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Grove Hiram Patterson (1881-1956)
After growing up in Elyria, Ohio, and graduating from Oberlin College in 1905, Patterson worked for the Oberlin Tribune, Times-Herald of Lorain and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He moved to Toledo in 1909 to work for
the Toledo Times. After being fired from the Times, he became news editor of The Blade in 1910, and rose to managing editor in 1917. Known as "Mr. Blade" and "Mr. Toledo", he traveled extensively
as a speaker, relaying his thoughts in his popular Blade column "The Way of the World". He resisted attempts from larger papers to lure him away, preferring to stay instead in his beloved Toledo. He served
on numerous boards, and worked for the local and national YMCA. Grove Patterson School was named for him in 1951. Bubmitted by Susan Heffner Carlucci DHS '61
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