Last night at 8 o'clock the New Paris home of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Scott occurred, the wedding of their daughter, Miss Blanche Scott to Mr. Chas. McGuire, of this city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. D. Campbell, pastor of the Christian church of that place, and was witnessed by about twenty five or thirty guests, mostly relatives. The young couple came to Richmond to stay a week in their new home, in the Spinning flats, on North Tenth street, and will then go east to spend a month in travel.
Miss Scott was one of New Paris' best known and most highly esteemed young ladies, while the groom needs no praise to Richmond people other than what his business principles have already won for him.
Palladium Item, 06 Feb 1957, pg. 7, col. 6
Mrs. Charles A. McGuire, 1701 Reeveston road, died late Tuesday afternoon. She was 81 years old.
Mr. McGuire, one of the city's leading manufacturers and benefactors, is president and treasurer of Dills and McGuire Manufacturing company. Mrs. McGuire was formerly a vice president of the lawn mower company.
Mrs. McGuire was the former Blanche O. Scott of New Paris, Ohio. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church here and of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The couple would have been married 60 years next July.
Survivors include the husband; two sons, Whitney S. McGuire of Richmond and Scott C. McGuire of Winter Park, Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. Dudley Morgan of Richmond; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services for Mrs. McGuire will be held at 1 p. m. Friday in Earlham cemetery. Rev. Hugh Ronald will officiate. Friends may call at the Doan and Son mortuary Thursday afternoon and evening.
Palladium Item, Wednesday, September 6, 1961; Page 1, Column 3
Charles A, McGuire, 86 years old, president and treasurer of the Dille & McGuire Manufacturing company, died shortly after noon Wednesday at Reid Memorial hospital where he had been a resident patient since Feb. 13, 1956. The family residence is at 1701 Reeveston road. Mrs. McGuire's death occurred in 1957.
Mr. McGuire was born here May 19, 1875, the son of Elwood Whitney and Esther Elderkin McGuire. He attended grade and high schools here.
One of the city's leading manufacturers; he gave generously of his funds to Community projects and various campaigns to raise money for local institutions.
Named For Mother
McGuire hall, the fine arts building of the Richmond high school, was partly financed by Mr. McGuire in memory of his mother. Mr. McGuire gave $50,000 toward construction of the building.
Mr. McGuire's first gift toward the fine arts building which bears his name was $25,000. He later gave an additional $25,000 for the same project.
At the time his first gift was announced, Mr. McGuire said it was made "as a living tribute to the memory of my mother."
W. G. Bate, the superintendent of school, said: "This splendid gift and the spirit in which it is made is in keeping with the long and keen interest of Mr. McGuire in school and community activities along educational and cultural lines.
"I know that the satisfaction which come comes to him in making this gift is not only from paying a beautiful tribute to his mother's memory but it is in the thought that through the years to come both youths and adults of Richmond will derive benefit and pleasure from the use of facilities provided by the building."
Mr. McGuire also contributed generously to the million-dollar fund campaign which Reid Memorial hospital staged in 1948 for a new wing.
He pledged to give $1 for every $10 raised from all other sources.
Frank Sheffler, then the hospital administrator, said that Mr. McGuire's contribution, because of that unusual pledge, totaled between $92,000 and $93,000.
Earlham college looked upon Mr. McGuire as one of its principal supporters.
Figures released by the college showed that in comparatively recent years he had given that institution $49,000, in these amounts: $7,500 for the women's residence hall campaign; $7,500 for the Second Century campaign; $30,000 for the Challenge campaign; and $4,000 through industrial giving.
The college said that Mr. McGuire was one of the key figures in getting the Second Century campaign building fund under way and in stimulating local interest and support.
Also Donated To YMCA
The Young Men's Christian association (YMCA) was another local institution helped by Mr. McGuire.
In the name of the McGuire family, a sum of $125,000 was given to the YMCA for its 1956 three-floor addition.
That amount was earmarked for the new addition's gymnasium. It is called the McGuire Memorial gymnasium.
He also had been vice president of the American Sunday School Union. He was a director of the union. He was a direcctor of the Second National bank.
Mr. McGuire was a member of the Webb lodge of Masons, the Richmond lodge of Elks, the Rotary club and Forest Hills Country club.
Charles McGuire was a grandson of Ezekiel Whitney McGuire, who came from New York state but eventually settled in Eaton and became secretary of the old Eaton & Hamilton railroad. He was a director of its successor, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad for many years.
Elwood Whitney McGuire, Charles McGuire's father, was apprenticed at the age of 16 to learn the trade of a wood pattern maker with teh Quaker City Machine Works at Richmond. In the spring of 1875 he formed a partnership with Henry H. Dille, a machinist and model maker.
Their "Dille & McGuire Machine Shop" on Fort Wayne avenue was the forerunner of the present Dille & McGuire Manufacturing company, now, at 553 North Thirteenth street, the city's first lawn mower manufacturers.
The first name was the Richmond Lawn Mower, company. The present name later was adopted and Elwood W. McGuire purchased sole interest in the firm in 1890. His family has carried on ever since. Ezekiel McGuire was the firm's original treasurer and later became president.
Charles McGuire joined his father in the firm at the age of 18 in 1893.
Survivors include two sons, Whitney S. of Richmond and Scott C. of Water Park; Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Dudley Morgan, Richmond; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services for Mr. McGuire will be announced by the Doan and Johnson mortuary.
Palladium Item, Sunday, April 2, 1972, Section A, Page 7, Column 3
Whitney S. McGuire, 73, retired manufacturer and former president of Dille & McGuire Manufacturing Co., makers of lawn mowers, died unexpectedly Friday night in Naples, Fla.
Death occurred in the Naples Community Hospital where he had been taken following a slight heart attack earlier in the day.
He resided in Naples at 2701 Gulf Shore Blvd. North. In Richmond his home was at 4360 National Road East for a number of years.
Mr. McGuire was associated with the lawn mower manufacturing business for 46 years, retiring in April of 1964, when his company was purchased by the Huffman Mfg. Co. of Dayton.
He joined his father, the late Charles A. McGuire, in the lawn mower manufacturing business in 1918. The company had been founded by his grandfather, Elwood McGuire, in 1870.
Local Graduate
A graduate of the Richmond High School in 1916, Mr. McGuire attended Cornell University where he was a student in the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering. He was born in New Paris, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1898.
Mr. McGuire was elected a member of the board of directors of the Second National Bank in 1950, retiring from the board Dec. 31, 1970. In 1959 he became a vice president of the bank and was the third generation of the McGuire family to provide leadership in the development and growth of the bank.
Through the years Mr. McGuire's family gave generously to important community projects. These include McGuire Hall at Richmond High School, the McGuire Addition to the Richmond Young Men's Christian Association, Reid Memorial Hospital Building Fund campaigns, the Young Women's Christian Association and Earlham College.
Mr. McGuire was actively identified with numerous local community activities.
Past President of Rotary
He was a past president of the Richmond Rotary Club, a former chairman of the board of directors of the Richmond YMCA, past president of the Richmond Community Chest, a former member of the board of trustees of Reid Memorial Hospital and a past president of the Art Association of Richmond.
Mr. McGuire was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and of Forest Hills Country Club.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Juliet McGuire; one daughter, Mrs. John W. Clements Jr., and one son, Charles W. McGuire, both of Richmond; one sister; Mrs. Dudley Morgan, also of Richmond; one brother, Scott C. McGuire of Maitland, Fla., five grandchildren; two nieces, and one nephew.
Private graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Eartham Cemetery. Rev. Alfred H. Nead of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. There will be no public calling. Arrangements are being handled by the Doan & Mills Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wayne County Heart Association.
Death Notices - Naples Daily News, July 7, 2000
Juliet McGuire Beebe, 100, of Moorings Park, died July 3, 2000. She was the daughter of Mary E. and Lee B. Nusbaum of Richmond, Ind. Mrs. Beebe, a long-time resident of Richmond, Ind. moved to Naples in 1969 following vacations here since the late 1940's. Mrs. Beebe was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Country Club of Naples, and a long-time volunteer with LUV's. Mrs. Beebe's life-long love of music led her to directorships with the Naples Community Concert series and the summer Music Camp at Interlocken Arts Academy in Michigan. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. John W. Clements Jr. of Naples; a son, Charles W. McGuire of Richmond, Ind.; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Beebe was preceded in death by Whitney S. McGuire in 1972; and Walter E. Beebe in 1988. Services will be announced at a later date in Richmond, Ind. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice. The family has entrusted care and services to Hodges Funeral Chapel, 261-1237.
Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Fla.; Jul 6, 1989; Page B4
SCOTT C. MCGUIRE, 86, 1215 Druid Road, Maitland, died Monday. Born in Richmond, Ind., he moved to Maitland from Winter Park in 1965. He was owner-operator of Dille & McGuire Lawnmower Manufacturing. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Survivors: wife, Ruth E.; three nieces; two nephews. Cox-Parker Carey Hand Guardian Chapel, Winter Park.
Orlando Sentinel; Orlando, Fla.; Oct 20, 1990; Page D8
RUTH MCGUIRE, 90, 1215 Druid Road, Maitland, died Monday. Born in Germany, she moved to Maitland from Winter Park in 1965. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Orlando. Survivors: one niece; one nephew. Cox-Parker Carey Hand Funeral Home, Winter Park.
The Orange County Register, July 16, 1997, Metro Section, Page B4
Everett Dudley Morgan, 90, of Irvine, a former purchasing agent at Dille and McGuire Manufacturing, died Sunday of natural causes. Services: 2 p.m. today, Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Hills.
Survivors: son, George; daughters, Blanche Thomas, Suzanne Siders; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
