The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. IV, Part 5

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024

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JAMES HENRY BOULTER, M. D. Prominence is not something which fate bestows upon a favorite few but it is a quality and an attribute to be won through earnest endeavor, intelligently directed. It is a trite saying that there is always room at the top, but com- paratively few seem to comprehend this, or lack the ambition to put forth the effort necessary to reach an exalted place in any given line of business. Capa- bility is won, not bestowed, and with a recognition of this fact in the early part of his professional career, Dr. James Henry Boulter has steadily advanced until he occupies a most enviable position among the sur- geons of Detroit. He is of Canadian birth, born in Ontario, Canada, on the 12th of January, 1877, his parents being Wellington and Nancy Helen (Sprague) Boulter. The father was born in Ontario, February 14, 1838, while his father came from England. Wel- lington Boulter devoted his life largely to the canning 'business, and was the pioneer canner of fruits and

vegetables in Ontario, where he established business in 1882, continuing in the canning and preserving of vegetables and fruits until 1910, at which time he dis- posed of his business and has since lived retired in Detroit, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. His wife was born April 1, 1843, and passed away in Detroit, May 1, 1918. In their family were six children: Frank E. N., the eldest, was the inspector of canning factories in Ontario for some time, but passed away April 1, 1909. The others are: Mrs. E. M. Young and George Edward, both of Picton, Ontario; Helen Louise, Dr. James Henry and Lillian Leone, all of Detroit.

Dr. Boulter, who was the fifth in order of birth in the family, spent his boyhood in attendance at the public and high schools at Picton, Ontario, after which he entered the McGill University at Montreal, Canada, and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1901, and that of M. D. C. M. in 1903. He received appointment as interne in the Mon- treal General Hospital, in which he continued for a year, gaining that broad and valuable experience which comes through hospital practice, and on the expiration of this period he sought the professional opportunities offered in the rapidly growing city of Detroit. During the first ten years of his residence here he continued in general practice. For the past nine years he has specialized in general surgery and today occupies an enviable place as one of the emi- nent surgeons of Detroit. In 1910 he took a trip abroad, visiting various prominent medical and sur- gical centers of the old world, in order to improve his knowledge of major surgery. He visited various clin- ics and hospitals in the different capitals of Europe and in the British Isles, and decided, upon his return, to concentrate his efforts and attention upon surgical work. In 1915 he was admitted to the American College of Surgeons and was made a fellow and char- ter member of this organization. He belongs as well to the Wayne County, the Michigan State and the American Medical Associations, and he is a member of the teaching staff of the Detroit College of Medi- cine and Surgery, and a member of the surgical staff of Grace Hospital of Detroit, while his connection with the Detroit United Railway Company is that of consulting surgeon.

On the 12th of October, 1910, Dr. Boulter was married to Miss Evelyn C. Crawford of Denver, Colo- rado, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Crawford of that city, and they have become the parents of two children: Frank Crawford, born in Detroit, De- cember 11, 1912; and Edward Malcolm, born August 27, 1917.

Dr. Boulter is a member of the Delta Kappa Ep- silon, a college fraternity, and is a charter member of the Tau Alpha Chapter at McGill University, and of The Academy of Surgery, of Detroit, founded January, 1921. He has membership in the Masonic fraternity, belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 241, F. & A. M .;

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King Cyrus Chapter, No. 133; Detroit Commandery, No. 1; Michigan Sovereign Consistory; and Moslem Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Dr. Boulter's club connections include the .Detroit Athletic Club, the Masonic Conntry Club, and the Noontide Club. He resides at 7412 Wilson avenue. His religions faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and in his practice there have been many expressions of his belief in the principle of the brotherhood of mankind.

GEORGE W. HEIGHIO is the president of the Cal- vert Lithographing Company of Detroit, the most important company of its kind in the middle west. A native of England, he was born in Essex county on the 8th of May, 1862, and is a son of George and Amelia (Stevens) Heigho, who were also natives of that country and came to America in 1874, first set- tling in Trenton, Wayne county, Michigan, and after- ward removing to Detroit. The father was the first man appointed Sealer of Weights and Measures at Detroit, after the creation of the office in connection with the police department, and served with the rank of captain to the time of his death, which occurred October 28, 1901. He had for several years survived his wife, who passed away in Detroit, May 13, 1897. They had a family of five children, four of whom are yet living: George W .; Mrs. A. S. Hook, of De- troit; Colonel Edgar M. Heigho, of Boise, Idaho, who was the promoter and president of the railroad from Weiser to New Meadows, Idaho, and was the founder of the town of New Meadows; and Mrs. Florence M. Hook, living at Los Angeles, California.

George W. Heigho received his education at the Palmer Endowed school at Grays Thurrock, England. His first employment in Detroit was at the Detroit Stove Works and later he was with Prince & Welling- ton, grocers, Samuel J. Kelso, attorney, and R. G. Dun & Company. On the 7th of February, 1881, he became a clerk with the Calvert Lithographing Com- pany, with which concern he has since been associated. He worked his way up and in 1900 was elected to office as secretary and treasurer of the company, in which he continned for ten years. In March, 1910, he was called to the presidency, which office he still holds, and he is also the largest stockholder. Mr. Heigho is a member and one of the directors of the National Association of Employing Lithographers; a member and vice president of the Label Manufactur- ers National Association; also a member of all import- ant national and local organizations dealing with in- dustrial and civic matters.

On the 1st of March, 1904, Mr. Heigho was married to Miss Edna Fillmore Webster, daughter of Edward F. Webster of this city. They have one child, Will- iam Stevens, who was born October 7, 1905, and is attending a preparatory school. They reside at No. 310 Chicago boulevard and Mr. Heigho turns to golf and motoring for recreation. He belongs to the De- troit Golf Club, Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit Boat

Club, the Detroit Automobile Club, the Detroit Mont- gomery Rifles and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of The Maccabees and the Young Men's Christian Association. His political be- lieť is that of the republican party and in all po- litical matters he manifests progressive tendencies. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. His progress has resulted from close application, un- abating industry and energy.

W. A. DAVID, for years established as a manufac- turer in Detroit, at present manager of the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe Company, which he helped to start in 1912, is a native of Michigan, born in Muskegon county, February 28, 1867. His father and grand- father also lived in Detroit.

Mr. David was educated in the public schools, and later learned the trade of sheet metal worker in this state, in the town of Coopersville. On the completion of his apprenticeship he moved to Grand Rapids, where he worked for several years, the latter part of the time with C. B. Newcomb of the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe Company.

It was in 1912 that Mr. David came to Detroit and in conjunction with Mr. Newcomb established the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe Company. The Detroit con- cern, however, is a seperate undertaking, and is managed and controlled by Mr. David. The company handles orders for nearly every big factory in Detroit and vicinity. Recently the Detroit company installed a blower system for the Fisher Body Corporation, which is the largest of its kind in Michigan. Mr. David, since coming to Detroit and embarking as a manu- facturer, has never had reason to look back, this satisfactory condition of affairs being dne in great measure to his knowledge of the business and to his sound judgment.

In November, 1890, Mr. David was united in mar- riage to Effie May Guileman, and they are the parents of one son, Hugh W. David, who is associated in the business with his father. Mr. David is a member of the Masonic order, affiliated with Detroit Blue Lodge, No. 2, with the King Cyrus Chapter and Damascus Commandery. He is a member of the Fel- Joweraft Club, the Detroit Masonic Country Club, and the Board of Commerce, in the affairs of all of which he takes a warm interest, as he also does in all civic matters calculated to advance the social and commercial prosperity of the city of his adoption, where he is known as an excellent citizen and thorough business man.

HENRY WAGNER, JR. The vast wholesale bakery plant conducted under the name of the Wagner Baking Company at Detroit has been largely developed and improved by Henry Wagner, Jr., who is now the directing head of a vast enterprise that is surpassed in the middle west only by Chicago establishments of this character. The name of Wagner has been

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associated with the baking business in Detroit since 1869, when Henry Wagner, Sr., opened a small busi- ness that constituted the nucleus of the present mam- moth concern. Henry Wagner, Sr., was born in Prus- sia, Germany, and came to America in 1867, arriving in Detroit on the 1st of May of that year. On the 1st of April, 1869, he established the Wagner Bakery in a small building on Grand River avenue and re- mained a factor in the trade until his death, which occurred in this city in 1900, when he had reached the age of eighty-seven years, although his sons had long since relieved him of the active care and respon- sibilities of the business. He married Helena Girst, also a native of Germany.

Their family included Henry Wagner, Jr., who was born in Prussia, June 10, 1852, and who was therefore about fifteen years of age when the family emigrated to the new world. He had attended the schools of his native land and learned the baking business under the direction of his father, working in various depart- ments of the Detroit plant until he had gained an intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the business, and is therefore most thoroughly qualified to direct the labors of those who are in his employ. The busi- ness, as indicated, was established and developed by the father and has been carried on by the sons, who have made this one of the most extensive productive industries of the kind in the middle west. The busi- ness was incorporated under the name of the Wagner Baking Company, with Edward Wagner as president, John Wagner as vice president and Henry Wagner, Jr., as secretary, treasurer and manager. The build- ing covers a ground space of three hundred and sev- enty-eight by two hundred and seventy-four feet. Its equipment is thoroughly modern in every particular and it is one of the most sanitary plants of the kind in the world. The bread is never handled by human hands from the time the bulk of flour is meas- ured out until it is ready for delivery. The plant was planned and erected after an extended tour of the country had been made by Mr. Wagner to all the most important bakery plants. He carefully noted what was best in each one and incorporated the idea into his own modern bakery. The building was erected with the strongest concrete supports to main- tain the tremendous capacity of weight on the upper floors, where can be stored a million pounds of flour. This is apparently a new departure in large wholesale bakeries and the idea originated with Mr. Wagner, who placed the flour on the upper floors to avoid handling after it is stored in the building. From the upper floors it is run through chutes to the mixers and is never again touched by human hands until ready for the delivery wagons. So clean and sanitary is everything about the establishment that a visit thereto is of the utmost delight as one views the scientific and mechanical processes that are employed in the manufacture of bread. In connection with the bread baking a large shipping department is

maintained and the company also owns an extensive stable and garage, the former eighty by one hundred and twenty feet and the latter eighty by eighty feet. The employes number three hundred and the company is a close corporation. Henry Wagner, Jr., is also a director of the Wagner Building Company of De- troit.

On the 18th of May, 1878, Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Wilhelmina Neubronner of Detroit, and they have four children: Henry E., born in Detroit and educated in the high school and in the Detroit Busi- ness University, married Theresa Caderette of Mar- quette, Michigan, and is now connected with the Wagner Baking Company; Otto A., born and educated in Detroit, attending the high school and a business college, is also with the Wagner Baking Company. He married Miss Amie Brickman of Detroit, and they have one child, William; Helen is the wife of Frank S. Gmeiner and they have one child, Wilfred; Adele, a graduate of the Detroit high school, is at home.

Mr. Wagner is a republican in his political views. Fraternally he is a Mason who has attained the Knights Templar degree of the York Rite and has also taken the consistory degree in the Scottish Rite and is a Mystic Shriner. He belongs to the Concordia Singing Society and has ever been a lover of music. He is connected with the Detroit Chamber of Commerce and is interested in all those forces which make for the city's benefit and upbuilding. He has here made his home through fifty-three years and throughout almost the entire period he has been connected with the baking business, entering his father's employ when the latter established a small bakery in 1869. The business has been developed with the growth of the city until it is today one of the most important com- mercial interests of Detroit, in which the most careful systematization is maintained, while the most pro- gressive methods of scientific bread making have been employed in the production of a product, the popular- ity of which has enabled the company to develop one of the largest plants of the kind in the Mississippi valley outside of Chicago.

THOMAS W. McINERNEY. As president of the Faltis Poultry Market and the Royal Shoe Company, Thomas W. McInerney occupies a prominent position in commercial circles of Detroit and in business mat- ters his judgment has ever been found sound and reliable and his enterprise unfaltering. He is a man of resolute purpose and marked strength of char- acter and he has ever directed his business by rules which govern strict integrity and unfaltering industry. He has spent his life in Detroit and has therefore wit- nessed the rapid development of the city and in the work of general improvement and upbuilding he has borne his full share.

Mr. McInerney was born September 15, 1865, at Fifth and Abhott streets, in the section of the city then known as Corktown, a son of Patrick and Mar- garet (White) McInerney, who reared a family of six

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children, the others being John, Margaret, Mary, Ed- ward and Patrick. Ile pursued his education in the parochial schools of Detroit, after which he entered the Jesuit College of this city, where he remained a student for three years. On starting out in the busi- ness world he became an employe of the Detroit Elec- tric Company, manufacturers of electrical equipment, working in their shop for fifteen years, and during the last five years of that period he acted as foreman. He then entered business on his own account, estab- lishing the Royal Shoe Company, of which he became president, the first location of the business being at the corner of State street and Woodward avenue, whence a removal was subsequently made to the Stevens building. The company handles the E. F. Wright shoe, which is one of the highest grades of shoes manufactured, and has built up a large patron- age, theirs being one of the leading stores of the kind in the city. They employ a large force of ex- perienced salesmen and their courteous treatment of customers, combined with their reasonable prices and well known reliability and integrity, has recommended them to the general public. Being a man of resource- ful business ability, Mr. MeInerney extended his ef- forts in other directions and iu October, 19II, he purchased the Faltis Poultry Market from his brother- in-law, John Faltis, whose father, John Faltis, had been the founder of the business, of which the sub- jeet of this review is now the sole owner. This mar- ket is capable of handling twenty-one thousand head of poultry and is the largest exclusive poultry market under one roof in the entire country. It is equipped with a refrigerating plant, also generates its own elec- tricity and is one of the most modernly appointed and sanitary plants in the world. This is the only plant in Detroit which handles poultry exclusively, killing, packing and catering to the wholesale trade. They handle none but the highest grades of poultry and the volume of their business is limited only by the supply which they are able to obtain from the farmers with whom they deal. Their business is conducted on a strictly cash basis, all bills being promptly met, and they have thus established an excellent standing in commercial circles of the city, the farmers preferring to deal with them, owing to this fact. They employ the most modern methods of handling the poultry, everything being kept in the most sanitary condition, resulting in the elimination of all objectionable odors, so that the market has become recognized as a model of its kind. Mr. McInerney's four sons are associated with him in the business, which ranks with the largest commercial enterprises of the city, their patronage having reached extensive proportions. He also has invested heavily in real estate, believing that this city is destined to become one of the greatest indus- trial centers of the country, and he is preeminently a business man whose record is written in terms of success. He possesses a genius for organization and an aptitude for successful management. Two large com-

mercial enterprises stand today as monuments to his enterprise, executive ability and administrative direc- tion. Mr. MeInerney and other Detroit capitalists effected the organization of St. John's Miami Beach Casino Company at Miami Beach, Florida, owning one of the finest beach properties in the country.

On the 22d of January, 1888, Mr. McInerney was united in marriage to Miss Mary Faltis and they have become the parents of six children: Thomas P., who was born in 1890, wedded Mary Stelzer of Detroit, and has one daughter, Dorothy May; Harold W., whose birth occurred January 15, 1893, married Miss Mary Maloney of Detroit, and they now have four children, Rose Mary, Geraldine, Mary Grace and Pa- tricia; Leo Frank, who was born in July, 1898, married Edna Fitzpatrick of Detroit, and they have a daugh- ter, Helen Louise; Gerald J., the next of the family, was born on the 21st of December, 1901; Florence Josephine was born January 20, 1903; William, whose birth occurred April 17, 1906, passed away on the 23d of February, 1915.

In his political views Mr. MeInerney is a democrat and in religious faith he is a Catholic. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus aud is an active and earnest member of the Board of Commerce, heartily cooper- ating in the plans and projects of that organization for the development and upbuilding of the city, while the nature of his recreation is indicated by his mem- bership in the Aviation Country Club and the Fellow- craft Club. What he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents. He possesses the foresight, the self-reliance and the busi- ness sagacity necessary to carry on large enterprises successfully and he stands today one of the foremost figures in business circles of Detroit, while his activi- ties have constituted factors in the city's splendid development and upbuilding. Mr. McInerney resides at 449 West Willis avenue.

JOHN GOSCHENHOFER. treasurer and superintend- ent of the Enterprise Foundry Company and thus identified with the industrial activity of Detroit, was born in 1860, in the city which is still his home, and is indebted to the public school system for the educa- tional opportunities which he enjoyed in his youth- ful years. When he felt it incumbent upon him to provide for his own support he secured employment in a picture frame factory, in which he continued for three years, after which he learned the moulder's trade, starting out in that connection as an employe of the Detroit Stove Works. He worked in nearly all of the stove factories in Detroit, gaining more and more knowledge .of the business as he passed from one position to another, until he became recog- nized as an expert moulder and foundryman. Later he was one of six moulders who banded together to establish the Enterprise Foundry Company in April, 1895. He became one of the incorporators of the company and for a number of years has been the

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superintendent and treasurer. In the former position he has largely directed the activities of the plant and his long personal experience well qualified him for the responsible and onerous duties that devolve upon him in this connection. The business has been a very prosperous one, its patronage steadily growing as the years have passed. In 1920 the firm increased the capacity of the plant by one-third, through the erection of a new brick addition. The company em- ploys from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and sixty men and manufactures all the castings for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, it being the only factory in Detroit that does this fine class of work. The firm makes a specialty of light castings and its business is steadily increasing as its efficiency becomes more and more widely known. Mr.Goschen- hofer is recognized as an expert in his line. He is a man of caution, who tempers progressiveness with a safe conservatism and makes no false moves in busi- ness.

Mr. Goschenhofer was united in marriage to Miss Vyrena Neville and they have become parents of four children: Vyrena, who is now Mrs. Sidney Bock- stanz; Vera, who is the wife of Robert Batchelor; Phyllis; and Evelyn. The religious faith of the par- ents is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Gos- chenhofer is also a member of the Mendelssohn Club.

MAJOR THOMAS P. CAMELON, M. D. When on the 7th of April, 1921, it was announced that Dr. Thomas P. Camelon had passed from this life, the deepest regret was felt throughout the city, where for a quarter of a century he had practiced success- fully as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His professional posi- tion was one of prominence, while his personal qual- ities endeared him to all who knew him. His life, moreover, was characterized by a lofty patriotism that found expression in immediate offer of his serv- ices to the government when America entered the World war. Dr. Camelon was born in London, Onta- rio, on the 11th of December, 1870, and was one of a family of four children, whose parents were the Rev. David and Margaret (MacNaughton) Camelon. The father was a Scotch Presbyterian minister, who de- voted his life to the work of preaching the gospel and to the rearing of his family, among whom two daughters now survive: Mrs. William DeLany of Coburg, On- tario; and Mrs. Frederick Weir, living in Peterboro, Ontario; and a son, John M., who is engaged in the practice of law in Chicago.

The father was ambitious that the children should have excellent educational opportunities, and after at- tending the public schools of his native city Dr. Came- lon continued his studies in Queens University and in McGill University at Montreal, being a graduate of both institutions. Thorough preliminary training well equipped him for the practice of medicine and surgery, and for a quarter of a century prior to his

death he was a well known physician of Detroit, who gained high standing as an aurist and laryngologist. He studied broadly along the line of his specialty and gained a high degree of efficiency as a practi- tioner in his chosen field. The only interruption to his professional service after his removal to Detroit, came with his entrance into the World war. He enlisted as a member of the Medical Corps and was commis- sioned a first lieutenant at Fort Benjamin Harrison on the 4th of August, 1917. Soon afterward he went overseas for service in the field hospitals of France. He was a member of Company Three Hun- dred and Ten, Field Signal Battalion, of the Eighty- fifth Division, and during his overseas service was advanced to the rank of major. He undermined his health by hard work in the hospitals, however, and never regained his vitality. He was discharged from the service on the 1st of June, 1919, and immediately resumed his practice in Detroit, but contracted pneu- monia from a patient and because of his weakened condition succumbed to the disease.

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The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Vol. IV, Part 5

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed Publication date: 1922 Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Burton, Clarence Monroe, 1853-1932, ed; Stocking, William, 1840- joint ed; Miller, Gordon K., joint ed
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 1024