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Bashford Watts Reading

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Bashford Watts Reading

Birth
Radnor, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Death
25 Mar 1971 (aged 75)
Florida, USA
Burial
Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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B. W. ( BASH ) READING, 75, EXTENSION AGENT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS, DIED THURSDAY IN BOCA RATON, FLA., HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. MR. READING AND HIS WIFE WERE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TO RETURN TO FREMONT AFTER RESIDING IN FLORIDA FIVE YEARS. THEY RESIDED AT 410 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DEERFIELD, FLA.. MR. READING BECAME COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT IN 1928 AND RETIRED JULY 1, 1957. HE SUCCEEDED B. S. HARRIS AS AGENT HERE. HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVERMENT IN AGRICULTURE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE NORTHERN OHIO BREEDER'S ASSOCIATION IN 1932 AND ALSO THE AREA BEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION, BEING CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRY AS AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR. HE WORKED WITH THE YOUTH IN THE COUNTY IN 4-H WORK AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROCURING THE LAND AND SETTING UP THE COUNTY 4-H CAMP ON KELLEY'S ISLAND.
HE DID EDUCATIONAL WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN EUROPE IN 1950 AND RETURNED FOR ANOTHER TOUR THERE ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER. HE SPOKE BEFORE MANY GROUPS AFTER HIS RETURN FROM EUROPE AND ACCOMPANIED HIS TALKS WITH SLIDES TAKEN WHILE HE WORKED WITH THE FARMERS THERE. MR. READING ATTENDED OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND WAS GRADUATED FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. HE DID GRADUATE WORK AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN WASHINGTON D. C..
FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS SALEMAN FOR THE OHIO LIME CO, IN WOODVILLE, OHIO, UNTIL MOVING TO FLORIDA. PRIOR TO HIS BECOMING SANDUSKY COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT, MR. READING TAUGHT AGRICULTURE AT YORK SCHOOL..
MR. READING WAS BORN JUNE 30, 1895, IN DELAWARE, SON OF THE REV. BENJAMIN AND BLANCHE WATTS READING. HE MARRIED REBECCA DECK ( DICK ) IN FREMONT ON MARCH 27, 1918, SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER, MRS. RONALD ( ANNA ) FELTON, OF AURORA, OHIO, A SISTER, MRS. GLENN ROBINSON, OF TOLEDO, AND A BROTHER, GEORGE, OF WEST MYSTIC, CONN., AND FOUR GRANDCHILDERN.. MR. READING WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DEERFIELD, HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN KIWANIS CLUB HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE KELLER AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN FREMONT.

FOUND IN " THE NEWS-MESSENGER " THE PAPER FOR FREMONT, OHIO FOR MARCH 27, 1971

READING SERVICES;
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR B. W. ( BASH ) READING, 75, EXTENSION AGENT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY AT 1 P.M. IN THE KELLER AND SON MORTUARY BY DR. J. R. WALTER. BURIAL WAS IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WERE FRED GRIMM, DAVIS SUNDERLAND, DWIGHT WISE, RALPH GILLMOR, ARNOLA HAAKENSON AND GLENN MADDY.
MR. AND MRS. READING RESIDED AT 410 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DEERFIELD, FLA., THEY WERE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TO RETURN HERE AFTER RESIDING IN FLORIDA FIVE TEARS. MR. READING SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK THURSDAY AND DIED IN BOCA RATON, FLA. HOSPITAL.

FOUND IN " THE NEWS-MESSENGER " THE PAPER FOR FREMONT, OHIO FOR APRIL 3, 1971.
B. W. ( BASH ) READING, 75, EXTENSION AGENT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY FOR 30 YEARS, DIED THURSDAY IN BOCA RATON, FLA., HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. MR. READING AND HIS WIFE WERE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TO RETURN TO FREMONT AFTER RESIDING IN FLORIDA FIVE YEARS. THEY RESIDED AT 410 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DEERFIELD, FLA.. MR. READING BECAME COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT IN 1928 AND RETIRED JULY 1, 1957. HE SUCCEEDED B. S. HARRIS AS AGENT HERE. HE WAS DEDICATED TO THE IMPROVERMENT IN AGRICULTURE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE NORTHERN OHIO BREEDER'S ASSOCIATION IN 1932 AND ALSO THE AREA BEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION, BEING CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRY AS AGRICULTURAL ADVISOR. HE WORKED WITH THE YOUTH IN THE COUNTY IN 4-H WORK AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROCURING THE LAND AND SETTING UP THE COUNTY 4-H CAMP ON KELLEY'S ISLAND.
HE DID EDUCATIONAL WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN EUROPE IN 1950 AND RETURNED FOR ANOTHER TOUR THERE ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER. HE SPOKE BEFORE MANY GROUPS AFTER HIS RETURN FROM EUROPE AND ACCOMPANIED HIS TALKS WITH SLIDES TAKEN WHILE HE WORKED WITH THE FARMERS THERE. MR. READING ATTENDED OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND WAS GRADUATED FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. HE DID GRADUATE WORK AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN WASHINGTON D. C..
FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT, HE WAS EMPLOYED AS SALEMAN FOR THE OHIO LIME CO, IN WOODVILLE, OHIO, UNTIL MOVING TO FLORIDA. PRIOR TO HIS BECOMING SANDUSKY COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT, MR. READING TAUGHT AGRICULTURE AT YORK SCHOOL..
MR. READING WAS BORN JUNE 30, 1895, IN DELAWARE, SON OF THE REV. BENJAMIN AND BLANCHE WATTS READING. HE MARRIED REBECCA DECK ( DICK ) IN FREMONT ON MARCH 27, 1918, SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE A DAUGHTER, MRS. RONALD ( ANNA ) FELTON, OF AURORA, OHIO, A SISTER, MRS. GLENN ROBINSON, OF TOLEDO, AND A BROTHER, GEORGE, OF WEST MYSTIC, CONN., AND FOUR GRANDCHILDERN.. MR. READING WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN DEERFIELD, HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN KIWANIS CLUB HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE KELLER AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN FREMONT.

FOUND IN " THE NEWS-MESSENGER " THE PAPER FOR FREMONT, OHIO FOR MARCH 27, 1971

READING SERVICES;
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR B. W. ( BASH ) READING, 75, EXTENSION AGENT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY AT 1 P.M. IN THE KELLER AND SON MORTUARY BY DR. J. R. WALTER. BURIAL WAS IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY. PALLBEARERS WERE FRED GRIMM, DAVIS SUNDERLAND, DWIGHT WISE, RALPH GILLMOR, ARNOLA HAAKENSON AND GLENN MADDY.
MR. AND MRS. READING RESIDED AT 410 NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, DEERFIELD, FLA., THEY WERE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TO RETURN HERE AFTER RESIDING IN FLORIDA FIVE TEARS. MR. READING SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK THURSDAY AND DIED IN BOCA RATON, FLA. HOSPITAL.

FOUND IN " THE NEWS-MESSENGER " THE PAPER FOR FREMONT, OHIO FOR APRIL 3, 1971.


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