Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 16

Author: Bailey, Paul, 1885-1962, editor
Publication date: 1949
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 922

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Long and deeply interested in exploration, Mr. Stoll in 1928 financed the Stoll-McCracken Siberian Arctic Expedition and directed its operations, under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History. This expedition sailed on the sturdy schoon- er "Morrisey," and was skippered by the famous Con- tain Bob Bartlett. The sub-Arctic bird group and the Pacific walrus group now mounted in the Museum, which delight and instruct thousands of visitors daily, are composed of specimens collected by this expedi- tion, of which, moreover, Mr. Stoll has many trophies in his home and in his office.

In 1944, Mr. Stoll partially financed and directed an expedition to the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, which was under the sponsorship of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

On October 8, 1910, Charles H. Stoll married Merle Lucille Howe of Barnston, Nebraska, a daughter of James M. and Lula Howe. Of this union there is one daughter, Ruth Lucille, who married James J. Short of Miami, Florida, and they are the parents of two children, Lynnda and Charles H.

Mrs. Stoll is also a big game hunter, having made the trip to the Arctic, being the first woman to ever sail with Captain Bob Bartlett, and the only woman on the expedition. She has many trophies to her credit. She accompanied Mr. Stoll on all expeditions and big game hunting trips.

THE BAYLISS FUEL OIL COMPANY, IN- CORPORATED, dates back to an ice and coal busi- ness established in 1924 by Ira D). Bayliss and sold in 1941 to James Buday, Jr., who is now secretary- treasurer of the company, as well as of its sister concern, the Bayliss Heating Company. The story of that concern is told in this volume under the title Bayliss Heating Company, Incorporated. An asso- ciate in the two businesses is Charles Gerocs, who is president of the fuel oil company and vice president of the heating concern.

Mr. Buday, who is well-known throughout Suffolk County, was the first of the three partners to enter the business. This occurred when he bought out Ira D. Bayliss. Mr. Buday was born in New York City on June 29, 1916, the son of James A. and Rose (Nagy) Buday. Both his parents were natives of Hungary. The family moved from New York to Ronkonkoma in 1927 and James, Jr., went to and was graduated from the Central Islip High School. For several years he was in the employ of the Geza Adam Handbag Company of Ronkonkoma. Then, in 1941, he was instrumental in the entire reorganiza- tion of the Bayliss ice and coal business into the present Bayliss Fuel Oil Company, Inc., and, later, in adding the Bayliss Heating Company, Inc., to the business. As secretary-treasurer of the two concerns he has played an important role in developing them into important, prosperous enterprises.

Mr. Buday married Helen Gerocs, daughter of his partner, Charles Gerocs, and Mrs. Gerocs, at Lake Ronkonkoma, on June 30, 1940. They have two children: Joan, born April 20, 1943, and Charles, born May 31, 1946. Mr. and Mrs. Buday worship at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Ronkonkoma. Mr. Buday is a member of the Suffolk County Police Association and, through his business, of the Oil Heating Institute of America.

Mr. Gerocs was born in Arad, Hungary, on Janu- ary 6, 1804, the son of Frank and Susan (Kesiai) Gerocs. He came to the United States in 1022, settling at first in New York. In 1939 he moved to Ronkonkoma, and several years later became asso- ciated with Mr. Buday and Mr. Habich in the oil fuels and burners business.

Mr. Gerocs married Mary Veres of Arad, Hungary. Helen, now Mrs. James Buday. Jr., is their only child. Mr. and Mrs. Gerocs also worship at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.

THE BAYLISS HEATING COMPANY, INC., and its sister firm, the Bayliss Fuel Oil Company, Inc .. both headquartered on Ronkonkoma Avenue, in Ronkonkoma, are both operated by the same group of men, and have a leading place in the life of Suffolk County. The fuel oil concern was the first established, being the successor of an ice and coal business founded in 1924 by Ira D. Bayliss,

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who sold it to James Buday, Jr., in 1941. The firm name was then changed to Ira D. Bayliss and Com- pany, but in 1942, when the heating division was added, the original concern was renamed the Bayliss Fuel Oil Company, Inc. The heating division itself was named the Bayliss Heating Company. Both concerns were incorporated in 1943, with A. Henry Habich as president of the Bayliss Heating Company and Charles Gerocs as president of the fuel oil firm; Mr. Buday as secretary-treasurer of both enterprises. The two firms sell and install heating systems and handle fuel oils, oil burners and oil burning boilers. They are members of the Oil Heating Institute of America.

Mr. Habich is prominent in a variety of activities, civic as well as commercial. The son of A. Henry and Louise (Scheid) Habich, he was born in New York City on June 4, 1896. He is a graduate of the High School of Commerce in New York and Pratt Business School. For some years he was a construc- tion engineer in the laying out of transmission lines for various wholesale gasoline and oil concerns in New York and New Jersey, among them the Phillips Oil Company of both states.

In 1923, Mr. Habich settled in Holbrook, near Ronkonkoma, and there soon established himself in the home heating field, eventually entering the part- nership which now exists between him and Mr. Buday and Mr. Gerocs. Mr. Habich is a former president of the Board of Education of the village of Holbrook and was largely responsible for the construction of the present modern grammar school building in that village. Since 1931 he has been treasurer of St. Mary's Episcopal Church at Lake Ronkonkonia and is chairman of the board of directors of the Hol- brook Community Club.

Mr. Habich married Florence Weikel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weikel of New York City. They are the parents of two children: Roberta Habich Miller, who was born in New York City, and David, who was born in Holbrook. Both are graduates of the Sayville High School. Mrs. Miller is the mother of two children, Lynn Dee and Gary Arthur.

JOHN P. COHALAN, JR., is prominent in the bar and the Republican party of Suffolk County and is a leading Catholic layman at Sayville. He was born in New York County on November 1, 1907, the son of the Honorable John Patrick and Margaret (Kier- nan) Cohalan. His father, a graduate of Manhattan College, is former surrogate of New York County and now referee of the Supreme Court in that county. He and his wife were born in the Bronx. Numerous members of the Cohalan family have been distinguished members of the bench and bar.

John P. Cohalan, Jr., received his early education in Public School No. 186 in New York City and at Man- hattan College Preparatory School. In 1928 he re- ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Manhattan College, and, six years later, that of Bachelor of Laws at the Fordham University School of Law. Ad- mitted to the New York State bar on March 4, 1935, he immediately established himself in practice in Suf- folk County, with Sayville his home and headquarters. For six years Mr. Cohalan was active in the Demo- cratic party in Suffolk County and, in 1940, was the party's candidate for district attorney. In 1941 he was the nominee for member of the County Board of Supervisors from the town of Islip. Though he was not elected either time, the large vote cast for him was indicative of the esteem he had won as a legal and L.I .- 4

public figure. Mr. Cohalan joined the Republican party in 1942, and is now an active member of the Suffolk County Republican Club. He is also a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and the St. Lawrence Council of the Knights of Columbus at Sayville. At college he became a member of Phi Rho Phi fraternity. He is a communicant of the Church of St. Lawrence the Martyr, at Sayville.

Mr. Cohalan and Marion Fox of the Bronx were married in New York City on November 30, 1935. Mrs. Cohalan's parents were the late Michael and Louise (Schmidt) Fox, who are buried in New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Cohalan are the parents of two children: Peter Fox and Sheila Ellen Cohalan, both born in Sayville, the former on January 10, 1938, the latter on May 24, 1940.

FRANCIS B. GARVEY-When Francis B. Garvey completed his education, he made his knowledge, talents and training in the law available to the United States Government for the "emergency" period pre- ceding American entry in World War II and for the period of the war itself. In those five years, Mr. Garvey was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, playing a vital role both against crime and against the nation's enemies. On leaving the service of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he established him- self in practice at Babylon and has since become prominent not only in legal circles but in civic and financial.

Mr. Garvey was born in New Hyde Park on No- vember 18, 1913, the son of the late Francis B. and Sarah M. (Magee) Garvey. His distinguished father who was head of the Long Island Seed Company, a director of the First National Bank of Floral Park, an organizer, director, and first vice president of the Bank of New Hyde Park, died on April 20, 1926.

Mr. Garvey obtained his preliminary education at the Bishop Loughlin Preparatory School in Brooklyn. In 1935 he was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, with the degree of Bache- lor of Arts. He then entered Fordham University School of Law, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1940, Mr. Garvey was appointed special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and until 1945 he served in the domestic and foreign fields. In 1941, he was ad- mitted to the New York State bar. Resigning from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1945, Mr. Garvey established himself in practice at Bablyon. He has become a director of the Bank of Babylon, is president of the real estate firm of W. E. Magec, Inc., and is an active participant in the Babylon Town Economy League. He is also a member of the board of governors of the South Bay Country Club, of the Knights of Columbus, the Rotary Club of Babylon, the Long Island Association and the Babylon Yacht Club. His professional affiliations are with the Suffolk County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity.

Mr. Garvey married Jane Roberts, daughter of George A. and Helen (Hernon) Roberts of New York City, in the metropolis on June 1, 1946. Mrs. Garvey, a native of New York City, is a graduate of the College of New Rochelle and of the Columbia University Law School. Prior to her marriage she was associated with the law firm of Jackson, Nash, Brophy, Barringer & Brooks in New York City. They have a daughter, Ellen, born May 22, 1947.

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H. STANLEY DUVALL-Suffolk, Long Island's eastern county of hills and valleys and long sandy peninsulas jutting into the ocean, is still in large measure a region of rich and abundant farms, and among the prosperous agriculturalists of that area is H. Stanley Duvall of Orient.

A son of Marcus Barnes Duvall, who was a veteran of the Civil War, in which he fought during four years as a member of the 15th New Jersey Infantry, and subsequently became a storekeeper, and of his wife Elizabeth (Congdon) Duvall, H. Stanley Duvall was born at Shelter Island, Suffolk County, New York, on September 28, 1885. He was graduated from high school at Greenport, Suffolk County, in 1904, and from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, with the class of 1908. After ten years of experimental engineering, he became a farmer, and has so continued to the present time. He is a staunch upholder of the Congregational Church, and a member of the Frce and Accepted Masons and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. During his college days and thereafter he has been affiliated with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

At Shelter Island, Suffolk County, New York, on June 28, 19II, H. Stanley Duvall was married to Helen Philips Case, a daughter of Henry Conklin and Annie (Jennings) Case. Mrs. Duvall was gradu- ated in 1908 from Cortland College, New York, a member of the Agonian sorority.

H. Stanley and Helen Philips (Case) Duvall are the parents of three children: I. Herman Stanley, Jr., who was born on March 25, 1912, and died in his young manhood on October 23, 1935. 2. Wilbur Case, who was born on May 23, 1916. 3. Marcus Henry, who was born on February 26, 1924. This young man answered the call to arms in our country's de- fense during World War II, enlisting in the army air force on February 14, 1944. After training at bases in the continental United States, he went over- seas with the Fifteenth Air Force, and as an armorer- gunner engaged in thirty-three bombing missions, of which twenty-two wcre completed. For gallant serv- ice he was awarded the Air Medal, two oak leaf clust- ers and six battle stars. At the time of his honorable discharge on October 17, 1945, he held the rank of staff sergeant. Shortly after his release from the armed service, Sergeant Marcus Henry Duvall was a passenger in an automobile which was involved in a tragic accident, as a result of which he died on November 5, 1945.

RENSSELAER GOLDSMITH TERRY was born in the village of Southold on October 16, 1887, the son of the late George Champlain and Elizabeth (Bunce) Terry. He is a brother of George Terry, (q.v.). After being graduated from Southold Public School and Southold High School, Rensselaer G. Terry attended St. Lawrence University. He then entered the employ of the Southold Savings Bank as a clerk. He became an assistant treasurer in 1915, sec- retary-treasurer in 1936 and a vice president in 1942. He is a trustee and treasurer of the Southold Free Library. Mr. Terry is a member of the Peconic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Greenport, and the Southold Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He and his family worship at the Universalist Church in Southold.

Mr. Terry married Helen Wright at Smith's Basin, in Washington County. New York, on September 3. 1913. Mrs. Terry. the daughter of Charles Trumbull and Lydia (Martvn) Wright. was born at Smith's Basin. From her earliest days in Southold, Mrs.

Terry has been active in virtually all phases of its civic and social life. She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Mr. and Mrs. Terry are the parents of three chil- dren: Rensselaer Goldsmith, Jr., born in Southold on November 11, 1914; Constance, now Mrs. John H. Hauser of Emporium, Pennsylvania, born in Southold on October 1, 1915, and Elizabeth Lydia, born in Southold on December 14, 1919.

Rensselaer Goldsmith Terry, Jr., a lawyer, was first educated in Southold's public schools. After gradu- ation from the Southold High School, he did his prelegal work at St. Lawrence University, from which he was graduated in 1936 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Three years later he took his degree of Bachelor of Laws at Albany Law School. In 1940, he was admitted to the New York State bar, and, in the same year, established himself in practice in Southold as a member of the law firm of Terry and Krupski. Mr. Terry served in the United States Army throughout World War II, having en- tered the service in March, 1941, and been separated in 1945. He started out in the Coast Artillery but was transferred to the Judge-Advocate General's De- partment, with the rank of first lieutenant. On leaving the Army, Mr. Terry returned to his home and practice in Southold.

In October, 1944, Rensselaer G. Terry, Jr., and Rebecca Vail of Peconic were married in that com- munity. She is the daughter of Richard P. and Ruth (Hallock) Vail. Mr. and Mrs. Terry, Jr., have one daughter, Barbara Lee, born in Greenport on May II, 1946. Mr. Terry is a member of the American Legion in Southold and the Southold Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Constance Terry Hauser was graduated from the Southold High School in 1933 and from St. Lawrence University in 1937. She and John H. Hauser were married at Southold in June, 1939. They also have one daughter, Martha Helen, born on January 9, 1944.

Elizabeth Lydia Terry attended Southold High School, after which she became a student at the Dean Academy in Franklin, Massachusetts, from which she was graduated in June, 1937. In 1941 she was gradu- ated from St. Lawrence University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

CLARENCE E. DARE-Son of a veteran of the Civil War, Clarence E. Dare has taken an active part in the civic and social affairs of Suffolk County, just as his father did before him. Like his father, he farmed the land before he entered state service. Since 1920 he has been serving as the District Forest Ranger for the state of New York.

Mr. Dare was born in Selden, in the town of Brook- haven, Suffolk County, Long Island, on July 26, 1882, a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Wicks) Dare. His mother. who was a native of Patchogue, died in 1938. Mr. Dare's father, a native of Selden, served in Company C, 165th Volunteer Infantry of the Union forces in the Civil War, and before his death, in 1913, he was a town trustee of the town of Brookhaven. He received his early education in the district schools of Selden.

Mr. Dare gave up farming in 1915, after his election as Superintendent of Highways for the town of Brook- haven, a post he held until 1920, when he was ap- pointed to his present position of District Forest Ranger.

Active in the business affairs of his community, Mr. Dare is vice president and director of the Na- tional Bank of Lake Ronkonkoma, and a former treas-

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urer and trustee of the Board of Education for the School District of Selden. During World War I he was a member of the New York State National Guard. Numbered among his fraternal affiliations are memberships in the South Side Lodge 493 of the Free and Accepted Order of Masons in Patchogue, of which Mr. Dare is a life member, the Suwasset Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Patchogue, the Patchogue Commandery of the Knights Templar and the Kismet Temple Shrine of Brooklyn. Mr. Dare worships in the Methodist Church and is generous in his contri- butions to religious and humanitarian causes.

At Lake Grove, Long Island, on September 26, 1914, Mr. Dare married Florence Eugenia Gould, daughter of George E. and Eugenia (Hallock) Gould, natives of Lake Grove.

HENRY BRADLEY MOORE-After fifteen years of legal practice in the city of New York as a partner in the law firm of Evans & Rees, of the highest stand- ing in that metropolis, Henry Bradley Moore decided that it would be pleasanter to practice his profession in the more congenial setting of beautiful suburban Nassau County. Accordingly he opened offices in Mineola, the county seat, where he promptly took a place of prominence at the Nassau County bar.

A native Long Islander, Mr. Moore was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City, on March 22, 1902, the son of Henry Clark Moore and Charlotte La Verne (Bradley) Moore. Henry Clark Moore was a teacher of English in Brooklyn's renowned Erasmus Hall High School, and a veteran of two wars. During the Spanish-American War he was a captain in the United States Army, and during the first World War he was again in service. The young Henry Bradley Moore attended Erasmus Hall, graduating with the class of 1920, after which he enrolled at Cornell Uni- versity in Ithaca, New York, where he studied engine- ering for two years. Having determined that he was more suited for the legal profession, he returned to New York to complete his studies at St. Lawrence University where he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1925.

Mr. Moore began the practice of the law in 1927, as an associate of the firm of Evans, Hunt and Rees, located at 220 Broadway, in the borough of Man- hattan, New York City. In 1937 he became a partner in this firm. The second World War interrupted his legal career, and in July, 1942, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. For two years Lieu- tenant Commander Moore served in the campaign in the Aleutian Islands, off the Alaskan coast. He served as joint Army and Navy communications officer on the landing and retaking of Attu. He was also present at the occupation of Kiska. He was placed on inactive duty January, 1945. It was following his discharge that he made the decision to withdraw from the firm with which he had so long been associated in New York City, and to open his own offices in Mineola. Mr. Moore's eminent legal attainments, his long experience and his outstanding reputation have brought him many important clients. For ten years Mr. Moore has been village attorney for the village of Williston Park, and for fifteen years he has served as school counsel and counsel for various special districts.

Mr. Moore is an active participant in professional, civic, fraternal and social affairs in Nassau County. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Associa- tion; he has been vice commander of the American Legion Post No. 144 at Williston Park; has his fra-

ternal affiliations with the Free and Accepted Masons Blue Lodge No. 985 of Mineola and is a Thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Long Island Con- sistory of the Scottish Rite. He belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Glen Cove. Mr. Moore and his family are all ardent yacht- ing enthuiasts. Mr. Moore is very active as a boat owner, cruising in Long Island Sound and adjacent water, while his daughter is one of the successful sailboat skippers in the younger set. He and his family are attendants at the Community Church in East Wil- liston.

On July 4, 1927, Henry Bradley Moore was mar- ried at Northport, Long Island, to Helen Healy. Of this marriage there are two children: . I. Jo Patricia, who was born on December 5, 1933. 2. Warren Bradley, born on March 5, 1936.

BERNARD VAN POPERING-The B. Van Pop- ering Hardware business at 140 Main Street, Green- port, owned by Bernard Van Popering since 1921, is one of the most successful in that section.

He was born at West Sayville, Suffolk County, March 17, 1897, son of the late Wolfer and Matilda (Van Oostenbridge) Van Popering, both natives of Holland, the latter of whom came to the United States at the age of eleven, with her parents who settled in Paterson, New Jersey. The former, who came to this country at the age of seven with his parents who first settled in Oakdale, Long Island and later moved his family to West Sayville, where he engaged in the oyster industry, operating his own business.

Bernard Van Popering completed his education in the elementary and high schools of his native town, and graduated with the class of 1918 from Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York. From that year until 1921, he engaged in mechanical engineering work in New York at which time he came to Green- port to purchase the hardware and house furnishing business formerly owned by Sherwood and Thornhill. The store, known as "Van's Hardware" throughout the community, carries a complete line of household needs, and garden tools of all types, and each month distributes a pamphlet, called the Hardware News. which contains many articles of information useful to the farmer as well as articles of general historical and local interest. Mr. Van Popering is actively in- terested in the Masons, being a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 349 of Greenport, Chapter No. 216, of the Royal Arch Masons, and the Patchogue Commandery No. 10, of the Knights Tem- plar. He also belongs to Council No. 128 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, is a member of the board of trustees of the Methodist Church, trustee of the Southold Savings Bank, and treasurer and director of the Eastern Long Island Hospital at Greenport.

Bernard Van Popering married at Westhampton, August 15, 1923, Marion Blanche Pierson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pierson. Their children are: I. Bernard Pierson, born July 6, 1924, a graduate of Greenport High School, class of 1942, associated with his father in business prior to his service in World War II, in which he served from March 15, 1043 to January 26, 1946, as a sergeant in the 78th Division. Battery A, 309th Field Artillery. He was engaged in the European Theater of Operations about eighteen months, and is the recipient of three battle stars. 2. Lena Corwin, born May 19. 1927. attended Packard Business School in New York City and

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now employed by General Foods in East Marion, New York as a secretary. 3. Martha Louise, born February 10, 1930, a graduate of Greenport High School and now with American Telephone and Tele- graph Company in New York City. 4. Marion Blanche, born March 7, 1933, is attending Greenport High School. 5. Susan Elizabeth, born October 6, 1936, a student in the elementary school. The family re- sides at 315 Brown Street, in Greenport.

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Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 16

Author: Bailey, Paul, 1885-1962, editor Publication date: 1949 Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 922

Author: Bailey, Paul, 1885-1962, editor
Publication date: 1949
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 922