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He is a member of the Ohio Chapter of Nurserymen, the National Association of Nurserymen, National Society of Landscapers, and National Society of Propagators, as well as the Men's Garden Club of Kent.
James B. Miller
James B. Miller was born October 15, 1842, in Akron. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller. In his childhood the family moved to Adrian, Michigan, where he spent his boyhood and obtained his education.
At the completion of the A.&G.W. Railroad, now the Erie, Mr. Miller came to Kent and secured employment in the railroad shops. His first job was making hand cars. He rose rapidly and became Superin- tendent of Shops, first in Kent and later in Galion. After this he became superintendent of the Porter Bell Locomotive Works in Pittsburgh. Still in his early thirties, he then quit railroading and started the manufacture of a device for re- cording the speed and stops of a train. The plant was known as the Railway Speed Recorder and was located on North Water St., Kent, the building now being used by the Davey Co. The business thrived for many years but was finally made obsolete by the block system for railway operation.
His next move was the Keyless Lock Co. in 1888 which he developed. In this connection he became widely known. After varying fortunes it became a going concern. After Mr. Miller's retirement the business was taken over by his sons and in 1945 it was purchased by the C. L. Gougler Co.
Fraternally, he was a Mason. As a city councilman he was responsible for the Kent Comfort Station and he gave the land for the Mason Tire & Rubber location. He was also instrumental in getting the street car line here. He was the first Kent Ford agent and a pioneer Florida winter resident.
Mr. Miller was married to Miss Effie S. Parsons, to whom three sons were born. The eldest died in infancy while J. P. (Jamie) and E. M. (Ned) live here today. Mr. Miller died in 1927.
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Maxwell M. Miller
Maxwell M. Miller (Max) was born in Meadville, Penna., December 21, 1895. He was the son of George E. and Fannie Miller. The father was a conductor on the Erie Railroad and the family came to Kent when Max was six years old.
He attended the schools of Kent. When World War I started he enlisted in Co. M., Tenth Ohio Infantry April 17, 1917, and saw service in Europe. When he received his dis- charge in 1919 he was Personnel Sergeant in the 136th Ma- chine Gun Battalion.
In the early '20s he went into the electrical business, in service and retail sales, in which he has been quite successful and the business continues to the present time.
Mr. Miller married Florence Frazier in July, 1917.
He is active in the American Legion post work, being past Commander, and is affiliated with Ohio State veterans activities. In civic affairs he is a member of and past President of the Kent Chamber of Commerce and past President of the
Kent Kiwanis Club.
The Millers live at 124 North Lincoln St., Kent.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Miller
Ray C. Miller is a native of Port- age County, born June 14, 1903 in Brimfield township. He was one of twin boys born to Charles Ellsworth and Louise (Moore) Miller. He attended schools of the community and graduated from Central High School, Kent. He then went into the employe of the Acme Grocery store and eventually was manager of the Kent store for twenty years.
When he retired from this posi- tion, with his brother he develop- ed the Miller Allotment in the south part of Kent, in the area now known as Rellim Drive. He also became a member of the Kent City Planning and Plat Com- mission. He is a member of the First Methodist Church of Kent.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray C. Miller
Mr. Miller married Lillie May Bishop, daughter of Metts and Lillie (Inness) Bishop of South Carolina. She attended schools in her home community and graduated from the Greenville Hospital School of Nursing at Greenville, S. C. She served as an army nurse in World War II.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, Janie Ellen.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Miller
Roy E. Miller was born June 14, 1903 in Brimfield. He was the son of Charles E. and Louise (Moore) Miller, and the twin brother of Ray C. Miller. He at- tended Brimfield grade and later graduated from Central High School in Kent.
Still later he entered the em- ploye of the Ohio Edison Co. and has now been with this concern 35 years.
He and his brother, Ray, de- veloped the Miller Alottment, the area of Rellim Drive (Miller spelled backward), Ivan Drive and South Lincoln St. Extension, building homes and selling lots.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Miller
On November 2, 1937, Mr. Miller was married to Hulda Schreckengost, daughter of William E. and Minnie (Karn) Schreckengost of Sebring, Ohio, and who was born October 13, 1905, in Sebring. She at- tended Sebring grade schools and after coming to Kent graduated from Kent State High School and Kent State University. She was a teacher in the schools at Randolph and Brim- field. They have two daughters-Gloria Jeannine, who was born Feb. 15, 1942; and Cherie Diane, who was born Nov. 24, 1945.
Mr. Miller belongs to the Kent Methodist church, Kent Chamber of Commerce, Frank- lin Township Zoning Board and the Council of Happy Day school.
Mrs. Miller belongs to the Kent Methodist church and is active in various groups with- in the church. She is a member of the Kent Mothersingers and the Happy Day School group.
Russell L. Miller
Russell L. Miller was born February 9, 1892, in Suffield, Portage County, Ohio. He was the son of George C. and Sarah Jane (Memmer) Miller. The family moved to Kent April 1, 1898, and Russell started school life, attending at Kent South, DePeyster and Central schools in succession.
At the age of sixteen he started work for D. H. Green and David Ladd Rockwell, in the clothing store jointly owned by them. He worked for them and later for D. H. Green personally when he became sole owner. As an em- ploye he remained there until the death of Mr. Green in 1940. A corporation was then formed, known as D. H. Green, Inc., with Mr. Miller as president and treasurer, which positions he still holds. This store has been in con- tinuous operation for about 65 years, being founded by Mark Davis.
When World War I started Mr. Miller entered U. S. service, joining the navy June 4, 1917. He served at the Great
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Lakes Training School until his discharge in March, 1918.
On August 5, 1942, Mr. Miller married the former Estelle Young, daughter of Samuel and Elsie Young, old Kent residents.
He is a member of the Kent Eagles, Kent Elks, American Legion, Forty and Eight, and the Kent Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Marian Montoni
Marian Montoni was born August 9, 1880, in Songiogo province of Pasaro, Italy, son of Lorenzo and Leonilda (Branchini) Montoni. He attended local schools there and at the age of fourteen went to Stuttgart, Germany, where he was employed for four years. From there he went to Luxemburg, France, for one year, then back to Italy. He then started for America, landing in Boston, April 1, 1899, and finding employment in suburban Milford which lasted four years.
On June 27, 1903, he was married in Milford to Miss Lindi DeBarnardi. In January, 1904, he came to Kent, securing employment as foreman in straightening and double-tracking the B.&O. rail- road through Kent. This was a big project, 500 men being employed over a period of two years, the work calling for the removal of much rock. Later he worked for the Erie Railroad as black- smith over a period of twelve years; the Seneca Chain Co. for five years; the W.&L.E. R.R. Co. for five years; and the Twin Coach Co. for 21 years, when he retired.
In 1907 he started selling accident insurance as a side line. He has kept this work up and has sold insurance of all kinds including auto, fire, tornado and others, which has developed into a steady business.
Mr. and Mrs. Montoni are the parents of fifteen children, all living. These are Lena, now Mrs. Ercole Ubri; John; Frank; Rose, now Mrs. Sam Montemaggiorie; Lawrence; Irene, now Mrs. Louis Givanogli; Mary, now Mrs. Clifford Sullivan; Edith, now Mrs. Edwin Miller; Armenia, now Mrs. Louis Glod; William J .; Helen, now Mrs. John Swiderski; Joseph; Theressa, now Mrs. Norman Goodhart; Anna Margaret; Thelma, now Mrs. Paul Smith.
Mr. Montoni is a member of St. Patrick's church, Eagles and the Christopher Columbus Society.
Mr. and Mrs. Montoni were both naturalized in Ravenna in September, 1915.
George H. Moon
George H. Moon was born August 10, 1895 at Kent. His education was received in Kent schools where he graduated from high school, after which he took a correspondence course in Business Administration. He also took classes at Kent State University.
From July, 1914, to January, 1917, he was clerk for the Erie Railroad at Kent, when he became cost and payroll clerk for the Hunkin-Conkey Construction Co. at Akron. In the latter year he enlisted in Co. C, 136th Machine Gun Battn., 37th Ohio Division, which saw much service in Europe.
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Returning from the army in 1919, he became purchasing agent for the Kent Machine Co., but in January, 1923, as- sumed the office of chief clerk, Erie R.R. at Kent.
From January, 1925, to March, 1939, he operated his own insurance office in Kent but in the latter year was ap- pointed Dist. Supervisor, Stores Div., of the Ohio State Liquor Control, Akron District. In 1943 he became Assistant Supervisor of Stores and Agencies of this state department.
In 1945 Mr. Moon entered the automotive field and was president of the Moon Motors, Inc., at Ravenna, re- maining there over eight years. In the state campaign of 1954 he was Director, Speakers Bureau, Ohio Republican Headquarters at Columbus.
In February, 1955, he became state examiner, Liquor Audits, under Jas. A. Rhodes, state auditor. In the 1956 campaign he was again Republican Speakers Bureau chief by leave of absence, but returning to the State examiner position until March, 1957, when he was appointed Supervisor over all agencies and stores in the state.
Mr. Moon was first president of the Kent Republican Men's Club, which he organized in 1938. He also served as Kent city councilman, Commander American Legion Post and Exalted Ruler, Kent B.P.O.E.
On May 5, 1927, Mr. Moon married Miss Nellie Musson of Kent. The Moons live at 1524 Vine St., Kent. Mr. Moon is interested in hunting, fishing and boating.
Joseph F. Morbito
Joseph F. Morbito was born in Leetonia, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1907, being the son of Albert and Camela Morbito.
Mr. Morbito received his education in the Leetonia public schools; California Normal School; Carnegie Institute of Technology; University of Pittsburgh; and Western Reserve University. He graduated from Carnegie Tech with a Bachelor of Architecture degree, and with a Masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Morbito was married May 1, 1928, to Theresa Rita Holland, also a resident of Leetonia.
He took an interest in teaching and was a drawing teacher and head coach at East Liverpool high school, 1935- 42. From 1942 to 1946 he was on the Youngstown Rayon high school faculty as teacher and for two years served as assistant basketball coach at Youngstown College. He came to Kent in 1947 as associate professor of industrial arts. At present he is head of the department of architecture at Kent State University and is also a practicing architect.
Mr. Morbito is a member of the American Institute of Architects; Preservation Officer of historical buildings; member of the American Association of University Professors; and member of the Kent Chamber of Commerce. He was architect for St. Patrick's Church, Kent; St. Ambrose Church, Garrettsville; St. Paul's church, Ravenna; and the rectory for Immaculate Conception church, Ravenna.
Mr. and Mrs. Morbito have one son, Joel Morbito.
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James E. Morris
James Ewing Morris was born November 18, 1903, on a farm near Monmouth, Illinois, the son of Joseph Bertron and Faye Almeda (Loso) Morris. He was the second of three children.
In 1912 the family moved to a 240-acre farm near Lime Spring, Iowa, where they lived until the fall of 1918 when the farm was sold and the family moved to town. The mother passed away in May, 1919, the father in 1941.
Mr. Morris graduated from Lime Spring high school in 1922 and became an apprentice printer. He has followed the printing trade with few interruptions for the last 35 years, having had a varied experience in almost every department of newspapers and commercial printing plants in Iowa, Wis- consin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio before coming to Kent.
He served as editor of the Lime Spring, Iowa, Sun- Herald in 1927 and edited newspapers in Lockport and Lemont, Illinois. He also worked in midwestern and eastern states for two years as a service engineer on typesetting machines.
Mr. Morris and the former Altadena Carpenter, daugh- ter of James H. and Caroline (Brock) Carpenter of Hobart, Indiana, were married December 29, 1928. They have one daughter, Suzanne Faye, born March 24, 1945. The family
lives at Twin Lakes.
In 1936 the family moved to Kent where Mr. Morris was associated with the late George Marker in the operation of Commercial Press, Inc., a small printing plant organized the year before. Mr. Morris acquired the majority interest in the plant from Mr. Marker in 1940 and has served since as president and general manager, enlarging the plant and im- proving its services until it became the largest commercial printing plant in Portage county.
Mr. Morris has served as teacher and superintendent in the Sunday school of First Congregational church in Kent, director and officer of Kent Kiwanis club, director and president of Kent Chamber of Commerce, director and president of Twin Lakes Country club. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have both been active in civic organizations and activities in the community.
Wilburn W. Morris
Wilburn W. (Webb) Morris was born on November 8, 1912 at Carterville, Missouri, the son of Arthur and Mabel Morris.
He attended the schools of his home town, took his collegiate work at Southwest Missouri State College and post-graduate work at the University of Southern California.
He taught school at Webb City, Missouri, but abandoned the teaching profession to become affiliated with The Atlas Powder Company and at the conclusion of the war was a Supervisor of Production at the Ravenna Arsenal.
In 1945 he joined the management of The C. L. Gougler Machine Company in Kent and he is now the Executive Vice- President and Treasurer of the company. He was one of the Testamentary Trustees named by the late Mr. Gougler in his Will.
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Mr. Morris is a member of The Kent Rotary Club and The Twin Lakes Country Club, a Past President of The Kent Chamber of Commerce and Secretary and a member of The Board of Trustees of Robinson Memorial Hospital at Ravenna. He belongs to the City Club of Akron.
In 1943 he was united in marriage to Jayne Gougler and lives at Twin Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Morris have three children, JoAnn, Judy and Charles.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. Mosher
Karl Paul Mosher was born in Kent, Ohio, March 25, 1893. He was the son of Fred E. and Mary (McMahon) Mosher. The father was a native of Elmira, New York, and the mother was born in Ravenna, daughter of Patrick McMahon, a native of County Clare, Ireland. Karl received his education in the local schools and in boyhood was a paper delivery boy for Fred Bechtle for three years. While still in his early teens, he was employed for several years in the machine shop of the Erie Railroad Co. From 1909 until 1913 he served an apprenticeship in plumbing and heating under the Krause- Kern Co. of Akron. He was then employed by the Kern-Shuman Co, of Akron as plumber and fit- ter for four years. He then re- turned to the Erie Railroad Co. in the upper Kent yards and was in charge of steam and water maintenance on engines and other equipment. In 1920, in partner- ship with Ben Linnen, he pur- chased the plumbing business of D. S. Grau. This continued for a period of four years.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. Mosher
In 1924 he was employed by the Thatcher Heating Co. of Akron as superintendent and in estimating various large contracts, working there for three years. He then went with the U. S. Radiator Co. in Detroit as sales engineer, remaining until 1931, when he removed to Atlanta, Ga., being employed by the Sears Roebuck Co. as their heating supervisor. After three years there he was transferred' to the Cleveland stores having charge of all territory as far east as Buffalo, N. Y. He worked there until 1941. When war started when he took a leave of absence and was employed at the Ravenna Arsenal in charge of engineering and designing in power piping, working out a system that greatly improved production. He worked there until 1946 when he was employed by the American Heating Co., of Chicago as sales engineer until 1949, when he started his own business known as the Karl Mosher Plumbing & Heating, specializing in commercial work, schools and various heavy power house piping and heating. His con- tracts included considerable work for Kent State University, Kent City schools and all of Ravenna's new schools and a number of others in the immediate vicinity.
On February 14, 1917, he married Louise A. Wurster, daughter of Frederick and Louisa Wurster, early residents of Kent. One child was born to them, Robert Frederick, July 11, 1920, who now lives in Atlanta. There are also two grandchildren and a brother, Charles R. Mosher of Kent.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Mosher are members of St. Patrick's church and Mr. Mosher belongs to the B.P.O.E.
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Joseph T. Myers
Joseph Thomas Myers was born Dec. 26, 1922, in Paris, Tennessee, son of Robert R. and Willie (Beaman) Myers. The family came to Kent in 1930. Here he attended the Kent elementary schools and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1940. He then attended Duke University Engineer- ing School, from which he was graduated in 1944 with the degrees of BS and ME in 1944.
Immediately after this he was commissioned ensign in the U. S. Navy, serving until March, 1946. He was in the American Frontier and the European theatres of war.
On June 17, 1945, he was married to Marilyn Davey of Kent. They have three children-Mary Ellen, Carol Lynne and Joseph Thomas II.
In business life Mr. Myers is president of the Joseph T. Myers Co., Vice Pres., Treas. and Director of the Davey Compressor Co .; Vice Pres., Treas. and Director of Davey International; Director, Twin Coach Co .; Director, Paint Corp.
of America.
Mr. Myers is a member of the Congregational Church, Masonic Lodge, Shrine, Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers; and the Kent Rotary Club.
Charles Babcock Newton
1849-1935
A Portage countian for all but ten of his 86 years, Judge Charles Babcock Newton was born in Tallmadge township, Summit county, April 14, 1849. Death came at his home in Kent on July 13, 1935.
A lawyer for 61 years and a lifetime Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, he taught in the district schools of the county prior to his admittance to the bar in April, 1874. His legal education was gained in the offices of the late Senator S. P. Wolcott, the late Judge George F. Robinson and the late W. B. Thomas, attorney.
His first ten years as a lawyer was spent in Newton Falls, Trumbull county, after which he became a permanent resi- dent of Portage county.
Judge Newton served on the Kent Board of Education, was twice elected mayor of Kent first in 1888 and again in 1890, and in 1914 was appointed city solicitor for Kent by the late Martin L. Davey, then mayor of the village.
Upon the sudden and tragic death of Judge E. F. Robinson, Mr. Newton was appointed on August 25, 1925 for a short term as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was then elected to a full term and retired January 1, 1933.
Married to Mrs. Emily Schreiber Gilbert, July 26, 1914, while she was serving as the first matron of Lowry Hall, Kent State Normal, they took up residence at 409 E. Summit st., Kent, where they made their home until his death. His widow (1956) still resides at the Summit street address at the age of 87 years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. O'Bierne
Edward Francis O'Bierne was born in Kent November 24, 1877. He was the youngest of the nine children of Thomas Henry and Bridget (Tangher) O'Bierne.
He was educated at South School and at St. Patrick's Parochial School. At the age of eleven, during vacations, he peddled papers with a horse and cart, getting his papers at the Earlville Station as that was then the recognized mail, freight and passenger route to Cleveland. He sold the "Penny Press" and the News and Herald at two cents per copy. At the age of fifteen he left school and secured employ- ment in the Erie Railroad Car Shops in Kent, working there until 1930, a total of 35 years. From 1933 to 1937 he worked for the A.C. & Y. Railroad Co. and from 1937 to 1939 for the State Highway Dept. In 1942 he was employed at Kent State University, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. O'Bierne remaining there until 1952, when he retired.
On Sept. 27, 1898, Mr. O'Bierne was married to Miss Rose Estella Wehl of Kent, formerly of Hartville, Stark County. Three children were born to them-Thomas Burdette; Rose Marie, now Mrs. Benedict Gurtner; and Helen, now Mrs. Jack Cherry.
Both Mr. and Mrs. O'Bierne are members of St. Patrick's Church, Kent.
Charles A. Parsons
Charles A. Parsons was born in Kent, February 14, 1918, son of Dwight and Edna (Kittelberger) Parsons. He attended Kent State University Training School up to his junior year when he transferred to Western Reserve Academy where he graduated in 1936. He then attended Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and where he graduated in 1940. Following this, he attended the University of Pennsylvania where he obtained his Masters degree in 1942. On Sept. 24, 1942, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and received his commission as Ensign in June, 1943. In active service he spent most of his time in the Pacific area and is now still in the Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant.
Mr. Parsons was married Nov. 20, 1945 to Marcella Jayne Hopkins, daughter of John James and Marcella (Lavell) Hopkins of Duluth, Minn. They have two children-Charles Timothy and Richard Lowell.
From May, 1946 to September, 1947, Mr. Parsons was located at Burton, Ohio, being employed by the Johnson Rubber Co. of Middlefield, Ohio. In the latter year he moved to Menlo Park, Calif., where he worked for the Tidewater Oil Co., San Francisco, four and one-half years, followed by a similar period with the Magna Power Tool Corp. of Menlo Park.
Mr. Parsons returned to Kent in 1946 to take over the management of the Parsons Lumber Co.
He is a member of the Rotary Club and the Twin Lakes Country Club.
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Dorothy R. Parsons
Dorothy R. Parsons, oldest daughter of Edward S. and Jennie (Wolcott) Parsons, was born in Kent and there spent most of her life.
A graduate of Central High School, she received her B.A. degree from Lake Erie College, and several years later her M.A. from Western Reserve University. Meanwhile she took courses at Kent State University and at the Sorbonne, the arts college of the University of Paris.
She taught at Roosevelt High School in Kent for many years and in various capacities. Of recent years she has taught French and Senior English.
Miss Parsons is a member of the Kent Congregational Church where she is actively interested in the work carried on by the church. She has served on the Board of Trustees and as deaconess. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Association of Uni- versity Women, the Junior Coterie, Delta Kappa Gamma and Delta Gamma. She is an officer of the T. G. Parsons Lumber Co.
Among her hobbies perhaps music stands first. She is a talented pianist and is also an accomplished genealogist. Traveling has also been one of her favorite hobbies. She is familiar with many parts of Europe and America she knows well.
Dwight L. Parsons
Dwight Lowell Parsons (D.L.) was born in Kent on August 25, 1880, the youngest son of T. G. and Eleanor (Sawyer) Parsons.
After Kent public schools he attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, where he graduated in the class of 1898. He then attended Kenyon College for two years. There he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
Returning to Kent, he associated with his father and his brother in the lumber business, becoming treasurer of the company. Later he joined his brother, Ed, in the management of the business and after his brother's death in 1937 he was sole manager.
Mr. Parsons married Miss Edna Kittelberger of Cuya- hoga Falls in 1905. She died in 1940. In 1944 he married Mrs. Emma Rowlen, who died in 1956. He has two sons, Dwight, an Akron lawyer, and Charles, who became man- ager of the lumber company in 1956.
Mr. Parsons was for two terms a city councilman. He is an officer and a director of the First Federal Savings and Loan Company. He is a charter member of Kiwanis, a mem- ber of the Elks Club, and a member of Twin Lakes Coun- try Club.
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