Maynard H. Meyer

Maynard H. Meyer, son of Edward H. and Julia Plassman Meyer, was born May 5, 1915, in Wauseon, Ohio. On May 16, 1941, he married Lucille A. Otte, born Feb. 7, 1917, daughter of Edward H. and Doris L. Schroeder Otte. They were married in Defiance County, and at first stayed with her mother, in Ridgeville Corners, and later on purchased the property for their home.

Lucille finished two years at Bowling Green University in 1937, and then taught two years in the 8th grade one room public "Dittmer" school, about one and a half miles west of Ridgeville Corners. Then she taught two years in the new consolidated Ridgeville Rural School Building.

In the building of the new consolidated school, the Board salvaged whatever they could from the one room schools in the district. As they were taking out the large pieces of slate used for the blackboard in the Dittmer School, they uncovered evidence of the pupils, attending the school at the time the slates were originally installed. Apparently the teacher let the children write their name on the old blackboard, before the new ones were placed in, giving Lucille evidence that her father went to school in this same building some forty years before she taught there.

Maynard started selling farm machinery shortly before they were married, first in Ridgeville Corners, then in Napoleon, and other towns, and later returned to Ridgeville Corners, where Maynard and his brother Lomer, built a new building on the corner of U.S. 6 and First Street, for their farm machinery business.

Maynard and Lucille have four children. They all attended the local and area schools and are members of the Zion Lutheran Church.

Douglas E. was born on March 27, 1942, went on to Capital University for his Bachelor's Degree in music, then to Cleveland Institute of Music for a year and then to Roosevelt University in Chicago for his Master's. He received his Doctor's Degree at the University of Cincinnati. He married Betty Schultz in Aug. 27, 1965, and they are now living in Yuma, Arizona.

Dennis Dale was born on July 26, 1951 at Wauseon, Ohio. After his high school education, he continued and received his Bachelor's Degree at Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., and is now helping his father in the machinery business.

David Lee was born Jan. 20, 1954, at Wauseon, Ohio, and after graduating from the area school, was married to Kirsten Weldy, on Aug. 4, 1973. They now live on a farm in Sec. 31 of Ridgeville Township, engaged in farming and helping in his father's machinery business.

Diann K. was born on March 4, 1960, at Wauseon, Ohio. She is staying with her parents as she is attending Archbold High School. She is active in school sports and other school, church, and area activities.

Lucille resumed her teaching career in 1963, and at present is with the Archbold Area School system.

Submitted by Morris Otte