(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 701 he entered the employ of the B. F. Goodrich Company and later became real estate expert for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, traveling extensively for the purpose of selecting and appraising the property and sites acquired in the rapid expansion of this major Akron industry. In 1908 he ventured in business for himself and has since been associated with Elihu Harpham in the development of Bettes Corners, Akron's fastest growing industrial center. It was in 1914 that the Horning Lumber Company moved to this location, which is on Tallmadge avenue. In a comparatively few years industry after industry has followed the Horning Company to this section of Akron because of the facilities which the location affords. The firm of Breen & Harpham worked diligently to lay before executives of industries the advantages offered by Bettes Corners with the result that almost a dozen concerns have moved their plants there. All of this has taken place within the past two years and has helped immeasurably in the general development of Akron. In the list of industries now operating at Bettes Corners are the National Refining Company, the Benzoco Motor Fuel Company, the Anaconda Copper Company, the National Sulphur Company, the National Standard Company, the F. W. Albrecht Grocery Company and several lesser concerns. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is contributing to the development of this section with plans for a separate track involving an outlay of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars from its yard to this manufacturing center. Breen & Harpham have cooperated with numerous industries in furnishing them data on Akron. Many are now interested in these new advantages. The latest concern to join the Bettes Corners family of young and promising enterprises is the Dayton Sign Company. Although recently organized, this firm has already outgrown its East Akron plant and is erecting a new sign factory on Tallmadge avenue. Mr. Breen has extensive holdings at Bettes Corners and his judgment in regard to the worth of local property is considered infallible. Mr. Harpham is also a native of Akron and has witnessed the upbuilding of the city. He is likewise an authority on land values and locations and one of the best informed men in the city on the subject of real estate development. The work of both partners in building up the Bettes Corners industrial section has attracted widespread attention and thousands of dollars in new construction work has followed in the wake of their activities. As the result of the impetus given to industrial activity along 702 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Tallmadge avenue the boards of trade in Cuyahoga Falls, East Akron and North Hill have indorsed a movement to improve Brittain road in order to relieve traffic congestion. On September 26, 1910, Mr. Breen was married in Lancaster, Ohio, to Miss Florence Blair, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blair and a member of one of the prominent families of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Breen have one child, Patricia Ann, who was born in Akron, July 7, 1921. Mr. Breen adheres to the Catholic faith and is affiliated with St. Vincent's church. In the Knights of Columbus he holds the fourth degree and also belongs to the Portage Country Club and the City, Rotary and Automobile Clubs of Akron. He is likewise a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Breen is one of Akron's "boosters" and a man of substantial worth, esteemed and respected by his fellow citizens. His residence is at 41 Conger avenue. LELAND A. VAUGHN One of the most important industrial concerns in Cuyahoga Falls is the Vaughn Machinery Company, of which Leland A. Vaughn is vice president, treasurer and general manager. He has been identified with this business continuously since attaining his majority and has been a large factor in its development into one of the leading establishments in its line in Summit County. Mr. Vaughn was born at Cuyahoga Falls on the 23d of July, 1883, and is a son of Calvin W. and Lucy E. (Treat) Vaughn, a biographical sketch of whom appears on another page of this work, in connection with which is also a history of the Vaughn Machinery Company. Leland A. Vaughn attended the public and high schools of Cuyahoga Falls and then entered Kenyon College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1904. He then entered the Vaughn Machinery Company, where he remained a year, after which he studied engineering one year at Cornell University, and has since devoted his attention closely to the interests of the business, of which he is now the head, since his father has practically retired from active participation in business affairs. On November 17, 1915, Mr. Vaughn was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca J. Johnson, of Akron, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children, James A., Allan and Gordon C. Mrs. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 705 Vaughn served as president of St. Agnes Guild of St. Paul's Episcopal church in 1927 and is actively interested in the church and civic affairs of her community. Mr. Vaughn is a Mason, being affiliated with Star Lodge, No. 181, F. & A. M.; Washington Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M.; Akron Council, No. 80, R. & S. M. ; Akron Commandery, No. 25, K. T. ; Lake Erie Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Portage Country Club, the City Club of Akron, the University Club of Akron, of which he was president in 1927, the Psi Upsilon college fraternity, the Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Chamber of Commerce. He is a stanch supporter of the republican party and is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church, of which he is a vestryman. The family resides at 554 Merriman road, Akron, where the spirit of hospitality and good cheer is always in evidence. Mr. Vaughn's life has been one of continuous activity and today he is numbered among the solid and substantial citizens of his community, in the welfare and advancement of which he has at all times shown a deep interest. Personally he is a man of straightforward manner, kindly and sociable, and is held in high regard throughout the range of his acquaintance. CARL JUDD CASE, M. D. The consensus of public opinion allots Dr. Carl Judd Case a creditable position in the ranks of Akron's physicians and surgeons and he is moreover entitled to representation in this volume from the fact that he comes of pioneer ancestry, being of the fourth generation of the family in Ohio. He was born in Hudson, this state, August 7, 1882, sixty-eight years after his great-grandfather, Chauncey Case, had taken up his abode within the borders of the present commonwealth, where he spent his life as a farmer of Summit county. John Goodman Case, the Doctor's father, was born in Hudson and completed his education in Western Reserve College, after which he devoted many years to dairy farming, which he followed with success. He is now residing at Los Gatos, California, where he is owner of an excellent fruit ranch. He married Josephine Peck and they became the parents of six children : Carl Judd, of this review; Aubrey E., who is living in Painesville, Ohio; Laurence G., a resident of Los Gatos, California ; Mrs. Marion Joy, of Cuyahoga Falls; Mrs. Jessie 706 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Plaskett, living in Salinas, California; and Ethel J., of Oakland, California. The youthful experiences of Dr. Case were those of the farm-bred boy who early becomes familiar with the work of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He attended the district schools of Summit county and afterward continued his education in the high school of Hudson, from which he was graduated in 1898. He next matriculated in the Western Reserve Academy at Hudson and won his Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelbert College in 1905. A mental review of the broad field of business, with its limitless opportunities along industrial, commercial and professional lines, led him to the determination to make the practice of medicine his life work and he enrolled as a medical student in the Western Reserve University, which conferred upon him his professional degree in 1910. A little later he secured the appointment of interne in the City Hospital of Cleveland and thus put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test. In 1911 he opened an office in Peninsula, Ohio, where he remained until 1914, when he sought the broader field of labor offered in Akron and has since been a representative of the medical fraternity in this city. At the time of the World war he offered his services to the government and became a member of the medical examining board for East Akron. He was physician for the Children's Home for the year 1918, but the major part of his time and attention has been given to his private practice, which has steadily grown in volume and importance. He has membership in the Summit County Medical Society, the Sixth District Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and thus keeps in touch with the onward trend of modern thought and progress. He is most conscientious and faithful in the performance of his duties and his labors have brought rich rewards. On the 7th of August, 1912, Dr. Case was married in Cleveland to Miss Myra Clark, who was born at Shandon, Butler county, Ohio, and is a graduate of the Western Reserve College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, while prior to her marriage she successfully taught music in Cleveland. She is prominent in the musical circles of Akron and she has membership in the Burns Club, the Woman's City Club and the Oberlin College Club of Akron. She likewise belongs to the New Century Club and the Woman's College Club and is director of French classes AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 707 in the Woman's City Club. Dr. Case has membership in the University Club, Luncheon Club, the Civitan Li.ncheon Club, the Akron Real Estate Board, the Akron Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Automobile Club. He and his wife are members of the First Congregational church. They find their recreation largely in travel and are people of liberal culture, occupying a prominent position in the leading social circles of Akron. Dr. Case's residence is at No. 277 South Arlington. FRED MILTON WELLER One of the most prominent figures in insurance circles of Barberton is Fred Milton Weller, vice president and treasurer of the A. A. Moore Company, having charge of the insurance department. Enterprising and energetic, he has attained distinctive success in this field of effort and stands high in the esteem of his fellow business men. Mr. Weller was born in DeGraff, Logan county, Ohio, on the 29th of December, 1881, and is the first in order of birth of the four children of John B. and Margaret Elizabeth (Fox) Weller. His father, who is now deceased, was for a number of years head blacksmith with the Pittsburgh Valve & Fittings Company. Fred M. Weller received his educational training in the grade and high schools of Barberton, to which city the family moved when he was four years old. On leaving school he went to work for the Diamond Match Company, with which concern he remained for one and a half years, and was then connected with mercantile affairs for two and a half years, after which he took a course in a business college. During the following three years he was in the employ of the Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company, after which he was employed in real estate and insurance business. He served as teller with the People's Savings & Banking Company and was for four years in the receiving department of the Colonial Salt Company. In 1912 Mr. Weller joined the A. A. Moore Company as manager of the insurance department and is now also vice president and treasurer of the company. He is a man of high business qualifications and has been notably successful in his present line of effort. On October 26, 1904, Mr. Weller was united in marriage to Miss Lena A. Moore, daughter of the late A. A. Moore, and they are the parents of two children, Betty Nell and Arthur Moore. 708 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Mrs. Weller belongs to the Woman's Club and the Adelphian Society and is actively interested in club and civic affairs. Mr. Weller is a republican in politics, and his religious connection is with the United Brethren church. He is a Mason, in which order he has attained the degree of a Knight Templar; and he is a member of Tadmor Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Akron ; the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; the Kiwanis Club, of which he is a past president; the Chamber of Commerce, and the Brookside Country Club, of which he is a past president. His success in life has been the legitimate fruitage of his persistent and well directed efforts, and he well merits the confidence and regard in which he is held throughout his community. JOHN H. MILES Well known among Akron's leading business men is John H. Miles, the vice president and general manager of the Akron Coal Company and treasurer of the J. P. Loomis Coal & Supply Company. These are large interests scarcely surpassed in their line in this part of the state, and Mr. Miles has contributed largely to the success and growth of the interests under his direction. He has been a lifelong resident of Ohio, being born in Sherrodsville, January 7, 1889. His parents were Samuel J. and Ellen (Evans) Miles. Throughout his entire business career the father was connected with coal mining activities. He is now deceased but is survived by his widow and six of their seven children, namely : John H., of this review; Edgar A., a resident of Detroit, Michigan; William G., who makes his home in Akron, Ohio; Howard, living in Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Jennie Osborne Jenkins, who is a resident of New Philadelphia, Ohio; and Mrs. Agnes Kastner, of Akron. During his youthful days John H. Miles resided in New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he attended the graded schools, and this constituted his educational equipment, but throughout his entire life he has been learning valuable lessons in the school of experience and putting them to the practical test in a successful business career. He was still quite young when he entered the employ of the Northern Ohio Power & Light Company of Akron, with which he remained for two years. He then resigned that position to accept one with the Akron Coal Company. He has since continued with this organization, filling various important positions, AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 711 steady advancement bringing I im ultimately to the office of vice president and general manager. He is also the treasurer of the J. P. Loomis Coal & Supply Company and is now completing his twentieth year with these corporations, which are prominent factors in connection with the mining industry and coal sales of this part of Ohio. It was on the 18th of July, 1918, that Miss Ruth Berenice Fullington became the wife of John H. Miles. She is a daughter of William and Mabel H. Fullington and a representative of a prominent Akron family. They now have two children : Daniel J., born December 8, 1920; and Marian Ellen, born May 4, 1924. Mr. Miles is a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Tadmor Temple and Yusef Kahn Grotto. He belongs to the Masonic Club of Akron, the Fairlawn Country Club, and is a member of the Lions Club and of the Akron Automobile Club. His business and social qualifications have brought him a wide acquaintance and his many sterling characteristics have insured for him the high regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact. Mr. Miles' residence is at 1134 Delia avenue. WILLIAM W. McINTOSH William W. McIntosh is a native of New York state and had a business experience covering a quarter of a century before he came to Akron, where his name has been associated prominently not only with business but with constructive movements in community development. He is president of one of the largest insurance organizations in Akron. Mr. McIntosh was born in Schoharie county, New York, August 7, 1863, and in his native state received his education in public schools at Sloanville and Claverack College. After coming west he was in business at Jackson, Michigan, five years, and at Clinton, Illinois, ten years, and was a manufacturer at Constantine, Michigan, ten years. From there he came to Akron, continuing as a manufacturer for a time, but one year he was vice president of the Hall & Harter Insurance Company of Akron, and then organized the McIntosh-Baum Company, and in 1900 became president of the McIntosh-Bowers-West Company, an agency for general insurance and surety bond. He is also vice president of the Fidelity De- 712 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY posit Company of Baltimore, and is a director of the Ohio State Bank. Mr. McIntosh is a member of the City Club, the Portage Country Club, the Akron Trout Club, is a Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner and a member of the First Congregational church. For a number of years he has been interested in the success of the republican party, having served twice as treasurer of the city campaign, was chairman of the finance committee during the Harding campaign, and in 1921-22 a member of the state central committee. For thirteen years he has been a member and is now serving as president of the board of the Summit County Children's Home, an office he has held for seven years. All phases of war work enlisted his earnest cooperation. Mr. McIntosh married in 1889 Miss Grace Bishop, of Clinton, Illinois. They have two children, the son, W. Bishop, being an attorney at Akron, and the daughter Margaret, is the wife of C. T. Jackson, of Findlay, Ohio. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tadmor Temple, Akron Shrine. ARTHUR PRESTON WITTEN Among the well known, progressive and successful citizens of Summit county who have attained notable success in the rubber industry is Arthur P. Witten, president of the Western Reserve Rubber Company at 154 Kenmore boulevard in Akron, which he established in 1915 for the manufacture of toy balloons and rubber advertising novelties. He was born at Spencer, West Virginia, on the 12th of November, 1881, a son of Augustus H. and Mary (Shawn) Witten, who were natives of England and of West Virginia, respectively, and became residents of the Buckeye state in early life. The father was long identified with the grocery trade in Akron. Both he and his wife are now deceased. Arthur P. Witten, an only child, acquired his education in graded and high schools of this state and after putting aside his textbooks became an employe of the Miller Rubber Company of Akron, in the service of which concern he continued for five years and rose to the position of foreman. He then resigned and went to Brooklyn, New York, where under the supervision of Baron Rothschild he established a concern for the manufacture AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 715 of toy balloons, known as the Baron Rothschild Rubber Company. This he represented in the capacity of factory manager for five years or until 1915, when he returned to Akron and organized the Western Reserve Rubber Company for the manufacture of toy balloons, rubber novelties, etc. He began operations on a very small scale with only six employes, but with the passing years the business has grown and expanded until employment is now furnished to fifty or more workmen in a large and modern plant the products of which are sent to all parts of the world. The success which has attended his undertakings is attributable entirely to his own efforts and thus he may well lay claim to the proud American title of self-made man. On April 9, 1917, Mr. Witten was united in marriage to Miss Lula Bratton. He is the father of three children : Henry (by a former marriage), who was born in Canton, Ohio, and is a student in the University of Akron; Arthur P., Jr., who was born in Akron September 15, 1922, and is attending school ; and Donald Edward, born in Akron, October 14, 1924. Mr. Witten is a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes of the Masonic fraternity, to which he belongs, and has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, while his appreciation for the social amenities of life is manifest in his connection with the Silver Lake Country Club. Because of his sterling character and friendly and affable manner, he has won a host of warm and loyal friends throughout the community. His residence is at 1081 Emma avenue. CULLEN W. IRISH, M. D. Dr. Cullen W. Irish stands in the front rank of the medical profession in Summit county and is recognized as one of Bar-berton's leading citizens, his record having gained for him an exalted place in public esteem. He was born at Barberton on the 16th of September, 1889, being one of three sons of George W. and Hattie (Vincent) Irish. He is a representative of an old family of this locality, his great-grandfather, Abe Irish, having been one of the early settlers of Summit county. His grandfather, William P. Irish, established what is now known as the Irish Homestead. Both the Doctor's parents still live in Bar- 716 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY berton and are numbered among its most highly respected citizens. Cullen W. Irish attended the grade and high schools of Barberton and then entered Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911. He matriculated in the medical school of that university and in 1915 was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During the following year he served as assistant physician at the State Hospital at Athens and then located at Canal Fulton. Two years later he returned to Barberton and had practiced here about five months, when he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army for service in the World war. He was first stationed at Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was later transferred to General Hospital No. 28 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where he served as chief of the neuro-psychiatric service. On October 1, 1919, he was honorably discharged and at once returned to Barberton and resumed his practice. He has been more than ordinarily successful in the treatment of human ailments, has built up a large practice and is regarded as one of his community's most reliable physicians. On March 1, 1916, Dr. Irish was united in marriage to Miss Pauline Hartley of Athens, Ohio, and they are the parents of a son, Cullen W., Jr., born January 30, 1917. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Kiwanis Club, the Brookside Country Club, the Phi Rho Sigma college fraternity, the Summit County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the medical section of the Reserve Officers Corps. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and gives his earnest support to every worthy cause having for its object the advancement of the public welfare. A man of straightforward and friendly manner, he enjoys a wide acquaintance throughout this locality and has a large circle of warm friends. KARL F. SONNHALTER For nearly twenty years Karl F. Sonnhalter has been actively identified with banking interests of Barberton and as assistant manager of the Central Savings & Trust Company has won a high reputation as a man of keen and discriminating judgment. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 717 He was born at Massillon, Ohio, on the 14th of March, 1880, and is a son of Jacob and Mary (Ertle) Sonnhalter, the latter of whom is still living. The father, who is deceased, was long engaged in the grocery business in Massillon. Karl F. Sonnhalter attended the grade and high schools of his native city and also took a commercial course in a business college there. He went to work for the Massillon Milling Company, with which concern he remained three years, and then came to Barberton, entering the employ of the Babcock & Wilcox Company. A year and a half later he was transferred to the Barberton Savings Bank, which was owned by that company, and served as teller. He continued with the institution when it became a branch of the Central Savings & Trust Company, and in 1916 was made assistant manager, which position he is still filling. On September 25, 1907, Mr. Sonnhalter was united in marriage to Miss May R. Bartell, and to them have been born four children, Eleanor, John and Mary, twins, and Jean. Mr. Sonnhalter is an earnest member of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic church and belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He has rendered loyal and appreciated service to the institution with which he has so long been identified, while in the sphere of private citizenship he has stood shoulder to shoulder with his fellowmen in all movements for the betterment of the community. A man of solid character and agreeable personality, he has long been regarded as one of Barberton's best citizens and stands high in public esteem. GERALD W. HAMILTON, M. D. Dr. Gerald W. Hamilton of Kenmore is regarded as a learned and skilled physician, closely devoted to his life work, and throughout his section of Summit county he commands the sincere respect and confidence of all who have come in contact with him. He was born in Geneva, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on the 28th of October, 1897, a son of Hugh and Margaret (Watson) Hamilton. After completing the course of the public schools, he entered Chicago University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1917. He then matriculated in Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1923, and later he 718 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY served as interne in the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago and the Akron City Hospital. In 1924 he located in Kenmore, where he has practiced his profession to the present time and has gained recognition as one of the most efficient and dependable physicians of this locality, having built up a large practice. On September 6, 1923, Dr. Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Saul, and they are the parents of two children, Howard and Gerald, Jr. The Doctor is a member of the Summit County Medical Society, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and is a member of the medical staff of the Citizens Hospital at Barberton. He belongs to Goss Memorial Reformed church of Kenmore and takes a deep interest in all matters affecting the physical, civic or moral welfare of the community in which he lives. He and his wife move in the best social circles of the city and are deservedly popular among their associates. ROY BERNARD MEADE Although he has not yet reached the prime of life, Roy Bernard Meade has already gained a prominent position at the bar and as president of The Summit Title & Abstract Company and is classed with the successful and popular young men of Akron, whose future seems assured by reason of his notable achievements of the past. Born in Richfield, Summit county, on the 18th of March, 1896, he is a son of George G. and Esther M. (Richards) Meade, the former a native of Summit county and the latter of Stark county, Ohio. The father has engaged in the building contracting business for many years. To him and his wife have been born three children : Roy B., Mrs. Mabel M. Gannon and Dorothy F., all of Akron. The youthful days of Roy B. Meade passed in the usual manner, his time being largely devoted to the acquirement of a public school education in the grades and Central high school, and it was during that period that he began reading law, for when he was a lad of but twelve years he was given an old set of law books, over which he pored as opportunity offered until his interest in the science was so aroused that he determined to make law practice his life work. He was graduated from the Central high school in June, 1913, and shortly afterward entered the general AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 721 office of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as an accountant, remaining there until September, 1914, when he entered the University of Akron, pursuing his studies there until June, 1915. During the succeeding months he was employed in the order department of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and then entered business for himself, opening a cigar store and poolroom on South Main street, which he conducted for about one year. In the early part of 1918 he was employed in the Goodyear plant for about six months and then became associated with the firm of Myers & Dinsmore, attorneys, handling the abstract work for the company and continuing his reading with them. He remained with this firm for over two and one-half years and then entered the abstract business for himself. In December, 1923, he organized The R. B. Meade Abstract Company, the name of which has since been changed to The Summit Title & Abstract Company. The abstract business, begun on a very modest scale, has since been developed to a service complete for all the requirements of Akron and vicinity. Mr. Meade has continued in active connection with the business from that time to the present and The Summit Title & Abstract Company has become one of the largest of the kind operating in this section of the state. In the meantime Mr. Meade concentrated every effort upon the mastery of legal principles, as his time permitted, and in a class of one hundred and one he made a grade of ninety-eight and two-tenths per cent, the highest of that year. Admitted to the bar in December, 1920, he has since engaged in general practice, being now senior partner of the law firm of Meade & Weygandt. He has specialized in corporation, real estate law, banking and tax law, and has come to be regarded as one of the leading authorities on the latter subjects. He has written various articles on real estate law for the Akron Legal News, the Builders Exchange Magazine and other Akron papers. In his law practice he has manifested a strong grasp of affairs and has readily applied legal principles as to the points at issue with an accuracy that has brought for him notable success. in the conduct of cases. He became the first president of The Summit County Association of Title Men and has long filled that office, and he has membership in The Summit County Real Estate Board, The American Association of Title Men and The Ohio State Abstractors Association. He also belongs to the Summit County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. On the 15th of September, 1915, Mr. Meade was married to 722 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY Miss Ethel Irene Ferguson, a daughter of William Ferguson, now deceased, who was a farmer, landowner and proprietor of a wholesale and retail meat market in Akron for a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Meade have two sons and a daughter : Robert B., born December 15, 1916, and now a student in the Windermere school ; Marjorie Jane, who was born December 9, 1918; and William Ferguson, born December 20, 1922. Mr. Meade and his family occupy an enviable social position, and he is well known in club and fraternal circles, having membership in the Exchange Club, of which he is secretary; the Masonic Club; Akron Lodge No. 83, F. & A. M. ; Washington Chapter No. 25, R. A. M.; Akron Council No. 80, R. & S. M.; and Yusef Khan Grotto No. 42, M. O. V. P. E. R. He also belongs to Akron Lodge No. 363, B. P. O. E., the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Young Men's Christian Association. During his student days he became a charter member of the Sigma Beta, later the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and was made a trustee of the local chapter. He has membership in the Portage Fish and Game Association and the Silver Lake Country Club and finds his chief recreation in golf and fishing. His activities have been of a nature that have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. He has improved his city by the erection of fourteen or more residences here, all of which he has sold. His has been an active and useful life, directed along channels through which flows the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number, and his worth as a man and citizen is widely acknowledged. Mr. Meade's residence is at 2377 East Market street. CHRISTIAN WILLIAM VON GUNTEN Christian William Von Gunten, president of the Averill Dairy Company, is one of Akron's well known business men and typifies the spirit of progress in this city. He was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, July 31, 1887, a son of Gottleib and Annie (Heim) Von Gunten, both of whom are natives of Switzerland and came to the United States in their youth. Gottleib Von Gunten for a number of years was a successful truck gardener in Copley township, Summit county, but about twenty years ago gave up active business and has since been living retired in Akron. Christ W. Von Gunten, was the fourth in order of birth in AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 725 a family of ten children and was reared on a farm in Copley township. He attended the district schools, and his first business experience was that in which he had been practically reared, raising of garden truck. After his father's retirement from that business, Christ W. Von Gunten was associated with his brother-in-law, Peter Dockus, in its continuance for several years. In 1917, in company with his brothers, Fred R. and Edward G., and F. C. Prentice, he purchased the Averill Dairy interests, incorporating the business as The Averill Dairy Company, under which firm name the business has since been conducted. The growth and development of this firm has been remarkable and offers a magnificent tribute to the straightforward business methods and ability of its management. The work is facilitated by equipment of the most modern type and the utilization of scientific up-to-date methods of handling milk from the sources of production until it reaches the consumer. The company has one of the finest dairy plants in Summit county, and its product is distributed over a wide area by a high standard of service. It was in the plant of the Averill Dairy Company that the famous Von Gunten milk filter was originated and perfected. This filter is regarded as the most efficient apparatus yet devised for its use and is in use all over the world. In addition to his duties as executive head of the business, Mr. Von Gunten is a director of the Citizens Savings & Loan Company, the Commercial Savings & Trust Company and the Society Savings & Loan Company. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Von Gunten was married January 15, 1910, to Miss Mabel Sturgeon, a daughter of William and Elizabeth Sturgeon of Decatur, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Von Gunten have a daughter, Dorothy, who was born in Akron, March 23, 1912. Mr. Von Gunten is a Knight Templar Mason, a member of the Masonic Club, the Fairlawn Country Club and the Akron Automobile Club, while Mrs. Von Gunten is affiliated with the Eastern Star and the Woman's City Club. They are members of the High Street Church of Christ, in which Mr. Von Gunten is a deacon, and they cooperate in all well defined movements for the advancement of the community along material and moral lines. Mr. Von Gunten keeps in close touch with the latest developments in his business, and has been successful because of his thorough knowledge of it and close application. He is regarded 726 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY as one of the city's careful and able business men and a type of its best citizenship. Mr. Von Gunten's residence is on Meadow-croft drive, Fairlawn. HARVEY J. BACHTEL In no calling does advancement depend more entirely upon individual effort and ability than in the practice of law. Every successful attorney must possess the power to carefully analyze his cases and reach logical conclusions, while at the same time he forcefully presents his cause before court or jury. Measuring up to required standards, Harvey J. Wachtel has become a well known member of the Akron bar. He was born April 2, 1880, within the present limits of the city which is still his home, his parents being Jacob I. and Althea (Triplett) Bachtel. It was in 1881 that they established their home in Akron, where the father later entered the real estate and fire insurance business, in which he has since been continuously engaged, covering a period of forty-three years, making him a pioneer in this field in Akron. He established business under the name of J. I. Bachtel & Company, his son being now the junior member of the firm. He has been particularly active in development work in South Akron, and appreciation of his service in the upbuilding of the city is shown in the fact that Bachtel avenue was named in his honor. He has also been prominent in civic affairs and public projects of benefit to the community and he is a consistent and loyal member of the Disciple church. His wife passed away in Akron in May, 1927, at the age of seventy years. They were the parents of four children : Leora E., residing in Akron; Mrs. Irene R. Tanner, of New Jersey; Mrs. Bessie M. Palmer, of Akron; and Harvey J., of this review. The last named, the only son of the family, pursued his education in the public and high schools and in the Ohio Northern University, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902. During his college days he was prominent in oratorical and literary societies of the school and the ability which he thereby developed has been of great worth to him in his professional career. He was admitted to the bar of the state of Ohio in 1902. In 1902 Mr. Bachtel married Miss Harriet L. Merriman, a daughter of Wells G. Merriman, prominently known in financial AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 727 circles and a representative of a family connected with Summit county from pioneer times. Merriman road was named in honor of the grandfather of Mrs. Bachtel. The children of this marriage are : Elizabeth, who was born in 1903 and is a graduate of the University of Akron; and Clayton J., born in 1906 and a student in the University of Akron. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bachtel are church members and she is a member of the Woman's City Club, the Parent-Teacher Association and other organizations which lead to the advancement of higher standards of living. Mr. Bachtel has membership in the Akron University Club and the Akron City Club, is also identified with the Akron Real Estate Board and along professional lines is affiliated with the Summit County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, whereby he keeps in close touch with advanced professional thoughts and standards. His residence is at 102 Merriman road, Akron. HENRY BOTHAMLEY MANTON The vital force employed in the building of a city is found in the achievements of its individual citizens, and to write the history of Akron without extended mention of the men whose efforts have so largely contributed to her growth and development would be to only half tell the true story. And one of the men who has been an important factor in the building of Akron is Henry B. Manton, president of the Robertson Clay Product Company, who represents the second generation in Akron in this line of industry, and is a worthy successor to his father, the late James B. Manton, who was a pioneer in the making of clay products in this city. Henry B. Manton was born in the village of Middlebury, now the Sixth Ward of the city on May 29, 1867, the son of James B. and Harriet (Robinson) Manton. He was graduated from the Akron high school in 1886 and began his business career in the same year as bookkeeper for the Robinson Brothers and Company, and his present position as head of the Robinson Clay Product Company, is the result of thirty years of continuous experience, coupled with ability far above the ordinary both as a manufacturer and financier. In 1891 he was made secretary of the Crown Fire Clay Company, a subsidiary company located at Canal Dover, Ohio. In 1900 he was made treasurer of the Robinson Clay Product Company and nine years later was elected president of the company. The remarkable progress and de- 728 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY velopment of the company is due in a great measure to the genius of Mr. Manton, whose executive ability has been demonstrated fully in the management of the concern since he became its president. Mr. Manton has other large and important business connections; he is a member of the original board of directors of the Goodyear Tire Si Rubber Company, is vice president of the First-Second National Bank, director in the Peoples Savings Si Trust Company, and vice president of the Second National Building Company. In social affairs he is active and prominent and is vice president of the Portage Country Club, a charter member of the Akron City Club, a member of the Mayfield Country Club of Cleveland, and a member of Lakeside Country Club of Canton, and also belongs to other social organizations. He is active in the Chamber of Commerce and is ex-vice president of that body. While his business affairs demand his close attention, yet Mr. Manton finds time to devote to the civic affairs of the city, in which he takes a deep interest. He is always found ready to give his personal and financial support to any movement inaugurated for the purpose of promoting the progress and welfare of the city and her institutions. In all respects, Mr. Manton is the true citizen, broad-minded, progressive and patriotic, a man whose sterling traits of character have won for him success in business and has made and held for him the friendship of those who know him intimately and the respect of the entire community. In 1892 Mr. Manton was united in marriage with Miss Mary B., the daughter of the late John Frederick Seiberling, pioneer inventor and manufacturer, and sister of Frank A. and Charles W. Seiberling of the present generation. To their union two daughters have been born : Margaret and Harriet. CHRISTIAN A. STROBEL Christian A. Strobel, a widely known Akron realtor whose business activity features largely in the development and upbuilding of the city, was born at Johnson Corners, in Summit county, Ohio, March 30, 1881, a son of John W. and Maria (Baughman) Strobel, the latter a native of Wayne county, Ohio. The father was born in Germany but was only two years old when he accompanied his parents to America. He was reared in this state and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed in connection with farming up to the time of his retirement from business. He AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 731 passed away in Summit county in 1921 at the ripe old age of eighty-four years, having long survived his wife, who died in 1901. They were the parents of seven children, of whom only two are now living, one son, Peter B. Strobel, residing in Knox county, Ohio. The other son, Christian A. Strobel, attended the schools of Coventry township, Summit county, Ohio, and of Chippewa township, Wayne county, Ohio. He worked on his father's farm to the age of twenty-one years, after which he resided in Barberton, Ohio, until 1907, when he moved to Akron. where he turned his attention to the real estate business, which he followed in the employ of others until 1910. At that time he embarked in business on his own account as a partner of William H. Shafer under the firm name of Strobel & Shafer. This partnership continued until 1919, when Mr. Strobel purchased his partner's interest in the business and has since been operating as an individual. Through the intervening years he has subdivided a number of allotments and largely promoted real estate activity in Akron. The firm of Strobel & Shafer sold most of the Hall Park allotment, being the old fair grounds on West Hill. Mr. Strobel assisted in the development and sale of the North Hill allotment, York Street Heights allotment, the Liberty Park and Howard Heights allotments. He has likewise conducted a general real estate business, and he is now a director and the secretary of the York Realty Company and secretary and treasurer of the Brook PQint Improvement Company. He helped to organize and was president of the Pfahl Gauge & Manufacturing Company, which was established in 1911, but sold his interest in the business in 1926. On the 19th of June, 1912, Mr. Strobel was married to Miss Fannie M. Newman, a daughter of Dillman and Margaret Newman. He is a member of The Trinity Lutheran church and is well known in Masonic and club circles. He has taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites in Masonry and is a Shriner. He is also a member of the Akron City Club, the Akron Automobile Club and the Akron Chamber of Commerce. The interests and activities of his life are well balanced and he is known as a stanch supporter of every plan and measure that has to do with Akron's upbuilding and substantial development. He has rendered to the city valuable service as a member of the Akron city planning commission for the past six years. He is a member of the Akron Real Estate Board, which has been such an important factor in standardizing the business. He served as its president 732 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY in 1922 and for six years served as one of its trustees. What he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents. He has labored diligently and persistently along lines leading to success and in the upbuilding of his own business has contributed in notable measure to the city's welfare. ANDREW JOSEPH KUCKO Though not old in years, Andrew Joseph Kucko (pronounced (Kut-sko) has shown mature judgment and keen discrimination in his business affairs and is the owner of one of the best equipped funeral parlors in Akron, where he is commanding a large patronage and meeting with well merited success. He was born in the village of Medzan, County of Sariska Zupa, CzechoSlovakia, on the 21st of September, 1895, and is a son of Mathias and Mary (Micklosko) Kucko, also natives of that country. In 1896 the father came to the United States and in the following year was joined by his wife and his son, Andrew J. They located in Youngstown, Ohio, where the father was employed at the Ohio Works of the Carnegie Steel Company until 1915, after which he engaged in mercantile business with such success that he was enabled to retire from business in 1927. He and his wife are still living in Youngstown. They are the parents of nine children who yet survive : Andrew J., John, Stephen, Michael, Joseph, Mrs. Mary Andrasi, Helen, Cecelia and Anna, all of whom were born in the United States with the exception of Andrew J. and are still living in Youngstown. The father became a naturalized citizen in January, 1910, and with him his wife and Andrew J. automatically became citizens. During his boyhood Andrew J. Kucko attended the public schools of Youngstown and also Saints Cyril and Methodius Slovak school at that place and also had one year of high school work. He then obtained a position in the Ohio Works of the Carnegie Steel Company at Youngstown, starting as a messenger boy and being gradually promoted until he became first assistant shipping clerk, and he remained with that concern from his fifteenth to his twenty-first year. He had in the meantime formed definite plans for a professional career and to that end entered the Cincinnati College of Embalming, which is affiliated with the Cincinnati General Hospital. He was graduated in 1917 and granted a state license as an embalmer. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 735 Coming to Akron, Mr. Kucko entered the employ of the undertaking firm of Parks-Stiles & Sons as an assistant but soon afterward put aside his business ambitions to enter the military service of his country, becoming a private in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Field Artillery, of the Fourth Division, American Expeditionary Forces. He was sent overseas and remained in active service until the close of the war, taking part with his company in the Argonne Forest drive. He was honorably discharged March 7, 1919, and on his return to Akron entered into partnership with Stephen Hamrock under the firm name of Kucko & Hamrock, funeral directors. One year later this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Kucko removed to Canton, where he was engaged in various lines of endeavor, but his many friends in Akron urged him to return to this city and resume his profession. Accordingly, at the end of one year, he again took up his residence in Akron and opened a funeral home at 222 East Exchange street, where from a very humble beginning he soon built up a good business by his honorable dealing and courteous services. His business grew to such an extent that in 1925 he purchased a lot at 355 Grant street, on which he erected his present splendid building, it being up-to-date in equipment and furnishings and now one of the best funeral parlors in this section of the state. Here Mr. Kucko is rendering a type of service which has won for him the genuine respect and confidence of all who have employed him. He was formerly a director of the Security Savings Bank Company but resigned from that board in 1928. In 1918, in Akron, Mr. Kucko was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Gruska, a daughter of John and Mary (Porac) Gruska, who belonged to a well known family of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Kucko's maternal grandfather, John Porac, came to the United States in the late '70s, being one of the first Slovak men to locate in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Kucko have three children, all born in Akron, namely : Thomas Francis, who was born February 3, 1920, and is now attending Sacred Heart Academy; Rita, who was born October 22, 1924; and Edward James, born April 3, 1928. Mr. Kucko is a member of the First Catholic Slovak Jednota, the Slovak Catholic Sokols Society, the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, the Polish Roman Catholic Union of the United States, the Polish-American Citizens Club, the Slovak-American Citizens Club, the Russian-American Citizens Club, 736 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY the United Society Srbobran-Sloga, the Greek Catholic Union or Sojedinenije of America, the Union of Roumanian Beneficial and Cultural Society of America, the National Slovak Society, the Slovenic National Benefit Societies of America, the Servian Benefit Federation Unity, the National Croatian Fraternal Union of United States of America, the Alliance of Poles in America, the Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Ohio State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, the Tri-County Funeral Directors Club, and the National Funeral Directors Association. His religious membership is with St. John's Slovak Catholic church. He has been true and loyal in every relation of life, has shown a good citizen's interest in his community and his social relations are such that he is extremely popular among his associates and acquaintances. Mr. Kucko is among the few citizens of Akron known to practically every man, woman and child among the people of European extraction or descent. CHARLES NELSON SPARKS Charles Nelson Sparks, who has rendered valuable service to his country along military and official lines, is now closely associated with business interests in Summit county as president of the Akron Agencies, Inc. Other business interests also profit by his cooperation and his sound judgment, and what he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his time and talents. Mr. Sparks is a native son of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Columbus on the 21st of July, 1880. His parents were Edward F. and Belle (Akin) Sparks, both natives of Columbus, where they always resided. The father was a coal dealer and banker in early manhood, being identified with the Deschler bank. He passed away in 1923, while his widow survived until 1925. In their family were the following children : Stanley W., now living in New York city ; Harry A., of Xenia, Ohio; J. Bennett, of Columbus; Clark H., also of New York city; Mrs. Alfred Egler, of Stuart, Florida ; and Charles Nelson. The last named began his education in the Columbus schools, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, after which the spirit of adventure and interest in the world led him to work his way around the globe, on which trip he gained much valuable experience as well as saw many points of interest. In AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 737 1898, when a youth of eighteen years, he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war, joining the army as a private. He spent three years in the Philippine Islands and later worked for the Spanish Lumber Company in the Philippines. He subsequently completed his trip around the world and was then employed in connection with the lumber industry in West Virginia. In Mexico he labored in the mahogany fields and in connection with lumber interests, but revolution in that country caused him to return to the United States and for four years thereafter he was in the news service at Chicago, doing repertorial work. In 1914 he came to Akron as secretary and treasurer of the Summit County Home Rule Association, with which he remained for six years, at the end of which time he was appointed safety director. In May, 1921, he became postmaster and continued to fill that position for six years, resigning July 1, 1927, to take up the work of the Akron Agencies, Inc., which he organized and of which he has since been president. In March, 1928, Mr. Sparks organized the Akron City System Company, which is capitalized for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and is one of a large chain of industrial banks in the United States, and he is now serving as its president. He is likewise vice president of the North High Garage Company, Willys-Knight agents, and is secretary and director of the Summit Beach Park Company. His business interests are of wide scope and importance and indicate his resourcefulness and undaunted spirit of enterprise. On the 17th of June, 1921, Mr. Sparks was married to Miss Grace B. Pugh, of Columbus, a daughter of Andrew G. and Jessie Pugh, and they have one child, Andrew Nelson, born in Akron, March 6, 1926. Mr. Sparks is a member of the Christian Science church of Boston, Massachusetts. He belongs to the Akron City Club, to the Fairlawn Heights Golf Club, the National Travel Club of New York, and is a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce, in which he has served on the safety and industrial committees. He belongs to the Board of Trade of South Akron, the North Hill Board of Trade, the East Akron Board of Trade and the Real Estate Board. He also has membership with the Red Men, the Eagles, the Kiwanis Club, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Spanish-American War Veterans and the National Aeronautics Society. All of this indicates the nature and great breadth of his interests. His life story, if written in detail, would present many a thrilling incident, for in his youth and 738 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY young manhood he traveled the "royal road to romance" as he made his way around the world, visiting every continent but Australia and viewing the many points of modern and historic interest and natural scenic attractions. He found pleasure in studying the people and their conditions and he has always gained a thrill in carrying out his objectives and never stopping short of the successful achievement of his purposes. CHARLES LEE WILCOX The prosperity which is crowning the efforts of Charles L. Wilcox, treasurer and manager of the Medford, Central and City markets in Akron, has been well merited, for he has shown a spirit of determination and a soundness of judgment which would have insured success in any undertaking. Mr. Wilcox was born at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, on the 23d of October, 1873, a son of John F. and Laura Ann (Lee) Wilcox. The father was born near Rochester, New York, from which place he moved to Wisconsin, where he met and married Miss Lee, who was born near La Crosse, that state. During her early years her family moved to Chicago, Illinois. There Mr. Wilcox became prominent in public affairs, having been appointed police magistrate and justice of the peace in 1888, and the order for his appointment was signed by John Pearson, who at that time was secretary of state of Illinois. Mrs. Wilcox died in Chicago at the age of eighty-eight years, and subsequently her husband moved to Akron, Ohio, where he died in 1911, at the age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of eight children. The four living are : Ira D., who is consulting engineer for the Vacuum Oil Company; Russell P., who is in the employ of the Swift Packing Company in Chicago; Charles L., of this review, and Mrs. Jessie G. Stover, of Salem, Oregon. Those deceased were John F., Jr., and Arthur Wesley, who died in infancy; Alma Adelphine, who married Professor H. S. Pepoon of Rush Medical College, Chicago; and Effie Roselia, who married S. J. Williams of Big Rock, Illinois. Charles L. Wilcox attended the public schools of Chicago to the age of twelve years, when he ran away from home, going to Michigan, where he secured work on a farm. Later he went to Detroit, where he worked in a candy factory, and recalls the fact AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 741 that on entering the factory he was granted permission to eat all the candy he wanted, with the result that before long he did not even want to look at it. Returning to Chicago, he entered the employ of Sprague, Warner & Company, wholesale grocers. with whom he remained until he enlisted in the army. In June. 1894, Mr. Wilcox joined the regular army in the cavalry branch of the service and was discharged in June, 1897. He was a member of Troop B, First United States Regiment, under Adj.Gen. Leonard A. Wood, who afterward became candidate for President. Soon after leaving the army Mr. Wilcox accepted a position with the Western Chemical Company of Chicago and during evenings attended the Chicago Business College. His next position was with the National Biscuit Company, with which concern he was employed as a traveling auditor for several years. He was then in the employ of J. C. Blair & Company, at Huntington, Pennsylvania, and while with that firm he devised a checking sheet, used for the weighing and checking of coal. This he copyrighted and put on sale through the Blair Company, and it is still in general use by the big coal operators. On severing his connection with the Blair Company, Mr. Wilcox successfully engaged in the cracker baking business at Youngstown, Ohio for seven years, at the end of which time, in 1909, he came to Akron and established a flour business. He was successful for awhile, but, owing to conditions over which he had no control, reverses overtook him and he failed. He then started a butter and cheese business in the Medford building in Akron, in which he met with very encouraging success, so that he decided to open a market. The owner of the Medford building refused to give him a further lease on his stand; but he determined to carry forward his plans elsewhere, and met with pronounced success. Eventually he and his associates, who were then owners of the Central Market, bought the Medford and City markets, Mr. Wilcox being treasurer and manager of the company, and in this capacity he has shown business judgment of a high order. His dream in early years was that he might some day own a peach orchard. He has realized this ambition and today is the owner of a fine farm of one hundred acres at Manchester, Ohio, practically all of which is in peaches, the place being located about ten miles out of Akron. He planted this orchard, comprising twelve varieties of peaches, four years ago and the trees began bearing in 1927, producing about five hundred bushels of good fruit. The outlook for the present year is 24-VOL. 2 742 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY for a crop of probably three thousand bushels and no orchard in this part of the state is more promising of a productive future. On June 10, 1911, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage to Miss Grace Gertrude Leasure, a daughter of Wesley and Anna Virginia (Clites) Leasure, of an old and prominent Pennsylvania family. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox are the parents of four children, all born in Akron, namely : Virginia Grace, who was born March 11, 1912, and is attending the Lady of Elms school; Charles Lee, who died in July, 1914; Laura Helen, born November 2, 1915; and Robert Lee, born August 9, 1921. The family are members of Trinity Lutheran church and Mr. Wilcox earnestly supports those things which are calculated to promote the best interests of society. He is cordial and friendly in manner and has a wide circle of loyal friends who admire him for his business ability and success, as well as his worth as a man and citizen. His residence is at 1244 West Sunset View drive. ALEXANDER SCHULMAN Although young in years, Alexander Schulman has fully demonstrated his qualifications as an executive and is prominently identified with an industry which has constituted one of the chief factors in Akron's upbuilding and prosperity. He was born January 21, 1897, in New York city and is a son of Benjamin and Freda (Guren) Schulman, natives of Russia, who came to the United States in youth. His father devoted his attention to mercantile pursuits. The family comprises four sons: Morris, Edward, George and Alexander. The last named received his early instruction in New York city and went with his parents to Cleveland, Ohio. Later they settled in Akron and his education was completed in the Central high school of this city, from which he was graduated with the class of 1916. While a student he contributed toward the support of the family by selling newspapers and doing other work. Intelligent, energetic and trustworthy, he steadily advanced, giving his best efforts to every task assigned him, and he is now one of the directors and manager of the firm of H. Muehlstein & Company of New York city, importers and dealers in crude and scrap rubber. They do a big business in this commodity and Mr. AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 743 Schulman has charge of their office in Akron. Methodical, systematic and aggressive, he has materially increased the scope of the business in this district and is one of the most efficient representatives of this large corporation. Mr. Schulman was married July 10, 1919, in Akron to Miss Ruth Epstein, a daughter of William and Eva Epstein, of Philadelphia, and they have become the parents of one child, Jean Estyr, who was born in Akron in 1920 and is a grammar school pupil. Mr. Schulman adheres to the Jewish faith and is a member of the congregation of B'nai B'rith temple. Through his connection with the Chamber of Commerce he is working for Akron's best interests, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Akron Lodge No. 83, F. Si A. M., and the Elks. Along social lines he is identified with the Rosemont Country Club and the Akron Automobile Club. A tireless worker, Mr. Schulman has never shirked a responsibility, and each step in his career has been an upward one, bringing him a broader outlook and greater opportunities. He is a young man of exemplary character and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. WARREN F. SELBY Those qualities which make for popularity and for success among the members of the legal fraternity in Summit county are manifest in the life history of Warren F. Selby. His powers have increased with the experience that has come to him in the passing years and at all times he has manifested commendable devotion to the ethics of the profession. His birth occurred in Columbus, Ohio, February 26, 1889, his parents being Augustine D. and Libbie (Glover) Selby, who were also natives of the Buckeye state, within the borders of which the mother still makes her home. The father here spent his entire life and was a distinguished Ohio botanist, acting as chief botanist for the commonwealth at its leading agricultural experiment stations. Warren F. Selby, the only survivor among the children born to his parents, attended the public and high schools during his youthful days and afterward entered the Ohio State University, in which he pursued a classical course, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree as a graduate of 1909. He next entered the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, in which he completed a 744 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY law course in 1912, and immediately thereafter he came to Akron and opened an office. Here he has remained through the intervening period of sixteen years—years which have chronicled his steady progress until he has long occupied an enviable position as one of the strong and forceful representatives of the Summit county bar. On the 9th of June, 1916, Mr. Selby was joined in wedlock to Miss Phyllis Sabin, daughter of W. W. Sabin, of Cleveland. They have become parents of three children : Barbara, born in Cleveland in 1917; William Augustine, born in Akron in 1921; and Phyllis Marguerite, born in Akron in December, 1923. In his fraternal connections Mr. Selby is a Mason and a member of Tadmor Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs also to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, while his religious faith has made him a communicant of the Episcopal church. His active interest in his profession is found in his membership in the Summit County and Ohio State Bar Associations and at all times he is a loyal follower of the highest ethical standards and principles of his chosen calling. Thoroughness and a loyalty to every cause entrusted to him have been the dominant features in the attainment of his present-day success. WILLIAM ALEXANDER KIRK Entering the commercial world at an early age, William A. Kirk worked his way steadily upward through the exercise of the indispensable qualities of industry and perseverance and throughout his business career he remained with the M. O'Neil Company, to whose interests he was most loyal. He was a lifelong resident of Akron and a man of exceptional worth. Mr. Kirk was born September 1, 1872, and was a son of Thomas Kirk, who was a native of Philadelphia. The father was educated in the Quaker city and came to Akron soon after the Civil war. He was an expert machinist and obtained a position in the Biggs Boiler Works, where he was employed until his death. His wife, Mary (McAllister) Kirk, was born on the site of the Frank W. Adams home on West Market street in Akron, and remained there until her marriage. Her husband then established a home at what is now the corner of West Market and Valley streets previous to the opening of the latter thorough- AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY - 747 fare and there she resided until her death on November 20, 1926, being at that time Akron's oldest native daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk became the parents of four children : Mabel, deceased; Harry J., who is connected with the M. O'Neil Company and who married Miss Elizabeth Solberger, by whom he has five children, Paul, Raymond, Mary, James and Billy; William A.; and Grace, who is the wife of Charles Hill. In 1919 the city established a detention home to care for women who had been arrested for any cause and at that time Mrs. Hill was engaged in welfare work. Her success in that field attracted much favorable notice and in recognition of her ability she was appointed Akron's first policewoman in 1921. She proved exceptionally well qualified for the position and served until February 1, 1928, when she tendered her resignation, being the only one of her sex to represent the city in that capacity. William A. Kirk was educated in St. Vincent's Parochial school and at the age of fourteen began to provide for his own livelihood, becoming a cash boy in the East Market street store of O'Neil & Dyas, the predecessors of the M. O'Neil Company. Through the changes in ownership and management he continued with the firm but was never a clerk, passing instead into the shipping department. As he demonstrated his worth he was steadily promoted, becoming assistant superintendent in 1912, and filled that important office until his death on October 27, 1927. He practically grew up in the business, of which his labors formed an integral part, and served the corporation to the extent of his ability. From the start Mr. O'Neil manifested a keen interest in his career, and the close bond of sympathy which united them was continued throughout life. Among his associates of the M. O'Neil Company, Mr. Kirk was highly regarded and in their estimation he knew Akron better as a merchant and business man than any other man in the city. As a son and a brother he was most devoted. These same qualities obtained in his friendships, and people of high and low degree loved him for himself. An editor of one of the local papers said of him : "Everyone in the Akron mercantile district knew 'Bill' Kirk. There was a time when everyone in Akron knew him, too, back in the days when Akron was in the small city class and having only dreams of future greatness. For forty years he was in the employ of the M. O'Neil Company, making its interests his own and rejoicing in its ever expanding business. His loyalty to the 748 - AKRON AND SUMMIT COUNTY store was recognized and he was made an officer of the company. His host of friends regret that he died so young, but to the end of their own days they will cherish fond memories of his many excellent qualities as friend and good citizen." EDWARD SANTOM BUNNELL For a quarter of a century Edward Santom Bunnell was .a prominent figure in the business circles of Akron as treasurer of the Hardware & Supply Company. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion and throughout his entire business career employed methods which neither sought nor required disguise. His- entire record was as an open. book which any might read and the course which he pursued may well constitute an example for the youth of the present day to follow. Mr. Bunnell was born in Warren, Ohio, July 16, 1867, and his life span covered the intervening period to the 23d of September, 1919, when he passed away in the fifty-third year of his age. He was a son: of Edward and Charlotte (Santom). Bunnell and, while spending his youthful days under the parental roof he pursued his education in the public schools of Warren, of Hudson and of Cleveland, where the family lived at various times. He had scarcely reached the period of young manhood when he came to Akron and entered into active association with commercial interests by securing employment with the firm of Williams & Rohrbacher, dealers in hardware. He began by driving a delivery wagon and as the years passed he worked his way -steadily upward with that concern, being advanced from one position to another of larger responsibility and importance. Eventually, in company with Crannell Morgan, he established a hardware business on East' Market street, near Howard, taking over the Ohio Glass & Hardware Company, which had failed, and the firm .of Morgan & Bunnell was established. At a subsequent period :they sought larger quarters by removing to the Phinney block on Main street and afterward consolidated their interests with those of the Standard Hardware Company, removing to the location of the latter. A later merger was made with the Adam Kempel Company and the name of the Hardware & Supply Company was assumed, Mr. Bunnell becoming the treasurer of the larger corporation. The business was temporarily carried on in the Central Trust building until the Hower