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Jay Howard Payne was born in 1897, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jay A. Payne. He was the president of the Sandusky High School graduating
class of 1915. Jay attended the University of Michigan along with
several other young men from Sandusky. He is the individual on the far right of
the first row, in this picture that once belonged to Norbert A. Lange:
After graduating from the University of Michigan’s
School of Business Administration in 1921, he continued his studies there and earned a law degree in 1926. He practiced law for
several years in Ann Arbor. After having been elected as the first municipal
judge of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Judge Payne eventually became Probate
Judge of Washtenaw County, Michigan. In 1951, he was elected to serve
as one of the Vice Presidents of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges
of America.
Below is a picture of Judge Jay H. Payne, with his young nephew. He
appears to be dressed in Knights of Columbus regalia.
In 1955, Judge Payne attended the Centennial Reunion
of Sandusky High School graduates, a reunion which was open to all graduates of
SHS.
Sadly, Judge Jay H. Payne died on April 17, 1956. He was survived by his
wife and two sisters. Members of the Sandusky High School class of 1915 met at
the Hotel Rieger at the end of May in 1956 at a dinner meeting that had been planned
by Judge Payne before his untimely death. The meeting was dedicated to
the judge's memory. His sisters and their husbands also attended
the dinner.
This cutlery box was made by Jay H.
Payne when he was attending school in the Sandusky City School system. The
wooden box is now in the historical collections of the Follett House Museum.
3 comments:
I believe that he is dressed in the uniform of the Knights of St. John.
It appears that the uniform pictured was used by both the Knights of Columbus and of St. John.
It looks very much like the uniform my father, Eugene August Buddelmeyer, wore as a Knight of Columbus. He was a Grand Knight of the Sandusky chapter.
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