Ward G. Haviland.—In the less extensive and populous towns and villages of a state, the postmaster is very likely to be brought into contact with a greater number of the inhabitants and at more frequent intervals than any other member of the community. Few are the individual residents of either sex who do not become familiar with his presence and deportment and cognizant of his habits and characteristics, and there are likewise few, on the other hand, even to the older children, whom he has not learned to know. With such an intimate relationship existing between the man conducting the post office and the townspeople depending upon it, thrice happy is the incumbent of that office when all of the men, women and children of the place have for him only words of commendation. Such is the favored position of Ward G. Haviland, the efficient and popular postmaster of Pioneer, Williams County, who is the possessor of those qualities of candor, sincerity, faithfulness and affability which give the best class of public officials a high standing in the estimation of those whose interests are entrusted to their care.
Mr. Haviland was born in Williams County, Ohio, October 14, 1871, a son of Comfort and Harriet (Gordon) Haviland, the former a native of Putnam County, New York, and the latter of Ransom Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. The father, who was a Williams County farmer, served as postmaster at Pioneer during the administration of President Cleveland, and was a lifelong democrat, and fraternally was a charter member of Pioneer Lodge No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons. He and his wife were faithful members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Haviland met an accidental death in 1912, and his widow still survives as a resident of pioneer.
The only child of his parents, Ward G. Haviland was reared on the home place and received his education in the public schools. After his graduation from the high school, he applied himself to farming, in which he was engaged uninterruptedly until appointed postmaster at Pioneer in February, 1914. In 1918, at the expiration of his first term, he received the reappointment, and is still acting in that office, his continuous conduct of the position having met with the entire approval of the community. Mr. Haviland is identified with the democratic party, in the local councils and campaigns of which he has long been an influential factor. He belongs to Pioneer Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Montpelier Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and he and Mrs. Haviland are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is still the owner of sixty acres of good farming land in Madison Township, Williams County.
Mr. Haviland married Gertrude Heist, who was reared near West Unity, Ohio, and they have two children: Max, born in January, 1907, who is attending the public school at Pioneer; and Kathleen, born November 8, 1919. Mrs. Haviland is a member of the United Brethren Church, and, like her husband, has numerous friends in the community of her home.
A standard history of Williams County, Ohio: an authentic ..., Volume 2 By Charles A. Bowersox
Mr. Haviland was born in Williams County, Ohio, October 14, 1871, a son of Comfort and Harriet (Gordon) Haviland, the former a native of Putnam County, New York, and the latter of Ransom Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. The father, who was a Williams County farmer, served as postmaster at Pioneer during the administration of President Cleveland, and was a lifelong democrat, and fraternally was a charter member of Pioneer Lodge No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons. He and his wife were faithful members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Haviland met an accidental death in 1912, and his widow still survives as a resident of pioneer.
The only child of his parents, Ward G. Haviland was reared on the home place and received his education in the public schools. After his graduation from the high school, he applied himself to farming, in which he was engaged uninterruptedly until appointed postmaster at Pioneer in February, 1914. In 1918, at the expiration of his first term, he received the reappointment, and is still acting in that office, his continuous conduct of the position having met with the entire approval of the community. Mr. Haviland is identified with the democratic party, in the local councils and campaigns of which he has long been an influential factor. He belongs to Pioneer Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Montpelier Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and he and Mrs. Haviland are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is still the owner of sixty acres of good farming land in Madison Township, Williams County.
Mr. Haviland married Gertrude Heist, who was reared near West Unity, Ohio, and they have two children: Max, born in January, 1907, who is attending the public school at Pioneer; and Kathleen, born November 8, 1919. Mrs. Haviland is a member of the United Brethren Church, and, like her husband, has numerous friends in the community of her home.
A standard history of Williams County, Ohio: an authentic ..., Volume 2 By Charles A. Bowersox
Ward G. Haviland.—In the less extensive and populous towns and villages of a state, the postmaster is very likely to be brought into contact with a greater number of the inhabitants and at more frequent intervals than any other member of the community. Few are the individual residents of either sex who do not become familiar with his presence and deportment and cognizant of his habits and characteristics, and there are likewise few, on the other hand, even to the older children, whom he has not learned to know. With such an intimate relationship existing between the man conducting the post office and the townspeople depending upon it, thrice happy is the incumbent of that office when all of the men, women and children of the place have for him only words of commendation. Such is the favored position of Ward G. Haviland, the efficient and popular postmaster of Pioneer, Williams County, who is the possessor of those qualities of candor, sincerity, faithfulness and affability which give the best class of public officials a high standing in the estimation of those whose interests are entrusted to their care.
Mr. Haviland was born in Williams County, Ohio, October 14, 1871, a son of Comfort and Harriet (Gordon) Haviland, the former a native of Putnam County, New York, and the latter of Ransom Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. The father, who was a Williams County farmer, served as postmaster at Pioneer during the administration of President Cleveland, and was a lifelong democrat, and fraternally was a charter member of Pioneer Lodge No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons. He and his wife were faithful members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Haviland met an accidental death in 1912, and his widow still survives as a resident of pioneer.
The only child of his parents, Ward G. Haviland was reared on the home place and received his education in the public schools. After his graduation from the high school, he applied himself to farming, in which he was engaged uninterruptedly until appointed postmaster at Pioneer in February, 1914. In 1918, at the expiration of his first term, he received the reappointment, and is still acting in that office, his continuous conduct of the position having met with the entire approval of the community. Mr. Haviland is identified with the democratic party, in the local councils and campaigns of which he has long been an influential factor. He belongs to Pioneer Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Montpelier Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and he and Mrs. Haviland are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is still the owner of sixty acres of good farming land in Madison Township, Williams County.
Mr. Haviland married Gertrude Heist, who was reared near West Unity, Ohio, and they have two children: Max, born in January, 1907, who is attending the public school at Pioneer; and Kathleen, born November 8, 1919. Mrs. Haviland is a member of the United Brethren Church, and, like her husband, has numerous friends in the community of her home.
A standard history of Williams County, Ohio: an authentic ..., Volume 2 By Charles A. Bowersox
Mr. Haviland was born in Williams County, Ohio, October 14, 1871, a son of Comfort and Harriet (Gordon) Haviland, the former a native of Putnam County, New York, and the latter of Ransom Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. The father, who was a Williams County farmer, served as postmaster at Pioneer during the administration of President Cleveland, and was a lifelong democrat, and fraternally was a charter member of Pioneer Lodge No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons. He and his wife were faithful members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Haviland met an accidental death in 1912, and his widow still survives as a resident of pioneer.
The only child of his parents, Ward G. Haviland was reared on the home place and received his education in the public schools. After his graduation from the high school, he applied himself to farming, in which he was engaged uninterruptedly until appointed postmaster at Pioneer in February, 1914. In 1918, at the expiration of his first term, he received the reappointment, and is still acting in that office, his continuous conduct of the position having met with the entire approval of the community. Mr. Haviland is identified with the democratic party, in the local councils and campaigns of which he has long been an influential factor. He belongs to Pioneer Lodge, No. 441, Free and Accepted Masons, and Montpelier Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and he and Mrs. Haviland are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. He is still the owner of sixty acres of good farming land in Madison Township, Williams County.
Mr. Haviland married Gertrude Heist, who was reared near West Unity, Ohio, and they have two children: Max, born in January, 1907, who is attending the public school at Pioneer; and Kathleen, born November 8, 1919. Mrs. Haviland is a member of the United Brethren Church, and, like her husband, has numerous friends in the community of her home.
A standard history of Williams County, Ohio: an authentic ..., Volume 2 By Charles A. Bowersox
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