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also been with the firm for a number of years. Stipulation was made in the will that the two beneficiaries should assume all obli- gations against the business. This they did and became the owners of the Reed & Cos- toto establishment, wholesale and retail fuel merchants.
Mr. Blondel is a Republican in party alignment. He is affiliated with Abraham C. Moody Lodge, No. 99, Knights of Pythias, and Nanapashemet Tribe, No. 82, Improved Order of Red Men, of Lynn. His clubs are the Lynn Yacht Club and the Maolis Club of Nahant.
Daniel Betton Blondel married (first), September 28, 1889, at Lynn, Eva J. Cun- ningham, born in Haverhill, died in Lynn, October 22, 1922, daughter of the late John J. Cunningham, who was a Past Commander of Post No. 5, Grand Army of the Republic, and a shoe worker by trade in Lynn. Mr. Blondel married (second), in January, 1931, Mrs. Annie E. (Tibbetts) Jones, born in Lynn, the daughter of the late Thomas Tib- betts, of this city, who, at the time of his death, conducted the Hotel Fairview in Nahant. By his first marriage Mr. Blondel had a daughter, Louise G. Blondel, who died in June, 1904, aged six years. Mr. Blondel had his place of business at No. 871 Wash- ington Street, Lynn, and his residence at No. 12 Sunset Road, Nahant.
RT. REV. MSGR. JOSEPH FRANCIS McGLINCHEY, D. D .- A member of an Eastern family, Monsignor Joseph Francis McGlinchey, D. D., was born at Emerald, Kansas, April 2, 1882, son of Andrew and Ann (Kelley) 'McGlinchey. His father was a bookbinder. Father McGlinchey was only six months old when his parents returned to the East, where they had originally lived, and at St. Paul's Parochial School, Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, he received his early education, being graduated in 1895. He was
a student at the Cambridge Latin School until 1897, attended Boston College High School in 1897-98, and in 1902 was grad- uated from Boston College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Going to Italy to pre- pare himself for the priesthood, he studied at the North American College, in Rome, from 1902 to 1907. This ecclesiastical sem- inary is affiliated with the Propaganda Uni- versity, from which he received his degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1907. In the same year he was ordained priest in Rome.
Returning to the United States, Mon- signor McGlinchey was named assistant priest at St. Paul's Church, Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, so serving from 1907 to 1911. In IgII he was appointed Boston Diocesan Director of the Society for Propagation of the Faith, a Foreign Mission Aid Society, and to this new work he gave his entire time until 1927, the year in which he began his present work as pastor of St. Mary's Church, at Lynn. In 1922 he was named Domestic Prelate to Pope Pius XI, and given the title of Monsignor.
When he was named pastor of St. Mary's, in 1927, Monsignor McGlinchey was also created Vicar Forane of Essex County. Since that year he has continued these duties, and at the same time has written four books on Catholic foreign missions: "The Workers Are Few," "The Conversion of the Papan World," "Mission Tours-India," and "Catechism of Catholic Foreign Mis- sions." His work in the development of St. Mary's parish, and particularly the school facilities of the church in Lynn, has been noteworthy. The work of the Catholic Church and the Catholic schools have al- ways been inseparable in the minds of church leaders. Monsignor McGlinchey is fond of quoting from the encyclical letter, "Militantis Ecclesiae," of Pope Leo XIII, in which that pontiff said :
Rt. Reb. Joseph F. OcGlinchey D. D. I. P. P. V. F.
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It is necessary not only that religious instruction be given to the young at certain fixed times, but also that every other subject taught be permeated with Christian piety. If this is wanting, if this sacred atmosphere does not pervade and warm the hearts of teachers and pupils alike, little good can be expected from any kind of learning, and considerable harm will often be the consequence.
In the very early days of Catholicism in Essex County the Catholics of Salem, Lynn and Chelsea were closely associated. In 1790 many of the faith heard Mass in Salem. By 1846 Lynn ceased to be a mission of Salem, and was attached to the new parish of Chelsea, which also included Newbury- port. In 1848 Lynn obtained its first church and in 1851 Father Patrick Strain assumed spiritual care of the Catholics of Chelsea and Lynn. Coming from Europe, he had a bril- liant record of academic accomplishment at the Seminary of St. Sulpice, in Paris, France, and at once began building up the church in Lynn. In 1862 the new St. Mary's parish was completed and dedicated for all the Catholics of Lynn, Saugus, Swampscott and Nahant, and ten years later Father Strain made the first effort toward establishment of a parochial school in Lynn, purchasing the estate of Henry B. Newhall, Nos. 35-36 North Common Street, for $25,000, for this purpose. In 1876 he bought another prop- erty, and by 1880 had discharged the entire debt on both these sites. In the same year he made another land purchase, and three Sisters of the Institute of Notre Dame of Namur came from Cincinnati to help open the new school, which was erected at a cost of $60,000. Father Strain's successor was Father Arthur J. Teeling, born in 1844 in Dublin, Ireland, and he carried on the good work. In 1894 a Children's Chapel was dedi- cated and the enrollment, now 900, neces- sitated special action to care for the older boys. Father Teeling went to Manhattan College, New York, where he obtained the
services of the Brothers of the Christian Schools for the boys of St. Mary's. These men did excellent work in the Brothers' School of St. Mary's, continuing their serv- ices until 1917, when the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur took over the work. In 1899 the Rogation Days were observed for the first time with a children's procession- "the procession which was the object of such persecution in the reign of Elizabeth." On June 6, 1918, Father Teeling celebrated the golden jubilee of his ordination. In Sep- tember, 1923, the new Girls' High School was opened. Father Teeling died Septem- ber 2, 1927, and on November 7, that year, Monsignor McGlinchey was named in his place.
Known wherever church missions were loved and for his work as assistant principal of St. Paul's School, Monsignor McGlin- chey has continued the splendid work begun by his predecessors and has particularly in- terested himself in the school activities of St. Mary's Church of Lynn. In 1928 he found it expedient to remove the chapel from the old school building, and St. Joseph's Chapel, at the rear of the church, was now made into the Chapel of the Children. It is situated in the center of the playground, and the 1,200 pupils of the schools may be seen making their visits to it before and after school and during recess. Here the upper school classes learn the church liturgy, and the eighth grade girls learn love and knowl- edge of the Blessed Sacrament by their de- voted care of the sanctuary. The boys of the parish offered Monsignor McGlinchey a very special problem. Father Teeling had arranged for those of higher scholastic standing to enter Boston College High School without tuition expenses, but other boys lacked the advantages of a Catholic high school training. According Monsignor McGlinchey purchased a lot northeast of the
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present Children's Chapel, and excavation was began on March II, 1930, for the new Boys' High School. On August 31, the same year, it was opened and formally blessed.
WILLIAM BERGEN SULLIVAN-
During thirty-five years of active practice William Bergen Sullivan rose to a position of recognized prominence at the Massachu- setts bar. Although he turned to the law only after an earlier business career he pos- sessed the necessary qualifications for legal success and developed an extended practice, centering at Boston. He was a lifelong resident, however, of Danvers, where he was born.
Mr. Sullivan was the only child of Patrick and Ellen (Bergen) Sullivan, who came to the United States from Ireland about the middle of the last century. They were among the first of the Irish settlers at Danvers, establishing their home in this community when the nearest Catholic Church was sit- uated at Salem, to which they walked back and forth for the services. They were em- ployed at first by the Putnam families of Danvers, but from their earnings eventually saved sufficient funds to enable Patrick Sul- livan to make a start as a shoe manufacturer on a small scale. He built his plant on Hobart Street, Danvers, and was engaged in business there until his death.
William Bergen Sullivan was born in Dan- vers on May 20, 1865 and received his pre- liminary education in local public schools. In 1883 he was graduated with honors from high school and immediately became asso- ciated with his father in the shoe manufac- turing business. The name of the firm at that time was changed to Sullivan and Son. The development of the larger companies and the different conditions in the trade forced most of the small manufacturers to
the wall in the ensuing decade, and Sullivan and Son was obliged to suspend operations a few years after the death of its founder. William B. Sullivan was then sole owner of the company. It was typical of him that in later years he paid off every obligation to his creditors in full, although he was under no legal compulsion whatever to do so.
With the closing of the Sullivan shoe fac- tory, Mr. Sullivan found it necessary to seek another means of livelihood and accordingly decided to take up the study of law. Enter- ing the Law School of Boston University, he was able, by the most diligent application to complete the three-year course in one year and in 1895 was graduated with the legal degree. Shortly afterwards he was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Realizing that a connection with an established firm was the only way open to him to win a place for himself in Boston legal circles, he applied to General Patrick A. Collins. Although at first he met with firm refusals, he persisted in seeking a position with General Collins and at length won his rather unwilling con- sent. Within a short time he proved him- self indispensable to the firm and took an increasingly active part in its work. When General Collins was elected to Congress as a prelude to his later career in the diplomatic service, Mr. Sullivan became a partner with Judge John W. Corcoran, who succeeded General Collins, and when Judge Corcoran himself was elevated to the bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, Mr. Sullivan took over the practice under his own name. He conducted it with conspicuous ability until his death, employing a large force of associates to assist him in his duties. While his knowledge of the law was broad and inclusive, he specialized in later years in corporation practice, representing many im- portant interests, particularly power and utility corporations. His offices, for thirty-
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five years, were situated in the Tremont Building.
Mr. Sullivan was a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Essex County Bar As- sociation, the Massachusetts Bar Associa- tion and the American Bar Association. He continued his residence in Danvers all his life and in spite of the pressure of his pro- fessional duties found time to be active in community affairs. Many friends and neigh- bors of earlier years consulted him regularly in seeking a solution of their problems and all were received with courtesy and sympa- thetic consideration. Mr. Sullivan was a gifted public speaker and was frequently called upon to deliver addresses on various occasions. He became particularly interested in subjects with a historical or traditional background and for a number of years served as president of the Danvers Histori- cal Society. Not only were many of his addresses of a historical nature, but he also wrote monographs and essays on chapters of New England history which attracted him. Several are in the Danvers Historical Society collections, including his "Early Irish Families in Danvers," and his "Wel- come Home" to the returning World War soldiers. Among his notable addresses were his tribute to the Puritan fathers, written for a celebration at the First Church in Dan- vers during the pastorate of his friend, Dr. Charles Rice, and his extemporaneous ad- dress delivered at the dedication of the Spen- cer Hobbs Memorial shortly before his death. He was also the author of an unpublished monograph on Judge Samuel Holten, emi- nent Danvers citizen, and contributed occa- sional articles to the Salem "News." Mr. Sullivan was active for years in the tem- perance movement at Danvers and at an early age became president of the Essex County Union. Subsequently he served as president of the local branch of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society. Apart
from his profession, his interests, however, centered almost entirely in his church and the home, and his personal tastes and habits were always simple.
William Bergen Sullivan married Kate B. Korman, of Danvers, daughter of Philip and Bridget Korman. They became the parents of the following children : 1. Arthur P., who was educated at Danvers High School, Dart- mouth College and the Law School of Bos- ton University, from which he was gradu- ated in 1920. He was admitted to the bar in 1919, was associated thereafter with his father until the latter's death and has since continued in practice alone with offices in the Lawyers Building, No. 1I Beacon Street, Boston. He is a member of the Boston and Massachusetts Bar associations and resides in Salem, where he married Mary E. Kiely. 2. Katherine E., who was graduated from Boston University and for eight years taught in the Salem High School. She is now the wife of Charles O'Donnell, a mechanical engineer of Lowell. 3. William Bergen, Jr., educated at Dartmouth College and Har- vard Law School, and now engaged in the practice of law at Boston in association with John F. McDonald. He married Ann G. Galvin, of Braintree and resides at Danvers. 4. Thomas P., who is connected with the State Department of Corporations and Taxa- tion at Boston. 5. Mary K., a graduate of Boston University, now a teacher in the Junior High School at Danvers.
William Bergen Sullivan died very sud- denly at Danvers on October 7, 1930, as he was visiting in the home of friends. Word of his death was a source of great regret to the community where he spent so many years of his life and to the profes- sion in which his talents and energy had won him recognition. He was a man of deep loyalties, inevitably true to his ideals and unswerving in the performance of every duty.
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MOSES SIDNEY CASE, well known by following his father's trade of leather lawyer of Marblehead, was born October I, worker, in which work he continued for twelve years. 1869, at Little Compton, Rhode Island, a son of Abner and Lydia Finley (Brooks) During the administration of Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Dowd made his next important move by entering the department of internal revenue, and remained in this work seven years. He found this occupation both inter- esting and educative and acquired a wide knowledge of finances, administration and taxes. Case. His father was a farmer and market- man. Mr. Case attended East Greenwich Academy, and Wilbraham Academy, and was graduated from Boston University Law School in 1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. On August 4, 1891, he was ad- mitted to the Suffolk Bar. His thorough knowledge of law and his unusual ability to interpret it, combined with a strong char- acter and a resolute personality gained rec- ognition for him as a prominent member of the bar. He practiced in Boston for many years.
His position as an authority on law was called into public service when, on Novem- ber 17, 1903, he was appointed trial justice at Marblehead, and his conduct, fairness and ability, throughout his many years of service, brought honor to that office. He served continuously until June 1, 1929, re- signing on that day.
Mr. Case is a member of Philanthropic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Essex Bar Association, the Salem Bar Association, and of Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, Boston University.
He married, June 1, 1904, at Springfield, Nellie Emma Davenport, a daughter of Jonathan Kimball and Mary Wheelock (Forbes) Davenport.
EDWARD J. DOWD-Faithful and effi- cient in his duties of city clerk of Peabody, Edward J. Dowd has received the apprecia- tion of his fellow-citizens for his service in that office by being reelected continuously since 1921. Mr. Dowd was born at Peabody, November 7, 1879, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Ford) Dowd. Edward J. Dowd at- tended public schools and began his career
In 1921, Mr. Dowd offered himself as a candidate for the office of city clerk of Pea- body and was elected. His personality and character and his competence in office have made him a popular public official. The confidence he has inspired in his fellow- citizens has caused him to be reëlected to the office of city clerk since he first offered himself until the present time.
Mr. Dowd is a man of quiet tastes, deeply religious, and is a member of Father Mathew's Temperance Society.
PAUL LOUIS MINAGLIA, certified public accountant, has come to be looked upon as one of the promising young pro- fessional men in the city of Salem.
Mr. Minaglia is a native of this city and was born on July 13, 1904, the son of Joseph and Eleanora (Cresta) Minaglia. His father, who was born near Genoa, Italy, came to this country in 1893 and, during the first few years of his life here, lived in Boston, later removing to Salem, where for more than thirty years he was successfully en- gaged as a fruit merchant. The elder Mina- glia is now retired and has returned to his native country. His wife died in Salem.
Paul Louis Minaglia of this review re- ceived a general education in the public schools of his native community graduating from the Salem High School in 1921. Shortly after he completed his studies here he en- tered the Bentley School of Accounting and
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Finance at Boston and was graduated from this institution in 1923.
For several years following his training he was employed as a commercial account- ant and then entered the public accounting field, receiving his certified public account- ant's license in 1929. During this period he also attended the Suffolk Law School and in 1932, received a degree of Bachelor of Laws. The ability he has demonstrated throughout his business career has made him a prominent member of Lubets and Lubets, auditors and accountants, with whom he has been associated for several years.
THOMAS EDWARD LYNCH-As founder and owner of the business now operating under the name of the Ivory Sys- tem at Peabody, Thomas Edward Lynch has built up a successful enterprise in a unique field. His company devotes itself solely to the cleaning and rebuilding of athletic equipment and as a result of the most thor- ough study of the special problems involved has developed a service of unequalled effi- ciency, which is widely used by schools and athletic institutions in the eastern United States. The Ivory System is today the old- est, largest and best known company of its kind in the country.
Mr. Lynch was born at Derry, New Hampshire, on August 13, 1892, a son of Thomas A. and Mary F. (Lee) Lynch. His parents, who were of English birth, settled in Derry after their emigration to the United States and in that city Thomas A. Lynch, a skilled shoe worker, followed his trade. He died in 1894, leaving his widow and four small children, the youngest of whom was still in infancy. The mother of the family, who had been a teacher in the British schools in Ireland, was determined that her chil- dren should receive the best education pos- sible. She brought them to Haverhill, where she established her home, and by hard work
and careful management was able to pro- vide them with the opportunities on which she had set her heart. Mrs. Lynch is now a resident of Jamaica Plain. The four chil- dren were : I. Teresa, who occupies a respon- sible position with the First National Bank of Boston. 2. The Rev. John J. Lynch, priest of the Roman Catholic Church and present head of the faculty of Emmanuel College, Boston. He is a graduate of St. Charles College at Ellicott City, Maryland, and was for ten years a professor at Brighton Sem- inary. 3. Thomas Edward, of this record. 4. Alice, who died at the age of twenty-one.
Thomas E. Lynch received his preliminary education in the schools of Haverhill, grad- uating from St. James High School in the class of 1909. As a boy he found employ- ment in a Haverhill drug store in order to contribute his share to the support of the family and while working here began the study of pharmacy. At eighteen he qualified as a registered druggist, the youngest ever to achieve that rating in Massachusetts, but was denied a certificate because of the legal requirement that applicants must be at least twenty-one years old. Subsequently Mr. Lynch was obliged to relinquish this profes- sion because the close, indoor confinement was detrimental to his health. In prepara- tion for a more general business career he entered Boston University and was gradu- ated from the College of Business Adminis- tration of that institution in 1923. During his last year in college, he was associated with the efficiency department of the Amer- ican Can Company.
The major phase of Mr. Lynch's business career, however, began when he was selected to come to Salem to help manage the enter- prise then known as the Ivory System. About twenty-five years ago a group of Salem and Peabody men had begun the manufacture of a pure white leather, used primarily for sport shoes. This product was
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immediately successful and two shoe fac- tories were built shortly afterwards for the manufacture of shoes, together with a large shoe repairing unit, which was the only one of its kind in the entire country. It was this combination which then enjoyed the distinctive name of the Ivory System.
Mr. Lynch's first function with the com- pany was the management of the shoe re- pairing branch of the business. About 1920 he became convinced that large profits could be obtained by specializing in rebuilding athletic shoes, and when responsible execu- tives of the company seemed disinclined to undertake the project, Mr. Lynch arranged to purchase the shoe repairing plant to do it himself. The name of company, which is now such a decided asset, was included in the purchase and retained by the new owner. Mr. Lynch's first intention was to repair athletic shoes and other articles made from leather. To solicit orders, he visited the athletic plants of various schools, and it was then that the idea occurred to him for the expansion of his business along its present lines. Everywhere he found loads of equip- ment caked with dirt, mud and lime stored away uncleaned. On inquiry, he was told that commercial cleaners were unable to handle this type of equipment properly and that only white goods could be entrusted to them. Meditating the problem, he returned to Peabody and began the study of leather and fabrics of the type contained in athletic equipment with the special purpose of learn- ing how they might best be cleaned and renovated. When no established cleaner would undertake the task according to the specifications he laid down, Mr. Lynch se- cured the necessary financial backing and built the type of cleaning plant he knew would meet the purpose. Then with one article after another he made exhaustive ex- periments-with helmets, shoulder pads, athletic pants, and other equipment, until an
entirely satisfactory method of cleaning and reconditioning was devised for each. Finally satisfied with his processes, he announced to the world and the athletic world in par- ticular, that he was prepared to fill a real need in its life, that at last there was some- one who could recondition athletic equip- ment without ruining it. It was hard to believe him, but eventually the idea took hold and when results justified his promise the success of the business was assured.
There were still many difficulties to over- come, however. Available funds for promo- tion were limited and for several years Mr. Lynch acted as his own traveling represen- tative as well as technical expert and gen- eral manager. Progress was made slowly and at first; through necessity, work was solicited only within a radius of fifty miles of Boston. Then, as athletic officials in schools began to realize the value and de- pendability of such service, the business grew in size and expanded rapidly. Today the Ivory System salesmen call at almost every high school, preparatory school and college in all states east of the Mississippi River, and at times, in the Peabody plant at No. 38 Endicott Street, there is as much as a quarter of a million dollars worth of athletic equipment on hand to be cleaned and rebuilt. About sixty people are regu- larly employed in this work. Mr. Lynch as executive head of the company has always been faithful to his original ideals. No work of any kind is undertaken except the han- dling of athletic equipment, but on that the finest possible job is done and at a reason- able cost. He has proved many times the absolute dependability and integrity of the Ivory System, which remains, while com- petitors come and go, "In a Class by Itself" as the oldest, largest and foremost business of its kind in the country. The entire organ- ization today stands as a monument to the energy, ability and vision of its founder.
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