Frank Lewes Hopley

As printed in 1912

FRANK LEWES HOPLEY was born in Bucyrus Oct. 29, 1866, and has always made Bucyrus his home. He is one of the "live wires" of the town. He talks Bucyrus and works for Bucyrus with an ease and efficiency which have made him generally recognized as the leading "booster" of the city. His education was obtained at the Bucyrus public schools. Of a naturally bright mind, and being early introduced into the newspaper work because of association with the papers of his father and brother, he took much interest in, and gave great thought to the matter of effective advertising. His work for the Bucyrus Evening Telegraph was so markedly clever and excellent that Col. W. C. Lemert, head of the old Frey-Sheckler Company, employed him to take charge of the advertising end of that manufacturing business. He continued with the company when it became the American Clay Machinery Company, and he has studied and talked his line so persistently and with such good effect that his friends say he is all wrapped up in clay-working machinery and clay products in general. He believes in brick and originated a campaign of nation-wide scope which stimulated brick for building. He has great ability in other lines, and the productions of his pen have made popular many departments in his newspaper. In addition to his work as advertising manager of the American Clay Machinery Company, he was, in 191 1, elected secretary and manager of the Clay Products Exposition at Chicago, and was one of those responsible for the tremendous success of that educational event. Being the first thing of the kind ever held in this country it naturally required much originality of thought and intelligent direction to accomplish the success of the exposition which was held in March, 1912, and many of its attractive features were due to the efforts of Mr. Hopley. He was elected secretary and manager of the Clay Products movement for their second exposition to be given in February- March, 1913. Mr. Hopley is secretary of the Buc)Tus Industrial Association, a position in which he has done much good for Bucyrus, and in fact in some campaigns for Bucyrus betterment he has mastered important affairs almost entirely alone. In early campaigns for more lawns, more trees, better walks and improved streets he gave direction to public thought to an extent that shows results in the beauty of the city of Bucyrus. It was through his individual initiative, persistent and intelligent effort that the Marion-Bucyrus electric railway was built and his energy and far-sighted enthusiasm bids fair to bring to Bucyrus other traction enterprises and other substantial advancement for the city. Mr. Hopley is unmarried.

As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.