Between 1907 and 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Krupp lived on South Hayes Avenue ,
on the property formerly owned by the Palmerton family. (Ira Krupp’s mother Ida
Palmerton Krupp was the daughter of J. E. Palmerton.) The Palmerton property in 1896 is pictured below:
Ira C. Krupp, son of local undertaker Charles J. Krupp, operated
a dairy farm at this location in the 1910’s.
In June of 1911 Ira Krupp was a founding member of “Ye Oak Meadow
Gun Club,” which was organized at the Sunyendeand Club. The officers were: August
Kuebeler, President; Lea Marsh, Vice President; W.A. Magoon, Secretary; Dr. J.
K. Douglass, Treasurer; Ira Krupp, Manager; and Dr. J. D. Parker, Captain.
According to the June 6, 1911 Sandusky
Register the membership was made up of the best trap shooters in Erie County . Roy Parker, also known as Leroy Parker, had the high score at the regular shoot at the Gun Club on August
26, 1911. He was an Erie County Commissioner
from 1920 through 1924.
C. Webb Sadler was also a member of the club.
He was the grandson of Judge E. B. Sadler, and was associated with many other area clubs, including
the Blue Hole, Castalia Farms, and the Rockwell Trout Club. According to Helen
Hansen’s At Home in Early Sandusky, C. Webb Sadler was the driving force behind
the development of Battery Park.
A large turkey shoot was held in November
1911. By this time the grounds included a club house and a firing range. Mrs.
Ira Krupp, the former Emeline Moss, was hostess for a bridge party and luncheon
in December 1911.Around 1919 news articles about Ye Oak Meadow Gun Club ceased,
and in the 1920’s Mr. and Mrs. Krupp
moved to Connecticut .
While they were in Erie
County , however, they
were very active in the social and agricultural circles of the area.
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