Mr. George Johnston donated this photograph of the 1904
Sandusky High School Orchestra to the Sandusky Library
Archives Research
Center. Pictured are: Bottom row: Verna Murphy and
Edna Becker; Middle row: George Lehrer, Bess Lawrence, Theresa Winkler, and Mr.
Cornelius Schnaitter, director; Top row: Maude Claus, Ralph Scherz, and
Marguerite Andrews.
Edna Becker and Bess Lawrence went on to become longtime teachers with
the Sandusky Public School system. Dr. Ralph Scherz was a leading physician on Cleveland’s west side for over fifty years.
George J. Lehrer, who was son of a Mayor of Sandusky with the same name, was a charter
member of the Actors Equity Association, and was nationally known as an actor and
director. Locally, Mr. Lehrer was associated
with the Lloyd-George Studios for
the production of stage scenery and costumes. A biographical sketch of
Cornelius Schnaitter is found in volume two of Hewson L. Peeke’s A Standard History of Erie County; Mr. Schnaitter was a prosperous merchant tailor in Sandusky for many years,
in addition to being a noted musician. Theresa Winkler, who
later became Mrs. Norman Jessen, donated several historical items from the
Winkler family to the Follett House Museum
and the Sandusky Library Archives
Research Center.
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