Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-07-04
new FIRM name
MIR. Earnest d. GOrsuch Becomes
Member of Oldest Drug Firm in
WauseOn A Commendable Busi-
ness Policy and Merited Success

July first the Firm name of Read
ana Wager was changed to Read.
Wager and Gorsuch. Mr.. Ernest
Iorsuch is the new member of the
FIRM which is the oldest in the drug
business IN Wauseon. 1t gives us a
neW reason for pride IN our home
Gown that we may point to such an
Jid well established business and
state that this same firm have been
n business for fifty-six continuous
years and that such firm has been
sept ''ilve and Up to date" bv re-
cruits from the town itself. men
who have grown up" with and in
TO the business. Another reason
for fellcitation is that we have had
IN the successive generations of the
GOWNS population boys with the
stamina, ability and energy to stay
n their home town and develope in
60 reliable progressive business men
who are capable of taking up an
enterprise where their predecessors
nave laid it down and carrying it
forward; keeping it new and up to
the changing conditions of the
times: rather than permitting it to
remain stationary at the point of
development where some one else
has brought it, before handing it
over to them. The present drug
business of Read, Wager and Cor
'uch was founded by John A. Read
in 1868. Mr.. Read brought his own
son. M. E. Read up in the business
and in course of time the firm name
changed to J. A. Read and Son. But
Mr.. Read Sr. did not stop with
training his own son; boys that de-
monstrated their willingness to
work were given the chance to pro-
press and this store has turned out
a number of well trained pharma,
cists and business men most of them
are today successfully conducting
husiness houses of their own in
other cities; others are holding re-
sponsible and lucrative positions.
When Mr. Read Sr. passed on
there was young man who had
grown up with the business who was
ready to divide the burden of re-
sponsibility of carrying ON the busl-
ness with the surviving member of
of the firm, Mr.. C. E. Wager and the
firm name was changed to "Read
'and Wager" And now a young
man who has been with the firm for
more than eleven years takes his
place as one of the heads of the
business.
Our congratulations, hearty and
sincere are for Mr.. Gorsuch; for we
know that he richly deserves the
success which he has attained.
We are proud of him as a soldier
who has made without complaint
the sacrifice of personal interests
that he might serve his country; we
are proud of him as another of Wau-
good" and we are proud of him as
a man and a citizen.
It is the fate of town the size
of Wauseon to lose most of the pro-
missing and successful young mer
hat it produces It is simply q
fact that there is not room or op-
| portunity for them here; they have
TO get away in order to grow. Those
who have gone out and made good
IS nearly all Wauseon young mer
have, we are proud of; we are
equally proud of the young mer
who stay at home and make good
10th alike have and are building ul
the name and reputation of Wau
seon.
We believe also, that those busi
less men. and there are numbel
1f them in Wauseon. who are ia
sighted enough to train up tn
young men to take up their worl
when they must lay it down an
who have and do furnish the incen
. 1--WE and inspiration to these youn,
men to persevere and climb up; ar
worthy of the highest commenda
ions So business. town or
community is built up on substan
, tial foundations and so progres
and continuance is assured