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York. 5. Carleton, who died in 1898. 6. William H., who died in 1926.
David B. Perry is a graduate of Ithaca High School and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. His entire business career has been identi- fied with the Morse Chain Company. He began as a draftsman in the Trumansburg plant in July, 1897. He then served as secretary of the company from 1898 until 1906, and in the latter year the business was removed to Ithaca, with Mr. Perry as super- intendent and secretary. He was promoted to works manager in 1909, and also continued as secretary. When the business was sold to Borg-Warner Company in 1929, it was incorporated with Mr. Perry as vice president, secretary and assistant treasurer.
On April 1, 1901, Mr. Perry married Miss Elizabeth Cornelia Hall, of Wellsville, New York, the daughter of William L. and Mary F. (Allen) Hall, both deceased. She was born March 22, 1872, and is a graduate of Trumansburg High School and Cort- land Normal School. Her father was widely known as a photog- rapher, being identified with the studio of J. E. Lewis, at Tru- mansburg. In 1893 he was the inventor of a new enameled process for printing photographs, which won wide recognition. To Mr. and Mrs. Perry were born two children: 1. Dorothy Thelma married John S. Livermore, lives at Rochester, New York. She is a graduate of Ithaca High School, Ithaca Conserva- tory of Music, Putnam Hall at Poughkeepsie, and also studied piano for one year at Fontainblau, France. 2. David Sinclair, who is associated with the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, as an industrial engineer. He is a graduate of Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, class of 1929. He married Miss Helen Hustead Harris, of Gloversville, New York, and they have a son, David Harris, born March 31, 1930.
Politically Mr. Perry is a Republican. He is a member of Hobasca Lodge, No. 716, F. & A. M .; Eagle Chapter, No. 51, R. A. M .; St. Augustine's Commandery, No. 38, K. T .; Masonic Club, Ithaca Country Club; Chamber of Commerce; and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He and his family
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are members of the Unitarian Church, and Mrs. Perry is an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being Regent of Cayuga Chapter, and Past State Officer.
Charlotte V. Bush .- As treasurer of Tompkins County, Char- lotte V. Bush has the honor and distinction of being the first woman to hold this important office in New York State. She was born at Taughannock Falls, Tompkins County, the daughter of William A. and Mary A. (Barton) VanOrder.
William A. VanOrder was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Jacksonville, New York, and engaged in farming until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted and served as a member of Company G, 109th New York Volunteer Infantry. He participated in many important engagements, including Get- tysburg and Appomatox, being slightly wounded at the battle of Appomatox. He then resumed his farming interests in Tomp- kins County, and died there in 1907. His wife was born at Apa- lachin, Tioga County, and died in 1916. They are buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca. Mr. VanOrder was a Republican and served as constable of Jacksonville and deputy sheriff of Tompkins County. He was a member of the Methodist Church and belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic, Sidney Post No. 41 and past officer. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. VanOrder: 1. Anna Jane, married Carl Dailey, lives at Rochester. 2. Flora O., married John Lambert, lives at North Anson, Maine. 3. Nellie E., the widow of Frederick Carter, lives at Ithaca. 4. Albert B., lives at Calderwood, Tennessee. 5. Char- lotte V., the subject of this sketch.
Charlotte V. VanOrder is a graduate of Ithaca High School, class of 1901. She spent five years as a bookkeeper in the offices of the Cayuga Lake Cement Company, two years as private sec- retary to E. G. Wycoff. She became a bookkeeper in the County Treasurer's office in 1907 and resigned in 1914, and from 1914 to 1916 was private secretary to Col. C. A. Simmons, in the Cham- ber of Commerce. In 1916 Mrs. Bush returned to the County
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Treasurer's office as bookkeeper, and in November, 1924, was elected treasurer of Tompkins County, being reelected in 1927 and again in 1930.
On April 15, 1903, Charlotte V. VanOrder married Howard Stanley Bush, a native of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, born July 25, 1870. He is the son of John S. and Emma (Kresge) Bush, natives of Stroudsburg. The former lives at Buffalo, and the latter died in 1912. She is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca. Howard S. Bush attended the public schools of Stroudsburg and for a number of years was employed by the contracting firm of S. M. Oltz of Ithaca. He became an instructor in mechanical engineering at Cornell University in 1907 and still serves in that capacity. He is a Republican and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Bush have no children.
In politics Mrs. Bush is identified with the Republican party. She is a member of the Daughters of Veterans and attends Enfield Larger Parish Church, at Enfield, New York. She is active in the affairs of the Grange, being a member of Pomona, New York State, and National Grange, and is now lecturer for Forest City Grange No. 288, and assistant secretary of Tompkins County Pomona Grange. She is also a member of the League of Women Voters and Tompkins County Republican Club.
Leslie B. Townsend, who is commission distributor of the Gulf Refining Company, with headquarters in Ithaca, is recog- nized as one of the progressive and enterprising young business men of Tompkins County. He was born at Lansingville, Tomp- kins County, September 7, 1897, the son of Clifford E. and Maude E. (Bower) Townsend.
Clifford E. Townsend was a native of Cayuga County, born at Genoa. As a young man he was interested in dairy farming near Locke, New York. He then conducted a general mercantile business at Lansingville for fifteen years, after which he was identified with a coal and feed business at Ludlowville, in part- nership with his brother, Clayton Townsend. He retired from
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the firm in 1916 and at that time came to Ithaca and purchased the South Hill Coal Company, with which he was identified until 1921. In 1922 he purchased the Ithaca Fuel Supply Company, and sold this concern in 1925. In 1923 he had organized the Ithaca Oil Company and was connected with that enterprise at the time of his death, July 29, 1929. His widow was born at Lansingville and lives at Ithaca. Mr. Townsend was a Republican, held mem- bership in the Methodist Church, and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Forest City Grange. Leslie B., the subject of this sketch, was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend.
After his graduation from Ithaca High School, Leslie B. Town- send entered Cornell University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1920. He spent the following two years as a teller at the Union Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and from 1922 until 1925 was associated with his father in the interests of the Ithaca Fuel Supply Company. In the latter year he became secretary and treasurer of the Ithaca Oil Company. October 1, 1931, the business was sold to the Gulf Refining Company and he became commission distributor of this district.
On April 14, 1927, Mr. Townsend was united in marriage with Miss Jane E. Smiley, born at Danby, New York, November 7, 1898, the daughter of Frank D. and Emma (Ostrander) Smiley. Mr. Smiley, a retired farmer, resides at Ithaca. His wife was born at Danby and died in 1930. Mrs. Townsend is a graduate of Ithaca High School and Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend have two children, Clifford E. II., born April 20, 1930, and Zoë Marie, born July 6, 1932.
Politically Mr. Townsend is a Republican, and he is serving as alderman from the Fourth Ward, being elected to office in November, 1931. He is affiliated with Hobasco Lodge, 716, F. and A. M .; Eagle Chapter, No. 51, R. A. M .; St. Augustine Com- mandery, No. 38, K. T .; Balbec Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R. and Kalurah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and Tompkins Country Shrine Club; Ithaca Masonic Club; B. P. O. Elks, No. 636; Theta Chi fraternity; Exchange Club; Cornell Club of Ithaca; Ithaca Yacht
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Club; Ithaca Country Club; and Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Ithaca Volunteer Fire Department No. 3, and the Young Men's Christian Association.
J. W. Bishop .- One of the well known men of Ithaca is J. W. Bishop, who is superintendent of the city water department. He is a native of this city, born October 24, 1876, the son of James A. and Charlotte J. (Crance) Bishop.
James A. Bishop, deceased, was a prominent figure in the history of the steamboat on the Finger Lakes. He was a native of Tompkins County, as was his wife. As a young man he became an engineer on such well known lake boats as the "Kate Morgan", "Aurora", and "Frontenac". He spent more than forty years on the lakes. Mr. Bishop and his wife are deceased and are buried at Ulysses, Tompkins County. He was a Republican and a member of the Baptist Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Bishop the following children were born: 1. Hattie E., deceased, was the wife of Fred Burling. 2. Luella A., the widow of George Brown, lives at McKinney Point, New York. 3. Gertrude, mar- ried George Gunn, lives at Ithaca. 4. Dwight W., who is inspector of the water shed for the City of Ithaca. 5. Grace, married Stephen Gunn, both deceased. 6. J. W., the subject of this sketch.
J. W. Bishop attended the public schools of Ithaca. For ten years after leaving school he was employed by the city water department as a meter man. In 1912 he became superintendent of meters and in 1927 assumed his present duties as superin- tendent of the plant.
Mr. Bishop was married on February 18, 1900, to Miss Bessie M. True, born March 12, 1880, at Ithaca, the daughter of Charles and Josephine (Milligan) True, natives of England and Ithaca, respectively. Mr. True was employed by the Lehigh Valley Rail- road and met with an accidental death in a railroad wreck. He was a Democrat. To Mr. and Mrs. Bishop were born three children: 1. Roger Sherman, born September 7, 1901, a graduate of Ithaca High School and Cornell University, class of 1924,
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Bachelor of Arts. He then took graduate work in landscape architecture at the university and now is a landscape architect at Ithaca. He married Miss Rowena Hall, of Jamestown. 2. Rotha Jane, born April 25, 1906, married Ralph J. Cole, lives at Ithaca. 3. Helen M., born August 1, 1909, married Mason Mower, water works engineer, who travels throughout the United States.
Mr. Bishop is a Republican and has served as county com- mitteeman for several terms. He is affiliated with Fidelity Lodge, No. 51, F. & A. M., Knights of Pythias, Cascadilla Lodge No. 39, and Sons of Veterans. He is a charter member of the Veteran Firemen's Association, being a member of Volunteer Fire Depart- ment Cataract Hose Company No. 7. He served as a member of the city fire department as foreman for several years and in 1906 was elected second assistant fire chief. During 1907-8 he was first assistant fire chief and in 1909 was elected to the office of fire chief.
William Crance, maternal grandfather of J. W. Bishop, was a Civil War veteran. William True, grandfather of Mrs. Bishop, was also a soldier in the Civil War. He was killed in the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Mrs. Bishop is a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans.
Harry J. Van Valkenburg .- Among Ithaca's most dependable business men, widely known throughout Central New York, is Harry J. Van Valkenburg, who is identified with the Ithaca Engraving Company. He was born at Hensall, Ontario, Canada, May 24, 1880, the son of William R. and Mary A. (McDougal) Van Valkenburg.
William R. Van Valkenburg was a native of Ontario, Canada, as was his wife. He was reared on a farm, attended the district schools and at the age of thirty-five years came to the United States and located at Detroit, Michigan, where he established a business as a painting and decorating contractor. He was a Republican, a member of the Disciples of Christ Church, and belonged to the Foresters. Mr. Van Valkenburg died in 1912
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and his wife died in 1930. Both are buried at Detroit, Michigan. Their children were: 1. Arthur L., who died in 1917. 2. Lulu M., who died in 1900. 3. Harry J., the subject of this sketch. 4. Maude M., married Roy Johnson, deceased, and she lives at Detroit. 5. Pearl, unmarried, is secretary for the American Life Insurance Company. 6. Birdie, who died in infancy.
Harry J. Van Valkenburg is a graduate of the public schools of Detroit, and as a young man learned the trade of engraver with the Peninsular Engraving Company in Detroit. He remained with that concern from 1898 until 1905 and spent six months at their branch establishment at Toledo, Ohio. He then went with the Minneapolis Bureau of Engraving at St. Paul, Minnesota, later was identified with the Herald at Rochester, New York, in their engraving department for a five year period, after which he became associated with the Central Engraving Company, of Rochester, for three years. He next went with the Rochester Post Express, and left there in 1918 to come to Ithaca, where he took over the interests of the Stanley Engraving Company, which has since been reorganized as the Ithaca Engraving Com- pany. Mr. Van Valkenburg specializes in photo engraving in copper and steel and is prominent for his professional ability. His plant is located at Seneca and Tioga streets.
On August 1, 1905, Mr. Van Valkenburg was united in mar- riage with Miss Florence R. Bradstreet, of Rochester, born July 4, 1885, the daughter of Geo. Bradstreet and Carrie M. (Briggs) Bradstreet, natives of Rochester. Mr. Bradstreet died in 1903 and his wife died in 1928. He had spent twenty years in the employ of the New York Central Railroad Company as chief clerk in the freight department at Rochester, New York, and later was transferred to the company's offices at Detroit, Michi- gan. Mr. and Mrs. Van Valkenburg have a daughter, Helen R., born August 27, 1911. She is a graduate of Ithaca High School and Cascadilla Preparatory School, and now attends Cornell University.
In politics Mr. Van Valkenburg is identified with the Repub- lican party. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian' Church, and belongs to Hobasco Lodge No. 716, F. & A. M., Ithaca
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Advertising Club, Ithaca Yacht Club, Chamber of Commerce, Tompkins County Fish & Game Club, and Ben Walsh Snowshoe Club.
Arthur E. Jones is a substantial and well known citizen of Ithaca where he is engaged in the sign business, at 112 East State Street. He was born at Springfield, Ohio, September 15, 1886, the son of Albert E. and Ella (Cunningham) Jones.
Albert E. Jones was born at Martinsburg, West Virginia. He was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati and at an early age became interested in the ornamental sign business, which he successfully followed at Springfield, Ohio, for more than half a century. He was a Republican, a member of the Congrega- tional Church, Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Owls. Mr. Jones died in 1924 and is buried at Springfield. His widow is a native of Tiffin, Ohio, and lives at Springfield. Their children were: 1. Elmer L., who died in 1923. 2. Nellie B., married George F. Lewis, lives at Springfield. 3. Arthur E., the subject of this sketch. 4. Albert W., lives at Chicago, Illinois.
Arthur E. Jones is a graduate of Springfield High School. He remained in that city for two years as an associate in his father's business, and during the following twenty years traveled throughout the United States. He located at Ithaca in 1927 after spending two years with the Binghamton Sign Company.
On July 2, 1925, Mr. Jones married Miss Genevieve M. Grant, of Sayre, Pennsylvania, born August 3, 1890, the daughter of Nathan P. and Emma (Tripp) Grant. Mr. Grant was born at Sayre and for thirty years was in the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in that city. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. Mr. Grant died in 1918 and his wife died March 22, 1932. They are buried at Athens, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have no children.
Mr. Jones is a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.
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Edgar E. Tunison .- Identified with H. C. T. Motor and Equip- ment Company, 201-07 South Cayuga Street, Mr. Tunison takes a prominent part in the business affairs of Ithaca. He is a native of Seneca County, born at Interlaken, November 21, 1890, the son of Edgar E. and Flora (Eldred) Tunison.
Edgar E. Tunison, who died October 1, 1890, is buried at Interlaken. He was a native of Tompkins County, was educated at Trumansburg, and engaged in farming. His wife was born in Schuyler County and is now a resident of Ovid, New York. She later married William Porter, deceased. To the latter mar- riage was born a son, William Porter, who lives at Ithaca.
Edgar E. Tunison is a graduate of Interlaken High School and Rochester Business Institute. In 1910 he became a book- keeper in the employ of the Interlaken Produce Company, and in 1913 was appointed assistant postmaster at Interlaken. He was a member of the firm of Covert & Tunison, automobile dealers at Trumansburg from 1915 until 1918, and in the latter year enlisted for service in the World War. He was sent to Camp Upton, New York, and later to Liverpool, England. He saw service in France and after the close of the war was sent to Tours, where he was engaged in the war risk insurance depart- ment and allotment division. He returned to this country in May, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Camp Upton, June 17, 1919, as a sergeant. Mr. Tunison then located in Ithaca and in August, 1919, became secretary and treasurer of the Finger Lakes Garage Company, Inc. He was one of the organizers of the H. C. T. Motor and Equipment Company in October, 1922, in association with J. W. Hines and Harry W. Covert. They became local dealers for the Hudson and Essex cars, and estab- lished an excellent business. In 1926 Mr. Tunison purchased Mr. Hines interest in the firm and in 1930 became sole owner of the enterprise.
On April 14, 1917, Mr. Tunison married Miss Margaret Geary, of Spencer, New York, born April 18, 1887. She is the daughter of James and Elizabeth Geary, natives of Ireland. The former died in 1915 and the latter in 1892. They are buried in Ithaca. Mr. Geary spent many years in the employ of the Lehigh Valley
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Railroad Company at Ithaca. He was a Democrat and a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.
Mr. Tunison is a Republican, and is affiliated with Fidelity Lodge, 51, F. and A. M .; B. P. O. Elks, No. 636, Past Exalted Ruler; American Legion Post No. 221; Ithaca Gun Club; Tomp- kins County Fish and Game Club; and Chamber of Commerce. He is secretary of the Ithaca Automobile Dealers Association.
Mrs. Tunison is a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Ithaca.
James P. Donahue, who is president of the Donahue & Hal- verson Plumbing and Heating Company, Inc., is among Ithaca's representative young business men. He was born in this city, December 6, 1908, the son of Peter M. and Nora (Sullivan) Donahue.
Peter M. Donahue, retired, was actively identified with the business affairs of Ithaca for many years. He was born in County Longford, Ireland, and his wife was a native of Ithaca. She died in 1930 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Donahue came to this country at the age of fourteen years. He learned the trade of plumber in Brooklyn, New York, and subsequently came to Ithaca, where for a short time he was associated with the firm of Lucas, Higgins & Donahue. He then purchased his partner's interest and conducted the business alone for thirty years. He retired June 15, 1931, and at that time the business was incorporated as the Donahue & Halverson Plumbing & Heat- ing Company. Mr. Donahue is a Democrat and for several terms served as a member of the Board of Examiners. He holds membership in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, and belongs to the B. P. O. Elks and Ithaca Yacht Club. To Mr. and Mrs. Donahue were born four children: 1. Florence Marie, lives at home. 2. James P., the subject of this sketch. 3. Albert M., a graduate of Ithaca High School, attends the University of North Carolina. 4. Ralph E., a student.
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James P. Donahue is a graduate of Ithaca High School and in 1930 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Cornell Uni- versity. He has since been identified with the business which was established by his father a number of years ago. At its incorporation he became president.
Mr. Donahue is independent politically. He is a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and belongs to the Savage Club, Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Ithaca Yacht Club, and Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Donahue is unmarried.
Leslie Tyler, who is identified with the Student's Transfer Company, 704 West Buffalo Street, is well known in Ithaca. He was born at Owego, Tioga County, April 23, 1876, the son of George and Harriet (Edsall) Tyler.
George Tyler was a native of Owego and as a young man engaged in the lumber business. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as Ezra Tyler and served throughout the war period as a member of the Eighty-eighth New York Volunteer Infantry. At the time of his death in 1905 he was identified with lumbering interests in Tioga County. He is buried at Spen- cer. Mr. Tyler was a Republican, and belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife was born at Campbell, Steuben County, and died in 1901. They were the parents of the following children: 1. James, who died in 1932. 2. Charles, lives at Bay- onne, New Jersey. 3. Frank, who died in 1929. 4. Elizabeth, married Arthur Davenport, lives at Spencer. 5. William, lives at Pueblo, Colorado. 6. George, lives at Ithaca. 7. Leslie, the subject of this sketch.
Leslie Tyler grew up on a farm near Spencer and attended the district schools. He later owned and operated a farm until 1906, at which time he located in Ithaca with the Cornell Transfer Company. Four years later he purchased the business of John Troy on Eddy Street, and removed to his present location in 1929.
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Mr. Tyler was married (first) to Miss Edna Davenport of Spencer, who died in 1913. She was the daughter of Sherman Davenport. He died in 1928. Mr. Tyler married (second) November 27, 1914, Miss Mabel Carter, of Ithaca. She is the daughter of George Carter, a native of Owego, who died in 1929. He is buried in Ithaca. He remained in the employ of the D. L. & W. Railroad Company as an engineer for more than thirty years. He was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to B. P. O. Elks. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler have had three children: 1. Marian Florence, born July 10, 1916, attends Ithaca High School. 2. Adelbert, died in infancy. 3. Raymond Leslie, born June 3, 1923.
Mr. Tyler is a Republican, a member of State Street Methodist Church, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Chamber of Commerce, and Sons of Union Veterans.
Veranus A. Moore, M. D .- Internationally known as a medical scientist, Dr. Veranus A. Moore had served as Dean of the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine for a period of twenty- one years, and at the time of his death, February 11, 1931, he was superintendent of Ithaca Memorial Hospital. Honor and distinc- tion had settled upon Dr. Moore only to be received with the calm modesty which characterized his life. Shortly before his death he had been made a Fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Other scientific honors were his membership in Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi fraternities. He was also a member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Dr. Moore's principal national and international reputation rested upon his work in tuberculosis. He was appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt as a member of The International Conference on Tuberculosis. President Hoover had appointed him a member of the White House Conference on Child Health.
Veranus A. Moore was born at Houndsfield, Jefferson County, New York, April 13, 1859, the son of Alva and Antoinette (East- man) Moore.
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NORMAN S. MOORE, M. D.
TERANUS A. MOORE, M. D.
ERWIN V. MOORE, D. V. M.
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Dr. Moore came to Cornell University after completing his preliminary education and received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1887, subsequently taking his M. D. degree at Colum- bian (now George Washington University) in 1890. He also held the degree of V. M. D., from the University of Pennsylvania and that of Doctor of Science from Syracuse University. From 1890 until 1896 Dr. Moore was engaged in the investigation of infectious diseases for the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, and was chief of the Division of Animal Pathology for a year before he returned to Cornell as professor of comparative pathology, bacteriology, and meat inspection. He became dean of the college in 1908 when Dr. James Law retired. After twenty-one years as dean Dr. Moore retired. He had planned to engage in research in his chosen field but the Ithaca Memorial Hospital was in need of a superintendent and in the fall of 1929 he finally gave up his ideas of a retired life and took over the management of the institution. The Tompkins County Laboratory, which has aided physicians of the county and guarded the health of the public, was a project for which Dr. Moore worked over a long period of time, appearing personally before the Board of Supervisors and speaking before many groups in order to point out the need for such a laboratory and to secure the appropriation necessary from the county before state aid could be obtained.
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