The Sandusky Store Fixture Company

From about 1898 to 1903, the Sandusky Store Fixture Company did business in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the successor to the Sandusky Handle Company, and was located opposite the Lake Shore Railway Depot. 

An article in the August 8, 1898 issue of the Sandusky Star stated that the Sandusky Store Fixture Company had “the best wood, and the biggest load, for the best money.” In October of 1899 the company installed two new bowling alleys for Finley & Greisheimer, a Sandusky saloon on West Market Street. The alleys were regulation size, and made from the best quality maple wood. The company manufactured fixtures for banks, offices, drugstores, bowling alleys, and other businesses. 

For five years, C.A. Muelhauser, an expert in cabinet making, was a superintendent with the company. A.G. Baumeister was manager, and Nicholas Heinz and Otto Baumeister were listed as employees. The front page of the Sandusky Register of March 30, 1963 featured an article which reported that Bellevue veterinarian had recently had two saloon tables refinished, one of which had a label that was clearly inscribed with the words Sandusky Store Fixture Company. 

When the VFW Post 2529 was on Water Street

Before the Lowell C. Hein Post 2529, V.F.W.  opened its new home at 604 West Perkins Avenue in 1958, for a time in the 1950s the Post was located at 603 East Water Street, at the northeast corner of Water and Perry Streets. This spot had formerly been occupied by the Sandusky office of the Kelley Island Lime and Transport Company, and in the 1940s by the Billman Boat House. Much later the Surf’s Up Wave Action pool was built at the location; the site is now known as the Sandusky Bay Pavilion. In 1950, Robert Frank photographed  the officers of the V.F.W. for the 1950-1951 term.

An article in the April 7, 1950 issue of the Sandusky Register Star News reported that the new officers for the Lowell C. Hein Post 2529, V.F.W. included: Richard Heinz, Commander; Frank Silvania, Senior Vice Commander; Elroy Wild, Junior Vice Commander; Carroll D. Sartor, Adjutant-Quartermaster; Marvin Evans, Post Advocate; A.A. Moore, Surgeon; Richard Butler, Chaplain; and Alvin Adams, Trustee.

Officers for the Dads of Foreign Service Veterans were: Leo Watters, Sr., President; Alfred Uhl, Senior Vice President; James Shut, Junior Vice President; George Stan Smith, Secretary-Treasurer; Bernard McGory, Chaplain; Wilson McLaughlin, Judge Advocate; and William Wiedeman, Trustee. You can read more about the first fifty years of the Lowell C. Hein Post 2529, V.F.W.  in the September 19, 1982 issue of Sandusky Register.