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Arfons' family operated a feed mill in rural Springfield Township, Ohio, where the Arfons brothers exercised their mechanical skills and ingenuity. [4] Walt began building dragsters with Art in 1952; their first car was a three-wheeler with an Oldsmobile six-cylinder engine, and an Oliver farm tractor green paint finish.
Art Arfons' father, Tom, was born in Greece and came to the United States at age 14. He settled in Akron, Ohio, where Art was born.Tom died in 1950, at age 52. His mother, Bessie, who was of Cherokee descent, [2] and died in 1983 at age 84.
David Ward King (October 27, 1857 – February 9, 1920) was an American farmer and inventor of the King road drag.His invention, which was the horse-drawn forerunner of the modern road grader, had a great influence on American life because his invention improved the widespread dirt roads of his day to the extent that they could accommodate the advent of the automobile, rural mail delivery and ...
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Springfield, Ohio — At the St. Vincent de Paul Society community center in Springfield, Ohio, ... DeWine on Wednesday echoed that, telling CBS News that "there's no truth" to Trump's claims.
The woman behind an early Facebook post about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no first-hand knowledge of any such ...
George Montgomery (January 27, 1933 – August 24, 2023), nicknamed Ohio George, was an American gasser drag racer. [1]Montgomery began drag racing as a teen, [2] learning mechanical skills at the AC Delco plant in Dayton, Ohio, he would later use to build the supercharger on his 390 cu in (6 L) Cadillac; he would mate a Cragar 4-71 manifold to a GMC 6-71 blower, and hand-fabricated the drive ...
The Akron Press joined in 1925 with Akron Times to be The Akron Times-Press.; The Barberton Herald (1923-2022) [2]; Celina Democrat (1895–1921) [3]; The Cedarville Herald (from July 1890 to December 1954) [4]