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In addition to his business connections, Mr. Marcorelle is active in the Knights of Columbus and in 1933 was elected Com- mander of Ipswich Post, American Legion. While never entering public life, he has given strong support to many community movements and is well known throughout this entire section.
Mr. Marcorelle married, on January 22, 1919, Bertha Duguay, of Ipswich. They are the parents of four children: I. Richard. 2. Brian. 3. Leo. 4. Ann.
MARTIN BERKAL-During the com- paratively short time that Martin Berkal has been engaged in the practice of law in Salem, he has rapidly come to the fore in the legal fraternity of the city. He was born in Rus- sia, August 5, 1899, son of Benjamin and
Esther (Podnos) Berkal, who came from their native land to Boston in 1906. The elder Mr. Berkal was a wood turner by trade.
Martin Berkal received his preliminary education in the Dorchester High School, from which he was graduated in 1917, then studied for three years in the College of Business Administration, Boston Univer- sity. He was graduated with the class of 1925 from the Suffolk Law School, and was immediately thereafter admitted to the bar. His thorough and varied training and ex- perience has contributed largely to his suc- cess as an attorney at law and his standing in the community. Until 1930 he practiced his profession in Boston, coming to Salem in June of that year and establishing a law office at No. 247 Essex Street. He is a mem- ber of the Boston Bar Association.
On May 27, 1922, Martin Berkal married Rosa Rosenberg, of Chelsea, and they are the parents of two children : Barry Dunbar, and Leonard Arthur.
JAMES HINES SULLIVAN-An attor- ney-at-law, James H. Sullivan, of Danvers, became a member of the legal fraternity of the town on May 1, 1931, the day of his ad- mission to the bar. He is a native of Dan- vers, born February 9, 1903, the son of James D. and Mary E. (Hines) Sullivan. The elder Mr. Sullivan is a prominent citizen of the municipality, a former member of its finance committee, and for some years has been en- gaged in the insurance business. His inter- est in civic affairs has been constructive and he is a former president of the Rotary Club.
James H. Sullivan was graduated from the Danvers Grammar School in 1917 and from St. John's Preparatory School in 1921. Four years later he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University, and in 1930 was graduated from the Suffolk Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the bar, Mr. Sullivan
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began the practice of his profession in Dan- vers, and has so continued. He is a member of the Essex County Bar Association, chair- man of the Danvers school committee, and is a director of the Chamber of Commerce.
WARD S. HEMPSTEAD-For more than three decades Ward S. Hempstead has been identified with the insurance business and has confined his connection throughout all this time to a single company. Since 1925 he has been superintendent of the Pru- dential Life Insurance Company, at Salem. He was born in Albany, New York, January 15, 1877, a son of John E. and Martha (Tompkins) Hempstead, both natives of New York State.
Ward S. Hempstead was reared on a farm in Albany County and attended country schools. As was the custom, he remained on the farm until he became of age, and then went to Albany, where better prospects for the future were thought to be. He tried his hand at several occupations for brief periods, and on August 12, 1901, went with the Pru- dential Life Insurance Company, of New- ark, New Jersey, as an agent in the Albany district. Life insurance has since been his business. He was successful as an agent, and in 1918 was promoted to assistant super- intendent in the Hudson, New York, office. In 1925 he became the superintendent of the Salem, Massachusetts, office, a post which he since has held with marked ability and efficiency. Public-spirited and socially mind- ed, Mr. Hempstead has been intimately identified with many phases of Salem life and affairs. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, while his religious faith is that of the Salem Taber- nacle Church. He plays his part in welfare and philanthropic movements, and is popu- lar for his readiness to assist in any enter- prise intended for the benefit of the city.
On December 21, 1905, Ward S. Hemp- stead married May C. Center, of Albany, New York, and they reside at No. II Thomp- son Road, Marblehead.
ROGER WINCHESTER MACDON-
ALD-With the exception of four years, since 1915, Roger W. Macdonald has been connected with the engineering department of Peabody, in various capacities, and in 1929 he was appointed city engineer, a post he has since filled with an efficiency which has won the approval of the community. He is a native of the city, born December 25, 1889, the son of William and Sarah J. (Win- chester) Macdonald. William Macdonald is well remembered by members of the older generation as the man who ran the "Tally- ho" stage and express and had one of the finest of the early livery stables. Later he became interested in the leather business and is now retired.
Roger W. Macdonald attended the gram- mar schools and was graduated from the .
Peabody High School in 1908. He entered the University of Maine, from which he re- ceived the degree of Bachelor of Science with the class of 1912. That same year he became connected with the State highway commission, and also was for a time one of the transitmen of the Boston and Albany Railroad. For six months also he was in the employ of the O'Connell Real Estate Trust. All this was but preliminary to what was to become his real work, that in con- nection with the engineering department of the city of Peabody. As assistant engineer he served from 1915 to 1925, with the excep- tion of the World War interlude. From 1925 Mr. Macdonald was in the contracting business, but accepted the post of city engi- neer in 1929. The years that his service has covered have been notable for the improve- ments made in the municipal sewage and
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water systems, its streets and entering high- ways.
When the United States entered the World War, Roger W. Macdonald enlisted in the army in December, 1917, and was assigned to the 23d Engineers, and went overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces. He was with his organization in various fronts in France, and was mustered out of service in June, 1919. As has been indicated, he returned to Peabody and took up again his work as assistant engineer. Mr. Macdonald is a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the New England Water Works Association, and the Peabody Club. He is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, and a mem- ber of the Homestead Golf Club.
On June 27, 1925, Roger W. Macdonald married Mary D. Ratcliff, of New York City, and they have a son, John Donaldson, born August 16, 1927.
JAMES E. GRAVES; E. SELMAN GRAVES-One of the reasons for New England's long supremacy in the upper ranks of mechanical and industrial produc- tion is the habit of the genuine New Eng- lander of spending a lifetime in his business and of having another generation take up the work where he leaves it and go on to a larger achievement. An example of this custom is James E. Graves and his son, E. Selman Graves.
James E. Graves was born in Marblehead, on January 1, 1850, the son of Eleazer T., born on November 9, 1820, died April 19, 1896, and Olive Perkins (Emery) Graves, born in Ellsworth, Maine, on August 28, 1820, died September 18, 1896. He received a general education in the public schools of his native community. As a boy, he showed a marked interest in boats and although he worked for a time at farming and later was employed at the Roberts Box Shop in Mar-
blehead, his spare time he spent in building small punts.
The site of his early shipbuilding labors was an old barn which still stands, where he specialized in the construction of small craft. The first boat was a dory designed and built by Mr. Graves himself, and it was so successful that orders for more were received. In 1895 he began to devote his entire time to boat-building. The business grew rapidly and met a demand for larger boats, although production was confined for the most part to craft under seventy-five feet over-all. Many boats, both sail and motor, built by Graves are now to be found along the Atlantic coast.
More shop and storage space were added gradually, but steadily, to the original plant, and in 1910 the construction of a long sea wall provided a large addition to the origi- nal area. In 1928 a new shop building was erected, designed to provide larger and bet- ter facilities for the production of boats of fine workmanship and for improved service to yacht owners, all in keeping with Mr. Graves' high standard of quality.
In 1929 the business was incorporated under the firm name of James E. Graves, Incorporated. Business continued to ex- pand, and at one time sixty-eight workers were employed by the plant. In 1933 the Graves Company purchased the plant pre- viously known as the Marblehead Yacht Yards, known also as Stearns and Mckay Yacht Yard, and the combined yards now comprise one of the largest and best equipped plants along the coast for the building and storing of boats.
Mr. Graves died on August 7, 1930. His passing was a distinct shock to the Marble- head community and to his many business and personal friends. Although not prom- inently active in civic affairs, he was always ready to support those projects which were designed to better and advance the com-
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munity. His life, as a record of achieve- ment won with scanty means by steadfast labor toward sound ideals, may well serve as an inspiration to those who follow.
In 1895 James E. Graves married Esther H. Roads, of Marblehead, the daughter of Edward S. and Caroline W. (Clark) Roads. Following his sudden death, Mrs. Graves assumed the position of president of the cor- poration and, with her son as the directing head of the business, carried on the opera- tion of the yard. E. Selman Graves was made president in 1933 and continues, with the assistance of his sisters, Edith P. and Mildred H. Graves, treasurer and clerk of the corporation respectively, to conduct the business along the same principles of real service laid down by its founder.
E. Selman Graves was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Marblehead High School in 1919. He im- mediately became associated with his father officially in the boat-building business. He married Elizabeth M. Schofield of Marble- head in 1921, and they are the parents of three children, Barbara S., E. Selman, Jr., and Donald S. Graves.
FRANCIS A. CREGG, M. D .- One of Essex County's noted physicians, Francis A. Cregg, M. D., has acquired a position of importance and high standing in the city of Lawrence, where he makes his home and carries on his professional work.
Dr. Cregg was born in this city on Octo- ber 5, 1881, son of Edward and Rose A. (McAllister) Cregg, both natives of Ire- land, and Manchester, New Hampshire, re- spectively. The father was a boilermaker by trade, widely known in his adopted New England community. In the public schools of Lawrence, where his parents for many years made their home, Dr. Francis A.
Cregg received his early education, here being graduated from high school. He then became a student at Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1905 with the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine.
Beginning his professional career by serving an interneship at St. John's Hos- pital, Lowell, he so continued about a year in 1905 and 1906, and from 1906 to 1907 he was an interne at the Jewish Hospital. He then became assistant in clinical medicine, under Dr. Solis Cohen, at Jefferson Medi- cal School, finally resigning from that posi- tion in 1908 to enter upon his own private practice in Lawrence. Afterward he took a special post-graduate course under Pro- fessor Frederick Lord, at Harvard Medical School, returning to his practice enriched by this special study and preparation. He has built up a large and satisfying practice in Lawrence, and has come to be one of the best known professional leaders and workers.
Along with his other activities, Dr. Cregg holds membership in the Jefferson Alumni Association and the Massachusetts State Medical Society. He stands ready at all times to aid in the furtherance of worth while civic projects in his community, and the people of Lawrence are sincerely grate- ful to him for his active assistance in their projects and his untiring interest and ac- tivity in behalf of them and their institu- tions.
Dr. Francis A. Cregg married Emily G. Burke, of Lawrence. To this marriage have been born two children: 1. Edward F., who is a student at Phillips-Andover Academy, which he entered in the fall of 1931. 2. Claire, who entered Abbot Academy in 1930. The Cregg home is at No. 506 Prospect Street, Methuen, and Dr. Cregg has his offices in the Cregg Building, Lawrence.
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CHARLES D. GLENNIE-Of Scottish birth, Charles D. Glennie came to Massa- chusetts with his parents at the age of six- teen, and within three years had started the dairy business which has expanded into a large concern. The enterprise, quickness of decision and capacity for hard, continuous work which characterizes Mr. Glennie is an inheritance from his father. The elder man migrated to America in 1885 with a family of five children. He left Liverpool, Eng- land, on May 28, and two weeks later, on June 13, had purchased a farm in North An- dover, Massachusetts, and operated the farm until his death in 1901.
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on April 5, 1871, Charles D. Glennie was the son of James and Isabella (Howie) Glennie, natives of Scotland. The son was educated in Scot- tish schools, and joined his father in work- ing the farm in North Andover. In 1890, with his brother James, Charles D. Glen- nie established a small-scale milk business, chiefly on the delivery plan. The business has grown to such an extent that it is now an industry, the delivery phase of his busi- ness alone requiring fifteen vehicles. Ice cream and other milk products are produced. Everything of modern equipment has been tried out and the best of it put in use. Mr. Glennie's own initiative is evidenced by the facts that he was the first in this section to introduce steam for sterilization purposes ; the first to bottle milk for the market; the first to utilize a bottle filler which seals and caps; the first to use refrigeration machin- ery and a power bottle washer, and before these improvements the owners were the only dairymen to use the "soaker" type of bottle cleaner.
Forty-four years is, of course, a long time to have been in the dairy business, and it is the vision and readiness to introduce every worth while labor-saving device and better methods of handling milk and its allied
products that is the reason for the present standing of the concern in this part of Mas- sachusetts. For some years the business has been incorporated as Charles D. Glennie, of which the bearer of the name is president and treasurer. Incidentally, over the long period that the business has been conducted, there has never been a case of difficulty with either employees or producers.
On June 4, 1902, Mr. Glennie married Elizabeth Glennie, and they are the parents of four children: Marjorie I., the wife of Dr. Frank R. Lee; Jean Margaret ; Marion Elizabeth, and C. Douglas.
LOUIS PITOCCHELLI-One of greater Lawrence's well known citizens, Louis Pitoc- chelli has found time in his busy existence to take an active part in civic and social activities. Born in Naples, Italy, on August 5, 1887, he is the son of Carmen and Eleanor (Conca) Pitocchelli, both natives of Italy. His father died when the son was a child and the mother came to America with her family and settled in Lawrence.
Louis Pitocchelli attended the local schools and was graduated from the Oliver Gram- mar School. His first employment was in the spinning department of the Washington Mills, where he remained for several years. He then went into the Pacific Mills as a weaver, but later worked for W. N. Pike and Son, contractors, as a timekeeper. He was also a section hand in the spooling depart- ment of the Wood Mill, but began the more settled part of his career with his brother, in banking. Since 1919 Mr. Pitocchelli has been associated with his brother, Sabatino, in the undertaking business, which has pro- gressed under able management and the per- sonal popularity of the brothers. Louis Pitocchelli is a member of the Lawrence Fu- neral Directors' Association, and the Massa- chusetts Funeral Directors' Association.
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Fraternally Mr. Pitocchelli is affiliated with Lawrence Lodge, No. 65, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Italy Grande Society, Unione of Italy Society ; Tripoli Club; Italian Citizens' Club ; Piava Club, and many other organizations. He is a director of the Lawrence Boys' Club and is notably interested in every enterprise that looks to the progress of the city and the hap- piness of its citizens.
On July 9, 1907, Louis Pitocchelli married Pasqualina Sciacca, a native of Italy, and they are the parents of three children : Gilda, Frank, a student in the Massachusetts Op- tomical School, and Louis, Jr.
ARTHUR JAMES BROCKELMAN -- The Brockelman Brothers Stores are known throughout the East as the largest group of markets in New England. At this writing, in 1934, the concern has three stores in Worcester, three in Clinton, two in Fitch- burg, and one each in Leominster, Gardner, Lowell, Lawrence, all in Massachusetts, and one in Nashua, New Hampshire. The chain was founded by Anton, Herman and Henry Brockelman and grew out of the single estab- lishment they had in Clinton in 1882. Arthur James Brockelman, of this review, was born in Clinton, March 23, 1902, the son of Anton and Louise (Eckstein) Brockelman, the father a native of Clinton, and the mother of Saxony, Germany. He is the president of the Brockelman Brothers corporation and the supervisor of the concern's Merrimac Valley division, which consists of the stores in Lawrence, Lowell and Nashua, New Hampshire.
After attending the Clinton public schools, Arthur J. Brockelman entered Phillips Exe- ter Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1921. He matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was graduated in Engineering Adminis- tration in 1926, with the degree of Bachelor
of Science. That same year he entered the Brockelman company, was active as a junior executive, and had charge of some of the buying until 1933, when he took over the supervision of the Merrimac Valley Divi- sion. Since September, 1929, he has been president of the company, which, as indi- cated, is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. All kinds of food products are handled, and they have their own baker- ies and productive plants of other sorts.
On January 4, 1932, Arthur James Brockel- man married Ella O'Brien, of Worcester, and they have a son, Arthur James, Jr., born on June 1, 1933. Mr. and Mrs. Brockelman reside at No. 104 Swan Street, Methuen, Massachusetts.
FREDERICK EMIL TEICHERT-The repeal in 1933 of the prohibition amendment to the national Constitution renewed the life of many brewing companies of former days under new management. The Cold Spring Brewing Company of Lawrence was started by a group of men about 1890, with August Steigler as president. During the period when the manufacture of alcoholic beverages was not legal, the plant was kept intact, but confined its operations to a small production of near beer and similar products. The older company had built well, and when it was sold in 1933, few changes were required to give it a capacity of 100,000 barrels of beer annually. The new organization consisted of three men, Frederick E. Teichert, of this review, who was chosen president; E. M. Teichert, treasurer, and George K. Black, clerk. The plant is now turning out bever- ages of many kinds, the Cold Spring products being well and favorably known throughout New England.
Frederick E. Teichert, president of the company, is a native of Lawrence, born May 4, 1895, son of Emil Max and Minnie (Porst) Teichert, the former of whom came from
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Germany to America about half a century ago. After being educated in the Lawrence schools, Frederick E. Teichert went to Chi- cago, Illinois, and entered the Art Institute of that city, studying for a year. He returned to his native city, and while engaged in the brewing business, has not given up his inter- est in decorative art and its practice. Fra- ternally he is a Mason, holding membership in Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar, of Lawrence, and Aleppo Temple, Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Law- rence Rotary Club.
On June 27, 1917, Frederick Emil Teichert married Elsie N. Schirner, of Lawrence, and they are the parents of two children: Arline M., and Frederick Emil, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Teichert make their home at No. 5 Wilmot Street, Lawrence.
MERRILL ROSENBERG-In the prac- tice of law, Merrill Rosenberg has played an important part in Lawrence, his native place, and his work has caused him to be widely known here.
Mr. Rosenberg was born on March 2, 1909, in Lawrence, son of David and Sarah (Cooperstein) Rosenberg and member of an old Russian family. His parents were both born in Russia. Coming to America about 1896, they took up their residence in Law- rence, where David Rosenberg was success- fully engaged in the real estate business. In the public schools of Lawrence, his birth- place, Merrill Rosenberg received his early education. Later he was graduated from high school in this city, thereafter studying for two years at the Boston University School of Business Administration. In 1931 he was graduated from the School of Law of Boston University, received the degree of Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the
bar of Massachusetts on November 4 of that same year.
In actual practice he began his work with Jacob Wasserman, in Boston, continuing in that association for a year. He then estab- lished his own law office in Lawrence in No- vember, 1932, since which time he has been independently engaged in legal practice. He is today recognized as one of his commu- nity's active legal minds, and is also a par- ticipant in the work of different associations of his professional colleagues. He belongs to the Boston Bar Association and the Law- rence Bar Association, and is active in both groups. In December, 1933, he was admitted to practice in the United States Federal courts.
Not only has Mr. Rosenberg built up a splendid legal practice in Essex County, but he has also affiliated himself with several of his community's leading organizations. He belongs to the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation and the Young Men's Hebrew Asso- ciation. His fraternity is the Phi Alpha, which he joined in his student days. These groups have definitely benefited from his labors in their behalf, and have been very grateful for his helpful work in their inter- ests. In his leisure time Mr. Rosenberg enjoys outdoor life, being fond of horseback riding, tennis and hand ball. Reading is, with him, a favorite diversion, and he keeps himself well informed on current topics of importance, and delves into the literature and history of the ages.
Mr. Rosenberg is unmarried.
ISAIAH CLARKSON CHASE-For many years Isaiah Clarkson Chase occupied a prominent place in the shoe manufactur- ing realm of the city of Lynn, being actively identified with this trade. Throughout the greater part of his career he was associated
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with the firm of John Shaw, II, and Brother, and was regarded by members of this or- ganization as one of their most valuable and capable men.
A native of Lynn Mr. Chase was born January 29, 1847, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth C. (Ingalls) Chase. On his ma- ternal side he was descended from some of the earliest settlers in this vicinity. Mr. Chase received a general education in the public schools of his native community and entered the Bryant and Stratton Business College. Shortly after completing his busi- ness training he became associated with Hussey Chase, former postmaster of this city, and worked with him for several years, finally severing his connections here to join the firm of John Shaw II, and Brother, where he occupied an important and re- sponsible position until his retirement.
Apart from his business activities Mr. Chase took an active interest in the social and civic life of his surroundings. Among the organizations he held memberships in were the Oxford Club and the Lynn His- torical Society. He fraternized with the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and in his religious affiliations worshipped at the First Universalist Church, where he was a mem- ber of the parish.
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