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Frederick G. Straub was educated at St. John's School, Greece, New York, and in 1907 was graduated from St. Andrew's Semi- nary, Rochester. He completed the course of study at St. Ber- nard's Seminary, Rochester, and was ordained to the priest- hood on June 7, 1913. From 1913 until 1920 Reverend Straub was procurator at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester and from No- vember 21, 1920, until 1924, he was pastor of St. Bernard's Catho- lic Church at Scipio and also in charge of St. Hilary's Church at Genoa, New York. On July 1, 1924, Father Straub came to Au- burn to assume his present duties as pastor of St. Alphonsus Church. The fine new church was built by him and completed in December, 1930.
Rev. Frederick G. Straub is affiliated with Auburn Council Knights of Columbus No. 207.
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Auburn .- In the year 1853 about twenty German families decided to establish their own church in Auburn and have a pastor of their own nationality. For some years the Redemptorist Fathers of St. Joseph's German Church, Rochester, visited Auburn about once each month to attend to the spiritual wants of the German Catholics, until in the year 1854, a small wooden church was built on Wall Street, near State. The first resident pastor was Rev. Jacob Kunze, who stayed about six months. Then the German parish was attended by the Redemptorists of Rochester.
In 1855 Bishop Timon sent as pastor Rev. Don Guymer, who left the parish in 1856, and St. Alphonsus parish came again under
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the pastoral care of the Redemptorists of Rochester until the year 1869.
Of the priests connected with the local parish special mention must be made of Rev. Van Emstette, because under him the snug little brick church in Water Street was bought. In 1866 the Sac- rament of Confirmation was administered for the first time in the German church by Bishop Timon, of Buffalo. In 1869 Rev. Charles Vogel, a highly educated and worthy priest, became pas- tor of St. Alphonsus Church. With the help of charitable non- Catholic Americans this pastor was enabled to make many im- provements, conspicuously a handsome steeple, from the belfry of which peals forth the tones of a thousand pound bell, the bell being paid for mainly by practically every business man in Auburn, and when in 1874 Reverend Vogel left, the church was free from debt.
In 1874 Rev. Constantine Ulrich was appointed pastor by the Rev. Bishop McQuaid. This pastor paid special attention to the Christian education of the children and under great difficulties made attempts to have a parochial school until he succeeded in buying the Carhart property on the corner of Franklin Street and Seminary Avenue at an expense of $8,700. During Reverend UI- rich's pastorate an addition was built and other improvements made to the church.
In June, 1887, Reverend Ulrich became pastor of the German parish at Webster, New York, and Rev. Joseph Netzel succeeded him in St. Alphonsus. The same year the school was re-opened with 126 children under the direction and care of the Sisters of St. Joseph, of Rochester. In 1890 an addition was built on the school building. In April, 1896, Rev. Herbert Regenbogen succeeded Father Netzel. During his pastorship a new school was built fronting on Franklin Street and in other ways he improved the church property. He was highly esteemed by the general public and was beloved by all citizens of Auburn.
On July 1, 1924, Rev. Frederick G. Straub was appointed pas- tor. It was on December 21, 1930, that the new St. Alphonsus Church was dedicated by the Most Rev. John Francis O'Hern, D. D., Bishop of the diocese of Rochester.
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Clarence L. Williams .- As athletic director of Auburn High School and acting supervisor of History, Clarence L. Williams has a wide acquaintance in the community and is highly esteemed. He was born at Tyre, Michigan, March 4, 1899, the son of George A. and Martha (Sparling) Williams.
George A. Williams was a native of Steuben County, New York, and his wife was born at Clinton, Ontario. At the age of two years he removed with his mother to Michigan, where he spent the remainder of his life. He became station agent in the employ of the Pere Marquette Railroad, his last assignment being at Brown City, Michigan. Mr. Williams died in 1929, and is bur- ied at Detroit, where his widow now resides. Politically, Mr. Wil- liams was a Republican. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams were born four children: 1. Clarence L., the subject of this sketch. 2. Har- ry, lives at Saginaw, Michigan. 3. Bernice, lives at Detroit. 4. Beatrice, lives at Detroit.
George A. Williams was the son of William Williams, who was a native of Steuben County, New York. He was killed while in service during the Civil War.
Clarence L. Williams was graduated from Croswell (Michi- gan) High School in 1917, and during the following year was em- ployed by the Pere Marquette Railroad at Wheeler, Michigan, and St. Louis, Michigan. In 1918 he enlisted for service in the World War and attended the Officers Training Corps at Alma College, being discharged in December, 1918. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Alma College in 1922 and was president of the class. He was also business manager of the College Annual and took a prominent part in college athletics as a member of football and baseball teams. Mr. Williams received the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Michigan in 1929. He began his teaching career in September, 1922, at Cook Academy, Montour Falls, New York, where he remained until June, 1926. He then came to Auburn High School as athletic director, in which capa- city he has been most successful. He belongs to the New York State Teachers Association, and Cayuga County Men Teachers Association.
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In 1926 Mr. Williams married Miss Ruth Norton, a graduate of Keuka College, and daughter of Dr. Arthur H. and Susan Nor- ton. Doctor Norton is president of Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been born two chil- dren, Beatrice Mary and Charles Norton.
Mr. Williams is a Republican, a member of the First Baptist Church, being a former trustee and was chairman of the finance committee, and he also belongs to Auburn Lodge, F. & A. M., Watkins Chapter R. A. M., Elmira Council, R. & S. M. M., Ameri- can Legion, Phi Alpha fraternity, and Rotary Club.
Hon. William Heermans Clark .- A noteworthy example of the development of a daily county newspaper through its progress from weekly to daily publication, and the processes of expansion with the adoption of invention is that of the "Cortland Standard." Its career of more than a half a century is coincident with that of William Heermans Clark, late president of the Cortland Standard Printing Company.
The Cortland County Standard, as it was then known, was founded in June, 1867, by Frank G. Kinney, in the form of a four page, eight column newspaper that was set in long primer, brevier and nonpariel type, and the machinery in the office was a hand turned Taylor press for newspaper work and a small Gordon job press. The office at that time was where the Garrison Building now stands in Cortland, and it was afterward removed to the third story of the Moore Building, now occupied by the Mullen book and stationery store. It was in May, 1872, that Wesley Hooker, later president of the National Bank of Cortland, bought the paper and with his later purchase of the Cortland Journal he combined the two under the title Cortland Standard and Journal, at the same time adding steam power to the plant, new type and material, and enlarging the paper to nine columns to the page.
William Heermans Clark became identified with the publica- tion on April 1, 1876, upon the retirement of Mr. Hooker, and soon after the name was changed to the Cortland Standard. The office
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was moved January 1, 1879, to the Mahan Building on Court Street, where the first cylinder job press was installed. Again the office was moved March 1, 1883, to its present location in the Standard Building, and September 10, 1885, the form of the paper was changed to eight pages with seven columns to the page, and continued after the weekly was made the "Semi-Weekly Stan- dard" on May 10, 1892.
The first number of the Daily Evening Standard was issued March 8, 1892, by the firm of Clark & Blodgett, this arrangement continuing until the organization of the Cortland Standard Print- ing Company, Inc., August 14, 1893. The members of the com- pany at that time were: William H. Clark, president; Edward D. Blodgett, secretary and treasurer; and H. G. Joy, foreman. The Daily Cortland Standard was first issued as a four page, seven column paper and was changed May 25, 1892, to its present form. On July 12, 1892, the Cortland Daily Journal was purchased and merged with the Daily Cortland Standard, and in January, 1895, the Cortland County Sentinel, which had been published weekly, was purchased. On January 17, 1895, the paper began to be issued from the Standard office under the same name as formerly but as a weekly edition of the Cortland Standard. In 1919 the Cort- land Standard absorbed and combined with its weekly edition, the weekly "Homer Republican," of Homer, New York, the oldest newspaper in the county, being established in 1812. The weekly Cincinnatus Times was absorbed by the Cortland Standard in 1925.
The Standard Building, which was erected in 1882-83, is still one of the finest buildings in Cortland, and one of the most attrac- tive in the county, with its frontage of seventy-five feet on Main Street and 112 feet on Tompkins Street. The building then housed the Standard office together with the post office and three stores on the first floor, and various offices on the floors above. In 1883 the paper had a weekly circulation of 2,000 copies, while the "Daily Standard" today has a circulation of 6,000 copies; the plant is equipped throughout with the latest and best machinery, and the job department is a special feature, commanding patron- age because of the excellence of its product not only in the city
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and county but in the state as well. Employment is given to over fifty people. The Cortland Standard Printing Company was in- corporated in 1893 with a capital stock of $25,000.
In 1903 the Norwich Daily Sun and Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, published at Norwich, New York, were purchased by the Norwich Publishing Company, of which Mr. Clark was presi- dent until his death, March 12, 1928, and their publication contin- ued at Norwich.
William H. Clark, late president of the Cortland Standard Printing Company, was a descendant on both his paternal and maternal sides from officers who served with the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was born at Lyons, Wayne County, New York, August 2, 1848, the son of William and Amelia R. (Heermans) Clark, the former a prominent lawyer in his time. William H. Clark received his education at the Union School at Lyons, and subsequently entered Hamilton College, where he studied for one year. He then attended Union College, and received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the latter institution, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. He next took up the study of law in his father's office and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He be- gan his practice at Lyons, where he remained for six years. In 1875 he was a member of the General Assembly from Wayne County. For four years, from 1911 until 1915, he was postmaster of Cortland. He was also a member of the board of directors of Cortland Normal School from 1887 until the time of his death and served as chairman of that board from 1891. He was a member of the first board of commissioners of the Cortland Union School. In 1890 he was elected president of the New York State Press Association, and in 1902 was president of the New York State Associated Dailies.
Mr. Clark was a member of the Republican State Committee under the chairmanship of Chester A. Arthur in 1880-81, and was Cortland County chairman of the last three Liberty Loan drives made during the World War.
On December 31, 1879, Mr. Clark married Miss Helen Street, and to them were born the following children: 1. Antoinette,
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married Dr. Alexander Inglis, of Harvard University. 2. Thomas Street, who died in May, 1909. 3. Edward H., who is president of the Cortland Standard Printing Company. 4. Helen, married George S. Brooks, resides Groton, New York, and they have three children, Hugh T., Helen, and David.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Frank Hassan Snyder, M. D .- A veteran of the World War, Doctor Snyder, of Geneva, is numbered among Ontario County's most prominent physicians and surgeons. He was born at Geneva June 24, 1889, the son of Hassan Singer and Harriet Belle (Moore) Snyder.
Hassan Singer Snyder is a native of New York, born at Fabius, January 21, 1866. He spent thirty years as a traveling representative of the Patent Cereal Company, of Geneva, and in recent years has been interested in the insurance business. On Jan- uary 21, 1888, Mr. Snyder was united in marriage with Miss Har- riet Belle Moore, the daughter of James B. and Emma C. (Avery) Moore, of Geneva. To them only one child was born, Frank Has- san, the subject of this sketch.
The early education of Frank Hassan Snyder was received in the public schools of Geneva, from which he was graduated in 1907. He received the degree of Bachelor of Science at Hobart College in 1911 and spent the following two years at the Indiana University Medical School, at Bloomington, Indiana. He then at- tended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni- versity, for two years, and received the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine from the latter institution in 1915. Doctor Snyder was at- tached to Bellevue, St. Luke's, and Staten Island hospitals, New York City, as interne, and in 1916 came to Geneva to establish a private practice. In January, 1918, Doctor Snyder received the commission of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, United States Army, and was sent to France in June, being attached to Base Hospitals No. 17 and No. 103, and Field Evacuation Hospitals No. 10 and No. 11. After his discharge from the service Doctor Sny-
FRANK HASSAN SNYDER, M. D.
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der resumed his practice in this city. He has offices at 364 Main Street. Doctor Snyder served as coroner of Ontario County dur- ing 1919-20-21-22-23, and again in 1931, being elected in the latter year for a three year term. He also served as a member of the city board of health for two years. Doctor Snyder holds member- ship in the Geneva Academy of Medicine, Ontario County, New York State, and American Medical Associations, and is desig- nated medical examiner for the United States Veterans Bureau. He is also surgeon for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in this district.
On June 24, 1916, Doctor Snyder married Miss Alice Clare Van Kirk, the daughter of George D. and Margaret T. Van Kirk, of Interlaken, New York. They have a daughter, Clare Marie, born May 21, 1920.
Doctor Snyder is a Republican, a member of the Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and B. P. O. Elks. He also belongs to the Seneca Yacht Club, Geneva Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Chi and Phi Rho Sigma fraternities.
Doctor Snyder is also a member of the staff and attending sur- geon of Geneva General Hospital.
Col. Robert A. Bringham .- Brilliant achievement marks the military career of Col. Robert A. Bringham, retired U. S. Army officer, who is manager of the Veterans Administration Home, at Bath. He was born in Lassen County, California, August 19, 1892, the son of Marion C. and Hattie (Trimble) Bringham.
Marion C. Bringham is a native of Nebraska, and now lives retired at Susanville, Lassen County, California. His parents were en route from Indiana to California at the time of his birth, and as a young man he engaged in general farming in California. He later became proprietor of a hotel, and was thus engaged at the time of his retirement. He is a Democrat and has served as deputy sheriff of Plumas County, California. His wife was born in California, and died in October, 1893. To Mr. and Mrs. Bring-
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ham were born six children: 1. Mrs. Mabel Craine, lives at Su- sanville, California. 2. Mrs. Katheryn Briggs, lives at Reno, Ne- vada. 3. Grace, who died in infancy. 4. William A., lives at Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania. 5. Robert A., the subject of this sketch. 6. Jesse G., lives at Red Bluff, California.
Robert A. Bringham attended the public schools of Plumas County, California, and was reared by an aunt. He worked his way through school and was graduated from Reno (Nevada) High School. He then spent two years at the University of Ne- vada, after which he received an appointment to West Point Mili- tary Academy in 1913 by Senator Francis G. Newman, of Nevada. He was graduated from the latter institution in 1917 with the rank of second lieutenant, U. S. Army, and he immediately was assigned to duty with the Fifty-eighth U. S. Infantry, at Gettys- burg, Pennsylvania. Soon after he was promoted to first lieuten- ant, and three months later was transferred to Camp Green, Charlotte, North Carolina, as a member of the Fourth Division, mobilized preparatory to sailing for overseas duty. Lieutenant Bringham sailed in May, 1918, for London, England, and was im- mediately sent to the front at Chateau Thierry in defense against the German drive of June, 1918. He then fought in the second battle of the Marne, and was severely wounded during that en- gagement, on July 20, 1918, when he suffered the partial loss of an arm. After several months of confinement in French hospitals he was returned to the United States, and sent to Walter Reed Hospital, at Washington, D. C. After his recovery, Lieutenant Bringham was assigned to duty as professor of military science in tactics at New York University in 1919, and while there organized the Reserve Officers Training Corps at the university, being in general charge of the military department. In December, 1919, he was retired from the active list of United States Army officers on account of his injury, and was promoted to the rank of cap- tain in December, 1920.
On September 15, 1921, Captain Bringham was sent to Staun- ton Military Academy, at Staunton, Virginia, as professor of mil- itary science, at his own request, and he later became professor at that institution, where he remained in active duty until Decem-
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ber 1, 1928. He was again relieved from military duty and for a year engaged in the general insurance business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In April, 1929, Colonel Bringham received the ap- pointment as governor of the National Military Home at Bath, New York. The institution was taken over by the United States Government in May, 1929, and he has continued in charge to the present time.
In December, 1917, Colonel Bringham was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Balcom, of Bath, the daughter of Lyman H. and Jessie (MacDougall) Balcom. They are residents of Bath. To Mr. and Mrs. Bringham have been born three sons: 1. Robert MacDougall, born at Bath, in 1919. 2. William Neale, born at Staunton, Virginia, in 1924. 3. John Malcom, born at Bath in 1930.
Colonel Bringham is a member of the Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Elks Lodge, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans of the World War. He is a trustee of the Bath Library Board, direc- tor of the Chamber of Commerce, member of the Rotary Club, and member of Steuben Council, Boy Scouts of America.
D. Spencer Longwell, who has spent nearly all his life in the city of Bath, has long been identified with the business interests of the community and is president of the Longwell Lumber & Building Company, Inc., 33-35 West Steuben Street. He was born at East New Market, Maryland, February 25, 1878, the son of John and Ella S. (Bradt) Longwell.
John Longwell, who died in 1926, was a native of Steuben County, born at Urbana. His wife was a native of Onondaga County and died in 1927. They are buried at Bath. Until 1877 Mr. Longwell lived in Steuben County and was interested in the growing of grapes. In that year he went to Maryland but two years later returned to Urbana, where he lived retired at the time of his death. He was a Democrat and had served as justice of the peace. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and be-
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longed to the Grange. Three sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Longwell: 1. Walter, who is secretary and treasurer of the Long- well Lumber & Building Company, Inc. 2. D. Spencer, the sub- ject of this sketch. 3. Charles R., merchant, lives at Pleasant Valley, New York.
D. Spencer Longwell was a student at Haverling High School at the outbreak of the Spanish American War. He left school to enlist in the United States Army and served for eighteen months as a member of Company H, 203rd New York Infantry. Upon his return to Bath he became associated in business with his brother, Walter Longwell, and they organized the Longwell Roofing Com- pany. The firm completed numerous government contracts for roofing at the shipyards on the Delaware River at Bristol, Penn- sylvania. They continued as roofing contractors exclusively until 1919, at which time they added a complete line of lumber, hard- ware and builders supplies, the firm being incorporated as The Longwell Lumber & Building Company, Inc. Their lumber and supply yards cover approximately three acres.
In 1917 Mr. Longwell was married to Miss Mabel Wessels, of Avoca, New York, the daughter of Menzo and Mary (Taylor) Wessels. They are natives of Avoca, New York, and Williams- port, Pennsylvania, respectively, and are now residents of Bath. To Mr. and Mrs. Longwell have been born eight children: 1. Menzo W., born in 1918. 2. Mary E., born in 1919. 3. Spencer, Jr., born in 1920. 4. Walter J., born in 1921. 5. Mildred E., born in 1923. 6. Donald J., born in 1926. 7. Alfred E., born in 1928. 8. Ina May, born September 19, 1932.
Mr. Longwell has always been a Democrat and for several years has been Democratic County Committeeman. He was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1930 and 1932. As a member of the board of trustees of Bath during the past two years he has been successful in securing the boulevard lighting system for the city as well as the widening of Washington Boule- vard. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and B. P. O. Elks, No. 1547.
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Hon. Clarence Willis .- A native and life long resident of Steuben County, Clarence Willis has been a member of the New York Bar for half a century and throughout all this time has been engaged in general law practice at Bath, the county seat of Steu- ben County. His long experience, his thorough legal knowledge, and his ability, have enabled him to build up a very substantial practice, and he is one of the most widely known and highly re- spected members of the legal profession in this locality. In public affairs, too, he has been effectively active for many years and in numerous directions, but his chief interest, outside of his own profession has always been in the cause of public education, which he has served and advanced with great energy and enthusiasm, having been a member of the Bath Board of Education almost continuously from 1888 until his retirement in 1914, and its pres- ident for many years of this long period.
Clarence Willis was born on a farm near Howard, Steuben County, about ten miles northwest of Bath, July 31, 1852, the son of William Hern and Nancy (Whiting) Willis. His maternal great grandfather, Col. John Whiting, was born at Billerica, Mas- sachusetts, October 10, 1782, later moving to Eddington, Maine, and still later in 1814 to Bath. His paternal great-grandfather, William Willis, came from Tolland County, Connecticut, to Steu- ben County in 1820, being a member of an old and prominent New England family. His maternal grandmother, Sarah Emerson Whiting, was born at Candia, Rockingham County, New Hamp- shire, March 15, 1798.
During his boyhood Clarence Willis worked on his father's farm and studied with Rev. Peter C. Robertson, who laid the foun- dation of a very good classical education and whose interest in his pupil's educational progress became the basis of the latter's desire to make available to everyone the best possible educational oppor- tunities. He attended Haverling Academy, from which he was graduated in 1871, and he devoted the following two years to teaching school and reading law in the office of Ruggles & Little and Charles F. Kingsley. These activities, to which he devoted himself with great zeal, proved too exhausting for his health and he was obliged to retire for a time to the home farm. His health
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