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In February, 1920, he organized and was elected vice-president of the Paragon Shoe Company. Baltimore, which manufactures patented soft sole shoes for infants.
Mr. Mnskin is a member of the I. O. O. M. ; is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a Knight of Pythias.
Ile was married to Miss Frances Adlin in 1912 and has two children, aged seven years and eleven months, respectively.
Offices, Muskin Shoe Company. 481 East Oliver Street.
Residence, 2221 Whittier Avenue, Baltimore, Md.
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ADDISON E. MILLIKIN.
Addison E. Mullikin was born in Talbot County, Maryland. September 26. 1874 ; son of Frank C. and Margaret E. Mullikin. Ile attended Talbot City High School in 1895 ; was graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland. with A B. and A.M. degrees : completing his legal education at the University of Maryland in 1902, with degree of LL.B. For several years he was principal of Trappe High School.
Mr. Millikin began the practice of law in 1902 as an associate of Roland R. Marchant, and the firm has continued under the original partnership name since the date of its founding.
Ile served the city as councilman: was a member of the Liquor License Board under Governor Goldsborongh, and is now a member of the School Board. Is a director in the Southern Hotel Company, and the Federal Finance & Trading Company of Baltimore.
Is a member of the University Club and of other organizations of Baltimore.
Residence. 5708 St. Paul Street.
Offices, 363-369 Calvert Building, Baltimore.
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ERNEST T. NEWELL.
Ernest T. Newell. business executive, auctioneer. specializer in real estate, of Baltimore, was born at Wilmington. North Carolina, September 19, 1886 ; son of William Henry and Callie T. Newell.
Ile received his education in the Public Schools of Norfolk. Virginia, and entered the banking business in 1903 as teller for the Norfolk Bank for Savings and Trust, and continued in that position until 1997, at which time he removed to Baltimore.
Among other business interests. Mr. Newell is president of the Broadway Storage Company, Incorporated : president of the Mount Royal Apartment and Hotel Company : president of the Liberty Homes Corporation, and proprietor of E. T. Nowell & Company. auctioneers, 519 North Howard Street. Baltimore.
Mr. Newell was married to Miss Annie (Curtis) Lee, of Norfolk, Va., December 11, 1907.
Business address. 519 North Howard Street.
Residence, 3433 Mondawmin Avenue, Walbrook.
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CHARLES F. OBRECHT.
Charles P. Obrecht, of the Charles F. Obrecht Company, marine engineers, general ship repairers. Baltimore, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Angust 3, 1869, the son of Jacob F. and Ellenore Obrecht. He was educated in the public schools of Baltimore, and at the age of twenty-three began his business career, having as a lad been a newsboy selling the Baltimore Herald and News. Ile started at the bottom in his present business and has acquired the knowledge thereof which entitles him to be known as a practical and full fledged repair man. The Charles F. Obrecht Company are marine engineers, machinists, coppersmiths, etc. They specialize in the forging of large machinery parts and general ship repairs of all kinds.
The present shop is at 6-8-10 Perry Street, Baltimore. In the near future Chas. F. Obrecht Company will open a branch on the water front, with dockage.
Mr. Obrecht was married January 12. 1896. Hle has one danghter, Ethel E. Obrecht.
Main office, 316 Light Street. Shop, 6-8-10 East Perry Street.
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JOIN R. WINSLOW, M. D.
John R. Winslow. B. A., M. D., specialist in treatment of the nose, throat and ear, and author of many contributions to medical publications, was born in Baltimore, June 10, 1866 ; son of Doctor Caleb and Jane Paxon (Parry , Winslow.
After receiving his B. A. at Johns Hopkins University in 1856, he attended the I'niversity of Maryland, and graduated with M. D. degree in 198S. Ile then entered nyon post-graduate work at the University of Vienna (Austria), in 1800: attended the University of Munich in 1895, and Berlin University in 1905 and 1910.
Dr. Winslow became lecturer in chemistry, 1888-89 ; professor of Physiology, 1889-94, at the Women's Medical College, Balti- more ; was throat surgeon and governor of the Presbyterian Eye. Bar and Throat Hospital. 1891-1908: clinical professor of nose and throat diseases, 1903-13, and Professor of same since 1913 at the University of Maryland.
Ile is a director of and surgeon to the Baltimore Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital since 1909; is Laryngologist to University Hospital, Baltimore ; director of the Civic League, Roland Park, Baltimore : member Society of Friends, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Laryngol Association, American Laryngol, Rhinol and Otol Socie- ties, Medical and Chirurgical Faenity of Maryland, Beta Theta Phi Fraternity, Chi Zeta Chi, (medical), member University and Baltimore Country Clubs.
Dr. Winslow was married to Miss Elizabeth Lewis Reed, of Philadelphia, February 6, 1894.
Offices, Latrobe Apartments, Baltimore.
Residence, Roland Park, Baltimore,
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WILLIAM J. PEACH.
William J. Peach. Register of Wills for Baltimore County, was born in Baltimore. September 11. 1MG. son of Charles F. and Elizabeth ( Kelly ; Prach.
He was educated in the Public Schools of Baltimore County, and the University of Maryland Law School.
In 184848 he was connected with the granite firm of Gill & McMahon as clerk and cashier. and in 1593 became Deputy Register of Wills.
Mr. Peach was admitted to the Towson bar in 1897 and was appointed Chief Deputy Register of Wills, and elected Register of Wills in 1907 for the term of six years ; was again nominated In 1913 and elected for another term of six years; was again nomInated and elected in 1919 for another term of 6 years, which term expires December. 1925.
He is a Democrat : was treasurer for Blair Lee and A. P. Gorman during their primary campaigns for Governshlp, and acted in the same capacity for Congressman 1. Fred C. Tolbott's two campaigns, and acted as treasurer for the lon. Carville D. Benson for and during the primary election held May 3. 1920. Mr. Peach has been treasurer of the Democratic State Central Committee of Baltimore County since the passing of the Corrupt Practices Act in the year 1905 to 1914.
He Is a member of the Towson Lodge No. 469. B. P. O. E. Business address, Towson, Maryland.
Residence address, Granite, Maryland.
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ROBERT BROOKS MORSE.
Robert Brooks Morse, sanitary engineer, was born at Mont- petter, Vermont, September 13, 1880, son of Harmon Northrop and Caroline Augusta ( Brooks: Morse.
Attended Baltimore City College : graduated Johns Hopkins University. . A. B .. 1901) : Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. (S. B .. 1900) : University of Maine. 1902.
With the Bureau of Construction and Repairs. U. S. Navy Department, 1904-05 : Sewerage Commission of Baltimore City as draftsman, assistant engineer and assistant division engineer. 1905-1910: Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of New York. as assistant sanitary engineer, 1910-1912. From 1912 to date. consulting engineer on various water supply and sewerage projects and chief engineer Maryland State Department of Health. From 1918 to date, chief engineer the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, incorporated by General Assembly of Maryland.
Is a member Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma fraternities: member American Society of Civil Engineers : American and New England Water Works Associations ; American Public Health Association.
Mr. Morse was married in 1902 to Miss Caroline Emma Ross. of Maine. Has one danghter, Katherine Brooks Morse.
Offices, 16 W. Saratoga Street.
Residence, Bladensburg, MId.
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THEODORE WELLS PIETSCH. A. D. C.
Theodore Wells Pietsch, architect. Baltimore, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 2. 1865; the son of C. F. Pietsch and Florence (Wells) Pietsch, of Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Pietsch received his earlier education in private schools in Chicago, and studied for his profession at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, and in the other of Burnheim & Root, architects, Chicago. He completed his studies in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, receiving his diploma in architecture from the French Government, an honor which is extended to but few aspirants. On his return to the United States he entered the office of Havard & Caldwell in New York. and later was appointed chief designer for the supervising architect of the U. S. Government in Washington, D. C. Follow- ing the great fire of 1904 he came to Baltimore, where he has since practiced his profession and designed many of the impor- tant public buildings, schools and commercial houses of the city.
Mr. Pietsch is a member of the American Institute of Archi- tects, and the Society of Beaux Arts Architects, the University Club, the Merchants Club and the Elkridge Fox Innting Club, of Baltimore.
On November 7. 1911, Mr. Pietsch married Miss Gertrude Carroll Zell. of Baltimore. To this union have been born two children-Theodore. Junior, and John Oliver Carroll Pietsch.
Ilis residence is at 27 Wiekford Road. Roland Park. Baltimore. and Mr. Pietsch's offices are in the American Building.
DR. JOHN J. MEGINITY.
Dr. John J. MeGinity, son of Felix and Catherine MeGinity. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 12. 1573. He rrecived his preliminary education at St. Michael's School. St. James' College and Loyola College, and in 1594 he was gradu- ated from the University of Maryland, Department of Phar. maex.
Determined to learn every phase of the pharmaceutical pro- fession, Dr. MeGinity became associated with the firm of lyn- son. Jennings & Company, remaining in this connection for a period of two years; with A. 11. Roy, of Baltimore, for five years, and then went with the firm of Wolf Brothers, continu- ing with that company for fifteen years. The following two years were devoted to the management of one of the local stores of the United Drug Company. He then demonstrated his ability as a business executive, having assumed charge of the Baltimore store (Balto & Eutaw Sts.) of the United Drug Company at a time when the store was incurring a financial loss. Almost immediately upon his entrance upon his duties he increased the volume of business and operated the affairs of the store on a more efficient basis, the result at the end of his two years' service being a large profit for the company where hitherto only a deficit had been possible.
In 1910 Dr. MeGinity engaged in the drug business for him- self. and has succeeded in acquiring a substantial Imisiness. Aside from business affairs he has taken an exceedingly active part in matters pertaining to the betterment of Baltimore, and during the World War he labored unceasingly in the promotion of the various Liberty Loan drives, personally invested heavily in all issues, and has continued to retain the bonds in his possession during the war. He was identified with Govern- ment affairs through his office as First Lieutenant of the American Protective Association, which operates under the Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation. lle is promi- nent in the affairs of the Knights of Columbus, being a fourth degree member, being Indge Advocate of Santa Maria Council Number 1733. also member Alhambra Eagles' Lodge, Chesa- peake Arie Number SID, and an active member of the Baltimore Press Club. In political matters he is recognized as a leader in the activities of the Republican party, taking a leading part in both local and national campaigns and elections,
Dr. MeGinity married, in 1900, Miss Mary A. Rowland, of Cassville, Ohio, To the nion have been born three children, Miss Mary R., J. Austin, Francis Rowland. llis residence is at 3039 Eastern Avenue, and Dr. MeGinity conducts his drug business at Eastern and Ellwood Avenues, Baltimore, MId.
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JOHN P. SEITZ.
John P. Seitz was born in Monroe County, Michigan, May 4. 1574, son of Paul and Katherine Seitz, and was educated in the schools of his native county.
Mr. Seitx engaged in farming from 181 to 1891 : was in the business of blacksmithing, general hardware, farm implements and machinery from 1894 until 1904. From 1904 until I910 he was an engineer and designer of automobile motor trucks, and from the latter date until 1912 Mr. Seitz was sales manager for a large auto truck manufacturing concern. Ile then came to Baltimore and joined the sales force of the Rittenhouse-Winter- son Auto Company. In 1916 he purchased a half interest in the business, which was followed in 1917 by his taking over the entire business, the concern then being incorporated under the name of the Seitz Anto Company, distributors for the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland of the Service motor truck and Velie passenger cars.
Mr. Seitz is a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Advertis- ing Club and the Baltimore Automobile Dealers Association.
Mr. Seitz married March 16, 1893, Miss Delia Johnson. They have five children-Elsie, Vernon, Grace, Cecil and Jule.
Residence. 2411 Guilford Avenue.
Business address, 2-4-6-8 East North Avenue, Baltimore.
JOHN OTHO MITCHELL.
John Otho Mitchell, successor to E. Madison Mitchell, Balti- more, was born at Aberdeen, Harford County. Maryland, a son of Robert P. Mitchell and Mary 6. Mitchell.
ilis education was acquired in the public schools of Baltimore. and in June 1. 1877. Mr. Mitchell became associated with his uncle. E. Madison Mitchell. in the faiter's undertaking business. on April 1, 1913. John Otho Mitchell succeeded his uncle and now parries on the business as funeral director.
Mr. Mitchell is a member of the Kiwanis Club. of Doric Lodge. A. F. & A. M., of Baltimore Chapter. Beauseant Com- mandery, of Bonmi Temple, Chesapeake Consistory Number One. and of the Baltimore City ('lub.
Mr. Mitchell married November 17, 1896. Margaret E. Benson. They have three children -- Margaret E., Mahlon B., and John O. Mitchell, Junior.
Residence, 2356 Entaw Place.
Offices, E. Madison Mitchell & Company, 1201 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, Md,
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RT. REV. THOMAS JOSEPH SHAILAN.
Bishop and rector, was born at Manchester. N. IL .. on Septem- ber 11. 1857, son of Maurice Peter and Mary Anne (Carmody! Shahan. Ile was a student at Montreal College, Canada. in 1872 : at the American College, Rome, Italy, 1875-52 : S. D. T. Propaganda. Rome. 1SS2 : J. U. L ... Roman Seminary, 199 : >tu- dent of history. University of Berlin. 1889-91. the New Sor- bonne and Institut Catholique, Paris, 1891.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1882. he was from Is 3 to 198S chancellor and secretary of the Diocese of Hartford. From 1891 to 1909 he was professor of history and patrology and since 1909 has been rector of the Catholic University of America.
Ile was lecturer on history and elements of Roman Law, from 1895 to 1909 ; editor of the Catholic University Bulletin. from 1895 to 1909 : lecturer on history of education. in Cath. olie University Institute of Pedagogy, New York, in 1902 and 1903. Is a member of the board of judges for the Hall of Fame. University Heights. New York : was president of the Cath- olie Educational Association from 1904 to 1914. and president of the National Conference of Catholic Charities from 1910 to 1914. He was created prelate of Pontifeal Court (Rome, with the rank of monsignor. in 1909, and was consecrated titular bishop of Germanicopolis on November 15, 1914.
Bishop Shahan is the author of the following: The Blessed Virgin in the Catacombs (1882): Giovanni Battista de Rossi (1900) ; The Beginnings of Christianity (1903) : The Middle Ages (1904); St. Patrick in History, and the House of God and Other Addresses and Studies (1905). He contributes to leading Catholic magazines, was associate editor of the Cath- olle Encyclopedia ( 1905-15). Was an officer of the Legion or Ilonor, in 1919.
Address, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.
ROBERT SEFF.
In no country of the civilized world are the opportunities for success more abundant than in the United States, any man with the ability to surmount obstacles in the path of achievement being able to gain a commanding position in the world of business.
In Robert Seff. Baltimore real estate operator, we are afforded a striking example of man's mastery over circumstances. Born in a province of Russia, he came to America when but a child. lle attended the public schools until the sixth grade. and at the age of thirteen he went to work, engaging in odd jobs, and devoting his spare time in the evenings to study which he had been obliged to forfeit in the schools.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Seff entered the real estate business in Baltimore. By judicious investment of the small sum of money at his command he was enabled to secure a foot- hold in the business, and incessantly laboring by day and night he gradually added to his properties. Now, at the age of thirty- six is credited with being the largest individual property owner in the city, he possessing abont four hundred and fifty leasehold and fee-simple property in the city of Baltimore and the sur- rounding county. Ile is also known as the vice-president of various prosperous building and loan associations of Baltimore and vicinity.
Mr. Seff is a member of the Baltimore Press Club, City Club and Chess Club.
Ile married on March 25. 1917, Miss Frida A. Silberman, daughter of T. Silberman, of Baltimore. His residence is at the Rivierra Apartments, and Mr. Soff maintains a suite of offices at 231 Courtland Street, Baltimore.
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JOHN WILLIAM SHEFFER.
John William Sheffer, general counsellor and expert in internal revenne laws, also publisher and editor, was born in Martins- burg. West Virginia, on July 28, 188, the son of Jesse and Isabel Sheffer. He was educated in the public schools of Balti- more City and in Mebonough School. of Baltimore County.
Mr. Sheffer was secretary to the Collector of Internal Revenue. District of Maryland. from 1894 until 1912. in which year he became the editor and publisher of the Internal Revenue Review. He continues to edit and publish the Internal Revenue Review and is also widely known as general counsellor and expert in internal revenue laws.
On October 6. 1594, MIr. Sheffer became secretary to Collector Murray Vandiver, Internal Revenue. District of Maryland. From 1897 until 1904 he was secretary to and member of the Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners for Baltimore City.
Mr. Sheffer married on Angust 27. 1892. Mary Ellen, danghter of George and Rose Knight. Their children are Jesse E., John Williams, Junior, and Ada MI. MeLanghlin Sheffer.
His residence is at 3833 Forest Park Avenne, and Mr. Sheffer maintains his offices in suite 205-206 Marine Bank Bullding, Baltimore.
GEORGE W. SIWINSKI.
George W. Siwinski, lawyer, Baltimore, was born in Poland. November 16. 1578, son of Joseph and Angela Siwinski. He attended primary schools in Poland, took a college course and philosophy where he also took an active part in athletics. especially baseball and football, at St. Mary's Seminary, Detroit. Mich. He studied law at the University of Maryland.
Mr. Siwinski was admitted to the bar in 1903. and has since been actively engaged in the practice of general law. He was the organizer of the Polish-American Building Association. its solicitor. as also for the Kosciuszko Building Association. During the World War he organized in Baltimore about 1.200 Polish boys for the Polish army in France, who were not subject to draft, and he was head of the Polish Government Loan for Baltimore. Is a member of the Polish National Alliance of the United States, was its vice-censor from 1905 to 1907.
Mr. Siwinski married June 26, 1917. Mary Mieszkowski. has three children by a former marriage.
lle Residence. 2207 East Pratt Street.
Offices, 1635 Eastern Avenue.
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DR. CLEMENT L. SIWINSKI.
Dr. Clement L. Siwinski, dental surgeon. Baltimore, was born in Poland on November 23. 1856, the son of Joseph and Angela Siwinski.
He was graduated in 1916 from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and engaged in the practice of dentistry. being asso- ciated with his brother. Dr. W. B. Siwinski.
Dr. Siwinski volunteered for service in the Polish army on Jannary 20, 1918. He sailed for France on June 10, 1918, and saw service at Vosges until. May 20, 1919, at which time he went to Poland. Ile was appointed chief surgeon dentist of the 13th Division of the Polish Army. Ilis division participated in the campaign against the Ukrainians and later against the Bol- sheviki, until April 7. 1920.
Dr. Siwinski is unmarried. He resides at 1740 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, and his dental offices are at the same address.
DR. WALTER BOLESLAW SIWINSKI.
Dr. Walter Boleslaw Siwinski, dental surgeon. Baltimore, was born in Poland in 1883; son of Joseph and Angela Niwinskl. Dr. Siwinski was educated at Loyola College, and Baltimore College of Dental Surgery : graduating from the latter institution in 1906 with second highest honors in his class. He has since continously practiced dentistry in Baltimore.
Although actively engaged in his profession. Dr. Siwinski is also interested in other affairs, He is president of the Kos- ciuszko Building Association and also president of the American- Polish Building Association. At the present time he is devoting a major portion of his time to the negotiating of the Polish loan for the raising of funds to alleviate the present suffering and general deplorable conditions now existing in Poland as a result of the Great War.
He has always taken an active interest in Polish affairs ; was appointed vice-chairman during the American Day celebration held in Baltimore, and he assisted his brother, George W. Siwinski, in raising several companies of young men to serve in the Polish army during the war.
Mr. Siwinski married in November, 1919, Miss Barbara Sadowski.
Address, 1740 Eastern Avenne.
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EARL II. SNAVELY. M. D.
Earl HI. Snavely, son of Charles C. Snavely, of Baldwin. Md .. was born near Hagerstown, Md .. December 2. 18 3. lle received his early education in Baltimore County, and was graduated from the Baltimore Medical College with M. D. degree in 1905, being immediately appointed to the medical staff of the Maryland State Hospital for the Insane. at Sykesville. Md.
After a service of three years at the latter institution. Dr. Snavely received a much better appointment as a physician on the staff of the Essex County Hospital, Overbrook, N. J .. where he Is now located.
During the Great War Itr. Snavely served as First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps, most of his service being rendered at Camp Eustis, Va., where he had charge of the Psycho-pathic work of that large camp.
Dr. Snavely is a Republican in politics, and takes an active interest in political matters, He is a member of several frater- nal orders, including his college fraternity.
On June 25. 1914. Dr. Snavely married Miss Elizabeth C. McMahon, of Newark, N. J.
GUY E. SNAVELY.
Guy E. Snavely, son of Charles C. and brother of Dr. Earl H. Snavely. was born at Antietam, Md .. October 26, 1581. Ilis family removing to Baltimore County in IS88, he attended the county schools and was admitted to Johns Hopkins University in 1897, where he received the A. B. degree in 1901 and the Ph. D. degree in 1908, He studied in Paris and London in 1905 : taught at Maryland Nautical Academy, Baston, Mld .. 1901-02 : was co-owner and vice-principal of Milton Academy, Baltimore. 1902-05 : joined the faculty of Allegheny College in the fall of 1906, acting as professor of Romance languages and registrar until April. 1917. lle spent his sabbatical year of 1914-15 in Europe, and as visiting professor of French and Spanish at New York University.
On May 1. 1917, Mr. Snavely took charge of the newly formed Southern Division of the American Red Cross tcomprising the States of North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee) with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. He organized over 500 Red Cross chapters, covering every county in this division ; supervised war fund campaigns and membership drives of 1918-1919 : directed production work of surgical dressings. hospital garments, knitted articles, etc. : made numerous Red Cross addresses at State conventions and at chapter meetings : visited Hlavana, Cuba, and the Isle of Pines to arrange for co- operation with the Cuban Red Cross and to stimulate the work in branches of the American Red Cross. Mr. Snavely complettd the last six months of his service, during the spring and summer of 1919, as assistant to the general manager and director of the department of development at national headquarters in Wash- ington, D. C.
Mr. Snavely married September 27. 1906. Ada E. Rittenhouse. of Baltimore County. They have three children-Giny Everett, Brant R. and Charles A. Snavely.
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