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Individual:
Victor was the oldest child of Robert & Annie Corwin, he was born 23 September,
1909 in Dunglen, Ohio, was born during the depression days when things were very
bad. There were very few jobs and very little pay. He had to quit school in the
7 grade to help support the family. He worked in the coal mines. Dad told me that many times he would work bent over
all day, for some of the mines only had 4 ft. ceilings. Many times the mines
would have water in them.The men would have to work in the water all day. In
those days they only got paid for the lumps which would not pass thru a 4 inch
screen. For light in the mines they had a carbide lamp that fit on their hat.
Out of what little pay they did receive they would have to buy carbide each
week. It was dirty and dangerous work, the mines in those days had very little
saftey standards and many times they would carry a canary in a cage into the
mine. If the canary fell from his perch it meant there was gas in the area.
This meant they would have to hurry and leave the mine. The coal bank was
drilled by hand, and they blasted away with TNT. They would then lay track up
to the coal, install the support timbers and load the coal onto cars and a pony
would pull the car to the entrance of the mine. It would then be dumped onto a 4
inch screen. Many weeks they did not even make $5.00. Many times during Victor's early years he was out of work, along with many
others. When he was off work he tried many ways to make extra money. At one
time he bought animal traps from the grocery store on time. He put them in the
local creek hoping to catch some fur bearing animals to sell their pelts. When
he went back to check the traps, they were gone. Someone had stolen them.
Another time when both Victor and his dad, Robert were out of work they decided
to lease a mine and work for themselves. In order to get a pony to pull the
coal from the mine, Robert had to sell his car, in order to buy the pony. They
took the pony to the corral at the mine, hoping to start to work the next day.
When they arrived at the mine in the early morning the pony was dead. They
never got started in that mine, for lack of operatiing money. Victor also worked for the WPA installing electric towers in southern Ohio.
Florence had a time putting food on the table. They had a garden each summer
and canned vegetables. We also got some food supplies from the state. We had a
grocery bill at Sayre's Grocery Store. After Victor & Florence left Buchtel and moved to Reynoldsburg, every time they
would return for a visit, Victor would stop at the grocery store and pay on his
grocery bill. It took several years to pay it in full. Victor died at home from Cancer, which started in the prostate. His body was
prepared by Cotner Funeral Home in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The Minister was William
E. Meyers from the Community Christian Church where he was a member for many
years. Victor moved his family from Buchtel, Ohio to Reynoldsburg, Ohio in 1942, he
went to work for Curtis Wright making airplanes for the war. After the war he
worked for a railroad contractor as a mechanic but then he went back to work for
North Americam Aviation where he retired. Victor loved to fish and had bought a small boat, he fished in Canada and around
home. He also bought a house trailer which they used when they went to Florida.
They stayed at the shore just south of Melbourne, Florida where he fished every
day. After a long illness and being in and out of the hospital he died at age
75. Victor and Florence were married just short of 50 years.
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