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mineral inausiryMoulding Sand Expert Develops Important Manufacturing Businessi(By THOMAS W. LEWIS)Ed ward ML Ayera was born In Zanesville August 2, 1883* His par* ents were Monroe and Louisian^ (Stull) Ayers. The former, a well known Muskingum * river steamboat captain, was a native of Gfiysport, this county and the latter was born in Beverly, Washington county. Both passed away many years figo.Moulding .Sam! Expert Edward Mathews Ayers studied to good purpose In Zones ville's public schools, with Ft two-year course in its hl-vh school. Among the early activities undertaken 011 his own account was tlia execution of street- and road-paving contracts. In the middle '80‘s, however, he realized the immense future In store for molding and silica sand and this county's exceptional deposits of these minerals. When thisvision came to him in 18B4 ho began the work of mining, sorting and mixing these materials and placing them on the market. Hi* development ol the industry lias reached vast proportions and its products shipped all over the country.Many !5i!*im'ss r*mneejlons Mr. Ayers’ investment in The Ayers Mineral. Company and the .Central Silica Company represent only a part of those made by him to further Zanesville's industrial interests, since ho is a stockholder In The Star Ice Storage Company, The Zanesville Provision Company, The Fraunfelter China Company, The Standard Tile Company and The Ohio Ice Company. His bank connections are also considerable. lie Is a shareholder In The Old CiLikens National, The Zanesville Bunk Trust and The . .Guardian Trust Banks and a shareholder and director in The Homestead Building Bonn Company.The .la nil ly On May 17. 3888, Mr. Ayres was married to Miss Clara Kappes. of this city and they became Hie parents oitour daughters: Louisa Ayers, of Louis, Missouri: Margaret Ayers Gor-such and Elizabeth Ayers Hay oi Zanesville and Josephine Ayers Run-kcl. of. Columbus. Ohio, .Mr. Ayrrs is a member of the Putnam Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican. As a Mason he Is a member oi oil the orders among ?,lu* Zanwillc etihcU vision. He Is afor American independence in the Revolutionary war and came to Marietta with the Ohio company associates In 1788.Personally and as tin active mem-bet of the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum county Mr. Ayer* has taken keen Interest in ?oc*i history. In May. 1929. the society recognized this fact by electing him its president and he was complimented by reelection a year inter.Ha* Seen Great ChangesWhen Mr. Ayers entered uponmelding «md activities each shipper sold but one or two grades of sand. The production was one of Imnd-toading with teams and crude sands only were produced. About 1903 when he commenced milling sands by blending various grains and bonds an improvement in the standing of the business naturally followed.The larger investments tequlred made it necessary that the raw materials bi- found near the railroads and in sufficiently large quantities to justify the building cf mills. From that time on the business developed rapidly partly due to the increase In automobiles.Then followed the Research Committees of the American Foundry-men's association which set up standards by which suitable sand for various castings could be correctly selected and the sand produced and tested bcth by shipper and user. Sand Is now specified ns to grain size, bond and permeability, the some as iron, steel, coke and all other material tbafc enters into foundry practice.Such are .the changes made In the business since E. M. Ayers entered It 45 years ago.Through Us subsidiaries (Tlie Central Silicl Co. and the Mil wood Sand Co.) The. Ayiti-s Mineral Co, hi- developed sands of wide usefulness.VAN HORN OUT AGAINST. CLAmSVTLLE, O., Aug. 1.....The many friends in eastern Ohio of Eyra Van Horn, Cleveland, president of the Clarkson Coal Co., will bo glad to learn that Mr. Van Horn Is able to out nnd around again after having recovered from a serious illness. The illness was in the nature of a Kleiney malady.SEEKS DIVORCE HERE5ult for divorce was filed by Mrs. Bessie u Dutro Friday in common pleas court against Lee Dutro on tin grounds of gross neglect, and cruelty. Restoration to her former name, Bps-!j=ie L. Eehclberry, Is also asked- Perry Smith for Mrs. Dutro.
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Zanesville Times Recorder
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sat, Aug 02, 1930
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