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| Len Crum |
usinessmen’s Meeting.
Len Crum (white jacket, sitting) owned and operated Crum’s Restaurant around the end of the 19th century. The restaurant was located on Lima street just west of Gormley street. It is believed that this photograph was taken in the room over Crum’s restaurant and, except for the two individuals sitting on the right side, all individuals have been identified. Front: Lou Crum, W. Danham, C. Hall, Louis Crum (small boy), D. Zimmerman, Dr. Campbell, Roelfa Cline, Geo. Haver, Chas. Coble, Walter Boehm, Irwin VanScoit, and Elmer Hagerman. Middle: Wm. Dill, Joshua Naus, Earl Stevenson, Walter Phillips, Clarence Hune, Mark Fishburn, Cecil Young, Carl Ickes, Heggan Kaufman, William Price, and James Cook. Back: Fas Crum, __ Hughes, __ Melleck, Earl Hempy, Frank Rogan, Betehy Liles, Wm. Lehman, __ Reed, Katie Trissler,1 Ed Hogen, Bert Herzog, Frank Stevenson, Hoah Simpson, Elmer Burk, __ Alexander (editor), Jack Campbell, and William Craglow.
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1This was possibly the nickname for Kale Robinson Trissler, but that fact is unknown.
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| Len Crum |
ygenics Baseball Team (c1915).
This photograph of Len was taken around 1915. The members on the Hygenic’ team in 1915 were: Andy Stillberger, __ O'Roark, Tom Barlow, __ Liles, __ Anderson, Eddie Orderson, Charley Koable, __ Pfister, Donavan __, Mark Fishburn, Dale Shields, Clay Metz, Ralph Cline, Cabe Garvey, Joe Studer, and Holley Shuller.
Len’s restaurant is credited with serving coffee to the firemen who fought the big fire of 1927. The departments of Forest, Kenton, Upper Sandusky, Dunkirk, and Mt. Blanchard helped in controlling that fire.
usinessmen’s Association.
Front: John S. Campbell (clerk), Charley Hale, Ed Detray, Mona Hary, and Len Crum (restaurant owner & baker).
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| Businessmen1 |
Middle: Joe Studer, Ray Hale, Rubin Wiley, Dr. Cramplin (dentist), Dr. Louis E. Cook (physican), David L. Cook (bookkeeper), and Alfred E. Pierce (railroad mailclerk).
Back: Halley Forest Shields (pharmacist), J. Emmerson Robinson (elevator clerk), William Robinson (bank clerk), James H. Robinson (hotel clerk), Fred Rowalt, and Harley Wycoff.
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1E(dwin) N. Howe, Photographic Art Studio, Forest, Ohio.
orest Businessmen?
It is unknown just what these men were gathering for at the time this photograph was taken.
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| Dick & Reva |
oyd Drug Store.
Dick Boyd is seen standing with Reva Stauffer in front of the "new" Boyd drug store. It was located on the south side of Lima street.