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Mr. Greenaway served from 1938 in the council of Springfield, representing Ward 5, and rapidly gained popularity and the confidence of his colleagues. He thus became president of the common council during 1944 and 1945. During his years as councilman, he served on practically all the important committees, and at the time of his death was a member of the joint committees on aviation, legislative measures, and traffic commission. He was at that time serving his sixth consecutive term. Although a Republican all his life, he stood in such high regard among voters of every political conviction that he won the Demo- cratic nomination to represent the 5th Ward in the legislature by write-in vote, during the primaries, the September before his death. He was an aggressive campaigner, and launched an active and admirably conducted campaign. His political philosophy, as he himself stated it:
"My politics are civic-minded and my aim as a member of the City Council is always to serve the best interests of the citizenry as a whole not being unmindful, however, of the needs of my ward."
It was largely through Mr. Greenaway's efforts that certain vital civic projects were undertaken in Spring- field: notably the Bay Street and the Bonnyview Street sewer projects, and the improvement and pav- ing of King Street. A level-headed economist, Mr. Greenaway earned a name for "keeping a keen eye on the municipal purse." While a member of the finance committee of the common council, he did his utmost to hold expenditures to a minimum, without hampering city services, and to keep the tax rate as low as possible. He was determined in his efforts to improve traffic conditions in Springfield.
Of Baptist faith, Mr. Greenaway was as devoted to the cause of his church as to the cause of civic responsibility. He was a charter member of the Chase Memorial Baptist Church at Wilbraham Road and Dresden Street in Springfield, being the last survivor among a group of seven men who founded that church in 1913. He had been throughout the intervening years a leader in parish activities; was long a member of the board of directors, treasurer of the communion fund, member of the pulpit committee, member of the music committee, and a former member of the choir. He was a leader in the fund raising program for church redecoration.
The reference to musical activities in connection with his church work is indicative of one of his hobbies: he was very fond of music, both as a per- former and listener. Throughout all his activities, how- ever, runs the current of another dominant interest: his enjoyment of helping people. Both his civic and his church work, and his devotion to the concern which employed his services, would have been much less effective had it not been for that factor in his character.
He was a member of Indian Orchard Lodge, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, the Bay Path Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Tao Sanc- torum. He had been chaplain and a member of the finance board of the Bay Path Lodge, and a past grand Hyastytee of Tao Sanctorum.
On October 19, 1909, in Springfield, Joseph Albert Greenaway married Ella M. Lovejoy, daughter of Charles F. and Julia A. (Crosby) Lovejoy, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Greenaway were born three children: I. Elizabeth, born July 7, 1912, who has resided with her parents at Springfield. 2. Lilla, born September 22, 1919. She married Douglas G. Flathers of Springfield, and they have two children: i. Robert Douglas, born January 30, 1939. ii. Elizabeth Ann, born August 30, 1933. 3. Philip William, born June 24, 1921, residing in Springfield.
Mr. Greenaway died November 6, 1948. His sudden and unexpected passing grieved many who valued the welfare of their city, and appreciated the importance of Mr. Greenaway's continued efforts to that end. The president of the common council said of him:
"He was a conscientious and zealous public servant, who gave unselfishly of his time to serve the people he represented."
A colleague, Councilman Ernest Bozenhard, thus more fully phrased the import of his public career:
. He was a family man with a family of which he was ex- ceedingly proud. He was also an active church man, greatly at- tached to Chase Memorial Church of which he was one of the founders.
"His public life was known to all. The people of Ward 5 re- peatedly elected him as their representative in the Common Coun- cil, giving indication of the regard his constituency held for him. 'Joe' did great honor to the people who elected him.
"Joe Greenaway will always be remembered by his colleagues in the council for his great good humor and his youthful zeal and energy, which he spent selflessly in accomplishing his work."
DONAT RODOLPHE BARIBAULT-Since lo- cating in Springfield in 1919, Donat R. Baribault has grown from an architect and consultant engineer of local renown to a wide reputation as the designer of outstanding buildings over New England, and has been winning particular attention for his beautiful church edifices in various parts of New England.
Mr. Baribault was born February 3, 1886, in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Julius and Marie (Lanouette) Baribault. His father was born at Ste. Anne de la Perade, Canada, and died in New Haven July 3, 1909. A carriage builder by trade, he was associated with the Hooker Carriage Company of New Haven. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Julius Baribault was the son of Joseph Edward and Felie (Leduc) Baribault. The former was born at Ste. Genevieve, Canada, and died at Ste. Anne. He was a village blacksmith. His wife also was born in Canada and died at Ste. Anne. The Baribault line was brought from France in 1636 by Francis Baribault, who settled at Batiscan, Canada. Marie Lanouette was the daughter of Ulric and Ade- line (Pare) Lanouette. Both were natives of Canada and died at Meriden, Connecticut. Ulric Lanouette was a building contractor.
Donat R. Baribault was taught in the academies of Canada and public schools of the United States. He was graduated from the Polytechnic Institute, University of Montreal, in 1909, with a Bachelor of Science degree and a degree in civil engineering.
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Locating in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he began practice as consulting engineer while at the same time taking a postgraduate course in architecture. He has prac- ticed alone from the time that he located in Spring- field. Among the buildings for which he was archi- tect are the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Holyoke; the Notre Dame Catholic Church of Worcester; Notre Dame Church, Turners Falls; St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Leominster; St. Charles Church, Dover, New Hampshire; Sacred Heart Church, Concord, New Hampshire; Our Lady of Per- petual Help School and Convent, Holyoke; the Noviti- ate College, Hudson, New Hampshire; the chapel for La Salette, Enfield, New Hampshire. Mr. Baribault is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of the Architectural Society of Western Massachusetts and of the Society of Architects and Engineers of Western Massachusetts and has been certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. His favorite diversion is travel- ing.
Mr. Baribault married on November 14, 1918, Rosalie M. Remillard, a native of Lorette, Manitoba, and daughter of Magloire and Rosalie (Laurin) Remillard. Her father was born in Berthier, Canada, and her mother at Joliette, Canada. Mr. Remillard lives in retirement at St. Boniface, Manitoba, where his wife died. He was a stonecutter. Mrs. Bari- bault was educated at academies in Manitoba and at a business school in Winnipeg. She is a member of St. Ann's Sodality, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and of various women's organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. Baribault are the parents of seven children: I. Raymond C., born January 20, 1920, graduated from Springfield High School, served six months in the navy, achieving the rank of gunner's mate, and married Katherine Glover, of Springfield. They have one daughter named Cynthia Anne. 2. Arthur B., born June 9, 1921, has been in the navy ten years since he was graduated from Springfield High School. He has achieved the rank of lieutenant. He is married to Dorothy Connell, Dorchester. They are the parents of a son, Francis A., born in 1946. 3. Louis J., born March 19, 1923, served in the navy throughout World War II after graduating from Springfield High School. He was radar operator. He married Frances Hammond of St. Anthony, Idaho. They are the parents of a daughter, Michelle and a son, Louis, Jr. 4. Therea M., born July 20, 1924, graduated from Our Lady of Angels Academy, Montreal, and married Albert LaPlante, of Spring- field, who is associated with his father as contractor and builder. They are the parents of a son, Glenn Richard. 5. John J., born September 8, 1925, was attending Springfield High School until he enlisted in the navy, serving throughout the war, being mus- tered out with the rank of signalman, first class. He is a student at Suffield Academy. He married Norine Parker, of Springfield. 6. Florence A., born February 15, 1927, attended Our Lady of Angels Academy at Montreal and took a business course in Springfield. 7. Frances R., born February 25, 1931, a student at Springfield High School.
ROBERT W. KELLOGG-The first love of Ro- bert W. Kellogg of Springfield was, and doubtless still is, music; but when, as so often happens, this art
proved an unsatisfactory means of solving the eco- nomic problems which beset all of us, Mr. Kellogg started a mail order business, which, operated from this Western Massachusetts city, now serves a clientele that has been developed in all parts of the world, and during thirty years of constantly expanding operations has been enviably successful.
Robert Watkins Kellogg doubtless came by his merchandising skill by inheritance, for his father, the late Walter Martin Kellogg, who was born about the year 1850 and died in 1910, was a successful retail merchant in the city of Jefferson, Ohio. There Ro- bert Watkins Kellogg was born on December 28, 1886, to Walter Martin Kellogg and his wife the former Ella Gertrude Watkins, who was born in 1850 and died in 1902. Robert Watkins Kellogg attended pub- lic grade and high schools in his birth place, and also studied at Oberlin College in his native state.
Upon leaving Oberlin in 1907, Mr. Kellogg under- took the serious cultivation of his musical talents, studying voice and piano in Boston, in New York City and in Florence, Italy. For several years after returning from the Continent, he taught music, and also engaged in several other businesses, none of which was of long duration.
It was in 1918 that Robert Watkins Kellogg started in business for himself under the firm name of the Robert W. Kellogg Company. This is a mail order business which specializes in gifts. Under Mr. Kel- logg's enterprising and astute management it has grown to be big business, and its operations, which have steadily expanded, now serve customers on a world-wide scale.
The late W. F. Pollock was associated with Mr. Kellogg for twenty years, and Mr. Kellogg attributes much of the success of the business to Mr. Pollock's abilities.
Mr. Kellogg is a member of the Springfield Cham- ber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Ad- vertising Club of New York. His religious affiliation is with the Congregational Church.
Robert Watkins Kellogg was married at Spring- field, Massachusetts, on July 17, 19II, to Bernice Buxton, a daughter of Dana Buxton, who was born on January 26, 1860, and died on February 5, 1917, and his wife, Julia Georgia (Rockwell) Buxton, who was born on June 26, 1862. Mrs. Bernice (Buxton) Kellogg, born August 4, 1884, died on October 28, 19II. Robert Watkins Kellogg married a second time. His second wife, Mrs. Beatrice (Buxton) Kellogg, was born on August 2, 1889, and died on February 18, 1944.
Robert Watkins Kellogg is the father of four chil- dren: I. Bernice (Kellogg) Lloyd, who was educated in the public grade and high schools of Springfield, Massachusetts, and at Beaver College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before marrying Julian A. Lloyd, who is connected with the General Fibre Bore Company. Of this marriage there are three children, namely Su- sanna, Nancy and Robert Lloyd. 2. Beatrice Augusta (Kellogg) Mottershead. A high school graduate, she studied art in New York City and is a veteran of World War II. During that conflict she joined the SPARS as a private, and was advanced to the rank of a lieutenant before her honorable discharge from the service. She was the editor of the first newspaper published by the SPARS. She is now the wife of William V. Mottershead, of Chicago, Illinois. 3. Rob-
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ert Watkins Kellogg, Jr., who is a graduate of Mount Hermon School and of Colorado College, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon graduating with the class of 1947. Robert Watkins Kellogg, Jr., is the husband of the former Irene Castle, of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. 4. Joan Kellogg, who is a graduate of the Northfield School for Girls.
JAMES A. MILNE, owner and active head of the J. A. Milne Sanitary Engineering Company of Pittsfield, is serving his second term as chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Plumbing Ex- aminers, having served eight years under appoint- ment of former Governor, now Senator, Leverett Sal- tonstall, and reappointed by Governor Robert Brad- ford in 1948. Mr. Milne has been a master plumber since 1928, and is a past president of the Master Plumbers Association of the Central and Southern Berkshires. He has also served as president of the Massachusetts Association of Master Plumbers and is a director of the National Association of Master Plumbers. In addition Mr. Milne is believed to be the only master plumber in the United States who received a citation for meritorious service during World War II by the United States Public Health Service. This was in recognition of his valuable work as an instructor of the United States Cadet Corps of Nurses, to whom he gave many lectures on the science of sanitary plumbing and prevention of water pollu- tion.
James A. Milne was born January 16, 1892 in Pitts- field, the son of William and Mary (Smyth) Milne, the former a native of Scotland and the latter a na- tive of Ireland. Both parents came to the United States as young people and settled in Lenox. William Milne became associated with the late Wesley Noble, and in 1896 the two men formed the partnership of Noble & Milne and established a plumbing business in Pittsfield which in course of time became very successful. After more than forty years in the business, William Milne retired in 1938, but he is still living in Pittsfield and enjoying his well earned leisure.
After leaving school James A. Milne served his apprenticeship in the plumbing business of Noble & Milne, and in 1928 he became a master plumber. Ten years later he succeeded his father in carrying on the business. Mr. Milne has always been active in the various group organizations of the trade and has been in the vanguard of the movement for progress, keeping in touch of all new developments long before they come into wide usage. His fellow master plumbers look to him to represent their interests in many of these organizations and he holds their re- spect as well as the respect of the public at large. Ac- tive in the Master Plumbers Association of the Cen- tral and Southern Berkshires, of which he has been president, in the Massachusetts Association of Mas- ter Plumbers, of which he has also been president, and in the National Association of Master Plumbers, of which he is a director, Mr. Milne is perhaps as well-known as any other man in his field in the whole country.
As a young man, Mr. Milne served in World War I, as a lieutenant in the United States Army, his unit being Company K. He is a member of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church, and his political affiliations are with
the Republican party. Fraternally he is affiliated with Crescent Lodge of Pittsfield, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and is a past master of the Lodge of Perfection and past master of Rose Croix. He is ac- tive in all that makes for better housing and industrial building in Pittsfield, and serves as president of the Pittsfield Builders Association and also of the Certi- fied Hot Water Association. Whatever he does, Mr. Milne does whole-heartedly, and his influence for better health and sanitation has been felt far and wide.
He married in Pittsfield, Elizabeth Daly, of Coble- skill, New York, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Daly. Mr. and Mrs. Milne have three children: I. Wil- liam W., born in 1915. 2. George F., born in 1919. 3. Elizabeth, born in 1923. William W. Milne, the oldest son, is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and of Mount Hermon School of Easthampton. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and is now advertising manager for the American Society of Automotive En- gineers. He married Margaret Stern of Detroit, and they have one son, Jeffery William. George F. Milne, second son of James A. and Elizabeth (Daly) Milne, is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and of Saint John's Cathedral School of Danvers, New York. During World War II he served as captain in the Transportation Corps of the United States Army and was wounded in the African campaign. He is now sales representative for the Coca-Cola Company in Pittsfield. He married Zeta Pors of Pittsfield and they have one son, King George. Elizabeth Milne, the third child in Mr. Milne's family, is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and of the St. Luke's Hospi- tal School of Nursing.
J. HOWARD JONES-Attorney at law, first in Boston and since 1915 in Springfield, J. Howard Jones was born September 9, 1884, at Georgetown, Massa- chusetts, son of Boyd B. and Charlotte (Nelson) Jones. His grandfather, Jeremiah P. Jones, an at- torney at law, practiced at Haverhill, was a judge of the local police court. Boyd B. Jones, son of Jeremiah P. and Elizabeth Jones and father of J. Howard Jones, was born at Georgetown. He was also an attorney at law, practiced most of his life in Boston, held office as United States District Attorney, served on the Boston Ballot Law Commission; in politics was a Republican, and attended the Congregational Church. He died at Haverhill June 5, 1930, a well-respected and admired citizen of his community. He married Charlotte Nelson, daughter of Humphrey Nelson, a farmer, who was born in Massachusetts, and died at Georgetown.
J. Howard Jones received his early education in the local public schools of Haverhill, and was graduated from the Phillips Academy, at Andover, in 1903. He entered Yale University and four years later received the degree of Bachelor of Arts there. In 1910 he completed the prescribed course at the Harvard Law School for the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
After having finished his formal education, Mr. Jones moved to Boston, where he practiced law for the next five years. In 1915 he came to Springfield, and for a while was associated with James L. Do- herty. Later he became a member of the firm of Jones, Ellis and Mitchell, which in time became
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Jones, Mitchell and Mason. After having terminated his relationship with these two law firms, Mr. Jones began his own private practice. He has continued a general practice until the present time.
Mr. Jones participates in many phases of community activity. He holds memberships in the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Hampden County Bar As- sociation. He is active in the Colony Club, and the Tunxes Club, of Tolland, Massachusetts. In politics, he is a staunch Republican, and in religious belief he is a Unitarian, attending the Church of the Unity at Springfield. For exercise and relaxation, he enjoys hunting and fishing.
On January 7, 1911, J. Howard Jones married Blanche M. Arnold, daughter of Charles W. and Mil- dred (Fletcher) Arnold. Her father, a native of Hampstead, New Hampshire, engaged in the whole- sale leather business, and died in 1924, at Haverhill. Her mother, born in Massachusetts, resides at Haver- hill. Mrs. Jones was graduated from the Haverhill High School, completed her education at Miss Sum- mers' School, in Washington, D. C., and is active as a member of the Springfield Women's Club. With Mr. Jones, she attends the Church of the Unity in Springfield. J. Howard and Blanche M. (Arnold) Jones became the parents of the following children: I. Arnold, who was born October 8, 1911, at Win- chester, was graduated from Phillips Academy, And- over, in 1929, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Yale University in 1933, and the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the Boston University Law School in 1937, after which he practiced law in Boston and Springfield and served, during World War II, as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. 2. Mildred Fletcher, who was born June 22, 1915, at Winchester, attended the MacDuffie School for Girls, at Springfield, and in 1932 was graduated from Rose- mary Hall, Greenwich, Connecticut, received the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts cum laude at Smith College in 1936, attended the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, and for four years was associated with Radio Station WSPR in Springfield as program director. On August 31, 1947 she was married to James B. Castner and now lives in Wilmington, Dela- ware.
FRANK E. DOW, M. D .- Since 1911, Dr. Frank E. Dow, ophthalmologist, has been practicing in North- ampton. In his professional capacity he has served with distinction and credit to his community; has oc- cupied positions on the staffs of a number of hospitals; has filled official posts in several medical organiza- tions; and has likewise manifested leadership in com- munity bodies.
Born in Lynn, February 5, 1882, Dr. Dow is the son of John and Mary (Little) Dow. His father was engaged in the wholesale and retail produce business in Lynn. After graduation from Lynn English High School, Frank E. Dow entered Tufts College. He took his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the med- ical school there in 1910, with clinical training in Bos- ton hospitals, specializing in ophthalmology. Some years later, in 1925, he took postgraduate work at the Dimmer Clinic in Vienna, Austria. His first private practice was undertaken in Boston, in offices at the corner of Arlington and Commonwealth avenues, but
he soon removed his practice to Northampton, where he has remained since.
During World War I, Dr. Dow was a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps, attached to the research laboratories of the Air Corps, and stationed at Mineola, Long Island, New York. He was com- mander of the Northampton Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars in 1935-36. Prior to his World War I service he was chairman of the Medical Advisory Board, District No. 5, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Also in that earlier period, Dr. Dow had served four years in the Second Corps of Cadets of the Massachu- setts National Guard, and he was a chief musician during the fourth year. Subsequently, for three years, he was conductor of the Boys Symphony Orchestra, and for five years following the first World War he was conductor of the Community Symphony Orches- tra. He organized, and served as first conductor from 1921 to 1924, the American Legion Band of sixty pieces. From 1915 to 1924 he was an assistant in the Department of Music, Smith College.
Dr. Dow is past president of the Hampshire Coun- ty Medical Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and a mem- ber of the Pan-American Ophthalmology Association, the American Medical Association, and of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. He has had many appoint- ments to the staffs of various hospitals, being con- sultant in ophthalmology at the Northampton State Hospital, the Veterans' Administration Hospital, and Cooley-Dickinson Hospital, as well as at the Smith College infirmary.
Dr. Dow is prominent as a Kiwanian, being past president of the Northampton Kiwanis Club, and past governor of the New England District, Kiwanis In- ternational, having held the office of governor in 1931. He maintains membership in several other college and fraternal societies. He is past president of the Chamber of Commerce of Northampton, and held the same office in the Association of Chambers of Commerce of West- ern Massachusetts in 1930. He was also a councillor of the United States Chamber of Commerce. He is chair- man of the board of trustees of The Frank Newhall Look Memorial Park in Northampton, a recreation park in the heart of Pioneer Valley.
Chairman of the Northampton City Planning Board from 1917 to 1924, Dr. Dow actively entered the field of local politics as the candidate of both the Demo- cratic and Republican parties for the office of alderman from Ward 2 in 1926. He was elected, and he served as president of the Northampton Board of Aldermen in 1927. In 1920 he helped to organize the Parent Teacher Association and was its first president from 1920 to 1930. He was chairman of the Hampshire County National Reemployment Committee in 1933.
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