Vermilion Ohio, A Good Place to Live
SHOPTALK: It’s been a long time since I visited beautiful downtown Milan, Ohio – but the pic on the shop desktop this week is it around the turn of the 20th century. The E.T. Bottomley grocery store was that of my great-grandfather (my grandmother’s father). He’d made what I term to be a reverse migration from the west (Minnesota) to Milan where one of his brother’s lived.
I don’t know how long he had his story on the square – but it couldn’t have been too long. That’s because by the early years of the 20th century he was living in Vermilion and selling advertising for his son-in-law’s newspaper.
As I’ve said I haven’t been to Milan for quite a while so I don’t know if this 3-story building still exists.
On my home desk this week is a pic I took of the main entrance to South Street School a year or two before it closed. This scene is a familiar one to numerous Vermilionites. The school (as many folks know) began as a high school and as the system expanded to accommodate an every expanding community ended up as an elementary school.
It is one of my very favorite Vermilion buildings. Not only did I (along with many others) spend nearly eight years of my school life here – I also played around the building during the summer months. I have nothing but good memories regarding the beautiful school.
Today it is the home of something called the Vermilion Institute. What that might be is a veritable mystery to me. But it does get some use. And that’s a good thing. I sincerely hope it does not end up like State Street.
STILL ON THE MOVE: Our move to our new old digs at the Olympic Outing Club has been slow but steady. It’s really and truly hard to go through 40+ years of stuff and pick and choose items to keep, toss, or give away. But Geo (my spouse) keeps telling me, “It’s good for us” and I’ve no reason to disagree. If you’ve ever had the unfortunate experience of having a family member die and then having the equally unfortunate task of sorting through their effects you may understand what this is like. Yuck!
And then there’s the matter of putting your old house in order to make it presentable to a homebuyer. They have to see its prospects – not what you liked or didn’t like about it.
I’d rather go to the dentist.
TROUBLE: I ran into an unexpected problem with my Nikon D3300 the other day: Every pic I took was out-of-focus. Finally I was able to re-set it to the factory settings, and the pic below of My Place was the result.
NEW DRIVEWAY I arrived at the museum on Friday morning to find that the workers had begun work on a new concrete driveway for the museum. They weren’t scheduled to start until Monday, and we have a group of Eastern Star women coming to tour the museum tomorrow morning.
I think we’ll get by (because we’ve no choice). And I’m happy that we’ll have this new driveway. But I’m not real comfortable with surprises – good or bad. [My head’s still spinning from our move to the OOC.]
DENNIS LAMONT AT THE RITTER LIBRARY Persons interested in local history – especially that of the Lake Shore Electric Interurban Railroad should make time to attend Monday’s Vermilion Area Archival Society’s (VAAS) meeting at the Ritter Library.
Dennis is one of the foremost authorities on the electric system (among other things historical), and his presentation (you will find) will be well worth your time.
FIVE-OH-ONE-CEE-THREE: The museum is a 501(c)(3) organization. Consequently, all donations and memberships for the museum are tax deductible. This is retroactive to November of 2011.Memberships for the VERMILION NEWS PRINT SHOP MUSEUM are always available. Funds generated will go toward the aforementioned renovations and maintenance of the shop.
A single membership for an adult is $15 a year.
A couple membership is $25 a year.
A student membership is $5.
And a lifetime membership is $100.
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A LOST SOUL: I don’t know the precise reason – but I consider Marguerite L. Ball to be somewhat of a lost soul. Perhaps it was because when I knew her she was always alone. Even when she worked for the school – she was alone.
She was a hard working person. I remember a time, a few years ago, when she painted all the Sunday School classrooms at the Congregational church by herself. She once worked at Vermilion Hardware. And I know she worked real hard for Lorain County’s Habitat For Humanity. But even in all those jobs she seemed to be alone.
She was a manly woman (not dainty); not afraid to take on jobs that required a little muscle. Somewhere I have a pic of her learning how to weld when she was in high school. I’d be willing to bet that not another female in the system (at least when she was in attendance) ever took a shop class.
I don’t know what she was doing when the accompanying pic was taken, but she looks happy. Perhaps a rare moment?
CHANGES AT THE SHOP: The alteration(s) from 2011 to 2016 may in fact appear slight. But they are not. Sometimes it’s hard for me to recall just how much it has changed.
The work was drudgery – day after day. But it’s how one learns what things are. Although I did some work in the shop as a youngster none of it require more than an oil can, a broom or some other type of manual labor to assist everyone else.
Later in life I did some work in offset printing. But most of what I did there had to do with the photo end of production. I operated Addressograph-Multigraph offset and an A.B. Dick presses, but I never worked at it long enough to become good at it. As I said my forte was on the photo end (and remains so).
I suppose I will always be the person with a broom and oilcan. As you can see I do know how to clean things.
IN THE OLD DAYS: Amazing. As always I was wandering around through a yesteryear (this time it was 1920) and came across the following piece:
“In the old days shipbuilding flourished in Vermilion and with the exception of sails and rigging the complete outfit of a vessel was made in the yards and sometimes all but the sails. Ship carpenters received $3.50 per day, helpers $1.50, and foremen $4.50. Good white oak cost $20 to $24 per thousand feet; fletch for frame $14; spikes $2.50 per hundred; round iron for bolts $3 per one hundred pounds. Among the ship carpenters of the ‘60s and’70s I call to mind John Sweeney, Eb Rose, John Still, Miles Thompson, Sandy Lutz, Henry Thompson, John Parsons, Sidney Sherwood, William Cherry, James Wentworth, Henry Curtis, Dennis Driscoll, James Lawless, Peter Minch, Thomas Sprowl, and Lawrence Walker.”
A fellow named Fredrick A. Ketchum wrote the article for The Vermilion News in March of 1920. Aside from taking some folks on a walk down memory lane it probably didn’t mean a great deal to a whole lot of people back then. However, as ye can plainly see the information contained therein is historically significant. For there are to my knowledge few published lists of 19th century Vermilion ship carpenters, not to mention how much they were paid as well as the costs of the materials they used.
Then, just for the heck of it, I decided to see if I could find out something more about Mr. Ketchum. From the article he wrote it appeared that he had worked – or at least been – around Vermilion’s shipbuilding yards when he was a young man. I discovered, however, that Mr. Ketchum was best known, locally, as a Civil War Veteran who, at the age of 15 had already become a sailor on the Great Lakes, and had seen and heard Abraham Lincoln speak at the famous Republican Wigwam in Chicago in May 1860. In his twilight years he would proudly recall a time when (in1860) he helped erect a Republican flagpole that reached 140 feet in the air and from which floated a banner, 45 feet long and 12 feet wide, which bore the Words "Lincoln and Hamlin," the Republican national ticket for that year. [NOTE: The “Wigwam” was a convention center and meeting hall that served as the site of the 1860 Republican National convention. It was located in Chicago, Illinois at Lake Street and Market (later Wacker Drive) near the Chicago River.] So what about his knowledge of shipbuilding?
Ketchum was born in Huron, Ohio on July 4th 1844 the second son of six children born to F.D. and Mary Ann Ketchum. His father was a shipbuilder, and very likely helped build many of the early vessels constructed in Vermilion and other ports along the lakes. (This, of course, helps explain his knowledge of shipbuilding in Vermilion.) Anyway, at the tender age of 19 he enlisted and served as a Private in the Union Army. Records show that from late December 1863 to the third day of October 1865 he was a member of Ohio’s Volunteer 24th Infantry Regiment. And though he only served in the military for one year, 10 months, and 22 days he was extremely proud of his service, and would remain so for the rest of his days.
While he was not a native of Vermilion he spent much of his early life around the village. And for a short time later in life he lived in the Township. But his express knowledge of the local shipbuilding industry indicates that he knew a number of people about town (including News Editor Roscoe) and they, in turn, probably knew him quite well. It’s also worth noting that the story of his death in late May 1933 at the tender age of 89 years appeared on the front page of the (Sandusky, O.) Star Journal the morning after he shuffled off this mortal coil. That certainly suggests his prominence as an Erie County resident. Oddly enough though, while he was one of the last of the old time lake sailors, and had worked as a carpenter in the area, there was no mention of those things.
As indicated from the start I am amazed at where a rather insignificant inside page article in a weekly newspaper of a yesteryear led me. The Star Journal called him “The Most Active Civil War Veteran” at Sandusky’s Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home. It was also noted that he would not be participating “in Memorial Day services (that) Tuesday as he had planned.” Methinks they were wrong. After all I met him while wandering around in the old days.
YESTERYEAR'S NEWS: The following clips were vocally transcribed from past issues of The Vermilion News. I think you will find them both interesting and fun...
While beating out of the harbor Monday about noon, the yacht Argo struck the east pier and was stove up some. The rocks and a pike of the pier made several holes in the hull and the boat hung on the pier each wave enlarging the holes. After some time the boat was pulled off by gasoline boats and a line from the other pier and towed into shallow water across from the old Duplex Heater building where she sank, the water being flush with the deck.
An effort was made to clear out the cabin, which contained the clothing of the four men who were on the yacht, and after considerable labor a line was run to the shore and the boat pulled up far enough to partially repair damages. The yacht will be left here this winter and be repaired.
The Argo is owned by H.C. Beyer of Cleveland and had a crew consisted of Frank Bradley, Fred Graham and Earl Dowling of that city with him. While the man did not lose anything, the clothing and other belongings were badly damaged.
They had all their property on board as they started for home when the accident occurred.
Mr. Beyer has owned the yacht for four years and this is the first accident he has experienced.
Circuit court convened Tuesday morning for the September term of court. Cases will be taken up as a nearly as possible in the order in which they appear in the docket. The first taken up was that of S. W. Simons versus Geo Fisher et al.
Claims of error in the three criminal cases were investigated Wednesday, the first being that of Lewis Noel, who was found guilty by the Common Pleas Court of threatening Perry Disbro. The question of error is whether a person has a right to threaten force in ordering a trespasser off the premises.
The other two cases are those of Peter Carlin and Frank Murray, who were convicted of breaking into the Perkins Township schoolhouse, they claim there was not sufficient evidence to prove that they entered the building during the night.
The case of Roy Williams, who is suing the commissioners of Erie County for $114 which, he claims for services rendered while he was prosecuting attorney, as heard Tuesday afternoon. The Common Pleas sustained the station of the commissioners.
The case of Martha Holman against Myrtle Nichols dt al., was also heard Wednesday morning. The suit, which is over a 37-ton crop of hay, was decided against Holman in the Common Pleas Court and was taken to the circuit court on error.
Tuesday afternoon the case of Christ Hulderman against Harry Moore was taken up. This was over $80 which Hulderman claims more lives stem for board.
The court also investigated the case of W. J. Smith against J. Stryker and son. Smith is suing to recover money for the use of a set of scales. The plaintiff secured a judgment of $10 in the lower court.
A car on the electric split a switch at the substation here Thursday the front trucks kept upon the main track in the rear one taking the switch. Very little damage was done and the car replaced after some delay.
The Lorain Times-Herald makes a serious affair either the matter by stating that the wreck took place at the switch west of town near where the terrible accident occurred two years ago, and that the car turned over twice, etc.
The merchants of Vermilion have determined to following the footsteps of their contemporaries in other towns by closing their stores properly at 6 PM standard, Saturdays excepted, commencing, September 21. The following have already signed the agreement: A.E. Beeckel, W.A. Gohn, M.E. Nuhn, F.V. Pelton, S.W. Simons, W. A. Christian, F. J. Englebry, Guy S. Davis, S. J. Nieding, George B. Krapp.
A fine prize from AMG.
The Vermilion G.A.R. Band stopped at the Buckeye Band Tournament at Bellevue last Tuesday when on their way home from Toledo and carried away a prize of wish they feel proud. A $55.00 Cornet and case, given the band having the largest number of King make of instruments. Good report also comes from Toledo of the fine appearance of the band there.
Honored by G.A.R.
Rev. J. A. Kaley, pastor of the Congregational Church at Ridgeville, was elected national chaplain of the G.A.R. at the encampment at Toledo last week.
Rev. Kaley has been for many years a prominent member and worker in the G.A.R. The Signal Corps of which he is now chaplain, is being rapidly thinned out by the death of veterans and there are only a few left. – Elyria telegram.
A number of Amherst people were in attendance at the opening of the Majestic Theater Friday evening.
The new bell was hung on Central school Friday and Monday morning the children were called to school by its ring.
Deputy Sheriff Oldham attached the personal property of the Amherst Quarries Co at the old Independent Quarry Friday afternoon to satisfy a judgment of about $200. The Brunk machine and Forge Co of Lorain is plaintiff.
Rev. Gary Cook gave a temperance lecture on the lawn of the town hall, Saturday evening, to a very large crowd.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Berger was held at the St. Peter's church Tuesday of last week. Rev. Lindenmyer officiated.
The Crombie house on Elyria street occupied by John Nugent and family was completely gutted by fire Monday night, the family barely escaping with their lives. Origin of the fire is unknown. The loss will reach about $2500 with an insurance of $1200.
Martin Dennis met with a painful accident while forking potatoes into a bin Saturday afternoon. The fork struck the beam above his head knocking the fork out of his hand and as he was unable to get out of the way it struck him in the leg just above the ankle.
Little Ruth Shoop was on the sick list last week.
Benjamin Lee is quite ill at this writing.
School begins Tuesday with Miss Bessie Sherod as teacher.
Martin Schuster is now driving the Beohm and Schuster provisions wagon.
Charles Lee is contemplating building a new house on Main Street. What he wants a whole big house to himself, no one knows. Asked Charles?
Lawson Shoop had the misfortune to having one wheel of a wagon loaded with sand pass over his leg last Saturday disabling him for some days.
Last week at least 10 men who have been prominent in Nickel Plate circles at Conneaut were asked to resign as a result of robberies, which have been committed in the yard at that place supposedly by tramps, for the past several months. One of the conspirators was apprehended and under threat of prosecution was forced to tell all he knew of the affair. A search warrant was taken to his home and in the barn was found $1400 worth of silverware and valuable merchandise. Investigations have been going on for some time.
Last week Tuesday the woman hired a horse and buggy from the barn of William Wilder in Elyria. The owner traced the rig through Amherst, Oberl8h and Vermilion but has been unable to locate it as of yet.
A reward of $25 will be paid for the return of Albert H. Davis who disappeared from home August 21, 1908. His age is 12 years, quite tall, he wore a brown check suit, knee pants, light waist, tan belt, Brown tie, gray cap, and a small bald spot on the side of his head about the size of a cent. – ARTHUR S. DAVIS
Born – to Mr. and Mrs. George R Rathbun, Wednesday, September 9, 1908, a son.
Born – to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grisel, Thursday, September 1, ‘08, a daughter.
The Gillnet Fishermen's Union joined the Labor Day parade at Sandusky Monday.
The fine bay horse owned by S. C. Myers took one of the premiums at the Elyria fair this week. This horse is of the show class type and would stand the test in New York show rings or most anyplace.
Wm. Black is conducting quite a boatbuilding establishment in the old heater works. He has just completed another fine power fish boat.
Don't use harsh physics. The reaction weakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan’s Regulets. They operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation.
Chas Brown who formerly lived here is accused of kidnapping his two-year-old daughter from the home of Mrs. Hattie Pette at Cleveland where they were visiting according to an article in last night's Press. The couple had separated and the wife kept the baby. A short time ago the husband and wife made up and went to visit Mrs. Pette, the husband’s sister.
Robert Crombie has been helping Mr. Andrews pick peaches.
Byron Wellman has been building a cistern for Sam Bacon.
Brownhelm school began September 8, Miss G. Van Wagner as teacher.
John Scharfenberg [sic] has returned from a trip to Cuba.
August Swinekuss [sic], 30 had a miraculous escape from a severe injury at No. 7 Quarry Friday, when he lost his balance and fell 20 feet to the ledge below. His face was badly bruised and it was first thought the man was dead, a slight loss of skin on the face and a broken nose is all the surgeon’s [sic] report.
Hmmmmmm....
AN EXTRAORDINARY RECORD OF AN AMERICAN DREAM: ‘Twere an odd place in time - June 1949. In a bad dream called the “Red Scare”, set in our nations capital celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson were named in an FBI report as being members of the Communist Party. It was big news. But other than that not much was, as the expression goes, shakin’ in our nation. World War Two had been over for four years. Americans had taken time to catch their collective breaths - get some rest - and now the time had come to shake off the affects of that nightmare, as well as some of its residual “unpleasantness”, wipe the sleep from their eyes, and move on.
The photograph accompanying this essay exists as a very extraordinary historical record of those persons who were central to this process in the post-war Village of Vermilion in Ohio. The occasion for the photo was the high school graduation of young Rudy Moc in June of 1949. The place is the Moc Family home, “Snug Harbor Farm”, on West Darrow Road in Vermilion Township. Pictured are:
Back Row L-R (standing): Willis Henry Gebhardt (1896-2000), Rudy Moc Jr., and Robert Braden. Middle Row L-R: Cletus K. DeWitt (1903-1974), Mr. Flanders, and Rudy Moc Sr. (1896-1969) Front Row L-R: Thomas D. Utter (1897-1975) and Sarah M. Welker (c.1903-2007).
Six of the eight persons in the photo were educators. Many current Vermilionites may recognize Mr. Gebhardt and Mrs. Welker (PJ 8-16-07). Mr. Gebhardt was a no nonsense math teacher and high school principal with a heart of gold. He was, in later years, recognized as “Good News Gebhardt” forecasting weather for Dick Goddard’s Woolly Bear festivities. And Mrs. Welker was a heart of gold who also happened to be a proficient journalist and business skills educator.
Thomas Utter was at one time or another both an industrial arts and driver education instructor. He also had the distinction of being one of Vermilion’s Mayors, and may have also been a member of the Board of Vermilion’s Ritter Library during its construction. Mr. Utter and his wife Zara lived in a little house on the west side Main Street three doors north of what is now the Main Street Grill. The “Mrs.” operated a beauty parlor from the home.
Cletus K. Dewitt had been a Vermilion teacher, Principal and football coach when the school was still located on State Street. Sometime after VHS moved to the wonderful South Street building (1927-28) he was promoted to Superintendent of the system where he served until his retirement. Always active in his church and community he was, among other things, the local Rotary Club President from 1955 to ‘56. He, along with his wife, Grace, and son, Richard, built and lived in an all-steel “Lustron” (PJ 3-6-08) home on Jefferson Street.
Mr. Flanders was likely one of the most influential and highly respected industrial arts teachers ever to have worked in Vermilion’s education system. His knowledge and expertise helped launch more than a few blue-collar careers and businesses over the years.
Mr. Braden was a highly motivated VHS teacher and football coach. His enthusiasm and determination were, at least figuratively speaking, contagious and are extremely palpable in this particular photo. Unlike his contemporaries, his career as a Vermilion educator was relatively brief. Not unlike coaches of today, he moved on to another school and another system.
The elder Rudy Moc was, as most local historians recognize, a very successful professional photographer. His “Snug Harbor Farm” was a real jewel in the midst of what was then rustic wood and farmland southwest of town. The home had an in-ground swimming pool that was, at the time, a rarity in even the most affluent suburbs in Ohio.
The younger Moc had distinguished himself as a VHS student, and was Class President at the time of his graduation. He graduated, premed, from Ohio University, and in 1958 graduated from Medical School at the University of Cincinnati. After his residency in Internal Medicine at St. Vincent’s Charity Hospital in Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic, he set up practice in Elyria and North Ridgeville until his retirement in 2003.
The folks in the photo from June of 1949 were on the verge of helping build a productive future for a nation. W.W.II, along with the “Red Scare”, took their rightful places in the pages of history books. America did wake up and move on - and continues to move on - toward another dream - and another yesteryear.
…Strong and Lyman Farwell;- 1820, Adams, Strong and Eli S. Barnum; 1821, Barnum, Robert S. Southgate and Amos Woodward; 1822-23, Barnum, Southgate and Woodward; 1824, Barnum, 'Woodward and Schuyler Van Rensselaer; 1825, Barnum, Van Rensselaer and George W. Choate; 1826, Van Rensselaer. Choate and Frederick Forsythe; 1827-28, Choate, Forsythe and Bradford Sturtevant; 1829-30, Choate, Sturtevant and M. McKelvey; 1831, Sturtevant, McKelvey and George Hollister; 1832, Sturtevant, Hollister and George W. Choate; 1833, Hollister, Choate and Samuel B. Carpenter; 1834, Choate, Carpenter and W. C. Spaulding; 1835, Carpenter, Spaulding and John Dounce; 1836, Spaulding, Dounce and Benjamin Cogswell; 1837, Spaulding, Cogswell and John Miller.
Without question the most important event in connection with the history of Erie county was the action of the State Legislature that gave the county an existence—the action that separated it from Huron and Sandusky counties— that enabled it to elect its own officers and administer its own affairs.
The preliminary discussion that led to this separate organization was not of spontaneous origin; it was not the result of a pet scheme on the part of a few persons; it was not undertaken through any feeling of jealous rivalry between the leading towns of Huron county, Norwalk, and Sandusky city. To be sure there was a rivalry, a growing friendly competition between these municipalities, each striving to outstrip the other in point of population, of industry, of internal welfare, of thrift and all the essential requisites of a well appointed and well-ordered city; a commendable and unselfish interest shown on the part of the people representing the northern and southern sections of Huron county.
Again, about this time, there seemed a general tendency throughout the State to new [and additional county organization , by a reduction of the territory of the larger counties. This was not the only reason why the residents of Northern Huron county asked to be set off. Such action had become, at that time, a positive necessity. Sandusky city had become the natural center of extensive and rapidly increasing business interests—manufacturing, shipping and mercantile. She had, moreover, become tributary to a large area of agricultural country, so that by every necessary consideration she was justly entitled to become the county seat of a new county.
As might naturally be expected, the proposition for the new county erection was not accepted by the whole people without strong opposition, and while the measure was very generally supported by the inhabitants in the northern part of the county, a strong opposition developed in the southern townships, and in others that were liable to be affected by the change.
The petition for the new county was met by a strong remonstrance, and…
REMINGTON STANDARD 12 : Of all the things one might look at and wonder about in the print shop this typewriter is the most fascinating thing in the place to cub scouts who visit the museum.
The Remington No. 12, which appeared on the market in 1922, embodies every Remington advantage, plus quiet action. Fourteen noise-reducing features were introduced. The No. 12 has an improved escapement, type bar construction, ribbon mechanism and refinements of construction throughout the entire machines. It also has the frame enclosed to keep out dust and dirt.
In time we’ll set it up so a scout can type in their name. Then it will be the coolest thing in the building.
Little Johnny's teacher sent a note home to his Mother saying, "Johnny seems to be a very bright boy, but spends too much of his time thinking about sex and girls."
The Mother wrote back the next day, "If you find a solution, please advise. I have the same problem with his Father."
LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: After giving it much thought this link has been "put-down". During the last year most of the folks who used to use this page as a bulletin board have acquired their own and, consequently, no longer need this forum from "Views". I have, however, kept links (in the links section) to Larry Hohler's "Hope Homes" in Kenya - and to Bette Lou Higgins' Eden Valley Enterprises sites. They are historically and socially relevant projects. I suggest that you visit these sites on a regular basis to see "what's shakin'".
Persons interested in the history of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (which was the subject of a recent past podcast series) - "the greatest electaric railway system on the planet" may want to go to Amazon.com and purchase a book called "Images of Rail - Lake Shore Electric Railway". It was put together by Thomas J. Patton with the help of my friends DENNIS LAMONT and ALBERT DOANE. It'd make a nice gift.
Another great book with Vermilion Roots is, "Grandma's Favorites: A Compilation of Recipes from MARGARET SANDERS BUELL by Amy O'Neal, ELIZABETH THOMPSON and MEG WALTER (May 2, 2012). This book very literally will provide one with the flavor of old Vermilion. And ye can also find it at Amazon.com. Take a look.
MARY WAKEFIELD BUXTON'S LATEST BOOK "The Private War of William Styron" is available in paper back for $15.00 with tax and can be purchased locally at Buxton and Buxton Law Office in Urbanna, ordered from any book store, Amazon.com or Brandylane Publishing Company. A signed, hard back edition may be purchased from Mrs. Buxton directly for $30.00 by writing her at Box 488, Urbanna, VA 23175 and including $6.00 for tax, postage and packaging.
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