, he comes of a family whose association with the progress of eastern Ohio compasses more than a century. His great-grandparents settled in Columbiana county during the earliest period in the pioneer development of that region and their son, Enos Emmons, was born in Leetonia, Columbiana county in 1808. He wedded Catherine Reamer and their son, David Emmons, was born near Bayard, in Columbiana county, in 1843. Reared in that locality, he had not yet attained his majority when he responded to the country's call for troops to aid in the preservation of the Union, joining the boys in blue of Company D, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, while later he served with Company D, One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, and Company I of the Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry. When the country no longer needed his aid he returned home and devoted his life to farming and to merchandising. He was also appointed postmaster of East Rochester and continued to capably fill that position for a number of years, being accounted one of the valued residents of his part of the state. He wedded Mary A. Whiteleather, who was born near East Rochester in 1851, a daughter of David Whiteleather, whose grand- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 681 father was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, having been hired as one of the Hessian troops by the king of England to help subdue the colonies. As his regiment was marching through Pennsylvania he stepped out of the ranks to light his pipe and the troops passed on, leaving him behind. He had come to the new world not because of any interest in the cause of England but because he had been hired to do so, and during his stay here his sympathies had gone out to the colonists. When his comrades passed on, he decided not to rejoin them and soon settled down in Pennsylvania. A little later, however, he enlisted in the American army and served under General Washington in defense of national liberty. It was his son, David Whiteleather, who removed from Pennsylvania to Columbiana county, Ohio, in pioneer times. He married Elizabeth Firestone and they became the parents of Mary A. Whiteleather, who on reaching womanhood was married to David Emmons. Her death occurred in 1912, while Mr. Emmons survived until December 12, 1919. They were parents of five children : Van Everett, of this review ; Frank A., who is living in Alliance, Ohio; Emmett F., of Akron; Ralph W., of the Ohio Civil Service Commission of Columbus, Ohio; and a daughter, now deceased. The birth of Van Everett D. Emmons occurred at East Rochester, Columbiana county, July 14, 1868, and he was reared in the usual manner of farm lads, attending the district schools and working in the fields until he reached the age of eighteen years, when he suffered an injury in a railway accident that necessitated the amputation of his left leg. Later he assisted his father in the store at East Rochester, the family removing to that town, and for eight years he was a teacher in the rural schools. He soon gave demonstration of his ability to impart clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired and he had no difficulty in obtaining positions as a teacher. He was also clerk of the board of education and likewise served as township clerk, and while living in Columbiana county he became identified with the Eastern Ohio Telephone Company and also with the Eastern Ohio Creamery Company at East Rochester, serving as secretary and treasurer of the latter. To further qualify for business life he pursued a course of study in Duff's Commercial College at Pittsburgh in 1896 and there became professor of bookkeeping, serving both before and after his graduation. He also filled a position as bookkeeper and telegraph operator with the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange and in 1897 went to New York city, 682 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY where for two years he was at the head of the bookkeeping department of the International Society. The year 1899 witnessed Mr. Emmons' arrival in Akron, where he became accountant and correspondent with the Werner Publishing Company, filling that position for twelve years. Throughout his connection with this city his progress has been continuous. His constantly expanding powers have enabled him to cope with intricate and involved business problems and situations and his labors have been most effective in the attainment of success. In 1911 he became one of the organizers of the Akron Adjusting and Sales Company and three years later he aided in organizing the Wagoner-Emmons Realty Company, which was capitalized for fifty thousand dollars and of which he became president and general manager, although at the outset his position was that of vice president and general manager. From the beginning he has done much to further real estate operations in and near Akron and among the important subdivisions which he has placed upon the market are Springfield Heights Nos. 1, 2 and 3, containing over fifteen hundred building lots. He is also president of the Emmons Realty Company and the allotments which he has marketed as representative of these two companies include Eastholm, Arlington Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Emmons small farms and others, whereby Akron's growth, progress and beauty have been greatly enhanced. Mr. Emmons likewise became one of the incorporators of the Akron Real Estate Mortgage Company, capitalized at five hundred thousand dollars, and was chosen its vice president and a member of its executive committee. He is a director of the Rubber City Real Estate Company, was also identified with the Mason Tire & Rubber Company and with the Akron Savings & Loan Company and Equity Savings & Loan Company. The Wagoner-Emmons Realty Company has promoted the Ellet subdivision, in which ten hundred and fifty lots were sold, also the Ellet subdivisions Nos. 3 and 4, and Casper Farms. The Emmons Realty Company is now developing Mogadore and the Ellet and Springfield Lake property. There is today no man more thoroughly informed concerning real estate conditions or more able to speak with authority upon realty values and opportunities than in Mr. Emmons. He is an active member of the Akron Real Estate Board and has served as chairman of its local tax committee. He has membership on the Ohio Real Estate Board and has served on its legislative committee. He also belongs to the National Real Estate Board and has thus come into close AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 683 touch with the men who are most prominent in that field, gaining new ideas through the interchange of thought and experience, while his own initiative has been continuously manifest in the originality and progressiveness of his methods. In the 18th of August, 1893, Mr. Emmons was married at East Rochester to Miss Lilly M. Williston, a daughter of John and Louisa (Liber) Williston, of New Alexandria, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Emmons have four children. Roscoe McKinley, who was born in Pittsburgh, July 9, 1896, and was formerly with the Ajax Rubber Company of Cleveland, is now with the Miller Company, manufacturers of lighting fixtures at Meriden, Connecticut. He married Miss Rea Bowers, of Akron, and has one son, Roscoe McK., Jr., born November 15, 1923. Claude V. D., born in Pittsburgh, November 25, 1898, was in training at Camp Gordon during the World war. In 1921 he was graduated from the University of Akron and in June, 1924, from the law department of Western Reserve University, being admitted to the bar June 23, 1924, since which time he has engaged in practice. He married Miss Thelma McClister, of Akron. Myrtle Loraine, born in Akron, September 29, 1900, is the wife of Wilbur Marquardt and has two children, Wilbur B., Jr., born October 8, 1922, and La Jeanne, born February 25, 1925. Pauline Drabelle, born in Akron, April 9, 1908, is now a sophomore in the University of Akron, pursuing a liberal arts course, and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mr. Emmons has always been keenly interested in the welfare and progress of his city and for two terms served as a member of the city council, where he was active on the finance, city property and education committees. His labors were a potent force in eliminating the grade crossings of Akron and in promoting various other progressive measures. He has long been recognized as one of the republican leaders of the state and served on the county central committee and has been a delegate to various party conventions. He was elected to serve in the eighty-fifth and eighty-sixth general assemblies from Summit county as state representative and made so creditable a record that he was chosen to represent the district comprising Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Lake and Summit counties in the state senate, Eighty-seventh General Assembly and was nominated for state senator to the Eighty-eighth General Assembly. He took active part in promoting much valuable legislation both in the senate and the house, serving on the finance committee and aiding greatly in obtaining the 684 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY appropriation for beautifying the lakes and streams of Summit county. He was the co-author of the bill that secured the purchase and development of a state park at Gillford, Ohio, comprising five hundred acres, this being used as a fish and game preserve. He was the author of the real estate license law. He holds Real Estate License No. 1. He was the author of the bill permitting a municipality to take over townships or parts of townships and making division of funds on hands and debts. This resulted in Akron acquiring Goodyear Heights and the bill is of great benefit in the development of larger cities. Mr. Emmons' labors have been particularly beneficial along the line of welfare work for the state in the improvement of rivers, in the preservation of timber tracts, in the reforestation and in the prevention of stream pollution. Fraternally Mr. Emmons is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He also belongs to Akron Camp of the Sons of Veterans, the Portage Fish and Game Club, the Municipal Golf Association and the Ohio Sportsmen's League. There is no one who more thoroughly advocates clean sportsmanship and conformity to law in preserving the game of river and forest. Mr. Emmons also has membership in the new High Street Church of Christ. His entire life has been characterized by a progressive spirit that has ever been manifest in constructive measures and activities. As the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well and he has also been the builder of much of Ohio's greatness. His business activities have been a large contributing factor to the improvement of Akron and his legislative service, both in the house and in the senate, has had much to do with Ohio's welfare along many lines. His labors have been far-reaching and resultant and have gained for him the respect and honor, the good will and confidence of his fellowmen. Residence, 103 North Adolph avenue. THOMAS EDWARD McSHAFFREY The name of Thomas Edward McShaffrey, whose sudden death on September 12, 1928, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret throughout Summit county and wherever he was known, was inseparably interwoven with the history of Akron and Ohio by reason of the extent and importance of his business AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 687 interests as a general contractor and engineer. He received thorough training for his chosen life work and in the school of experience learned many valuable lessons, for he was always a student, eagerly utilizing every opportunity that would promote his knowledge and advance his efficiency in his chosen field. He became an outstanding figure among the engineers and general contractors of Ohio to whose credit is attributed the execution of many of the most important contracts of this character in the state. In 1916 he became the head of the T. E. McShaffrey Construction Company and various other business projects, too, profited by his cooperation, sound judgment and spirit of enterprise. Mr. McShaffrey was born on West Cedar street in Akron, January 16, 1876, and was the eldest in a family of six children whose parents were Edward and Margaret (Magrath) McShaffrey, the former born in County Antrim and the latter in Dublin, Ireland. Her natal year was 1852 and in 1859 she accompanied her parents to the new world, her father, Thomas Magrath, having for fifty, years been a sailor on British ships. Following his retirement he made his home in Akron until his demise. His daughter Margaret learned typesetting, proof-reading and bookbinding in Dublin and was the first woman in Akron to accept employment of that character, being associated for several years with the office of the old Akron Beacon. It was in 1864 that Edward McShaffrey crossed the Atlantic and later turned his attention to the general contracting and engineering, business in Akron. He took up the work of building sewers and gradually extended his activities into various lines of general contracting. In 1905 he admitted his son, Thomas E., to a partnership under the firm style of E. McShaffrey & Son and almost immediately his business took on new life, growing steadily until it became numbered among the important industries of Akron. In 1912 the father retired and his death occurred July 1, 1925. He had survived his wife for a number of years. In addition to the son Thomas there were five other children in the family: Mrs. Margaret English, now deceased; Mary; Mrs. Sarah Rolph; Mrs. Anna Snyder; and William. Reared in Akron, Thomas E. McShaffrey attended the parochial schools here and afterward was a student in the Hammel Business University, pursuing a night course, but his studies were not continuous. From a very early age he earned his own living. His first position was in the Diamond match factory, where he worked twelve hours per day. A year later he entered the employ 688 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY of the Whitman & Barnes Company, there learning the machinist's trade. In 1896, when twenty years of age and while still employed in the Whitman & Barnes shop, he became a partner of his father in the contracting business and eight years later he left the shop to take over the active management of the interests which up to that time had been conducted under the firm style of E. McShaffrey & Son. His training in the Hammel Business University included the study of business science and by attendance at the evening sessions of the public high school for two years he had learned mechanical and architectural drawing. He was thus qualified to take on enlarged duties as manager of the business which had been developed under the old firm style. In 1913 he purchased his father's interest and reorganized the business under the name of the T. E. McShaffrey Construction Company. Thus he saw the fulfilment of a hope that he had long cherished; for many years it had been his desire to head a company of this character. His ancestors had been contractors and he naturally turned to this field. In the intervening years to the time of his death he developed the largest business of the kind in Akron and many notably important contracts were awarded him. During the early history of the T. E. McShaffrey Construction Company he built the main steel water line from Kent to Akron, and his contracts also included a sewage disposal plant at Akron, with many miles of city streets and country highway paving. He was the builder of many of the industrial plants of the Goodrich, Goodyear and Firestone Rubber companies, the Eagles' temple, Ohio Building Annex and other structures, and during the World war period the resources of his company were taxed to the utmost in handling contracts for the government and official war industries. At times employment has been given to as many as three thousand men and Mr. McShaffrey ever gave personal oversight to the business and the execution of the contracts. One of the most difficult pieces of work in which he engaged was the construction of the Kenmore bridge on marsh land, in which were used thirty thousand feet of concrete piles, each ninety feet long. The difficulties of this work attracted the attention of nearly every engineering school of the Mississippi valley and scores of engineering students witnessed the work, which was the first of its kind for the driving of long concrete poles on land. He was also given the contract for the Hawkins avenue sewer tunnel after an outside company had failed to complete the project. This sewer had to be built one hundred and ten feet below the sur- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 689 face and offered entirely new problems. The best tunnel engineers of the country were secured but offered no feasible suggestions, and it was Mr. McShaffrey who worked out a plan that enabled his engineers to complete the job satisfactorily. At the time of his death he was working on the Botzum sewage disposal plant, the largest and greatest engineering project ever attempted in this vicinity. Topographical and geological conditions offer many intricate problems to the engineering contractor in this section of the state, but Mr. McShaffrey always met the situation and his knowledge and ability placed him in the foremost rank of engineers not only in Ohio but in the country. It was characteristic of Mr. McShaffrey's business career that he was a pioneer in the use of modern road-building machinery in this section, and in fact his organization became equipped to handle the largest contracts in general building work, pile driving, sewer, water main and paving construction, railroad building, steam shovel work, including excavations for foundations, grading and the construction of coffer dams and bridges. He also had other business interests of importance, being the builder and sole owner of the Marne Hotel, president and owner of the National Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company and a director of the City Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company. A man of notably sound judgment and keen insight, he carried forward his plans and executed his purposes in a manner that brought notable results. On the 28th of September, 1899, Mr. McShaffrey was married in Akron to Miss Rose C. Gilbride, a native of Ravenna, Ohio, a daughter of Bernard and Anna Gilbride, of this city. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McShaffrey, as follows Francis E. and Vincent T., both of whom are deceased; Regina A., who is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Academy and also of the University of Akron; Rita R., who is a graduate of the St. Vincent high school and now a student at the University of Akron; and Alice M., who is a student at the St. Vincent high school. Mr. McShaffrey was a member of the new St. Sebastian Catholic parish and formerly was a member of St. Vincent's. He was a charter and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He was also identified with various other fraternal and social organizations, including Akron Aerie No. 555, Fraternal Order of Eagles, of which he was a life member; Akron Lodge No. 363 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He likewise belonged to the National General Contractors Association, the Akron General Con- 690 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY tractors Association, the Akron Builders Exchange, the Portage Country Club, the Silver Lake Country Club and the Akron City Club. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, in which he was an active worker, for years being regarded as one of its prominent members and leaders in this section of the state. During the World war he was recommended by the United States senate for a commission as captain of engineers in the Officers Reserve Corps. He was one of the organizers and most active members of the Fifty Year Club, became its first treasurer, and was also general chairman of the first banquet held on April 19, 1928, and likewise the first annual picnic of that organization, held on September 7, 1928. There was much in the life record of Mr. McShaffrey that should serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished through determined and persistent purpose. He made it possible through his own efforts to secure an education that would qualify him for his later duties and responsibilities. His career was one of great activity and notable success. The elements were happily blended in the rounding out of his nature, for he united the refinements of life with the sterner qualities of manhood and his efforts were resultant factors in everything that he undertook. He had a wide acquaintanceship ; in fact there were few better known men in Akron and many of his best friends knew him from boyhood. He contributed his full quota toward Akron's development and progress by lending his support to worthy progressive movements and was long regarded as one of the city's strong and able business men and highest types of citizenship. The death of Mr. McShaffrey occurred very suddenly while he was apparently in the best of health. In referring to his untimely passing the Beacon-Journal said editorially : "Fifty years ago Akron was a village, but its life even then held the promise of great days to come. There was a little parochial school in Green street, on the east slope of West Hill just off Market street, in which a group of boys of Irish descent were being trained to have a large part in the upbuilding of what is present day Akron. Tom McShaffrey, contractor and business man, whose sudden death now shocks the community that knew him and loved him, was one of these Green street boys. Born in poverty, they had to fight their way through the battles of life to the success that was in store for them. Not one among them had to take harder knocks than Tom McShaffrey, but he won his AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 691 way to the top. Self-schooled and self-reliant, these qualities fitted him for the ordeals which he had to face. Now that he has been summoned by death in the very flush of years and life's achievement, his many friends will treasure only bright memories of him. They will remember him for a native wit and information that was the perpetual delight of his circle of comradeship. They will applaud him for his great affection for his home city, and what he did to promote its welfare. Most of all they will revere him for his great heart and sympathy, which found constant expression in giving aid to others. Busy with the details of an ever-growing business, which made large demands upon his time and strength, he yet found occasion to forward objects of concern to his home city. The Fifty-Year Club, recently organized in Akron, of which he was a promoter and chief officer, was one of the organizations which had his singular favor. He was devoted to it because it enabled the community to find the way to a recognition of its past, the golden days of the pioneers, and all the sterling works that had entered into the upbuilding of Akron. This was an interest that was a real expression of his character. He delighted in preserving the landmarks. It will be the continuing regret of all his friends that death called him at an hour when he was at the very threshold of his best life's work." The following tribute is from the Fifty-Year Club : "The officers and trustees of the Fifty-Year Club of Akron, in a special session, called together by reason of the death of Thomas E. McShaffrey, treasurer of the organization, are shocked and grieved at his sudden taking off. The purpose and desire of this association is to give some expression not only of their high esteem of him as a man and citizen, but of his large service to this organization of which he was so important a factor, and to which he had given so much of able and helpful service. We here record that two days ago, at a called meeting in this same home, the officers and trustees of the Fifty-Year Club unanimously adopted a resolution of gratitude expressing their high regard and esteem and acknowledging the deep appreciation of the part he had taken in the creation and success of the organization which gathered together many hundreds of Akron's people of the earlier period of her history and development. The story of his fine life; the record of his achievements; the example of his struggles and the excellence of his character in all the walks of life are outstanding matters characteristic of him and ex- 692 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY pressive of good American citizenship. The press of Akron have faithfully carried the story of his life, of struggle and success, and have given editorial expression of his fine qualities of character and service to the city and the people he loved so well. It is the sense of the officers and trustees of the Fifty-Year Club that the expression of public confidence and esteem be made a part of the records of this organization and therefore direct the secretary to spread these published eulogies into the records of our organization as largely expressive of the feelings and sentiments of over three thousand members. Words fail in so sad a time to express either the sorrow we would express or to hope to soften the grief of the widow and the family of our friend and associate. We shall long remember him as a friend and coworker. His record for great deeds and devoted service to his fellowmen will commend him to his Master for the reward he earned in the community where he was born and lived and died in the hour of his greatest usefulness." OHIO COLUMBUS BARBER No other man holds just the same place in the history of the city of Akron or has contributed in so great a measure to the making of that history as did Ohio C. Barber, manufacturer, financier and philanthropist. He was born in this city and witnessed its growth from a village into a metropolis, and there is scarcely a phase of its industrial development that does not bear the impress of his efforts and achievements. Mr. Barber was born in Middlebury, now a part of Akron, April 20, 1841, a son of the late George Barber, who was the pioneer match manufacturer of the west and was practically the founder of the Diamond Match Company. Mr. Barber died in March, 1920. The Barber family is of English origin and was founded in America in the seventeenth century by five brothers of the name. The paternal grandmother of Mr. Barber was Anna Bacon, who was a full cousin to Lord Bacon. The mother of 0. C. Barber was of Holland Dutch stock. Her mother was born when Washington was in office as president, and during her life every man who filled the office of president of the United States was born—even President Wilson being a young man while she lived. She reached the age of ninety-eight and a half years. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 695 Mr. Barber's father lived to reach the age of seventy-six years, and his wife eighty-three and a half years. When a lad of fifteen years 0. C. Barber began working in his father's match factory. In 1861 he became a partner of his father and in 1862 took over the management of the business. The Barber Match Company was organized in 1868 with George Barber as president and 0. C. Barber as secretary and treasurer, and that order continued until the death of George, when 0. C. succeeded him as president. In 1881 Mr. Barber arranged for a consolidation of a number of the large manufactories of the country, the consummation of which plans was the organization of the Diamond Match Company, the largest manufacturers in the world. Mr. Barber became vice president of that company at its organization, was made president in 1888 and in 1913 became chairman of the board. Mr. Barber was interested largely in the development of the match business throughout the world. Due to his influence the methods of manufacturing matches by the system worked out in the research department of the Diamond Match Company have been extended to every quarter of the globe. Machinery for making matches manufactured at Barberton, Ohio, can be found in Europe, England, Switzerland, Germany, and in New Zealand, Asia, Australia, Africa, Manila, and in South America, in Peru, Chile and Argentine. There is not an hour in the day when the sun ceases to shine on factories containing machinery developed by the research department of the Diamond Match Company. This research department was the first to develop commercially the manufacture of potash. No other known concern of today has made a commercial success of extracting potash from kelp. This process has been worked out under the supervision of the president of the Diamond Match Company, Mr. W. A. Fairburn, who is a great chemist himself. Through his efforts and direction said Mr. Barber, "We are going to be able to supply ourselves with potash, one of the essential elements in the manufacture of matches. I am free to say without criticism to any of Mr. Fair-burn's predecessors that he is the most able man we ever had in the position." In 1889 Mr. Barber was one of the founders of the American Strawboard Company, became its president and was recognized all over the world as the potent spirit in that line of industry. He was one of the organizers of the Diamond Rubber Company and was its guiding hand until that company was taken over by the 696 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY B. F. Goodrich Company. He was a pioneer in the sewer pipe and steel tube manufacture in the west. He was the founder of the Stirling Company, which a few years ago combined with the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Manufacturing Company at Barberton, and the two together became the largest manufactory of steam boilers in the world with the most improved patents and for a number of years made about eighty per cent of the boilers used in the navy of the United States. One of the greatest achievements in his career, in the opinion of Mr. Barber, was that of causing the organization of the General Fire Extinguisher Company. This organization and its products have saved more money to the people of the United States in the way of subduing fire than any one could imagine. The methods of putting out fires automatically are now in such widespread use that their value is beyond all computation. Mr. Barber was the founder and sole owner of the 0. C. Barber Concrete Company, whose plant at Barberton is probably the largest concrete block factory in the world; he was the owner and founder of the 0. C. Barber Fertilizing Company at Barber, Virginia ; he took up and developed large tracks of land in and about the City of Canton, Ohio, in connection with which he organized and operated a very large plant under the name of the 0. C. Barber Mining and Fertilizer Company, in connection with which he owned very large and valuable coal, lime and clay properties. Mr. Barber was responsible for the inception of and the carrying through to the securing of a franchise for the project to build what is known as the Barber's Subways at Cleveland, which plan calls for the building of an underground system of subways connecting every railroad entering that city with the lake front, thus facilitating the handling of freight, and also the establishing of a great warehouse system on the lake shore, where Mr. Barber already owned large docks. Mr. Barber's identification with the banking and financial history of Akron covered a long period. He was for many years a director in the First National Bank, and succeeded to the presidency of the same upon the death of J. B. Wright and continued at the head of that bank until its consolidation with the Second National, under the name of the First-Second National Bank. He was instrumental in bringing about that consolidation and was elected president of the two banks, and so continued until January 1, 1916, at which time he resigned. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 697 In 1891 Mr. Barber founded and began the development of the City of Barberton, which under his guiding hand grew into an important industrial center with a population of over twenty thousand people. He developed and brought to an almost magical perfection "Anna Dean" farm, located near Barberton, which is considered one of the most beautiful estates and model farms in America. As a philanthropist Mr. Barber was most generous and contributed freely of his means to the benevolent and charitable institutions of both Akron and Barberton. He built the City Hospital of Akron and gave it to the city, and in many other ways was of great use and benefit in philanthropic work, all movements for the welfare of the community receiving his generous aid. With a record of notable achievements covering over half a century of time, Mr. Barber was a man of large affairs, an organizer and builder and a doer of large things. His physical strength was equal to his courage, and both equal to his ambition, and his was a long, useful and unselfish life. REV. REED JAMES DOWNS Preaching the gospel in its simplicity that all may know its power and saving grace, Rev. Reed J. Downs is doing a most effective work for the moral progress of the people of Akron through his efforts as pastor of the East Market Street Church of Christ. He was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1887, and is a son of James and Amy (Thompson) Downs, who were natives of Pennsylvania, being lifelong residents of that state. The father was a well known contractor in tin and slate construction and is now living retired in the enjoyment of well earned rest at Mercer. The mother has passed away. They were parents of two sons, of whom Charles Downs is now a resident of Franklin, Pennsylvania. The other son, Reed J. Downs, pursued his early education in the public schools of Mercer, Pennsylvania, where he passed through consecutive grades to the high school. Later he became a student, in the Waynesburg (Pennsylvania) College, after which he attended Hiram College of Ohio, graduating from the institution in June, 1917. He afterward accepted the pastorate of the First Christian church in Steubenville, Ohio, and in October, 1920, came to Akron, where he has since been pastor of the East 698 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Market Street Church of Christ. This is one of the strong and growing churches of the city, having an attendance of approximately eleven hundred, with a Bible school of eight hundred students. Under his guidance the work of the church has been thoroughly organized in its various departments and its influence is constantly broadening as a vital force in the moral development and progress of the city. Mr. Downs is a member of the Akron Ministerial Association and in 1925 was chosen president of the Ohio convention of the Disciples of Christ. He is an earnest and eloquent speaker, his logical utterances and clear deductions making strong appeal to the intellect, while his sympathetic interpretation of the Bible has led many to seek a higher way of life. On the 31st of July, 1918, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Downs and Miss Ethyl M. Doing, of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John H. and Bertha (Hawthorne) Doing. Mr. and Mrs. Downs have one child, Helen, who is in school. Mr. Downs gives his political support to the republican party but has never been active in politics aside from lending the weight of his aid and influence to those measures which he believes vital to the welfare of the community. He concentrates his efforts and attention upon the work of the church with which he has labored for eight years, his efforts being continually more effective owing to his constant study of the needs of humanity and the adaptation of Bible teachings thereto. CHARLES E. MILLS Charles E. Mills, whose law offices are in the Akron Savings and Trust building, Akron, is numbered among the able and successful members of the Summit county bar and to a marked degree commands the respect of his fellowmen. He was born in Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 3d of June, 1891, and is a son of Theodore C. and Cordelia (Gilmer) Mills, bath of whom were born and reared near Morefield, this state. His father was engaged in farming throughout his active life, but is now retired from active affairs, being eighty-five years of age, while his wife is eighty-four. Mr. Mills is a veteran of the Civil war, having served as a private throughout the duration of that conflict. They are the parents of five children, namely : E. L., a lawyer in Canton, Ohio; Harry A., who is superintendent of the schools at Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Anna M. Wallace,