Moment in Time (originally submitted to ThisWeek News for publication November 9, 2005)

Grandview Heights resident and well-known insurance man Ted J. Eaton is shown here in the cockpit of his Lyman catboat on the water at the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club, where he served as a trustee in 1943. Eaton was a popular student at GHS in the 1920s when at 17 years old he was confined to a wheelchair. Not one to be slowed down by his misfortune, he joined the Brotherhood of Rooks in its second class and later served as the manager of their club basketball team. He is shown in the upper right photo at the 1928 Rook banquet. The Rook scholarship was named for him and is still given to GHHS students. Seldom seen without his signature pipe, he is shown in the middle photo on the porch of his Wyandotte Road home. Eaton was appointed to the City Council in 1940 (lower right) and passed away in 1967.