To the Editor:
Vaccines have been around for over 100 years! Thousands, possibly millions of lives have been saved by vaccines!
It never ceases to amaze me, when something good becomes available, that can improve your quality of life, perhaps even save a life, people turn their back, refusing to avail themselves of it, including [the] COVID-19 vaccine.
If we don't care about our own health, that's OK – but think about your family and friends, your children, your parents and grandparents.
The vaccine is free and readily available. I urge everyone to get vaccinated today, unless you have a legitimate medical exemption. The life you save may not be your own!
Do not be stubborn, narrow-minded and selfish!
If the COVID-19 numbers keep going back up, as they already have, I dread to think of what this coming winter will bring to us.
And yes, the weight of all this misery will rest on the shoulders of the unvaccinated. Aren't you proud!!!
I am not affiliated with any drug company or pharmaceutical company.
Thomas Fish
Mount Vernon
To the Editor:
Your Aug. 4 article about Camp Sychar mentions the Tabernacle. Readers might be interested in the design and construction, and Knox County history connection..
My grandfather, George W Crise Sr., had a large farm on Rt 715 in Eastern Knox County. He attended annual Camp Sychar meetings in the early 1900s with his wife and three sons. He was also on the board of directors. His background was that of an engineer/surveyor who had laid out RR right away in many states across the U. S.
When the board brought up the idea of building a tabernacle in 1912, he volunteered his oldest son, Paul, a 19-year-old OSU engineering student, to design the building. It resulted in a huge, free span construction that could seat 2,000. George W Crise Sr. arranged to have the lumber needed shipped by rail from the west coast. He also helped oversee the construction. It was probably the largest in Knox and surrounding counties. (See photos on the Camp Sychar web site.)
In 1914, George, Sr. also had Paul take a year off from OSU to design and help build a new farmhouse. He made it large, three stories with six bedrooms, thinking his three sons might marry, live at home to help operate the farm. Only the youngest, Lewis, stayed on the farm. This house is now the White Oak Inn Bread and Breakfast.
Paul and George, Jr. established the Mt. Vernon Radio Co., which used to broadcast the Knox County Fair. Later, they operated Crise Manufacturing Co., making thermostats and damper motors for coal fired furnaces.
After this was sold, George Crise, Jr. partnered with Lewis Crise in Patented Products Corp., Danville, Ohio, to manufacture automatic electric mattress warmers. George Crise, Jr. was a pioneer in aviation in the county, as well, having built a glider and learned to fly in 1925. He also established the Landyacht Co. in the early 1950s and built a 28-foot prototype motorhome. He was a prolific inventor and had 44 patents.
In closing, I should add that George W Crise, Sr. also helped survey part of the Wally RR, as well as having platted the village of Nellie.
Robert Crise
Gambier
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