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C. FREDERIC BEACH
C. Frederic Beach was born in 1896 and is a son of C. Edward and Catherine (Coffin) Beach. In the acquirement of an education C. Frederic Beach attended the St. Paul school at Concord, New Hampshire, and completed his studies in Yale Uni- versity, which awarded him the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In March, 1917, he entered the service of his country, becoming a naval aviation pilot, and won the commission of first lieutenant. He was sent overseas in September, 1917, and flew bombing planes for the British and pursuit planes for the French. In December, 1918, he returned to the United States and after receiving his honorable discharge entered the employ of the Whitlock Coil Pipe Company of Hartford. For one and a half years he worked in their factory and was then promoted to a position in the office, becoming connected with the engineering department. In the summer of 1920 he began working for Beach & Company, one of the oldest firms of Hartford, of which he is now secretary and treasurer. He is a director of Beach & Company, Inc., and also of the West Hartford Trust Company.
In 1924 Mr. Beach was united in marriage to Miss Dorothy Caldwell, a daughter of General Frank M. Caldwell, one of the distinguished officers of the United States Army. Mr. Beach is a member of the Farmington Country Club, the Yale Club, the Racquet & Tennis Club and his wife is connected with the Junior League. Both are prominent in the social life of the city and esteemed by a wide circle of friends.
LOUIE S. JONES
Louie S. Jones, active in the business circles of New Britain, where he handles real estate and insurance, was born in Pocomoke City, Maryland, in 1892, a son of Alfred L. and Laura A. Jones. The father came to New Britain in 1902 and here en- gaged in business until his death.
His son, Louie S. Jones, acquired a public school education, being graduated from high school with the class of 1912. He was a lad of but ten summers when brought to Connecticut, where he has since made his home, and when his school days were over he secured employment with the Connecticut Light & Power Company, with which he remained from 1912 until 1915. In the latter year he became associated with the firm of Beach & Austin, brokers of Hartford, as manager of their New Britain office, and so continued until 1917. The United States having then entered the World war, he enlisted in the Quartermaster's Corps, of which he was made a sergeant, and later he was commissioned a second lieutenant in that branch of the service, having charge of the warehouse at Governors Island, New York, until he received his discharge on the 5th of January, 1919.
Mr. Jones then returned to New Britain, where he engaged in the real estate business as a representative of the Home Bank & Realty Company, gaining his initial experience in that field. He afterward formed a partnership with J. J. Watson under the firm style of Watson & Jones, with whom he was associated from 1922 until 1924. He then purchased the business of H. D. Humphrey and in 1926 bought out the busi- ness of J. J. Watson. In April, 1926, he opened new offices at 147 Main street, where he has since been owner of a real estate and insurance business. He handles impor- tant subdivision property and in the insurance field represents the Hartford Accident
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Company, the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Aetna Insurance Company, having gained many clients for these corporations, so that the business is one of gratifying proportions. He has also operated extensively and successfully as a real estate dealer and has opened three subdivisions in and near New Britain. He builds homes of attractive design, which he sells, and he has placed upon the market much property that has added to the growth and improvement of New Britain.
In 1917 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Wightman, who was born in New Britain, and they are now parents of four children: Elbridge, Virginia, Doris and Louie S., Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jones hold membership in the Baptist church and they are well known socially, the hospitality of many of the best homes of this section of the state being freely accorded them. Mr. Jones votes with the republican party and stanchly endorses its principles. He takes an active interest in club life, holding membership in the Rotary, New Britain, Shuttle Meadow and Country clubs, where his popularity has gained him warm friendships. He belongs to the New Britain Real Estate Board and to the Fire Underwriters of New Britain and he is also a member of Eddie Glover Post of the American Legion. He never allows busi- ness to so monopolize his time as to exclude his active participation in affairs of vital importance to the community, nor does he ever neglect his business interests, his close application, intense energy, honesty of purpose and progressive spirit having gained for him a gratifying measure of success in the real estate and insurance field.
FREDERIC T. MURLLESS, JR., D. D. S.
Dr. Frederic T. Murlless, Jr., has been actively engaged in the practice of den- tistry since early manhood and has gained an enviable and well merited reputation as a specialist in orthodontia. He is a native of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and comes of English and colonial ancestry. In the acquirement of an education he attended private schools and the Suffield school, while his professional training was received in New York University, which conferred upon him the degree of D. D. S. in 1892. He is an active representative of the dental fraternity, having been a member and officer of local, state and national dental and orthodontic societies throughout the intervening years. Since 1920 he has been a member of the Connecticut Dental Commission.
In 1891, in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Murlless was united in marriage to Miss Leonora Maia-Ferreira, daughter of Jose De Silva Maia-Ferreira and Margaret Butler, of New York. Dr. and Mrs. Murlless have a daughter, Barbara Arden, who is the wife of Rev. Frank Lambert of Ithaca, New York.
Fraternally Dr. Murlless is a Knight Templar and a thirty-second degree Scot- tish Rite Mason. He is governor of the Connecticut Society, Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, and president of Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch, Con- necticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Murlless is a member of the Rotary Club, the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, the Farmington Country Club, and other kindred organizations.
KENNETH R. TUTTLE
In the real estate, investments and insurance business Kenneth R. Tuttle of New Britain is steadily forging to the front and is well known as a representative of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, winning many patrons for the cor- poration through his enterprising business methods. His entire life has here been passed. He was born in New Britain in 1899, his parents being Arthur R. and Bertha (Sheldon) Tuttle, the latter a native of Ashford, Connecticut. The father, who was born in 1876, is associated with the firm of Pratt & Whitney of Hartford, Connecticut, is a member of the People's church and of the Order of United American Mechanics. He was a son of L. L. Tuttle, a Civil war veteran, who was prominent in the political activity and public life of Hartford county. For a number of years he was at the head of the public works of New Britain and in the field of independent business activity he was well known as a road contractor. The maternal grandfather
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of Kenneth R. Tuttle also aided in the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war.
In the acquirement of his education Kenneth R. Tuttle attended the public schools of his native city until graduated from the high school with the class of 1917. In August of that year he enlisted for service in the World war as a member of the merchant marine and was on a number of boats plying between Maine and Norfolk, becoming a chief in the steward service, with which he was connected until he received his honorable discharge in 1918. After being mustered out he obtained a clerkship with the Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, with which he continued for six months, and later he was assistant advertising man for the Stanley Works for about a year and and a half. In 1921 he became associated with the printing house of Finlay Brothers, Inc., whom he represented as an advertising salesman until July, 1926, when he established business on his own account, handling real estate, invest- ments and insurance. He has made steady progress in this field, representing the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and also handling a growing mort- gage business which is making him a well known factor in the financial circles of his native city.
On the 22d of September, 1923, in New Britain, Mr. Tuttle was married to Miss Helen Clancy, who was born in Unionville, Connecticut, in 1901, and they have become the parents of a daughter, Barbara Jane, born October 24, 1925. Mrs. Tuttle is a member of the South Congregational church and is active in the social life of the city. Mr. Tuttle belongs to the People's church. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and fraternally he is connected with Centennial Lodge, No. 118, F. & A. M., of New Britain. His deep interest in community welfare is shown in the fact that he belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and to the Kiwanis Club. He is alert to opportunities for promoting the public good and is a wide-awake and progressive citizen as well as one of the substantial young business men of New Britain.
COLONEL EDWIN E. LAMB
Colonel Edwin E. Lamb has been city controller of Hartford since 1922 and has an admirable military as well as official record, being a veteran of two foreign wars. He was born in Hartford, September 6, 1870, and is a son of Edwin John and Julia (Culver) Lamb, the former a native of Hartford and the latter of Norwich, Connecti- cut. The Lamb family was established in this section of the state at an early period, John Lamb, the grandfather, having settled in New London. He married Sarah Hope House, who was born in Glastonbury, Hartford county, and he devoted his attention to the occupation of farming. His son, Edwin John Lamb, conducted a bakery on Trumbull street in Hartford for many years which had been started by his mother and had attained a country wide reputation for "Home Baking," and was a well known business man of this city.
Colonel Lamb pursued his education in the public and high schools of Hartford to the age of seventeen years, when he put aside his textbooks in order to enter the fac- tory of the Pratt & Whitney Manufacturing Company, there learning the machinist's trade. He spent four years in that employ, after which he followed his trade in other connections for several years and also assisted in the conduct of his father's bakery. From 1902 until March 26, 1917, he was with the Underwood Typewriter Company in charge of a department. On the 22d of April, 1922, he was elected city controller, was reelected in 1924 and again in 1926. The fact that his fellow townsmen have three times called him to this office indicate most clearly that his record as an official is a most commendable one.
The military chapter in the life of Colonel Lamb started when he was a youth of nineteen years. On the 1st of August, 1889, he enlisted as a musician of Company A, First Infantry, Connecticut National Guard. On the 14th of July, 1892, he was ad- vanced to the rank of second lieutenant and a year later became first lieutenant. In the war with Spain he was mustered into the United States service as first lieutenant of Company A, First Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, on the 17th of May, 1898, and on the 31st of October following was mustered out. He was advanced to a captaincy on the 1st of June, 1905, became major of the First Infantry on the 13th
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of September, 1907, and lieutenant colonel August 7, 1914. On the 20th of June, 1916, he was called into the federal service for duty on the Mexican border at Nogales, Arizona, and was mustered out at Hartford on the 30th of October of the same year. His World war record dates from March 26, 1917, when he was called into the United States service. He was on detached service at the School of Musketry at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from May 27 to August 1, 1917, was drafted into the federal service as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Second Infantry, Fifty-first Brigade, Twenty-sixth Division, August 5, 1917, and sailed for France on the 19th of Septem- ber following. On the 1st of January, 1918, he was appointed provost marshal on the staff of General William R. Sample, commanding the Advance Section, S. O. S., A. E. F., and became colonel of infantry on the 29th of May, 1919. On the 20th of July of the same year he arrived in the United States and received his discharge August 4th. On the 23d of May, 1920, he was appointed a colonel of infantry of the Officers Reserve Corps, was appointed recruiting officer for organizing the First In- fantry units of the new Connecticut National Guard, August 27, 1920, was appointed colonel of the Connecticut Regiment of Infantry, later designated as the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment of Infantry, Connecticut National Guard, May 23, 1921, and on the 31st of December of that year resigned from the National Guard. While a member of the army in France, in the spring of 1919, he was a delegate to the con- vention in which the American Legion was organized in Paris, and on his return home he took part in the organization of the Rau-Locke Post of the American Legion, of which he became provisional commander and later commander. He is in addition a member of Charles L. Burdette Camp, U. S. W. V., of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the Yankee Division Veteran Association, the Veteran Association of the First Regiment Connecticut National Guard, the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Vet- eran Association, the Hartford Germania Guard Veteran Association, the Naval and Military Order of Foreign Wars and the Reserve Officers Association of the Seventy- sixth Division. He spent thirty years and four days in continuous military service up to the date of his discharge on August 4, 1919, at the end of the World war and then organized the first unit of the New National Guard which extended his actual time in service another two years and contributed in notable measure to the efficiency of the National Guard and rendered valuable service to his country when engaged in combat on foreign soil.
On the 6th of September, 1892, Colonel Lamb was married to Miss Anna L. Diet- rich, of Hartford, and their three children are Estella Julia, the wife of George W. Greenbaum, of Hartford; Edwin John Lamb, who volunteered for service in the navy during the World war; and Charles Dietrich Lamb.
In his fraternal relations Colonel Lamb is an Odd Fellow and is also connected with the Foresters. His activities have brought him many interesting experiences, have broadened his life's horizon and have made him a man of cosmopolitan interests. In civic affairs, too, he has made a creditable name and place for himself and is enrolled among Hartford's competent officials.
GEORGE FRANCIS HALE
George Francis Hale is numbered among the representative business men of Unionville, where he is accorded a liberal patronage as an undertaker. Close appli- cation and unremitting diligence have been the basic elements in the attainment of the success which is now his. Mr. Hale was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1878, a son of George Titus and Mary A. (Brown) Hale, the former a native of Hartford, while the latter was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the ancestral line being traced back to an early period in the settlement of New England. The father entered the employ of the American Bank Note Company in New York city and was engaged in that line of business throughout practically his entire life.
George F. Hale pursued his education in the public schools of his native city and in the Hartford high school, attending the old South school. He then began prepara- tion for a business career by taking up the study of undertaking with William R. Morgan, predecessor of James T. Pratt, and in 1905 became a licensed embalmer. He was among the first to receive a license and he continued in the employ of Mr. Pratt until 1901, when he withdrew from that connection and took charge of the business of the Ansonia Furniture & Undertaking Company at Ansonia, Connecticut,
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there remaining for five years. In 1906 he removed to Unionville and purchased the funeral house of the late C. M. Driggs from the estate. Here he has since re- mained, having a show room in the Hackney block and carrying an excellent line of undertakers' supplies. He uses motor vehicles, having a combination hearse and ambulance, and his business covers a radius of twenty miles. He employs an assistant embalmer, is accorded a liberal patronage because of the efficiency which he displays in this exacting profession and has shown a progressive spirit which actuates him in all that he attempts.
On the 16th of November, 1904, Mr. Hale was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Austin, of Suffield, Connecticut, and they have one daughter, Doris Lucile, who was born February 3, 1912, and is now attending the Junior high school. Mr. and Mrs. Hale are members of the Congregational church and he is also a loyal follower of Masonic teachings, having attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, while his membership also extends to the Eastern Star and the Mystic Shrine and he is now president of the Masonic Building Association of Unionville. He likewise has membership with the Knights of Pythias and the Sons of Veterans, while in club circles he is well known, belonging to the City Club of Hartford, the Hartford Automobile Club and the Avon Country Club, of which he is a charter member. Social and genial in nature and kindly in spirit, his personal qualities have gained him many friends, while his business enterprise and reliability have won for him the substantial competence which is the merited reward of persistent and intelligently directed effort.
FREDERICK SCARBOROUGH
In the business world of today competition is exceedingly keen and only those pos- sessed of more than ordinary ability and acumen have won the full measure of success. In this classification belongs Frederick Scarborough, widely known as a manufacturer of silk hosiery, who has created an industry which means much to Hartford. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1891 and is one of the three sons of Hatfield and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, natives of England. On coming to this country they settled in Providence, Rhode Island, and later removed to Philadelphia, where they still reside. The father exercises his right of franchise in support of the candidates of the republican party. He is active in civic affairs and his life is governed by the teachings of the Episcopal church.
Frederick Scarborough was educated in the public schools of the Quaker city and began to provide for his own livelihood at the age of fifteen, working for six and a half years in the hosiery mill of William Brown, a Philadelphia manufacturer. In 1913 he went to Northampton, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of the McCallum Hosiery Company, with which he remained until November, 1920, gaining valuable experience. At that time he was made assistant superintendent of the Holyoke Silk Hosiery Mills and met every requirement of that responsible position, which he filled until June, 1923, when he made his first independent venture, forming the Hartford Silk Hosiery Com- pany, in association with Arthur O. Lamb. Soon afterward the partnership was dis- solved and Mr. Scarborough organized the Laurel Silk Hosiery Company, a Hartford corporation, of which he has since been president and general manager. The other officers are Morris Bezer, vice president; and Norman Gross, secretary and treasurer. At first they manufactured two hundred dozen pairs of silk hose per week and they now produce eight hundred and fifty dozen pairs, while next year they hope to double this amount. They sell direct to retail stores and also through the Buyers Association. The plant is located on New Park avenue and enjoys the distinction of being the only full fashioned silk hosiery mill in the state of Connecticut. Being tailor made, the stockings produced by the Laurel Silk Hosiery are comfortable and always satis- factory because they fit perfectly and combine beauty with durability. They are made by intelligent and skilled operators and purchased by persons of discrimination who have found that the Laurel label indicates the superlative in quality. The output of the plant is shipped to many parts of the country and the demand is rapidly increas- ing. Years of practical experience and intensive study have given Mr. Scarborough a detailed knowledge of the business and in a remarkably short time he has built up an industry which is a decided asset to Hartford and an imposing monument to his powers of organization and administration.
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In 1915 Mr. Scarborough was married in Northampton, Massachusetts, to Miss Mary Ann Kyle and they now have two children: Frederick, Jr., who was born in 1916; and Muriel May, born in 1922. Mr. Scarborough belongs to the Holyoke Lodge of Masons and is a member of the Hosiery & Underwear Manufacturers Association. In politics he is a republican and his religious belief is indicated by his affiliation with St. John's Episcopal church. He loyally supports all projects for the betterment of his community but has never aspired to public office, as his business requires his undi- vided attention. His ability and even-paced energy have carried him steadily onward to the goal fixed by his ambition, and the firmness, frankness and strength of his char- acter have won for him a high place in the esteem of his fellowmen.
CHARLES HENRY VINCENT
Energetic, efficient and capable, Charles Henry Vincent has long been regarded as one of the leading business men of Simsbury and enjoys the distinction of being its pioneer funeral director. He was born here on the 29th of June, 1879, and is a son of Charles M. and Elizabeth N. Vincent, the former a native of Malone, New York, and the latter of Simsbury. As a young man the father followed the occupa- tion of farming and later entered the employ of Judge Phelps, for whom he worked for a number of years, filling the position of foreman. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent had a family of eleven children and nine are now living.
Charles H. Vincent was a pupil in New York Academy and later enrolled as a student in the Renard School of Embalming, from which he was graduated in 1902. For a time he held a responsible position in the Pratt undertaking parlors in Hart- ford and then returned to Simsbury, opening the funeral home of which he has since been the owner. It is thoroughly modern and distinctive in its appointments. In the rear of the establishment there is a large display room and the property com- prises sixteen acres of ground. Mr. Vincent has motor equipment and has perfected a service which is adapted to every need. The business is thoroughly systematized and its steady growth is proof of the prestige enjoyed by the firm.
In 1901 Mr. Vincent married Miss Elizabeth Cusick, also a native of Simsbury, and they now have eight children: Charles H. Jr., Mary, Kathryn, Anna, Margaret, Florence, Henry and Elmer. The oldest son assists his father in the conduct of the business and all of the children are at home. The members of the family adhere to the Roman Catholic faith and are devout communicants of St. Mary's church. Mr. Vincent is identified with the Simsbury Country Club and the Connecticut Association of Funeral Directors & Embalmers. His fraternal affiliations are with the Improved Order of Red Men, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a business man of high standing and a good citizen, whose support can always be relied upon in the furtherance of measures of reform, progress and improvement.
JUDGE SAMUEL ROSENTHAL
Judge Samuel Rosenthal, attorney at law practicing continuously since January, 1911, save for the period of his service on the bench and of his service in the World war, was born in Warsaw, Russia, May 12, 1888, and is a son of Nathan and Annie (Green) Rosenthal, who are also natives of that country, whence they came to Amer- ica in 1889, settling in Norwich, Connecticut, and removing to Hartford in 1900. The father is a jewelry merchant and is also engaged in the stock brokerage business in this city.
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