Oscar Ellsworth DRIVER

                   Sheldon is buried with his brother, Charles Wesley (Todd) in Leek Cemeter
y.They are in the same grave - Sheldon does not have a headstone. Th is
is according to Mary Helen (Driver) Van Dien.
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A waterborne disease, cholera, hasproven one of history's most virulent
k illers. The good news is that it wasthrough cholera epidemics that
epidem iologists finally discovered the linkbetween sanitation and
public healt h, which provided the impetus for modem water and sewage
systems.
With 20th - century smugness, we know cholera is caused by ingesting wate
r, food or any other material contaminated by the feces of a cholera
victi m. Casual contact with a contaminated chamberpot, soiledclothing
or beddi ng, etc., might be all that's required. The disease is stunning
in its rap idity. The onset of extreme diarrhea, sharp muscular cramps,
vomiting a nd fever, and then death - all can transpire within 12-48
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                   Obituary
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Watson, Mrs. Gertrude E.
501 W. Barnes (widow of the late Rex Watson.)
Funeral services for Mrs. Watson, age 69, who died Thursday, February9,
1 961, at a local hospital will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, February 13,
19 61, from the Palmer-Bush Funeral Home, Rev. Warren E. Brown of the Mt.
Ho pe Avenue Methodist Church will officiate. Interment in Mt. Hope
Cemeter y.Honorary pall bearers will be George Taubert, A.G. Gross,
William Seama n, and Walter O'Kelly. Active bearers will be James R.W.
Driver, William H eckrodt, Charles Driver, John Tracy, Walter Van Dien,
and James Driver.
                  

                   Todd's Able Seaman's Card is signed Wesley Driver and dated July 5, 191
0. His position is Watchman and his height is listed as 5'10".
From Michigan Weather
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1894: Lansing has a completely rainless August.
Undated News clipping
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Mason Baches Rap Landlady
New H.C. of L. Club Proposes Strong Entrenchment Plan
Special to the State Journal.
Mason, Dec 12 - The Mason Bachelors' H.C.L. club was formed Monday nig ht
at the Sweeney hotel. Todd Driver was elected president of the new orga
nization which aims to conserve the finances ofthe bachelors forming t
he club. President Driver, following the formalitiesof organization, ga
ve a short talk in which he pointed out the dispositionof landladies to
b oost the board, while at the same time, they make two pieces of pie
grow w here only one flourished before. President Driver also called
attenti on to the fact that carrots had replaced meat in the Irish stew
and that a ll boarding house coffee seemed dispirited and weak and needed
codliver o il and sanitarium treatment to recuperate its strength.
"All landladies," declared the new president, "are retrenching. We shou
ld not blame them considering the cost of all necessities. But why add mo
re to our board bill when all these curtailments named have been made? T
he bachelor is at the mercy of the boarding house keeper in these thing
s. They raise our board but meter the beans. They even put a medicine
drop per on the catsup bottle. The amount of mashed potatoes we are
served loo ks like a recuperative dose for a convalescing typhoid fever
patient. If o ur board bill is increased, why not increase the amount of
food?"
Will Roll Own Pills
The club plans to cut downthe high cost of living by many means. It was
a greed that every member wouldconscientiously save all coupons for one
thi ng and roll his own cigarette.Where landladies have been tyrannical
and n iggardly in boosting board, but cutting down the side dishes,
members wi ll refuse to take the landlady's daughter to any show, opera,
dance, socia l, entertainment of paid admission, circus or movie.
In all cases where members room where they board it is purposedto start
r eading circles for these, each member remaining in his room and burni
ng as much gas or consuming as much electric juice as possible. This wi
ll cut down the expense of cigar store dice or card games as well as
elimi nating the expense of pool and billiards.
Each member will report weekly to thesecretary the exact amount he has
sa ved. A general fund may be started forthe purpose of erecting a
bachelor s' home in Mason. Stock in this home willbe sold probably at $5
a shar e. In event the home is built, it is also purposed to install a
culinary d epartment and buy tubers in the north and spagetti from the
Chicago mail o rder houses.
Urges Strong Legislation
President Driver in a second talk pointed out that the time had come wh
en bachelors would have to organize and protect themselves. "Congress ge
ts scared and passesan eight hour bill for the railroad men. It gets
scar ed again and votes forfree seed and the rural credit for farmers.
What h as it ever done for bachelors? Not a thing, gentlemen, except to
solicit t heir votes and then forgetthem when elected. If the bachelors'
organizati on grows strong enough it will wield a national influence.
Some day congre ss may get scared enough to establish federal boarding
houses for bachelo rs where board may be had at cost;boarding houses
where a bachelor may a sk for a second piece of pie withoutthe landlady
threatening to call o ut the militia."
Handwritten letter
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Lansing, Michigan
Sept 12, 1916
My dear Miss G
                  

                   High School Year Book - Anchora, 1913
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"Laugh and 'Daud' laughs with you"
"Daud" is one of the most jovial members of the Senior class. He is alwa
ysread to joke and never angry when he receives one. When a fellow
classm ate is "stuck" on a question or a problem, he is ever ready to
lend a help ing hand. But he never forgets that he has a Trig. or Physics
less on to be preparedand recited every day, even when he has been out
ti ll 10 o'clock the nightbefore. The best wishes of the class accompany
him .
News article - MidlandDaily News Feb. 27, 1974
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James W. Driver, 78, retired director of personnel for Dow Chemical Compa
ny and former mayor, died Tuesday at his home at 2408 Pinehurst Court.
He had been in ill health for several weeks.
Mr. Driver had been associated with Dow for 37 years when he retired Ja
n. 19, 1956. Joining Dow on August 18, 1918, he saw the company expand fr
om a small firm to agiant in the chemical industry. Dow had 1,400
employe es when he assumed initial duties and upon his retirement the
work force n umbered 11, 171.
Upon joining Dow, Mr. Driver was assigned to the old phenol plant and lat
er transferred to the company's former lead arsenic plant to become its
su perintendent.
In 1926 he was assigned to the aniline plant, where he took over
productio n. When Dow built a new plant in 1929, Mr. Driver was named
superintende ntof the unit.
In May, 1933 Mr. Driver was appointed to head Dow's personnel departme nt
- a post he held for 22 years until his retirement. This departmentinc
luded these various divisions: plant protection, education and training,
l abor relations, medical, factory employment, women's personnel,
recreation and safety.
Mr. Driver was born Oct. 21, 1895 at Holt. He was graduated from the
Unive rsity of Michigan in 1918 with a degree in chemical engineering.
While att ending U-M, he met the former Miss Pauline E. Warren of Three
Oaks, al so a U-M student. They were married in Ann Arbor Feb. 16, 1916.
She died D ec. 25, 1969.
Besides his Dow responsibilities, Mr. Driver served as mayor of Midland
fr om 1931 until he resigned the post on Sept. 1, 1936. In reporting his
resi gnation, the newspaper cited his record of city expansion whileat
the sa me time being able to cut the city tax rate.
While serving as mayor, he helped start the present City Forest which
resu lted from a Midland Kiwanis Club project. At that time a 580 acre
tra ct of what some observers termed "worthless land" was taken over and
plant ed to trees.
Mr. Driver, as mayor, served on the then Midland County Board of
Superviso rs. For 50 years hewas a member of the Midland Centre Lodge,
No. 273, F& AM and the Kiwanis Club, where he served once as president
and lieutena nt governor. He was a pastpresident of the East Michigan
Tourist Associat ion and Saginaw Valley WaterAuthority.
He married the former Margaret Burts on Dec. 19, 1972, who surviveshim.
O ther survivors include one daughter, Mrs. William (Betty Jo) Heckrodt
of M enasha, Wis, two sons, R. Kirk Driver of Klamath Falls, Ore., and
James R. W. Driver of Midland; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will beconducted 2 pm Thursday from the Miner-Bradley
Fu neral Chapel. The Rev. Lloyd Miller, pastor of the Mennonite Church,
wi ll officiate. Burial will be inMidland Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel from 7 to 9 pm todaywhen membe rs
of the family will be present.
The Invention of the Ball Point Pen, late 1800's
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The first suitable ballpoint pen was patented by LazloBiro, a Hungarian
l iving in Argentina. His ballpoint pen, commonly called the "biro," beca
me popular in Great Britain dur
                  

                   Bob worked for Smith Printing Co. in 1920.