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Mr. Cruttenden was born in Madison, Connecticut, and there attended the public schools. Later he studied at Hillhouse School, in New Haven, Connecticut. and in 1894 he was graduated from the academic department of Yale University, taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He also took his Bachelor of Laws degree at the same university, and in the following year was awarded the degree of Master of Laws. Ad- mitted to the bar of the State of Connect- icut, he practiced his profession for three years, then entered upon his insurance work, in which he has continued since that time. His first association was with the National Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Con- necticut, which employed him in the home office at Hartford and at different places in the western New England territory.
In June, 1912, he was made a special agent in western New England for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Seven years later, in March, 1919, he was elected assistant secretary of the corporation, and on January 14, 1924, he was elected vice- president. He continues today in that office,
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and he is also vice-president and a director of the four companies which comprise the so-called Springfield group.
Keenly interested in his work, he has so carried on his operations as to win the con- fidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. At the same time he has concerned himself with the affairs of different social and civic groups. He is a member of the Colony Club, the Longmeadow Country Club, and the Free and Accepted Masons, and he is generally recognized as one of Springfield's outstanding citizens. In the Masonic Order he is affiliated with different bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite and with Melha Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Each of these groups with which he is connected has, in some very definite way, benefited from his labors in its behalf, and, as a result, he is esteemed and honored wherever he is known.
Walter B. Cruttenden married, on June 15, 1904, Marie E. Honsdale, of Meriden, Connecticut.
JOSEPH OCTAVE BEAUCHAMP, M. D .- During a long and distinguished med- ical career which spans over four decades, Dr. Joseph Octave Beauchamp has come to assume a prominent place in the life of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Professionally he enjoys a wide and lucrative practice and is widely recognized and highly esteemed by his colleagues and the public at large. Throughout his residence here he has taken a keen interest in social and civic affairs and because of his public-spirited activities has been chosen on numerous occasions to oc- cupy important and responsible offices of public trust.
A native of St. Roch, Province of Quebec, Dr. Beauchamp comes from sturdy French- Canadian stock, his earliest ancestors in the "New World" having migrated to the Do- minion from La Rochelle, France, and in
1659, settled in Montreal, Province of Que- bec. He received a general education in the schools of his native province and then ma- triculated at Laval University in Montreal from which he was graduated with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. He came to Chico- pee in 1894 and embarked on a professional career that has been distinctive for its out- standing success. For approximately nine- teen years he engaged in a general practice, abandoning this phase of medicine to spe- cialize in eye, ear, nose and throat work. Professionally he is a member of the Amer- ican Medical Association, the Springfield Academy of Medicine and the Hampden County Medical Society.
His usefulness to his fellows, however, transcends the purely professional for he has also contributed abundantly to the civic and social welfare of this community. As early as 1907 he had won a place of leadership among his fellows which is attested to by the fact that he has been elected a member of the board of aldermen, city physician, mayor of Chicopee, earning the distinc- tion of being the first Franco-American citi- zen ever to attain this honor. In addition he has been a member of the Water Com- mission, Electric Light Commission, and the Board of License Commissioners of Chico- pee.
Socially he has been a dominant figure in Franco-American societies having served as the first president of the Franco-American Republican League of Massachusetts, as well as holding memberships in all related important societies. He is medical examiner for the Union St. Jean Baptiste, an organ- ization he has belonged to since its founda- tion.
Dr. Beauchamp married Anna Deslong- champs, a native of L'Epiphanie, Province of Quebec, and they are the parents of : I. Ella, at home. 2. Dr. Eugene Wilfred, whose life is reviewed in the following biography. 3.
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Flora, Mrs. John L. Fitzpatrick of Waltham, Massachusetts, and they have two children : i. John L., Jr. ii. Anna Marie. 4. Edward, attorney of Lewiston, Maine.
EUGENE WILFRED BEAUCHAMP, M. D .- Emulating the illustrious career of his father, who for many years has been one of the eminent physicians and surgeons of this section of the State of Massachu- setts, Dr. Eugene Wilfred Beauchamp is not only upholding the traditions established by his forebear but through his own en- deavors and accomplishments enjoys the confidence of a large clientele.
Dr. Eugene Wilfred Beauchamp was born in Chicopee Falls, April 27, 1899, the son of Dr. Joseph Octave and Anna (Deslong- champs) Beauchamp, both natives of Can- ada. The career of his father is reviewed in the preceding biography. Dr. Beauchamp received a general education in the public schools of Chicopee; later attended L'As- somption College, in L'Assomption, Quebec ; returned to this country and entered the As- sumption High School at Worcester, Mas- sachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1915. He then matriculated at Assumption College in the same city, receiving his Bach- elor of Arts degree from this institution in 1919. Determined at this time to follow the medical profession as a career, he enrolled at the Jefferson Medical College at Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, where he secured his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1923. The two years following the completion of his medical training were spent as an interne at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital. He then went to Europe and took post-graduate courses in Vienna and Paris between 1925 and 1926, specializing in surgery and ob- stetrics.
Returning to this country during the lat- ter year Dr. Beauchamp opened an office in Chicopee and later in Springfield initiating
a career he has followed with gratifying success since. Today he is a surgeon on the staff of the Mercy Hospital in Spring- field and holds memberships in the Hamp- den County Medical Society, the Massachu- setts State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the Springfield Acad- emy of Medicine and the Springfield Med- ical Club. Since 1932 he has been a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Socially he is a member of the Union St. Jean de Baptiste, the Calumet Club of Chico- pee, and the Union Canadienne Club of Chicopee. On several occasions he has served as medical examiner for some of the above named organizations.
In March, 1927, Dr. Beauchamp married Marguerite La Pierre, daughter of Dr. Charles A. and Arthemise (La Liberte) La Pierre of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mrs. Beauchamp was educated in the public schools of Minneapolis, the St Catharine's College of St. Paul and later took post- graduate work at Catholic University in Paris. Dr. and Mrs. Beauchamp are the parents of three sons: Eugene W., Jr., Charles Joseph and David Thomas.
FREDERICK HAILE STEBBINS-A
leading lawyer of Springfield and a member of the Hampden County bar, who has been in active practice for more than half a cen- tury, Frederick Haile Stebbins was born in Springfield on May 24, 1850, son of John Mills and Harriet Cornelia (Haile) Steb- bins. He is a descendant of Rowland Steb- bins (Stebbing), who, according to family records, came to Springfield before 1640. A large number of descendants bearing his name have since resided in the Connecticut Valley. Frederick Haile Stebbins is also a descendant of Thomas Hooker, founder of Hartford Colony, Hartford, Connecticut, and of Samuel Chapin and Samuel Wright, dea- cons of the first church in Springfield. Both
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his parents were natives of New Hampshire. His father, born at Hinsdale, was a graduate of Dartmouth College in the class of 1848, and in the following year settled at Spring- field, where his family has since resided. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851, continuing active in his profession un- til shortly before his death in 1888. He was also prominent in public life at Springfield, serving as a member and president of the common council in 1855, as mayor of the city in 1874 and as judge of the Court of Insolvency. Harriet Cornelia (Haile) Steb- bins, his wife, was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and died at Springfield in 1906. She was a daughter of William Haile, who was Governor of New Hampshire from 1857 to 1859 and a sister of William H. Haile, who was Lieutenant-Governor of Massa- chusetts from 1890 to 1893.
Frederick Haile Stebbins, of this record, received his preliminary education in the grammar and high schools of Springfield and the Springfield Collegiate Institute. In 1881 he was graduated from Yale College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and for the following two years studied law at Harvard Law School. In 1884 he was ad- mitted to the Massachusetts bar and entered upon his practice in Springfield which he has continued for over fifty years. Both ยท in seniority and by right of esteem he holds a place in the front rank of his profession. Mr. Stebbins has served many important interests, and in addition to his purely pro- fessional connections was president of the Hampden Savings Bank of Springfield from 1919 until 1934, when he resigned. He was for thirty-five years attorney to this institu- tion and continued afterwards as a member of its board of trustees. Mr. Stebbins was also attorney for the Springfield Coopera- tive Bank for about eighteen years. In 1887-88 he was a member of the city com- inon council and for a short time served as
a member of the Springfield School Com- mittee to fill a vacancy.
Mr. Stebbins was a member of the Win- throp Club of Springfield for thirty-five years and the Saturday Night Club for forty-five years. He is also a member of the Century Club and of the Hampden County Bar Association. His hobby has been book collecting.
On November 12, 1902, Frederick Haile Stebbins married Martha R. Adams of Springfield, a graduate of Smith College in 1893. They are the parents of one son, Fred- erick Adams Stebbins, who was graduated from the Taft School at Watertown, Con- necticut, and from Yale College in the class of 1932; he subsequently studied law at the Harvard Law School.
ROBERT BRUCE McGAW-Although trained to the profession of law and for some years engaged in active practice, Robert Bruce McGaw has spent his career largely in business and financial life. He is now president of the Hampden Savings Bank of Springfield and in that capacity heads one of the oldest banking institutions of the county.
Mr. McGaw was born at Sunbury, Penn- sylvania, and received his education in pub- lic schools of that State. In 1894 he was graduated from Lancaster High School and began the active business of life as a book- keeper for a large furniture and carpet house in Lancaster. Subsequently he trav- eled as a salesman for the Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company. Meanwhile, Mr. McGaw decided to adopt the legal profes- sion and began the study of law at Lewis- burg, Pennsylvania, under a local attorney. In 1899 he was admitted to the Pennsyl- vania bar and for a period of three years thereafter practiced in Lewisburg.
In 1902, Mr. McGaw became associated with the United States Steel Corporation at
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Pittsburgh. After a few months he joined the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company in New York City, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, and re- mained in this connection until 1907, when he came to Massachusetts as credit manager of the Fisk Rubber Company at Chicopee Falls. In 1913 he was made assistant treas- urer of the company with headquarters in the Fisk executive offices at New York City, and in 1921 was elected treasurer of the company, serving for a period of nine years. In 1930 he resigned his office to become treasurer of the Hampden Savings Bank in Springfield, and with the retirement of Fred- erick H. Stebbins as president of the bank in June, 1934, Mr. McGaw was elected his successor in the office he now holds. His training in business life had brought him in contact with leading bankers of the country and for a period of years he had taken a deep interest in savings banks, studying their operations carefully. He was thus fully qualified for the executive responsibilities he assumed with the Hampden Savings Bank and has met them successfully.
Mr. McGaw is a member of the Massa- chusetts Savings Banks Association, the Massachusetts Bankers Association, the Na- tional Association of Savings Banks and the American Bankers Association, serving on several of the more important committees of these organizations. In addition to his professional connections he is a member of the Colony Club, the Longmeadow Country Club and the Masonic Order, in which he is a member of various higher bodies, in- cluding Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar. He served as chairman of the Red Cross in Springfield for a period of about three years. During his residence in this city he has become a well-known figure in its life and exercises an important influ- ence in many phases of its affairs.
On February IS, 1902, Robert Bruce Mc- Gaw married Cora Katharine Sypher of Mil- ton, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of one daughter, Margaret S., who married Harry C. Beaver, Jr., of Longmeadow, an associate of the financial house of Kidder, Peabody and Company.
FREDERIC A. BALLOU-In the pro- fession of law Frederic A. Ballou, of Spring- field, has for many years performed a work of importance to his community and to Hampden County.
Mr. Ballou was born November 27, 1866, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, son of Charles E. and Mary E. (Allen) Ballou. His father, who came from Vermont, was a farmer, and his mother was a native of Greenfield. In the public schools of his native community Frederic A. Ballou received his early edu- cation, and in 1885 he was graduated from high school. Five years later he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Amherst Col- lege, and then he studied law in the office of Henry Fuller, of Westfield. He proved himself a splendid example of the true self- made lawyer after his admittance to the bar in March, 1894. His early farm training provided him with a knowledge of humanity and of the practical things of life that is lacking in the endowments of many profes- sional men, so that, when he began his prac- tice in Westfield, he was admirably equipped for his work in more ways than one. He also opened an office in Springfield, which he still continues, giving his entire time to his professional work.
Among his other activities, Mr. Ballou is engaged as legal advisor to the Woronoco Savings Bank, of Westfield, also serving that institution as clerk and trustee. He is attorney for the Springfield Cooperative Savings Bank and the Westfield Cooperative Bank. Among the social organizations to
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which he belongs is the University Club, of Springfield.
On July 9, 1901, Frederic A. Ballou mar- ried Elizabeth Harris. They became the parents of one son, Henry H. Ballou, who makes his home in Springfield with his family.
THEODORE W. ELLIS-A highly esteemed lawyer of Hampden County, Theo- dore W. Ellis has carried on his professional practice in the city of Springfield, the place of his birth and almost continuous residence thereafter.
Mr. Ellis was born September 2, 1887, in Springfield, son of Ralph W. and Katharine (Rice) Ellis. His father was a native of South Hadley Falls, and was long a promi- nent business man. He was president of the Five-Cent Bank, of Springfield, and of the Milton Bradley Company. Mrs. Katharine (Rice) Ellis was born in Springfield.
In the schools of his birthplace, Theodore W. Ellis received his early education, and in 1906 was graduated from high school. Proceeding next to Harvard University, he took the Bachelor of Arts degree at that in- stitution in 1910, and then attended Har- vard Law School. In the following year he was admitted to the bar, and at once be- gan his professional practice in the city of Springfield, where he proceeded to carry on his work. Here he has come to be a leading citizen, and his position is one of very high standing among his fellow-resi- dents of the community.
In 1914 he organized the Ellis Title and Conveyancing Company, of which he is now treasurer and manager. He is also presi- dent and treasurer of the Ellis Corporation, a mortgage company which is a leading or- ganization in its field, and is engaged in servicing real estate for savings banks. At the same time he continues his work as a
lawyer, representing a number of banks and prominent institutions of this region of Mas- sachusetts.
Serving in the World War, Mr. Ellis was a captain in the Trench Mortar Battery in France. He is a member of the Colony Club of Springfield and the Harvard clubs of New York City and of Boston.
On August 23, 1919, Theodore W. Ellis married Gladys Butler, daughter of Senator William M. Butler, of Boston. The Ellises have two children : David, who was born in 1928, and Judith, born in 1929.
In his spare time Mr. Ellis is fond of out- door life and healthful recreations. He plays tennis and squash rackets, and also enjoys fishing.
LOUIS CAMPBELL CLARKE-As treasurer of the Monarch Life Insurance Company, Louis Campbell Clarke is a well- known figure in the business and financial circles of Springfield. He is a worthy repre- sentative of those self-made men who con- stitute so large and valuable a class of citi- zens. In both private and public life he stands out as an exponent of the finest type of civic loyalty, and during his years in Springfield he has been a definite influence and force in promoting the progress of the city.
Mr. Clarke was born at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, May 31, 1886, son of John M. and Katharine (Cole) Clarke, both natives of Nova Scotia, Canada. His father, now deceased, was a lithographer and printer over a long period. While Louis Campbell Clarke was given the rudiments of an education in local schools his further endeavors to extend his knowledge were pursued only with difficulty. He completed the equivalent of academic courses as a stu- dent in the Boston Night High School. He then attended Northeastern University
Harry C. Lane
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(Young Men's Christian Association), Bos- ton, where he completed his education and training in business administration, special- izing in accountancy. In the meanwhile he had been making a livelihood, and after his studies had been completed established an office in Boston. For six years he was with Ernst and Ernst, accountants, in Boston, prior to going into the Massachusetts State Insurance Department as an examiner, where he remained for two years. He then served the Service Mutual Liability Insur- ance Company as treasurer for a few years. In 1924 Mr. Clarke came to Springfield to become the assistant treasurer of the Mon- arch Life Insurance Company. After a few months in this position, he was made treas- urer of the corporation, a position he has since filled efficiently and well. He is a di- rector of the company with which he is con- nected and is a member of the Exchange Club. Fraternally he is affiliated with St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Boston, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. He is a past Monarch of the Spring- field Grotto, and a member of Melha Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
On September II, 1926, Louis Campbell Clarke married Hazel G. Warren, of Spring- field, and they are the parents of a son, Louis Campbell Clarke, Jr., born July 17, 1927.
HARRY C. LANE-Banker, business man and civic worker, Harry C. Lane. pres- ident of the First National Bank and John S. Lane and Son, Incorporated, is one of the most widely known and important figures in this section of the State. During his long and distinguished career in the city of West- field he not only has achieved noteworthy fame in the aforementioned pursuits but has also come to be recognized for the contribu-
tions he has made to the civic and social life of this community.
Harry C. Lane was born in Falls Village, Connecticut, October 21, 1878, the son of John S. and Emma S. (Plumb) Lane, both natives of his birthplace and of sturdy Colo- nial stock. His father, who died in 1913, was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as captain with the 18th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. The elder Mr. Lane was the founder of John S. Lane and Son, Incorporated, manufacturers of crushed stone.
Harry C. Lane was afforded a general education in the public schools of his native community and after completing his studies here matriculated at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he remained until he joined his father in business. Throughout the ensuing years he has been associated with this venture and through his accomplishment and efforts has risen to direct its activities as president, the post he now occupies with such outstanding distinc- tion and success. Today the John S. Lane Company has manufacturing plants at West- field, Holyoke and Amherst, thereby enjoy- ing a statewide business.
During the course of his business career he has become interested in finance and in this connection has been invited to serve as a member of the board of directors for several of the larger banking institutions of this section, including the First National Bank of Westfield, which possesses the old- est banking charter in the State of Massa- chusetts. He is also a member of the board of trustees for the Westfield Savings Bank.
He has taken an active part in civic and social affairs and today is president of the Shurtleff Mission and a member of the board of trustees of the Noble Hospital. In his fraternal affiliations he is a member of the Masonic Order where he holds a thirty-
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second degree, is an Arch Mason and belongs . New York City, and from 1915 to 1916 he to Melha Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a mem- ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Massachusetts.
Mr. Lane married Bessie Curtis, daugh- ter of Floyd Curtis, who was formerly pres- ident of the First National Bank of Meriden, Connecticut, and died at the age of eighty years in 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are the parents of three chlidren: I. Ruth (Lane) Gowdy. 2. Marguerite (Lane) Morey. 3. F. Curtis Lane, now a student at Williams College.
ALBERT EDWARD NEALE-Since 1929 Albert Edward Neale has been serving as city auditor of Springfield. He is active in many departments of life in this city and in Hampden County, and is esteemed as a leader in many important business and civic enterprises and as a writer on municipal affairs.
Mr. Neale was born December 15, 1889, in Springfield, son of Daniel and Matilda L. Neale. His father was a woolen manufac- turer, and from 1861 to 1865 served as cor- poral in the 37th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, continuing his service through the whole of the Civil War.
Attending the State Street Grammar School, at Springfield, Albert Edward Neale was graduated from the graded schools here in 1905, from Springfield Evening High School in 1913, and from the New York Uni- versity School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York City, in 1916. Meanwhile, he had extensive practical experience in the business world, beginning work in 1905 as an employee of the Phelps Publishing Com- pany, of Springfield, publishers of maga- zines, and so continuing until 1913. For the next two years he was with the National Society of Music, book publishing firm of
was with Price, Waterhouse & Company, an international firm of certified public ac- countants. From 1917 to 1929 he was asso- ciated with the Bausch Machine Tool Com- pany, of Springfield, the last two years as assistant treasurer and in 1929 he was ap- pointed city auditor of Springfield. Since that time he has carried forward his activi- ties, giving to this municipal office the same sort of sound business administration that he had given to the different companies with which he had been associated as bookkeeper, junior accountant, office manager, and as- sistant treasurer.
For many years he has been deeply inter- ested in municipal problems, serving for two years as president of the Highland Civic Club, and his position as city auditor has but served to intensify this interest. A member of a group of seventeen city officials chosen from different parts of the United States, he went to Germany in 1933, having been sent by the Oberlaender Trust of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, of Philadelphia, to study German municipal methods. Mr. Neale has contributed a number of special articles to magazines, writing mainly on municipal affairs and for such publications as "The American City," "Public Manage- ment" and "Municipal Finance." Articles by him appeared in the November, 1933, and November, 1934, issues of "Municipal Finance."
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