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The removal of the family from Kansas to Ohio enabled George Vertner Lux to pursue his early edu- cation in the schools of Urbana until he has com- pleted the high school course there. He next entered the university at Lebanon, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1910. His review of the broad field of business led him to the determina- tion to make the practice of law his life work and to this end he matriculated in the Detroit College of Law, from which he was graduated in 1913, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He at once opened an office in this city and throughout the intervening years has given his attention to. general law practice. His professional brethren acknowledge his ability and his resourcefulness. He belongs to the Detroit Bar Association and also to the Lawyers' Club.
On the 6th of September, 1916, Mr. Lux was mar- ried to Miss Celia Shepheard of St. Louis, Mis- souri, and they have one son: George, Jr., born August 14, 1919. Mr. Lux is keenly interested in Detroit's welfare and progress, to which end he cooperates with the Board of Commerce in all the plans and projects put forth by that organization for the benefit of the city. He belongs to the Fellowcraft Club and to the Detroit Yacht Club, is a member of Highland Park Lodge, No. 468, F. & A. M., has attained the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite in the Michigan Sovereign Consistory at Detroit and is also a member of Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
RAYMOND K. DYKEMA is recognized as a promi- nent younger member of the Detroit bar. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 17, 1889, and is of Holland descent.
Raymond K. Dykema attended the public schools and the University of Michigan, receiving the degree of LL. B. as a graduate of the class of 1911. Fol- lowing admission to the bar he began practice in the office of Bundy, Travis & Merrick at Grand Rapids, being thus associated from August, 1911, until Feb-
ruary, 1912. In the latter year he came to Detroit and was associated with Angell, Boynton, McMillan, Bod- man & Turner, now the firm of Angell & Turner, until January 1, 1917. At that date he became attorney for the Michigan Central Railroad and continued in this capacity until May 1 of the same year, when the United States having entered the World war, he was appointed to the First Reserve Officers Training Corps at Fort Sheridan and won his commission as first lieutenant. During his service he was promoted to the rank of Captain. He began his military experience in the adjutant general's department and ended in the air service, being in military service for twenty-one months, receiving his discharge January 25, 1919. His father had served in a Michigan cavalry regiment for four years of the Civil war. Returning to Detroit, Mr. Dykema again entered upon the practice of law on the 1st of March, 1919, and has continued to the present time. He has been identified with a number of important cases.
On the 17th of August, 1917, Mr. Dykema married Margery D. Russel, daughter of John R. Russel, and they have two children: John Russel and Mary. Mr. Dykema is a republican in his political views. He is a member of the University Club, Detroit Club, Coun- try Club, Indian Village Club, Fine Arts Society, and the Detroit Bar Association.
WILLIAM C. RESTRICK, vice president of the Restrick Lumber Company, was born in Detroit Octo- ber 8, 1890, a son of Charles W. and Jane (Cowie) Restrick, a sketch of the father appearing elsewhere in this publication. William C. Restrick prepared for college at the Detroit University School of this city and then entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated with the Bach- elor of Arts degree in the class of 1912. After leav- ing college he joined the Restrick Lumber Company, of which his father was president, and through the in- tervening period has continued with the business. He has gained advancement and recognition of his knowl- edge and ability, and early in 1920 became secretary of the company, while on the 1st of September, 1920, he was elected vice president and is now serving in the new capacity.
In 1915 Mr. Restrick was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Homiller of Washington, D. C., and they have become parents of one son: William C., Jr. Fra- ternally Mr. Restrick is a Mason, belonging to Pales- tine Lodge, and he is a member of the Detroit Ath- letic Club and the University Club, also of the Theta Delta Chi, a college fraternity. His political endorse- ment is given to the republican party and his re- ligious faith is that of the Westminster Presbyterian church.
No record of Mr. Restrick would be complete with- out mention of one of the vital experiences of his life, which followed his enlistment in the navy on the 22d of June, 1917. He served on the submarine
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chaser, No. 178, operating in both American and French waters and finally off the Irish coast at the time of the armistice.
BENJAMIN STANLEY PAGEL, admitted to the bar in 1906, since which time he has engaged in prac- tice in Detroit, was born in this city in 1883, a son of John W. and Maria (Stanley) l'agel. The father was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1859 and passed away in 1894. The mother survives and is now living at Highland Park, Detroit.
Spending his youthful days in his native city, Ben- jamin S. Pagel mastered the branches of learning tanght in the public schools, passing through con- seentive grades to the high school, and in 1906 he was graduated on the completion of a law course in the University of Michigan, with the degree of LL. B. The same year he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Detroit for the practice of law. Here he has continued, engaging in general practice, and as the years have gone by his clientage has steadily in- creased, becoming of a distinctively representative character.
On the 29th of March, 1913, in Detroit, Mr. Pagel was married to Miss Unabelle Locke, a danghter of William Locke, and they have become parents of two children: Benjamin, who was born in 1915; and Jane. Mr. Pagel is a republican in his political views. During the war period he served on the legal advisory board, also on the loan drives and as a Four- Minnte man. He belongs to the Detroit Bar Associa. tion and the American Bar Association and along more strictly social lines has connection with the Detroit Athletic Club, the Detroit Tennis Club and the De- troit Boat Club. He belongs also to the Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and is serving on its of- ficial board. His activities are broad and varied, touching the general interests of society, his aid and cooperation being counted upon to further all those projects which work for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community at large.
HOWARD C. CHILSON, of Detroit, received thor- ough training in the law department of the University of Michigan, which has made this institution one of the leading educational centers of the country. He was born in Southlyon, Livingston county, Michigan, February 5, 1890, and is a son of Elbert Vietor and Louise E. (Hammond) Chilson. The father devoted his life to newspaper publication and was ever a stalwart advocate of republican principles.
Howard C. Chilson pursued his education in the publie and high schools of Lansing, Michigan, and afterward entered the State University for the study of law, completing his course in the law department as a member of the class of 1912. He then removed to Detroit, where he has continued in general prac- tice, and the passing years have marked his consistent advancement, resulting from the development of his
powers, his success being attested by the court re. ports, which bear testimony to the many verdicts which he has won favorable to the interests of his clients. He is a member of the Detroit Bar Associa- tion, also of the Lawyers Club and of Delta Theta Phi, fraternity.
Mr. Chilson's public service in a civil capacity was rendered as assistant secretary of the Michigan state senate from 1913 until 1915. During America's con- nection with the World war he became identified with the air service as representative of air craft pro- duction, being a member of Class 5-G in the draft.
On the 24th of November, 1917, Mr. Chilson was married to Miss Margaret Grace MeAnon of Calumet, Michigan, and they have one daughter: Mary Frances. Mr. Chilson turns to hunting and fishing for recrea- tion and diversion from the duties of a growing pro- fession, having already won a well established repu- tation that many an older member of the bar might well envy.
ROY CARPENTER MANSON, dealer in manufac- turers' supplies in Detroit, is a native son of Ken- tueky, born December 25, 1882, who, however, was reared in Chicago, where he attended the public and high schools, his parents having removed to that city when he was a yonth of fourteen.
When Roy Carpenter Manson had completed his edu- cation as a high school pupil in Chicago he took np business in connection with the Novelty Tufting Machine Company, which was organized in 1894 by Alfred Freschl, who was an inventor and the patentee of the original tnfting machine. This was the only tufting machine business in the world at the time and an extensive enterprise was carried on while tufting was in vogne. Mr. Manson became associated with Mr. Freschl and they organized the Tufting Ma- chine Supply Company, which was incorporated in 1903 and supplied machines to manufacturers of au- tomobiles, carriages and furniture. In 1913 Mr. Freschi retired, Mr. Manson purchasing his interest in the business. In 1915 he surrendered the charter of the old Novelty Tufting Machine Company and is now mainly engaged in handling accessories, top trimmings and labor-saving deviees. He has been identified with the automobile industry since its inception and has been a most interested witness of its continued growth and development until it has reached a place among the first of the industries of America in extent and importance.
In 1903 Mr. Manson was married to Miss Paula Freschl and they are now parents of two children: Grant Carpenter, who graduated from Eastern high school in 1920 and is now a student at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, Massachusetts; and Marjorie Carpenter. Mr. Manson belongs to various leading social organi- zations of the city, having membership with the Loch- ยท moor, Players and Wolverine Clubs, the Detroit Ath- letie Club, the Detroit Automobile Club, Detroit Boat
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Club and the Board of Commerce. Nature endowed him with keen intellectual force and discernment and he has used his talents wisely and well in his business career and in meeting all of life's problems.
ROBERT ALEXANDER PATRICK. Among the younger business men of Detroit to whose inspiration and forcefulness the city owes the greater share of her dynamic success, Robert A. Patrick was in the foremost rank. Detroit suffered a distinct loss when he passed away. Yet only thirty-nine years of age Mr. Patrick had risen to a position of responsibility and honor attained by few of greater years who are also successful men.
Robert A. Patrick who born in Detroit February 5, 1881, and spent his boyhood days in the home of his parents, Alexander Lawson and Agnes (Black) Patrick, during which period he pursued a public school education that carried him to the high school. He also attended the Detroit School for Boys and the Upper Canada College of Toronto.
Throughout his connection with business interests Mr. Patrick was identified with the paper trade. First, he entered the employ of F. S. Dresskell & Company and so continued until December, 1908, when Mr. Dresskell retired from business and the firm name of the Dresskell Paper Company was assumed, Mr. Pat- rick becoming manager of the new undertaking. When, in June, 1911, the Bermingham & Seaman Company of Chicago, the largest paper jobbers in the country, wished to enter the Detroit market, they sought the co- operation of Mr. Patrick and organized a new corpora- tion under the style of the Bermingham-Seaman-Patrick Company, of which Mr. Patrick became president and manager. In 1917 the firm style of the Seaman-Patrick Paper Company was adopted for the Detroit house, the Chicago house being known as the Seaman Paper Company. The Detroit organization, under the able management of Mr. Patrick, quickly reached the point of being the largest wholesale paper business con- ducted in the state of Michigan, dealing in fine print- ing papers exclusively. One of the Detroit daily news- papers at the time of Mr. Patrick's death wrote: "As president and general manager of the Seaman- Patrick Paper Company he had taken his place among the younger leaders of business and had long demon- strated a capacity to give kindness and consideration their proper place in affairs of the dollar."
On the 10th of February, 1912, Mr. Patrick was married to Miss Mary G. Everson of Detroit, daughter of George and Julia (Holst) Everson, and they be- came the parents of two children: Robert Alexander, Jr., born April 15, 1913; and Mary Louise, born De- cember 31, 1915.
Mr. Patrick held membership in the Presbyterian church and his religious belief guided him in every relation of life. Politically he was a republican and fraternally he was connected with the Masons, be- longing to Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M .; King Cyrus
chapter, R. A. M .; and Detroit Commandery, Knights Templar. He also had membership in the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Boat Club, Wolverine and De- troit Automobile Clubs, Adcraft Club, Detroit Golf Club, Oakland Hills Country Club and the Wilderness Club of Mackinaw.
The death of Robert A. Patrick from pneumonia occurred February 6, 1920, at which time one of the Detroit papers said: "It was amid the promises of larger and larger business success, the blessedness of happy family life, the enjoyment of a wealth of friends, and it might be said still in youth, that Robert Alexander Patrick passed away." The news of his demise carried with it a sense of personal bereave- ment to all with whom he had been associated through business or social relations. Kindness and forbear- ance were ever among his salient characteristics. He was continually extending a helping hand and his belief in his fellowmen brought out the good in others.
MATHEW A. YOUNG, one of the largest dealers in motor cars in Michigan, early had the prescience to discern something of what the future held in store for the automobile industry and became one of the pion- eers in the auto sales business in Detroit. Mr. Young is born in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1872, son of Mathew A. and Elizabeth (Gibb) Young, and in his native town pursued his education in the public schools. He afterward attended the Ontario College of Pharmacy at Toronto in 1891 and 1892 and won the degrees of Ph. M. B. and A. C. In 1892 and 1893 he was engaged in the drug business in Toronto, Canada, and in the latter year crossed the border into Michigan, locating at Lansing, where for two years he conducted a drug store.
Since 1895 Mr. Young has been identified with Detroit. He here established and conducted a drug store for five years and was recognized as a skilled pharmacist, with several high degrees to his credit, but with wonderful foresight he perceived the future possibilities of the automobile trade and gave up his profession to become connected with the sale of motor cars. He was numbered with W. H. Neumann and William E. Metzger as one of the pioneer retail auto- mobile dealers in Detroit. In 1900 he became a mem- ber of the firm of Young & Miller, which association was maintained until 1905, when he established an independent business and has since remained alone. He now handles the Peerless and Mitchell motor cars and as state distributor of these cars he has built up a business of immense proportions. In 1920 Mr. Young completed a beautiful three-story building at Wood- ward avenue and Brady street, which is said to be the last word in display room and service construction, with immense plate-glass windows, mosaic flooring and mahogany trimming throughout. It is one of the most complete structures of its kind in the middle west.
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On the 11th of November, 1897, Mr. Young was married to Miss Mary E. Wilderspin of Amherstburg, Ontario, and they have one daughter: Kathleen Eliza- beth. Mr. Young is a thirty-second degree Mason and the eraft numbers him among its loyal followers. Ile also belongs to Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Ilis religious faith is that of the Methodist church and his political belief that of the republican party. lle belongs to the National Automobile Dealers Associa- tion, the Detroit Automobile Dealers Association, the Detroit Motor Boat Club and the Detroit Automobile Club and is a member of the Board of Commerce. Along the lines of an orderly progression has his business life been ordered and his large business ca- pacity, enterprise and determination have constituted the basic elements upon which he has builded the superstructure of his success.
FREDERICK SANDERS. No history of the com- mercial development of Detroit would be complete and satisfactory were there failure to make prominent reference to the confectionery house which has long been conducted under the name of Sanders. In fact it has been controlled by three successive generations and represents a wonderful business development, keep- ing pace with the progress of Detroit and winning even national reputation. For decade after deeade the name of Sanders has been a household word in this city and has ever been synonymous with honorable dealing, progressive methods and initiative.
Frederick Sanders, whose name introdnees this re- view, was long widely known as a manufacturing con- feetioner and representative business man of Detroit. He was born in Biehl, Baden, Germany, July 1, 1848. his parents being Alvin and Caroline (Conrad) San- ders, who in the year 1849 came with their family to the United States, settling in Peru, Illinois, where the father followed the occupation of a baker and estah- lished business on his own account. Frederick Sanders was the second in order of birth in a family of six children and after acquiring his education in the public schools of Peru he there began learning the baking business. When a youth of but seventeen years he returned to his native country, working his passage as a ship's baker. In Karlsruhe, in the prov- inee of Baden, he learned the confectioners' business, spending three years in his native land, and before his return to the new world he was nnited in mar- riage to Miss Rose Conrad. On again coming to the United States Frederiek Sanders took up his abode in Chicago in 1871, entering the employ of Charles Gun- ther, the famons confectioner of that eity. He after- ward aided in establishing the equally successful eon- feetionery business of John Kranz of Chicago, which is still in existence.
Mr. Sanders' connection with Detroit dates from 1875, in which year he removed to this city, deeiding to embark in the business on his own account. Ae- eordingly he opened a small place at the corner of
Woodward avenue and State street and in the be- ginning had but little assistance in the conduet of the business or in the manufacture of candy. llis dili- gence and determination at length overeame all the obstacles which seemed to bar the path to success and after a time he found it necessary to obtain assist- ance and to remove to larger quarters, which he secured in the old Fisher building, located on the site of the Majestic builling. With the removal he broadened the scope of his operations and in the carly '80s he erected a handsome pavilion of pie- turesque architecture at the corner of Woodward and Michigan avenues and there laid the foundation of the great success which has sinee been attached to the name of Sanders. Ile was always most careful in the quality of his prodnets and the name of Sanders soon became a synonym for confections of the highest grades. Another thing notable iu his career is that he was the pioneer in manufacturing and bringing out the now popular drink of ice cream soda, which is today sold not only throughout America but through- out the world. His production of this new drink was almost accidental. In those days the cream or sweet milk soda was the standard drink; but there hap- pened a rainy afternoon, when the Sanders store was erowded with patrons, and the milk and eream had soured. Unwilling to disappoint his customers Mr. Sanders was foreed to substitute some other concoc- tion and happily thought of plaeing ice cream with the soda and flavor instead of milk. The new drink im- mediately became popular, and the result was the establishment of iee cream soda as the most prized and widely knowu drink upon the face of the globe today. The patronage of the house constantly in- creased and the success attending the efforts of Mr. Sanders was thereby augmented. After a time he removed to 180 Woodward avenue and subsequently seeured a lease at Nos. 143 and 145 Woodward. The main building of the Sanders business is located now at 381 Woodward avenue, where the firm occupies six floors and full basement of a most substantial and attractive business block. In addition to this im- mense confectionery plant there are three other retail stores operated by the firm in Detroit. Mr. Sanders always attributed much of his success to close oh- servance of catering methods, both in this country and abroad. Almost twenty times did he sail for foreign lands, visiting nearly every large metropolis of Eu- rope as well as of America and at all times studying questions relative to his business. In Detroit he ad- mitted his son, Edward, his son-in-law, John Miller, and grandson, Frederiek W. Sanders, to a partner- ship and the association was maintained through the lifetime of Frederick Sanders.
To Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were born three children: Charles, who died July 12, 1900; Edward, who he- came his partner in business; and Ella, the deceased wife of John Miller. Mr. Sanders passed away in Detroit, January 5, 1913, and is survived by his widow.
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His grandson, Fred W. Sanders, has succeeded to his business, so that the name of Sanders is still closely associated with the confectionery trade of Detroit and therewith has since maintained an unassailable reputation through all the years which have passed since Frederick Sanders came to this city in 1875. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he found the oppor- tunities which he sought and in their utilization made steady progress until he long occupied a ereditable po- sition on the plane of affluence in this city.
ALBERT HENRY FINN. In the home of the min- ister of the Baptist church in St. Clair, Michigan, June 15, 1862, was born the subject of this sketch. Rev. Silas Finn was a native of Pennsylvania and Cynthia Eaton, his wife, while born in New York state, was a descendant of the Dedham, (Mass.), Eatons. Thus two pre-Revolutionary lines merged.
Educated in the public schools and spending a short time in Kalamazoo College, Albert Henry Finn entered the "College of Hard Knocks" with enthusiasm and studious regard for its valuable lessons. His hoyhood days were largely spent on a farm. At twelve years of age he joined his older brother in a country general store in Royal Oak. Printing had a peculiar fascina- tion for him, and at fifteen years he was a job printer on his own account and at seventeen years of age was the editor of the Royal Oak Midget, a weekly news- paper. The field at that time was very circumscribed and a new and larger opportunity was found at Capac, where he and Joseph Soults established the Capac Argus. While here he felt the need for more scholastic education and securing a man to take his place, he went to Kalamazoo College. He was soon recalled to establish a weekly newspaper, The Sun, at Fort Gratiot, now a part of Port Huron, and the place where the firm of Finn & Soults later consolidated its interests. Subsequently Mr. Finn sold out to his partner and ac- cepted a position on the Port Huron Times, daily. This was a valuable experience in more ways than one. Then Detroit called and he went to the Michigan Christian Herald, giving an all-around business, edi- torial and mechanical service. Aspiring again to launch out for himself he purchased the Port Huron Tribune and returned to that city. For eight years he put in a strenuous existence in newspaper, printing and editorial work and the management of the Port Huron Fair and Exposition.
In 1886 Mr. Finn married Katherire Scott of De- troit and established a home in Port Huron. After an extended trip through the northwest in the sum- mer of 1890, he received propositions to go to the Cincinnati Post and the Detroit Journal almost in the same mail, and chose the advertising management of the latter, assuming the new position September 1, 1890. For ten years he gave his best efforts to this newspaper, succeeding to the business management, manager of foreign advertising, when he covered the
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