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Bios (Shultz) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Darke County OHIO Biographies.....Sherman Harold Shultz March 27 1905 - April 27 2000 ******************************************************* File contributed for Ohio Biographies Project by: Francis Motschman, Sr. dalesr99@earthlink.net July 27, 2003, 1:19 pm Author: Francis D. Motschman, Sr. The Shultz Family of Darke County, Ohio The Biography of Sherman Harold Shultz Son of William Sherman Shultz and Whilemena "Lillie" Mae Petersime by Francis D. Motschman, Sr. "Hi, Red", "Hello, Sherman", "I need you, Harold", "Was that you, Sherm?". Any of the above would be in reference to Sherman Harold Shultz, the seventh of ten children of Sherman and Lillie Shultz of Darke County. If you were family, you called him Harold. If you were one of his peers or one of his boxing buddies, you called him Red. If you knew him as a neighbor or co-worker you called him Sherman or Sherm. He was born on Mon., March 27, 1905 in Greenville Twp., Darke County, Ohio. When Sherman was born there were already four boys working with their dad doing the farm work and his dad and brothers didn't think they needed the help of this skinny little boy. Whenever he tried to help he got sent back to the farmhouse to help his mother. Helping her do "Women's work", while all of his brother's were helping his father do "Men's work", gave him a mindset that stayed with him all his life. He would not do anything that he considered "Women's work". He went to the third grade and then made the decision that he wasn't going to go to school anymore. Nobody seemed to care... the teacher hired him to clean up the school room and start the fire in the heat stove, for her in the winter. She paid him 50 cents a week. He spent most of his newly found free time hunting and fishing, anything that would take him away from the "Women's work", awaiting him at home. Whenever he could he would accompany his brother Alva in hunting or fishing. Alva was patient with his little brother, answering his numerous questions with no sense of irritation. Other than allowing him to accompany him on these hunting and fishing expeditions, he and his little brother would rarely be seen together. After Alva left for the service Sherman began tagging along with his big brother Earl. Sherman said that Earl was even better to go hunting and fishing with than Alva because Earl was more educated and he gave more detailed information in answering all those questions Sherman seemed to be filled with. However there came a day when Earl was short with him when he started asking questions. "Why don't you quit asking so many questions?", Earl yelled at him. Well, Sherman was hurt and he never went hunting or fishing with Earl again, nor did he ever ask questions of him again. When asked about that, one day, Sherman said, " Well, when he said that, I just got my nose out of joint. I was wrong... I was asking too many questions and Earl might have had a little spat with Rickie and wanted to think about that instead of my questions. Yes, I was wrong". Sherman left home while he was still a teenager. He went to Indianapolis and got a job with their City Transit Company a Streetcar Conductor. "I had to lie about my age to get the job", he once said, "I guess I looked older than I was", he added. This job brought him in contact with Myrtle Virginia Dalton, of Indianapolis. She was nineteen, a year older than he, and they both fell for each other in a big way. In such a big way that they got married on, Sun., April 1, 1923. Their's was a tempestuous love life, one would get mad at the other, they would fight (not argue) and then they would make up. After making up after one fight Myrtle recognized the signs of pregnancy. Juanita Virginia Shultz entered this world on Thu., February 28, 1924. Myrtle's (we think) step mother came over and stayed with her until she was able to do things for herself. In another 12 months Myrtle is pregnant again. This time the baby was a big boy. He was born on Wed., October 7, 1925 and he was named Earl Shultz. After the birth of Earl, Sherman decided that he needed more money for his work efforts to take care of his growing family and took a position of salesman with the Real Silk Hosiery Mills. He had to go to their plant for training and then he was out on the road selling their hosiery. During this time, Myrtle, Juanita and Earl stayed on the farm of Mrs. Haley. Myrtle had been in a childrens home and was released in the care of Mrs. Haley who may have been her step mother or possibly, no relation at all. In those days a child could be released to anyone who had a need of the child. The children went mostly to farmers who could use their help on the farm. Juanita remembers her dad coming to get them and taking them to an apartment to live. He had found a job with the Frigidaire Corp., a General Motors Company, in Dayton, Ohio. She doesn't remember where the apartment was but after living there a while he rented a house for them to live in on Springfield St., in East Dayton. On Sat., July 30, 1927, Harold Dale Shultz joined the growing Shultz household. Myrtle had a used player piano which she could play like a pro. With Winter coming and Christmas gifts needing to be bought she applied to a Ten Cent Store in downtown Dayton and was hired to hawk sheet music in the back of the store. She had sheet music of all the popular songs for sale. If you wanted to hear the song, you asked her and she would play it for you. A lot of people would come to the back of the store just to hear her play. If you lived in Dayton back then, maybe you heard her play at some time. On Tue., January 8, 1929 there was a new baby in the Shultz household. This baby was Charles Alva Shultz. Having a new baby was not much of a problem in 1929, but in 1930 things didn't look so good. The Market Crash in 1929 left the country reeling. Sherman was not getting a full week of work at the Frigidaire and this loss of income was a problem. Juanita was going to Kindergarten but in the fall she would be going into the first grade and there was no money for clothes and books and the other expenses that going to school called for. Grandpa William Sherman and Lillie came to town and talked them into letting Juanita go back to Ansonia with them. They would care for her like she was their own and send her to school. When the school year ended they would bring her back. This agreed upon they took her back to Ansonia with them. After the school year ended the grandparents brought her back home, except, home was now on Bell St. where Sherman and Myrtle had moved to while Juanita was gone. During the depression moving occured often. From Bell St. they moved to Tecumseh St. While they lived on Tecumseh St. Sherman entered the Golden Gloves and won all four of his fights. He was elated and Myrtle was devastated because even though he had won the fight he still had some wear and tear that she would have to help fix up. Tecumsey St. had other bad memories for them as it was here that Charles was bit by a dog that proved to be rabid. He had to undergo a series of shots which were very painful. They were just thankful that this worked out successfully. Their next stop was at a nice home on Walton Ave. Here Alice Kathleen Shultz was born on Sun., July 26, 1931. "On Walton Ave. Dad and Mother used to make 'Home brew' for themselves and their friends. At the same time they would make Root Beer for us kids. They partied a lot with their neighbors and friends. It was depression time and no one could afford to go places. We did have a radio and the piano on which my mother would entertain us royally."-- Juanita V. Shultz Motschman, daughter, July 2003. On Kingrey Drive, their next move, Phyllis Jeanne Shultz, was born. She was born on Sun., February 19, 1933. Their stay here was short as they found a much nicer house on Burleigh Ave. which became their next move. This house had a nice full basement which Sherman took over half of for an in- home gym where he trained himself and also trained other young men that were interested in boxing. He had several pro fights in Dayton against Gus Mantia and other local fighters. His third or fourth fight proved to be disastrous for him. He knocked his opponent out but in throwing the punch he half fell out of balance and his opponent fell on his leg ... breaking it. It cost more than double what he made on the fight to have his leg repaired. That was his last fight, although he continued to train fighters there in the basement, including the likes of Buddy Knox and some others whose names elude me because I have never been a fight fan. "I never saw anyone hit a punching bag or jump rope as fast as he did; he was so handsome with his curly red hair and slim build. We all loved him__but we also feared him. He was kind, but he had an uncontrollable temper and he cursed like an old sea captain. Mother had to have a kidney removed. My best friend living here was Eileen Schauder... she later married Jonathan Winters, the comedian.__Juanita V. Shultz Motschman, daughter. After having her kidney removed Myrtle did not live long. She died Sun., October 28, 1934. "What a terrible burden, Dad was 29 and Mother was 30. Of the six children I was the oldest at 10 and Phyllis was just a year and a half. Dad's mother, Lillie, was not well enough to care for all of us so she took Phyllis home with her. Trying to care for the rest of us Dad hired at least 6 different houskeepers, but the five of us kids was always too much for them and they'd quit. My Uncle Earl came by and had a serious talk with Dad about putting the kids in Wernle Children's Home. He wanted to adopt me but Dad would have no part of that so all of us ended up at Wernle in Richmond, Indiana. Other than Dad, Earl and Rickie came to see us more than anyone."__ Juanita V. Shultz Motschman, daughter. "When Dad said we were going to have a new mother... I had no clue what a Mother was... my mother figure was my sister, Juanita who was only 10 herself, when Mom died. She gave us the love we needed in the childrens home and for the rest of our lives"__Phyllis Shultz Williams, daughter On Thu., July 7, 1938 Sherman married Adelaide Brandt. She was 22 and Sherman was 34. They rented a house on Biddleman St. in Dayton, Ohio and brought all the children home to live with them. Acouple of years later Adelaide would have a baby. It happened on Sat., September 21, 1940 and the boy's name was Gerald Dwight Shultz. He was loved deeply by all the children and he was the 'apple' of his Mother's eye. "I was the first one brought home because I was the youngest. I can still remember how happy I was, walking between Addie and Daddy. They took me to a candy store and told the man 'this is my little girl', and the man gave me some candy.......... Dad tought us morals, he put the fear of God in us but also was a very understanding man. He saw something special in each of his children__ Phyllis Shultz Williams, daughter 1938 also brought sadness. On Wed., December 7, Lillie Petersime Shultz passed away. As remembered by her granddaughter: ".... on her death bed she called to her daughter, Emma, 'Come here quick, Emma', 'What is it?', Emma replied, and Grandma pointed to the window and said, 'Can't you see them? Can't you hear them? The Angels... oh what beatuiful music', and she left this old world peacefully"__Phyllis Shultz Williams, grand daughter. The next few years would bring a new Son-in-law (me), his first car (throughout the remainder of his life he treasured no animate thing so much as his cars. He was in love with his automobile. The '40's also saw three of his boys go to the service: Earl to the Navy, Charles to the Navy and Harold to the Army. 1946 also ushered in another son: Ronald Dean Shultz born on Sat., June 29, 1946. After World War II, Sherman bought his home in Laura, Ohio. The house sat on two acres of which about half of it was woods. The woods would be where he would go when he wanted to talk to God. One Sunday before he went to Church he told Adelaide "when I leave that Church today I'm never gonna cuss again. He never did, in all of his remaining years no one ever heard an ugly word come out of his mouth again. Before he died on Sat., April 27, 2002 he lost his wife Adelaide on Fri., February 16, 1979. After that he lost his daughter Alice on Wed., June 3, 1998. He also lost his son Earl on Mon., February 27, 2000 and another son, Harold on Sun., November 26, 2000. Sherman always said that he wanted to live to be 100 years old, but when his children began dying he really lost that desire. He was very tired and ready for the big trip. "Besides losing his children in this three year period he also lost two sisters, one to a stroke and the other a heart attack and on top of that he lost his good friend and companion, Mary Shields formerly of Greenville, to old age. She was 4 years older than he was. To sum it all up he had a love for people - never knew a stranger, ever - he had a deep love of his family and was always ready with his checkbook if any of us needed help. His one dream was to leave his kids a little money - and that he did. __Juanita V. Shultz, daughter. 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