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In addition to these connections, Mr. Hur- ley is a member of the American Bar Asso- ciation, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Hampden County and Hampshire bar associations. He is a member of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, the An- cient Order of Hibernians; Holyoke Lodge, No. 902, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; a member of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, and of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, of Holyoke.
In June, 1935, at Boston, Frank Hurley married Maura E. Earls, who was born in County Cavan, Ireland. She came from
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Dublin, where her parents still reside, to Boston, Massachusetts, and before her mar- riage was employed as purchasing agent for the Pilgrim Laundry Associated Companies in the latter city. Mrs. Hurley was grad- uated from Dublin High School. attended Dublin University for two years, and was graduated from Hickok Secretarial School in Boston. She is a member of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church of Holyoke.
Mr. Hurley has two brothers and three sisters: I. Thomas D .. now construction foreman for the New England Power Com- pany of Boston. 2. Andrew E., investigator for the United States Treasury Department, stationed in New York City. 3. Mary, who married John T. McCarthy, a member of the Holyoke Fire Department, and has three children : Marguerite, Mary and Rose. 4. Marguerite, who married Dean Ubertalli, a traveling salesman of Holyoke, and has two children: Virginia and Elizabeth. 5. Helen, now associated with the American Writing Paper Company, of Holyoke.
LOUIS MIZAEL DUFAULT-As city treasurer of Chicopee, Louis Mizael Dufault has for many years effectively served his city. His position is one of high standing in the financial life of this place and of Hampden County, and he is universally esteemed and respected.
Mr. Dufault was born November 15, 1873, at St. Ours, Province of Quebec, Canada, son of Mizael and Marie (Giard) Dufault, of Quebec Province. In February, 1874, the family came to Spencer, Massachusetts, where the father took up his trade as shoe- HARRY CEPHAS HILL-Among the prominent young business men of Chicopee is Harry Cephas Hill who today conducts one of the foremost drug establishments of this community. Though a comparatively maker. Many years later, in 1896, the fam- ily came to Chicopee, where Mizael Dufault continued at his trade. He and his wife had two children : I. Eliza, who became the wife of Frederick Greenough, of Chicopee. 2. young man he has had a wide and varied Louis Mizael, of further mention.
Educated in the public and high schools in his native Province of Quebec, Louis Mi- zael Dufault later attended Marieville Col- lege, in the Province of Quebec, and Spring- field Business College, Springfield, Massa- chusetts. His first employment was at news- paper work. Working in the printing de- partment of the paper, he learned the print- er's trade. Then he was with the "Holyoke Transcript," which later became the "Tele- gram-Transcript," continuing with that pub- lication until 1916.
It was in July of that year that he was elected city treasurer by the Board of Alder- men of Chicopee to succeed William O'Neil, who had resigned. Reelected to the same position, he has served almost a score of years in this post at the head of Chicopee's finances. His contribution to Chicopee af- fairs has been one of importance and value, and has been so recognized in the com- munity.
At the same time Mr. Dufault has been active in a number of organizations. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Artisans, the Franco-American Order of Foresters, the Union Canadian Society, the Court Bonneville, and the Calumet Club. His church is the Roman Catholic parish of the Assumption. He also belongs to the Typographical Union.
In March, 1903, Louis Mizael Dufault married Marie Bouvier, daughter of William and Esther (Lucier) Bouvier, of Spencer, Massachusetts.
experience in the work he directs today and
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is eminently equipped for the position he occupies.
Harry Cephas Hill was born in Chicopee, November 20, 1899, the son of Harry F. and Flora M. (Willard) Hill. His father, who is now sixty-eight years of age and formerly a tradesman in this city, is now associated with the Springfield Street Railways as fore- man of the painting division. The elder Mr. Hill is a native of Vermont and hales from sturdy old American stock. He came to Chicopee with his parents about 1876.
Mr. Hill received a general education in the public schools of his native community and during this part of his career worked after hours in the drug store of Ernest Dal- ton from the time he was twelve years old until he completed his studies. He continued this association, and after twenty years of almost continuous service opened an estab- lishment of his own in 1931, at No. 250 Ex- change Street.
Mr. Hill has taken a keen and active inter- est in the social and civic affairs of this com- munity and is widely known through his fraternal affiliations. He is a member of the Chicopee Blue Lodge of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and also belongs to St. John's Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
JOHN JOSEPH DESMOND, JR .- After completing an unusually broad training, John Joseph Desmond, Jr., entered the field of education. As the principal of the Chico- pee High School for eight years, and the superintendent of schools of Chicopee since 1921, he has been highly successful both as an instructor and administrator. He is a well-known figure in New England educa- tional circles and has been honored with election to the highest offices in a number of professional organizations. The background of his career includes : graduation from the
Boston Latin School in 1905; the degree of Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, as a member of Harvard College, class of 1909; the Master's degree in Arts from the Harvard Graduate School, 1910; and studies in the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a candi- date for the degree of Doctor of Education.
Mr. Desmond, Jr., was born in Boston, May 21, 1887, the son of John Joseph and Annie Louise (Guider) Desmond, and of ancestry that can be traced back on the pa- ternal side to Irish forebears of 1100, and on the maternal side to German progenitors of 1500. John J. Desmond. Sr., a retired cloth- ing manufacturer, is well known as a public- spirited, charitable citizen, prominent in fraternal insurance societies. He was one of the founders of the New England Order of Protection, organized at Newport, Rhode Island. John Joseph Desmond. Jr., began his career as an educator in 1909, when he accepted the vice-principalship of the Sau- gus, Massachusetts, High School, a post he retained until 1911. From 1911 to 1913 he was vice-principal of the Roberts School at Cambridge, and was principal of the Rob- erts Evening School for the school year 1912-13. Called to serve as the principal of the Chicopee High School in 1913, he ac- cepted to continue as such until 1921, when he was elected superintendent of the Chico- pee schools. His régime during the last fourteen years has been notable for progress made, the introduction of methods and means that have helped to give the Chico- pee schools high rank in the Massachusetts school system. During the years since his choice as superintendent, Mr. Desmond has been active in other than his local work. He was assistant in the Boston University Ex- tension Course at Harvard, in 1923; and assistant in the Harvard Summer School of Education in 1928 and 1929. He was chair- man of the executive committee of the Con-
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necticut Valley Summer School of Educa- tion in 1928; a member of the advisory com- mittee, Boston University School of Educa- tion Summer School and Week-End College, in Springfield, during 1929 and 1930; mem- ber of the department of superintendence curriculum committee for the Fourth Year Book; and member of the Massachusetts Department of Education Committee on Curriculum Revision.
Mr. Desmond, Jr., is a believer in close association with others of his profession for mutual benefit and he plays important rôles in the activities of educators' organizations. He was president of the Massachusetts Schoolmaster's Club in 1930, and in that same year was elected president of the Hampden County Association of Teachers. In 1919 he was president of the Headmas- ters' Association of Western Massachusetts, and in 1925 held a like office in the Massa- chusetts Association of School Superintend- ents. In 1928 he was vice-president of the Ninety-Six Club, composed of two superin- tendents from each State, and held a like post from 1921 to 1930 in the New England Association of School Superintendents ; was a member of the Department of Superin- tendence, National Education Association, 1921-30; and the October Conference on Education, 1926 to 1930. Mr. Desmond's keen interest in civic affairs and the place he holds in the city's activities is reflected in his presidency of the Kiwanis Club of Chico- pee, 1923-24; of the United Charities of Chicopee, 1928 to 1930; and of the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce, as early as 1918. He was chosen lieutenant-governor of the New England Kiwanis District in 1930, and was chairman of the Court of Honor, Boy Scouts of America, 1927 to 1930. In 1918 he was with the Motor Transport Corps, United States Army, a ranking second lieutenant, and was a Reserve Officer in the Motor
Transportation Corps from 1918 to 1929. Among his clubs are the Harvard of Boston, of which he is a charter member ; the Spring- field City Club, and is president of the Cal- vert Club, also of Springfield.
At Boston, on October 18, 1930, John Joseph Desmond, Jr., married Mary Wight Murphy, daughter of Richard A. and Caro- lyn (Gallagher) Murphy, her father being a Boston attorney, and her mother a profes- sional soloist. Mr. and Mrs. Desmond, Jr., are the parents of two children: I. Mary Louise, born September 19, 1931. 2. John Joseph III, born January 30, 1934.
ALFRED EDMUND DUNLOP-As proprietor of one of the largest and finest florist establishments of the city of Chicopee and vicinity, Alfred Edmund Dunlop today enjoys the patronage of a select and fash- ionable clientele. For over sixteen years he has been catering to the discriminating tastes of a large number of customers, and during this period has expanded his business from a modest capacity to one of the fore- most in this section.
Alfred Edmund Dunlop, a native of Ire- land, was born in County Armagh, July 10, 1880, the son of William and Emma (Nich- olson) Dunlop, both natives of his birth- place. His father engaged in farming throughout his life. Mr. Dunlop received a general education in the public schools of Eglish, Armagh ( County, Ireland, and studied there until he was fourteen years of age. At that time he returned to his father's farm and worked there until 1905, when he came to the United States and settled in Springfield, Massachusetts. Shortly after arriving here he secured a position with a baker and later became associated with the Springfield Street Railways, where he re- mained until 1918. At that time he purchased the florist business, which he has con-
James L. Please
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ducted with such distinction and success, from William Paul, whose establishment was located at No. 62 Grape Street, Chico- pee, the present business site. Under his able and careful management the business grew to such an extent that he was com- pelled to expand his operations. In this connection he bought the florist building, the hot houses and other facilities connected with the business, acquiring the property located between Nos. I and 9 James Avenue, Chicopee Falls, from Frank Burfett. De- spite the extensive acquisitions he made through these purchases he found it neces- sary to indulge in further expansion, erect- ing additional greenhouses, where flowers could be raised to meet the ever-increasing demand. Thus he came to occupy the envi- able position he holds today as the largest and finest florist in this vicinity. He has made a specialty of floral designs to meet every requisite.
Socially, Mr. Dunlop is widely known for his Masonic activities. He is a member of the Esoteric Blue Lodge of Springfield ; be- longs to the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in which he holds the thirty-second degree ; and is a member of Melha Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Springfield. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is Past Grand of Bay Path Lodge.
In 1908 Mr. Dunlop married Nellie G. Ma- lone, a daughter of Anne McCullough, of County Down, Ireland, and member of an old and distinguished Irish family. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop were the parents of two chil- dren : I. Emma Ileen, a graduate of Chico- pee High School. 2. John Thistle, who is named after his grandfather; he also is a graduate of the Chicopee High School, and is now a student at the Massachusetts State College, class of 1938. He is specializing in horticulture.
JAMES LEONIDAS PEASE-The long and useful career of James Leonidas Pease was typically New England in many of its characteristics. He was granted many years of life and devoted far the larger share of them to a single vocation, and acquitted himself of a stewardship and responsibility well and nobly. The Pease family were among the earliest settlers of Connecticut ; one John Pease, born in England in 1607, came to Salem, Massachusetts in 1634; was granted land in Martha's Vineyard in 1646, and became a proprietor of Norwich, Con- necticut, in 1659.
James Leonidas Pease was born on Octo- ber 31, 1842, in Springfield, when Chicopee was a part of this municipality. He was the son of Jonathan J. Pease, Jr., and Emeline (King) Pease, both natives of Connecticut, who in the early years of the past century settled in Hampden County, and a direct descendant of John Pease who settled in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1681. Mr. Pease was given private instruction by George D. Robinson, later a Governor of Massachu- setts, and a Congressman. In 1856 he ac- cepted work as an errand boy for Emerson Gaylord, a manufacturer of leather goods. It has been said that "good penmanship and conscientious effort" won for Mr. Pease an' office position. He was in charge of the office when the Gaylord Manufacturing Company was organized to produce military equipment for the Union Army during the War Between the States. At the end of the war, the corporation turned its attention to the making of cabinet locks and hardware. Mr. Pease thereupon went into the shops and learned the details of the new industry. He won promotion to the post of superin- tendent, and, in July, 1874, was made man- aging agent of the company, an office he held until 1880 when he retired from manu- facturing. From that time until the death
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of Emerson Gaylord in 1899, he was the He died in 1930 at the age of eighty-eight private secretary of this notable industrial- years. ist. Mr. Pease was appointed executor and trustee of the Gaylord estate. Altogether he gave sixty-seven of the eighty-eight years of his life to the continuous service of Emer- son Gaylord and Gaylord affairs, a most un- usual record.
In the carrying out of his duties and stewardship, Mr. Pease was connected with several financial institutions, being one of the early directors and president of the First National Bank, of Chicopee. He was vice- president and a trustee of the Chicopee Sav- ings Bank, a director of the Cabot Trust Company, of Chicopee, a director of the Third National Bank of Springfield, and served long as a member of the finance com- mittee of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. He was for many years a trustee of the Springfield Hospital. Frater- nally he was affiliated with the Free and Ac- cepted Masons. Among his other clubs were the Nayasset and the Automobile clubs. His religious faith was that of the Congrega- tional Church as a member of the Third Church of that denomination in Chicopee. He was not only interested in religious and benevolent activities, but was prominent, at one time, in the movement to federate the Congregational and Methodist churches. In personal characteristics, Mr. Pease had a touch of genius. He invented a holder for microscope lens that found extensive use. He was a musician, whose fine voice and flute playing were highly appreciated by a passing generation. He was a collector of bronzes, more especially statues. He was above all else a man of great heart and kindly disposition, who practiced charity both of the mind and hand. Perhaps the most illuminating indication of a man's standing in the community is the name by which he is known to those who know him best. James L. Pease was "Daddy" to all.
In 1869 James Leonidas Pease married Louesa Jane Gaylord, daughter of Sereno and Weltha (Graves) Gaylord, and they were the parents of two children: I. Ella Graves Pease, who died in infancy. 2. Louise Gaylord Pease, who now resides at No. 247 Springfield Street, in the house built by her grandfather, Sereno Gaylord.
WALTER JAMES BYRNES-As pro- bation officer at Chicopee, Walter James Byrnes has been performing a useful serv- ice in his community since his appointment to this office in the summer of 1933. He has a broad background of public service, hav- ing previously acted in numerous other ca- pacities.
Mr. Byrnes was born January 23, 1891, in Chicopee, Massachusetts, son of James and Katharine (Keating) Byrnes. His father and mother were both born in Chico- pee. His grandfather, Patrick Byrnes, was an early settler in this country, who came from Ireland and was for years connected with the Ames Manufacturing Company. James Byrnes was also associated with the Ames Manufacturing Company, rising from an apprenticeship to a foreman's position. Later, he became connected with the Over- man Wheel Company, as foreman of the die and drop shop. At the outbreak of the Span- ish-American War he was assistant foreman with the Springfield Iron Works, which was producing munitions on a large scale. Among his other activities, he was sent to South America to erect a large memorial statue there. He died in June, 1929, at the age of seventy-one years.
In the parochial school connected with Holy Name Church, Chicopee, Walter James Byrnes received his early education. Completing his formal studies, he served an apprenticeship in the toolmaking trade with
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the Bausch Machine Tool Company, at Springfield, continuing his work there for a number of years. With that company he not only received invaluable practical train- ing and for many years continued in its em- ploy, but prepared himself to teach others, which he did in 1927 and 1928 at the Chico- pee Vocational School.
In 1929 he was employed by the city of Chicopee, becoming manager of the employ- ment department here. Then, in 1930 and through part of 1931, he was clerk of the board of registrars of the city. His appoint- ment as probation officer came on June 14, 1933, since which time he has been con- nected in this capacity with the Chicopee District Court.
His position in the community is further enhanced by his affiliations with such fra- ternal groups as the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in both of which groups he is an ac- credited leader. He is one of Chicopee's well-beloved citizens, and an individual whose contribution to his city and to Hamp- den County has been a very extensive and valuable one.
MARTIN LEONARD CRAMER -- Be- fore he moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts, Martin Leonard Cramer had experienced a many-sided and successful career. He be- came identified with the paper industry at the beginning of the participation of the United States in the World War, and he has since remained a resident of Holyoke, serv- ing in an executive capacity with three im- portant corporations. He has shown him- self a most progressive type of citizen and industrial leader. Mr. Cramer is a native of Dolgeville, Herkimer County, New York, born January 26, 1877, son of Charles H. and Mary E. (Rieck) Cramer. His mother made the long trip with her parents from Saxony,
Germany, when sailing vessels were still in service, and the family first settled in Chau- tauqua County, New York. Charles H. Cramer was a descendant of one of the earli- est pioneers of upper New York State, and was born near Dolgeville, where he also died. Prior to his retirement a decade and more ago, he was a manufacturer of piano hammers, supplying many of the largest makers of pianos in the East.
Martin Leonard Cramer was educated in the local grammar schools and academy. He was nineteen years old when he accepted his first position of importance, that of tele- graph operator with the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Buffalo, New York. This was in 1896, and during the following year he was assigned by the Western Union to the Snow Steam Pump Works, of Buffalo, to act as assistant to the purchasing agent, and do all the telegraphing required. He was himself appointed purchasing agent, in 1903, of the Snow Steam Pump Works, a branch of the International Steam Pump Corporation. Two years later he was trans- ferred to New York as general purchasing agent of the International Steam Pump or- ganization, remaining until 1907, when he resigned to accept a more promising posi- tion. From 1907 to 1917 he was general purchasing agent of the Michelin Tire Com- pany, at Milltown, New Jersey. While thus engaged he was a member of the Arbitration Board of the Rubber Association of America.
In August, 1917, Mr. Cramer left the Michelin Tire Company to accept appoint- ment as purchasing agent and manager of traffic for the American Writing Paper Company, at Holyoke, Massachusetts. He developed an inventory control in connec- tion with twenty-five operating mills, an important feature of the industry and a most responsible office. During the rehabilitation period following the World War, there was
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a change in administration of the company, and Mr. Cramer resigned. In 1923 he be- came general manager and treasurer of the Holyoke Supply Company, heating engi- neers and contractors, and while serving as such, in 1925, also assumed the post of gen- eral manager and treasurer of J. and W. Jolly, Inc., founders and machinists, Hol- yoke. Since 1927 Mr. Cramer has been ex- clusively with J. and W. Jolly, Inc., of whose stock he owns more than one-third. This business, which in the past had been devoted largely to the production of paper mill equipment, has expanded and changed to suit itself to the manufacture of special tools and special machinery for the rubber indus- try and other trades. Specially constructed automatic and tube-making machinery was designed and produced for the Fisk Rubber Company for service in both its eastern and western division; machine tools for Billings and Spencer Company, of Hartford, Con- necticut, and automatic envelope lining. ma- chines for White and Wyckoff, of Holyoke, with the scope of the company's production constantly enlarging.
The record of Mr. Cramer, in non-business activities, shows that with whatsosever community he has been indentified, he has entered heartily and constructively into its life and civic affairs. While living in New Jersey he was a member and chairman for several years of the Highland Park Board of Education, and his service received public approval. His fraternal affiliations date mainly from his years in New York and New Jersey ; he is affiliated with and a life member of Transportation Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Buffalo; St. Andrew's Commandery, No. 49, Knights Templar of Holyoke ; Salaam Temple, of Newark, New Jersey, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of which he is a life member ; and he is a Mason of the thirty-second de- gree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He
is a member of the Mount Tom Golf Club ; a member and past vice-president of the Holyoke Rotary Club; is treasurer of the Holyoke Boys' Club; a trustee of the Hol- yoke Day Nursery; and a member of the city's Young Men's Christian Association. Along business lines he has been frequently consulted with reference to new industries and industrial corporations for Holyoke, and is on the advisory board of the Babson In- stitute. He has been a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Chamber of Com- merce, a director of the Zeloid Products Corporation, of Holyoke. He is a communi- cant and a deacon of the Baptist Church, Holyoke.
In Buffalo, New York, on October 25, 1899, Martin Leonard Cramer married Har- riet E. Williams, daughter of M. E. and Rhoda C. (Joslyn) Williams, of Buffalo, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer are the parents of two children : I. Donald L., a graduate of Holyoke High School, also attended Union College three years ; he mar- ried, on December 26, 1934, Dorothy E. Young, of Holyoke. He is associated with J. and W. Jolly, Inc., of Holyoke. 2. Rhoda Ethel, a graduate of Holyoke High School and Gordon College of Theology and Mis- sions, 1934, B. R. E.
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