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During the World War, Mr. Ross effec- tively and usefully served his country, en- listing in July, 1918, in the Massachusetts Infantry in Holyoke. At first he was a pri- vate. Later, he was made second lieutenant in the Engineer Corps, and still later was transferred to the Judge Advocate General's Department and assigned to duty at Camp Upton, New York. In December, 1918, he was honorably discharged from the service at Camp Upton, with the rank of first lieu- tenant.
On June 18, 1921, in Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, John Daniel Ross married Mary C. Whalen, a native of that place, daughter
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of James and Mary (Lynch) Whalen, of Northampton. Her father is a retired con- tractor. Mrs. Ross herself is a graduate of St. Mary's High School, at Northampton, and of the Teacher's College, at Westfield, Massachusetts. She taught in Northampton before her marriage. She, like her husband, is a member of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, of Holyoke. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are the parents of the following children: I. John D., Jr., born on April 9, 1922. 2. Mau- reen E., born on June 17, 1925. 3. Janet, born on May 13, 1930.
PAUL F. MOORE-The name of Moore occupies a prominent place in the paper man- ufacturing industry of Hampden County. For many years some member of this family has been the directing head of the Westfield River Paper Company, Inc., at Russell, for- merly known as the Russell Falls Paper Company, Inc., and today the honor is held by Paul F. Moore, who was elevated to the position of president and general manager in 1934. In assuming this post he has brought to it a wealth of practical experi- ence, acquired under the expert guidance of his distinguished father. Not only is Mr. Moore the chief executive of the aforemen- tioned firm but he is also identified in promi- nent official capacities with several other leading concerns of this vicinity. The suc- cess he enjoys as a business man and indus- trialist has won him wide recognition among his colleagues who look upon him as a young man of unusual ability.
Mr. Moore was born in Watertown, New York, January 12, 1901, son of Frank Leslie and Mabel (Bachman) Moore. His father, who passed away January 6, 1926, was one of the most prominent figures in the paper industry of the State. Born in Shoreham, Vermont, he was educated in the schools of
that Commonwealth, later attended and was graduated from the University of Vermont and shortly after completing his academic training, embarked on a business career in the paper industry that was to be marked for its outstanding distinction and success. He first became associated with the Ticon- deroga Paper and Pulp Company and later assumed the presidency and general man- agership of the Newton Falls Paper Com- pany, at Newton Falls, New York, an execu- tive post in which he continued until his re- tirement in 1920. He did not again partici- pate in the affairs of the paper business as a manufacturer until 1924, when he purchased the Westfield River Paper Company, In- corporated, which he managed and directed until his death. This organization, which was originally founded in 1916 under the title of the Russell Falls Paper Company, is engaged in the production and manufacture of Glassine paper, a product primarily used for wrapping purposes. In 1923 the concern was reorganized and incorporated and later, in 1926, it again experienced a change and came to function under the name of the Westfield River Paper Company, Inc. Mr. Frank Leslie Moore served two terms as president of the American Paper and Pulp Association.
Paul F. Moore received a general educa- tion in the schools of his native community, later attended the Phillips-Andover Acad- emy and after completing his studies there matriculated at Cornell University, but subsequently transferred to the University of Michigan. He entered the paper busi- ness in the employ of the Strathmore Paper Company at Woronoco, Massachusetts, and a few months later, in 1923, joined the Mo- hawk Paper Makers at Waterford, New York, and worked for this organization until 1925, when he came to Russell and became
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associated with the Westfield River Paper Company. He rapidly worked his way through the various departments of this con- cern, was appointed sales manager, later was elevated to the post of general manager and in 1934 was named president. As a leader of the paper industry here Mr. Moore is also treasurer and general manager of the Mountain Mill Corporation and the Lake May Power Company, both of East Lee, in addition to being president and general man- ager of the Russell Paper Goods Company. Socially he is a member of the Colony Club of Springfield and during his collegiate ca- reer was elected a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity.
On December 17, 1930, Mr. Moore mar- ried Mary C. Coe of Springfield, and they reside at No. 62 Dartmouth Road, Long- meadow.
WILLIAM THOMAS DILLON-In professional and public life William Thomas Dillon has effectively served the city of Hol- yoke and the county of Hampden.
Mr. Dillon was born January 17, 1891, son of Thomas and Annie (Kennedy) Dillon. His father was a native of Ireland, but came early to America and lived here until his death in Holyoke in June, 1916, at the age of eighty-two years. He was for many years an active real estate dealer in Holyoke, so continuing until his retirement. Politically, he was a Democrat, and he was a veteran of the Civil War, in which he fought to defend the Union. He belonged to St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church. His wife, also a native of Ireland, lives in Springfield.
In the schools of Holyoke, William Thomas Dillon received his early education, being graduated from high school here in 1908 and from Worcester Academy in 1909. In 1913 he took his Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell University, and two years later was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Laws
at Boston University Law School. Admit- ted to the bar of the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts in 1915, the year of his gradua- tion from professional school, he took up immediately the practice of law in Holyoke, and here has continued his work down to the present.
In no way limiting his activities to his profession alone, Mr. Dillon has undertaken to serve his community in many different capacities, including that of mayor of the city. A staunch Democrat, he began his political career at the same time as he started his professional work, serving from 1915 to 1920 as assistant district attorney of the Western District of Massachusetts under the administration of Governor Ely. He was city solicitor of Holyoke in 1917, and also served as chairman of the municipal Gas and Electric Commission. In 1930 and 1931 he was mayor of Holyoke. Since 1932 he has been registrar of probate of Hamp- den County.
Holding memberships in the Hampden County Bar Association and the Massachu- setts State Bar Association, he participates to the fullest degree in the general affairs of his profession. He belongs to Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church. In the Knights of Columbus he holds the third degree, and he is also a member of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. In spare time his favorite pastime is travel.
On October 16, 1917, William Thomas Dillon married, in Holyoke, Emma F. Fried- rich, of this city, daughter of E. Hugo and Emma (Heining) Friedrich. Her mother is now deceased. Her father, who was born in Germany, now lives in Holyoke, the moth- er's birthplace. He was president of the E. H. Friedrich Company, of this city. Mrs. Dillon herself was graduated from high school in Holyoke and from the Martha Washington School, of Washington, District of Columbia. She also attended the Boston
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Art School. To Mr. and Mrs. Dillon three children were born : I. William Thomas, Jr., on July 1, 1920. 2. Marjorie Ann, in May, 1924. 3. Jean, on November 30, 1926.
WILLIAM JAMES WARNER-Born May 31, 1889, in Northampton, Massachu- setts, William James Warner is a son of Allen C. and Nellie (Cunningham) Warner, both natives of Northampton. His father makes his home in Northampton, where he is retired from his active endeavors as a retail coal merchant. He is a staunch Re- publican ; and a member of the Congrega- tional Church. His wife is now deceased. Her father, Joseph Cunningham, lived in Northampton, where he was a merchant tailor and a veteran of the Civil War, in which he fought on the Union side. Allen C. Warner's father, after whom his son was named, was William J. Warner, who lived and died in Northampton and was a contrac- tor and builder. He built the Norward en- gineering plant and a number of factories and residences.
Attending the schools in his native place, Northampton, William James Warner was graduated from high school there in 1909, and immediately afterward became asso- ciated with the Holyoke Card and Paper Company, of Springfield. Beginning his work as a worker in the cost department of that company, he gradually advanced to the industrial forefront, and his final position with that organization was as mill repre- sentative. He was next associated with the Glazed Paper and Card Company, of Hol- yoke, serving for ten years as that firm's sales representative. His next business as- sociation was with the Marvellum Company, of Holyoke, as vice-president in charge of sales. Since 1929 he has continued in this position, and at the same time has been president and general manager of the Bev-
eridge Company, manufacturers of pyroxy- lin-coated papers and leather substitutes.
Politically, Mr. Warner holds to the Re- publican party and its policies and princi- ples. He is a member of Faith Congrega- tional Church, of Springfield. He also be- longs to the Springfield Country Club.
On October 7, 1911, William James War- ner married Minnie A. Kohler, a native of Easthampton, daughter of William H. Koh- ler, who was formerly superintendent of the Cotton Elastic Company, of Easthampton, and now lives retired from his active en- deavors in Springfield. Mrs. Warner her- self is a graduate of East Hampton High School, and a member of the Congregational Church. She belongs to the Tuesday Morn- ing Music Club. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Warner: I. Janet, a student at the McDuffies School for Girls. 2. Allen C., a student at Wilbraham Acad- emy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
WILLIAM SMITH FOWLER-Born in Springfield on July 18, 1892, William Smith Fowler, of Holyoke, has been asso- ciated during the greater part of his active career with the paper manufacturing indus- try of this county. He is a son of Norman N. and Minnie Lee (Smith) Fowler and a descendant of Philip Fowler, who came from England to Marlboro, Massachusetts, in 1634, and subsequently settled in Ips- wich. A brother-in-law of the American progenitor, Kimball by name, also a resi- dent of Ipswich, was one of those killed by the Indians at the Bloody Brook massacre. Joseph Fowler, son of Philip Fowler, of Ipswich, enlisted in the Massachusetts Mili- tia to help the frontier settlers against the Indians and was stationed at Northampton. He joined in the attack at Turners Falls, known to history as the Turners Falls fight, and disappeared in the subsequent retreat,
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evidently killed by the Indians, since he never returned to civilization.
Norman N. Fowler, father of William Smith Fowler, was born at Agawam, Massa- chusetts, in November, 1858, a son of George and Sarah (Hazen) Fowler, both of whom were lifelong residents of Agawam, where the former was a farmer. Norman N. Fow- ler, who is now living in Springfield, is pres- ident of the Hampden Glazed Paper and Cord Company, which he founded with his three brothers, George, Timothy, and Perry, all deceased. Minnie Lee (Smith) Fowler, his wife, was a daughter of William H. and Mattie Y. (Trafton) Smith, both lifelong residents of Springfield. Her father was a carriage manufacturer, and the Smith Car- riage Company is still operating in Spring- field under his name. It was founded in 1827 by his father, David Smith, 3d, son of David Smith, Jr., who was born in Pauca- tuck, Massachusetts, and died in Springfield, and grandson of David Smith, Sr. Both the latter were Revolutionary soldiers. David Smith, Sr., was at the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and his son, David, Jr., a fifer in the Continental Army, was at Stone Arabia during the attack by the British and their Indian allies. He was a member of a body of troops ambushed there, and in re- treating to the fort suffered a severe injury, which he bore for the remainder of his life. The branch of the Smith family under im- mediate consideration was founded by Wil- liam Smith, who came to America from Ipswich, England, and was one of the early settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut. His son, Benjamin Smith, was a founder of Westfield, Massachusetts.
William Smith Fowler, of this record, re- ceived his preliminary education in the pub- lic schools of Springfield and was gradu- ated from Central High School in that city in 1911. Subsequently, he entered Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, where
he was a member of the class of 1914. On the completion of his education he became associated with the Valley Paper Company, with whom he learned the details of paper manufacture. He remained in this connec- tion for three years, rising within the or- ganization to the position of assistant treas- urer and purchasing agent.
In 1917 Mr. Fowler enlisted with the American Field Ambulance service and sailed for France in September, 1917. On reaching Paris, he found that this corps was being taken over by the United States Army, and he signed up as a private with the American and French armies, serving di- rectly with the latter and indirectly with the former. He was sent to the front as an am- bulance driver at Dammarie-sur-Marne, and participated thereafter in all the major en- gagements in and about the city of Rheims until the end of the war. He also saw serv- ice in the Argonne and in Belgium. For meritorious and distinguished conduct under heavy shell fire and through the fires which raged at Rheims, he received the Croix de Guerre and was cited by the French Army commander there. Later, Mr. Fowler was stationed with the French Army of Occu- pation at Mainz on the Rhine, remaining until March, 1919, when he received his hon- orable discharge in France with the rank of private.
On his return to the United States, he re- joined the Valley Paper Company, as as- sistant treasurer. After a few months, how- ever, he became associated with the Wind- sor Locks Paper Mills at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, as general manager and served as such for eighteen months. At the end of that time he joined the Nitro Pulp Company, of West Virginia, as assistant treasurer, re- maining until 1921. In the latter year this company sold out to the Windsor Locks Paper Company, with whom he has since served as advertising manager and secre-
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tary. His present offices are in Holyoke. His company are converters of paper into covers, fancy box papers and glazed spe- cialties, which are distributed throughout a wide market.
Mr. Fowler is a member of the Holyoke Canoe Club in this city, and of the Second Congregational Church. He has been active in several sports, particularly tennis, which is his favorite recreation, and has been asso- ciated from time to time with various Hol- yoke civic institutions.
On July 19, 1924, in Chippewa Bay, New York, Mr. Fowler married Marie de V. Knapp, who was born at Ogdensburg, New York, daughter of James G. and Ann (Sey- mour) Knapp, of Ogdensburg, both now de- ceased. Mrs. Fowler was educated in the public schools of her birthplace and at Dobbs Ferry, New York. Since her mar- riage, she has been a member of the Second Congregational Church in Holyoke. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler are the parents of two chil- dren : I. David Seymour, born April 11, 1926. 2. Mark Trafton, born July 10, 1928.
STEPHEN ANDREW MAHONEY, M. D .- Since 1927, Dr. Stephen Andrew Ma- honey has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Holyoke. He con- tinues the fine traditions associated with his father's name for many years in the medical world and in Holyoke life.
Dr. Mahoney was born in this city on March 1, 1900, a son of Dr. Stephen Andrew Mahoney, Sr., and Caroline L. (Munn) Ma- honey. His father, a graduate of Holy Cross College and Harvard Medical School, was one of Massachusetts' most distinguished physicians. His professional activities cen- tered at Holyoke throughout his career, and in addition to these connections, he was president and director of the Park National Bank and of the Holyoke and Westfield
Railway Company. Dr. Mahoney was one of the original Fellows of the American Col- lege of Surgeons, a member of the New England Surgical Society, the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, the Hampden County Medical Association and the Academy of Medicine of Springfield. He served during the war as chairman of the Holyoke Draft Board and was for years an influential figure in many Holyoke institutions. He was a member of the Rotary Club, the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and of St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church. Dr. Mahoney died at Hol- yoke on March 30, 1934. His wife, Caroline L. (Munn) Mahoney, still resides in this city.
Stephen Andrew Mahoney, Jr., received his preliminary education in the public schools of Holyoke, completing the high school course in 1917. In the same year he entered Harvard College, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920, as of 1921, and subsequently enrolled in Harvard Medical School, from which he was gradu- ated in 1924 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For six months thereafter he was an interne at Good Samaritan Hospital, Boston, and for an equal period in the Chil- dren's Hospital. During the next two years he was attached to the East Surgical Service of Massachusetts General Hospital in Bos- ton, and for the following six months was resident surgeon at Boston Lying-in Hos- pital. Meanwhile, in 1924, he was licensed by the Massachusetts Medical Board and in 1926 became a diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners. Dr. Mahoney entered practice at Holyoke in 1927, and in association with his father founded the Me- morial Clinic of Holyoke in the same year. He has continued its operation since his father's death and is now its president and
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treasurer. The same thoroughness evidenced in his preparations for his career have dis- tinguished him in practice, and during the past seven years he has firmly established his professional reputation.
Dr. Mahoney was elected a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 1931, and has been a member of the Radiological So- ciety of North America sincr 1928. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical As- sociation, the Hampden County Medical So- ciety, the Academy of Medicine of Spring- field and the Holyoke Medical Society. He is a member, in addition, of the Rotary Club, the Holyoke Canoe Club, and St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church of Holyoke, and during the war was a member of the Har- vard R. O. T. C. and S. A. T. C. The duties of his practice have always received his closest attention, but banking has been his diversion.
On January II, 1927, at Canton, Massa- chusetts, Dr. Mahoney married Laura Belle Nelson, who was born in Ryegate, Vermont, and died at Holyoke on February 8, 1934. Mrs. Mahoney, who was a daughter of Wil- liam Nelson, a Ryegate farmer, and a mem- ber of Vermont families both paternally and maternally, was educated at Simmons Col- lege and Montpelier Seminary. She was a member of the Girl Scouts Council and the Art Club of Holyoke, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Mahoney has one son, Stephen Andrew Mahoney III, born at Holyoke on April 1, 1932.
GEORGE STANLEY MOSS-One of Holyoke's and Hampden County's foremost business leaders, George Stanley Moss, is president of the Valley Paper Company here.
Mr. Moss was born November 17, 1879, at Melrose, Massachusetts, son of George
L. and Sarah Elizabeth (Griggs) Moss. His father was born at Boston, Massachusetts, and is now a retired Massachusetts woolen merchant. He was a staunch Republican, active in local politics in Boston, and a mem- ber of the Congregational Church. His wife, the mother of George Stanley Moss, was one of the founders of Melrose Hospital. She was born in Monson, Massachusetts.
In 1897 George Stanley Moss was gradu- ated from Boston Latin School, and he then became a student at Harvard University, where he was graduated in the class of 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Asso- ciating himself with Carter Rice and Com- pany, of Boston, wholesale merchants of paper, he became a stock boy with them and so started his career at the very bottom of the ladder. For twelve years he continued his work with that same company, rising in the course of those years to the rank of advertising manager. He was then associ- ated, in the capacity of traveling salesman, with the Valley Paper Company, in Hol- yoke, manufacturers of a high-grade of rag paper and specialties.
Politically, Mr. Moss holds to the views of the Republican party. He is a member of the First Congregational Church. He be- longs to the Harvard Club of New York, and is widely and favorably known in the social life of Holyoke and in every depart- ment of life in which he is known.
On October 15, 1906, George Stanley Moss married, in Boston, Massachusetts, Bertha Adams Spencer, of Wakefield, this State, daughter of Charles H. Spencer, who married an Adams, both of whom are now deceased. Her father was a wholesale lum- ber merchant in Wakefield and a veteran of the Civil War, in which he fought on the side of the Union. Mrs. Moss is a graduate of Wakefield High School; and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Mr. and Mrs. Moss have one daughter, Dor- othea Spencer Moss, who is a graduate of Kendall Hall, at Pride Crossing, Massachu- setts, and of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts.
FRANK HURLEY-Through his activ- ity in public affairs and at the Hampden County bar, Frank Hurley, of Holyoke, has become a well-known figure in the life of this section. He is now State Senator for the Second Hampden District, comprising the cities of Holyoke and Chicopee and Ward One of Springfield.
Mr. Hurley was born in Hartford, Con- necticut, on March 9, 1900, a son of Patrick and Margaret (Shea) Hurley. Both par- ents were born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, and came to Holyoke in early life, where they now reside. Patrick Hurley is a retired city employee. He is a Democrat in politics; and a member of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church.
Frank Hurley received his preliminary edu- cation at St. Jerome's Parochial School, where he completed the high school course in 1919. At that time he became associated with the American Writing Paper Com- pany, as stenographer and clerk, and after one year entered the employ of J. W. Quirk, a local merchant, for whom he served as clerk. Subsequently, he established a gaso- line filling station, which he conducted dur- ing the summers while he was not in col- lege. Mr. Hurley prepared for his profes- sional career at Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1925. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in the following year, and located at Amherst, where he practiced alone for one year. Upon the con- clusion of this period he returned to Hol- yoke and in 1927 entered into partnership with R. P. Stapleton, under the firm name
of Stapleton and Hurley, with offices lo- cated in the Prem Building. In 1931, how- ever, when Mr. Stapleton became a mem- ber of the State Board of Tax Appeals, the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Hurley opened offices in the same building, where he has since carried on an independent gen- eral practice. During these years he has solidly established his professional reputa- tion, and the demands on his services have steadily increased.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hurley also became ac- tive in public life. As a convinced Demo- crat he became prominent in councils of his party and in 1928 was nominated and elected State Senator. He assumed office in 1929 and has since served in the Senate without interruption. His present term expires in 1936. Mr. Hurley has taken an active part in the work of the Legislature. He is chair- man of the Legislative Committee on the Judiciary, a member of the committees on Legal Affairs, Towns, Education, State Ad- ministration and on Engrossed Bills. He is the first Democrat to serve as chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Judiciary. In 1931, Mr. Hurley was also a member of the Special Committee to revise the charter of the city of Boston. He has given his closest attention to the duties of his office, serving with fidelity and efficiency.
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