Toledo City (part 5 of 21)

Since coming to Toledo Dr. Frank L. Farman has made continuous progress in the field of professional service, and earnest effort, determination and ability have enabled him to establish his position among the successful physicians of the city. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, December 25, 1885, and is a son of John Henry and Anna (Sweeney) Farman, the former a native of England and the latter of Illinois. When five years of age the father was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled in Illinois, and he was reared and educated in that state and in Indiana. He later became a contractor and builder, which business he successfully followed for many years. He is now retired and he and his wife are living in Toledo. They became the parents of three children but the subject of this review is the only one now living.

Frank L. Farman was a pupil in the grammar and high schools of Indianapolis, Indiana, and later entered the medical department of the University of Indiana, from which he was graduated in 1912. He afterward served as interne at the City Hospital of Terre Haute, Indiana, and at the General Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio. From Cleveland he came to Toledo, and was a member of the staff of the Toledo State Hospital serving as assistant superintendent, which position he left to enlist for service in the World war. He is a member of the medical staff of Mercy Hospital and his practice is a large and growing one. He subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession and does everything possible to perfect himself in his chosen vocation.

Dr. Farman was commissioned a first lieutenant in the World war. He was sent to Camp Sherman and remained in the service for a year, receiving his discharge in 1919. He is a member of the Toledo Automobile Club and his professional relations are with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He holds to high ideals in his professional activities and is devoting his life to the welfare of his fellowmen.

Basil Butheway Brim Ml

Dr. Basil Butheway Brim, a man of versatile talents, is recognized as one of Toledo's leading physicians and in the field of business he has been equally successful, establishing his position among the foremost realtors of the city. He was born at Woodville, Ohio, April 8, 1880, and his parents were James Jeffreys and Elizabeth (Butheway) Brim. The mother was a native of England and when eleven years of age she came to the United States with her parents, who settled in Ohio, in which state her marriage occurred. The father was born in Woodville and on reaching manhood he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed in Sandusky county, Ohio, for many years. Huis demise occurred at Toledo on the 26th of December, 1914, when he was seventy-five years of age. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war, enlisting in the Union army, and for four years he served as a sergeant under General William Tecumseh Sherman. The mother passed away at Woodville in 1906, when sixty-three years of age. They had a family of four children: Charles, deceased; Mrs. Myrtle Campbell, whose home is situated at the corner of Sylvania and Commonwealth avenues in this city; Mrs. Maude Bushnell, a resident of Woodville; and Basil B.

Basil Butheway Brim acquired his early education in his native city, finishing his high school training when sixteen years of age, after which he took a preparatory course in Woodville Academy. The next two years were spent as a student at the Lutheran Seminary and he then entered the Toledo Medical College. He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Maryland, in 1902. In 1903 he located in West Toledo, which was then a village on the outskirts of the city, and as the years have passed his practice has steadily grown as he has demonstrated his ~ ability to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and prolong life. In 1913 he took postgraduate work at Harvard University, for he has never lost the attitude of a student toward his profession. He is visiting physician at the Mercy and East Toledo hospitals and holds to high standards in his professional labors.

Seeing the possibilities for development in West Toledo, Dr. Brim made extensive investments in land, which he improved and placed upon the market, and during the period of his identification with real estate interests he has laid out the following subdivisions : Baltimore Heights, Silver Creek, Commonwealth, Chestnut Hills and the Brim addition to Trilby. He replatted part of the Collinsdale addition and is now developing his seventh subdivision. He has sold five hundred and fifty-eight lots and his operations are conducted on an extensive scale. His judgment is rarely at fault concerning the value of real estate and its possible rise or diminution in price and in development projects he has not only studied present needs and conditions but has looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future. The force of his personality and the keenness of his insight have brought him to a position of leadership in real estate circles of Toledo and his work has been of signal service and benefit to the city. At Washington, D. C., on the 11th of January, 1902, Dr. Brim was married to Miss Bertha T. Justice, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rusher Justice of Accomac, Virginia, and they have one child, Dorothy Deane, who was born January 20, 1911, and is attending school. For a number of years Dr. Brim filled the office of health officer of Washington township, Lucas county, and during the World war he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. He was stationed at the Base Hospital at Camp Greene, North Carolina, and later was transferred to Camp Hancock, Georgia, remaining in the service for sx months. He keeps in touch with the onward march of the profession through his connection with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Tri-State Medical Society and the Ohio State Medical Society. For the past five years he has been a member of the Toledo Real Estate Board and he is also identified with the Toledo and West Toledo Commercial clubs, the West Toledo Business Men's Club, the West Toledo Gun Club and the Toledo Automobile Club and he is also a member of Central Grove Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Dr. Brim is a tireless worker and has ever been actuated by the spirit of enterprise and determination which never allows him to stop short of the successful accomplishment of anything he undertakes. His ability has won for him high standing in his profession and his activities in the teal estate field have been a direct agency in the improvement and upbuilding of the city. His residence is at No. 1119 Sylvania avenue. .

Frank Hamilton Geer

Frank Hamilton Geer, member of the well known law firm of Geer & Lane, is one of the prominent members of the Toledo bar, where he has been engaged in active practice for nearly twenty-five years. He was born in Lucas county, Ohio, November 6, 1869, and is a son of Amos W. and Mary E. (Lloyd) Geer, the former a farmer by occupation.

Frank H. Geer pursued his education in the schools of his native county and of Toledo and entered upon the study of law in the office of King & Tracy, who directed his reading until his admission to the bar in March, 1899. He practiced alone for a number of years, making steady and substantial progress in his profession and had become well established in his chosen life work when in 1914 he entered into partnership with Joseph W. Lane under the firm style of Geer & Lane. Mr. Geer is attorney for the Commercial Savings Bank & Trust Company, the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and a number of other corporations, and to a large extent has specialized in corporation law. He has always

On June 2, 1897, Mr. Geer married Miss Mary E. Summerskill, now deceased. He lives at 2553 Glenwood avenue, Toledo, with his three daughters, Ruth, Gertrude and Gratia.

He was president of the Toledo Bar Association in 1918 and 1919. When the United States was organizing its man power into an army in connection with the World war, with the cooperation of the attorneys and judges of Lucas county, he conducted an organization at the courthouse which prepared and assisted with over forty-five thousand affidavits and questionnaires for registrants and their dependents. During the war he was also a member of one of the legal advisory boards. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and all Masonic bodies, is president of the Social Service Federation of Toledo, a warden of St. Mark's Episcopal church and a trustee of the Toledo Y. M. C. A. In 1918 he was chairman of the Lucas County Republican campaign committee and in 1920 an alternate to the Republican National convention at Chicago.

Francis Joseph Grasshr

Francis Joseph Grasser was born in Hochfelden, Alsace, February 14, 1828, a son of Anton and Margaret (Wernert) Grasser. Desiring to escape the influences of militarism as practiced in Germany, he came to America in 1848. _He had acquired his early education in his home town and started out in the business world by learning the carpenter's trade. He did not find it congenial, however, having no natural talent in this line, so he went to a brewers' school in Strasburg and also another at Nancy, learning the brewing business in all of its phases.

With his arrival in the new world in 1848, Mr. Grasser made his way to New Orleans, where he remained for two and a half years, working in a brewery until yellow fever broke out, when he made his way northward to St. Louis. He spent two years in that city and then removed to Cincinnati, where he resided for an equal time. On the Ist of August, 1854, he accepted employment in the brewery of Kohler & York of Toledo, which afterward became the Buckeye Brewery, and there he remained for two and a half years. On the expiration of that period he purchased the building at Nos. 715 to 719 Michigan street and there started the Grasser Brewery, thus embarking in business on his own account. This was later sold to the firm of Lang & Stetter and in company with Henry Brand he organized the brewery carried on under the firm style of Grasser & Brand, of which he was manager. Under his very capable and businesslike control the business grew to great proportions and yielded very satisfactory profits. The plant was located on St. Clair street, at the corner of Williams, and there Mr. Grasser continued in business until about 1905, when after more than fifty years of activity in this field he retired and the Grasser interests were a part of the merger forming the Huebner Toledo Breweries Company, at which time Edward J. Grasser was elected to the board of directors and later vice president of the corporation.

On the 6th of December, 1853, Francis Joseph Grasser was united in marriage to Barbara Scharf and they became parents of two children: Anton, who is now living retired at No. 155 Amherst Drive. He married Amanda Pressler of Toledo, and they had four children, Walter, Violet, Dorothy and Bessie; and Mrs. Rosa

Francis J. Grasser

Hoffmann, the wife of Emil Hoffmann of the Alaska Fur House of Toledo. Their three children are, Emily, Rose and Frederick. Mrs. Grasser passed away in August, 1869. On the 28th of April, 1870, Mr. Grasser was married to Christine Pressler, by whom he had five children: A. Christine, who remains at home ; Edward J., who married Jessie Martin, daughter of Thomas Martin of Toledo, and died September 13, 1920, leaving one daughter, Irene; Katharine L., the wife of William F. Meister; E. Augusta, now Mrs. Arthur G. Im Oberstag of the Home Realty Company of Toledo; and Joseph M., who is president and general manager of the Grasser Motor Company, situated at the corner of Sixteenth street and Madison avenue. He married Jean Klemmer of Detroit, Michigan, and they have three children: Elizabeth, Christine and Jean.

Mr. Grasser was long actively interested in public affairs in Toledo and at one time was a trustee of the waterworks board. In that connection he was instrumental in infusing business methods into the control of the waterworks and this resulted in stopping the deficit and putting the system upon a paying basis. The effect was secured by making the people pay for all the water they used. Mr. Grasser belonged to the German Pioneer Association, also to the Toledo Maennerchor and to the Independent. Order of Odd Fellows. He was very prominent among the citizens of German birth or descent in Toledo and had wide influence among them. Politically he was not bound by party ties, voting always for the man who subscribed to the highest ideals and cleanest principles in citizenship.

On the 28th of April, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Grasser celebrated the thirtyeighth anniversary of their wedding and on the following afternoon he passed away quite suddenly while reading his daily paper. He was a most honorable, upright man, honest in all business dealings, and was sincerely mourned. His family is well known in Toledo and attends the Lutheran church of this city. The family residence is at No. 2630 Broadway, Mr. Grasser completing the home in 1888.

Dr. Barney J. Hein, a member of one of the pioneer families of Toledo, is specializing in orthopedic surgery and the success which he has already won as a medical practitioner proves that he has selected the vocation best suited to the development of his talents and the exercise of his powers. He is one of Toledo's native sons and was born April 23, 1889, of the union of Gustave and Anna (Huetmann) Hein, the former a native of Denmark and the latter of Germany. About 1870 they came to the United States, establishing their home in Toledo, and the father entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad Company, with which he was connected for forty-three years. His faithfulness and efficiency won him advancement and for a considerable period he had charge of the coach department of the road but is now living retired in this city, at the age of seventy-six. The mother passed away in 1911, when sixty-three years of age. In their family | were four children: Gustave A., a well known druggist of Toledo; and George J., Amanda and Barney J., all of whom are residents of this city.

In 1908 Dr. Hein was graduated from the Central high school of this city and his professional training was received in the Toledo Medical College, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree in 1912. After spending a year as house physician at St. Vincent's Hospital he began the practice of his profession as a member of the firm of Heath, Selby & Hein and this association has since been maintained. Dr. Hein has devoted much time to study and in 1914 took a postgraduate course in the Harvard Medical School. He attended the clinics of the New York Post Graduate School in 1916 and completed a course at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston in the following year, thus preparing himself for the practice of orthopedic surgery, in which he specializes. He has developed expert skill in that branch of medical science and is connected with the orthopedic departments of St. Vincent's Hospital and also of the Flower and Lucas County Hospitals of this city.

At Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the 14th of December, 1917, Dr. Hein was married to Miss Helen Striggow, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Striggow, members of a well known Toledo family, and they have become the parents of three children: Ned Barney, who was born in 1918; Lorene, born in 1920; and Jean, born in 1922.

Dr. Hein is a veteran of the World war. In August, 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps and was called into active service September 26, 1917. He was sent overseas and on December 1, 1917, was placed in charge of the orthopedic department of the Evacuation Hospital. In March, 1918, he was commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps and he remained abroad for a year, being connected with Base Hospitals Nos. 9 and 114 and Evacuation Hospital No. 5. He participated in several major operations, at the battles of Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Lys, and after receiving his discharge returned to Toledo, where he resumed his professional activities. He isa member of the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and is also deeply interested in the industrial progress of his city, which he endeavors to promote through his connection with the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Lions Club, which is devoted to Americanism and stands for loyalty to country, community and home, and he is also a prominent Mason, having taken the thirtysecond degree in the consistory, while he is likewise connected with the Grotto. Natural talent, acquired ability and earnest effort have brought Dr. Hein to an enviable position in medical circles of Toledo and in every relation of life he measures up to the highest standards, being a young man whom to know is to esteem and admire.

Harry Cox Hassedt

Intense and intelligently directed activity brought Harry Cox Hassett, merchandise broker of Toledo, now deceased, to a notable point of success in connection with the business interests of his native city. He was born February 21, 1874, a son of James B. and Sarah (Cox) Hassett. He had no special opportunities in his youth but when fourteen years of age started out in the business world by securing a position as office boy with Albro Blodgett, a merchandise broker. He was an indefatigable worker and possessed a commendable ambition. He continued for a number of years with Mr. Blodgett, and so rapid was his rise in this connection that after ten years he was enabled to purchase Mr. Blodgett's interest in the company and from that time on under his guidance the business steadily grew and developed until it became one of the largest of the kind in this section of the country. During the war the trade of the house assumed extensive proportions and even during the period of readjustment since the war there has been little diminution in the volume of patronage. Because of his faithfulness and conscientious devotion to business, combined with his capability and power, Mr. Hassett steadily advanced and with his admission to the firm the name was changed to the Blodgett-Hassett Company. Later, upon the retirement of Mr. Blodgett, it became the Harry C. Hassett Company and under that title operations have since been carried on. This business was Mr. Hassett's pride. He gave to it the closest attention, and the tremendous strain which he put upon himself in connection with the management and control of the business through times of stress greatly undermined his health. In the meantime he had extended the scope of his activities by entering still other commercial fields and was also vice president of the Sinclair Manufacturing Company, while at one time he was vice president of The J. M. Bour Company.

On August 27, 1897, Mr. Hassett was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Lagen and they became parents of two children: Roxena Lillian, who is a graduate of the Smead School for Girls in Toledo and afterward attended the Mount Vernon Seminary at Washington, D. C.; and Harry C., Jr.

A number of civic and business organizations profited by the enterprising spirit and association of Mr. Hassett. He was a stanch republican in his political views and never neglectful of the duties and obligations that devolved upon him in his citizenship relations. He held membership in the Collingwood Presbyterian church and was a popular member in the Toledo, the Inverness and Country clubs, the Upper Yacht Club, the Lower Yacht Club and in the Elks Club. In 1918 he was chosen president of the Merchandise Brokers' Association of the Middle West and so served until his death.

Not in years has Toledo's business community received such a shock as came with the news of the death of Mr. Hassett on the 13th of October, 1921, the immediate cause of which was the mental and nervous breakdown that resulted from the tremendous responsibilities which he carried in connection with the notable growth of the business during the war period. A number of business and civic organizations with which he was affiliated and in the circles of which he was universally esteemed, passed resolutions of sympathy and condolence. To his family was sent the following: "We, the merchandise brokers of Toledo, wish to express to you, Mrs. Hassett, and to your family, our deepest sympathy in the irreparable loss which you have sustained in the death of your beloved husband and father. We, who came in almost daily contact with Harry and knew him best in his business life, appreciated him for his fine and honorable manhood and his high ideals. He was more than a business friend to us, and in our business associations he was generous and kind, always mindful of the success and happiness of his fellowman. We therefore share with you in your great bereavement and mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and highest regard. We know not the ways of our Heavenly Father, but we firmly believe in that all-abiding faith wherein it-is written: 'We shall find happiness and eternal peace with the ones we so dearly love in the paradise of God.' cd <4

A group of intimate friends of Mr. Hassett expressed their feeling concerning him as follows: "It is hard to realize that Harry Hassett is gone. We who have met him daily in his office, on the street, at his club, on the golf links and at his home, expect to see him as we always have and it comes with a distinct: shock that he is no more. Harry Hassett was an energetic, shrewd, straightforward business man. His judgment was quick and sure and generally right. He was prompt in his social and business engagements. If he agreed to be at a certain place at a certain time he was there without fail, and everybody that knew him could depend upon him. He was charitable-in the extreme and there was never a case of want put before him but that he was ready to do his full share. He was honorable and trustworthy and his friends were legion. In the death of Harry Hassett, Toledo has lost a good citizen, the business world has lost a good business man, his friends have lost a good friend, his family have lost a loving husband and father.. May he rest in peace."

Beautiful and well deserved was the tribute paid by his pastor, who said: "The news of the death of Mr. Hassett has certainly touched all our hearts. His generous heartedness had won for him a host of friendly business associates. The pastor personally wishes to acknowledge a number of well remembered kindnesses rendered to him by Mr. Hassett, and to bear his testimony as to his sterling worth as a man, as a citizen and as a Christian gentleman."

Carleton Morey Baumgardner

Carleton Morey Baumgardner is a member of the wholesale firm of Baumgardner & Company. Upon leaving the University of Michigan he entered the firm in which the other members of his family were interested. Mr. Baumgardner began his work in the hosiery department and is now a member of the firm.

Carleton M. Baumgardner is the son of Edson W. and Frances Mary (Langan) Baumgardner, who are mentioned at length elsewhere in this work, and is one of three children, all of whom were born in Toledo. The other two members of the family are Frank L. and Edson L. Baumgardner. After attending the public schools of his native city Mr. Baumgardner completed his education in the Detroit University School and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In the latter school he was initiated into the brotherhood of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Entering the firm of Baumgardner & Company in 1916, he has been working with that organization ever since, with the exception of the time he spent in service during the World war. Founded in 1866, the establishment of Baumgardner & Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods and notions, has enjoyed nearly sixty years of growth and prosperity, now holding a place among the largest concerns in the city. After mastering all of the subordinate details of the business Mr. Baumgardner was admitted to membership in the firm and is now associated with other members of his family in the control of the company.

Among the early enlistments in Toledo was that of Carleton M. Baumgardner for service in the World war. Joining Battery B, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Field Artillery, a Toledo unit, in September, 1917, he served with such ability that he was transferred to the Officers Training Camp at Camp Taylor to take the course of instruction. On the 13th of November, 1918, he received his commission as second lieutenant. The armistice having brought the hostilities to a close, Lieutenant Baumgardner was honorably discharged from the army in December of 1918.

On the 7th of April, 1920, Mr. Baumgardner: was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Dodge, and they have become the parents of one son, Carleton Morey

Baumgardner, Jr. In political affairs Mr. Baumgardner gives his support to the republican party and he is a member of the Toledo Club and the Toledo Country

Paul T. Gaynor

Paul T. Gaynor, whose successful professional career was foreshadowed in his graduation from the University of Michigan as honor man of his class, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on the 3d of June, 1887, and is a son of John J. and Josephine L. (Connor) Gaynor. He obtained a public school education in his native city and in the schools of Toledo, Ohio, having accompanied his parents on their removal from New England to this state. Later he determined upon the practice of law as his life work and in preparation therefor matriculated in the University of Michigan, being graduated from its law department in 1912, with the LL. B. degree. He was honor man in his class, which numbered two hundred and seventy members, and the thoroughness with which he applied himself to his studies and the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence has indicated a marked characteristic of his practice which has brought to him substantial success. He has continued in general law practice throughout the intervening period, covering an entire decade, and within this time he has gained a good clientage connecting him with much important litigation.

On the 16th of August, 1916, Mr. Gaynor was married to Miss Helen Blinn of Toledo and they have many friends in this city, while the hospitality of their home is greatly enjoyed by those who know them. Their religious faith is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Gaynor is also connected with the Knights of Columbus and the Elks, being exalted ruler of Toledo Lodge, No. 53, B. P. O. E. He is likewise a member of the Commerce Club and is interested,in all those forces and plans which have to do with the city's upbuilding, development and the maintenance of high civic standards.

Dr. Thomas E. Burgess, engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery at Toledo, displayed the elemental strength of his character by providing the funds necessary for his college training, and conscientious service and ability have won him marked success in his professional career. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, October 4, 1866, and is a son of William and Mary Ann (Earl) Burgess, also natives of the Emerald isle. The father came to the United States in 1865 and a year later the mother joined him in this country. They first located in Lenawee county, Michigan, and later established their home on a farm in Fulton county, Ohio, on which they lived for many years. The father made many improvements on his land, which he converted into a valuable and productive farm, on which he is now residing at Seward, Ohio. Although eighty years of age, he is still vigorous and active, being able to accomplish as much work as a man of forty, and the mother also enjoys good health. In their family were seven children, namely: Thomas E.; Mrs. Mary Jane Nevitt, Adolphus and Rebecca, all of whom are deceased; William, of Cortland, Ohio; Lyman Harrison, whose home is also at Seward, this state; and Mrs. Carrie Belle Prentiss, a resident of Napoleon, Ohio.

Thomas E. Burgess attended the district schools of Fulton county and afterward became a student at the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, from which he was graduated. In order to acquire the money for his medical course he devoted two terms to teaching and then entered the University of Michigan, which conferred upon him the M. D. degree 'in 1892. His first professional experience was gained at Ashley, Indiana, where he maintained an office for two years, and since 1894 he has been a resident of Toledo. He utilizes every opportunity to broaden his knowledge and promote his efficiency and has taken postgraduate work at Chicago, Illinois, and also at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He puts forth earnest effort in behalf of his fellowmen and has been accorded a large practice in recognition of his professional skill. Foreseeing the continued growth and development of the city, Dr. Burgess invested his capital in real estate soon after locating here and as the years have passed his property has greatly increased in value.

On the 27th of February, 1899, Dr. Burgess was married to Miss Luretta Donahue, a daughter of Sylvester and Katherine Donahue of this city, and they have a son, William Thomas Burgess, who was born in February, 1909, and is attending the Monroe school. Dr. Burgess is liberal in his political views, voting for the man whom he regards as best qualified for office without considering party ties. His fraternal connections are with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias and professionally he is identified with the Academy of Medicine of Toledo & Lucas County, the Ohio Medical Society, the Northern and Tri-State Medical societies and the American Medical Association. He is a self-made man whose entire career has been actuated by a spirit of progress that has been productive of substantial results and his professional colleagues accord him a position of prominence in his chosen vocation.

Walter S. Miller

Walter S. Miller, president of The Walter S. Miller Company, photo-engravers, manufacturers of printing plates for all advertising purposes, lithographers and printers, is one of the prominent younger business men of Toledo. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on the 8th of October, 1888, son of Jacob F. and Caroline (Seigrist) Miller.

Mr. Miller was educated in the public schools of Dubuque and finished in Chicago, to which city his family later removed. He gained a thorough practical knowledge of photo-engraving through experience, coming, in 1911, to Toledo, as district manager of a Chicago firm. He subsequently organized The Walter S. Miller Company, of which he has been president since its inception. Mr. Miller has builded around him an organization that stands high among the enterprises of its kind in the country. He possesses a thorough knowledge of each phase of the business. The growth of the business has been remarkable and the extensive patronage it enjoys is the strongest advertisement for the quality of the product and the effectiveness of the personal service. The company's plant is located at Nos. 14-16 North St. Clair street, is modern in every detail and equipped with every facility that presentoC day methods afford to create and render a superior class of workmanship and product. The Walter S. Miller Company has introduced many features into the scope of its service that were new to Toledo, among them being the four-color process plate, which has become indispensable to those who have recognized its infinite superiority over other types.

On the 26th of March, 1913, Mr. Miller was married to Laura Casey Geddes, the daughter of Frederick L. and Kate R. Geddes of Toledo. Mr. Geddes is senior member of the law firm of Brown, Geddes, Schmettau and Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children: Kate Rosebrough, Caroline Seigrist and Laura Casey Geddes.

Mr. Miller has an active interest in all things relating to the welfare and progress of Toledo. He is a member of the Commerce Club, the Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, the Toledo Club and the Country Club. He resides in Perrysburg, where he has one of the most attractive homes on the river.

Clarence A, Dye

To know when and where to use his powers and just what opportunities to embrace is often the salient feature which carries the individual beyond his fellows and enables him to become a power in his chosen field of activity. This has been the secret of the success of Clarence A. Dye, whose business career has been marked by continuous advancement, and as vice president and general manager of the Adamson Company he is directing the affairs of one of the large wholesale men's jewelry firms in Toledo. He was born in Wyandot county, Ohio, February 4, 1884, and is a son of Winfield S. and Effie Jane (McClellan) Dye, also natives of this state. The father has devoted many years to the occupation of farming and is now a resident of Warsaw, Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Dye five children were born: Cloyd L., who is living in Riverside, Illinois; Robert, Mrs. O. S. Kirschner and Mrs. James L. Redman, all of whom are residing in Seattle, Washington; and Clarence A.

Clarence A. Dye attended the public schools of Prairie Depot, Ohio, and the Tri-State College of this city and after completing his course in the latter institution he became the bookkeeper for the Toledo Transfer Company, with which he remained for two years. He then secured a similar position in the establishment operated by the Lion Dry Goods Company, but left its employ at the end of two years to become shipping clerk for the W. B. Geroe Produce Company, continuing with that concern for a year. His next position was that of bookkeeper for the Acme White Lead & Color Works and subsequently he acted as a salesman for six years. On the expiration of that period he became connected with the Adamson Company, which was organized in 1913, and from a small beginning has grown to an enterprise of large proportions. They conduct a wholesale jewelry men's business and also handle novelties, their location being at 142%4 North St. Clair street. Mr. Dye is serving as vice president and general manager of the firm and displays initiative, sound judgment and executive ability in the control of the business, keeping it not only in line but rather in the lead of the progressive undertakings of this character. joo ; ; .

On the 19th of August, 1908, Mr. Dye was united in marriage to' Miss Drusilla Troup, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Troup of Wyandot county, Ohio, and they have two children: Clarence M., who was born in 1909 and is attending the Harvard grammar school of Toledo; and Martha, who was born in 1915 and is also a pupil at that school. Mr. Dye is a member of the Men's Apparel Club of Ohio and his religious faith is indicated by his affiliation with the Park Congregational church of this city, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He isa self-made man who has depended upon his own efforts for advancement, and well defined plans and purposes have carried him steadily forward until he now ranks with Toledo's foremost representatives of mercantile interests, while his integrity has ever remained unquestioned.

Karl Pessefal Aschbacher

Karl Pessefal Aschbacher, secretary of the Swan Creek Lumber & Supply Company of Toledo, has had long experience in connection with the lumber trade, working in this way for many years. Thus he has gained intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the lumber business and is well qualified for important duties that devolve upon him in his present connection as a factor in the further _ upbuilding of the trade of the company. Mr. Aschbacher is a native son of Ohio, his birth having occurred at Defiance, March 7, 1886, his parents being Charles Frederick and Theresa (Pessefal) Aschbacher. The father came to America from Germany in the year 1865 and in Ohio devoted his attention to merchant tailoring, remaining a resident of this state until called to his final rest.

Karl P. Aschbacher was a student in the public schools of his native city and afterward pursued a business course in the Defiance College. In young manhood he filled the position of assistant secretary to Timothy T. Ansberry, member of congress from the Defiance district, acting in that capacity for about eight months. He left his native city in February, 1908, to go to Kansas City, Missouri, where he accepted a stenographic position with the C. J. Carter Lumber Company and thus gained his first intimate knowledge of the lumber trade. He continued there until December, 1908, after which he was employed by the Doniphan Lumber Company at Kensett, Arkansas, from January, 1909, until April, 1910. His next position was that of salesman and assistant sales manager with A. W. Stickle, who was general sales manager of three lumber companies. Mr. Aschbacher remained in that connection at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from April, 1910, until July, 1913, and at the latter date entered the employ of the Swan Creek Lumber & Supply Company of Toledo, Ohio, as a salesman and estimator. In February, 1915, he was advanced to the position of manager and was elected secretary of the firm in January, 1916, since which time he has continued in official connection with the business. Since becoming identified with the Swan Creek Lumber & Supply Company in 1913 he has remained continuously with the corporation save for a period of five months, from September, 1914, until February, 1915, when he was in the employ of the American Column & Lumber Company of St. Albans, West Virginia. In March, 1921, he also became the general manager of the Erie Paint & Paper Company and continues to the present time.

In October, 1912, Mr. Aschbacher was married to Miss Francis Lucille Knapp of Defiance, Ohio, and they have two children: Doris Lucille and Martha Frances. Mr. Aschbacher is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Barton Smith Lodge, No. 613, F. & A. M., of which he is senior warden; Toledo Commandery,

No. 7, K. T.; Toledo Consistory, A. A. S. R.; Zenobia Temple of the Mystic Shrine and O-Ton-Ta-La Grotto. He is likewise a member of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and of the Art' Museum, associations which indicate his active interest in those forces which make for cultural uplift and civic progress in the city. He is the president of the Toledo Lumbermen's Club, of which he served as secretary in 1917 and 1918, while in 1922 he was called to his present office. From June, 1921, until June, 1922, he was president of the Toledo Advertising Club and from October, 1921, until May, 1922, he was second vice president of the Advertising Affiliation. In June of the latter year he was chosen first vice president of the Advertising Affiliation at Rochester, New York, and he is widely known through his connection with this organization. His business experiences have been wide and varied and steadily he has advanced through the utilization of his opportunities until he is now an official of one of the strong corporate interests

William Windus Knight

Various are the corporate interests with which William Windus Knight is connected, thus establishing his position as one of the foremost business men of Toledo. He is an official in many enterprises which are notable contributing factors to the development of commercial and manufacturing interests here and elsewhere in the state and at the same time he has ever recognized his duties and obligations in matters of citizenship and at all times has lent his aid and influence on the side of general progress and improvement. Mr. Knight is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, born on the 10th of February, 1878, his parents being Milton and Marina (Windus) Knight. In the acquirement of his education he completed his studies at Yale University, where he received the Bachelor of Philosophy degree as a member of the class of 1899. He started out in the business world as a clerk with the firm of Reynolds Brothers, grain dealers of YVoledo. in the year 1900 and through the intervening period, covering twenty-three years, he has made notable progress. He left the firm of Reynolds Brothers to become secretary of The Bostwick-Braun Company, hardware merchants, in 1904, and throughout the intervening period has continued in this position. Recognized as a man of substantial business qualities, of broad vision and of ready adaptability, his cooperation has been sought in various other fields and since 1905 he has been the treasurer of The Toledo Plate & Window Glass Company and in 1908 was elected to the vice presidency of The Bostwick-Braun Company, in addition to serving as its secretary. In 1911 he was made the treasurer of The W. Bingham Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1912 he became the vice president of The Edward Ford Plate Glass Company.

On the 10th of February, 1904, Mr. Knight was married to Miss Edna Sage Ford, daughter of Edward and Carrie J. (Ross) Ford of this city, and to them have been born five children: William Windus, Jr., Milton, Edward Ford, Samuel Bradford and Elizabeth Ross. Mr. Knight and' his family are of the Congregational faith, taking active and helpful part in the church work and his political belief is that of the republican party, of which he has ever been a loyal adherent. He was elected a delegate to the Republican National convention which was held at 'Chicago, in 1920. He has membership in the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and in the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and is in hearty sympathy with the organized efforts of those bodies to upbuild and extend the business relations of the respective cities in which they operate and to uphold all those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride. In club circles, too, Mr. Knight is well known, being identified with the leading social organizations of Toledo, including the Toledo, Country, Inverness, Toledo Yacht and the Maumee Yacht clubs, all of this city. He likewise belongs to the Union Club of Cleveland and to the Yale Club of New York. He is a member of the control board of the Community Traction Company and in January, 1922, he was appointed a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for a term of three years. During the period of the World war he was chairman of the Lucas County Liberty Loan organization and took an active part in all of the Red Cross drives, doing everything in his power to uphold the interests of the government in the cause of world democracy. The family residence is at No. 2215 Collingwood avenue.

Gustave A. Hein

Gustave A. Hein, one of Toledo's native sons, has always remained a resident of the city, finding here excellent opportunities for advancement, and through their utilization he has steadily progressed until he now ranks with the leading druggists of the city. He was born August 15, 1873, of the marriage of Gustave J. and Anna (Huetmann) Hein, who came to the United States soon after the close of the Civil war, establishing their home in Toledo in 1867. For forty years the father was foreman of the coach department of the Wabash Railroad and he is now living retired in this city, in which he has many friends. The mother passed away in 1912.

After completing his high school training Gustave A. Hein became a college student at Ada, Ohio, completing a course in pharmacy, and he then secured a position with Mr. Fenneberg, a well known druggist of Toledo. He next entered the employ of Andrew Heitzman and later became associated with Thomas Daniels, and still later again with Mr. Heitzman, in whose service he remained until 1902, when he embarked in business on his own account, opening a drug store at No. 1639 Broadway. He is an expert pharmacist and has made a close study of the business in which he is engaged, displaying initiative, enterprise and ability in the conduct of his establishment and adhering to high standards of service in catering to the wants of the public. For twenty years he has remained at his present location and his business has kept pace with the growth of the city because of his well merited reputation for integrity and reliability. The position which he occupies in drug circles of the state is indicated in the fact that he has been honored with the presidency of the Lucas Company Branch of the Ohio Pharmaceutical Association and is now filling that office.

On the 28th of February, 1900, Mr. Hein was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Classen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Classen, prominent residents of this city. Mr. Hein is deeply interested in the welfare and advancement of his city and has taken an active part in public affairs, representing the thirteenth ward in the common council from 1913 until 1919 and making a most creditable record in that connection. He is a charter member of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and is also identified with the Knights of

Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a Royal Arch Mason. Diligence and determination have constituted the foundation upon which Mr. Hein has reared the superstructure of success and he is recognized as an enterprising business man and a public-spirited citizen, whose influence is always on the side of progress, reform and improvement.

Rev. William Henry Beecher

Rev. William Henry Beecher, at one time a representative of the ministry in Toledo, was born January 15, 1802, a member of that family which has furnished so many distinguished divines to America. He was a son of the Rev. Lyman and Roxanna (Foote) Beecher, the latter descended from the well known Foote and Ward families of Connecticut. The ancestral line of the Beecher family is traced back to original settlers of New Haven and of Colchester and upon the family record appear the names of many distinguished members, including the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

His father, Rev. Lyman Beecher, likewise a prominent divine, was president of Lane Seminary in Cincinnati and was the father of six well known clergymen.

William Henry Beecher attended Yale College and like other members of the family, became a minister of the gospel. He settled in Newport, Rhode Island, on the 25th of March, 1830, and afterward held pastorates in Middletown, Connecticut, Putnam, now Zanesville, Ohio, at Toledo, at Euclid, now Cleveland, at Batavia, New York, and at Reading and North Brookfield, Massachusetts. He also assisted his father in the conduct of Lane Seminary in Cincinnati. Finally he took up his abode in Chicago, Illinois, where his remaining days were passed.

At Boston, Massachusetts, on the 12th of May, 1830, William Henry Beecher was married to Miss Katharine Edes, a daughter of Isaiah and Anna (Fiske) Edes _ of Charlestown and of Boston, respectively. The ancestors of the family settled in Massachusetts prior to 1650 and were prominent in the public affairs of the two cities. Rev. and Mrs. Beecher became the parents of six children: Agnes, who became the wife of Edward Herrick Allen; Mary Ward; Lyman; Robert Edes; Roxanna, who became the wife of Carl Preuszner; and Grace Susan. One of the sons and the two sons-in-law served in the Civil war. William Henry Beecher filled but one public office - prior to 1870 he was postmaster of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, being appointed at the request of Charles Sumner. His work in Toledo included the organization of the First Congregational church of the city in 1844 and he served as its first pastor. His death occurred June 15, 1889, in Chicago, when he was in the eighty-seventh year of his age.

Dr. Frank H. Newton is one of the leading physicians of Toledo and a representative of a family which for many years has figured prominently in professional circles of the city in connection with the practice of medicine. Preeminently public-spirited, he has succeeded in bringing to Toledo a most important manufacturing enterprise and his course has at all times marked him as a citizen of worth. He was born at New Straitsville, Ohio, July 5, 1886, a son of Dr. George A. and Annie D. Buchanan (Harthorn) Newton, the former a native of Buffalo, New York, and the latter of Ohio. The father was one of the well known physicians and surgeons of Toledo. He passed away in 1918, when sixty-three years of age. The mother is still a resident of this city. In their family were three children: William C., who is commercial superintendent for the Bell Telephone Company at Columbus, Ohio; George B., who is living in Chicago, Illinois ; and Frank H.

In the acquirement of an education Frank H. Newton attended the public schools of Springfield, a private school and Wittenberg College, afterward entering the medical department of the State University, from which he was graduated in 1911. He began his professional career in Toledo and with the passing years his practice has steadily grown as his experience and ability have increased. He has devoted much time to reading and study, keeping in close touch with all new developments along medical and surgical lines. 'Through the untiring efforts of Dr. Newton the American Medical Products Company of New York, large pharmaceutical manufacturers, have been induced to locate in this city, which offers them splendid railroad facilities. They have purchased the factory of the Toledo Pharmacal Company at Nos. 152-154 Erie street, to which they contemplate adding many improvements, and will use this as a supply base for their middle western territory. This new enterprise will contribute materially to the industrial activity of Toledo and Dr. Newton has been highly commended for the work which he has accomplished in bringing to the city a business of this magnitude.

At Springfield, Ohio, on the Ist of January, 1919, Dr. Newton was married to Miss Alice M. Gerhardt, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tiffany Gerhardt, the former a native of that city and the latter of Dayton, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Newton have had two children but one died in infancy; the other, a daughter, Anna May, was born in Toledo, July 26, 1921. Dr. Newton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He isa member of the Lucas County and Ohio State Medical societies and is a fellow of the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is identified with the Loyal Order of Moose. He has done effective service for the public good and his professional ability has gained him the respect of his fellow practitioners and of those to whom he has ministered.

Possessing all the requisites of an able surgeon, Dr. Frederick M. Douglass has already established himself among the leading representatives of his profession in Toledo, although he has not reached the zenith of his powers, being but thirty-three years of age, for his birth occurred at Kalida, Ohio, on the 26th of June, 1890. He is a son of Dr. Curry F. and Katherine (Melvin) Douglass, also natives of this state, and the father was one of the well known physicians and surgeons of Putnam county, Ohio, but now makes his home with the subject of this review in Toledo. Dr. and Mrs. Douglass became the parents of three children: Leon J., Mrs. Zella Roose and Fred M., all of whom are residents of this city.

In 1906 Frederick M. Douglass completed his course in the high school at Kalida, Ohio, and then entered the Toledo Medical College, from which he received the M.

Dr. Frederick M. Douglass

D. degree in 1911, being the youngest member of the class. The next year was spent as an interne at St. Vincent's Hospital and on the Ist of January, 1913, he became associated with Dr. Julius H. Jacobson as an assistant, being admitted to a partnership two years later. This relationship was continued until the death of the latter in 1918, since which time Dr. Douglass has conducted his professional interests | independently, concentrating his attention upon surgical work, in which he has developed a high degree of skill. He has attended many of the leading clinics of the country and is deeply interested in the scientific and humanitarian phases of his profession, of which he is an earnest student. From 1916 until 1921 he was connected with the staff of the Lucas County Hospital and he is now surgeon to St. Vincent's Hospital.

At Detroit, Michigan, on the 3d of November, 1913, Dr. Douglass was married to Miss Ruth R. Jacobson, a daughter of Michael Jacobson and a sister of the late Dr. Julius H. Jacobson of Toledo. Mrs. Douglass passed away February 22, 1921, leaving two children: Katherine Jane, who was born in Toledo in 1915 and is now attending the Smead school; and Frederick Melvin, Jr., born in 1919.

In 1920 Dr. Douglass was made a member of The American Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons, and since 1921 he has been a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also identified with the Toledo, Lucas County and Ohio State Medical societies and the American Medical Association. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic order and he is also a member of the Toledo Club, the Optimist Club, and the Toledo Automobile Club. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian. He is a young man of high professional attainments whose rapidly expanding powers have placed him with the most successful surgeons of Toledo, and judging from what he has already accomplished his future career will be well worth the watching.

Frank L. Mulholland

Frank L. Mulholland, senior member of the law firm of Mulholland & Hartmann and one of the leading members of the Toledo bar, was born in Disco, Michigan, April 20, 1875, and is a son of Robert N. and Alice M. (Ostrander) Mulholland. He attended the public schools and later became a student in Albion College, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1896, As a law student he attended the Detroit College of Law and later entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1899, with the degree LL. B. He was admitted to the Michigan bar and the bar of Ohio the same year and began practice in Toledo. Fora time he was associated with Judge David R. Austin and later formed his present partnership. His high standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability. Mr. Mulholland has also extended his efforts into commercial and manufacturing circles and is secretary of the Toledo Auto Fabrics Company and the Haller Baking Company. He is likewise a director of the Union Supply Company, the Ames-Bonner Brush Company, the Lutz-Griffith Company and the Industry Savings and Building Company. His name is also on the directorate of the Fountain Inn Company at Eustis, Florida, and thus various business enterprises have profited by his sound judgment, his keen insight and his unfaltering enterprise. ; rank of captain in the United States army. He was assigned to service with the Red Cross in France, on the 10th of March, 1918, and was on active duty in that connection overseas.

On the 19th of September, 1900, Mr. Mulholland was united in marriage to Miss Maude M. Rutter of Mount Clemens, Michigan, and they have three children: Clarence M., who is attending the University of Michigan, law department ; Marion A., who graduated from the Ward-Belmont School, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1923; and Margaret C. Mr. Mulholland is well known as a member of all the Masonic bodies and is a prominent figure in club circles, belonging to the Toledo Yacht Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Epworth Club. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, but it is perhaps through his association with the Rotary Club that he is most widely known. He has membership in the Rotary Clubs of London, Edinburgh and Liverpool, England, and of Toledo and was president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs in the year 1914-15. He also served at one time as president of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Toledo Art Museum, and has been made an honorary member of the National Credit Men's Association. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he was a nominee for congress from the ninth Ohio district in 1916. In 1910 he was made a trustee of the Toledo University and filled the position for two years. He is treasurer of the International Society for Crippled Children. His interests and activities are indeed broad and varied and his cooperation is considered a most valuable asset in connection with the successful control and management of every enterprise with which he has become associated. He occupies a high position in legal circles, as a business man, as a Rotarian and in other connections, his standards being high and his activities at all times of resultant character.

Ransom Earl Ansted

Business interests of Toledo find an active and energetic representative in Ransom Earl Ansted, who under his own name is conducting an extensive business as a wholesale dealer in butter, eggs, cheese, lard, sausage and margarine, his place of business being at Nos. 7 to 11 North Huron street. Throughout the period of his connection with business interests Mr. Ansted has been active along this line. He was born on the 2d of September, 1884, in Temperance, Michigan, and is a son of Louis and Marietta (Hayden) Ansted. The father was engaged in the creamery and dairy business and through family association R. E. Ansted early gained a knowledge of those lines of commercial activity. He was educated in the public schools and in 1897 attended the Fulton school of Toledo. As a boy he entered the sales department of a creamery and later he engaged in selling butter and similar commodities at retail for a time. In 1908 he turned his attention to the wholesale butter business, which he established under his own name, and subsequently other food and produce lines were added, until the business is now one of the largest of its kind in Toledo, something of its volume being indicated in the fact that he employs in the neighborhood of twenty people and sells only to the wholesale trade. He maintains high standards in the quality of goods which he handles and his extensive business has been built up largely through quality, service and clean business methods. In addition to his commercial inter- ests at Toledo, Mr. Ansted is also the owner of a modern stock farm of one hundred and forty-six acres situated about four miles from Maumee and known as "Monclova." There he breeds and raises thoroughbred Holstein-Friesian cattle and maintains one of the finest herds in the state, at the head of which is King Korndyke Abbekirk Prilly. In 1922 the cow Ivaloy Prilly Rose Hall, from Mr. Ansted's herd, headed her class at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, being senior grand champion milk cow of Ohio among Holsteins. Stock from '"Monclova" is sold largely to high-class breeders throughout the country.

On the 18th of August, 1909, Mr. Ansted was united in marriage to Miss Grace Tait of Toledo and they have a daughter, Dorothy Grace. Mr. and Mrs. Ansted are well known in Toledo, where they have gained many friends, and Mr. Ansted occupies an enviable place in business circles. He has membership with the Chamber of Commerce and the Toledo Automobile Club.

Maurice Allen

Maurice Allen is a member of one of the best known law firms of Toledo - that of Smith, Baker, Effler, Allen & Eastman. He was born in Seoul, Korea, June 22, 1886, a son of Dr. Horace N. and Frances Ann (Messenger) Allen. He was educated under private tutors until 1899 and then entered St. John's Military School at Manlius, New York. He studied under private instruction in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1903 and 1904 and with his return to the United States entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston and was there graduated with the S. B. degree in 1908. Having determined upon law practice as his life work, he then matriculated in the University of Michigan and received his J. D. degree upon graduation with the class of 1911. His training has been thorough, and earnest effort, close application and the exercise of his native talents have won him prestige at a bar which numbers many distinguished members. His practice is now extensive and of an important character. He belongs to both the Toledo and Ohio State Bar associations.

On the 15th of November, 1911, Mr. Allen was married to Miss Mildred Barton Smith of Toledo, daughter of Barton Smith. Mr. Allen belongs to the Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M., and is also prominently known in club circles, having membership in the Toledo and Country clubs, his personal qualities making for popularity wherever he is known. He is likewise identified with the Chamber of Commerce.

Edward A. Zorn

'Edward A. Zorn has for the past nine years been the successful manager of the Temple Theatre of Toledo and is also a director and secretary of the company. His birth occurred in Huron county, Ohio, on the 7th of December, 1887 ; his parents being John B. and Mary L. (Anthenen) Zorn, the former born in Europe, while the latter is a native of Ohio. Crossing the Atlantic to the United States in early life, John B. Zorn opened a tonsorial parlor at Monroeville, Ohio, where he is still active in business, at the ripe old age of seventy-six years, being one of tne best preserved men in Huron county. His wife is also living. They were the parents of four children, as follows: Elmer L., who was killed at El Caney, Cuba, during the Spanish-American war; Mrs. Leo J. Cook, a resident of Monroeville, this state; Mrs. Charles L. Smith, who is deceased ; and Edward A., of this review.

The last named obtained his education in the public schools of Monroeville and after putting aside his textbooks learned the barber's trade, at which he worked in association with his father in Monroeville. Attracted to the motion picture industry, he established the Princess Theatre in that town but subsequently disposed of this in order to come to Toledo. Here he opened the Temple Theatre in August, 1914, and has since managed the same most successfully. The house enjoys a splendid patronage, for it is modern and attractive in its appointments and affords a high class of entertainment to aniusement seekers.

On the 26th of April, 1909, in Toledo, Mr. Zorn was united in marriage to Miss Edith S. Haas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Haas of Monroeville, Ohio. They have become parents of one child, Edna Jeanette, who was born at Monroeville, February 2, 1910, and is now attending Ursuline Convent of the Sacred Heart in Toledo.

In politics Mr. Zorn maintains an independent attitude, supporting men and measures rather than party. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. The prosperity which he has already achieved is attributable entirely to his own well directed efforts, perseverance and sound judgment and his many friends feel that a bright future lies before him. Mr. Zorn resides at No. 2563 Robinwood avenue.

Edmund Terry Collins, one of Toledo's best known real estate men, was born in this city June 12, 1876, a son of Daniel A. and Eva (Terry) Collins. The grandfather in the paternal line, Sanford L. Collins, was the pioneer merchant of Toledo, since which time the family has been closely associated with the upbuilding and development of northwestern Ohio.

Edmund Terry Collins was educated in the public and high schools of Toledo. In 1906 he entered the real estate field and has since devoted his attention to handling Toledo property. Mr. Collins has risen to a prominent position in real estate circles and was honored with the presidency of the Toledo Real Estate Exchange, in which connection he labored largely to standardize the business and introduce the most ethical principles in the conduct of real estate transactions, while at the same time he gave impetus to activity in the field in which he labored. Always an advocate and observer of clean business methods, Mr. Collins has long enjoyed a high class clientele and his judgment on realty values is highly regarded.

On the 7th of November, 1906, Mr. Collins was united in marriage to Miss Martha Wood of Bellevue, Ohio, and they have one son, Edmund Terry, Jr., born in Toledo, May 15, 1911. Mr. Collins is well known through various lodge and other connections. He was the president of the Toledo civil service commission at one time and formerly served as the president of the Kiwanis Club. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish-Rite. He belongs to the Toledo Club, to the Northwestern Ohio Historical Association, also to the

Maumee Valley Pioneer Association and has membership with the Sons of the American Revolution. He is keenly interested in all that pertains to the history ot the state and has ever been actuated by a patriotic and public-spirited devotion to the general good. Mr. Collins' residence is at No. 2435 Scottwood avenue.

Raymond T. Garrison

Raymond T. Garrison, admitted to the bar in 1904, has since engaged in the practice of law in Toledo, and in a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has made steady progress. He was born in Rochester, Ohio, January 2, 1877, and is a son of George M. and Meda (Jones) Garrison. At the usual age he entered the public schools of his native village and mastered the work. of successive grades until he had completed the high school course. Later he became a law student in Baldwin University and subsequently he entered the Detroit College of Law, from which he received the LL. B. degree in 1904. Having thus thoroughly qualified for practice he was admitted to practice the same year in Michigan and Ohio and in 1912 he was licensed to practice in the United States district courts. For a period of eighteen years he has devoted his attention to his professional interests and duties, which have constantly increased in volume and importance until he now has a clientage of a distinctively representative character. He belongs to the Toledo Bar Association and he enjoys the confidence and respect of his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession.

On the 2d of January, 1905, Mr. Garrison was united in marriage to Miss Grace L. Rugg and throughout the period of their residence in Toledo, covering eighteen years, they have enjoyed an enviable social position, having made many friends in this city. Their religious affiliation is with the Memorial United Brethren church. Mr. Garrison has never sought to figure prominently in any public relation, preferring to concentrate his energies and attention upon his professional interests, and his devotion to his clients is widely recognized.

Although not yet thirty years of age, Dr. Clarence E. Hufford has already won a well established position in his profession and Toledo numbers him among its successful medical practitioners. He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, February 9, 1893, and is a son of Henry and Amaretta (Davenport) Hufford, also natives of that locality. The father devotes his attention to floriculture and is the owner of large greenhouses near Perrysburg, where he has become widely known, having 'spent his life in this part of the state.

After completing his course in the Perrysburg high school Clarence E. Hufford became a student at Oberlin College of Ohio, from which he received the A. B. degree in 1916, and he then entered the Western Reserve Medical College, being graduated from that institution in 1920. The ensuing year was spent as an

Vincent's Hospital, while he also has professional connections with Mercy and Toledo hospitals. He thoroughly understands the practical as well as the scientific phases of his work and is deeply interested in his profession, of which he is an earnest student.

Dr. Hufford was married December 26, 1918, to Miss Crystal Carll, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carll of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Hufford have one child, Virginia, who was born November 19, 1920. Dr. Hufford keeps in touch with the onward march of the profession through his connection with the Toledo & Lucas County Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and during the World war he was a member of the Medical Reserve Corps. He is a Congregationalist in religious faith and casts his ballot in favor of the candidates of the republican party at national elections, but when local issues are concerned he votes for the man whom he regards as best qualified for office. In his practice he has displayed a sense of conscientious application that has made his work entirely satisfactory and ability, enterprise and untiring effort are bringing him rapidly to the front in his profession.

J. Jacob Waldvogel

J. Jacob Waldvogel, who for twenty-six years has occupied offices in the Gardner huilding and throughout this period has made steady progress in the practice of law, was born in Haslach, Switzerland, on the 15th of October, 1864, and is a son of Henry and Marie Waldvogel. The father was a millwright by trade and afterward became owner and operator of a flour mill, conducting business in his native country until 1869, when he came to the new world. He continued a resident of this country to the time of his death, passing away in La Fayette, Indiana, in 1919.

His son, J. Jacob Waldvogel, was a little lad of less than five years when the family arrived in the new world and he pursued his education in the public schools of Toledo and graduated from high school at Whitehouse, Ohio, the family home being maintained in the two places during his boyhood days. Starting out in the business world, he became cashier for the American Express Company and later for the Wells Fargo Express Company, remaining with these two corporations for a period of twelve years. It was his desire, however, to enter upon a professional career and with this end in view he became a law student in the office and under the direction of Andrew J. Farquharson, who directed his reading for three years. In December, 1895, he was admitted to the bar and on the lst of February following he opened a law office in the Gardner building, where he has remained, undoubtedly being one of its oldest tenants. For eleven years he practiced in partnership with Hon. W. H. Tucker but since 1907 has been alone. He has largely specialized in real estate law and in the abstract of title and his skill in this particular field is of extremely high order. He is accounted one of the foremost lawyers of the city, long enjoying an extensive clientage, while his ability has gained him high rank in the profession.

On the 25th of September, 1903, Mr. Waldvogel was married to Miss Pearl O. Wilson of Toledo and they have become parents of a daughter, Helen Wilson, who is a graduate of the Scott high school, attended the Toledo University, and is now a student at Oxford College, Oxford, Ohio. Mr. Waldvogel has ever been a man of studious nature and habits and is particularly interested in ancient and modern history and in the languages. His broad and liberal learning has constituted an element in his success as a lawyer, while at the same time it has been a source of great pleasure to him, as he recognizes the fact, which so many do not appreciate, that the keenest joy comes through intellectual stimulus. Mr. Waldvogel is a Mason and is past master of Boaz Lodge, No. 669, F. & A. M., and belongs to Fort Industry Chapter, No. 208, R. A. M., Vistula Council, No. 108, R. & S. M., and has long been a loyal follower of the teachings and purposes of the craft. He also has membership in the Lucas County Bar Association and the National Union Assurance Society. His residence is at No. 1417 Twentysecond street.

Walter J. Lisiakowski

Walter J. Lisiakowski, a member of a family which was established in Toledo a half century ago, is a man of resolute purpose and marked strength of character who has overcome obstacle and difficulty in his path and pressed steadily forward to the goal of success. He is now living largely retired after many years of active identification with business interests of the city and is the possessor of a substantial competence, gained through untiring industry and honorable methods. A native of Poland, he was born June 15, 1861, and his parents, Joseph and Katherine (Katafiasz) Lisiakowski, were also natives of that country. In 1872 the father emigrated to the United States and after reaching New York city at once made his way to Toledo, where he was joined by his family six months later. He was a blacksmith and continued to follow his trade until his demise, which occurred in this city on the 1st of December, 1904, when he was seventy-three years of age. The mother has reached the age of eighty-three years. There were five children in their family: John, deceased; and Mrs. Wally Wawrzyniak, Mrs. Dorothy Ziolkoski, Frank and Walter J., all of whom are residents of this city.

Walter J. Lisiakowski attended the schools of Poland to the age of eleven vears, when he came with his mother to the United States, and for six months he was a pupil in the grammar schools of Toledo. He then secured employment on a farm in this locality, but returned to the city at the end of two years and obtained work at the Milburn Wagon Works, where he remained for three years. He next accepted a position in a lumberyard and continued with that firm until 1900, when he opened a wholesale liquor store at No. 401 Junction. avenue, which he conducted successfully until the establishment of prohibition in 1919. Turning his attention to financial affairs, he became one of the organizers of the Opieka State Bank, which he was made cashier, and capably discharged the duties of that office until April 1, 1922, when he resigned. He is a director of the Opieka State Bank, Buckeye Fire Insurance Company and the Maple Baking Company, both of this city, and aided in their organization. He is now looking after his investments, which have been judiciously placed, enabling him to spend his later years i j nt of a well earned rest.

% aaa ae aa was married November 27, 1882, to Miss Katherine Zmuds zinski, a daughter of Joseph and Frances. Zmudzinski of this city, and they have become the parents of ten children, namely: Mrs. Dorothy Bartecki of Toledo, who is a widow and has a son, Stephen; Mrs. Andrew Jankowski, who also resides in this city and has become the mother of a son, Andrew, Jr.; Rose F., who is unmarried and is still at home; Joseph, who wedded Miss Stella Koralewski of Toledo, by whom he has a daughter, Eleanor Koralewski; Frank, who volunteered for service in the World war and for eighteen months was stationed overseas, being attached to the transportation department of the Thirty-second Division; Anthony, who also enlisted for service in the World war and was assigned to duty at Washington, D. C., and Newport News, Virginia; Edmond; Clementine, a graduate of the Woodward high school; and Clemons and Edwin, both of whom are attending the public schools of Toledo. All of the children are residents of the city and acquired their education in the local schools.

{n October, 1922, Mrs. Bartecki and Miss Rose F. Lisiakowski established a dry goods and notion store at 401 Junction avenue, the firm being Lisiakowski Sisters.

Mr. Lisiakowski is a communicant of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic church and a member of St. Joseph's Society, the St. Stanislaus Society and the Polish National Alliance. He is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the city which has been his home from the age of eleven years and is a valued member of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. He is a self-made man who has fought and won in the great battle of life. He began his business career at a salary of two dollars per week and in order to arrive at the place of his employment he was obliged to walk many miles each day, but the hardships of his youth served only to strengthen his determination. With him the recognition of opportunity has ever been equivalent to the performance of a task and he is now the owner of valuable real estate in the city, being recognized as one of the leading representatives of Toledo's Polish colony.

John James Watson

John James Watson, a landscape architect of Toledo of high professional attainments and with large clientage, was born in Onancock, Virginia, April 26, 1874, and is a son of Joseph Brindall and Georganna (Johnson) Watson. The father was a wholesale druggist but is now living retired, making his home in Baltimore, Maryland. The son was educated in the public schools and in the University of Maryland, in which he completed his more specifically literary course. He also studied in the law department there and was graduated with the class of 1900. He was admitted to practice in the court of appeals a year after his initial admission to the supreme bench of Baltimore city and for three years he devoted himself to the practice of law. In the meantime, however, he studied city planning and landscape architecture and in fact, had given much attention thereto for a number of years. He was extremely fond of the subject and turned his attention to the work:as a profession in 1903. He has laid out the grounds of Ottawa Hills, Homeville, Bancroft Hills, Indian Hills, Rodnor Park, Mayfair Park, Hampton Park, Chevy Manor, Immergrin, Catawba Cliffs at Catawba Island, Lake Erie, and Orchard Beach. His work likewise includes the landscape architecture of Inverness, Toledo, the estate of William Hardee on the river at Toledo, Maple Grove, the grounds of the Maumee Library and also work in the city of Lima, Ohio, Bryan, Ohio, Port Huron, Michigan, and other city planning contracts. His activities have reached a high degree of skill and efficiency in his chosen field of labor. He laid out the grounds of the Country Club and of the Toledo University and the beauty of the city has been greatly enhanced through his efforts. His love of color, his delight in design, his ready recognition of effects possible to produce and his broad study, training and experience have made him one of the foremost landscape architects in this part of the country. In connection with his business he conducts a small nursery for experimental purpose of growing plants, evergreens and trees in this climate.

On the Ist of December, 1895, Mr. Watson was united in marriage to Miss Irene Tippett of Baltimore, Maryland, and they have become the parents of four children: Margaret, who is the wife of Merrill N. Pheatt of Toledo; Nancy Lewis; Betty Caroll; and Bayard Tippett, who died on the 25th of March, 1921, at the age of twenty-one years.

Mr. Watson is well known in club circles, belonging to the Toledo Club and the Toledo Yacht Club. Along the line of his profession he belongs to the American Association of Engineers and the City Planning Institute. He is well known in Masonic circles, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he has crossed the sands of the desert. He makes the beneficent spirit of Masonry a workable principle in his life and at all times he commands the respect, confidence and esteem of his fellowmen.

Hon. Horace Newton Allen

A well known American business man traveling through Korea - a man who had never manifested any particular interest in religious work - said: "I can imagine no greater joy than to have money enough to send missionary after missionary into Keora, for I realize just what they are doing for the country and its people." It was to this work that Dr. Horace Newton Allen devoted many years of his life, going to that country as a medical missionary. Since 1906 he has made his home in Toledo, honored of all men by reason of his noble character and what he has accomplished in promoting the world's good. His life story had its beginning in Delaware, Ohio, April 23, 1858, his parents, Horace and Jane (Riley) Allen, having become pioneers of that section of the state. Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga in the war for independence, was his grand-uncle, while his mother's father also served in the Revolution.

Reared in his native state, Horace Newton Allen was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware with the class of 1881 and then matriculated in the Miami Medical College, from which he obtained his professional degree in 1883. In the year in which he completed his literary course he wedded Frances Ann Messenger, who was also one of the alumni of the Ohio Wesleyan University of 1881 and who is descended from the Messenger family that was of English lineage and was established in Connecticut in 1630, several of its representatives also aiding in the cause of American independence. Immediately after the completion of his profession course Dr. and Mrs. Allen started for the Orient, the doctor having been appointed medical missionary to China by the Presbyterian church. They lived at Nanking and Shanghai, being in the latter city when it was attacked by the French in 1884 and they were obliged to flee for refuge on the night that

Be aiisialy after Korea had been opened by treaty Dr. Allen went to Seoul and secured entrance to the country under appointment as physician to the Ameri- can legation, as missionaries were not then allowed to reside in Korea. He arrived in the capital city on the 20th of September, 1884, and was present during the emeute of December of that year when the Chinese drove the Japanese from the land. Through his surgical skill he saved the life of Prince Min Yong Ik as well as the lives of a number of Chinese and natives. In recognition of the value of his service in this connection he was, in addition to the usual emoluments, given a hospital and equipment by the government and was made court physician. He was also appointed by the British, Japanese and Chinese governments as medical officer to their respective legations. A contemporary writer speaking of his life of service in the Orient said: 'His intimate relations with the royal family as court physician led to his becoming the unofficial adviser to the Korean government. In this capacity he took an embassy of twelve natives to Washington in 1888-89 and established a legation there in the face of most strenuous opposition from the Chinese government, as the object of this establishment was to demonstrate the complete independence of Korea from China. Yuan Shi Kai, Emperor of China and then Chinese minister to Korea, led in this opposition, but it did not sever the ten years' intimacy of the two, even though the mission was entirely successful in its object. In 1890 Dr. Allen was appointed secretary of the American legation in Korea, and he was charge d'affaires for a year, in 1893-4. While secretary cf the legation he took a commission and an exhibit to the Columbian Exhibition at Chicago in 1893. In 1897 President McKinley promoted him, without leaving his post, to be minister resident and consul general, and in 1901 he was promoted to be envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the Korean court. He was also envoy of the United States government to the Korean coronation in 1902, and was twice decorated by the Korean emperor.. He left Korea in July, 1905, at the close of the Japan-Russian war, the legation being soon after reduced to the grade of a consulate general under Japan. Dr. Allen was actively connected with the Korean government for twenty-one years, or practically the entire period of the country's independence - in securing which independence he had played an important part. He was present during three wars - the conflict between China and Japan in 1884, as well as the great war between these two powers for the possession of Korea in 1894, and the war between Russia and Japan for the same purpose in 1904-05. For sympathy and aid during these times of trial he was given the highest honors and decorations the little kingdom had to bestow. Owing to the unique position of trust and influence he held with the royal family and the ruling classes he was able so to promote American interests that they were paramount in Korea prior to the taking over of the country by the Japanese as the result of their success in the war with Russia. Thus it was that Americans built the first steam and electric railways as well as electric lighting and power plants. The fine waterworks system for' the capital was built and operated by Americans, who also built the first real wagon roads in Korea. Americans opened up and continue to operate the rich gold and copper mines of the country, while American kerosene was (and is) the illuminant of the people and general imports of merchandise from America made a most creditable showing. In each case these several enterprises were founded upon and made possible by concessions obtained by Dr. Allen from the Korean government - often in the face of strenuous opposition from rival nations."

It was during his residence in the Orient that the two sons of Dr. and Mrs, Allen were born: Horace Ethan, the elder, born in Shanghai; and Maurice, in Seoul, Korea. Both were graduated from St. John's Military Academy at Man- lus, New York, and after a year of study in Switzerland were graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1908. The younger son also completed a course in the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor as a law student in 1911. The elder brother married Lydia, daughter of O. S. Brumback of Toledo, and is now engaged in the practice of mechanical engineering. Maurice Allen wedded. Mildred Barton Smith, the only daughter of Barton Smith, with whom he is engaged in the practice of law.

Dr. Allen by reason of his long residence in Korea has been able to make valuable contribution to the literature concerning that country. His published writings include: Korean Tales, which appeared in 1889; A Chronology of Korea's Foreign Relations, published in 1900 and a supplement in 1903; Korea, Fact and Fancy, published in 1904; and Things Korean, published in 1908. He is also the author of several articles which have appeared in the North American Review and other publications and he has been frequently heard on the lecture platform before scientific bodies, in several of the larger cities and universities of the United States. In 1911 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. He belongs to the Phi Beta Kappa, the Authors Club at London and in Toledo has membership with the Toledo, Toledo Country and Commerce clubs. He is also identified with the Anthony Wayne Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, in which he has served as president. He is an honored resident of Toledo, one who has done much to advance the world's progress and one with whom association means expansion and elevation.

Dr. Leon Stanislaus Talaska, a prominent Polish physician and citizen of Toledo, where he is occupying the position of assistant city physician, was born in Bay City, Michigan, June 28, 1875, and is a son of Frank and Josephine (Napierala) Talaska, both of whom were natives of Poland, whence they came to America in early life. They established their home in Bay City in 1870 and there the father engaged in various lines of work, removing with his family to Toledo in 1897. Here he passed away in 1914 and is still survived by his widow. '

Leon S. Talaska, an only child, attended the parochial schools of Bay City and afterward entered the Toledo Medical College, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1898. He has since constantly engaged in practice here and his progress has been continuous. He has served as assistant city physician and in addition to his official duties has cared for a large private practice which has constantly grown in volume and importance. He keeps abreast with the trend of modern professional thought, progress and investigation through his membership in the Academy of Medicine, in the Toledo and Lucas County Medical societies, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical See of October, 1905, Dr. Talaska was married to Miss Balbina Hoppa. They have become parents of two children: Frank, born in Toledo on July 25, 1907, and now a junior in the high school; and Leocadia, who was born on May is also in school. ; : = an 'World war Dr. Talaska was a member of the fourth district medical board. He belongs to St. Anthony's Roman Catholic church and he also has member- ship in the Toledo Chamber of Commerce, the latter connection being indicative of his interest in public affairs and indicating his support of all those plans and projects which are instituted for the benefit of the city, for the upbuilding of its trade relations and the advancement of its civic standards. He is a member of the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Falcons, Polish Roman Catholic Union of Ohio, and numerous other loca! societies. He has spent the greater part of his, life in Toledo and is well known here, having many friends who have been gained through social as well as professional connections. In 1921 he rebuilt his pleasant home at No. 714 Junction avenue, where he has lived since 1905.

John William Banting

To know when and where to use his ability and just what opportunities to embrace is often the salient feature that carries the successful man beyond his fellows and enables him to become a power in his chosen field. John William Banting, who possesses this quality in a notable degree, is specializing in the manufacture of farm machinery and the importance and scope of his interests have not only placed him in a position of leadership in industrial circles of Toledo, but have also made his name well known to agriculturists in many parts of the world. He was born in Ottawa county, Ohio, August 6, 1858, and his parents were Carlos Cornelius and Eva (Stadler) Banting, the former a native of the north of Ireland and the latter of Baden, Germany. In 1854 they came to Ohio and the father devoted his attention to the occupation of farming, continuing to cultivate and improve his land until his demise, which occurred at Elmore, this state, in 1881. He was an honored veteran of the Civil war, joining the Third Ohio Cavalry, and he remained in the service during the entire period of hostilities. The mother passed away March 12, 1908. In their family were four children: Carlos C., an executive officer of the Banting Manufacturing and Banting Machine companies; Emma V. and Lucy, who are still residing at Elmore, Ohio; and John W., who is the eldest in the family.

John William Banting acquired his education in the country schools of Ottawa county, Ohio, and he obtained his initial experience in his present line of business through selling farm machinery direct to the agriculturists of Ottawa county. In 1882, when twenty-four years of age, he opened a store at Elmore, Ohio, for the sale of hardware and farm implements and this constituted the nucleus of the large business of which he is now the head. He continued to operate his interests at Elmore until 1900, when he sold out and on the Ist of January, 1901, came to Toledo, having organized the Banting Machine Company in the fall of the previous year, but the business did not get under way until January 1, 1901. On the Ist of January, 1915, the Banting Manufacturing Company was organized and Mr. Banting is president of both concerns, of which his brother, Carlos C. Banting, is secretary, while J. F. Sanders is vice president. They make the famous Greyhound type of farm machinery, which they sell direct to farmers and their implements are used extensively by agriculturists in the United States and Canada, there being a particularly large demand in the grain-growing districts. They manufacture threshers for grain and beans, hay presses, steam tractors and other farm machinery and their plant is the only one of the kind in Toledo. They maintain a selling agency in South America and are about to establish a branch in South Africa, their ramifying trade interests extending to many parts of the world. Mr. Banting combines keen sagacity and breadth of vision with superior executive ability and has the power of concentration which enables him to give all of his thought to the matter in hand and he thus brings to bear all of his forces upon the accomplishment of his purpose. His labors have been manifestly resultant and an extensive productive industry stands as a monument to his initiative spirit and powers of organization.

At Elmore, Ohio, on the 23d of August, 1886, Mr. Banting was married to Miss Anna Jane Ferris, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ferris of that place, and they have become the parents of a son, Robert Banting, who was born at Elmore, May 19, 1887. He acquired his education in the district schools of Ottawa county, Ohio, and the Toledo high school and is now associated with his father in business, being treasurer and manager of the Banting Machine Company, located at No. 820 Jefferson street. He married Miss Laura Nellis of this city and they have two children: Virginia, who was born in 1914 and is attending the public schools; and John Bloomington, born January 6, 1918, in Toledo.