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taught Americanization at the Central High School in this city, undertaking this task between 1931-32. Mr. Caporale belongs to the Massachusetts Association of American- ization Teachers. As one of the foremost Republicans of this section he was chosen as candidate for State representative in 1932 and in the ensuing campaign was defeated by the Roosevelt landslide, by a small mar- gin. During that year he also was chosen a delegate to the Republican State Convention and was active in various other capacities. Professionally he is a member of the Ameri- can Bar Association, the Massachusetts State Bar Association and the Hampden County Bar Association. He has won wide favor among his professional colleagues and his appointment to the office of prosecuting attorney for the district court of Springfield in January, 1934, by Mayor Martens, has been favorably met in every quarter.
Socially he is a member of the Corbeen Club, of which he is chairman of the board of directors, the Sons of Italy, the Italian- American Athletic Club, the Turnverein, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Red Cross, where he serves as a member of the board of directors. He is a charter mem- ber of the Columbus Day Association and fraternizes with the Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, having served as chaplain for the latter organiza- tion in 1932. During his collegiate career he was president of the Blackstone Law Club at law school, was vice-chancellor of the Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity, of which he is now a life member, and president of the senior class. Fond of sports and athletics he was a member and captain of the law school basketball team and was also cap- tain of the boxing team. In conjunction with his many attainments he is also a writer of ability and today edits the monthly magazine "Wings Local Aerie."
JOHN K. GALLEHER -- Although in more recent years John K. Galleher has been a successful practicing lawyer of Spring- field, the background of his present career is one of color and adventure, in war and peace, in scientific exploration and sailing upon the high seas.
He was born at New London, Connecti- cut, January 1, 1896, son of John H. and Sarah Louise (King) Galleher, both natives of Hampden County, the former for many years the general agent in New York City for the Central Vermont Railroad and oper- ator of ships in the transatlantic cargo trade. After acquiring his preliminary academic education in Brooklyn, New York, schools and the Newman School of the Junior Col- lege class, at Lakewood, New Jersey, his further studies were interrupted by his go- ing to sea. He was in the United States Navy in command of convoy vessels from 1917 to 1919, or the full period of the World War. He then became a captain in the mer- chant marine and was the commanding offi- cer of a number of vessels before retiring in 1927 to complete his law studies in the Ford- ham University Law School. Graduated from this institution in 1928, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, he was admitted to the bar of Tennessee during the following year, and to the Massachusetts bar in 1931, since which time he has been engaged in practice both in Springfield and in New York City.
Altogether, Mr. Galleher was connected with the sea for twelve years. For three years he was in the vast South Seas area. Two years were spent in association with a scientific expedition of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in command of the yacht "Ohio." For two and a half years he was in the Panama Canal Zone as pilot of ships passing through the great waterway. As early as 1919 he was made captain of the S. S. "Montpelier," owned by the American National S. S. Company fame and, as has
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been indicated, he was the commanding offi- cer of various ships thereafter. Captain Gal- leher is a member of the Ship Masters Club, of New York, and of the National Aeronaut- ical Association. He was also appointed to the National Advisory Council of the Na- tional Congress of Rivers and Harbors, and twice has represented the city of Springfield at Washington, District of Columbia, at hearings on the development of navigation of the Connecticut River, and is now chair- man of the United Municipal Connecticut River Navigation Committee, representing Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and West Springfield. His legal connections are with the Hampden County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
On August 4, 1930, John K. Galleher mar- ried Elizabeth Morse, a lawyer of Okmul- gee, Oklahoma, now a member of the Mas- sachusetts bar, and they are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Louise, born January 20, 1933.
HAROLD S. MITCHELL-During the past fifteen years Harold S. Mitchell has been actively engaged in the practice of law at Springfield. He is now an established member of the local bar with a substantial practice and other important responsibilities in the city's life.
Mr. Mitchell was born at Thompsonville, Connecticut, February 25, 1896, son of Michael A. and Mary A. (Callahan) Mitchell, both natives of Connecticut. His father, a prominent figure at Thompsonville, is en- gaged in the grocery business there and serves as chairman of the township board of assessors.
Harold S. Mitchell received his prelimi- nary education in the parochial schools of his birthplace and was graduated from high school in 1914. For a year thereafter he at- tended Catholic University, Washington,
District of Columbia, and later returned to that institution to study law, taking the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws in 1918. In the same year he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army as an ambulance driver, went to France with the American Expeditionary Forces and served overseas for eleven months. After the Armistice he returned to the United States on April 10, 1919, and received his honorable discharge from the army at Camp Meade, Maryland. Resuming his preparations for his profes- sion, which the war had interrupted, he came to Massachusetts and in 1920 was admitted to the bar of this Commonwealth. Shortly afterwards he entered practice at Spring- field, where his activities have since cen- tered. Mr. Mitchell is well known in his profession and has an established clientele, the duties of which occupy his principal at- tention. He has found time to participate in civic life, however, and is now serving as a member of the Board of Appeals appointed by ex-Mayor Winter.
Mr. Mitchell is a member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Hampden County Bar Association. In addition to these professional connections, he is a member of the American Legion, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus.
On October 25, 1920, he married Hilda Cray of Holyoke, and they are the parents of one daughter, Mary Margaret, born Jan- uary 5, 1932. His offices are at No. 293 Bridge Street, Springfield, and his residence at No. 86 Springfield Street.
STEPHEN D. O'BRIEN-Throughout the major part of the colorful and varied career of Stephen D. O'Brien he has been associated with Springfield, where he was born October 6, 1895, son of John Philip
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and Ella (Mullins) O'Brien. The father was also a native of Springfield, his family coming originally from Ireland. He now resides here and is eighty years of age. Ella (Mullins) O'Brien's family came from Eng- land, and she was born in New York.
Stephen D. O'Brien was graduated from the Classical High School, in 1913, and en- tered business as clerk for the New England Westinghouse Company, with which he re- mained for two years. In 1917 he enlisted in the United States Navy, for World War service, and served in France. He was dis- abled by a wound and compelled to stay three months in a naval hospital. His rank was that of ensign, and he was assigned to the Paymasters Corps.
Shortly after his return to civilian life, Mr. O'Brien became a director of the United States Census for western Massachusetts. Subsequently he was with the Rolls-Royce Automobile Company of America as chief clerk. From 1922 to 1930, he was actively identified with the real estate business in Springfield. In the last named year he ac- cepted the post of secretary to the Hon. Wil- liam J. Granfield, member of Congress from the Second Massachusetts District, but re- signed on April 1, 1930, to become a member of the board of assessors of Springfield, and has served continuously since. During the past four years (1935) he has been the chair- man of the board. In 1935 he was super- visor of the State census completed that year.
His elevation to offices of importance in the municipality is, in part, a recognition of Mr. O'Brien's public-spirited civic attitude which has been a valuable factor in the pro- motion of the progress and benefit of the community. He is a member of the Univer- sity Club, the American Legion, and Veter- ans of Foreign Wars.
On September 5, 1932, Stephen D. O'Brien married Pauline Leman, of Springfield, and they are the parents of a son, Stephen D. O'Brien, Jr.
FREDERICK HORACE COOK-For many years Frederick (Fred) H. Cook was an active figure in the life of Holyoke and Hampden County. He was associated for more than half a century with the Holyoke Water Power Company, of which he was hydraulic engineer at the time of his retire- ment, and held other responsible offices with local corporations and enterprises. To the performance of his duties he brought dis- tinguished competence and rare fidelity, qualities which characterized him through- out life and formed the basis for the high regard in which he was always held by his associates and neighbors in this county.
Mr. Cook was born in Hadley, October 14, 1860, son of Charles and Harriette (Flagg) Cook. His father, who was also born in Hadley, was a broom manufacturer there during his active career. He was very prominent in Republican politics and at one time was a member of the State Legislature. Harriette (Flagg) Cook, the mother, was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and died at Hadley in 1864. Both were mem- bers of old New England families, the pater- nal line tracing to Captain Aaron Cook, who came from England to Connecticut in the Colonial period and later migrated to Had- ley, Massachusetts. Through his descend- ants, this family was represented in the Rev- olutionary War.
Frederick Horace Cook was educated at Hopkins Academy, in old Hadley, and East- man's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He obtained his first employ- ment under the town engineer at Hadley, but on May 1, 1884, became associated with
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the Holyoke Water Power Company, with which he remained in various capacities un- til his death. Rising gradually within the organization, he was appointed first assist- ant hydraulic engineer in January, 1903, and in October, 1925, became hydraulic engineer. After his retirement from active service on January 1, 1931, he was consulting engineer to the company until his death.
For many years prior to 1925, Mr. Cook was also town engineer for South Hadley Falls and for over thirty years up to De- cember, 1934, was clerk and director of the American Pad and Paper Company of Hol- yoke. He was an engineer of recognized attainments, and although his interests were chiefly technical, his advice and counsel were highly valued in the more general as- pects of business affairs.
In addition to these connections, Mr. Cook was a member of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce and the Holyoke Young Men's Christian Association. He was also an ac- tive member of the First Congregational Church of this city and was very loyal in its support. His personal tastes and habits were always simple; gardening and reading were his hobbies and his constant thoughts and all of his interests centered in his fam- ily and home.
On October 24, 1888, Frederick Horace Cook married Carrie Irene Miller, who was born in South Hadley on December 6, 1863, and died in Holyoke on December 25, 1926. She was a daughter of Edward Curtis Miller, a farmer of South Hadley Center, and Eliza- beth (Smith) Miller. Mrs. Cook was edu- cated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, from which she was graduated in 1885. She was much interested in church work and chari- ties, and was an active member for many years of the First Congregational Church of Holyoke, a member of the board of man- agers of the Aged People's Home and a
member of other women's organizations of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook became the parents of three children : I. Martha B. (M. Beatrice), who was educated at Holyoke High School and Bradford Academy. 2. Ralph Miller, who received his preliminary education in Holyoke public schools and Chauncey Hall, Boston, and in 1922 was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He is now associated with the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Company at Pittsfield. He married Marian Marshall of South Hadley Center and they are the parents of two children : Marshall Frederick, born, March 22, 1924; and Ralph Miller, Jr., born, May 9, 1926. 3. Irene Elizabeth, who married Bruce Moss- man, a chemist of Holyoke, now associated with the Fiberloid Corporation of Indian Orchard. They have two children: Irene, born, July 31, 1930; and Frederick John, born December 14, 1934. Mrs. Mossman is a graduate of Bradford Kennedy School at South Hadley Center and attended Skid- more College.
Frederick Horace Cook died in Holyoke on January 16, 1935, in his seventy-fifth year. He remained an honored and re- spected figure until the last in the life of the city where he so long made his home, and. his death was a source of deep regret to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
HONORÉ E. GAUDREAU, M. D .- Among the leading ophthalmologists of the city of Springfield is Dr. Honoré E. Gau- dreau, who for the past decade has been prominently identified with the medical fra- ternity of this city and today occupies the post of assistant ophthalmologist for the Springfield Hospital as well as being affili- ated with several other leading institutions in this field.
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Dr. Gaudreau was born in Granby, Can- ada, January 8, 1900, son of Napoleon and Delmia (Paquette) Gaudreau, both natives of St. Cesaire, Canada. His father, who is now deceased, was a manufacturer during his active business career. His mother, who survives, lives in Indian Orchard. Dr. Gaudreau came to Indian Orchard with his parents as a young boy and received a gen- eral education in the public schools of this community. Later he was graduated from the High School of Commerce and after completing his studies matriculated at Tufts College where he took a pre-medical course. He then entered the medical college of this institution and was awarded a degree of Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1924. Directly after completing his academic training he served an interneship at the Springfield Hospital, remaining from 1924 to 1925. He then became associated with the Providence Lying-In Hospital and se- cured experience in the department of ob- stetrics. After serving here until the latter part of 1926 he came to Ludlow and initiated a general practice which he was to conduct from 1927 to 1929, when he determined to specialize in eye diseases. With this in view he entered the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and took post-graduate work in ophthalmology.
He came to Springfield after finishing his work at the aforementioned institution and on November 1, 1930, began a career as an eye specialist which in subsequent years has been noted for its outstanding distinction and success. In addition to serving as as- sistant ophthalmologist at the Springfield Hospital he is a member of the Springfield Academy of Medicine, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the New England Oph- thalmological Society, the American Acad- emy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and the American Medical Association. He is also a Fellow in the American College of
Surgeons. He is a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. In his political con- victions he is a member of the Republican party and in religion adheres to the Roman Catholic faith, worshipping at the St. Aloy- sius Church of that denomination at Indian Orchard. During the World War he served three months in the Student Army Training Corps and since that time has been affiliated with the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, serving this body with the rank of lieutenant between 1925 and 1930, and securing a promotion to captaincy during the latter year, which he now holds. In this work he is attached to the medical detachment of the 104th Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard. Fond of outdoor sports he finds great pleasure in fishing, a hobby which he indulges during his leisure.
Mr. Gaudreau was married June 3, 1935, to Laura R. La Francis of Indian Orchard, daughter of Peter and Natalie (Bonne) La Francis.
ALBERT W. BUCKLEY-Since the first years of the present century Albert W. Buckley has been with the Springfield Photo-Engraving Company, starting as a boy and never breaking the connection thus begun. He was born in Chicopee, the son of Charles A. and Kitty M. (Crandall) Buckley, the former of whom died in 1925, and the mother two years later. The sensi- ble, but unusual custom, of finding one's right vocation early in life, seems to have been a characteristic of the Buckley family, for Charles A. Buckley was associated with the Ames Sword Company, of Chicopee, for more than half a century. He was also an important figure in the Masonic circles of New England and New York State, and in 1903 served as mayor of Chicopee.
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The Springfield Photo-Engraving Com- pany is a pioneer in its field. When estab- lished in 1892 by Charles Van Vlack, it was the only photo-engraving plant between New York and Boston. After the death of Mr. Van Vlack in 1914, the business was purchased by John J. Dunne, Clifford S. Burdick and Albert W. Buckley, experi- enced employees for many years. This com- pany has specialized from its foundation in designing and engraving anything in the commercial line, and has the reputation of being able to supply the demand for every- thing from a small label to the complete catalog, magazine, news and trade paper advertising. They also specialize in X-ray drawings of mechanical subjects, as well as bird's eye drawings of manufacturing plants, and receive commissions from all parts of New England and New York for catalog illustrations from the majority of the big manufacturers of machinery, as well as ma- chine tools and hardware. The present offi- cers are : Walter C. Kelley, president; Clar- ence W. Smith, vice-president; and Albert W. Buckley, treasurer.
As has been indicated, Mr. Buckley has been with the firm since 1900 and has played no small rôle in its development. Industri- ous and thorough in his work, blessed with a capacity for the mastery of details, meth- ods and finance, his complete devotion to the best interests of the company in hard times and easy, have met with merited success. In a quiet, yet forceful fashion, he has tried to serve faithfully as a citizen of the city in which he has made his home for many years. He is a member of the Exchange Club, and a few other local and professional organiza- tions.
In 1909 Albert W. Buckley married Ella C. Hamilton, of Chicopee Falls.
The Buckley residence is at No. 209 Grove Street, Chicopee Falls.
GEORGE B. SMITH-Although a com- paratively newcomer to Springfield circles and to the Monarch Life Insurance Com- pany, of which he is manager of the claims department, George B. Smith has been a lifelong resident of New England and has an experience of more than a quarter of a cen- tury as an official in his vocation. He is a native of Calais, Maine, born April 16, 1883, son of Samuel S. and Caroline A. (Camp- bell) Smith, both of whom came originally from New Brunswick, Canada, to Maine, two years before the birth of their son.
George B. Smith was graduated from the Calais Academy, in 1902, and entered the claim department of the Maine Central Rail- road, remaining until April, 1906. He then resigned to become treasurer of the National Casualty Company, of Portland, Maine, and after filling this post for three years became superintendent of claims for the Maine In- surance Company, also of Portland. In 1912 he was elected superintendent of claims of the Columbian National Life Insurance Company, with headquarters in Boston. From 1917 to 1930 he held a like office with the Loyal Protective Insurance Company, of Boston, and then was secretary of this corporation for two years. On September I, 1932, he became associated with the Mon- arch Life Insurance Company, at Spring- field, as manager of its claims department.
In insurance fields, more particularly that important section of it which has to do with claims, Mr. Smith has a wide and enviable reputation. He is a past president of the International Claim Association. Frater- nally he is affiliated with the Masonic Order, and is a Past Grand of the Beacon Lodge, No. 67, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Portland, Maine, and a member of the Grand Lodge, of the State of Maine. He is a member of the Longfellow Club, of Ros- lindale, and has been constructively active
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in the civic affairs of the communities with which he has been identified.
On April 12, 1908, George B. Smith mar- ried A. Maud Graffaf, of Portland, Maine, and they have three living children : I. Rich- ard B., who is a graduate of the Boston Latin School, and in November, 1933, was graduated from the Babson School of Edu- cation, and is an accountant at Springfield. 2. Ruth E., graduate of the Jamaica Plains High School, and the Wheelock Kindergar- ten School, now a teacher in the schools of Clinton, New York. 3. Marion F., a gradu- ate of Jamaica Plains High School, and the Garland School, of Boston, and is now (1935) attending the Barker School, in Springfield.
BENJAMIN L. GIPSTEIN, M. D .--- Though one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Springfield, Dr. Ben- jamin L. Gipstein has established himself among the foremost representatives of his profession and today, after nearly a decade of experience, enjoys a large and lucrative practice.
Dr. Gipstein was born in Hartford, Con- necticut, there attended public schools, and completed his preparatory studies in 1920. During his boyhood he had determined to pursue a medical career and upon finishing his preliminary training matriculated at the University of Massachusetts Medical Col- lege where he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine with the class of 1925. He then served an internship at the Columbia Hos- pital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later in the Municipal Hospital in Hartford, Con- necticut. In September, 1926, he established himself in a general practice in the city of Springfield, which he has conducted since with outstanding success and distinction. Professionally he is a member of the medical
staff of the Mercy Hospital in this city and is on the associate staff of the Wesson Memorial Hospital. He belongs to the Massachusetts Medical Society, the East- ern Hampden Medical Association, the Mas- sachusetts Clinical and Surgical Society, the Hampden County Medical Society and the Maimonides Medical Club. Socially he frat- ernizes with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the B'nai B'rith. He is an ardent outdoor man and fond of all types of sports.
On November II, 1934, Dr. Gipstein mar- ried Dorothy Weitzman of Springfield and they reside at No. 109 Wayne Street, in this city.
MRS. WILLIAM G. DWIGHT --- It would be impossible to catalogue the achievements of Mrs. William G. Dwight (Minnie Ryan Dwight) under any single heading although she has been actively engaged in journalism since her girlhood, and since 1930 has been the editor and publisher of the "Holyoke Transcript-Telegram." Of her many other interests this review of her notable career will attempt to outline. She was born in Hadley June 22, 1873, one of the seven chil- dren of Patrick and Catherine (Reilley) Ryan, both of whom were natives of Ire- land, who migrated to the Connecticut Val- ley in their youth. Mr. Ryan was born in County Waterford, and his wife in County Tipperary.
Educated in the public schools and Hop- kins Academy, Hadley's famous secondary institution, Mrs. Dwight was graduated and became a teacher in the local schools for a short time. In 1891 she went to Holyoke and obtained a position as a reporter on the "Holyoke Transcript." While in this city
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she took special courses in Mt. Holyoke Col- lege, and supplemented this work with ex- tensive travels in the United States, Canada and Europe. On November 5, 1896, she married William G. Dwight, editor and pub- lisher of the "Holyoke Transcript," and the founder of the "Daily Transcript." Mrs. Dwight continued her journalism through all the gamut of the departments of the newspaper, and upon the death of her hus- band in March, 1930, continued to publish the "Holyoke Transcript-Telegram" and serve as its editor.
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