Richland County, Ohio
Newspaper Articles
| Cleveland Plain Dealer Feb 1, 1917 Shelby, Jan 31 - Lewis Hines ,80, life long resident of this city, died last night at the home of his daughter in Mishawaka, Ind. He is survived by five children. Cleveland Plain Dealer Shelby, Oct 6- Peter Tucker, 52, is dead here as the result of being struck by an automobile. Don Lybarger, 22, is dead following an operation. Cleveland Plain Dealer Shelby, Dec 9- Albert Simon, 34, died in a hospital at Columbus early today of throat trouble. he is survived by his wife and four children. The body will be taken to Milan for burial. Cleveland Plain Dealer Galion, Dec 19- Mrs. Levi Varnes, 37, died here today after a long illnes. Cleveland Plain Dealer Mansfield, Mar 29 - Mrs. Mary S. Hughes, 83, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. J. Meese. Cleveland Plain Dealer Mansfield, Jun 12 - Mrs. Caroline Rissler, 70, died at her home here. Cleveland Plain Dealer Mansfield, Feb 6 - Henry Hessriden, 88, Richland county farmer, died at his home near here today. He was a Civil War Veteran. Plain Dealer Mansfield, May 8- S. L. Abbott, 80, is dead at his home in Plymouth, for many years was justice of the peace there. Plain Dealer Mansfield, May 20- Mrs. Catherine Force, 90, died at her home last night. Plain Dealer Mansfield, Apr 11- Dr. J. Harvey Craig, 61, more than thirty years is a physician of Richland county, is dead at his home here. A Terrible Rail Road Accident! Two
Passenger Trains Wrecked! Seven Persons Killed! 40 Persons
Wounded! HORRIBLE SCENES
Source: BELLVILLE DOLLAR WEEKLY: 13 September 1872, Vol. 1, No. 29 ** Note: The village of Butler was at one point known as Independence ** On Thursday evening last (Sept. 5th.), just after we had gone to press with the Dollar Weekly, reports were circulated through our village of a horrible accident on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad a few miles below town. An engine arrived and conveyed to the scene what physicians could be found in the village, but as to the extent of the disaster nothing definite could be heard; the telegraph wires were full of other messages and nothing could be obtained through the train hands. On the street numerous hushed and low conversations were being held, and a general gloomy feeling prevailed, but nothing positive could be learned. At 9˝ o'clock surgeons from Mansfield passed through. Several of our citizens started on foot for the scene; others (we among the number) went in private conveyance. We had expected to see something horrible to behold, and when we arrived our expectations were more than realized, as a sickening sight met our gaze; that of human forms mangled and devoid of life. We found that the second section of No. 9 going south, Mr. Daugherty conductor, containing one baggage and thirteen passenger cars, carrying perhaps twelve hundred persons from the State Fair, had been run into by the Chicago Express going north, Dan. Fitzpatrick conductor. The collision took place about eighty rods this side of Independence station on the sharpest point of the curve, where it was impossible for either engineer to see ahead farther than two telegraph poles (440 feet), on account of the high bank and some bushes on the inside of the curve. Around this, the worst point of the road between here and that station, thundered the express under a full head of steam; and scarcely had the engineers thrown their levers and jumped from their engines, when the trains came together with a crash which was heard three miles, making perfect wrecks and causing irreparable misery. When the engines collided, their fronts raised into the air from three to five feet, and then settled back; however, the express engine rested on the front of the other, raised two or three feet from the front trucks, their pilots being torn to pieces and the timber across the front was crushed to fine splinters. The smokestacks were uninjured and stood erect within a few inches of each other. On both trains but two or three trucks were thrown from the track, and the rails remained firm. The express engine was forced back four feet, her baggage car was a complete wreck, as the coach attached was forced two-thirds the length of it. The only person it contained, the baggage master, who was in the act of setting the brake, was thrown forward with the end of the next car resting against his breast and his back against the trunk, and strange to say, he crawled out uninjured. There was also a boy from the car behind lodged within two feet of him, also uninjured. There were but few hurt on the express train. The engine of the excursion train was heavy and stood firm to the track. Her lever was thrown back, indicating that she had been reversed. The coal from the tender was thrown forward against the furnace door. The steam kept up a hissing noise for some hours after the accident, showing that there was some life left. The fireman, who was in the tender, knew nothing of the approaching train until thrown forward against the furnace door. The baggage car had the platforms smashed, but being a strong car stood the pressure remarkably well. There were a few passengers in it, among whom was Mr. Samson Zent and wife of Fredericktown. Mr. Zent was badly hurt in the spine, and some fears of his recovery are entertained by his friends. Between this car and the next was crushed the body of Mr. Beach Harris (instantly killed) which remained there until 5 o'clock the next morning, when the cars were drawn apart by the help of an engine. This was the most sickening sight that has ever been our lot to behold. The second car was much injured. The third and fourth cars had telescoped the floor of the fourth car passing in over that of the third over half way, producing death and destruction. This was the most perfect wreck of the whole disaster. Language is inadequate to describe the condition; splinters, any quantity of broken seats, broken stove, coal box, pieces of everything, pell-mell altogether. Two boys were taken out from between the floors of the two cars with only their legs broken. Several others were killed by telescoping process. The cars back of this were a god deal injured, the platforms being torn to pieces and otherwise damaged. Persons riding upon the platforms were more injured than those inside. One man and woman were killed on the eighth car, and one man on the tenth car, who was on top of the car, sprang from it, and was found 30 feet from the track with his neck broken. Never having seen such a wreck, we staid upon the ground until the track was cleared, which was effected about sun-rise. If the express had remained at the station one minute longer, or had started one minute sooner, the accident in all probability would have been avoided. How strange! Various rumors are afloat as to the cause of this sad accident, but from what facts we can ascertain, it is clear that the conductor and engineer of the express train are to blame. The first section of the excursion train carried the two red flags, which according to the Company's rules denote that another train is following having the same right of road as the first or leading train. The attention of Conductor Fitzpatrick was called to these, and he was informed that the second section was not far in the rear. The accident surpasses anything ever happening near Bellville. We learn that Mr. Philip Traxler, who had been at the Fair and returned on the train before, was on his way home, and had just reached the elevated piece of road opposite the spot, where he had a full view of the collision, which he said made his flesh creep. Other persons were on the road near, and hearing the crash, hastened to the place. A great many being entangled in the debris, those present worked with a will to relieve them, in which they succeeded to a great extent. The unfortunate were conveyed to houses near by, and in Independence, where their wounds were properly dressed by the physicians. The correct list of the dead and wounded, as far as we can learn, is as follows. They are all of this State: KILLED -- James H. Shields, Hunt's Station, crushed between two cars and fell out in the reaction; Beech H. Harris, agent at Louisville, caught between two cars; Chuzzleworth Scott, Fredericktown; George Blystone, Independence; Edward E. White, Independence; Chas. Martin, Fredericktown; and a man, name unknown, of Utica. DIED OF THEIR WOUNDS -- Wm. Lemley, Independence, legs smashed, died during amputation; Harry Martin, Fredericktown; Reuben B. Blackburn, Toledo; and Mrs. McCluckan and Mrs. McKee of Morrow County; Edward Emerson, Fredericktown; O.S. Scott, Fredericktown; Mrs. Amos Phillips, Fredericktown. WOUNDED -- Wm. H. Hartfield, Hartford, Licking Co., leg and foot; (his) wife, foot mashed; (his) boy, hip injured. Willard Lanehart, Independence, leg broken and otherwise injured; Andrew McClellan, Independence, leg broken; Winfield Kanaga, Independence, leg broken; J.J. Aungst, Independence, heels crushed; Isaac Smith, Independence, heel smashed; Adam Pace, Independence, leg bruised; Charles Lee, Fredericktown, badly hurt; H. McClucken and wife, Fredericktown; Sampson Zent and wife, Fredericktown, ribs broken and badly bruised; J.S. Stout, Mt. Vernon, leg fractured; John Scully, Mt. Vernon; E.W. Randall, Mt. Vernon; Mr. Phillips and wife, Ankenytown, ribs broken and bruised; Wm. Jasper and lady, Columbus, badly injured; Mr. Adams and Joseph Snyder, Pulaskiville; William Messner and wife, Columbus; Eliza D. Francis, Bellaire, not at Mansfield, wounded about the head; Franklin McMorris, Centreville; Charles Wise, Newark; E.A. Penny, Newark; James Rowe, Locke; J.P. Fidler, Fulton Co.; Thos. H. Henderson, Lancaster; J. Adams and D. Hatton, Zanesville; L.N. Stump, Claypool; Wm. McLaughlin, Louisville; John Stockmastee, fireman excursion train, Sandusky, head cut and since crazy; Jesse Steveson, fireman express, Sandusky. In a later edition of this newspaper dated 27 September 1872 (Vol. 1, No. 31) the following additional information is reported ... The report telegraphed of the death of Mrs. Phillips from the effects of her injury in the Independence collision was an error. She is rapidly recovering, as is also Mr. Zent, who was also reported dead. submitted by Ida Maack Recu
Plain Dealer Mrs. S. Isabel Keiser, 79, widow of E. H. Keiser, died at her home here yesterday. Alma Enterprise This newspaper was
founded in 1885. It is a weekly publication for Alma, Kansas. Massillon, O. Submitted by Mansfield News
Mansfield, Oh
Jan 2, 1900 Luther D. Earl and Miss Pearl Dick were quietly married at the residence of the Rev. N. H. Loose Saturday evening. Both reside near Shelby. Mansfield News
Mansfield, Oh
Jan 2, 1900 Ernest Hoffman, aged 23 years, died at the home of George Wilson, near Lucas, Monday. The deceased was formerly employed by the Huber Manufacturing company of Marion. He leaves a wife. Funeral from the Wilson residence near Lucas Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m. The Rev. Mr. Fenton officiating. Interment in the Mansfield cemetery Mansfield News
Mansfield, Oh
Jan 2, 1900 Ada Piper vs Freman Piper - divorce filed Alice G. Brown vs Elbert J. Brown - divorce filed Mansfield News
Mansfield, Oh
Jan 4, 1900 Marriage License Sidney H. Baughman, of Perrysville and Flora A Rummel, of Lucas Howard E. Lee, of Mansfield and Helena Frank, of Mansfield The daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. John Curran, of North Adams street, yesterday, died the same day. The funeral of Mrs. George Hartenfels will be held from her late residence Friday at 2 o'clock by the Revs. Buesser and Wiles. Verdict of Insanity Marshal Hunter, of Shelby, brought Mrs. Alvira Sopher to the county jail on the charge of insanity. The woman has been residing in Shelby, her husband's name being Edward Sopher. The woman was very violent and was adjudged insane by Judge Brinkerhoff. The plaintiff was taken to the Toledo hospital for the insane this afternoon, as it was desirable to get her into the institution as soon as possible. Mansfield News
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Jan 5, 1900 Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dick, who have resided in Shelby for 50 years, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary Thursday. Central College- George D. Clapham, aged 31 years, died from result of injuries received 22 years ago by a tree falling on him. The Mansfield News
(Mansfield, Ohio) February 27, 1942
FRANCES J. COSSUM WEDS ANDREW CLEVER Couple Exchanges Nuptial Vows on Jan. 24 In Open Church Ceremony at Tenth Avenue Baptist Church Ceremony at Tenth Avenue Baptist Church In Columbus at 3 P. M. In the Tenth Avenue Baptist church in Columbus on Jan. 24 Miss Frances Jean Cossum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Cossum of Columbus, exchanged nuptial vows with Andrew Franklin Clever, of Columbus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland R. Clever of near Mansfield. Rev. Harry G. Ford performed the ceremony at 3 p.m. before an altar attractively decorated with palms, ferns, a beauty basket of mixed flowers and two seven branched candelabra. Miss Barbara Thornburg, vocalist, and a student at Miami university, and Mrs. Kenneth Probasco, organist, furnished nuptial music preceding and during the ceremony. For her wedding the bride wore a formal gown of ivory satin fashioned princess style with a sweetheart neckline and leg-o-mutton sleeved. The neckline was trimmed with lace taken from the wedding dress of her grandmother, Mrs. E. B. Doster. Her fingertip veil was attached to a tiara of orange blossoms and old lace and she carried an arm bouquet of yellow roses and white sweet peas centered with gardenias. Her only jewelry was a gold locket, a gift of the bridegroom. Miss Marie De Spelder, maid of honor, and the Misses Harriett and Caroline Cossum, sisters of the bride, who served as bridesmaids, wore gowns fashioned alike. Miss De Spelder, attired in powder blue, carried an arm bouquet of pink carnations. Miss Harriett Cossum wore aqua and Miss Caroline Cossum rose petal pink. They carried arm bouquets of spring flowers. Each girl wore a gold bracelet, a gift of the bride, and a tiara of flowers in her hair. Miss Janet Doster, flower girl, wore a floor length frock of baby blue shadow organdy. She carried a basket of rose petals tied with a pink ribbon and wore a ring, a gift of the bride. Master Arthur Rogers, in navy blue and white, carried the ring on a white satin pillow. Ernest Kestner of Ashland was Mr. Clever's best man. Ushers were David Cossum, Dean Lemley, Robert Ringer and Mervin Scott of this city and Kenneth Thomas of Ashland. Mrs. Cossum appeared at her daughter's wedding in a grey green redingote with brown accessories and a shoulder corsage of pink roses. Mrs. Clever wore a navy blue crepe frock with black accessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds. Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents the couple left for a wedding trip in Florida. They are residing temporarily at 174 Chittenden avenue. Mrs. Clever was graduated from North high school in Columbus and majored in foreign languages when she attended Ohio State university. Mr. Clever was graduated from Ashland high school and will receive his degree from the College of Agriculture at Ohio State University on March 20. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
The Marion Star (Marion,
Ohio) October 17, 1947
SEARCH PARTY FINDS BODY OF WOMAN HERE 75 Neighbors and School Pupils Come Here from Lexington To Aid Family. The body of Mrs. Harry A. Palm, 69, was found lying in a weed field on the White Oaks Farm shortly after 10:30 a.m. today by a cordon of 75 Lexington, O., farmers and school boys. The elderly woman had been the object of a four-day search since her disappearance from the Sawyer sanatorium about noon Monday. Her body, fully clothed with the exception of shoes was found approximately a third of a mile directly west of the sanatorium buildings and lying a little to the south of the center of the 20 acre field. The searching party ran across the body within 20 minutes after commencing to comb the fields adjacent to the sanatorium. The group that made the discovery comprised about 25 Lexington farmers and friends of the Palm family who had begun to comb the field west of the sanatorium. The group included Harry Wagner, Melvin Koheiser, John Vanderwell, and other neighbors of the Palms. Discovers Shoes Paul Brown, a Lexington Central schoolboy in the second of three searching parties found Mrs. Palm's shoes along the line fence at the south side of the field. The schoolboys under the direction of Richard Irwin, their principal, were covering the wheat field to the south. Deputy Sheriff Ray LaMonda, leading a third party that had fanned out in the area north of the sanatorium was summoned and immediately notified Coroner E. H. Morgan. Dr. Morgan upon examination of the body said that death was due to exhaustion and probably occurred sometime during the day or night Monday, the day of her disappearance. Apparently from the location of the body in relation to the sanatorium and the point at which her black oxfords were found, Mrs. Palm had wandered southwestward from the sanatorium about a half mile. Her course would have gone through a grove of trees to the rear of the sanatorium, then on through several fields, and then north to a point almost directly west of the main grounds. Her shoes were found on the south side of the fence between the weed field where the body was found and the wheat field to the south. Family Here Her husband, Harry A. Palm. 67, a farmer of near Lexington, her two sons, H. W. of Mansfield and Blake of Cleveland, and her daughter, Mrs. G. J. Nixon were standing on the drive at the front of the sanatorium when searchers brought word that she had been found. H. W. and Blake Palm had been in the act of dispatching parties by car to check along route 23 and route 4, as the main search was scarcely more than well underway. Deputy LaMonda had already taken the field with his party, as had a second party of Lexington men, shortly before the schoolboys were sent out. Schoolboys Volunteer The school group comprised 42 boys from the upper classes at Lexington Central School. They had volunteered at a special meeting in the school gym this morning to aid the Palm's in the search. Many of the group were Boy Scouts. They arrived at the sanatorium about 10:15 and were led by Richard Irwin, school principal. The lads were dressed in old clothes and sneakers, prepared to take an active part in the search. In the school bus were lunches packed by the women of the Lexington Presbyterian church. The pastor, Rev. Paul Beighley was one of the leaders in organizing the Lexington community support for the search for Mrs. Palm. After sending several carloads of men from Lexington at about 8 a.m., Rev. Beighley arrived with the remainder of the group which numbered about 35, shortly after 10. The search was over, however, before all volunteers at hand had been sent out. Overcome with grief, the stricken family thanked their Lexington neighbors who prepared to return home. At the time Mrs. Palm was found, plans were being made to follow up several "leads" that had been phoned in to both H. W. Palm and Dr. Carl Sawyer, head of the sanatorium. Palm had received word that a Cardington man, Floyd Fox, had seen an elderly woman walking along route 23 about halfway between Waldo and Norton, late Monday. When Fox learned of the missing woman, he contacted the family. Palm was in the act of sending out a party by car to check route 23 down as far as Delaware. A second lead came from an unidentified Marion woman who phoned police that she had narrowly missed striking an elderly woman walking along Route 30-S near the Erie Railroad underpass just west of Mansfield. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
The Mansfield News
(Mansfield, Ohio) November 2, 1910
UNDECIDED ADMINISTRATOR HE HOLDS MONEY BELONGING TO AN ESTATE AND TWO PARTIES CLAIM IT ASKS COURT TO MAKE AN ORDER W. H. Gifford, administrator of the estate of James H. Palm, deceased, has begin a proceeding in common pleas court against Blake Palm and Mary E. Palm. The plaintiff says that on Oct. 8, 1909, he was appointed administrator of the estate of James H. Palm, deceased, by the Richland county probate court and is now the acting administrator. The plaintiff says that there is a balance remaining in his hands of $93.74 and that he can not safely proceed to pay the same out on account of conflicting claims of Blake Palm and Mary E. Palm, the defendants. Of this amount $65 is claimed by Blake Palm as due him for money advanced to pay the funeral expenses and it is alleged that the sum is claimed by Mary E. Palm as due her on her year's allowance, there not being sufficient funds with which to pay both of the claims. Wherefore the plaintiff prays that the defendants be compelled to set up their claims or interests in the estate if they have any or be forever barred. The plaintiff prays for the judgment and direction of the court as to which of these defendants he shall pay the money. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
Mansfield News-Journal
(Mansfield, Ohio) January 10, 1952
Plake Palm, 68, Lexington Native, Dies in Baltimore LEXINGTON - Blake Palm, 68, Lexington native and founder of the Blake Palm Elevator Co., of Washington, D. C., died Tuesday evening at Union Memorial hospital in Baltimore, Md., shortly after he suffered a heart attack while at his Baltimore branch office. Born on a farm east of Lexington, Mr. Palm attended Lexington high school and worked at the Phoenix Electric Co. in Mansfield where he became interested in electrical engineering. He attended school in Washington and then founded his business there. He designed and installed the first aircraft elevator aboard a Navy aircraft carrier. Surviving are his wife, Ann; four brothers, Arthur, of Cleveland, Harry, of Fredericktown, Fred, of Cleveland, and Dwight, of LaPorte, Ind.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Blair, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Margaret Fox, of Cardington. The body is expected to arrive in Lexington Friday and funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Snyder funeral home in Lexington with Rev. Paul McLaughlin, pastor of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Burial will be in Lexington cemetery. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
The Mansfield News
(Mansfield, Ohio) December 27, 1912
Miss Carrie Minard and Fred Clever were united in marriage Christmas night by the Rev. Mr. Myers at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Minard, four miles west of Bellville. Little Grace McBride played the wedding march on the violin, accompanied by her mother. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Clever and daughters Ruth and Bessie, and sons Harold and Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frye, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Clever, Walter Clever and Miss Hortense Shafer, Miss Minnie Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Jenner McBride and daughter, Grace. The house was beautifully decorated and an elegant supper was served. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
The Mansfield News
(Mansfield, Ohio) June 27, 1923
Of interest to many Mansfield relatives and friends was the wedding today at 2 o'clock of Miss Carolyn B. Shafer of Bellville, and Rev. Frank F. Secrist of Toledo, which was solemnized at the St. Paul's Lutheran church of Bellville, with Rev. C. W. Cassel officiating. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shafer, of Bellville, was attended by Edith Secrist, as maid of honor, and by her sister, Mrs. Walter Clever. Leona Swank was flower girl, Albert Secrist as best man, and Mr. Clever, were in attendance to Rev. Secrist. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Cassel presided at the piano and played "Melody in F" by Rubenstein and Drdla's "Souvenir," using the Lohengrin Wedding march to announce the nuptial hour, just before which Clair Hayner sang "Oh Promise Me," "Because" and "I Love You Truly." The bride wore a gown of white crepe, with veil reaching to the hem of her gown and a shower of white roses was carried. Miss Secrist's frock was blue with which she wore corsage bouquet of Columbia roses and sweet peas. Little Leona Swank's dress was of white, trimmed with the shades of pink of blue ribbons used in the attendants' frocks. She carried a bouquet of roses and sweet peas, from which she plucked petals to strew in the path of the bride. The ushers for the wedding were Rev. Christian Wessel of Greenville and Eustice Weltner. The wedding is another culmination of romance begun in the Bellville high school. Both the bride and groom graduated from Wittenberg college in the spring of 1920. Rev. Secrist later entering Hamma Divinity school, from which he received degree of bachelor of divinity this spring. He is now pastor of the Bethany Mission of Toledo. Mrs. Secrist for the past year was a teacher in the Mansfield high school and previous to that taught in the Bradford high school. During the World war Rev. Secrist served as a member of the 15th Machine Gun Battalion, seeing service in Belgium and northern France, and receiving his discharge on Feb. 13, 1919, after a period of two years. Rev. and Mrs. Secrist will be at home after a wedding trip, at the corner of Upton and Arcadia streets in Toledo. Mansfield guests who attended were Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Shafer, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shafer, Mrs. Amanda Brown, Miss Jessie and Miss Emma McElvaine, Miss Sepple Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Secrist, Dale Harter and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bell. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
The Mansfield News
(Mansfield, Ohio) August 26, 1915
In Honor Of Anniversary. In honor of their fifth wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs, Samuel A. Clever entertained at their home, 116 Hammond avenue, last evening. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. John Clever, Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Clever, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Frye, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Palm and daughter Leota, the Misses Hortense Shafer, Bessie Clever, Ruth Clever, Irene Frye and Walter Clever, Harold Clever, Karl Frye of Belleville, and the Misses Cristiana and Mildred Shisler of Independence. The evening was very pleasantly spent with music and games. Light refreshments were served after which Mr. and Mrs. Clever were presented with several pretty and useful gifts. (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
News Journal (Mansfield
Ohio) October 17, 1971
This Week's Personality by George N. Constable Bellville's Eugene Banks recalls he has always been a business man - of sorts - since he was a youngster. As a kid he delivered newspapers. Later, he picked wild elderberries, horseradish root and sassafras and sold them. He learned early who the buyers were. His parents, Clarence and Bessie Banks, probably had a lot to do with it too. His father was in the raw fur and wool business and his mother operated a roadside market on Riverside Dr. in Bellville for years. After high school, young Banks had a job here and a job there. He was a milk route man, spent five years on the assembly line at Westinghouse and went into his first business in 1946. "I couldn't take factory work so I opened a dairy store-soda grill and cold sandwiches. That was the beginning and I've never sat back and said, 'Boy, I wish I'd have done something else,' " he said. Twenty-three years ago Banks bought the Scheff Bakery store and ran a luncheon-type restaurant which had 10 stools at the counter. Today, he owns and operates San-Dar Smorgasbord which seats 300 diners and is written up in the Ford Times Cookbook. "There are only three other restaurants in the entire state of Ohio in that book, and we're quite proud of it. It also lists my wife's recipe for Dutch Apple Dessert and topping," he says. "But it caught on. We were coming back from Florida, we stopped off at a smorgasbord, and I felt my wife could do the job better. That's where it started for us," he said. Banks loves the business because it is dealing with new and different people all the time, plus taking care of the old customers. Famous customers? Louis Bromfield ate there. Last week, Lucy of Lucy's Toy Shop, Columbus TV personality, ate there, and there has been a sprinkling of top newspaper food editor-columnists. Banks was born 51 years ago on Prospect St. in Mansfield. His wife and partner is Dorothy. They met at Bellville High School. The Banks' children are Mrs. Sandra (Dean) Homerick, and Darrell, a food inspector with the U. S. Army in Germany. A sports buff, Banks follows the Browns and admires Paul Brown tremendously. He likes golf-when he can get out on the course- and shoots 85 to 95. He used to be an active Republican, the hard core type who is a member of the GOP central committee, but "kind of got away from it." Banks himself prefers filets or T-bones, medium rare, and lobster tail. He says most Americans really are a little above the 18-cent hamburger and French fries routine. "They're pretty discerning eaters, and don't seem to mind that our Grenouiles Frites are just plain frog legs. Or our Coquilles Saint-Jacques a la Tartare are ordinary deep-fried scallops." There is a considerable difference between a gourmet and a gourmand, and people who take more food than they can eat are annoying. The secret to smorgasbord dining is, "Try a little of everything, choose what really pleases you, and then take more." Favorite foods of patrons? They are scallops, shrimp, sirloin tips and the old standby--chicken. "We use 600 to 800 pounds of chicken a week, and that's excluding wings and backs." Banks says. "Scallops? I bought two tons for the season, and that's a lot! (submitted by Ida Maack
Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield,
Ohio) July 15, 1948
Mrs. Clapper, Miss Lindbeck Entertain For Helen Clever A shower in honor of Miss Helen Clever, bride-elect of Gerald Pollock, was given Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. James Clapper, 511 Woodward avenue. Miss Patricia Lindbeck was the associate hostess. A supper was served buffet style on the lawn. A table was centered with a cake with "Helen and Gerald" written on it. The guests were served at small tables centered with arrangements of garden flowers. Pink and white was the color scheme carried out. Sixteen members of the Charles Ritter company were the guests. After the supper the guests hemmed towels and finished a luncheon cloth and napkins for the honoree. Miss Clever and Mr. Pollock will exchange wedding vows July 18 in the First Presbyterian church in Lexington. Open church will be observed for the formal ceremony. Miss Clever and Mr. Pollock are both residents of Lexington. Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield,
Ohio) July 18, 1948
Shower Fetes Miss Clever Miss Helen Clever, bride-elect of Gerald Pollock, was honored recently with a shower given at the home of Misses Mary, Betty and Lois Pollock in Lexington. Fifteen guests were present for an evening of games and contests. Prizes were awarded to Miss Ruth Clever, Miss Dorothy Jones and Miss Vera Mae Ford. The honoree found her gifts, which were attached to pick and blue ribbons, when she discovered a pastel colored sprinkling can. At a late hour refreshments were served with appointments in a matching color scheme of pink and blue. Miss Clever and Mr. Pollock will exchange wedding vows tonight in the First Presbyterian church in Lexington. Open church will be observed for the formal ceremony at 7 p.m. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
Mansfield News Journal (Mansfield,
Ohio) February 17, 1952
Mrs. Charles Keating Recalls How Library Was Started Mrs. Charles Hedges Keating, the former Gertrude Adelaide Simpson, was the youngest daughter of Dr. John Simpson, (he was superintendent of Mansfield Public schools for 20 years) and Millie Jane Stringer. Gertrude Simpson and her mother attended a meeting on Feb. 17, 1887 at the home of Mrs. H. M. Weaver, corner of Park Avenue West and Sturges, to hear a professor, Mrs. J. S. Dixson, from Columbia college, New York City, talk about library work. This group of women was so inspired by the meeting that they decided to go ahead with plans for a library for Mansfield. This was long before Andrew Carnegie had made his millions and become one of the world's great philanthropists. In Mrs. Keating's own words, she says, "There were many events planned, all by women, I think you'll find, to provide books for the new library. The first one of these was a recital given by Mrs. William Bushnell, then Katherine Lewis, who had just returned from Stuttgart, Germany, after a year's study of music abroad. This was very impressive to me. The recital took place at the Weaver home on June 18, 1887 and the price of admission was a 'book suitable for the library'. About 250 books were given on that day. A musical club, the Beethoven club, also sponsored a meeting and the price of admission was 'a book'. Mrs. Keating continues, "The women talked the men of the city into providing a place for the library or a 'reading room' in the contemplated Memorial building, which was then only in the planning stage." (Most municipalities at that time were erecting statues or buildings in memory of their Civil War dead.) "Another group," said Mrs. Keating, "was 'The Thimbles' club. They were women much older than I. One of the members, Miss Martha Mercer, was Mansfield's first librarian. She is the one who went to the Andrew Carnegie Foundation in New York City and obtained the grant to build our present library building." In 1903 a municipal library board was appointed by Mayor Huntington Brown to receive the $35,000 gift from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation for the construction of a library building in Mansfield. The city council guaranteed an annual budget of $3,500 for its support. Mrs. Keating concludes, "The library today is an important factor in our community, reaching out into the county as well. I wonder how many of us that summer day, dressed in our proper garden party frocks and bearing a 'suitable' book, realized what a powerful vital force we were aiding." Mrs. Keating was born Feb. 16, 1870, at Hayesville and the family moved to Mansfield when she was six weeks old. She was educated in the Mansfield public schools and at the Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass. She has been a member of the First Presbyterian church since childhood, and as long as her health permitted took an active part in its many activities. She is an honorary member of both the Mansfield Garden club and the Nomad club. She is a charter member of the YWCA and belongs to the Mansfield Federation of Women. She is keenly interested in flowers and the beautification of Mansfield. Her greatest interest in her garden club was the plantings at the Union Station and the Mansfield General hospital, and other projects for improving the appearance of her "home town", to which she is devoted. On June 6, 1900, she married Charles Hedges Keating, then a young attorney of Mansfield. Mr. Keating before his death on Sept, 14, 1948, was chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lumbermans Mutual Insurance Co. Mr. and Mrs. Keating had only the one child, Mrs. Louis Ott. Mrs. Ott (Helen Simpson Keating) before her marriage was a member of the Mansfield Public Library staff and served as its first children's librarian. She is at present a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mansfield Memorial Library association, carrying on the "Simpson" tradition. Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield,
Ohio) February 9, 1943
Fredericktown MARRIED AT CHURCH Fredericktown Presbyterian church was the scene of an informal wedding Sunday afternoon as Miss Jane McGugin became the bride of Staff Sergeant Dean Lemley. Red carnations decorated the candle lighted altar and Mr. John Wiggins played appropriate organ music during the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. G. O. Brown. The bride wore a street length dress of spring green with black accessories and her shoulder corsage was a single camelia with a shower of white rose petals. Following the ceremony which was witnessed by the immediate family, the young couple left for a honeymoon trip. On their return Mrs. Lemley will continue her work as secretary to Supt. McConagha of the Fredericktown school and Sergt. Lemley will return to Lubbock Flying Field, Lubbock, Tex., where he is stationed. Both the bride and bridegroom graduated from Fredericktown High school and Mrs. Lemley attended Muskingum College and Sergt. Lemley graduated from Indianapolis School of Commercial Art and Design. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
The Mansfield News (Mansfield, Ohio)
June 25, 1926
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A very delightful birthday celebration in the form of a complete surprise was held Sunday in honor of Henry Spayde as his home near Little Washington, 62 relatives being in attendance. An elaborate chicken dinner including a birthday cake was served at noon, the day being spent in visiting. Music was furnished throughout the day by a Shelby orchestra. Mrs. Sanford Spayde and son, Howard, daughter Golda and granddaughter, Lola Jane; Mr. and Mrs. Vance Spayde and family; George Lee, Eddie Wells, George Crall, James and McLain Rosenburg, all of Shelby; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Spayde and daughters, Phyllis, Winogene, Rae Greta and Mary Elise of Bellville, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pearce and granddaughter of Wakeman, Mr. and Mrs. John Brandt and daughter, Nina, and sons, Charles and John, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Hugo Schulz and wife of Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McFarland and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Ramsey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Donough and family and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spayde and family enjoyed the celebration. (submitted by Ida Maack Recu)
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