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Through the success this company has enjoyed during its existence it has been pos-
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sible for it to extend its operations through- out New England, establishing plants in Portland, Maine, and South Boston, Massa- chusetts, where offices are maintained at No. IO Alger Street with Ralph E. Scripture as manager. The organization was originally designed to serve the States of Massachu- setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
In 1925 a merger was effected between the New England Metal Culvert Company and the Northeast Metal Culvert Company of Nashua, New Hampshire, at which time Burton S. DeFrees of Portland, Maine, be- came president, Louis J. Brainerd of Palmer and Frederick J. Hillman of Springfield, vice-presidents, Theodore A. Norman, treas- urer, and the executive staff is completed with Ralph E. Scripture and A. R. Larrabee.
AUBREY E. BALLANTYNE-The fu- neral home conducted by Aubrey E. Ballan- tyne in the community of Palmer is recog- nized as one of the finest and most modern establishments of its type in Hampden County. Coming to this section of the State in 1929 Mr. Ballantyne, who had gained an extensive and practical knowledge of this profession, purchased a business here and embarked on a career that has been distinc- tive for its outstanding success. Throughout his residence here he has taken a keen and active part in social and civic affairs and to- day is prominently identified with many of the leading organizations in Palmer.
Mr. Ballantyne was born at Lisbon Falls, Maine, July II, 1895, son of Andrew and Clara F. (Haigh) Ballantyne, who are also the parents of Gordon R. Ballantyne, a fu- neral director at West Warwick, Rhode Island. Of sturdy Scotch stock Mr. Ballan- tyne traces his American ancestry to his pa- ternal grandfather, John Ballantyne, who came to America from Galashiels, Scotland, and first settled in Canada where he was as-
sociated with the woolen manufacturing in- dustry. Later he came to the United States and settled in Boston, where he resided until he passed away in 1913. Andrew, father of Mr. Ballantyne, was born in Galashiels, Scotland, and came over to this country with his parents. He learned the woolen manu- facturing business with the elder Ballan- tyne, was employed in various woolen cen- ters and in 1901 became superintendent for the Gilbert Manufacturing Company of Ware, remaining with this firm until it went out of business, at which time he retired.
Aubrey E. Ballantyne spent his boyhood in Ware and there received a general educa- tion in the public schools. After completing his high school course he matriculated at the University of Maine, where he studied for two years. He then enrolled at Yale University and had been there less than one year when the United States entered the World War. In May, 1917, he enlisted in the Yale Ambulance Unit, which was at- tached to the French Army, being part of the 128th French Division. He served for nearly two years, receiving an honorable discharge in April, 1919.
Shortly after he resumed civilian life he went to Atlanta, Georgia, where he engaged in the mercantile business for two years. At the expiration of this period he returned to Ware and for a brief time was engaged in the dyeing department of the Gilbert Manufacturing Company. During this in- terval he assisted his father-in-law, Harry E. Jenks, widely known funeral director in Ware. It was thus he became interested in the undertaking business. Under the skill- ful and competent guidance of Mr. Jenks, Aubrey E. Ballantyne secured a well- rounded and practical experience that equipped him for the work he has since un- dertaken with such success. Feeling that he was adequately prepared he established
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a business of his own at Warwick, Rhode Island, and operated this venture until 1929, when he purchased his present business at Palmer from Bert L. Beers. The success he has enjoyed here is due in a large measure to able management and the modernization of equipment and facilities which enable him to cater to the most exacting requirements.
As a resident of this community Mr. Bal- lantyne has displayed a deep interest in so- cial and civic affairs. He is a member of the Palmer Rotary Club, the Merrill L. Symonds Post, No. 130, of the American Legion, and fraternizes with the Thomas Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Palmer Lodge of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and belongs to the Order of United American Workmen. In his religious convictions he worships at the Universalist Church in Palmer.
Mr. Ballantyne married in Ware, Ruth A. Jenks, daughter of Harry E. Jenks, previ- ously mentioned in this review. Mr. and Mrs. Ballantyne are the parents of two chil- dren : Janet and Stuart J.
WACLAW JAN SZEWCZYNSKI is a worthy representative of that valuable class of American citizens who, born in a foreign land, identify themselves wth the customs and institutions of their adopted country, and are not only successful in their personal en- deavors but contribute importantly to the life and affairs of the community in which they live. He was born in the city of Lub- lin, Poland, September 28, 1886, son of Joseph and Antonwell (Szelonogowski) Szewczynski. Joseph Szewczynski was born in 1848 in Lublin, and died there in 1917, at the age of sixty-nine years. He was a blacksmith all his life and a member of the Roman Catholic Church. His wife, born in Lublin in 1850, died there in 1921 at the age of seventy-one.
Educated in the public schools in Lublin, Poland, Waclaw Jan Szewczynski came to America in November, 1907, and first lo- cated in Philadelphia, where he worked in the rolling mills. He came to Holyoke, in July, 1909, and was employed in the Holyoke Machine Shops on Main Street, where he was a helper in the foundry for eighteen months. He then attended the American International College at Springfield, and, learning English, completed the equivalent of a high school education in 1915. While studying he worked after school hours do- ing odd jobs and, during his summer vaca- tions, he worked in the City Foundry in Springfield. In 1915 Mr. Szewczynski went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and attended Michigan University for a year taking a regular college course. Then he matriculated at the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Uni- versity, and was there one year. During this year he was in the employ of the North American Civic League (whose headquar- ters were in Boston), as field secretary for New Haven and vicinity. Three times each week he conducted Americanization or citi- zenship classes and lectured in Polish on current events at different times.
In the spring of 1917 Mr. Szewczynski completed his business course and was also drafted for military duty. Because of his valuable work in the North American Civic League he was assigned to the War College, Intelligence Department in Holyoke and vicinity until the Armistice was declared, November 11, 1918. Then he became asso- ciated with the Hadley Falls Trust Com- pany, of Holyoke, as manager of their for- eign department, remaining until December, 1921. During this period he was the prime mover in organizing the Holyoke Wholesale Grocery Company, Inc., and since Decem- ber, 1921, has been its efficient president and general manager. The concern deals
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in wholesale groceries and supplies, serving Holyoke and the area forty miles adjacent.
In 1933 Mr. Szewczynski became a direc- tor in the Hadley Falls Trust Company, continuing to the present. Since he has become a resident of Holyoke he has been prominently active in Polish organizations. He has lectured on Polish current events and Polish history. At present he is the president of the Polish National Alliance, Comme No. 82 of Holyoke and vicinity, comprising fifteen branches. In recognition of his social work among the Polish people of Massachusetts, the Government of Po- land awarded him an Iron Cross in 1931 and in 1933 he received in recognition of his efforts in behalf of the Polish people in America, the Medal of the Independence of Poland. Mr. Szewczynski served on the Park Recreation Commission one year un- der Mayor Burnham of Holyoke. He and his family attend the First Congregational Church of Holyoke, and he is a member of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce and formerly was on the board of incorporators of Holyoke Hospital.
On July 15, 1917, in Boston, Waclaw Jan Szewczynski married Mary Sliski, a native of Poland, daughter of the late Peter Sliski, of Poland. Mr. and Mrs. Szewczynski have one daughter and two sons : I. Isabella, born April 13, 1918. 2. Henry, born February 12, 1921. 3. Richard, born February II, 1924.
MONTE AARON FEINSTEIN-As treasurer of the American Braiding Com- pany of Holyoke, manufacturers of insulated wire and electric wire specialties, Monte Aaron Feinstein takes an active part in the management of an enterprise established originally by his father almost twenty years ago. He is well known in the city's business life and in its more general affairs.
Mr. Feinstein was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 3, 1898, son of
Barnett and Bessie (Potter) Feinstein. His father came to America with his parents when he was only five years old and re- ceived his education in the public schools of Providence, where the family home was established. He began his active career there in the employ of a shoe findings firm and after many years of experience in the field came to Holyoke in 1900, founding an independent company located on Dwight Street. He has since continued this busi- ness which is now situated at No. 193 High Street, Holyoke, carrying a full line of leather and shoe findings at wholesale. In 1917, Mr. Feinstein also established the American Braiding Company at No. 181 Appleton Street, Holyoke. He has since been president of the company and has brought it to a position of substantial impor- tance in its field. Barnett Feinstein is a member of the Beth El Jewish Congrega- tion in Springfield. He is an independ- ent in politics and has never entered public life but has lent his considerable influence to numerous civic causes. His wife, Bessie (Potter) Feinstein, is active in charitable work.
Monte Aaron Feinstein was graduated from Holyoke High School in 1916 and from the Wharton School of Business Adminis- tration of the University of Pennsylvania in 1920. On the completion of his education he became associated with the American Braid- ing Company of Holyoke, then in the third year of its development, and after serving a year in minor capacities was elected man- ager of the company. Subsequently he suc- ceeded to the office of treasurer, which he now holds. Mr. Feinstein has played an ac- tive part in the growth of the company almost from the beginning, and continues to devote his attention to its management.
During the war years, Mr. Feinstein en- listed in the United States Naval Reserve at Philadelphia, and now holds the commis-
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sion of Lieutenant Senior Grade, United States Naval Reserve. He is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Club of New York, the Lions Club of Holyoke, and has been active in the Masonic Order, in which he is a member of William Whiting Lodge at Holyoke, a member of all higher bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in- cluding the thirty-second degree of the Con- sistory ; and a member of the Melha Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Springfield.
Mr. Feinstein is unmarried. He has one brother, Garson Ralph Feinstein, a graduate of the Wharton School of Business Adminis- tration, and one sister, Adeline, wife of Ben- jamin Sacks who is associated with the Fed- eral Land Bank at Washington, District of Columbia.
JOHN PETER ZAREMBA-One of the younger Chicopee lawyers, John Peter Za- remba was born in Springfield, Massachu- setts, on October 17, 1904, son of Albert and Pauline Zaremba. His parents, both natives of Poland, came to Springfield in the last decade of the past century. One of a family of seven children, John Peter Zaremba re- ceived his formal education from the Chico- pee schools, and then entered North Eastern University, Springfield, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He also holds this same degree from Boston University in recognition of post- graduate studies pursued in that institution. On April 25, 1934, Mr. Zaremba was ad- mitted to the Massachusetts bar, and has since practiced the legal profession in Chico- pee. He is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar Association, the Bar Association of the City of Boston, and the Hampden County Bar Association.
Mr. Zaremba has been active in politics and Polish-American organizations. He is
a director and the secretary of the Polish Combined Clubs, of Chicopee, which in- cludes citizens' clubs of five sections ; and president of the Massachusetts Association of Polish-American Citizens Clubs. He is also a member of the Chicopee Public School Committee and chairman of the Republican City Committee, and is an active Catholic layman, a communicant of St. Stanislaus Church, of Chicopee.
In July, 1929, John Peter Zaremba mar- ried Anna Szot, daughter of Frank and An- gelina Szot, of Chicopee, and they have a daughter, Sylvia, and a son, John Peter, Jr.
JOHN MOSKAL-Running a chain of thriving meat markets in Hampden County, John Moskal makes his home in Holyoke and takes a lively part in the civic and social life of his city and the whole of the sur- rounding region.
Mr. Moskal was born March 14, 1888, in Grodzisko, Poland, son of Joseph and Bar- bara (Standzicka) Moskal. His father was born in March, 1836, at Grodzisko, Poland, and in that place spent most of his life and died, passing away in 1898, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a farmer and a member of the Roman Catholic religious faith. His wife, born in the same Polish city in December, 1847, is living in Poland.
Their son, John Moskal, attended the public schools in Poland, and there studied in what are the equivalent of the high schools of the United States. In 1905 he came to America, landing in Baltimore and proceeding a little later to Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, where he was employed in the plant of the Carnegie Steel Company. For a year he continued as a laborer in the mill, then was situated for a time in Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, where he was in the employ of the Butler Car Company. For a year he served as a steam hammer operator,
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then came to Holyoke, Massachusetts, on January 27, 1907, here associating himself with the Lyman Mills, a textile plant. Re- maining for two years with the Lyman or- ganization, he spent his evenings working in the meat market of Joseph Lizak. After leaving the textile trade, he continued the other work, finally buying a market of his own from Paul Desamania, of Holyoke. His first market was at No. 116 High Street, and he conducted it for two years. Selling it at the conclusion of that period, he then opened a market at No. 156 High Street, with Jo- seph Lizak as his partner. The two men established what was known as the High Street Market, but after a year Mr. Moskal bought Mr. Lizak's interest, continuing the enterprise independently as the High Street Market. His next business move was to open a sausage factory at No. 78 Hampden Street, Holyoke, under his own name. Four years later he bought the property at Nos. 113 and 115 Hampden Street, where he now has his business headquarters, here erecting a two-story building on the No. 113 site and a one-story edifice on the No. 115 property. About 1929 he opened meat markets here, gradually expanding his operations as new possibilities presented themselves to him. He now has three shops in Holyoke and branches in South Hadley Falls, Amherst, South Derryfield, Northampton and Ware, all of them doing a splendid business. He continues the sausage factory that he opened at No. 78 Hampden Street, Holyoke, in 1915, here selling his products at whole- sale and retail. At the same time he is en- gaged in the wholesale provisions business at Nos. 113 and 115 Hampden Street, where he caters to the needs of merchants over a wide territory, not only in Holyoke and this district, but throughout all western Massa- chusetts. His many business enterprises have been increasingly successful from the
outset of his career, and Mr. Moskal is one of those men who have made a real and sub- stantial contribution to the economic life of his times.
He has many community interests, and the community has gained from them. He is treasurer of the Kascinszko Club, Inc., of Holyoke, and a member of the Polish Falcon of America. He belongs to the Mater Do- lorosa Roman Catholic Church, in Holyoke. In spare time he enjoys outdoor life and recreations of a healthful sort, particularly touring through regions unfamiliar to him.
On February 1, 1909, in Holyoke, John Moskal married Julia Krok, a native of Poland, daughter of Joseph and Agnes (Wayda) Krok, both of Poland and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Moskal have three children : I. Edward Joseph, born Jan- uary 27, 19II, a graduate of Holyoke High School and the University of Vermont, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy ; he is now associated in business with his father. 2. Helen L., born August 20, 1916, a graduate of Holyoke High School and now a student at Russell Sage College, Troy, New York. 3. Constance, born No- vember 20, 1921, a student in the Holyoke Junior High School.
PASQUALE TEBALDI-Engaged in cement block manufacturing operations in Indian Orchard, Pasquale Tebaldi is one of Hampden County's foremost citizens. He has not only forged ahead in the business world despite the tremendous handicaps of his early career, but has been an outstanding contributor to the prosperity and general well-being of the whole Indian Orchard and Ludlow district.
Mr. Tebaldi was born at Farno, Italy, on April 13, 1887, and spent his early life in his native land. Coming to America in 1905
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he landed at New York City, was tagged and sent to Middletown, Connecticut, where he was kept for fifteen days, and then was sent to Springfield, Massachusetts. Here he lived with an Italian family, but found no employment for a time. He obtained work as a hand concrete mixer on a power dam, remaining there for five months. In No- vember, 1905, he came to Ludlow, here se- curing a pick and shovel job. For two years he lived in a shanty. A part of his work was carrying mortar and brick for masonry construction. Through various employment he became very familiar with conditions and operations in the building trades, and in 1908 he was able to enter into a business activity of his own-the building of side- walks and cellars and the carrying on of ex- tensive plastering operations. In 1909 he bought a little cement machine, from which grew the large and successful business that he now conducts. He manufactures cement blocks, bricks and a variety of building ma- terials, and has also become the builder of many tenement houses. He has about twenty-six acres of ground and a thoroughly modern equipment for the work that he is doing. His standing in the business world is all the more significant in view of the fact that when he came to America he had no funds, knew no English, and could not read nor write, even in his own native tongue. At the beginning of his career he had to make his mark instead of his signature on all business documents, but this lack was one caused wholly by lack of opportunity and not by lack of will to learn. He soon made up for this deficiency by virtue of his own inner determination to succeed in his undertakings, and as occasion offered he added constantly to his knowledge and store of information. In the course of his busy career he has built more than 200 houses
and has become the owner of a number of tenement houses. The original capitaliza- tion of his business was only $100, but in six months he had built twenty-two houses.
Mr. Tebaldi is today president and treas- urer of the Mattoon Realty Corporation, the Vernon Memorial Realty Corporation, the Tebaldi Realty Corporation and the Tebaldi Supply Company. At the same time he has come to fill an important place in the gen- eral life of the community. His executive abilities have been recognized on all sides, and he is one of the directors of Ludlow Hospital and a director of the Soldiers' Ma- rine Association and a trustee of the Lud- low Savings Bank. An intense interest in the town of Ludlow and its civic develop- ment has been reflected in all his manifold activities, and he is one of his community's proved leaders.
It was but natural that Mr. Tebaldi should direct his experience as a builder into per- sonal uses by building his own beautiful modern residence. He also owns a fine sum- mer home in the town of Monson, sur- rounded by a 150-acre tract of land.
On October 28, 1907, Pasquale Tebaldi married Angelina Marini, who like himself was born in Italy. They have become the parents of the following children : I. Alice, who became the wife of John Livi, of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. 2. Mary, who died July II, 1933, at the age of twenty-three years. 3. Anna, wife of Leo Canegallo, of Indian Orchard. 4. Gero, a graduate of Val- ley Forge Military Academy, class of 1933, having a brilliant record in both scholarship and extra-curricular activities at that school, playing football, baseball and other games serving as president of the institution's third class ; he is now associated in business with his father, serving as assistant secretary of the building company.
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SERAFINO MARCHETTI-One of the most successful and prominent produce merchants of the city of Springfield and vi- cinity is Serafino Marchetti, founder and owner of a wholesale fruit and produce establishment bearing his name. He has engaged in this work for nearly thirty years and throughout this period has gained a thorough and well-rounded practical experi- ence that has eminently equipped him for the important work he is conducting today. His present status can be attributed directly to his own efforts, for he not only started his distinguished career in a modest capacity but through ability and study established a record of advancement that has made him one of the most widely known and highly respected men in this business.
Serafino Marchetti was born in Broni, Province of Pavia, Italy, February 5, 1891, the son of Carlo and Emilia (Musselli) Mar- chetti. When he was six years of age he came to this country with his mother, who joined her husband in Springfield where he had come the year previous and lived with relatives. Two brothers of Serafino, Mario and Claudio, who are also in the produce business here, arrived here at this time. The former operates an establishment of his own and the latter is associated with Serafino, in the management of his business. In addi- tion to being the parents of the aforemen- tioned sons, Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Marchetti also had the following children in this coun- try: I. Angelo, who died at the age of two years. 2. Oresty. 3. Stella. 4. Grace. Carlo Marchetti, father of Serafino, became asso- ciated with the old wholesale fruit and pro- duce business of Perkins and Hatch in Springfield, and continued with this firm until it was dissolved. At this time he joined Mr. Hatch as manager of the banana de- partment of an independent establishment which the former had founded. Through
these associations the elder Marchetti gained a comprehensive knowledge of this business and after remaining with Mr. Hatch for several years resigned and en- tered business for himself, which he had conducted successfully until his passing on January 31, 1919.
Serafino Marchetti was reared and spent his boyhood in the city of Springfield, and received a general education in the public schools of this community until he was four- teen years of age. At this time he left school to become a messenger boy for the Postal Telegraph Company, an experience he always considered benefited greatly.
It was during the latter part of 1906 that he entered the fruit and produce business, thereby initiating a career that has been marked for its distinction and success since. At this time he joined The H. P. Stone Com- pany, wholesale dealers in fruits, produce and groceries. His first position was as a driver of a team of horses. Later he worked in other departments. He continued with this firm for four years and during this pe- riod supplemented his earlier education by attending night sessions at the Central High School. An alert and ambitious young man, anxious to make his own way in the world, he severed his connections with the afore- mentioned concern in 1910, and with a great deal of courage but a very limited capital, opened a small retail fruit and confectionery business at No. 560 Worthington Street. Under his able and careful management this small establishment grew and prospered, and after conducting it for four years he was able to sell out at a very substantial profit.
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