Hobart L. Sheets
Hobart L. Sheets, junior member of the real estate firm of Kitchen & Sheets, was born at Middletown, January 30, 1896. He was educated in high school, and then went to work in the offices of the Bell Telephone Company as an accountant. He resigned in 1916 to become a real estate salesman with Nein Brothers, and on April 1, 1923, became associated with Mr. Kitchen, as above noted. (the biography above Mr. Sheets in this book is that of Samuel H. Kitchen.)
He is an ex-service man, having served as a member of Company E of the Tree Hundred Thirtieth Infantry during the World war. He is affiliated with the American Legion, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Masons, and is a member of the Community Golf Club and Civic Association.
On December 10, 1919, at Middletown, Mr. Sheets married Miss May Binkley, who was also educated in the Middletown High School. They have one son, James Harrison, born March 17, 1923.
Kitchen & Sheets acquired the Jewell and Mary Fisher Smith farms of 278 acres in 1924 and organized the Kitchen & Sheets Development Company. They platted the above farms in 607 lots, known as Dixie Heights, which is selling very rapidly. This subdivision fronts 4,500 feet on Dixie Highway and 2.700 feet on Manchester Road, opposite the 400-acre A.R.M. Company Park. This is the largest plat ever recorded from this section in Butler County.
From History of Ohio, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, Volume IV