| Story 1: |
Alvin & Ruth Schmithorst at some time lived here
according to Stan Miller (or was it just 323-1?). Ruth died July 24, 1964. She was the
daughter of Mrs. W. H. Baxter, sister of Jack Baxter of 603
Home Street and Cyrus Baxter (404 Stanton). |
| Story 2: |
Myra Greeno Bass was the great aunt of Ann Gatch, sister
of Ann's grandmother. Colonel Greeno, of Civil War fame, built a
large home in the 2nd block up the hill on Garfield. There were 11
children. TPHS has a copy of an interesting article from the Cincinnati
Enquirer, February 7, 1960: "Cincinnati Woman First U. S.
Scoutmaster". Myra went to Ohio Wesleyan where she met William
Bass, a football star. When he died he left the house to his niece
GG Eckman. |
| Story 3: |
It is thought that the house stayed within one family
from when it was built until the Mills family bought it. Was it the
Greeno or Gatch family who built it? Not if
it was built in 1893. It stayed all in one family from 1922 until the
Mills family bought it in 1968. |
| Story 4: |
From an undated Newspaper article
(probably 1951): "William R. Bass, Who Founded Fraternity,
Dies. Terrace Park Man Once Noted Pitcher. William R. (Billy)
Bass, 77, died late Thursday at his home on Harvard Avenue, Terrace
Park. His wife, Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass, died last May at the age
of 81. The couple was childless. Bass was a graduate of the Ohio
Wesleyan University. While attending that school he founded the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In 1895-97, while attending the
University of Cincinnati Law School, he coached the football team of that
institution. From there he went to the University of Kentucky where
he coached the football team for two years. During the half of the
Kentucky-Florida game in the autumn of 1948 he was honored by the alumni
and the undergrads of that school, The occasion was Old Timers'
Day. His 1898 Kentucky team was unbeaten untied and unscored
on. Bass's other athletic interest was baseball and he was
considered one of the best pitchers ever produced in Cincinnati. His
reputation as such was gained with the powerful Avondale Club of the
Saturday Afternoon League about the turn of the century. On the
roster of that club were such prominent players as Ernie Diehl, Clyde
Johnson and Jack Tarbell. He pitched against the Reds and the
Boston Braves and acquitted himself as well as he did on the amateur
lots. The manager of the Avondale Club was the late Harry
Crane. Bass received offers to join major league clubs but he
declined. He never lost his interest in the two sports and was
especially active in giving youthful pitchers his advice. Later he
became special representative of the Union Central Life Insurance Co. and
wrote polices for some of the wealthiest residents in Cincinnati. He
was a member of the University Club - and was one of the most popular
figures in his suburban community, taking an active part in its
affairs." He died October 25, 1951. His wife died in May
1950. |
| Story 5: |
From another undated newspaper article
(probably 1951): "William R.
Bass. Services for William R. Bass, 77, Cincinnati insurance man and
widely-known athlete and coach, will be held Monday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Milford Methodist Church. He died Thursday at his home, 322 Harvard
Avenue, Terrace Park. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery,
Milford. In 1898 he coached the University of Kentucky football team
to the school's only unbeaten, untied, unscored-on season. Bass's
wife, Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass, died last May at the age of 81. He
leaves a sister, Mrs. Edna Scott, 54 Mound Street, Milford and two
brothers, George Bass, Yukon, Okla., and Harry Bass, Oklahoma City,
Okla. A nephew, John Quincy Bass, is on the faculty of the
Cincinnati College of Music. The John Craver funeral home, Milford,
is handling arrangements." |
| Story 6: |
Myra E. Bass was born 16 March 1870
and died 19 May 1951, aged 81 years. William R. Bass was born 12
August 1874 and died 25 October 1951, aged 77 years. Both are buried
in Section 10 of Greenlawn Cemetery, Milford OH, Craver Funeral Home.
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