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Show -- (OM A. ojx THE BULLETIN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1938 Blacksmith at 89 Carries On VV; . Spends 80 Years Over Anvil And Still Is Active at His Trade. OLMSTED FALLS. OHIO. August von Brause, stalwart, blacksmith who has spent 80 years over the anvil, is one of the leading citizens of this northern Ohio community because he speaks sis languages fluently and fashions horseshoes that the best thoroughbreds wear. Eighty years ago, in a. drowsy old German hamlet, Quality With Economy EXPERT August poked his nose into a blacksmith shop, picked up a hammer KODAK FINISHING, ENLARGING and startled the village smith as he COLORING & FRAMING struck the anviL "I want to be a blacksmith, he 1115 East 21st South Street shouted. M And thats how he became a blacksmith. Today he is Ohios oldest blacksmith, working every day in his little white shop and house here that he built with his own rugged hands 37 years ago. Everyone in the countryside d knows the man of the forge and anvil, whose horseshoes are shipped to all parts of America to be tacked to the speeding hoofs of thoroughbreds. Roamed Over Europe. But the slightly stooped blacksmith also is noted among his neighbors for his linguistic feats which he learned as a youth when he wandered over Europe, learning :: to speak the language of each country he visited England, Germany, France, Russia, Poland and Slovakia. ;; He was born in a tiny German village. At 13, after swinging a YOUR ENTERTAINMENT IN COMFORT smiths hammer for six years, he had learned to shoe oxen. JAiTtlAL During his wanderings, he stayed 77nl rivr in Russia until a dispute arose over his papers. 1 didnt have any, he said, "be, cause I had Just walked into the country. He started back, landing finally in France. With the outbreak of the n war in 1870, Von Brause enlisted in the German army and served one year. Nine years later he set out for America. He left his wife and children in Germany and came to Cleveland. He worked there several years, finally taking out citizenship papers and sending for his family. Does Good Business. In 1901 he moved to Olmsted Falls, built his shop and home and has been doing a good business. He owns thousands of iron tools hammers, tongs and all sorts of gadgets which he made himself. He used to make heavy shoes for AMERICA'S PASSPORT TO HEALTH farm horses, but since the modem Hyland 8498 1137 East 21st South tractor has pushed the horse into pasture, he now devotes most of his time to fashioning fine, light shoes for racing horses. . Von Brause lives alone in his little white house, with only his dog for company. Three children in Cleveland and one in Louisville, Ky., visit him frequently. Strong and healthy, he is proud of his title of Ohios oldest blacksmith "I eat anything," he said, and after Ive worked hard all day, I turn in and read anything but Ill :: have to admit that I need my glasses to read. As for present-daGermany, Von Brause said: The old Germany is gone. Things have changed and it isnt the same But his anvil, forge and his flourWell, thats just the ishing trade same as it always was to me, he said. 44 Seasons Dreetinqs FOTO ART CO. nine-year-o- d, Franco-Prussia- SOUTH EAST BOWLING COURTS v ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO EAT APEX ELECTRIC COMPANY Headquarters for ELECTRICAL GIFTS Sugarhouse TREE LIGHT REPAIRS VHMSrMflS East 21st South 1079 GREEITOGS 1738 Hyland GRANITE DRUG CO. Christmas Suggestions: See Our Complete Stock of PERFUMES, SEASONS CARDS, SOAPS, CIGARS, CANDIES, COSMETICS. 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