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Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 12, 1914, he is a son of Michael and Rose (Schultz) Patton. His father is deceased, and Mrs. Patton survives him, making her home in Chicago. Receiving his public school education in that city, Theodore H. Patton graduated from Lane Technical High School. He then entered Northwestern University, which he attended until 1933.
Mr. Patton began his career in industry with Uarco, Inc., in the general accounting department of its Chicago plant. He advanced to cost accountant and production manager in the course of his years there, and was absent from 1942 to 1945, serving in the United States Army. He held the rank of sergeant in the Corps of Engineers, and was in the Pacific Theater of Operations throughout much of the war. He returned to Uarco in Chicago at the war's end, but in 1947 was transferred to Deep River as plant superintendent. He was promoted to plant manager in 1952.
Mr. Patton is a member of the American Management Associa- tion, the Connecticut Manufacturers Association, the Middlesex Coun- ty Manufacturers Association, the Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce, the Deep River Chamber of Commerce, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Industrial Conference Board, and United States Power Squadron.
In Chicago, on February 15, 1947, Theodore H. Patton married Elizabeth Novak, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Nagy) Novak. Mrs. Patton is a graduate of Wayne University and Grace Hospital School of Nursing in Detroit, Michigan. The couple make their home in Old Lyme.
RT. REV. ALFRED F. DRISCOLL
A most distinguished and devoted career in the service of his
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faith has brought the Rt. Rev. Alfred F. Driscoll to the pastorate of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in New London. He has served a number of other congregations in the state, and was appointed Monsignor on May 9, 1955.
Born at Branford, Connecticut, on October 12, 1894, he is a son of Cornelius J. and Margaret (Connor) Driscoll. The family moved from Branford to Norwich in 1898. There Monsignor Driscoll at- tended St. Patrick's School and Norwich Free Academy. At an early age he recognized the call to the service of his church through the priesthood, and began preparation for his career at St. Thomas' Se- minary in Hartford. He later took courses in philosophy at St. Ber- nard's Seminary in Rochester, New York, after which he went abroad and studied at the American College University in Louvain, Belgium. There he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood, on July 8, 1923, Cardinal Mercier of Maligne, Belgium, officiating.
Returning to his native Connecticut, Monsignor Driscoll began his duties as assistant pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Bethel, Connecticut. He served the rest of the year there, and in January, 1924, began six months' tenure as assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church in Greenwich. From June, 1924, to February, 1940, he was assistant pastor at St. Augustine's Church in Bridgeport.
Monsignor Driscoll left Bridgeport to go to Sharon and assume duties as pastor of St. Bernard's Church there. He served there for a year, and in 1941 became pastor of St. Mary's Church in Jewett City. He remained spiritual leader of this parish for sixteen years, leaving on his appointment as pastor of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church at New London. There he assumed his duties on June 20, 1957, and his pastorate has been rewarding in services rendered to his parishioners and to the advancement of the Catholic faith.
While at Jewett City, Monsignor Driscoll successfully carried out a major renovation program at St. Mary's Church there, in 1953. In that same year he was appointed diocesan consultant to Bishop Flanagan of Norwich. Once again at New London, he is carrying forward a church renovation program.
Monsignor Driscoll is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Jewett City Council.
ARTHUR J. LUMSDEN
The Hartford Chamber of Commerce, since Arthur J. Lumsden has become its executive vice president, is being given national rec-
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ognition for carrying out the finest program of activities of any city in the United States. Mr. Lumsden is a native of Lorain, Ohio, where he was born on July 18, 1919, the son of James and Annie (Jackson) Lumsden. His father, who died in December, 1929, was an executive in the United States Steel Corporation, National Tube Company plant in Lorain, Ohio.
Graduating from Lorain High School, Mr. Lumsden attended Case Institute of Technology and obtained his degree of Bachelor of Science in 1941. While attending college, he worked at the National Tube Company in Lorain, Ohio, as a student engineer. For a brief period, in 1941, he worked with the Ohio Tube Company in Cleve- land, Ohio, and he enlisted in the Army Air Force with the advent of World War II, where he served from February, 1942, until November, 1948. He was wounded in action over Wilhelmshaven, Germany, and while recovering from his injuries, between operations at Percy Jones General Hospital in Battle Creek, Michigan, he made speaking tours on behalf of the War Department during several War Bond drives. Also, during convalescence, he became interested in the Chamber of Commerce profession and worked part-time for numerous chambers in the Midwest.
Upon his discharge from the army hospital in November, 1948, he became managing director of the East Moline-Silvis, Illinois, Association of Commerce. In 1950 he became executive vice president of the Joliet, Illinois, Association of Commerce and served in that capacity until 1956, when he became executive vice president of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce. With an outstanding record as a chamber executive, he has taught subjects in organization work at Northwestern, Yale and Michigan State universities. He has had numerous articles and papers published in national and professional publications on community development activities.
Mr. Lumsden was chairman of a National Conference on Urban Development in Jacksonville, Florida, in October, 1958. Mr. Lumsden is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, American Industrial Development Council, New England Association of Chamber Executives, and the Connecticut Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. He is a graduate of the National Institute for Commercial and Trade Organization Executives of Northwestern University. He is a member of the Hartford Club, Hartford Golf Club, Hartford Rotary Club, and numerous other organizations, and he is a communicant and member of the building committee of Saint James Episcopal Church.
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On April 3, 1946, Arthur J. Lumsden married Ruth Pandy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pandy of Lorain, Ohio. The couple are the parents of one child, Lynne Ann, born in Battle Creek, Mich- igan, on July 30, 1947. She is attending Duffy School in West Hart- ford.
REV. PATRICK F. KILLEEN
Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church at Es- sex, the Rev. Patrick F. Killeen has devotedly and capably served various parishes in the state, as well as filling an educational post. He came to Essex in June, 1936.
Father Killeen is a native of County Limerick, Ireland, where he was born on October 9, 1899, son of Patrick J. and Susan (D'Arcy) Killeen. The family came to this country when he was a child, and settled at Stamford. There the future priest attended St. John's Pa- rochial School, and Stamford High School. To prepare himself for the career he had already chosen, he then went on to advanced studies at St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford. He later attended St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, where he completed his theological courses, followed by his ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford. The late Bishop John Nilan officiated at this ceremony, which took place on June 2, 1928.
In September of that year, Father Killeen assumed his first parish duties as assistant pastor of St. James Roman Catholic Church at South Manchester, Connecticut. He left in June, 1936, to join the staff of St. John's School for Boys at Deep River as chaplain, and during his nearly two decades there he also discharged duties as administrator of Our Lady of Sorrows Church at Essex. He became pastor of this church in the Fall of 1955.
FRED W. PATENAUDE
Since the beginning of his career, Fred W. Patenaude has been playing a significant part in banking activities in his home city of Middletown. He is now vice president and trust officer of the Con- necticut Bank and Trust Company, in charge of its Middletown Branch. He has rendered equally valuable service on community con- nections, as an official of the local hospital and library, the Chamber of Commerce, and welfare groups.
Born in Montreal, Canada, on December 3, 1910, he is a son of A. J. and Delia (Brassard) Patenaude. The family moved to Provi-
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dence, Rhode Island, in 1913, and to Middletown in 1920. There A. J. Patenaude was employed in the textile industry. Fred W. Patenaude attended the public elementary schools of Providence and later of Middletown. Graduating from Middletown High School in 1929, he entered Hartford College of Law, where he was a student for two years.
Later, as a young member of a bank staff interested in assuring his progress, he attended the Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University, where he completed his courses in 1937. There he majorcd in trust and law administration, and minored in investments.
Mr. Patenaude first joined the staff of The Middletown National Bank in January, 1930, as a runner. In September of that year he was transferred to the trust department. Promoted to assistant trust officer in 1936, he advanced the next step to trust officer in January, 1943. In January, 1947, Mr. Patenaude was named vice president and di- rector of The Middletown National Bank, and on August 7 of that same year, he became its president. He remained its chief executive until 1955, when the bank merged with the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company to form the present Connecticut Bank and Trust Company. Of the emergent organization, he is vice president and trust officer at the Middletown Branch.
A veteran of military service in World War II, Mr. Patenaude entered the Army of the United States on March 23, 1944, and served until October 23, 1945. His home community has found him a willing worker in municipal posts and in civic causes. He has served as sec- retary of the Middletown Parking Authority, is a past director of the Middlesex Memorial Hospital, and is treasurer and a trustee of The Russell Library. A past director of the Middletown Chamber of Com- merce, he formerly served as its president. In the course of his service to the cause of welfare, he served in past years as president of the Family Service Association and treasurer of the Middletown Com- munity Chest, and served on the Community Chest's board of direc- tors. He is currently treasurer of the Middlesex Chapter of the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and is a past director of the Middlesex Chapter of the American Red Cross.
His business interests, in addition to his banking connection, in- clude duties as assistant treasurer of the Jarvis Properties, and as a director of Caulkins and Company. He is a member of the Exchange Club and the lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A communicant of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, he served on its vestry for six years.
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On September 28, 1936, Fred W. Patenaude married, as his first wife, Clara Jarvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall N. Jarvis of Portland, Connecticut. To their marriage three children were born: I. Dean, on August 26, 1937. A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, he is now attending West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon. 2. David, and 3. Donald, twins, who were born on Jan- uary 23, 1940. Graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School in Mid- letown, both now attend Babson Institute at Babson Park, Massachu- setts. Clara (Jarvis) Patenaude died on March 24, 1957, and Mr. Patenaude married, second, on September 1, 1958, Miss Peggy Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson of Middle- town.
RT. REV. MSGR. CORNELIUS PHILIP TEULINGS
Pastor of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Branford, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Cornelius Philip Teulings has to his credit a long record of service to his church and the faith, all of it in Connecticut. He has been an educator as well as a pastor.
Born at New Haven on July 24, 1887, he is a son of Anthony and Mary (Van der Heyden) Teulings. Both of his parents were born in The Netherlands, and settled in New Haven on their arrival in the United States. Anthony Teulings was a carriage maker by trade, continuing to follow that occupation in this country. His great- grandmother had been a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of The Nether- lands. Mr. Teulings died in 1918, and his wife survived him until 1941.
Msgr. Teulings attended public schools in New Haven, then en- tered St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford, where he was graduated in the Class of 1906. For his theological training, he went to Belgium and studied at the University of Louvain. He was ordained a priest there in 19II, and returning to this country, was appointed professor at St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford, where he taught Greek, French and English until 1916. In that year he went to Waterbury to assume duties as principal of the first Catholic high school in the state of Connecticut, Sacred Heart. He left that charge to accept appointment as pastor of St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Watertown.
In 1936 Msgr. Teulings was appointed professor of philosophy and religion at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford. There he had a distinguished career as educator over a period of more than a score of years, remaining until 1957 when he came to Branford to become pastor of St. Mary's Church. At present the parish is erecting an elementary school and a convent.
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Msgr. Teulings was named Domestic Prelate by the late Pope Pius XII in 1958. He is a fellow of the Catholic Philosophical Asso- ciation, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus.
SEARLS DEARINGTON
Searls Dearington, an attorney, of Danielson, Connecticut, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on April 4, 1903, the son of Frank H. and Gertrude (Fell) Dearington. His father was associated with the United Fruit Company of Boston for many years, and his parents are still alive, residing in Melrose, Massachusetts.
His grandfather, John F. Dearington, following service in the Civil War, was a practicing lawyer in Boston for many years. His uncle, the late Charles E. Searls of Thompson was Secretary of the State, 1881-1882, president of the Connecticut Bar Association in 1918, and State's Attorney for Windham County, 1903-1925.
Mr. Dearington was educated in the public schools of Everett, Massachusetts, and was graduated from Huntington Preparatory School of Boston. He entered the University of New Hampshire and was graduated from it in 1928 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He entered Boston University Law School in the fall of that year and received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1931. In the summer of that year Mr. Dearington entered the law office of the late Judge Sabin S. Russell of Danielson. The following December he took the Connecticut Bar examination and was admitted to the Bar of this state in January, 1932.
After graduating from law school Mr. Dearington resided in Thompson and held the office of justice of the peace in that town for several years. In 1933 he moved to Danielson. From 1933 to 1941 he was prosecuting attorney for the Town of Killingly, and he also served as deputy coroner for Windham County for several years.
In 1935 Mr. Dearington was admitted to practice in the United States District Court, and in 1954 was admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals. In 1941 he was appointed public defender for Windham County, and continued in that office until 1951 when he was appointed State's Attorney for Windham County, a position he now holds. In 1959 Mr. Dearington was nominated a Judge of the Circuit Court by Governor Ribicoff, which appointment was confirmed by the General Assembly in May of that year. He will take office January 1, 1961.
In his early years he became interested in politics. He was county chairman of the Young Republican Club for several years and in
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1936 was elected chairman of the First State Convention for Young Republicans. He was a member of the New England Executive Com- mittee of Young Republicans, 1935-1937 and a member of the Repub- lican State Central Committee, 1945-1951.
In 1941 he was elected assistant clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives. In 1943 he was elected clerk of the House and held that office during the sessions of 1945 and 1947. In 1949 he was appointed engrossing clerk for the General Assembly, and in 1951 was appointed law clerk for the Judiciary Committee.
He assisted in forming the Connecticut Hi-Y Youth and Gov- ernment Program and was its legislative advisor 1945-53. He was a member of the committee that formed The Intercollegiate Student Legislature and was its technical advisor, 1948-1953. He was vice president of the Eastern Connecticut Council of Boy Scouts, 1934- 1936; chairman of the Danielson Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1935-1945; chairman of the Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund for Children, 1938-1939; member of the Danielson Library Committee, 1943-1948, and Judge Advocate of the Daughters of Union Veterans, 1943-1944.
He was a member of the Danielson Rotary Club from 1936 to 1951 and its president in 1941. He is also a member of the Windham County, Connecticut and American bar associations, and was presi- dent of the County Bar Association, 1955-1957. He is a member of the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys. His biography appears in the 1959 Edition of Who's Who in the East.
He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity, Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, Sphinx Honorary Society, Elks, Shrine, Appalachian Mountain Club, and Half-Hill Fish & Game Club. He attends the Westfield Congregational Church of Danielson, served as its lay moderator for several years, and is presently one of its deacons.
On November 2, 1935, at Wakefield, Massachusetts, Searls Dear- ington married Margaret Cushman Woodman, a daughter of William H. and Edith (Starratt) Woodman. Mrs. Dearington is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and her father practiced law in Boston for many years. They have two children, Searls, Jr., a sophomore at Columbia University, and Michael, a senior at St. Geor- ge's School, Newport, Rhode Island.
DAVID M. JOHNSTONE
A food engineering consultant by occupation, following that profession at Stonington since his return from naval service in World
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War II, David M. Johnstone has in recent years made a name for himself in public life. He has served in both the House of Represen- tatives and the Senate of the State of Connecticut; and he is now first selectman of the Town of Stonington.
Born September 24, 1917, at Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he is a son of Robert L. and Caroline M. (Stuart) Johnstone. David M. Johnstone completed his preparatory studies at one of the famous old schools of the East, The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania. From there he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1940 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He began his business career in that year with the Kroger Grocery Com- pany in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the capacity of food engineer.
After a year in that post, he left to enter in the service of the United States Navy as a seaman in 1941. He was subsequently com- missioned a lieutenant, and served in naval construction work. He remained in uniform until the war was over, receiving his honorable discharge in 1946.
At that time, Mr. Johnstone resumed his career in the food in- dustry. His family had first moved to Stonington in 1923, when he was six years old. He was elected to his first public office, membership in the Connecticut State House of Representatives, for the term beginning in 1951, and served continuously until 1955. He was state senator during the 1957-1958 term. In December, 1957, he became first selectman of the Town of Stonington, and has held that position since.
Mr. Johnstone serves as a member of the Wequetequock Fire Department. As a professional food engineering consultant, he holds membership in the Institute of Food Technologists. He belongs to the posts of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Mystic Historical Society, the Wadawanuck Yacht Club, the Off- sounding's Club, and Delta Psi fraternity. His hobby is sailing. He and his family attend the Congregational Church.
On March 6, 1943, at Youngstown, Ohio, David M. Johnstone married Katherine Tod, daughter of Fred and Marguerite (Hubbard) Tod. Mrs. Johnstone attended Westover School for Girls at Middle- bury, Connecticut, and Pine Manor Junior College at Wellesley, Mas- sachusetts. The couple are the parents of the following children: I. David Tod, who was born December 26, 1943, in Youngstown, Ohio. 2. Ann, born on December 7, 1946. 3. Catherine Maclaren, born March 25, 1949. 4. Jessica, born August II, 1957. All of the younger children were born at Stonington, Connecticut.
Por. John D . Barey
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REV. JOHN D. CAREY
Pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in New London, the Rev. John D. Carey has a most creditable record of service to the faith and its adherents, going back over a period of forty years. Ail of this time has been spent in Connecticut, in its various cities. He has served his present parish since 1944.
A native of Hartford, Father Carey was born on January 12, 1883, and is a son of Michael and Winifred (Godfrey) Carey. Both of his parents were born in Ireland and came to this country as young people. They were married in Hartford, and settled there. Reared in the city, Father Carey attended its parochial schools, and attracted early in life to a career in the service of the church, he entered St. Thomas' Seminary in his native city for theological training. He took further studies at the Seminary D'Issy in France, and at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. His ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood took place at St. Joseph's Cathedral in 1916, the late Bishop Nilan officiating.
He began his life work as curate at St. Rose's Church in New Haven, and went from there in 1920 to become curate at St. Mary's Church in Norwalk. From 1924 to 1927 he was curate at Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford; and he became pastor of St. Thomas' Church at Voluntown in 1927, remaining as spiritual leader of that parish until 1934. For the next decade, Father Carey was pastor of All Saints Church at Somersville. He has been pastor of St. Joseph's Church at New London since 1944. He is a member of Russell Coun- cil of the Knights of Columbus in New Haven.
CHARLES ROBERT TUBBS
In the course of a useful career, Charles R. Tubbs capably filled a variety of public posts in New London County and East Lyme. He held office as town clerk, tax collector, member of the Connecticut State Legislature, and chief deputy sheriff of his county. He was a successful businessman who had operated an ice distributorship and an insurance agency.
Mr. Tubbs represented the seventh generation of his family in East Lyme. His father, J. Herman Tubbs, was a public official, filling some of the same posts in which the son, Charles R. Tubbs, was to perform so capably later. He was deputy sheriff for many years, from 1895 until the 1930s; and served in the House of Representa- tives of Connecticut in 1884. Between 1882 and 1893 he operated a
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general store in East Lyme. He was active in the Free and Accepted Masons. J. Herman Tubbs married Grace Chapman, and their son, Charles R., was born in Old Lyme on May 19, 1884.
He attended the public schools of East Lyme, and completed his secondary studies at Niantic High School. His first employment was in public office, in the humble capacity of turnkey at the Norwich Jail. Two years later he took a position with the New London-East Lyme Railway, with which he remained for twelve years. Between 1922 and 1929 he was engaged in the ice business in Niantic. He left this occupation to turn his attention to the management of a fire insurance agency.
Mr. Tubbs became tax collector of the Town of East Lyme in 1912. He was town clerk for twenty-five years, and tax collector for thirty-five years. In 1919 he represented his township in the Connecti- cut State Legislature; and in 1947 he became chief deputy sheriff of the county, serving until 1951.
He was also a charter member of the Niantic Fire Department, and served as its chief for many years. Affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, he was past master and secretary of Bayview Lodge, which he also served as a trustee; he was treasurer of the Bayview Masonic Temple Association and he was past patron of Nehantic Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. He also belonged to Lodge No. 17 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and had held office as noble grand in that lodge. He was past district deputy of the Odd Fellows. He was also a member of Gates Rebekah Lodge, and of the East Lyme Historical Association. He was active in the East Lyme Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of the Congre- gational Church. His favorite outdoor sport was hunting.
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