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On August II, 1917, in Holyoke, Roy E. McCorkindale married Ruby H. Newcomb, born in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, daughter of Elwyn B. and J. Belle (Smith) Newcomb, both deceased, and both mem- bers of old South Hadley Falls families. Mrs. McCorkindale was educated at Walnut Hill School and LaSalle Seminary. She is a member of the Daughters of the American
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Revolution, the Young Women's Christian Association, and several other women's or- ganizations. Mr. and Mrs. McCorkindale are the parents of five children : Ruth, Don- ald, Barbara, Rosamund, and Charlotte Edna McCorkindale.
JOSEPH E. SLOWICK, M. D .- Promi- nent among the young medical men of east- ern Hampden County is Dr. Joseph E. Slo- wick, of Palmer, who, during a brief but outstanding career in this community, has come to occupy a place among the success- ful physicians and surgeons of this region. Establishing himself here in 1931 he began building a practice that has since become large and lucrative and through his accom- plishments during this period has won the admiration and esteem of his professional colleagues as well as the confidence of the public-at-large.
Dr. Slowick, one of eleven children, was born at Palmer, June 1, 1903, son of Joseph and Caroline (Cygan) Slowick, both na- tives of Poland who came to the United States during their youth. They were mar- ried at Chicopee and later settled in this community where they have since resided. His father has been associated with the Bos- ton and Albany Railroad here for more than thirty years.
Dr. Slowick received a general education in the public schools of his native commu- nity and was graduated from the Palmer High School in 1922. After completing his studies at the latter institution he matricu- lated at Tufts College, where he took a pre- medical course between 1922 and 1923. He then attended Clark University continuing his preparation for the work he was to fol- low later in life. In 1924 he enrolled at the Tufts Medical College and four years later was awarded a degree of Doctor of Medi- cine from this institution with the class of
1928. Upon finishing his medical course he entered the Springfield Hospital and began his period of interneship. He remained here between 1928 and 1929 and then spent two years at the hospital of the New York So- ciety for the Relief of Ruptured and Crip- pled in New York City.
In 1931 he returned to his native town, where his brother, Dr. Francis A. Slowick, now a successful bone surgeon of Pittsfield, had already established a practice. On April I, of that year Dr. Slowick began the prac- tice he has since conducted. It has been of a general nature to date, but lately he has devoted much of his time to the surgical phase of the profession. In a professional capacity Dr. Slowick is a member of the Brookfield Medical Society, the Hampden County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He maintains an office at No. 431 Main Street, Palmer.
On October 10, 1931, in Palmer, Dr. Slo- wick married Elizabeth Ann Jones of Suf- field, Connecticut, daughter of William Rob- ert and Elizabeth (Kelly) Jones. Dr. and Mrs. Slowick are the parents of a daughter, Ann, and a son, Joseph Edmund.
LELAND CHRISTY ALLEN-As pres- ident of the Coburn Trolley Track Com- pany, Leland Christy Allen today directs the activities of one of the largest and most prosperous engineering equipment organiza- tions in Hampden County. He has been associated with this business for nearly a decade and a half and during this period has risen from a modest position to his present office of responsibility. As a resident and native of this community Mr. Allen has taken a keen and active interest in social and civic affairs and is prominently identi- fied with several of the leading organiza- tions of this section.
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Leland Christy Allen was born in Hol- yoke, May 4, 1896, son of Dr. Carl A. and Hattie M. (Murdough) Allen, the former a native of Lempster and the latter of Ac- worth, both communities in the State of New Hampshire. His father, who was born on October 27, 1849, and died in Holyoke in 1919, was a graduate of the Long Island College of Medicine and practiced his pro- fession in Lempster and Acworth, New Hampshire, coming to the city of Holyoke in 1892, where he established himself and continued to enjoy a successful professional career until his demise. The elder Allen was active in the affairs of his surroundings and during his residence here was a member of the First Congregational Church and the Republican party. During the World War he served as a member of the Board of Ap- peals in Holyoke. His wife, who was born in Acworth, August 25, 1866, now resides in this city.
After completing a general education in the public schools of Holyoke in 1914. Mr. Allen matriculated at the Massachusetts State College in Amherst and was a student at that institution when the United States entered the World War. On June 4, 1917, he enlisted in the city of Springfield and was sent to Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont, where he was in training until September, 1917. At that time he was transferred to the base hospital at Camp Devens in Massachusetts, and remained at the latter post until August, 1918. He advanced through the ranks and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps. He was dispatched to General Hospital No. 5 at Fort Ontario and after serving there until November 10, 1918, was ordered to General Hospital No. 38 at White Plains, New York, and remained at this post until he was honorably discharged from the service on July 22, 1919. He re- turned to Holyoke at this time and the fol-
lowing fall became assistant superintendent of construction for the Crocker McElwain Company and the Chemical Paper Company in this city.
He continued in these connections until January 1, 1922, when he accepted a posi- tion as assistant superintendent of the Co- burn Trolley Track Manufacturing Com- pany, and thereby initiated a business career which has subsequently been marked for its distinction and success. Eight years after he joined the firm he was named superin- tendent and in 1934 formed a partnership with W. F. Zenner and A. N. Kirkpatrick and purchased the business. The company was reorganized and incorporated under the firm title of the Coburn Trolley Track Com- pany, with Mr. Allen as president, Mr. Kirk- patrick as treasurer and Mr. Zenner as sec- retary, the present executive staff. This company manufactures overhead convey- ing equipment, traveling cranes, transfer switches, Coburn Easy-Lift and sliding garage doors, Coburn's ladder equipment for stores and other facilities of a similar nature.
While business pursuits have commanded most of Mr. Allen's attention he has found time to devote to the social and civic af- fairs of his surroundings. He is a member of the Cub Scout Committee of Amherst, adheres to Republican principles in politics and worships at the First Congregational Church of Amherst, serving as a member of the board of trustees for the latter institu- tion. An ardent sportsman he finds his greatest pleasure and recreation in outdoor activities and is particularly fond of fishing and swimming. He owns a summer home at Marlow, New Hampshire, where he va- cations and spends many of his week-ends.
On June 4, 1923, Mr. Allen married Ber- tha E. Parsons of South Hadley. She is a native of Gloucester and the daughter of Andrew B. and Mertie (Twombley) Par-
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sons. Her father, who engaged in the print- ing trade at Gloucester, is deceased while her mother now resides in Holyoke. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are the parents of three sons: 1-2. Richard Addison and Robert Chadbourne, twins, born May 24, 1924. 3. Leland Christy, Jr., born August 15, 1925.
HOMER CHARLES RAINAULT-For nearly two decades Homer Charles Rainault, president of the Valley Arena, Incorporated, and the Valley Athletic Association, Incor- porated, has been one of the most prominent and popular figures in the sporting realm of Hampden County. It is to his credit and foresight that sporting events of a profes- sional and amateur nature have won wide recognition and he is also responsible to a great extent for offering facilities that have attracted large and important conventions to the city of Holyoke.
Homer Charles Rainault was born in Hol- yoke, June 27, 1886, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rainault. His father, who was a native of Illinois and died in Holyoke in 1900, was associated with the Springfield Blanket Company, Inc., of Holyoke, for many years. His wife, who was born near Spencer, Massachusetts, died in this city in 1920. Both attended the Precious Blood Roman Catholic Church here.
Mr. Rainault received a general education in the Precious Blood Parochial School lo- cated on South East Street, Holyoke, and later studied in the public schools of this community. After completing his scholas- tic work he began to learn the cigar making trade under A. T. Benoit of this city and was associated with him for ten years. At the expiration of this period he opened a billiard academy and operated it in con- junction with a cigar counter at No. 312 Main Street. He operated this venture for twenty-three years, the last ten of which he was assisted by a partner, Amedee F. Gou-
let. The establishment at that period oper- ated under the firm name of Rainault and Goulet and was under the management of the latter.
It was in 1916 that Mr. Rainault organ- ized the Valley Arena, Inc., at No. 560-66 Main Street. Ten years later he organized the Valley Athletic Association of the same place and has acted as president of both or- ganizations ever since. The building he ac- quired for this sporting center was formerly the municipal gas house owned by the city. With Mr. Goulet he converted and remod- eled this site to meet his specifications and in so doing made it one of the finest centers of its type in Hampden County. Today this place is employed for all types of sporting events, dancing and conventions.
As a prominent figure in this community Mr. Rainault has taken a keen and active interest in social and civic affairs. He is a member of Lodge No. 902 of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks and in his political affiliations adheres to the prin- ciples of the Republican party. In his re- ligious convictions he worships at the Per- petual Help Roman Catholic Church. One of his greatest hobbies is raising dogs and chickens. He indulges in this interest on the ten-acre farm which he owns on Springfield Road. Here he breeds bull terriers and Bos- ton bulls for show purposes.
In October, 1907, in the city of Holyoke, Mr. Rainault married Minnie Springhauser, a native of this city and the daughter of John and Willimena Springhauser. Her father was a carpenter by trade. Mrs. Rai- nault was educated in the public schools of this city and is a member of the Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church.
FRANK ROBERT KNOX-With an in- surance background of many years and ex- tending into many communities, Frank Rob- ert Knox, of Holyoke, has owned and headed
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the business of C. W. Johnson and Com- pany, of this city, since 1922. He has also attained to a place of leadership in the in- surance world in Massachusetts and in New England.
Mr. Knox was born in Hartford, Con- necticut, October II, 1882, son of John B. and Ada E. (DeBarthe) Knox. His great- grandfather on the paternal side of the house was Daniel Knox, an early New Eng- land capitalist. His grandfather, Robert Knox, and his wife, of the family of Balmer, were both natives of Hartford, Connecticut, the city where John B. Knox was born April 30, 1857, and where he died October 5, 1928. John B. Knox, father of Frank R. Knox, was president of the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, and secretary of the Phoenix Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecti- cut. A Republican in his political views, he was a member of the Congregational Church. His wife was born May 14, 1859, in Suffield, Connecticut, and died in August, 1923, in Hartford.
John B. Knox's distinguished insurance career, covering fifty-six years and begin- ning when he was only fifteen years of age, was a splendid example and guide for the son, Frank Robert Knox. In the schools of his birthplace, Hartford, Connecticut, Frank Robert Knox received his early education, being graduated from high school there in the class of 1901. He immediately went into the insurance field to seek a livelihood, join- ing with Dana W. Bartholomew to form the firm of Knox and Bartholomew. For one year he remained so engaged in his native city of Hartford, and then became secretary of the Hartford Board of Fire Underwriters. Along with his other duties with the Hart- ford Board of Fire Underwriters, he served as stamp clerk, and his employment with that organization lasted six years. Coming
to Boston, he spent three years in inde- pendent insurance ventures, afterward pro- ceeding to New York City to be special agent and adjuster for the German-Ameri- can Insurance Company, which has since come to be known as the Great American Insurance Company. For six years he re- mained there, next becoming special agent for one of its subsidiary companies in Springfield, Massachusetts. After two years with that subsidiary, Mr. Knox devoted four years to the position of special agent and adjuster of losses with the Hanover Fire Insurance Company.
So equipped and trained in the hard school of experience, Frank Robert Knox came to Holyoke on October 1, 1919, as an employee of C. W. Johnson and Company. He had the understanding, when he came here, that he was to buy the business, and he did so, definitely taking it over and beginning to operate it on January 1, 1922. The Johnson company was established in 1866 as a gen- eral insurance firm, and its history has been closely connected with that of the develop- ment of Holyoke itself. The passing of this firm into the hands of Mr. Knox meant a decided step forward for both the company and the city, and in the period of more than a decade, in which he has been operating it, the company has grown and prospered and has performed notable service in the com- munity.
Mr. Knox, along with his work in this company, is a director of the Insurance Fed- eration of Massachusetts and regional vice- president of the Massachusetts Agents' As- sociation. He is also an executive commit- teeman of the agents' group. A Republican in political point of view, he is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Hol- yoke. Fraternally he is connected with Ionic Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, of Taunton, Massachusetts, and is also senior
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warden of Mount Nonotuck Lodge of the same order. He is a member of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, the Mount Tom Golf Club, and the Holyoke Council of Boy Scouts. Motoring and travel are Mr. Knox's favorite outdoor recreations, and in his spare time he particularly enjoys collecting inter- esting antiques.
On June 26, 1907, in Taunton, Frank Rob- ert Knox married Alice L. Dwinell, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Dwinell, of Taun- ton, both of whom are now deceased. Dr. Dwinell was a noted physician of that place for a period of many years, and was one of the beloved residents and citizens of Taun- ton. Mrs. Knox was graduated from Taun- ton High School and from La Salle Semi- nary, at Auburndale. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke. Mr. and Mrs. Knox have two children : I. Esther Knox, who was gradu- ated from Walnut Hill Academy and from Smith College, where she took her Bachelor of Arts degree. 2. Barron D. Knox, who studied in the Holyoke public schools and at Phillips-Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, graduating from the latter in 1930 ; he then spent three years at Yale Uni- versity, and is now a student at Tufts Medi- cal School and a member of the class of 1937.
STANLEY CULLEN COX, M. D .- Dur- ing the past quarter of a century, Dr. Stan- ley Cullen Cox has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Hol- yoke. He succeeded to the position occupied by his father in the professional life of the city, and in his own career has fully main- tained the fine traditions long associated with the family name.
Dr. Cox was born in South Hadley Falls on July 2, 1883, a son of Dr. Gardner and
Emma (Howard) Cox. His father, who was born in Barnard, Vermont, and died at Hol- yoke on May 6, 1912, was a graduate of the University of Michigan and a veteran of the Civil War. He devoted himself to his prac- tice in South Hadley Falls and Holyoke for forty-two years. Emma (Howard) Cox, his wife, was born at Canton, New York, and died in Seattle, Washington, in 1929. The Cox family is of Scottish origin and its mem- bers were early settlers in Pemaquid, Maine.
Stanley Cullen Cox was graduated from high school in 1902 and from Williston Sem- inary at Easthampton in 1903. Subsequently, he entered the University of Michigan, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1908 and received his professional training, leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine which was conferred upon him in 1910. He served his interneship at Gouver- neur and Post-Graduate hospitals in New York City and University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, following which he began active practice at Holyoke in November, 19II. Upon his father's death a few months later, he succeeded to his practice at No. 242 Maple Street, in the Howard Block, which was named for his mother, and has con- tinued it without interruption except for the years of the war.
When the United States was drawn into the European conflict, Dr. Cox enlisted in the Medical Corps and after completing a special course in surgical training at New York City, was stationed successively at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and Camp Green, North Carolina. In October, 1918, he went overseas as captain in the Medical Corps with Evacuation Unit No. 30, which was assigned to duty at Le Mans, France, and after the Armistice at Coblenz, Germany. Here he was in charge of the local hospital, remaining until June, 1919. Dr. Cox re- ceived his honorable discharge at Camp
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Devens with the rank of captain and now holds the commission of major in the Medi- cal Reserve Corps.
On his return to the United States he re- sumed his practice in Holyoke, where his activities have since centered. The demands on his services have grown steadily with passing years and he is today one of the leading members of his profession in this county and a well-known figure in medical circles of the State. Dr. Cox is one of the four senior surgeons on the staff of Holyoke Hospital ; a member of the courtesy staff of the Sisters of Providence Hospital, and a member of the medical staff of the Home for the Aged. He is also associate medical ex- aminer of Hampden County, at Holyoke, and a member of the Holyoke Medical So- ciety, the Springfield Academy of Medicine, the Hampden County Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, the Medico-Legal Society, the American Medi- cal Association and the American College of Surgeons. In addition to his professional connections, he is a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the American Le- gion, in which he is Past Commander of Holyoke Post, No. 25 ; the "40 & 8" society ; the Paper City Rod and Gun Club, the Ash- field Rod and Gun Club; the Boy Scouts of America, in which he is past president of Holyoke Council and a member of the Sil- ver Beaver ; the Reciprocity Club ; Mt. Tom Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; and an honorary member of the Holyoke Fire De- partment. Dr. Cox is a Republican in poli- tics, and a member of the Second Congrega- tional Church at Holyoke. His farm in Haw- ley, Massachusetts, is his principal diver- sion.
On June 12, 1912, at Winter Hill, Massa- chusetts, Stanley Cullen Cox married Al- mira Fay Leavitt, who was born on March
29, 1884, at Andover, daughter of the Rev. Horace H. and Mary (Kelley) Leavitt. Her father, a minister of the Congregational Church, was born at Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 8, 1843, and died in October, 1915, at Winter Hill, his last charge. He was a graduate of Williams College and Andover Theological Seminary, and during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as one of the one hundred "day-men" who answered Lincoln's call for volunteers. His wife, Mary (Kelley) Leavitt, was born in Boston, edu- cated at Mt. Holyoke College, and after her marriage accompanied her husband to Ja- pan, as a missionary. She also died at Winter Hill, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Cox attended Mt. Holyoke College and was graduated from Radcliffe College in 1908 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Following her graduation she became regi- strar of Mills College at Oakland, California, and was subsequently secretary to Professor George F. Moore, of Harvard. Later, she served as principal of Marlboro School at Los Angeles and as head of the English Department in Lincoln School, New York City. Mrs. Cox was a member-at-large of the Holyoke School Board for three years and is the only woman ever to have been elected to this body. She has been active in the Second Congregational Church of Hol- yoke, and is a member of many other local organizations, including the Women's Club, the Quadrangle Club, the Hampden County Women's Club, the Fortnightly Club, the Young Women's Christian Association and the Auxiliary of the American Legion. She is also a member of the Mt. Holyoke and Radcliffe College alumna, a member of Hol- yoke Council of International Relations, and a councilor of the Connecticut Branch of the Foreign Policy Association.
Dr. and Mrs. Cox are the parents of five children : I. Phoebe Leavitt, born December
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17, 1913, now a member of the junior class at the University of Michigan, where she has taken up the study of medicine. 2. Char- lotte Leavitt, born, March 31, 1915, now a member of the sophomore class at Mt. Hol- yoke College. 3. Stanley Cullen, born, De- cember 10, 1916, now a freshman at the Uni- versity of Michigan, where he has enrolled for the medical course. 4. Almira Day, born, December 4, 1917, a student at Northfield Seminary. 5. Gardner, born, March 10, 1923, attending Junior High School in Holyoke.
PHILIP WILLIAM CAPORALE, pros- ecuting attorney for the district court of the city of Springfield, is one of the outstanding young attorneys of this section of the State of Massachusetts. During his brief but bril- liant career he has come to occupy an im- portant place in the legal and civic realms of this vicinity, enjoying a large and lucra- tive practice and being prominently identi- fied with many of the leading political and social organizations of this community. Throughout, he has commanded the respect and esteem of his colleagues for his profes- sional ability and the wide recognition of the public-at-large for the public spirit he has displayed.
Philip William Caporale was born in Springfield November 9, 1905, eldest son of the eight children born to Louis and Car- mella (Gentile) Caporale, both natives of Italy who settled here about 1900. The first representative of this family to come to this country was Mr. Caporale's grandfather, Philip, who settled here about 1887 and be- came associated with the old Vaughn Com- pany, a contracting organization. Louis Caporale was a bottle dealer.
Mr. Caporale received a general education in the public schools of his native com- munity, graduating from the Central High School with the class of 1924. After com-
pleting his studies at this institution he ma- triculated at Valparaiso University where he took the arts and science course. Through- out his schooling career he worked as a barber in order to earn sufficient money to meet expenses. Having finished his aca- demic course and determined to enter the legal profession he attended the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, where he was to re- ceive his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1928. Prior to the completion of his legal training he had been admitted to practice before the Indiana State bar, having been certified to do so in 1927. For about two years he practiced in Valparaiso, being asso- ciated at this time with the Hon. Grant Crumpacker, of Valparaiso, one of the fore- most attorneys of the State. Having ac- quired a thorough and well-rounded experi- ence in his profession he returned to Spring- field in 1930 and established a practice here that has subsequently become one of the largest and most lucrative in this section.
From the outset of his career in this city he displayed a keen interest in the social and civic phase of community. Through the contributions he has made in each depart- ment he has come to win wide recognition as a leader and has been chosen by his fel- low-citizens to occupy important and re- sponsible public offices. As one of the most active members of the Republican party in this section he has been chosen chairman of Ward No. 3, by that organization, secretary of the Republican City Committee, and in 1935-36 is serving as vice-chairman of that body. He is an honorary member of Ward I G. O. P. Club, a member of the Young Men's Republican Club, of which he was one of the original organizers. He is also chair- man of the executive committee of the Hampden County Italian-American Civic League and in connection with the work which has been sponsored by this body has
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