AMANDA TOWNSHIP – Charles E. and Maggie May (Rowles) Blue had one child, a son, Frank Corwin Blue, who completed their family of three on Friday, December 12, 1890, Charles’s 23rd birthday. While growing up Frank went to the local schools of Amanda and helped on the family farm. Frank graduated from Amanda High School and soon later continued his education in the study of scientific agriculture as an undergraduate at The Ohio State University. There was a gap between high school and college as the 1910 census reveals as it recorded he was not attending any school after graduating the year before in 1909. Late historian, Charles Miller, referenced his attendance in college during the year 1912. Frank’s parents were known to periodically entertain friends at their home near Amanda. One of these occasions happened in late April of 1911 in honor of Frank, and his college roommate J. C. Ray, both visiting from OSU. It was an enjoyable time filled with a large lunch and contests to compete in. Frank’s mother died in the summer of 1916, shortly after he finished his studies. After her death on July 6, that same year, William and Lavina (Martin) announced the engagement between Frank and their daughter, Hazel Katherine Ashbrook, in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette on Friday and Saturday, November 24 and 25, 1916.