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On the 8th of June, 1913, Mr. Spector was married to Miss Ruth Dworski, of New Haven, and they now have three daugh- ters, Rosalind D., Lucille and Jane. Mr. Spector belongs to the
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Probus Club; to Hiram Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., and is a charter member of Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M., which was organized in February, 1919. He is an exemplary representative of the order, a business man of high standing and a loyal, public- spirited citizen. In New Haven and vicinity he has a wide circle of friends, many of whom he numbers among his best customers. Of strong character and forceful personality, Mr. Spector has made his own way in the world, regarding each obstacle in his path as a spur to renewed effort, and his record of accomplish- ment should serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to those who have similar difficulties to contend with.
ANDREW JOSEPH JACKSON, M. D.
Dr. Andrew Joseph Jackson, a successful young surgeon of Waterbury, is a member of one of Connecticut's leading firms of physicians-Pomeroy, Smith & Jackson. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, August 27, 1892, his parents being P. J. and Sarah (Rogers) Jackson, natives of Ireland and England, respectively. The father was a prosperous merchant of Fall River.
Andrew J. Jackson acquired his early education as a public school pupil of Fall River, and continued his studies at Williston Academy, Easthampton, Massachusetts. He went to Baltimore, Maryland, for professional training and there the M. D. degree was conferred upon him in 1915. During the two succeeding years he served as an interne in St. Mary's Hospital of Water- bury, Connecticut, where he subsequently became associated in general practice with Dr. Nelson A. Pomeroy. Nine months later, however, he joined the army, being first stationed at Bellevue Hospital of New York city and then for three months at the Base Hospital at Camp Upton. He next served for a few months in the Base Hospital at Camp Lee and on the 17th of March, 1918, sailed for France as a lieutenant in the Medical Corps. During nine months spent overseas he was connected with Evacuation Hospital No. 15 at Verdun and was attached to Operating Unit No. 127, which was a mobile unit going from one field hospital to another and was frequently called close to the front lines, where
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delicate operations were performed that saved many lives. While abroad Dr. Jackson was advanced to the rank of captain. On re- turning to Waterbury he resumed practice in association with Dr. Pomeroy and he is now a member of Pomeroy, Smith & Jack- son, which, as above stated, stands among the foremost medical firms of the commonwealth. Dr. Jackson is an earnest student and keeps in close touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation, constantly striving to broaden his knowledge and enhance his skill. He is attending surgeon on the staff of St. Mary's Hospital of Waterbury and assistant surgeon of Waterbury Hospital.
On the 4th of October, 1921, in New Britain, Connecticut, Dr. Jackson was united in marriage to Irene B. Byrne, of New Brit- ain, Connecticut, and they are the parents of three children: Ann, Andrew J., Jr., and Roger.
Dr. Jackson is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and also has fraternal connections with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He belongs to the college fraternity Chi Zeta Chi and to the Reciprocity Club, while his appreciation for the social amenities of life is further manifest in his member- ship connection with the Waterbury Club, the Country Club of Waterbury, the New Haven Yacht Club and the Pootatuck Yacht Club. His favorite forms of recreation are hunting, fishing, sail- ing and golf and he is also very fond of horses, owning several show and saddle horses. In connection with his profession he is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Connecticut State Medical Society, New Haven County Medical Society and Water- bury Medical Society.
HARRY L. LAVIETES
Among the leading representatives of business activity in New Haven is numbered Harry L. Lavietes, proprietor of the Pequot Theater at 88 Grand avenue, and also well known as a manu- facturer. He was born in this city on the 8th of October, 1884, a son of Philip and Mary Lavietes, natives of Moscow, Russia. They remained in that country until 1882, when they sailed for the United States, establishing their home in New Haven, and here the father prospered as a building contractor. His life's
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labors were ended September 6, 1897, and the mother long sur- vived him, passing away November 5, 1928.
In the public schools of his native city Harry L. Lavietes pur- sued his studies and at the age of fifteen years he obtained a posi- tion as clerk in the grocery store of S. S. Adams, thus gaining his initial experience in commercial affairs. Ambitious and in- dustrious, he entered upon his independent business career at the age of nineteen years, opening a cigar, fruit and confectionery store at 114 Grand avenue on the 22d of October, 1903. The ven- ture proved a success, and he remained at that location for nine years. In 1912 he purchased the Maltby estate from Dr. Stevens, moved the old house off the front lot and erected the present build- ing, comprising four stores, the Pequot Theater and Maltby Hall. For five years he conducted one of the stores in addition to operat- ing the theater, which was then provided with seven hundred and twenty-five seats, and the dance hall, accommodating one thous- and people. In June, 1924, he abandoned the dance hall and took over the space for his theater, which now seats twelve hundred and sixty-nine people on one floor, being the largest in New Haven with this seating arrangement. The two buildings were divided by a brick wall three feet in thickness and Mr. Lavietes devised the plan of building a truss between the two structures. This truss, which is one hundred and twenty-five feet long, has been a great success. The building has a frontage of one hundred and eighty-two feet on Grand avenue, extends a distance of seventy- five feet on East Pearl, and is three hundred feet deep. It is eighty-two feet back of Dr. Hall's building, four hundred and twenty-five feet to Exchange street and occupies seventy-five feet on that thoroughfare. The property owned by Mr. Lavietes also includes three houses and a factory and is very valuable. He is sole owner of the business conducted under the style of the La- vietes Manufacturing Company, and through good management and extensive advertising he has developed an industry of large proportions. The company manufactures a windshield cleaner, which is generally regarded as the best product of the kind on the market and has a wide sale throughout the United States, while it is also exported in large quantities to foreign lands. Mr. Lavietes closely supervises every detail of the business, which he has thoroughly systematized, and his theater is operated on an equally efficient basis. He maintains a high class amusement
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house, and a large and constantly increasing patronage attests its popularity.
On the 5th of November, 1905, Mr. Lavietes was married in New Haven to Miss Jennie Doroff, and they have a son, Wilbur, now a student at the University of Alabama; and a daughter, Gladys, who was graduated from high school in 1930 and that fall entered the Yale School of Music.
Mr. Lavietes is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M. In political affairs he is also deeply interested and exerts considerable influence in the local ranks of his party. He is serving as chairman of the republican committee of the twenty-fifth ward and was instrumental in electing a woman alderman in 1929. In matters of citizenship he main- tains a progressive attitude, and his support can always be counted upon in the furtherance of movements for the general good. Energetic by nature, and liberally endowed with that qual- ity known as the "commercial sense," Mr. Lavietes has registered achievement in every direction in which his inclination has led him, and his operations as a business man have been of direct benefit to his native city as well as a source of individual pros- perity.
CHARLES C. McTERNAN
Charles C. McTernan is prominently identified with educa- tional work in Waterbury as the founder and owner of the Mc- Ternan School and is also at the head of the Crystal Beach Camp, both devoted to the instruction of young boys. He was born in Foxboro, Massachusetts, May 4, 1882, a son of John and Eliza (Huckle) McTernan, the latter a native of England. The father was born in the Bay state and made farming his life work.
Reared in his native town, Charles C. McTernan pursued his studies in its grammar and high schools and next attended Am- herst College, from which he was graduated in 1905. His initial step in the educational field was made as an instructor in a New Hampshire military academy, with which he was identified for a year, and for a similar period he was a teacher in the Dummer Academy at South Byfield, Massachusetts. Afterward he was a
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member of the faculty of Concord Academy of Massachusetts for three years and in 1910 came to Waterbury to tutor the children of Frederick Chase.
It was in 1912 that Mr. McTernan established a school in a small building on the grounds of St. Margaret's School, where it was conducted for five years. During that period the attendance had increased until larger quarters were needed. Accordingly in 1917 removal was made to the present location at 106 Columbia boulevard, situated on the heights above Waterbury, in attrac- tive country on the edge of one of the best residential sections. A homelike atmosphere pervades the McTernan School, which admits boys between the ages of six and fourteen years. Here they study under the guidance of specialists in the education of younger boys and pursue work that leads directly up to prepara- tory school courses. The institution has given thorough instruc- tion to many boys who have made excellent records in prepara- tory schools and it is helping increasing numbers of young boys to lay a firm cornerstone for their later education. Reports from such preparatory schools as Taft or Loomis show that McTernan training really results in high scholarship in later years. The Crystal Beach Camp, a salt water camp, was founded in 1914 and is under the personal supervision of Mr. and Mrs. McTernan. It is located on Long Island sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and controls about two hundred and fifty yards of the finest, safest and cleanest beach along the sound, affording the best advantages for aquatic sports. The boys are taught campcraft and woodcraft, learning how to build shelters and fireplaces and prepare meals in the woods, and acquire many other useful bits of information. In a word, they are watched very carefully, intelli- gently guided, and encouraged to think and plan how best to meet the ever changing conditions of nature. Mr. McTernan has three competent instructors, who assist him in his educational work, and he also employs one athletic director, for physical development is an important feature of the institutions which he conducts. The camp, like the school, is limited to sixty boys, for Mr. McTernan knows the value of personal contact with his pupils and the advantage of small classes as a means of promoting intellectual progress and character development. The boys are drawn entirely from refined families, and because of the effective methods of instruction and the exclusive nature of his school and
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camp Mr. McTernan has gained an enviable reputation as an edu- cator, becoming widely known in that connection.
In June, 1909, Mr. McTernan was married to Miss Isabel Winn, and they have three sons: John Winn, a young man of eighteen, who is a graduate of the Taft Preparatory School and has en- tered Yale University; and Richard Bentley and Donald David, aged respectively fourteen and ten years.
Mr. McTernan belongs to the Amherst Club of New York and to the Mattatuck Historical Society. In politics he is a re- publican of independent views, and his religious belief is indicated in his membership in All Souls' Episcopal Church.
HENRY L. IMMICK
Henry L. Immick, the founder of The Immick Company, Inc., of Meriden, has the distinction of being the oldest representative of the trucking business still active therein. He was born in New London, Connecticut, April 18, 1860, his parents being Peter and Elizabeth (Schleiter) Immick, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father served as a soldier of the Union Army during the Civil war.
Henry L. Immick was graduated from the Bulkeley high school of New London with the class of 1878 and subsequently pursued a course of study in the Eastman School of Business at Poughkeepsie, New York. While he was attending the latter institution his parents had established their home in Meriden, Connecticut, and here he joined them, first spending a year as a clerk in the dry goods establishment of the Ives, Upham & Rand Company. Later he was employed as clerk in the freight depart- ment of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for three years, on the expiration of which period he became con- nected in a clerical capacity with L. P. Edgerton of Meriden in the trucking business. A few years later he purchased a half interest in the business, the name of which was changed to Edger- ton & Immick. After Mr. Edgerton's death he purchased the remaining Edgerton interests and the enterprise was conducted under the name of H. L. Immick for a number of years. The business was incorporated in 1916 and has since been carried on under the style of The Immick Company, Inc. Hollis D. Immick,
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son of H. L. Immick, is the president and general manager of the company, while another son, Walter Immick, occupies the official position of treasurer and is general superintendent of the highway and paving departments. Since the sons have been associated with their father, the company has considerably ex- tended the scope of its activities, now doing a large contracting and engineering business in the construction of buildings, bridges, roads and streets. H. L. Immick, however, is still vice president and in charge of the trucking department of the business. At one time he utilized forty-five horses in hauling for the various manufacturers of Meriden and vicinity, but this business is now completely motorized.
On the 3d of July, 1881, Mr. Immick was united in marriage to Miss Adelaide L. Douglass, of Meriden, Connecticut, and they became the parents of two daughters and two sons, namely: Faye, who is the widow of Alfred W. Savage; Ethel; Hollis D .; and Walter. The two last named are mentioned in separate biog- raphies on other pages of this work.
Though he has never sought publicity or the honors and emoluments of public office, Mr. Immick was at one time prevailed upon by his friends to become the democratic candidate for the mayoralty. Fraternally he is identified with the Royal Arcanum, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Though he has passed the Psalm- ist's allotted span of three score years and ten, he is still an active factor in the world's work and his record is one of which he has every reason to be proud.
ERNEST ARTHUR ANDERSON
Ernest Arthur Anderson, in charge of the sales promotion department of The American Brass Company, has long been identified with an industry of great importance to Waterbury. He has served in both the upper and lower houses of the state legislature and is now one of the police commissioners of the city. He was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, October 9, 1884, a son of Miles P. and Josephine (Anderson) Anderson, who were not related, although of the same name. They were born in Sweden, whence they emigrated to the United States in 1880, and were
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married in this country. The father was long engaged in the manufacture of iron but has now retired from business.
Reared in his native city, Ernest A. Anderson attended its public schools, and his academic studies were pursued in Yale University, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts de- gree in 1906. In the same year he entered upon his business career with Benedict & Burnham, starting in the mill depart- ment of the business, which is now controlled by The American Brass Company. In 1910, when the American Metal Hose Com- pany was formed as a subsidiary of The American Brass Com- pany, he became connected with the production department of the new organization and four years later was promoted to the posi- tion of assistant treasurer, later adding to his duties those of assistant secretary. In 1928 he was transferred to the main office of The American Brass Company and has since been manager of the sales promotion end of the business. Thoroughly familiar with the details of production and other phases of the brass in- dustry, he has materially furthered the distribution of the output, and owing to his well directed efforts the sales of the corporation are rapidly increasing. He is also a director of the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company.
On the 20th of June, 1910, Mr. Anderson was married in Waterbury to Miss Harriet Lewis Schlegel, a daughter of W. J. and Mary S. (Lewis) Schlegel, and they have one child, Ernest Arthur, Jr., aged nineteen years. He attended the public schools and the McTernan private school and completed a course in the Taft School preparatory to entering Yale University in the fall of 1930.
The family are members of the Second Congregational Church, and Mrs. Anderson is active in church, hospital and charitable work. Mr. Anderson has long been a director of the Young Men's Christian Association and was a leading spirit in forming the Boys Club. He is a member of the Waterbury Club, the Waterbury Country Club, the Rotary Club of this city and the Yale Club of New York. During the World war he served in the City Guard and was very busy at the factory, which was entirely given over to work for the government. He is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his Masonic affiliations are with Liberty Lodge, F. & A. M .; Eureka Chapter, R. A. M .; Clarke Commandery, K. T., of which he is a past com-
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mander; La Fayette Consistory, A. & A. S. R .; and Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and on its ticket was elected to represent his district in the lower house of the general assembly of Connecti- cut during the session of 1921-22. In 1925 and 1926 he was a mem- ber of the state senate and during his tenure of office was instru- mental in securing the passage of much constructive legislation. On the 6th of January, 1930, he was appointed a member of the board of police commissioners of Waterbury and discharges his civic duties with characteristic thoroughness and conscientious- ness. He has been faithful to every trust reposed in him, whether of a public or private nature, and his sterling worth is attested by his fellow citizens, who speak of him in terms of high regard.
RAYNHAM TOWNSHEND, M. D., F. A. C. S.
In 1638 the Townshend family was founded in the new world and since that time representatives of the name have taken an active and prominent part in the development of New England. A well known representativee of the family in the present gen- eration is Dr. Raynham Townshend, of New Haven, where he is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, with offices at 265 Church street. He was born in this city, July 10, 1878, a son of Captain Charles H. and Mary Ann (Hotchkiss) Townshend, who were also natives of New Haven. The ancestral line is traced back to Thomas Townsend or Townshend, who set- tled in the Lynn colony of Massachusetts in 1638, but for a cen- tury the family has been represented in New Haven. Here occurred the birth of Captain Charles H. Townshend, who was born at Raynham, in East Haven, now New Haven, November 26, 1833. After pursuing his early studies in a private school of this city he continued his education in Farmington, Connecticut. When still quite young he made coasting voyages in sloops and schooners and rose to prominence in connection with navigation interests.
The younger of his two children is Dr. Raynham Townshend, who in early youth was a pupil in the Hopkins Grammar School at New Haven and afterward attended the Taft School at Water- town, Connecticut, graduating in 1897. He next entered the
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Sheffield Scientific School and is numbered among the Yale alumni of 1900. He broadened his education by a year's travel, visiting fourteen different countries, including Europe and the Central American republics. Turning to the practice of medicine as a life work, he became a student in the College of Physicians & Sur- geons of New York, the medical department of Columbia Univer- sity, and was there graduated in 1905. He put his theoretical knowledge to a practical test in Roosevelt Hospital of New York city, where he remained until 1907, and then entered the Sloane Maternity Hospital. The following year witnessed his return to his native city, where he has since built up an extensive practice. His experience on the house staff of Roosevelt and as a member of the staff of the Sloane Maternity Hospital proved an excellent foundation upon which to build his professional career. He is now attending surgeon of the Hospital of St. Raphael, assistant attending surgeon of the New Haven Hospital, consulting sur- geon of Grace Hospital and consulting surgeon of the New Haven Orphan Asylum, while for a number of years he has been lecturer on anatomy at the Yale School of Fine Arts. For a decade he served as surgeon for the New Haven fire department. He is a past president of the New Haven City Medical Society, a member of the New Haven County and Connecticut State Medical Soci- eties and the American Medical Association and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Throughout all the passing years he has kept abreast with the best thinking men of the age along. the lines of medical and surgical practice, and his success is the direct outcome of native talent and acquired ability. He reads broadly, thinks deeply, and his professional judgment is seldom, if ever, at fault.
On the 3d of June, 1908, Dr. Townshend was married to Miss Juliette S. Adee, of Westchester, New York, and they have two children: Raynham, Jr., who was born in New Haven, June 9, 1912; and Juliet, born April 30, 1917.
Realizing the fact that relaxation must have a part in the life of every successful business or professional man, Dr. Town- shend finds time for a certain amount of activity in connection with the New Haven Lawn Club, the New Haven Country Club and the Graduate Club. He is vice president of Morys Associa- tion and he is chairman of the reunion committee of Yale. For fifteen years or more he was connected with the Connecticut
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Naval Militia and is chief of headquarters staff, battalion sur- geon of the Fifth Battalion of United States Naval Reserves, with the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. During the World war he held the rank of lieutenant in the medical corps of the United States Navy. For a short time he was major in the United States public health service. The call of duty has ever met a ready response from Dr. Townshend, whether in the professional field or in connection with civic and public affairs, and the ster- ling worth of his character is recognized by all who know him. In politics his attitude has ever been that of an independent repub- lican, while his religious faith is that of the Congregational Church.
MORRIS WILLIAM GURIAN
The life story of Morris William Gurian contains much of inspirational value, demonstrating the power of industry and perseverance in the attainment of success, for he began providing for his own support by selling papers when a lad of twelve years and is now at the head of one of the largest insurance agencies in New England. He is widely known in both real estate and insurance circles of New Haven, maintaining an office at 153 Crown street, and it was in this city that he made his initial step in the insurance field more than two decades ago.
Morris W. Gurian was born in Poland, Russia, June 23, 1879, a son of Herbert and Mary Gurian, and attended school in his native land. He had attained the age of twelve years when he crossed the Atlantic to America in company with his parents, the family home being established in Meriden, Connecticut, on the 22d of November, 1891. His father was soon afterward killed in an accident, and his mother is also deceased, her death occur- ring in 1914. He has two sisters still living, Esther and Sarah.
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