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Do you know Sandusky County 50 years ago?
Fremont Savings Bank, which was headquartered on Croghan Street in the building that now houses downtown Fremont Federal Credit Union, also had its “car bank” on Garrison Street, where the Downtown Business Association is now located, and a “west branch. “” at Potter Village Mall.
The bank had a rich history, serving the network for over a hundred years. One of its founders and its first applicant, President Rutherford B. Hayes was a year into his tenure in the White House.
During its growing years, generations of Hayes’ circle of relatives ran the company. The monetary institution became part of the Society Bank of Cleveland in 1965. On May 15, 1882, the bank’s first year, deposits amounted to $14,955. 81; 50 years ago, in 1972, deposits totaled $30,670,951. 91. The bank’s history included survival during the Great Depression. For an entire week in March 1933, all banking transactions were suspended in an effort to stop banking disorder and finally repair confidence in the monetary system. Fremont Savings Bank was among those that closed, but reopened at the end of the so-called holiday. Many banks have not.
Also 50 years ago, The Fremont News-Messenger, then owned by the Daubel family, was located on Arch Street, offering newspaper hounds with quick access to downtown and the old town hall. City Hall was across Arch Street from the newspaper’s offices and included the police and chimney departments, as well as the administrative offices and city hall chambers. The proximity of the city provided wonderful opportunities for a journalist to meet police, fireplace and municipal officials and get “advice. “
Personally, I appreciated this scenario as a young journalist before a series of positions, adding that of sports editor, which led me to become an editor in 1970. Although this position is smart for journalists, I was surprised that the fire trucks managed to function through this crowded crowd. world. area when called in case of emergency.
By the way, the word “Fremont” was later removed from the newspaper call in an attempt to show that we were a countywide publication.
Price Lumber Company on North Front Street, another company that has been servicing the network for over a hundred years. His ads proclaimed, “If we are made of wood, we make it,” and proudly noted that the company had been in “the same position since 1857. “
While these were long-standing local businesses, Tschumy’s was located in the southwest corner of Front and Garrison and its classified ads reminded others that the company had been offering “reliable furniture for over 112 years. “
Dick Callendar Buick-Opel Inc. , at 610-614 West State Street, Ochs Funeral Home at the corner of Napoleon and Clover and the Sandusky County Chamber of Commerce at 315 West State Street, a neighbor of the Fremont Hotel who was at the intersection of State and Front streets and victim of a fire in 1981.
Roy Wilhelm began a 40-year career at The News-Messenger in 1965 as a journalist. Now retired, he writes a column for The News-Messenger and News Herald.
This article was originally published in Fremont News-Messenger: Wilhelm: Back to Fremont 50 years ago