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MARK J. KELLY-As New England man- ager for the Brockway Motor Corporation, Mark J. Kelly is one of the successful men of the trade. Though he has been located here
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for only four years and has been associated with the company for not more than ten or fifteen years he has had a varied experience in this connection, serving as accountant, at Cort- land, New York; as branch manager at Syra- cuse, New York; and since 1924 as the efficient manager for the New England district. Mr. Kelly has his office at No. 217 North Beacon Street, in Boston, and lives in Newtonville, Massachusetts.
Mark J. Kelly was born in Moscow, Penn- sylvania, July 4, 1879, son of Malachi, who is buried in Moscow, Pennsylvania, and of Han- nah (Melvin) Kelly. As a lad he attended the public schools of his birthplace, and then took a commercial course, specializing in account- ing. Born on his father's farm, he remained there until he was twenty-one years of age, giv- ing to his father the assistance which in those times was considered the parent's due from the son until the attainment of the son's ma- jority. When he was twenty-one years old he began his independent career by securing a position as accountant in the employ of the Electric Company of America, located at At- lantic City, New Jersey, and he remained in that connection for two years. At the end of that time he decided to venture into business and chose the wholesale paint business, in which he was engaged for three years at Syracuse, New York. He then returned to accounting, in the employ of Pierce, Butler and Pierce, of Syra- cuse, and four years later he again made a change, this time securing a position as ac- countant in the city of Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for two years. His next connec- tion was the one which he has continued to the present time, though not in the same capacity. He entered the employ of the Brockway Motor Corporation of Cortland, New York, as ac- countant, and here he inaugurated a most effi- cient system of accounting, for the corporation. Soon after this achievement he was made branch manager for the Brockway Motor Cor- poration and placed at Syracuse, New York, and four years after taking charge there he was made New England manager for the same
concern. This responsible position he has filled with great efficiency since that time, and each year is bringing substantial gains in the vol- ume of business transacted from his office.
Mark J. Kelly is a member of the Newton (Massachusetts) Chamber of Commerce, and is interested in the civic progress of the town in which he lives. He makes his home at No. 58 Oak Cliff Road, Newtonville, Massachu- setts. Baseball and automobiling are his fa- vorite forms of recreation, and he is a man of many friends.
JAMES M. HOY-James M. Hoy, residing at No. 396 Pleasant Street, East Milton, Massa- chusetts, has offices in the Tremont Building, No. 73 Tremont Street, Boston. Most of his work is trial work before juries, in which field he has tried cases most frequently in Boston, Cambridge, Fitchburg, Brockton, and Plym- outh. He is especially careful in his prepara- tion of cases and has achieved for his clients exceptionally large verdicts with consistency.
He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on September 10, 1882. His father is Michael J. Hoy, a native of Stockport, England, whose parents migrated to Lowell, Massachusetts, and Nashua, New Hampshire, in his early boy- hood. His father, who lives at No. 106 Green- brier Street, Dorchester, is a veteran of the Indian Wars, and one of the few surviving members of the so-called Custer Indian Cam- paign in 1877. His mother, Katherine A. Hoy, was Katherine A. McGuire, of Nashua, New Hampshire. She was born in Dracut, Massa- chusetts. She also lives at No. 106 Green- brier Street, Dorchester, with Ellen C. Hoy, the other member of her family. Ellen C. Hoy now teaches French and Spanish in the Girls' High School, Boston. She has been teaching in the Boston Girls' High School since 1912, before which time she taught in the Boston public and the Worcester public schools. The
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family moved to Worcester from Nashua when the children were less than four years old, where they lived until 1912.
James M. Hoy went to the Grafton Street and the Ledge Street Grammar schools, and to the Classical High School in Worcester, graduating with the class of 1901. He entered Holy Cross College the same year, graduating with the clas of 1905. He immediately entered Harvard Law School, from which he gradu- ated in 1908. He was admitted to the Mass- achusetts bar in September of 1908, at Boston.
He began to practice law in the office of Whipple, Sears & Ogden, Tremont Building, Boston. The senior member of this firm is the prominent Sherman L. Whipple, undoubtedly the foremost trial lawyer of his time, to whose example and generous and kindly guidance and instruction Mr. Hoy attributes his own carefulness in his preparation and trial work. Mr. Hoy remained with Mr. Whipple's firm for ten years. In March, 1918, he opened his own office, in partnership with Hon. M. Fred O'Con- nell, of Fitchburg, practicing both in Boston and Fitchburg. This partnership was dissolved a year later, and since then Mr. Hoy has been practicing alone in his present offices in the Tremont Building. His work is chiefly the trial of jury cases in association with other law- yers in Boston, as well as with M. Fred O'Con- nell in Fitchburg, James H. P. Dyer in Leominster, and Elmer A. Egan in Brockton. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar As- sociation, the Boston Bar Association, and the Worcester County Bar Association. He be- longs to the Boston City Club, and to the Fay Club in Fitchburg.
Mr. Hoy is a Roman Catholic and a mem- ber of St. Agatha's Parish in East Milton. He likes to travel and is especially fond of boating. His summers are spent at Hull with his wife and family of six children, where his boat, the "Kathlena," may be seen any sum- mer day cruising in the bay or at her mooring in front of his cottage.
On October 1, 1912, Mr. Hoy was married to Helena A. Murray, who was one of the chil-
dren of the late Michael W. and Honora (Lee) Murray. Mr. Murray for many years before his death ran the well-known Milton Hill Dairy. Marjorie E., the oldest of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy, was born June 21, 1914; James Murray was born July 3, 1916; Miriam, on April 11, 1918; Virginia Marie, on May 8, 1920; Richard G., on September 3, 1922; and Robert Lee, on January 2, 1925.
JAMES M. LINNEHAN-Starting as a salesman of sporting goods, James M. Linne- han is now owner of three stores in Greater Boston, where he sells a large range of tires, acting mainly as distributor of the Goodrich products. Mr. Linnehan has attained his very successful standing in the business world by dint of careful attention to detail, by his splendid ability as a salesman, and by his strong and forceful personality. His stores are at Nos. 178 Federal Street, 109 Cambridge Street, and 740 Center Street, Jamaica Plain, in which latter section he also has his residence, at No. 47 Prince Street.
Mr. Linnehan was born in Newton Center, Massachusetts, February 9, 1892, the son of Patrick Edward and Katherine (Ryan) Linne- han, the former at one time a well-known pro- vision dealer in Newton Center, who is now connected with the Water Department of the city of Newton as engineer. Mr. Linnehan ob- tained his early education in the public schools of Newton, after which he attended Boston Col- lege, graduating with the class of 1915. The same year he took a position with the Horace Partridge Company, dealers in sporting goods, and with that firm remained as salesman until May, 1917. He was then commissioned as first lieutenant of field artillery, and was stationed as instructor at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louis- ville, Kentucky. On his return to civilian life in 1919 he took a position as salesman with
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the Crow Tire Company, and speedily became sales manager. In 1923, Mr. Linnehan went into business for himself and, as stated, opened three stores for the sale of tires, acting as dis- tributor for the Goodrich tire. Mr. Linnehan is fond of all outdoor sports, and is an enthu- siast at football and baseball. He was captain of the varsity football and baseball teams while at Boston College, and has kept up his interest in these sports since his graduation. He is a member of the Sandy Burr Country Club, and his religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic church.
In December, 1917, Mr. Linnehan married, in Boston, Mary E. Driscoll, daughter of John E. and Ellen T. Driscoll. Mr. and Mrs. Linne- han are the parents of four children, as fol- lows: 1. Eleanor D., born April 11, 1920. 2. James M., Jr., born April 25, 1922. 3. Jeanne M., born February 5, 1926. 4. John D., born February 27, 1928.
WILLIAM DENNIS CASEY-Having en- tered the undertaking business as a boy, im- mediately after graduating from grammar school, Mr. Casey has since 1921 been in busi- ness for himself in Chelsea.
He was born at Danvers, Massachusetts, March 29, 1896, a son of Timothy Joseph and Nellie Frances (Lehan) Casey. His father was a native of Chelsea.
William Dennis Casey was educated at St. Rose Parochial School, Chelsea, and after graduating entered the employ of the late C. E. Ahern, one of the leading undertakers of Chelsea. There he received a very thorough training in all branches of the undertaking business, supple- menting his practical experience with a course at the New England Institute of Anatomy and Embalming. Except for the period of his serv- ices with the United States Navy during the World War, Mr. Casey continued with Mr. Ahern for twelve years, until 1921, when he
established himself in business under his own name. The first two years he was located at No. 27 Crest Avenue, Chelsea, and since then he has been at No. 389 Washington Avenue, Chelsea. Mr. Casey owns a very complete and up-to-date business, including limousines and a motor glass hearse. Though the greater part of his business is carried on in Greater Boston he frequently is called upon to officiate in other parts of Massachusetts. His establishment en- joys a very high reputation for the efficiency, promptness and courtesy of its service. Mr. Casey is a member of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors' Association; the Knights of Colum- bus; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Ancient Order of Hibernians; and Chelsea Post, No. 34, American Legion.
Soon after the United States entered the World War, Mr. Casey enlisted, at the age of twenty-one, in the United States Navy, consid- erably before he would have been drafted. He was first stationed at the Charlestown Navy Yard, then attached for six weeks to the Com- monwealth Pier, South Boston, and then for two weeks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. At the end of that period he was assigned to the U.S.S. "Olympia," one of the most historic vessels of the United States Navy. During the Spanish-American War had been the flag-ship of Admiral Dewey and after the end of the World War had the honor of bringing back to this country the body of the "Unknown American Soldier," now resting in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, as a symbol of American courage and valor. With this ship Mr. Casey spent a large part of his active service. Soon after joining it, the "Olympia" proceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from where it convoyed a fleet of troop and hospital ships across the Atlantic. Reaching the other side safely, the "Olympia" proceeded to Northern Scotland and for two weeks was stationed at Scapa Flow, the great English Naval Base in the Orkney Islands, being the only United States vessel located there at that time. After taking on supplies, the boat sailed to Archangel in Northern Russia, a port on the White Sea and well within the Arctic region. There Mr.
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Casey was destined to remain for six months, in the dead of winter, which in these north- ern latitudes means very severe weather and practically continuous daylight. This part of Mr. Casey's service was of great historic in- terest, for at that time Archangel had become the headquarters of the United States Am- bassador to Russia, who had been forced to leave Petrograd after the collapse of the Czar's gov- ernment and the outbreak of the revolution. While awaiting the arrival of United States troops, a landing party was sent ashore, and Mr. Casey was a member of it and remained ashore for several months. He then returned with the "Olympia" to Northern Scotland and saw considerable active sea service in the Scapa Flow district. This was extremely dangerous work, a great chain of floating mines having been laid between the Orkney Islands and Nor- way, a stretch of about four hundred miles. After the signing of the Armistice Mr. Casey was transferred to the United States destroyer "Dwyer," one of the most modern of that type of boats, which held particular interest for him, because it had been built in his home State, at the Fore River Shipyards in Quincy, Massa- chusetts. On this ship Mr. Casey eventually returned to the United States, having seen, however, a good part of the world, the destroyer touching at Ireland, France, Gibraltar, Trieste, Italy, Turkey, Asia Minor and the Azore Is- lands. He landed at the Charlestown Navy Yard, where he had enlisted twenty-two months earlier, and where he was mustered out in Au- gust, 1919. Naturally Mr. Casey looks back with considerable pride on his interesting ex- periences, while serving in the navy. Mr. Casey makes his home in Chelsea.
ALBERT T. HART-Numbered among the leading representatives of the automobile in- dustry who have attained marked success in this particular line of endeavor is Albert T. Hart, president of the Marmon Boston Com- pany, and the A. T. Hart Company, who, prior Bos.ii-13
to his entry into the industrial world, was for many years an outstanding figure in athletic circles. Although business claims the greater portion of his time today, his interest in sport events has never waned, for during his leisure hours we find him active in the promotion of local as well as national automobile races and sports in general.
Albert T. Hart, son of James B. and Mary (O'Leary) Hart, the former now living at Hingham, Massachusetts, the latter deceased, was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 24, 1890. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native place and at an early age went to work as a horse exerciser for the Myopia Hunt Club of Hamilton, where he remained for four or five years. In 1907 he entered into the automobile industry as a mechanic at the Park Square Automobile Sta- tion, and in three years had risen to the posi- tion of demonstrator of cars. In 1912 Mr. Hart established in a small way at No. 1020 Boylston Street, Boston, an agency for the National au- tomobiles; as the business grew he was obliged to seek larger quarters and so moved, in 1916, to No. 667 Beacon Street, where he remained until 1920. He then removed to No. 969 Com- monwealth Avenue, taking the agency for the H. C. S. cars. Here he continued successfully until 1924, when he took over an associate dealership for the Chrysler cars, and also estab- lished at No. 894 Commonwealth Avenue as distributor for Massachusetts of the Marmon cars, being still active in both these enterprises.
Having been a prominent figure for many years in sports, his spare time always finds him active in some branch of athletics such as golf, pony polo, or automobile racing. In his early years he made a fine record for himself as a runner in four Marathons, representing the St. Alphonsus Association of Boston, and at- taining seventh place among such competitors as Tom Longboat and men of his class. In- terested in automobile racing, for many years he has acted as official referee at the auto races conducted at Rockingham Motor Speedway at Salem, New Hampshire, and in 1928 acted
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in the capacity of promotor of the annual auto races in which fifteen of the world's greatest drivers participated, this undoubtedly being the greatest meet of this type ever conducted in the East. He is vice-president and a director of the Board of Governors of the Boston Ath- letic Association; chairman of the Athletic Committee; chairman of the New England Track & Field Committee; member of the board of directors of the Boston Auto Deal- ers' Association; and also holds membership in the Belmont Spring Country Club, the Unicorn Country Club, and the Commonwealth Coun- try Club. During the World War Mr. Hart served in the machine-gun battalions of the United States Army. His religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic church.
On April 4, 1919, Albert T. Hart married, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gladys Phillips, a daughter of Charles L. and Julia (Cashman) Phillips. Mr. Hart is a lover of golf and polo and in the latter interest he holds member- ship in the National Lancers Polo Team of the Commonwealth Armory, and as can be readily understood is ever ready to support all good athletic causes as well as giving his earnest support to every movement tending toward civic advancement which means better busi- ness. To have attained the position in the busi- ness world that Mr. Hart holds today, at the age of but thirty-nine years, proves conclu- sively that his business has never suffered by his interests in sports, the latter having been but the balance wheel for this indefatigable worker.
P. J. BEAUCHESNE-There are some men who have kept abreast of industrial develop- ment and in appreciating the natural changes that must take place have been able to wisely change the character of their businesses in such a way as to give service, and at the same time benefit themselves. In this group is P. J. Beauchesne, of Boston, Massachusetts,
who for many years worked as a carriage body builder, doing only the highest-grade work and supplying a clientele of select custom which required such work as only Mr. Beauchesne could do.
Since the automobile has practically sup- planted the carriage as a vehicle of pleasure, Mr. Beauchesne conducts a business specializ- ing in auto rebuilding, body repairing and re- finishing. The business is incorporated under the name of the president and treasurer, P. J. Beauchesne, Incorporated, and is, today, the largest shop doing this kind of work in New England. This business is located on Boyl- ston Street in the city of Boston, Massachu- setts, and is therefore easily accessible to tour- ists whose automobiles need repair. Should a condition occur by which a machine is dis- abled on the road or "if collision says you can't come," to use the phrase of the establishment in its printed announcement, "Phone your trouble and bid us come and get you." This organization under the expert guidance of the inaugurator, has done some of the best repair and rebuilding work to damaged cars on rec- ord. Machines which have suffered collision and have been smashed beyond all seeming hope of repair, have been literally brought up as good as new. The high-grade work has brought to this shop the deserved reputation it enjoys and maintains, and as only the most skilled workmen are employed in its activities, there is every reason to predict a continuation of, and increase in the splendid business which Mr. Beauchesne has built up.
P. J. Beauchesne, son of Peter and Melina Lucien Beauchesne, was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, in November, 1888. His father was a native of the Province of Quebec, Can- ada, and his mother of Franklin, Massachu- setts. He received his education in the public and high schools of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and then entered the trade of carriage body building. He worked at first, at the shop of the Briggs Carriage Company, at Amesbury and then at the shop of Biddle and Smart, in the same town, going from there to Merrimac,
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Massachusetts, where he was employed by Judkins, of that city. He then took a course in the Technical School of Carriage Drafts- men and Mechanics in New York City, from which he graduated in 1916. He was then with the Leach Body Company of Amesbury, Mass- achusetts, and also with Holland and Morrill of that city. Following this, he went to Mich- igan and there accepted a position with the Wilson Body Company, of Delaware; later he was with the Buffalo Top and Auto Company of Buffalo, New York. Altogether he had an experience of fourteen years in learning and practicing his trade thereby becoming pro- ficient with expert skill. He came to Boston to take charge of the entire building and main- tenance of the cars for a Boston automobile concern, where he remained for six years. At the end of this time, he began business for himself. At first he was located at the corner of Falmouth Street and West Newton Avenue, where he was for eleven years, and then moved to his present location, Nos. 1371-1375 Boyl- ston Street. Mr. Beauchesne has acquired ef- ficiency in his line of work, by inheritance as well as training, for his father, and also his grandfather, were carriage makers; but in ad- dition to this talent and training, Mr. Beau- chesne indulges in his hobby of music. He has a cultivated voice and is an accomplished singer, with a notable recognition in the Boston Con- servatory of Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and in his political views he is non-partisan.
At Amesbury, Massachusetts, on November 8, 1910, P. J. Beauchesne married Elizabeth Sirois, daughter of Louis and Delvina Sirois. They have two children: 1. Rose Anita, born August, 1911. 2. Pierre Louis, who was born in Boston, October 10, 1913.
JAMES HENRY MCLAUGHLIN-Admit- ted to the bar of Massachusetts at the age of twenty-five years, James Henry Mclaughlin, of Boston, is one of the younger element of
the legal profession who is prosecuting his work with a vim that portends a successful future. He is the third of seven children of his parents, of Irish stock; athletic by nature, he has gone at his work with the same energy he displayed at college in his studies and on the field of sports. Men of his physical strength, vibrant energy, civic pride and de- termination to succeed are of the timber that makes the body politic a forceful organization. He is a citizen and a professional worker of high character and dominant personality, a man who makes friends and holds them, whose career will be observed by his elder fellow practitioners with an interest that betokens a belief in his march to the top.
He was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, August 27, 1902, a son of James Frederick Mc- Laughlin, a native of Boston, a tanner now living in Woburn, who has served on the Coun- cil of that city, and of Eleanor (Conole) McLaughlin, who was born in Woburn. The father of James Frederick was Philip, who came to Boston from Ireland and settled in Boston.
James Henry Mclaughlin was educated in the elementary public schools of Woburn, grad- uating from the high school there in 1919. He then attended Boston College and was grad- uated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1923. This was followed by a three-year course at the Boston Univer- sity Law School, which graduated him in 1927 with the law degree, whereupon he passed the examination and was admitted to practice at the bar of Massachusetts. He established himself in practice at once, with offices at No. 40 Court Street, where he has since remained. In Woburn he has served as a City Council- man and is now a member of the Woburn School Board. He has been a member of the boxing team of Boston College, but is now more interested in golf as an outdoor recrea- tion. He is a Democrat in politics and has done some campaigning for that party. He is a Roman Catholic and attends St. Charles Church in Woburn.
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MICHAEL F. MULCAHY -One of the prominent dealers in the leather district of Bos- ton is Michael F. Mulcahy, who has been con- tinuously engaged in that branch of commerce since 1883, having taken it up shortly after his arrival in this country from his native Ire- land. Mr. Mulcahy is head of the firm of M. F. Mulcahy Leather Company, specializing in the sale of upper leathers, with his offices and warerooms at No. 60 South Street.
Mr. Mulcahy was born in County Cork, Ireland, August 20, 1866, the son of Michael and Nancy (Connor) Mulcahy, the former a native of County Cork, where he was engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1893. His wife, the mother of Michael F. Mulcahy, of this record, was a native of Coun- ty Limerick. She is also deceased.
The early education of Mr. Mulcahy was ac- quired in the local schools of his community, and on the completion of his education he came to this country, arriving in Boston in 1883. He entered the leather business the same year in Haverhill, with the firm of Moses Howe Com- pany, and remained with that concern for two years, after which he went with the E. K. Butler Leather Company, of Boston, with which concern he remained for three years. He then made a connection with the firm of Aulson & Mohn, and after two years he joined the forces of the Lynch Brothers Company. He then decided that he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and he started for himself under the name of M. F. Mulcahy Leather Company, which he has continued ever since.
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