Doctor Eurit was born at Logansport, Indiana, June 5, 1890, and is a son of Charles M. and Bertha (Rimpler) Eurit. His paternal grandfather, Stephen Eurit, was born in Virginia, where he was educated and in young manhood came to Indiana to become one of the early settlers of Twelve Mile, Cass County. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and became the owner of an extensive property, a part of his original farm being now included within the corporate limit of the town, where he and his worthy wife are buried. Charles M. Eurit was born at Twelve Mile, where he received his education in the little schoolhouse situated near his father's farm, and later was given the added advantage of attendance at college at Terre Haute. For many years he was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and died while still in the service of that company, in 1902, being buried at Logansport. He married Bertha Rimpler, who was born at Plymouth, Indiana, and educated in the public schools. Later, after her father had sold his hotel at Plymouth, the family moved to Twelve Mile, and there she met and married Mr. Eurit. She was active in the Presbyterian Church at Logansport, where she taught in the Sunday school for a number of years, but for the past ten years has lived with her son at Gary.

The only child of his parents, Charles Ernest Eurit attended the public schools of Logansport and after graduation from high school there attended night high school at Indianapolis. He graduated from the dental college of Indiana University as a member of the class of 1919, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, and for about ten months was engaged in practice at Rushville, Indiana, but in May, 1920 moved to Gary, where for the past ten years he has carried on a very extensive and representative practice, his offices being located at 790 Broadway, corner of Eighth Avenue, where he ha every known modern dental appliance. He is a constant student of his calling, keeping fully abreast of its recurring development, and belongs to the various organizations of dental practitioners. If he may be said to have a hobby it is hunting and fishing, but he has been too busy to indulge himself greatly to these recreations. During the World war he offered his services to the Government, but was rejected because of a slight physical disability. Doctor Eurit belongs to Roosevelt Lodge No. 716, A. F. and A. M., of Gary; Logansport Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.; and Council No. 11, R. and S. M. He is the owner of some property at Gary and takes a helpful part in civic affairs. He holds membership in the Lincoln Hill Country Club, is independent in his political views, and as a churchman belongs to the First Presbyterian congregation.

On May 29, 1920, at Gary, Doctor Eurit was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Hulburd, a daughter of Willis and Delia (Dunn) Hulburd, of DeQuincy, Louisiana, where Mr. Hulburd has been for years an active and successful agriculturist. Mrs. Eurit was eduated in the public schools of Arkansas and Kansas City, Missouri, and is a qualified stenographer, having been employed in that capacity for a time before her marriage. She is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gary and of the Order of the Eastern Star. There is one daughter: Margaret, who is attending the Horace Mann School of Gary, and who has been given every advantage by her parents in the way of proper training.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

CHARLES FRANKLIN KENWARD, D. D. S. Prominent among the dental practitioners of Lake County is found Dr. Charles Franklin Kenward, who has followed his profession for a period of twenty-eight years and has been located at Gary since 1918. Doctor Kenward has built up a large professional business through ability, close attention to the advancements made in his calling and great industry, and occupies a leading position among the dental surgeons of his part of the state.

Doctor Kenward was born at Watford, Ontario, Canada, January 1, 1876, and is a son of Frank and Martha (Eccles) Kenward. His grandfather, Thomas Kenward, was born in England and in young manhood emigrated to Canada, where he became an early settler of Watford and there passed the remainder of his life as a merchant, both he and his wife passing away and being buried there. Frank Kenward was born and reared at Watfod, where he received a public school education, and as a young man became interested in financial affairs. For many years he was identified with the Merchants Bank of Watford, which is now a branch of the bank of Montreal. He was active in the Masonic Order and in civic affairs, and died in the faith of the Episcopal Church about 1923, being buried at Watford, where he had been known as a substantial and reliable citizen. He married Martha Eccles, who was born and reared near Watford and received a public school education. She died at Watford March 31, 1931. She was an active member of the Congregational Church. There were three sons in the family, all of whom are doctors of dental surgery: Dr. Charles Franklin, of this review; Dr. Burton, of San Francisco, California; and Dr. Edward, of Lacon, Marshall County, Illinois.

Charles Franklin Kenward attended the public schools of Watford, where he was graduated from high school as a member of the class of 1896, and then went to Lake Forest University, Chicago, now the Chicago College of Dental Surgery from which institution he received his degree as a member of the class of 1902. For two years thereafter he was engaged in practice at Chicago, but in 1905 moved to Hobart, Indiana, where he bought the practice of Doctor Nixon and continued to conduct it until 1918, in which year he came to Gary, now occupying offices at 673 Broadway. Doctor Kenward's operating room is equipped with every modern appliance known to modern dental surgery and he keeps in constant touch with the developments of his profession, being thoroughly equipped in all the branches of his calling and possessing the technical and mechanical skill so necessary in these days of modern dental practice. Doctor Kenward is a member of the Gary Dental Society, the Indiana State Dental Society and the Nation Dental Association, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republican in politics and his religious affiliation is with the Catholic Church, he being a member of the Holy Angels congregation.

On June 27, 1911, at East Jordan, Michigan, Doctor Kenward was united in marriage with Miss Mabel Monroe, a daughter of John and Catherine Monroe, Mr. Monroe having been for many years a contractor and builder of East Jordan. He died in 1927, at East Jordan, where he is buried and where Mrs. Monroe still survives him. Mrs. Kenward attended the public schools of East Jordan and Detroit, and, as an accomplished musician, taught music in Michigan and in the public schools of Hobart for several years prior to her marriage. She is an active member of the Holy Angels Catholic Church and of the Woman's Society. Six children have been born to Doctor and Mrs. Kenward: John, a graduate of Horace Mann High School, class of 1931; Martha, who is attending high school; and Frank, Charles and James and Jane, twins, who are attending grammar school.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

SAMEUL PERETZ SCHORR has effectively proved his resourcefulness in the practice of his profession and is one of the representative and highly esteemed members of the bar of Lake County. He has made the City of Gary the central stage of his law practice from the time of his admission to the bar, in 1913, and his success and prestige are specially noteworthy by reason of the fact that when he came to the United States from his native Rumania, as a young man of twenty-three years, his knowledge of the English language was very limited, a handicap that he overcame with marked facility, as he had received advanced education in his native land, besides having been reared in a home of culture and refinement.

Born in Piatra Neamtz, Rumania, on the 3rd of April, 1884, Mr. Schorr is a son of Peretz and Amelia (Dumchick) Schorr, who were likewise born and reared in Rumania and both of whom there received excellent educational advantages. Peretz Schorr has been for many years a successful merchant in Piatra Neamtz, a town situation in the Carpathian Mountains, and he is still active in the supervision of his business, though he celebrated in 1930 his eighty-third birthday anniversary. He is influential in the Hebrew Church of his community, as was also his wife, whose death there occurred in September, 1920, she having served as nurse in a local hospital during the progress of the World war and both she and her husband having been otherwise earnest and active in various phases of patriotic service in their home community. Of their six children one died in infancy; Faibish continues as a resident of Piatra Neamtz, the old home city; Samuel P., of this review, was next in order of birth; Betty is the wife of Velvel Smil, and they reside in Berln, Germany, as does also her next younger sister, Miss Pauline; and Miss Henrietta remains with her father at Piatra Neamtz.

After having profited by the advantages of the schools of his native city Samuel P. Schorr completed a course and was graduated in the University of Bucharest, in which fine old institution he was a member of the class of 1905. In 197 he severed the ties that bound him to home and native land and came to the United States, he having been twenty-three years of age at the time, as previously noted in this review. After remaining a few months in New York City he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and there he wisely supplemented his education by completing a course in the Central High School, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1908, his collegiate education in his native land having enabled him to complete his high school course in far less than the prescribed time. In 1909 he went to Lima, Ohio, and found employment with the Lima Locomotive Works, and in the following year he came to Indianapolis and entered the Indianapolis College of Law, in which institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1913, his admission to the Indiana bar having been virtually coincident with his reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He received this degree on the 15th of June and soon afterward established his residence in Gary, where he has continued in the practice of his profession to the present time and where he maintains his offices at 1071 Broadway. Mr. Schorr has proved a vigorous and resourceful trial lawyer, and has a substantial and respresentative practice, and in the same he gives major attention to criminal law. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party, and as a citizen he is loyal and progressive.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

HARRY AUGUST SCHIESS, D. D. S., has the technical skill and loyalty that mark him as one of the able and successful representatives of his profession in Lake County, and his well appointed offices in the Gary State Bank Building in the City of Gary provide the best of modern equipment and service in both operative and laboratory departments.

Doctor Schiess was born in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 28, 2893, and is a son of Walter and Agatha (Noser) Schiess, who were born and reared in Switzerland, whose marriage was there solemnized, and who thence came to the United States, about 1885, their home having been established in Philadelphia a number of years and removal having then been made to Paterson, New Jersey, where Walter Schiess is now living retired, after many years of close association with the silk manufacturing industry. He is a Republican in politics, is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and his religioius faith is that of the German Lutheran Church, in which his wife likewise was a zealous communicant, her death having occurred January 9, 1928, and her mortal remains having been laid to rest in beautiful Cedar Grove Cemetery at Paterson. Of the five children Dr. Harry A., of this review, was the third in order of birth; Walter, Jr., eldest of the number, is now a resident of Albany, New York; Fred is following in his father's footsteps and is actively concerned with silk manufacturing at Paterson, New Jersey; Edith was for a number of years in active service as a trained nurse and is now the wife of Dr. Orman Gregersen, a representative physician and surgeon engaged in practice at Jamaica, Long Island, New York; and Leah is the wife of William Newkirk, who is manager of the Knox Hat Company establishment at Forty-fifth and Madison Avenue in New York City, while he and his wife maintain their home at Jamaica, Long Island.

In the public schools of Paterson, New Jersey, Dr. Harry A. Schiess continued his studies until he was graduated in the high school, in 1914. He was thereafter a student in a collegiate preparatory school in New York City, and his preparation for his chosen profession was made through the medium of the Indiana Dental College, in the City of Indianapolis, this being now the dental department of the University of Indiana. He was graduated as a member of the class of 1918. Soon after the nation entered the World war Doctor Schiess went to Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, and enlisted for service in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, but he was reassigned to his studies in the dental college, in order that he might complete his course, and was thus engaged at the time the armistice brought the great world conflict to a close, he having soon afterward received his honorable discharge. After acquiring his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery he came to Gary, where for the first year he was associated in practice with Doctor J. H. Long. Here he has since continued in individual practice, and that practice has shown a constantly cumulative tread, with the result that it is now one of broad scope and gives him place among the representative dental practitioners in Lake County. The Doctor has made judicious investment in Gary real estate and has developed a substantial business in the sale of realty thus owned by himself. He has membership in the Lake County Dental Society, the Northwest Indiana Dental Association and the Indiana State Dental Association.

Doctor Schiess is a Republican in political alignment and in 1929 was made a candidate for member of the City Council, his defeat having been compassed by political exigencies but the vote tendered him having shown popular appreciation of his loyalty and public spirit as a citizen of the Lake County metropolis. He is affiliated with Gary Memorial Post of the American Legion and with the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He and his wife are communicants of the German Lutheran Church.

August 31, 1926, recorded the marriage of Doctor Schiess to Miss Emma Garber, who was born at Berlin, Wisconsin, a daughter of Frederick Garber, who was there engaged in the shoe business many years and whose death there occurred in 1927, his wife having passed away about three years previously. After completing her studies in the high school of her native place. Mrs. Schiess entered Ripon College, at Ripon, Wisconsin, and from this institution she received in 1917 the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Prior to her marriage she had made a notably successful record as a teacher in the public schools, and in this connection had taught at Rockford, Illinois; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Ironwood, Michigan, as well as Gary, Indiana, in which city she is still retained as the efficient and popular teacher of English in the Horace Mann High School, both she and her husband being popular figures in the social and cultural activities of their home city.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

FRANK CARLETON JEWART. Although he is still one of the younger generation of business men of Gary, Frank C. Jewart has made rapid strides toward the attainment of position and success, and as owner of the Gary Blue Print Company is directing an enterprise that is forging its way consistently to the forefront. Mr. Jewart has been the architect of his own fortunes, having received no outside aid or been given the advantages of adventitious circumstances or conditions, and the manner in which he has conducted his activities has been such as to gain for him the respect of his business contemporaries and the confidence of the public.

Mr. Jewart was born November 3, 1897, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is a son of A. P. and Sarah (Carpenter) Jewart, and a member of an old and honored pioneer family of the Keystone State which has contributed numerous men and women to fill positions of responsibility and trust in various walks of life. A. P. Jewart was born at Atwood, Pennsylvania, where he was given a common school education, and in young manhood took up teaching as a vocation. He rose rapidly in his calling and served capably as superintendent of schools of Carrick, a suburb of Pittsburgh, for years, but in 1911 came to Gary and entered the employ of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, being at present a foreman in that plant and one of the company's capable and trusted employees. He is a devout and active member of the Presbyterian Church and a man who is held in high esteem and respect. Mr. Jewart married Miss Sarah Carpenter, who was born and reared at Atwood, Pennsylvania, and educated in the public schools, and who was a school teacher for a few years prior to her marriage. She as always active in the work of the Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith in 1922, being buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Gary. Mr. and Mrs. Jewart were the parents of two children: Frank C., of this review; and Ruth, the wife of Ward Hile, of the Illinois Steel Company, Gary, who has one child, Robert.

Frank C. Jewart attended the public schools of Pittsburgh where he graduated as a member of the class of 1911, and on coming to Gary in the same year secured a position with the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, by which concern he was employed for a few years. Later he formed a connection with the National Tube Company, and continued with that concern until 1920, when he found himself prepared to embark in business on his own account and founded the Gary Blue Print Company, of which he has since been the president. From small beginnings this has grown to be an enterprise of recognized importance, and through prompt and efficient service and high-quality workmanship is adding steadily to its long list of patrons. Mr. Jewart has become an expert in his line, and his commodious plant, at 743 Washington Street, is fully equipped to turn out all kinds of first-class blue print work and photographic copy printing. This is a highly specialized field in which only those with a comprehensive knowledge of the art can hope to arise above mediocrity, and the fact that Mr. Jewart has attained an outstanding success argues strongly for his ability. Mr. Jewart has always been active and constructively helpful in matters of civic import and is an enthusiastic and working member of the Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. Fraternally he is affiliated wit the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican, but now a politician, although he has borne his full share of the responsibilities of citizenship, and during the World war was active in all patriotic movements. He belongs to the First Presbyterian Church.

On November 27, 1919, Mr. Jewart was united in marriage, at Carlisle, Sullivan County, Indiana, with Miss Hester Land, daughter of J. I. And Anna (Cox) Land, of Carlisle, the former of whom was for years a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Sullivan County and still resides on his farm at the edge of Carlisle although now in retirement. He is active in the Modern Woodsman and other fraternities and is known as a man of public spirit and sound views. Mrs. Jewart was educated in the public schools of Carlisle, where she graduated from high school, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Gary and assists her husband materially. Mr. and Mrs. Jewart are the parents of one son: Eugene Francis, who is attending the Horace Mann School

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

SCHUYLER C. IRWIN, prominent Indiana attorney, has practiced his profession at Rensselaer for over thirty-five years. He has found ample satisfaction of his ambition within the strict limits of the profession, and has been in politics only for the opportunity of making his influence felt in behalf of good local government.

Mr. Irwin was born in Jasper County, Indiana, February 4, 1867. His father, James F. Irwin, was a native of Hamilton County, Indiana, and during the Civil war was enrolled as a soldier in Company F of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteers. He died May 12, 1912. James F. Irwin married Mary J. Ravenscroft, daughter of Edward Ravenscroft. They were the parents of three sons and four daughters, Schuyler C., Edward W., Frederick A., Frances, Mrs. A. E. Wallace, Mrs. I. N. Warren and Mrs. Earl Parsons.

Schuyler C. Irwin was educated in district schools in Jasper County, growing up on a farm, and was graduated from the Rensselaer High School in 1888. He took up the study of law, pursued it diligently and in 1893 was qualified for and admitted to the Indiana bar. He has handled his share of important litigation in the courts of Jasper County through all the years since he began practice. He has also been in the real estate business.

In the line of public service he was city clerk, justice of the peace and was one of the first officials chosen to office when the City of Rensselaer was incorporated, becoming city clerk.

He is a Republican voter, a member of the Christian Science Church and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Modern Woodsmen of America.

He married, October 13, 1894, Effie Stillwell Plummer, daughter of M. C. Plummer. They have a daughter, Genevieve, a student of music and art at Minneapolis and a musician hose work has been appreciated by that great audience of radio listeners. She has frequently been on the broadcast programs of stations at Minneapolis and Chicago.

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INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931

ROBERT H. MOORE. In the selection of their counsel the great financial and business institutions of the country employ the utmost caution and careful judgement, the requisites for such identification being substantial legal ability, absolute rectitude of character and a broad experience of the world and men. All of these qualities are found in the personality of Robert H. Moore, of the firm of Moore, Long, Chudom & Johnson, of Gary, who, although now limited to corporation practice, has had sufficient experience therein to command a large and important clientage in that field of his calling.

Mr. Moore was born between Dundee and Maybie, near Detroit, Michigan, May 27, 1886, and is a son of David A. and Ida (Robbins) Moore. David Alonzo Moore was born and reared in the same community, but removed to Michigan City, Indiana, some years after his marriage, and there spent the remainder of his life. He will be remembered by many as a man of wonderful poetic imagination and one who possessed the rare faculty of extemporaneous poetry. Many of his productions were real gems of poesy, wit and beauty, and although he never sought their complete publication they were, nevertheless, widely recognized for their worth. He gathered together a number of these in his later years, but death overtook him before he could finish his self-appointed task.

Robert H. Moore was a young child when taken by his parents to Michigan City, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Saint Mary's High School as a member of the class of 1904. He then entered Valparaiso University, from which he received the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Oratory, and in 1907 entered upon the practice of his profession at Michigan City. He continued to follow his calling with success until the United States entered the World war, when, in 1917, he entered the Officers Training Camp at Camp Zachary Taylor, where he remained in training until after the signing of the armistice, not being called for active service in the field. Upon receiving his honorable discharge Mr. Moore returned to his practice at Michigan City and in 1920 was appointed county attorney of Lake County, but resigned that office to accept that of city deputy prosecutor, the duties of which he discharged to the full satisfaction of his fellow citizens. Mr. Moore came to Gary March 1, 1928, and has since been engaged successfully in the practice of his profession. On September 1, 1930, he formed a partnership with Harry Long, Morris Chudom and City Attorney Roswell B. Johnson, under the firm style of Moore, Long, Chudom and Johnson, with offices on the eighth floor of the Gary State Bank Building, and this is already recognized as one of the strongest legal combinations in Northern Indiana. Mr. Moore is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Gary Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce, the Long Beach Country Club, and is a great golf enthusiast. He resides at the Gary Hotel but owns a beautiful summer home at Long Beach. Mr. Moore has been very active in the ranks of the Republican party and has been devoted to the interests of his party.

Mr. Moore comes of sterling ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Thaddeus Moore, was a native of Monroe County, New York, and married Miss Nancy Scott a descendant of the distinguished Scott family. His maternal grandfather, H. R. Robbins, was for years a well-known resident of Knox County, Indiana, a lawyer of distinguished attainments, and a public-spirited citizen who was largely responsible for the draining of the Kankakee marshes, which opened up a vast area for agricultural cultivation. He married a Miss Mary Miskell.

In McLean County, Illinois, Mr. Moore was united in marriage with Miss Nell Crate, a charming woman of many graces and accomplishments, a talented musician and vocalist and one of the most popular members of social circles and of the Long Beach Country Club. In addition to the connections before mentioned, Mr. Moore belongs to Gary Memorial Post No. 17, American Legion, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Ameaka Bogardus Society.

INDIANA ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT Vol. 5
By Charles Roll, A.M.
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1931