Romain "Bud" Fry - 1998
MHS 1932 Graduate
Romain F. "Bud" Fry, Class of 1932, was nominated by Donna Hafer with seconding nominations by Dick and Verna Wadsworth, Dr. Robert Hines, Mark S. Kelly, Gerald R. Grimes, and Harry W. Smuck.
Fry has been a hard working businessman, a tireless worker for both the Booster Club in the 1950s and the Rotary Club since 1957, and a member of The Minerva Area Historical Society where he was a founder. He served as the Society's treasurer from January 1968 until his retirement on January 1, 1997.
Fry and his brothers formed the Fry Brothers Partnership, building over thirty homes in Minerva. They also built several commercial buildings, including a strip shopping center, which housed Bud Fry's primary business--Lincoln Way Furniture which served the community for fifty years. Even with the long hours in the furniture business, he had time to develop and operate Great Trail Gulf Course. He was founder of the Minerva National Bank, now Consumers National Bank. He made many trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with Representatives Frank T. Bow and Wayne Hayes to obtain the bank's charter.
Recently he received a certificate of appreciation and a lifetime membership to The Minerva Area Historical Society because of his dedicated service as its treasurer and for his membership on the steering committee that was responsible for organizing the area historical society.