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One of Mr. Marsh's major interests has long been cattle raising. He was a national director of the American Jersey Cattle Club from June, 1954, to June, 1957; is a director and past president of the Connecticut Jersey Cattle Club; and was president of the New Eng- land Jersey Cattle Breeders Association for the 1956-1957 term. He is also a member of the American Poultry Association, and Old Lyme Grange No. 162, Patrons of Husbandry, an organization which he served as secretary in 1936. His fraternity is Psi Upsilon, and he also belongs to Corby Court. Affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, he is a member of Pythagoras Lodge No. 45. His other memberships include the Graduates Club of New Haven, and the Yale Glee Club, of which he was manager in 1931, and the Hartford Club. Formerly a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church at San- dusky, Ohio, Mr. Marsh is now active in St. Ann's Episcopal Church at Old Lyme, and is chairman of its building committee.
At Buffalo, New York, on January 4, 1936, Edward Lea Marsh, Jr., married Ann Letchworth, daughter of Geoffrey Josiah and Na- thalie (Newhall) Letchworth. The couple are the parents of the fol- lowing children : 1. Caroline, who was born on May 23, 1938. A grad- uate of Shepley's School at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, she is now Conn. IV-3
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attending William Smith College at Geneva, New York. 2. Edward Geoffrey, born April 10, 1940. He graduated from Old Lyme High School in the Class of 1958. He married, June 22, 1959, Sylvia Davis, daughter of Gerald Marchant Davis and Grace Ella Muriel (Brand) Davis. 3. Elizabeth Lea, and 4. Jane Rowley, twins, who were born on July 18, 1951.
ARCHBISHOP HENRY JOSEPH O'BRIEN
His Excellency Henry Joseph O'Brien, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, was born in New Haven, on July 21, 1896, son of Michael J. and Anna (Sweeney) O'Brien. He gradu- ated from New Haven High School in 1914, and attended St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford from 1914 to 1917. He then studied philosophy at St. Bernard Seminary in Rochester, New York, 1917-1919, and theology at the University of Louvain, Belgium, 1919-1923.
Ordained priest on July 8, 1923, he was appointed assistant pas- tor at the Church of St. Mary, Windsor Locks, serving there through 1924. Thereafter until 1926 he was assistant pastor of the Church of St. Thomas in Fairfield. He was appointed instructor at St. Thomas Seminary, serving from 1926 to 1940, and he served as vice president from 1932 to 1934, and as president from 1934 to 1940. He was ap- pointed Titular Bishop of Sita and Auxiliary to the Bishop of Hart- ford, March 19, 1940, and consecrated on May 14, 1940. He was ap- pointed Bishop of Hartford April 7, 1945, and installed June 5, 1945. He was elevated to Archiepiscopal dignity August 6, 1953, and appointed Assistant to the Pontifical Throne April 29, 1955.
Archbishop O'Brien now serves as a director of the American Red Cross, Hartford Chapter; a member of the Hartford Citizens Committee for Redevelopment, Inc .; a director of the Hartford Pub- lic Library; a director of the Connecticut Blue Cross; and a member of the Connecticut Hospital Association.
WILLIAM HANSON HORTON, M.D.
About a decade ago, Dr. William Hanson Horton came to Connec- ticut from North Carolina, and since that time has held important state posts for which his professional training qualifies him. He is executive director of Connecticut Medical Services in New Haven.
Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, on March 30, 1910, he is a son of Hanson. William and Ella (Shoard) Horton. His father, born at Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1885, came to the United
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States at the age of twelve, and settled at Fall River, where he be- came a textile mill superintendent. He died in 1947. Ella Shoard, whom he married, was born at Fall River in 1886, and is still living in that city.
He studied textile chemistry and dyeing at the Bradford Durfee Textile School in Fall River, graduating from there in 1930. For two years he worked as a textile chemist in Fall River. Intent upon a career in medicine, however, he continued his studies at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, but transferred from there to Boston University in 1935. He received his degree as Doctor of Medicine from Boston University in 1940.
After interning at Rex Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, he went on active duty at Bradley Field, Connecticut as a medical re- serve officer until 1944. He was then assigned to the 99th (U.S.) General Hospital in the European Theater of Operations. At the time of his separation from service early in 1946 he held the rank of major.
On his return to civilian life, Dr. Horton began his private prac- tice of medicine in North Carolina. Late in 1947, however, he returned to Connecticut, where he assumed duties as medical director in the office of the Commissioner of Welfare, State of Connecticut. In Oc- tober, 1949, he became Director of Medical Services for Connecticut Medical Service in New Haven. In 1951, while retaining that post, he took over additional duties as general manager of Connecticut Medical Services. He became executive director of Connecticut Medi- cal Services in 1953. He remains Director of Medical Services. His offices are at 221 Whitney Avenue, New Haven.
In 1957, Dr. Horton served as president of the Council of New England State Medical Societies. He is a member of the Hartford County Medical Association, the Connecticut State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the executive committee of the board of directors, of Blue Shield Medical Care Plan, Chicago.
A Republican, Dr. Horton formerly served on the town com- mittee at Windsor. He is a member of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, Graduates' Club of New Haven, University Club of Hartford, Windsor Historical Society, the Windsor Club, New Haven Lawn Club, Lions Club, Windsor Garden Club, Suffield Country Club and the Newcomen Society in North America. A communicant of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Horton formerly served his congregation as a vestryman.
In South Carolina, on July 26, 1941, William Hanson Horton, M.D., married Annie Mae Fowler. She was born at Wendell, North
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Carolina, on September 22, 1921, and is a daughter of Will Lee and Ruby (Barnes) Fowler. Her father, a native of Granville County, North Carolina, was a cotton and tobacco farmer, and died in 1951. Mrs. Fowler, a native of Wendell, survives her husband and still lives in that town. Mrs. Horton attended Rex Hospital School of Nursing at Raleigh, graduating there as a Registered Nurse in 1942. She is registered in Connecticut as well as in North Carolina. She is a member of the Windsor Historical Society, the Parent-Teachers Association, Windsor Garden Club, and the Musical Club of Hart- ford. She also belongs to the Women's Auxiliaries of Hartford. Hos- pital, Hartford County Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society. The couple are the parents of the following children : I. Marcia Lee, who was born in Hartford on September 10, 1942. She is attending MacDuffie School for Girls at Springfield, Massa- chusetts, where she is active in dramatics and was class president in her junior year. She is an accomplished pianist. 2. Barbara Ann, born on May 9, 1946, at Raleigh, North Carolina. She is attending grade school in Windsor. 3. Jane Fowler, born April 15, 1948, in Hartford; attending grade school in Windsor. 4. William Hanson, Jr., born in Hartford on April 6, 1950. He too is in grade school at Windsor. The family resides since July 1959 at Sachem's Mead, Guifford.
FRANCIS FORAN MCGUIRE
A leading attorney in New London, and active in the city's social and civic life, Mr. McGuire has practiced law for more than twenty years. He is affiliated with the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company in a legal capacity.
He was born in New London, on September 19, 1910, the son of Frank L. McGuire and of Winifred (Foran) McGuire. His father is also an active lawyer. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree at Dartmouth College and then received the degree of Bachelor of Laws at Yale University. During World War II, he served in the United States Coast Guard Reserve with the rank of lieutenant.
He enjoys social connections as a member of the Thames Club of New London and of the Knights of Columbus. He is a Democrat in politics and attends religious worship as a communicant of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. McGuire was married at Newburyport, Massachusetts, on August 28, 1935, to Helen C. Connolly, the daughter 'of James T. Connolly and of Nellie (Cuseck) Connolly. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire
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have four children : 1. Susan, born on January II, 1937. 2. Elizabeth, born on February 19, 1939. 3. Frank L., born on March 22, 1940. 4. James C., born on July 22, 1947.
EARLE W. STAMM
Senior vice president and a director of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company, and president of the Day Publishing Com- pany of New London, Mr. Stamm is a director of the New London Building and Loan Association. He is treasurer and a trustee of the Connecticut College for Women, and a past president of the Con- necticut Bankers Association, having served in this latter capacity from 1922 to 1924.
Mr. Stamm was born in Norwich, on June 30, 1894, the son of Charles S. Stamm and of Sadie Elizabeth (Amburn) Stamm. His father was a stationary engineer and machinist. Mr. Stamm grad- uated from Norwich Free Academy, and he began his banking career with the Thames National Bank of Norwich in 1912, holding various posts, and in 1919 he became assistant bank examiner of the First Federal Reserve District. He served as chief of the bank examiners of the State of Connecticut from 1921 to 1924, and he then became cashier, vice president and trust officer of the National Bank of Com- merce of New London. Elected president in 1939, Mr. Stamm became senior vice president and a director when the bank merged into the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company in 1953.
A past president of the New London Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Stamm served in the Quartermasters Corps during World War I from 1917 to 1919, and he served as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1953. He is a past member of the Federal Reserve Bank Stockholders Advisory Com- mittee, and he was president of the Connecticut Safe Deposit Associa- tion in 1929 and 1930. Mr. Stamm attends religious services as a mem- ber of the Baptist Church.
He was married at Noank, Connecticut, on June 15, 1934, to Elizabeth Spicer. Mr. and Mrs. Stamm have two children: I. Charles William, born in New London, Connecticut, attended the New London public schools and Taft School, and graduated in the Class of 1959 at Brown University, with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He entered the United States Navy in the Spring of 1959. 2. Caroline S. was born in New London, Connecticut, attended Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and is now a student at the University of Connecticut.
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JAMES MOORE KELLY
James Moore Kelly, who has practiced law at Middletown for over twenty years, has distinguished himself in a number of business and civic connections, and in several judicial posts. He is currently serving as judge of probate for the District of Middletown.
A native of that city, he was born on May 17, 1906, son of Thomas A. and Julia (Moore) Kelly. His father too was born in Middletown, on June 24, 1876, and his mother at Fairfield on November 8, 1877. His paternal grandfather, James Kelly, was born in what was then known as Queens County, Ireland, in a small village not far from Dublin. About 1868, he migrated to the United States with his three brothers, Thomas, Bryan, and Edward. James, Thomas and Bryan settled in Middletown and lived there all their lives. Edward returned to the British Isles as a youth and settled in London, where he remain- ed for the rest of his life.
James M. Kelly attended local public schools, completing his courses at Central Grammar School in 1919 and at Middletown High School in 1923. On his graduation there, he enrolled at Wesleyan University, which is also at Middletown, and there he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts, with honors, in 1927. In 1929 he received the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Vermont, and during the summers from 1928 to 1930, attended Middlebury College's Sum- mer School of French. He began his career in the teaching profession, being instructor in Romance languages at the University of Vermont from 1927 to 1929, teacher of Romance languages at Clark School in Hanover, New Hampshire, 1929-1930, and master in Romance languages at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey from 1930 to 1932.
Deciding at that time to recast his career in the legal profession, he enrolled at Yale University School of Law, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1935. The following January he was admitted to practice in Connecticut, and he began his private practice in Middletown in 1936. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar Association of Connecticut, and the Mid- dlesex County Bar Association, and has served the last-named group since 1941 as a member of its grievance committee. Also a member of the Middletown Bar Association, he served as its president from 1942 to 1945. Serving as attorney for the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Middlesex County, Mr. Kelly is also a member of its board of directors.
He began his record on the bench as judge of the municipal court
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of the City of Middletown in 1941, serving in that capacity until 1947. During 1946-1947 he was president of the Assembly of Municipal Court Judges of Connecticut. In January, 1955, he became judge of probate for the District of Middletown, and was re-elected to office in January, 1959, beginning a term which will continue until January, 1963.
Mr. Kelly is president of the board of trustees of The Russell Library Company at Middletown, and he is also a director of The Middlesex Memorial Hospital there. He belongs to Phi Beta Kappa national scholastic honor society, to whose Gamma Chapter he was admitted at Wesleyan University. Also while there, he joined Gamma Mu Chapter of Sigma Chi. Lodge activities are among his interests. He is a member of Lodge No. 771 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Council No. 3 of the Knights of Columbus. A Roman Catholic, he attends St. Pius X Catholic Church in Middletown.
At St. John's Church in that city, on June 28, 1938, James Moore Kelly married Emanuella A. Mazzotta, daughter of Salvatore and Angelina (DeStefano) Mazzotta. Both of her parents were born at Melilli in the Province of Siracusa, Sicily, her father on December 12, 1879, and her mother on March 21, 1886. Salvatore Mazzotta came to the United States in 1900, settled at Middletown, and became one of the leading building contractors in the area. He followed that occupation until his retirement in 1939.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are the parents of three children: I. Brian Thomas, who was born on November 23, 1939. 2. James Moore, Jr., born November 12, 1941. 3. Susan Elizabeth, born August 24, 1946. All of the children were born at Middletown.
JUDGE THOMAS W. FLOOD
Judge of Probate of the Town of Portland, and town prosecuting attorney for the towns of East Haddam and Portland, Judge Flood is also a member of the Connecticut State Board of Education. He is a member of the advisory board of the Riverside Trust Company of Portland, a director of the Portland Building and Loan Association, and a member of the American Bar Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association, and the Midlesex County Bar Association.
Judge Flood was born in Middletown on August 30, 1918, the son of the late Thomas C. Flood and of Anna J. (Ahern) Flood. His father obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan Uni-
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versity in 1910, and he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Yale University Law School in 1913. He was active in the general practice of law in Middletown, he was Judge of Probate for the Town of Portland, and at the time of his death in 1948, he was Connecticut State's Attorney.
Judge Flood graduated from Portland High School, he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Wesleyan University in 1939, and he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the Hartford Col- lege of Law in 1942. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1942. During World War II, he served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945, he was assigned to the Army Intelligence Corps, and he served in the European Theater of Operations with the rank of first lieutenant.
Judge Flood has been active in the general practice of law in Middletown since 1945, and it was in 1948 that he was elected Judge of Probate of Portland, Connecticut. He has since been reelected to this office. He has been active in the American Legion of Portland and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is a member of the Elks, and is a Fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. Judge Flood is a communicant of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Port- land, and he is a trustee of the church.
He was married on November 7, 1942, in New Haven, Connecti- cut, to Mary G. Kennedy, the daughter of the late Dr. William C. Kennedy and of Katharine (Seery) Kennedy. Her father was a promi- nent physician and surgeon of Torrington.
Judge and Mrs. Flood have ten children : I. Thomas W., Jr. 2. K. Anne. 3. Ellin V. 4. Timothy C. 5 & 6. Twins Patrick and John. 7. Michael. 8. Mary. 9. William. 10. Elizabeth. Thomas, Jr. was born in New Haven. The other children were born in Middletown.
ELMER S. HUBBELL
Until his retirement October 1, 1959, Elmer S. Hubbell was presi- dent and treasurer of the Middletown Press of Middletown, and active in the newspaper field for over fifty years. He is a director of the Middletown Savings Bank, a member of the advisory board of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company, and a member of the Middletown Advisory Board of the Hartford Electric Light Company.
Mr. Hubbell was born in Bridgeport, on October 30, 1888, the son of George L. Hubbell and of Lena N. (Jennings) Hubbell. He
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graduated from Bridgeport High School, and prior to entering the newspaper field, did clerical work in Bridgeport. He became associated with the Bridgeport Telegram in 1909 as a bookkeeper, and became business manager and treasurer of the consolidated Bridgeport Post, and Telegram and Sunday Post in 1914. He joined the Middletown Press in 1919 as treasurer, and became president of the company in 1935 on the death of Burr E. Stevens, who had been president until that time.
A member of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce, a member and senior past president of the Middletown Exchange Club and a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association, Mr. Hubbell enjoys social connections as a member of St. John's Masonic Lodge of Royal Arch Masons, of Cyrene Commandery, of the Knights Templar of Middletown, and of Sphinx Temple of the Shrine at Hartford. He enjoys golf as a member of the Edgewood Golf Club of Cromwell, and is a member of the Connecticut State Senior's Golf Association. He was given the Greater Middletown Senior Citizens' Award for 1959 for meritorious community service by the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hubbell was married on May 20, 1914, in Bridgeport, to Ethel M. Poland, the daughter of Charles M. Poland and of Lillian (Bull) Poland.
RALPH W. MATTESON
President of The Savings Bank of New London, and associated with the bank since 1918, Mr. Matteson served as president of the Savings Bank Association of Connecticut in 1952 and 1953, and he is a past president and a past director of the Saving Deposit Guar- anty Fund of Connecticut. Made assistant secretary and assistant treasuurer of the Savings Bank of New London in 1930, Mr. Matte- son became director, treasurer and assistant secretary in 1938, and in 1939 he was made vice president, treasurer and assistant secretary. Acting president in 1956, Mr. Matteson was formally elected president of the bank in 1957.
Mr. Matteson was born in Noank, Connecticut, and graduated from Chapman Technical High School, New London, in 1918. He is a director of the Union Bank and Trust Company of New London, president of the Connecticut Safe Deposit Association, and also a past president and for twenty-six years was a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association. A former treasurer and director of the New London Chamber of Commerce,
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Mr. Matteson's social connections include membership in the Thames Club and the New London Country Club, and golf, tennis and bowling are his favorite sports. He has been a deacon of the Groton Congre- gational Church since 1946. Mr. Matteson is one of the original trus- tees and is the treasurer of Mitchell College of New London, founded in 1938.
Mr. and Mrs. Matteson have one daughter, Barbara Lee, who graduated from Mitchell College in 1950, and is married to Lieutenant Arnold R. Reynolds of Flint, Michigan. He graduated from the Uni- ted States Coast Guard Academy in 1950, and they have two children : Robert A., born in New London, on September 18, 1951; Katharine Lee, born at Staten Island, New York, on February 7, 1957. Lieutenant Reynolds is chief of communications of the Third Coast Guard Dis- trict, New York, New York. He and Mrs. Reynolds now reside on Staten Island, New York.
JUDGE JAMES H. DAY
Judge of the Probate District of Old Saybrook, and active for many years in the real estate and insurance field, Judge Day is an incorporative officer of Middletown Savings Bank. He is a former town clerk of Old Saybrook, and he was first elected probate judge in 1946. He has since been reelected to this office.
Judge Day was born in Hartford, on February 16, 1910, the son of James H. Day and of Annie (Martin) Day. Judge Day's grand- father originally settled in Old Saybrook in 1865, and he was an ex- ecutive officer for H. B. Claflin and Company of New York City. Judge Day's parents moved to Old Saybrook in 1931, and both of his parents are now deceased.
Judge Day graduated from Hartford Public High School, and then became a fire underwriter for the Travelers Insurance Company. It was in 1938 that he purchased the William R. Bushnell Agency in Old Saybrook, and entered the real estate and insurance field. Dur- ing World War II, he served as a gunner's mate in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945, and was stationed in the European Theater. He has been active in the community, is a member of the Meriden Chamber of Commerce, and hunting and fishing are his favorite sports. He attends religious worship at Grace Church Episcopal in Old Say- brook.
Judge Day was married in Washington, D. C., on February 14, 1942, to Arleen Vaiden Hood, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
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E. Hood of Washington, D. C. Judge and Mrs. Day have two daugh- ters: I. Carol M. 2. Judith Vaiden.
HERBERT T. CLARK, JR.
Herbert T. Clark, Jr., exerts a considerable influence in the busi- ness affairs of Madison, as president of a bank and of two major industrial organizations of that town. When he first came to the town, a little less than a decade ago, it was to assume executive duties at the head of the George C. Field Company, Inc., a firm engaged in building supplies and construction. More recently he has organized the Clark Construction Company, and has been named president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association.
A native of Glastonbury, he was born on January 7, 1913, and is a son of Herbert T. and Alice (House) Clark. His parents still reside in Glastonbury, where his father is a prominent townsman en- gaged in agriculture. The younger Herbert T. Clark received his public school education in his native town and graduated from its high school. He then entered the University of Connecticut, where he graduated in the Class of 1934, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
That year Mr. Clark began his business career with the Royal- McBee Typewriter Company at Hartford, working in the capacity of assistant foreman in typewriter assembly. He remained there un- til 1941, when he went to Buffalo, New York, to become assistant to the works manager of the Buffalo Arms Corporation. Continuing in that capacity through 1944, he began the year 1945 with the General Railway Signal Company at Rochester, New York, where he was procurement manager. From 1946 to 1948, Mr. Clark was purchasing agent for a division of Frontier Industries, now known as Houdaille Industries, at Buffalo.
He remained there through 1948, and in 1949 came to Madison. Since his arrival here he has been president of the George C. Field Company, Inc. He organized the Clark Construction Company in 1957, and has been its president since. Also in 1957, he was elected to the presidency of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Both are located in Madison.
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