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He was first employed as draftsman at the Kent Machine Co. in 1932 and 1933. He then changed to the Lamson & Sessions Co. as engineer. From there he went to Hinsdale, Ill., where he became assistant factory manager of the Lamson & Sessions plant in 1937. In 1940 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio. World War II inter- vened and from 1941 to 1945 he was on active duty with the Naval Reserve. At the close of the war he returned to Lamson & Sessions Co. as operations manager. In 1950 he was made Vice President in charge of manufacturing at all fac- tories and was elected to the Board of Directors.
Mr. Smith was married to Miss Evangeline C. Davey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Davey, October 5, 1935. They have three daughters-Berenice J., born 1939; Diantha B., 1946, and Letitia A., 1951.
Mr. Smith joined the Naval Reserve in 1928 and re- ceived a commission an Ensign in 1932. When he was called to active duty in May, 1941, he was assigned to the cruiser Philadelphia on which he served throughout the war. He took part in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Southern France. When released from duty in October, 1945, he had the rank of Commander.
In 1932 he was a Scoutmaster and in 1935 he worked on the Kent Community Chest.
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He is now completing his second term as member of the Kent Board of Education to which he was elected in 1949.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Kent Rotary Club, Wranglers Club, Twin Lakes Country Club and the Union Club of Cleveland.
He belongs to the American Society for Metals, American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, American Assn. for Advancement of Science, Kent and Cleveland Chambers of Commerce and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio.
Other connections include Director Lamsons & Sessions Co .; Vice Pres., Davey Tree Expert Co .; Director, Davey Investment Co .; Director Kent National Bank; Trustee Cleve- land Automobile Club. He is also a member of the Kent Congregational Church and served as deacon 1954-56.
The Smiths live at 260 Whittier Ave., Kent.
Alta M. Smith
Alta May Baker Smith was born in Burghill, Trumbull County, Ohio December 10, 1870, daughter of Chris and Florence Adele (Beckwith) Baker.
On July 25, 1885 she was married to Robert Bee Bee Smith of Burghill. Mr. Smith followed railroading and farming and died in 1948.
To them four children were born. These were Guy C., Sept. 9, 1887, now deceased; Mary C., deceased, April 25, 1893; Ada J., deceased, March 11, 1897; Dayton B., born Jan. 27, 1903.
Mrs. Smith came to Kent in 1911 and went to work for the Gibson & Ott restaurant in downtown Kent, when they started the Normal Inn. She was head baker. After a year she bought their equipment and started her own business at the site of the present Grant store on East Main St. She supplied pies for the Kent trade and later for most of Portage County.
In 1923 she moved to the present location, North Water and Portage Sts., retiring in 1948, when she turned the business over to her son, Dayton B. Smith.
Mrs. Smith was of a generous nature and during the depression years furnished food to many Kent families, as well as to men on the road looking for work. She was a hard worker and was affectionately known to many as "Ma," or "Grandma" Smith.
She is a paid up life member of the Pythian Sisters lodge and at one time was an active member of the Methodist church.
John J. Smith
John Joseph Smith was born in Kent June 10, 1876, son of Thomas and Katherine (Burns) Smith, natives of Ireland.
He attended local schools and at an early age worked at gardening for Charles Barber, and was also employed by the Railway Speed Recorder Co.
In 1896 he started raising vegetable plants, first in cold frames, then building a small
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green house. This house was gradually extended until it be- came a place of five acres under glass-the largest of its kind in Ohio specializing in vegetable and flower plants. Later, his brother, James, joined him and the firm went under the name of the Smith Brothers Greenhouses. For many years Smith Brothers raised large amounts of Hot House leaf lettuce and field grown tomatoes, peppers and cabbages, marketing them to retailers in nearby areas.
On Sept. 17, 1908, Mr. Smith was married to Gertrude M. Burridge of Kent. Three children were born to them. They are Katherine Rose, now Mrs. Harold A. Bauer; Mary Louise, now Mrs. Robert Byrne; and John Edward. Mrs. Smith died April 4, 1938.
Mr. Smith was an active member of St. Patrick's church. He died Nov. 3, 1954.
Roy H. Smith
Roy Harmon Smith was born February 19, 1879 in Staunton, Va. He was a son of James Wickliffe and Laura (Staples) Smith. His early education was received at Miller School, in Virginia, where he graduated in 1895. He then became a student at Rhode Island School of Design and later taught there two years. In 1901 he received the degree of M. E. from Brown University, Providence, R.I. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering at Kent State University in 1954, and the honorary degree of L.L.D. at Brown University in 1956.
Mr. Smith married Jessie Duncan Munro April 4, 1904. She was the daughter of Alex- ander and Jessie (Nisbet) Munro of Providence, R. I. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith four children were born. They are Laura Jessie, Martha Barret, Alexander Munro and Roy Harmon, Jr.
After finishing his education Mr. Smith was employed in various engineering and managerial positions until he or- ganized the Falls Rivet Co. at Kent in 1914. This plant con- solidated with the Lamson & Sessions Co. in 1921, after which Mr. Smith was successively vice president and Director of Operations of Lamson & Sessions until 1938. He was presi- dent of this company from 1938 to 1950 and since then has been Chairman of the Board.
In 1917-1918 he served in the U. S. Ordnance Dept., with the rank of major. In World War II he was Appeal Agent for Draft Board No. 2. In June-August 1945 he was technical consultant, with the rank of colonel, with the Foreign Economic Administration in Europe.
In civic affairs Mr. Smith was a trustee of the sinking fund, City of Kent, in 1922-1923; Vice Mayor and President of Council, 1924-25; Mayor, 1930-31. From 1935 to 1940 he served as trustee for Kent State University.
He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of various other engineering societies and clubs.
The Smith home is at 883 Bryce Road, Kent.
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William J. Smith
William John Smith was born September 26, 1913, at Kent, Ohio, being the son of Harley Smith and Mary Elizabeth Smith, formerly Mary Elizabeth Holden. He was one of six children. The mother was a descendent of the early Fitzpatricks of Kent, Ohio.
William received his education in the public schools of Kent, Ohio, attended Kent State University and Akron University and studied law at Akron Law School. He was admitted to the practice of law April 17, 1943.
Soon after his admittance to the practice of law he was greeted by Uncle Sam to serve in the United States Navy during World War II. He entered the Navy in September, 1943, and was discharged in December, 1945. After his dis- charge from the Navy, he began his practice of law in Ravenna and Kent, Ohio.
At the age of eighteen William J. Smith was very in- terested in politics and the general welfare of his com- munity. He organized the Young Men's Democratic Club of Portage County, Ohio, and was its third president. At the age of twenty-one he was elected councilman-at-large in the City of Kent. In 1936 he was appointed Clerk of Courts of Portage County, Ohio, and in 1937 was elected and served two terms, each term being four years. In the election of 1955 he was elected City Solicitor of the City of Kent, Ohio.
Mr. Smith was married in 1948 to the former Miss Nancy Chapman of Garrettsville, Ohio, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Chapman. They now have two children, Michael, age 8, and Cindy, age 5.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Methodist Church and teaches the senior high school class.
Henry Louis Spelman
Henry Louis Spelman was born Feb. 21, 1852, in Edin- burg township, the son of Marcus F. and Mary (Reed) Spel- man, early Randolph settlers. The father was prominent in the affairs of his day and lived to be 91.
The family moved to Rootstown where young Henry was educated in the district and select schools. For a time he taught school. He early showed business ability and at the age of 20 entered mercantile business in Rootstown with George Green as a partner, whom he soon bought out. The store did a large business in produce, but later went into business in Canton. In 1889, he became interested in the ice business, with ice houses at Congress Lake and in a short time entered into partnership with J. W. Warwick known as War- wick & Spelman, doing a coal and ice business at Canton. Burt Spelman was manager. The ice business was expanded to include ice houses at Brady Lake and other places, includ- ing Silver Lake. The Silver Lake business was taken over by an Akron firm in 1923 and the Brady Lake ice houses burned in 1924.
In addition to the coal and ice business at Canton, Mr. Spelman had a creamery at Hartville for a time. With his son, Burt, he also later operated delivery systems in Kent
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and Cuyahoga Falls. The family came to Kent in 1903 and among other things Mr. Spelman actively engaged in developing real estate.
Mr. Spelman was one of the organizers of the County Savings & Loan Co. of Ravenna and was an officer in it.
He was an active Congregationalist and at various times served as deacon and treasurer of the Kent organization. He was a teacher in the church Sunday school for fifty years. He was a leader in the Prohibition movement in Portage county and was chairman of the dry committee which succeeded in making the county dry in 1908.
On Sept. 9, 1874, Mr. Spelman married Julia A. Burt, born in Brimfield township, daughter of Washington and Electra (Babcock) Burt. Mrs. Spelman died Jan. 19, 1925. To the couple were born three children. These are Comfort Carrie (Mrs. C. W. Mathivet of Cleveland); Marcus Burt of Kent, now deceased; and Rollin Henry of California. At the time of his death in Aug. 12, 1935, he had five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Marcus Burt Spelman
Marcus Burt Spelman was born Oct. 1, 1877, in Rootstown, being the son of Henry L. and Julia (Burt) Spelman. His early education was received in the Rootstown schools, where he graduated in 1896. Later he attended the Oberlin Business College at Oberlin, and the Pittsburgh Business School.
He was associated in business for five years with his father in Canton and came to Kent in 1903. Here he was also associated with his father in the real estate and ice business.
Mr. Spelman was long active in the business and com- munity life of Kent. He was a director of the Kent National Bank from 1909 until his death, at which time he was vice president. He was also vice president of the County Savings & Loan Co. and served the company as appraiser.
One of his main interests was the Boy Scout organization over a period of 40 years. He was one of the promoters of Boy Scout camps in Portage and was well known and hon- ored in the Akron district for these activities. He also provided the site for Camp Comfort Spelman, Girl Scouts, so named in honor of his daughter. Mr. Spelman also helped organize the County Y.M.C.A. in 1919.
Another special interest was that of the Congregational Church, of which he was a member and belonged to the of- ficial board. At the time of his death he held the office of clerk.
Mr. Spelman was a member of the Kent Rotary Club in which he held various posts. In 1938, he became county chairman of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. He held this post for nine years. He was also a member of the Masonic and Eastern Star groups.
He was a devoted family man and his home was on West Main St., Kent, for 44 years. On March 16, 1905, he was married to Miss Jessie Hinds, daughter of an old Kent family. To them were born a son, Louis, deceased; two daughters-Mrs. Burton Martin and Mrs. Jack Dalton, the latter living in California. There are five grandchildren. These are Carrie Ann and Deborah Martin; and Dana, Jay and Susan Dalton.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stager
Robert W. Stager was born in Cleveland, Ohio, July 14, 1923. He was the son of Maurice and Sophie (Goldstein) Stager. The family had lived in Leadville, Colorado for ten years where the father operated a general store. Robert was educated in the
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Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Stager
schools of Cleveland and gradu- ated from Glenville High School in 1940. He then attended the University of Chicago where he received his B.S. in Physical Sci- ences degree.
In World War II he entered his country's service and became a weather reconnaisance officer. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of Captain. He then re-entered school at Ohio State University and graduated from the School of Optometry in 1948. He opened his practice in Kent in 1951.
Dr. Stager was married No- vember 18, 1951, to Dee Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
Harris of East Liverpool, Ohio.
He has been president of the Portage County unit of the American Cancer Society, president of Toastmasters Club, member Rockton Masonic Lodge, director of Kent Lion's Club, member of Junior Chamber of Commerce, committee head of Senior Chamber of Commerce, member Temple Israel, and director Zone 3 of Ohio State Optometric Asso- ciation.
Mrs. Stager is a director of the Junior Women's Club of Kent as well as the Jaycee Janes. The couple have two children-Janise Harris Stager and Richard Lee Stager.
Milfred W. Staples
Milfred Willis Staples was born October 15, 1895, in Mendota Township, near St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the son of George H. and Carrie G. (Rogers) Staples. His edu- cation was received in the local schools and he graduated from Humboldt High School in 1913.
He was raised on the farm and worked there until May 1, 1915, when he joined the Davey Tree Expert Co. at Kent. In World War I he saw army service with the Thirty-second Division in France, England, Luxemburg and Germany. He was discharged in June, 1919.
On November 25, 1923, he married Miss Lucy Almeda Waltenbaugh of Hartville, Ohio. They have one child, Jean Louise, born June 26, 1926.
With the Davey Company, Mr. Staples has held the po- sition of Field Supervisor since 1926. In 1945, he became a member of the Kent City Shade Tree Commission.
He was a graduate of the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery in 1916, and has been a teacher there more than twenty years.
Mr. Staples is a member of the Kent Congregational church, the Masonic Lodge, the Kent Men's Garden Club and the National Arborest Association.
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George J. Stauffer
George J. Stauffer was born June 26, 1869 in Jersey City, New Jersey, son of George L. and Eva (Sanford) Stauffer. The family moved to Kent when he was two years of age. Mr. Stauffer attended Kent schools and was graduated from old Central High School in 1887.
He married Bertha A. Jones, daughter of Edward E. and Ellen (David) Jones, December 31, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer were the parents of three children, Caldwell E. Stauffer, Mildred Stauffer Lawrence and Josephine Stauffer Warmuth.
Mr. Stauffer was associated with his father in the grocery business. He later resided in Cleveland where he was employed by a wholesale grocery company. He also owned and operated a retail grocery store in Cleveland. He returned to Kent in the summer of 1903 and in August of that year accepted a position in the Kent National Bank. He was appointed assistant cashier in 1909 and at the death of Mr. George E. Hinds in 1922 was made cashier, which position he held until he retired in 1934 because of ill health.
Mr. Stauffer was a member of the Methodist church and served on the Official Board for a number of years. He belonged to Rockton Lodge F. & A. M. and Kent Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club in Kent.
On June 1, 1916, Mr. Stauffer married Marguerite E. Jones, daughter of Edward E. and Ellen (David) Jones. They were the parents of three daughters, Laura Ellen Stauffer Miller, Roberta Stauffer Cooley and Ruth Stauffer Berry.
Mr. Stauffer passed away on April 5, 1938.
Gerald M. Stevenson, D.O.
Gerald McMonies Stevenson was born March 23, 1886, in Waterdown, Ontario, Canada, the oldest son of William Nelson and Helen (McMonies) Stevenson, of Scotch- English ancestry. His father was a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson, and his mother's family, the McMonies, had migrated to Canada from Scotland in 1826.
Moving with his family in 1892 to Omaha and later to Pierce and Neligh, Nebraska, Dr. Stevenson received his education at Gates Academy, Neligh, and Yankton College, Yankton, South Dakota, where he received Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. He taught English and music at Windom College, Montevideo, Minnesota, and Port Byron Academy, Port Byron, Illinois, but then left teaching to take his professional training at Kirksville, Mis- souri, where he received the degrees of Oph.D. at the Wag- goner School of Ophthalmology, and D.O. at the American School of Osteopathy.
Dr. Stevenson came to Kent in June, 1918, and has been in general practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon ever since. Until 1928 he directed the choir of the Kent Congregational church, and combined Ravenna and Kent choruses and orchestras. He has been active in the Kent Wranglers Club since is founding in 1919. Other
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affiliations: Masons, Alpha Tau Sigma (Prof.), Delta Upsilon, Member of American Osteopathic Association, Ohio Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, Akron- Canton Academy of Osteopathic Medicine.
He was married October 2, 1920, to Julia Mabel Toombs, at her home in Franklin, Indiana, where she was graduated from Franklin College, a member of Pi Beta Phi, and an accomplished musician. They are the parents of two sons: Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr., B.A. and M.A. (Lib. Sc.) Kent State University; Robert Monroe Stevenson, D.O., now associated in practice with his father in Kent.
Dr. Stevenson's interests include music, books, golf, color photography, fine demi- tasse and philately.
Robert M. Stevenson, D.O.
Born August 5, 1924, in Kent, the second son of Gerald McMonies and Mabel (Toombs) Stevenson, of Scotch-English-Irish ancestry. He received his early education in the Kent Public Schools and was graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1942.
He served in World War II for 35 months, receiving his honorable discharge from the Air Force on Dec. 7, 1945. During this time he trained as a Pre-Meteorology Cadet at the State U. of Iowa, and later was a. radio-operator-mechanic on a B-29 in the 315th Wing on Guam. He participated with his wing in the longest combat mission flown during World War II against the Northern Japanese homeland and his group received the Presidential Unit Citation.
Following discharge from service, he returned to pre- osteopathic training at Kent State U. and State University of Iowa, and received his BA degree in 1948 from Iowa. He then went to Chicago for professional training at the Chicago College of Osteopathy, from which he received the D.O. degree in June, 1952. Following internship at Bay View Hospital in Cleveland, Dr. Stevenson entered practice as an Osteopathic physician and surgeon in Sept., 1953.
On Sept. 8, 1956, he married Paula Claire Keiser at the Methodist Church in Beaver Falls, Pa. Mrs. Stevenson is a graduate of Winthrop College, S. C. (B.A.), Michigan State University, (M.A.), and has taught at Muskingum College, Florida State University, and Kent State University in the Physical Education Department.
Dr. Stevenson is a member of the Congregational Church, Kent Rotary Club, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Atlas Club (Prof.) He is a member of the American Osteopathic Assn., the Ohio Osteopathic Assn., the Akron-Canton Academy of Osteopathic Medicine.
Hobbies: Theatre, music, books, golf, archaeology.
Emmet C. and Helen Stopher
Emmet C. Stopher, born in Allen County, Ind., in 1880, was the oldest of five children of Sylvester and Mary (Boulton) Stopher. After finishing grade school at Harlan, Ind., he taught a one-room school for a year or two before entering Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute. Upon graduation he entered Wabash College at Crawfordsville, where he received an A.B. degree in 1906.
In 1907 he married Helen Hays, born at Crawfordsville in 1887, the daughter of Mark
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and Margaret Jane (Martin) Hays. The couple moved in that year to Noblesville, Ind., where Mr. Sto- pher was superintendent of schools until 1916 when the family moved to Kent.
Successively an extension teach- er, superintendent of the training school, director of teacher place- ment and registrar, Mr. Stopher was associated with Kent State Normal - and Kent State Uni- versity - for 32 years, until his death on June 17, 1948. Mean- time he had received an M.A. de- gree from the University of Chi- cago in 1927 and had taken ad- vanced work at Western Reserve University.
Emmet C. and Helen Stopher
Mr. Stopher was a member of Delta Tau Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa, and for many years was adviser to Gamma Tau Delta fraternity, which later became Delta Omega chapter of Delta Tau Delta. He was a member of the Kent Congregational Church, the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, and served as vice president of the Ohio Association of Registrars, past master of the Masonic Lodge in Nobles- ville, president of the Kent Welfare Association and member of Kent City Council.
Stopher Hall, the first men's dormitory built on the Kent State campus, was named in Mr. Stopher's memory.
Mrs. Stopher, widely known in her own right, was active for many years in Parent- Teacher Association work. She served as director of the Northeastern district of the Ohio association, president of the Ohio Congress and finally as a regional vice president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.
Mrs. Stopher also was a Kent City Council member, trustee of the Community Chest and Welfare Association, patroness of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Delta Gamma soror- ity, past president of the Faculty Women's Club, past vice president of the Delta Gamma Alumnae Association, past regent of the Kent Daughters of the American Revolution, Portage County Republican chairwoman and executive secretary of the Portage County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
Mrs. Stopher died after an automobile accident near Wadesboro, N. C., Aug. 27, 1952. Mr. and Mrs. Stopher are buried in Standing Rock Cemetery.
They left three children, Robert H. of Cuyahoga Falls, associate editor of the Akron Beacon Journal; Dr. Emmet C., Jr., of Hays, Kan., head of the mathematics department at Fort Hays State College; and Miss Margaret of Kent, member of the English department faculty at Kent State. There are seven grandchildren.
Reed B. Strimple
Reed B. Strimple was born Nov. 12, 1920 in Kent, son of Ross B. and Helen L. (Reed) Strimple. He attended Kent schools, graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1938. He then matriculated at Miami University, Oxford, O., receiving his B.S. degree in Business Administration. At the university he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; Omricon Delta Kappa (honorory) fraternity; and Delta Sigma Pi (Business Fraternity); and
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was business manager of the school newspaper. He was listed in American College Who's Who.
After graduation he worked for Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, as industrial engineer, from June 1942, until April, 1943.
Mr. Strimple enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was called to duty in April, 1943, re- porting to Columbia University Midshipman School. He soon transferred to Harvard for a year's Navy Supply course and in June, 1944, received his commission as ensign in the U. S. Navy Reserve (Supply Corps). He was assigned to the light cruiser Duluth where he served until 1946, the ship then being in the Pacific. He was in Tokyo two weeks after the war ended. He was released with the rank of Lieutenant and is still a member of the Naval Reserve.
On May 1, 1946, he joined his father, Ross B. Strimple, and formed the insurance agency known as R. B. Strimple & Son, Inc., continuing until the present time.
In civic activities he has been president of the Kent Junior Chamber of Commerce; president, Chamber of Com- merce; president, Kent Kiwanis Club; president, Kent City Board of Education. He has been president of Kent Welfare Assn., director Community Chest Drive, Director county Red Cross, member charter commission, director Twin Lakes Country Club. He belongs to the American Legion, VFW, Masonic lodge and Congregational church, serving on the board of trustees.
Mr. Strimple was married Feb. 5, 1942, to Miss Janet Huffman of Cuyahoga Falls, who had been a college classmate. They have three children-Judith, Bonnie and Dan. The family lives on Gardenview St., Kent. His hobby is fishing.
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