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Miss Maher is a member of the National Association of Housing Officials. She is a communicant of St. Malachi's Roman Catholic Church of Cleveland and belongs to the International Federation of Catholic Alumni and the Catholic Daughters of America, taking a deep interest in the church and its societies and doing effective work for the upbuild-
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ing of the cause. She is one of the best informed women concerning property values in Cleveland and the work that she has done in the real estate field and in property management constituted an excellent train- ing school for her present important service in connection with one of the most vital problems which the government faces today.
ANNETTE LUCILLE CULL
ANNETTE LUCILLE CULL has led a very busy life and one that must have held many interesting and entertaining experiences, for she devoted her early womanhood to nursing, giving her an excellent opportunity to study human nature as well as helping those needing attention of that character, while now she has a dual interest in that she heads personally conducted tours of Europe each year and when at home manages a gift house, which she owns and maintains in her residence at 327 West Woodruff Avenue in Toledo. These two enter- prises dovetail perfectly in each other, for when on her foreign travels she purchases the most attractive things for her shop and, moreover, seems to know just where to find the unusual and the beautiful things that will appeal to a discriminating purchasing public. The gift shop, however, is merely a sideline to her personally conducted tours, which have been enjoyed by many patrons.
Her life story had its beginning in Canada, for she was born in Toronto, a daughter of John G. and Mary A. (Millar) Cull, both of whom were born in Ireland. They were married in Dungannon and soon afterward came to the United States, the father's people then liv- ing in Cleveland, so that they made their way to that city. Miss Cull began her education in the schools of Cleveland and afterward attended the grade and high schools at Norwalk, Ohio, to which place her parents had removed. After leaving high school she entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Attracted to the nursing profession, she took
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her training at the School of Nursing in Ann Arbor, but in the meantime her people had removed to Toledo and she completed her studies in the Toledo Nurses Training School, of which she is a graduate. She devoted about ten years to nursing in this city and became well known profes- sionally. About that time she and her mother went to Europe, spending about three months in travel in 1900, and upon her return she gave up nursing and undertook the business of conducting tours to Europe until she has now taken twenty-seven tours. The first tour which she man- aged had only nine people in the party, but the number steadily grew as the years passed. She had to discontinue one tour in Switzerland and return home on account of the outbreak of the World War in 1914. In 1918 Miss Cull went to France. She was fourteen days in making the trip over and during that time she conducted a study class aboard ship for those going to France, teaching them something of the language and also French money values. She was connected with the Young Men's Christian Association work. She sailed from Montreal on the Northland, October 3, 1918, for an indefinite stay, arriving in France, October 25, 1918. From November of that year until June, 1919, she was head of women at Dinard and from that time until September, 1919, was hostess at Soissons, where at the Young Men's Christian Association headquarters many men were received each day who went there for sightseeing. Helen King, head of women in the Paris region, wrote of her: "She is a past master in outlining trips for sightseers as well as in making the men feel at home. She has done an unusual piece of work in arranging special outlines of the interesting points of Soissons and has shown unusual ability along all lines. I cannot recommend too highly the work she has done for us at this point and the reports in regard to her work at Dinard only confirm the high opinion I hold of her. "
When the war was over, Miss Cull resumed her conduct of European tours and in this connection it is a notable fact that she was received in the Vatican twenty times, many of her visits thereto being arranged through the local bishop's office and others through the bishop of De- troit. Except on one occasion her entire group was received at the Vati-
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can, the exception being in 1925, the year in which St. Theresa was canonized. Because of the number of persons seeking audience in that year, Miss Cull asked only that the one Catholic member of her group be admitted to audience with the Pope. During her tours, which have been very popular, American appreciation of European merchandise brought to her the idea of opening a gift shop.
Miss Cull therefore stocked her spacious home in Toledo with much attractive merchandise, little of which can be duplicated in the stores of this country, and this she has most enticingly displayed. A Toledo re- porter, describing her shop, wrote as follows: "An ale mug from Ye Old Cheshire Cheese in London, wool shawls from the country of the Dolomites, laces from the Italian Riviera, antique bell pulls from France, costumed dolls from Ireland, linens from Esthonia, Capodimonti china, old German flint glass, carved black walnut fruit bowls that play melodious little tunes when you lift them, brass from Cairo, Amsterdam and Venice, children's chairs from Spain, and from Scotland gay and homey little tea sets are some of the things that make up her stock in trade." Here one may find attractive gifts for any season or for any purpose, and from almost every corner of the globe, and Miss Cull's long experience in buying on her extensive travels aids her to assist purchasers in acquiring just what they want. She is building up a busi- ness of gratifying proportions and, moreover, a shop which is a real addition to the art exhibits of the city.
Miss Cull, however, has largely concentrated upon her tours and on one of these occasions she occupied the deck chair next to Mrs. Theo- dore Roosevelt, with whom she had many pleasant chats. Mrs. Roose- velt was accompanied by her two sons, Archie and Quentin, who were then bound for Africa to meet Mr. Roosevelt at the conclusion of his hunting trip. Three Toledo girls were in Miss Cull's party and Miss Cull became the possessor of a picture taken of two of the girls and Quentin Roosevelt. Years later, when Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth addressed the Town Hall meeting in Toledo, Miss Cull met her and presented her with this photograph of her brother taken when he was a
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lad of twelve-a gift that was most highly appreciated. In addition to all of her other activities, Miss Cull gives travel talks and one of the most famous is an illustrated lecture on the Passion Play at Oberam- mergau, which has been most highly commended by people of broad intelligence and culture. R. D. Hollington, pastor of St. Paul's Metho- dist Episcopal Church of Toledo, said: "It has been my privilege to hear at different times four different lectures on the Oberammergau Passion Play and I consider that the lecture which Miss Cull gives on this theme is the best I have heard."
MARY LITTLE DICE
MARY LITTLE DICE (Mrs. Seth D. Dice), vice president and director of the National Bank of Xenia, Ohio, was born in that city, the daughter of John and Barbara Sheets Little, in 1874. Her father, of English descent, was formerly attorney general of Ohio and was a mem- ber of the Congress of the United States. Recognition of his ability caused his appointment, by President Grover Cleveland, to the Vene- zuelan Claims Commission.
After a period of study at Antioch College, Mary entered Ohio Wesleyan, from which she was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1896. Her marriage to Dr. Seth D. Dice, who was born in Coloma, Mis- souri, and was graduated from Princeton in 1894, took place at Xenia in 1902. Four years later they went to Hollywood, California, returning in 1922 to Xenia, which ever since has been their home .
The ability of Mrs. Dice has shown itself in various fields of service. She is a director of the Franklin Board and Paper Co., of Franklin, Ohio. Her unusual understanding of industrial as well as banking problems has long been recognized. She is a member of the Xenia Woman's Club, of the Tuesday Literary Club, of the D. A. R. and of the Daughters of 1812, and has for years been deeply interested in the movement for
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church unity in which her church, the Protestant Episcopal, has had im- portant part and, in the work of the pension fund committee, of which she is a member. Owner of a very fine library, Mrs. Dice finds in reading her principal pleasure and recreation.
KATHARIN FLOWERS
Carrying on a business which has been in their family for over fifty years, KATHARIN FLOWERS and her sister, DOROTHY F. FLOWERS, head the Columbus book store and gift shop which has born the name of McClelland's for three-quarters of a century.
Mt. Holyoke graduates, the two sisters, teaching romance languages in Columbus high schools, entered the book business with their father during the World War period.
Miss Dorothy Flowers, a teacher of Latin and algebra, joined the concern in 1917 after completing a business course in Chicago. Her sister, Katharin, a teacher of German, who automatically was without a position when German was tossed out of the school curriculum, fol- lowed her sister in 1918 when the signing of the armistice put a stop to her embarking for overseas service in France with the Red Cross.
Frederick Wilcox Flowers, their father, was a native of Columbus. He was a partner with McClelland & Company from 1881 until 1912 when he became sole owner. Bertha Farr, their mother, had taught in Central High School, Columbus. She had also taught in Findlay and Circleville.
Organization life and a summer home on the banks of the Scioto River are the chief interests of these two astute business women aside from their work.
Miss Katharin Flowers, a Phi Beta Kappa member, was president of Zonta Club, 1937-1938, and Miss Dorothy was treasurer, 1934-35. The former is a board member of Peace Action, Y. W. C. A. and Board of Foreign Films. Miss Dorothy Flowers is a member of these organiza-
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tions and with her sister belongs to Mt. Holyoke College Club, League of Women Voters and the Columbus Women's Bowling League. They are members of First Congregational Church.
Their business organizations are the American Booksellers Associa- tion and Small Business Man's Association.
Dean Wilcox Flowers, a brother, heads a gas company in Muske- gum, Michigan. They have two sisters, Margaret Flowers Hague of Columbus and Mrs. Karl D. Vittum of Chicago.
ROSEMARY CHARLOTTE FREY
ROSEMARY CHARLOTTE FREY, of the College Division, Ameri- can Book Company, Cincinnati, was born in that city, the daughter of Clarence Nicholas and Charlotte Altmeyer Frey. Her father's family came to the Queen City from Switzerland in 1815 and the home of her mother's family was at Maysville, Kentucky.
Rosemary was graduated from Sweet Briar College, Virginia, in 1934 with an A. B. degree in economics and sociology. Her fine work in economics was rewarded with a university scholarship and she at- tended the Graduate School of the University of Cincinnati for a year.
Her deep interest in governmental and civic progress motivated research and other services for the City Charter Committee and at present she is a member of the public relations committee and the in- dustrial committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of Cin- cinnati.
Shortly after completion of her graduate work, Miss Frey accepted the position for which she is especially adapted by both inclination and training, with the American Book Company, in the College Division. She is an active member of the American Economic Association, of the Cincinnati College Club, the American Sociological Association, Adult Education Association of America, American Association of University Women, and League of Women Voters.
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ELIZABETH JONES
ELIZABETH JONES, owning and operating an excellent farm property of one hundred acres, eight miles east of Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio, is demonstrating an ability which proves that among "Women of Ohio," hers is an unusual and enviable position.
Elizabeth Jones was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Frank H. Smith, who engaged in the practice of dentistry. With the removal of the family to Delaware, Ohio, Mrs. Jones attended the public schools of that city until she had mastered the high school course, after which she became a student at Ohio Wesleyan University of Deleware. When her text books were put aside she took up secretarial work, be- coming private secretary to T. B. Wiley of the Equitable Meter Com- pany at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she continued until her mar- riage. She became the bride of Edward F. Jones, connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and they continued their residence in Pittsburgh until 1922 when Mr. Jones became associated with the Portland Cement Company, with whom he remained for some years, after which he re- signed to take up civil engineering, which he followed in both Rocky River and in Fairview, Ohio.
In 1924 they purchased a home in Lakewood, Ohio, where they resided until the death of Mr. Jones. They had two sons, who are now attending Culver Military Academy, of Culver, Indiana.
Five years ago Mrs. Jones purchased her present farm and three years later moved to the place and has been engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. This was a well improved farm when it came into her pos- session, although several modern buildings have been erected which aid in business of general farming. It is one of the handsomest places
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to be found in this locality and evidences of capable management are to be seen on every hand.
Mr. Jones belonged to the Masonic fraternity, in which he had attained the higher degrees and was a member of the Mystic Shrine. The family has membership in the Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Jones belongs to the Eastern Star and while in Lakewood was active in the Parent-Teacher Association. She is Republican in politics and keeps well informed on the vital questions and issues of the day, seeking ever the civic betterment of her community.
TERESA MARZETTI
The old world charm of a deluxe Columbus dining room springs from the gracious Italian woman who has been an important factor in its ownership and management for thirty-eight years.
TERESA MARZETTI was born in Italy, province of Tuscany, and came to America with relatives when a young girl. After coming to Columbus, she was married to Joseph Marzetti, also a native of Italy. Together, in 1901, they opened a small restaurant in the Ohio State University district. Catering to students, the Marzetti establish- ment grew in popularity by leaps and bounds until its seating capac- ity was increased from 75 to 400. This popularity was due to the Marzetti hospitality and the palatable dishes which appealed to the students' taste.
Mrs. Marzetti managed the restaurant much as she would have her own home; she looked after everything from the ordering of foods to their preparation and serving. And she continued in this same ca- pacity when the restaurant, after Mr. Marzetti's death in 1911, was moved in 1919 to a downtown location where it took its place as a de- luxe dining center in the city.
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Situated directly across the street from the old Keith Theatre, now demolished, Marzetti's, famous for its Italian and American foods, attracted the theatre crowds and gradually became the mecca of out of town patrons who were acquainted with its cuisine. With accommo- dations for 200, the restaurant with its softly shaded lights, snowy tables and deft service was permeated with the glowing spirit of the Marzetti family until in atmosphere it became more of a dining home than public restaurant.
Mrs. Marzetti attributes the success of the establishment to the sheer dint of hard work. She has been constantly at the wheel of the enterprise for nearly four decades and has only recently at the age of 59, given over much of the detail to her husband, Carl Schaufele, whom she married in 1924.
She has returned to Europe on several occasions to visit her people. Travel and her young grandson are her greatest hobbies. She is an American citizen, and her two daughters, Gertrude Marzetti Brown, who is active in the management of the restaurant, and Irene Marzetti Johnston of Dallas, Texas, have been steeped in the traditions of America.
LORETTA MARIA MCCORMACK
Among the well known women representatives of banking interests in Cleveland is numbered LORETTA MARIA MCCORMACK, who for twenty-three years has given her attention to financial affairs in con- nection with the banks of this city. She was born in Cleveland and after beginning her education in the Hough School, attended St. John's Academy and next became a student in the East High School. She also attended Spencerian College and when her text books were put aside
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she took up newspaper work, in which she engaged for several years. She then turned her attention to banking and since 1917 has been a teller with the Cleveland Trust Company, her long connection with that corporation indicating how efficiently and faithfully she has performed her duties.
Miss McCormack has always lived in Cleveland, her parents, Chris- topher and Sarah (Kane) McCormack, having come here from Mon- treal, Canada, and here they reared their family. Identified with the Catholic church, Miss McCormack belongs to the National Council of Catholic Women and to the Catholic Big Sisters, and of the latter or- ganization she is serving as treasurer. She is well known in Cleveland because of her business connections and the fact that she has always continued her residence here, and she now makes her home at 3121 Whitethorn Road, Cleveland Heights.
MARY LOVE MCGUCKIN
A discriminating palate, inherited from Southern ancestors who settled in Kentucky after the Revolutionary War, and a desire for a career in the world of nutrition led MARY LOVE MCGUCKIN, a na- tive of Kansas, to study home economics in the Kansas State Agricul- tural College. Little then did she dream that she was to become the guiding spirit behind the personnel that serves daily hundreds of dis- criminating diners in the nationally famous Maramor Restaurant in Columbus. The food supervision of the Maramor has been conducted by Mrs. McGuckin since 1920 when it was opened. Incidentally, the name Maramor is a contraction of Maria Amor, the Lation for Mary Love.
Her first project, after leaving college, was in Hutchinson, Kansas. In less than a year afterwards her methods won her the attention of the
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Lazarus Company in Columbus. In 1914 she organized and opened the first Lazarus restaurant, where she remained for six years, through the World War. Mr. McGuckin, whose home was in St. Paul, Minnesota, met his future bride when he was an aviator in the ground school in Colum- bus. They were married in 1920 and have four children. Their two sons are Malcolm Junior and William James, their two daughters, Mary Love and Helen Louise.
After the War, eager to try her hand at a personal enterprise, where she might carry out all of her ideals, she opened the first Maramor in one of the old homes of Columbus. This was the old Brown home that had formerly been a social center of the city and which was across the street from the present establishment. The new venture flourished and in due time she was able to put the tea room under trained man- agement and move to California. There, two of the four McGuckin children were born. During these years she made many trips back to Columbus to guide the destinies of this project, often bringing babies and nurses along for a few weeks' stay.
After a residence of several years on the Pacific Coast, the family returned to Columbus where Mrs. McGuckin became more active in the management of the tea room. In 1927, the Company moved into a beau- tiful building, across the street from the old Maramor, at 137 East Broad Street. This building had been designed and built by her hus- band to fit especially the needs of this project.
All the functions pertaining to food are under Mary McGuckin's direct supervision and the Maramor kitchens reflect, as does the tea room itself, the understanding of a woman who is a student of psychol- ogy and philosophy and who is as much aware of the needs of her staff as of her patrons. The many details in food supervision are most scientifically managed at the Maramor and all details are so cata- logued that her workers have access to much written information on how to do their jobs. As a result, the workers are imbued with that
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feeling of security which comes from having facilities provided behind the scenes for their mental and physical happiness.
Mrs. McGuckin is a member of the National Woman's Party, Pi Beta Phi and is a charter member of Altrusa. The Maramor is the visible evidence of her splendid capability and wise management. She has set standards for perfection in food and service which have lifted the general standards in our state. In all her business affairs she displays broad vision and acute discrimination.
GERALDA PHEATT
GERALDA PHEATT, blessed with dauntless energy and an ability to achieve and, coupled with complete consecration of her time and work to the problems of each business day, have made a combine which has established her as not only one of Toledo's outstanding business women, but one of the most prominent women in her field of business in the country, namely a specialist in women's clothes. She is the wife of Clare J. Hoffman, one of the country's finest interior decorators with his main office in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman have been blessed with a fine boy, Peter Jay, who is now ten years old.
The interior of the shop of Geralda Pheatt, Inc., not only reflects the definite and creative personality of its owners but lovely "Elm- house," the Perrysburg home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman and their son, likewise reflects exquisite beauty and charm of both of these highly talented Toledoans.
Geralda Pheatt entered elementary school as an average pupil and was graduated from high school with highest honors which is the tempo and standard she has maintained throughout her entire business career. Born at the end of the nineteenth century on July 8th, the third child of Fanny Geralda Thompson and James Henry Pheatt in Toledo, Ohio, Geralda descended from French Huguenots on her father's side. Geralda's great-great grandfather, David, came to America with his par- ents while a lad and when they met death in an encounter with the
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Indians, he was reared by an uncle and aunt, the uncle being Governor Isaac Tichenor, the third and fifth governor of Vermont. This David Pheatt was married in 1781 and fought in the war of 1812. His son and Geralda's great grandfather, Captain Isaac Tichenor Pheatt, came to Toledo in 1836. Captain Pheatt was the first to fly the American flag on his boat going through the Welland Canal. Geralda's grandfather was Gideon Kelsey Pheatt, a renowned gunsmith whose fine hunting rifles are rare and valuable today. He was one of the soldiers of the War of the Rebellion.
From her father, James Henry Pheatt, Geralda inherited much of her business acumen, her ability to plan and organize and to achieve objectives solely through her own efforts. Her father, as president of council of the city of Toledo, helped that corporate body to weather many of its early financial storms. He was an organizer in many civic groups and projects and one of Toledo's most popular citizens.
On the maternal side, Geralda is descended from the Sergeant Nathanial Thompson who fought at Bunker Hill and was present at the capture of Cornwallis. Her great grandfather, Captain Samuel Thompson, was cited many times for bravery and on the estate of Ex- President Hayes in Fremont, Ohio, stands a memorial to him for action in the second war with Great Britain and service in the Mexican War. Geralda's grandfather, John Pease Thompson, was an officer on General Bruckland's staff during the Civil War. He later was an educational leader in Fremont and possessed one of the finest libraries in north- western Ohio. Geralda's mother, born in Fremont, was a most talented musician from childhood and continued her musical career in Toledo after her marriage. She was soloist in numerous Toledo churches. After her husband's death in 1915, Mrs. Pheatt became supervisor of music in the Toledo Public School System. Since her retirement she has com- pletely devoted her time to composing songs for small children. A num- ber of these songs were chosen and published in the current school music books.
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