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ELLIS T. TERRY-As a young man, Ellis T. Terry began a promising business career, but his in- terest in politics, his ability and his popularity marked him out for public life, and during most of the last thirty-five years he has held public office, to the great satisfaction of his fellow-citizens of Riverhead and of Suffolk County in general.
Mr. Terry's father, Alonzo P. Terry, formerly carried on a hotel business known as the Long Island House, in Riverhead. He married the former Anna M. Wells, and their son Ellis T. was born in River- head, Suffolk County, New York, on August 25, 1878. As a boy he attended public school in his native village and also the Riverhead Academy, but at the age of fourteen years he went to work in the store of Brown and Ketcham, selling groceries, provisions and gen- eral merchandise. In this store he remained a clerk for two years, after which he sold shoes in a local shoe store for two years. But he returned to the Brown and Ketcham store, with which he then remained as- sociated for several years, until at the age of 24 he joined with William H. Donovan in setting up his own grocery store.
In 1911 Mr. Terry entered public life by accepting an appointment as clerk of the board of elections. In 1918 he became secretary to the county treasurer of Suffolk County, and in 1924 he was promoted to deputy to the county treasurer, an office which he held to 1929.
Mr. Terry was first elected to office in 1929, when he was chosen as county treasurer of Suffolk County. This responsible post he held until 1934. During the next six years he was out of public office, but in 1940 he was again chosen county treasurer, and so con- tinued until 1943. In 1944 he was appointed to the position of public administrator of Suffolk County, which he continues to fill at the present writing.
Mr. Terry is a factor in banking life in Riverhead, and was formerly a trustee of the Riverhead Savings Bank. He is a director and treasurer of the River- head Hotel Association. He is a devoted member of the Congregational Church, and has long been a loyal brother of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His recreation is travel.
At Riverhead, Suffolk County, Ellis T. Terry was married to Elizabeth Bastow, a native of Riverhead and a daughter of T. W. and W. M. K. Bastow. Mrs. Terry is now deceased. Of this marriage the children are: 1. Clarice B .. who was born in River- head. After graduation from the Riverhead High School, she became a stenographer. She is now em-
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ployed in the office of the county treasurer of Suffolk County, from which however she takes leave of ab- sence each winter to serve as secretary to the Hon. Edmund Lupton, member of the Assembly of the New York State legislature. 2. Donald, who was born at Riverhead in 1910, and as a boy attended the high school at that place. During World War II he ans- wered the call to the colors by enlisting in the United States Navy, and he saw service with the Seabees. He was associated with the Suffolk County National Bank in the capacity of trust officer and is now engaged as a duck farmer in East Quogue. Donald Terry is married to the former Amy Culver, a native of Westhampton, Long Island, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Culver. Of this marriage there are two children: Donna and David.
FRANK T. POWERS, JR. is president of Chemco, Inc., a nation-wide manufacturer and dis- tributor of graphic arts materials.
Born in New York City, August 7, 1915, Mr. Powers is the son of the late Frank Sr. and Mary (Dowling) Powers. His father, a native of Paterson, New Jersey, founded Chemco, Inc., in New York City and, through his inventive genius, is largely responsible for the numerous products used in graphic art pre- paration and reproduction. His mother is a former resident of New York City.
Frank Powers, Jr., attended public schools in New York City and, in 1934, attended Lawrenceville School for boys in New Jersey. Following a complete college preparatory course in this famous boys' school, Mr. Powers matriculated at Yale University and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939.
Following his graduation from college, Mr. Powers entered business with his father and in 1941 became president of Chemco, Inc., Glen Cove, which business until 1928 had been located in Little Neck. As presi- dent of this company and of Powers Engraving Inc., New York City, Mr. Powers has demonstrated a lead- ership in business which has been strikingly unusual in so young a man. With his father's material con- tributions and with his own inate ability for business, Frank T. Powers, Jr., has made his companies leaders in the graphic art and photo engraving world.
Mr. Powers is a director of the First National Bank of Glen Cove and a director of Frederick Loeser and Company in Brooklyn and the North Country Com- munities Hospital. He is independent in politics and attends the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Powers participates in two sports, tennis and golf.
On June 20, 1942, Frank T. Powers, Jr., married Elaine (Eldredge) Powers, of Glen Cove, the daugh- ter of E. Irving and Althea (Gibb) Eldredge. Mr. and Mrs. Powers are the parents of three children: I. Althea, born October 20, 1943. 2. Marjorie, born July 7, 1945. 3. Frank T. III, born October 1I, 1946.
JOSEPH A. KRUPSKI-A native of Poland, brought to the United States in infancy, and still a youngish man with middle age yet ahead of him, Joseph A. Krupski has won a prominent place at the bar of Suffolk County, enjoying a lucrative prac- tice with many clients of importance, and at the same time participating fully in the life of the com- munity and giving his whole-hearted support to all good civic causes and all charitable campaigns.
Vilna in Poland was Mr. Krupski's birthplace, where he first saw the light of day on November 19, 1908, being a son of Andrew Krupski, a farmer, and his wife Anna (Burkiewicz) Krupski. Both of Joseph
A. Krupski's parents are now living in Cutchogue, Suffolk County. The young Joseph A. graduated from the Mattituck high school, and with his ambition set upon becoming a lawyer, entered Columbia Univer- sity, in the city of New York, where he took his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, and from which he went to the Harvard Law School at Cambridge, Massachusetts, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Laws from that renowned institution with the class of 1933. In 1934 he received an additional degree, Doctor of Juristic Science, from New York Univer- sity in New York City. In that same year Mr. Krup- ski was admitted to the bar of the State of New York.
In 1935 Joseph A. Krupski became associated with the law firm of Terry and Hill, while Judge A. Bar- ran Hill was district attorney of Suffolk County and before he became a county judge. In 1938 upon Judge Hill's elevation to the Bench, Mr. Krupski formed a partnership with Mr. George C. Terry. He is now a junior member of the firm of Terry and Krupski, conducting an active general law practice at South- old, and well rated among the legal firms in that part of Long Island. Mr. Krupski belongs to the Suffolk County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.
Mr. Krupski is a communicant of Our Lady of Ostrabranma Roman Catholic Church at Cutchogue, and deeply interested in its affairs and good works. No good cause ever fails to receive his support. In his leisure he indulges in the hobbies of fishing and gardening.
At Cutchogue, New York, on June 22, 1940, Joseph A. Krupski married Alexandra Grajewski of Newark, New Jersey. Of this marriage there are three chil- dren: I. Joseph Andrew, Jr., who was born April I, 1942. 2. Andrew Peter, born December 26, 1944. 3. Marie Alexandra, born February 24, 1948.
WILLIAM AUGUST KIELMANN-Celebrating his coming of age by becoming identified with bank- ing, William August Kielmann has to his credit over three decades of experience and leadership of Long Island institutions. He is president of the Peoples National Bank and Trust Company of Lynbrook, and a director and former president of the Bank of New Hyde Park. That his activities in the field of finance extend far beyond Long Island was indi- cated in 1946 when he was elected vice president of the New York State Bankers' Association, succeeding to the presidency in 1947.
Mr. Kielmann was born in Brooklyn, on February 28, 1898, son of August and Anna (Gathmann) Kiel- mann, and acquired his education in the grammar and high schools of his birth city and Hicksville, Brown's Business College, courses in the American Institute of Banking, Columbia University and New York Uni- versity, majoring in accounting and business adminis- tration. His first employment of note was with Hall- garten and Company, stock brokerage firm in New York City. From 1917 to 1922, he was associated with the Long Island National Bank, of Hicksville, a man of all work, bookkeeper, teller, assistant cashier and cashier.
William A. Kielmann made a temporary break in his banking career when from 1922 to 1924, he was connected with the Hardwood Coal and Feed busi- ness in Hicksville. He then spent about thirteen years with the Bank of New Hyde Park, ten of these years as cashier and three as president. He has been a member of its board of directors since 1926. Dur- ing the year 1937-1938, Mr. Kielmann was executive vice president of the Peoples National Bank and Trust
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Company of Lynbrook; since 1939 he has been the able president of this strong financial institution.
Mr. Kielmann was one of the very active figures in the creation of the Nassau County Clearing House Association, which is an outstanding organization in the service of banks, was vice chairman for ten years and chairman for two years. He is a member of the board of directors of the Long Island Association and a member of the advisory committee of the Nassau County chapter of the American Institute of Bank- ing, having served on its board of governors for several years. He is also a member of the legislative committee of the New York State Safe Deposit As- sociation, has served on the bank management com- mittee of the New York State Bankers Association, and for five years was a member of its legislative committee. On June 14, 1947, he was elected presi- dent of the New York State Bankers Association at the annual convention held at Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada.
Numbered among other than business activities of Mr. Kielmann are three years as president of the Lynbrook Board of Trade; service as chairman of several Red Cross Society "drives;" member of the Lynbrook War Price and Rationing Board; chairman of the gasoline panel, Lynbrook Rationing Board; and twice as Lynbrook district chairman of the United Service Organizations drives. He is a member of the board of directors of the South Nassau Com- munities Hospital; and Nassau County chairman of the United Negro College Fund drive in 1945 and 1946. Fraternally Mr. Kielmann is affiliated with Manetto Lodge, No. 1025, Free and Accepted Masons, of Hicksville; Lynbrook Lodge, No. 1515, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Lynbrook; and he was the first president of the New Hyde Park Masonic Club. He belongs to the Lynbrook Lions Club and to the Steuben Society, Hugo Muensterberg Unit, at Lynbrook. He worships in the faith of the Lutheran Church, and is generous in his contributions to reli- gious and humanitarian projects.
At Hicksville September 18, 1920, Mr. Kielmann married (first) Adele Hohorst of Hicksville, daughter of Henry D. Hohorst and Louise Rowehl. By this marriage there was one child: Carl Harvey, born July 31, 1926.
At Mineola, New York, on July 13, 1935, William August Kielmann married (second) Miss Mary Lucille Drury, daughter of William F. and Ada (Davidson) Drury, and they are the parents of one child, Mary Ann, born August 8, 1937.
JOHN A. DELVES, JR .- A notably able lawyer, enjoying an extensive and lucrative practice, John A. Delves, Jr., of Amityville is also active in the political affairs of Suffolk County and in business and civic councils in his own village, and in the social life of eastern Long Island.
A Marylander by birth, John A. Delves, Jr. was born in the city of Baltimore on October 29, 19II, being a son of John A. and Zoe C. (Shannon) Delves. The family moved to Long Island in 1922, settling in Amityville, where the younger John A. finished his preparatory schooling, graduating from the Amity- ville High School in 1929. From high school he went to the University of Virginia, but in 1932, having by that time determined on a legal career, he trans- ferred to the Brooklyn Law School in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, and there he received his degree of Bachelor of Laws upon graduating with the class of 1935. In 1938 he was admitted to the bar
of the State of New York and from 1938-46 was on the legal staff of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. In 1946 Mr. Delves became associated with Lewis C. Evans in the law firm now known as Evans and Delves, with offices in Amityville, New York.
In 1944 Mr. Delves became police justice of the Village of Amityville, a position which he continues to fill at the present time. He holds membership in the Suffolk County Bar Association and is active in the affairs of the Suffolk County Republican Club. Of the Amityville Rotary Club he is at the present writing vice president. He belongs to the Timber Point Club and to the Unqua-Corinthian Yacht Club. His fraternal affiliations are with Delta Upsilon and Theta Delta Phi, the latter being a fraternity of the legal profession.
At Amityville on August 29, 1936, John A. Delves, Jr., was married to Olga K. Kreeb, a daughter of George and Olga (Raboch) Kreeb. Of this marriage there are two children: I. Joan C., who was born at the Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, Suffolk County, on July 20, 1941. 2. John A. III, born at the Bruns- wick Sanitarium in Amityville, on November 12, 1945.
WILLIAM PRESTON TUTHILL was born in Cutchogue on February 13, 1906. His mother was Clara W. (Sterling) Tuthill. His father, Charles P. Tuthill, was a native of Speonk. He was in the plumbing and heating business, as well as a mer- chandiser of paints, varnishes, stoves, ranges and water supply outfits of all varieties, from 1900 until his death on April 9, 1941. He held the highest of- fices in three diverse branches of Free Masonry. He was a past master of Peconic Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, at Greenport; past high priest of Sitra Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, also at Green- port, and past commander of Sunrise Commandery, Knights Templar, likewise at Greenport.
William Preston Tuthill went to elementary school in Cutchogue and was graduated from the Mattituck High School in 1922. The following year, when he was seventeen years old, he joined his father in the business, working closely with him and sharing all responsibilities with him until his death eighteen years later. The son has since successfully carried on and further developed the business as well as won an important role in the community's affairs.
Mr. Tuthill married Mary Elizabeth Heckman, daughter of Louis Lee and Elizabeth (Huntley) Heck- man, in Cutchogue on June 14, 1933. They are the parents of two children: Jane Elizabeth, born July 8, 1939, and William Lee, born May 14, 1942. Both children were born at the Greenport Hospital.
HAROLD E. TUTHILL-Having been associated with farming interests since early boyhood, Harold E. Tuthill has for many years owned and operated his own farm, specializing in the raising of potatoes and cauliflower.
He was born in Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, December 28, 1889, son of the late Benjamin B. and Henrietta (Beebe) Tuthill, the former of whom was a retired farmer. After his education in the pub- lic and high schools of his native county was com- pleted, Harold Tuthill directed his activities toward agricultural interests in connection with his father's farm. In January of 1914, purchasing the William H. Gagen property opposite the family farm, he continued its operation with great success, deriving justifiable pride in his production of fine grade potatoes and
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cauliflower. A trustee of the Methodist Church of Southold, and of the Southold Savings Bank, Mr. Tuthill is also a member of the Suffolk County Farm Bureau and the Southold Grange.
Harold E. Tuthill married at Southold, May 1915, Gladys Bergen, daughter of the late Jennis and Ella Hamilton Bergen of that town. Their children are: I. Kenneth, born October 21, 1917, a graduate of Southold High School and the School of Applied Agriculture at Farmingdale, married Emilie Burk- hardt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Burkhardt of the Bronx and have one daughter Valerie. At pre- sent, Kenneth is engaged in the operation of a farm which he bought April 1946, and which is adjacent to that owned by his father. 2. Ella, born March 23, 1920, a graduate of Southold High School and Linden Hall Junior College at Lititz, Pennsylvania, married William A. Mosher, of Slingerlands, New York, who served in World War II, as a member of the United States Army Signal Corps. They are the parents of Judith, born December 30, 1944. 3. Donald E., born July II, 1923, graduated from Southold high school and the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute at Glen- dale, California and served in World War II in the Air Transport Command.
WILLIAM DUFFY-Not all of the developers of Long Island properties, nor all of its bankers and successful businessmen, are newcomers from New York City or from other parts of New York State or even more distant regions. Not only is William Duffy of the Nassau Seed Company and of the real estate firm of Lebuecher and Duffy of Hicksville, a native of that village, but the 130 acre farm which he still manages, was first brought under cultivation by his grandfather John Duffy, who was born more than a century ago.
William Duffy was born on December 20, 1882. His* schooling was obtained in the public schools of his native Hicksville. At an early age he began working on the Duffy farm which he still owns. In 1922, with two partners who are now deceased, he founded the Nassau Seed Company, a highly successful concern dealing in feed, coal, seed potatoes and fertilizers. Mr. Duffy is now the sole owner of this company, em- ploying seven persons in its operation.
Mr. Duffy is also a leading figure in local banking affairs. For many years he served as a director of the Bank of Hicksville, and is now president and a member of the board of directors of the Long Island National Bank located at that nlace. As already noted, he is a partner in the realty firm of Lebuecher and Duffy with offices in Hicksville.
A member of the Democratic party, Mr. Duffy has for many years given of his time and energies to public service. For more than 25 years he was a member of the Hicksville Fire Department, and for fifteen years served on the board of commissioners of that department. For fifteen years also he has been a member of the Hicksville board of education.
A Roman Catholic in religion and a communicant of St. Ignatius' Church, Mr. Duffy is also a member of the great fraternal order of that denomination, the Knights of Columbus. His other fraternal affiliation is with Hempstead Lodge Number 1485, of the Bene- volent and Protective Order of Elks.
On April 26, 1900, William Duffy married Mary Loretta Mollitor, of Brookville, a daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Casey) Mollitor. William and Mary Loretta (Mollitor) Duffy are the parents of
two children: 1. Margaret E., now the wife of James E. Stolz; they have a son, James E., Jr. 2. Mary Loretta became the wife of Charles Suggs, Jr., of Chattanooga, Tennessee; they have a son, Charles Suggs, Jr.
WILLIAM H. KOLLMER-Both in Nassau and Suffolk counties William H. Kollmer is known, not only as a pharmacist, but as a citizen active in com- munal affairs and in the Boy Scout movement. Since 1928 he has operated the Family Drug Store at Cut- chogue.
Mr. Kollmer was born in New York October 2, 1881, the son of the late William H. and Wilhelmina (Golterman) Kollmer. His father, a native of Texas, was a professional musician. Mr. Kollmer was gradu- ated from Boys' High Schol in Brooklyn, after which he prepared for a pharmaceutical career at the Colum- bia University School of Pharmacy in 1901. After a few years as a practicing pharmacist in the employ of others, Mr. Kollmer opened a drug store in Brook- lyn in 1907. He operated this until 1920. From 1921 to 1926 he ran two other pharmacies in Jamaica and Rockville Centre. In 1928, he established himself in his present business in Cutchogue. Mr. Kollmer has taken such active part in civic affairs that he can point to a record as president of the Cutchogue Chamber of Commerce and as a Troop Committeeman for Cut- chogue Troop, No. 97, Boy Scouts of America. In addition, he has been active in the Yew Tree Lodge, No. 461, Free and Accepted Masons, at Brooklyn; Jamaica Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and the Rock- ville Centre Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He worships at the Methodist Church.
Mr. Kollmer married Gertrude Lester of New Jersey in New York City on April 28, 1903. They are the parents of four children, all born on Long Island: William H., Jr., Dorothy, Roberta and Muriel. Wil- liam H. Kollmer, Jr., is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and lives at Manhasset. He is married and the father of two daughters, Leah and Phyllis. Dorothy Kollmer, now Mrs. Kane, is a graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Roberta, now Mrs. Dwyer, is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Dentistry, while Muriel Kollmer is a graduate of the University of Southern California, at Los Angeles. William H. Kollmer, Jr. is a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army under Gen- eral Hodges in the European Theater of Operations. He entered the service as a private and became a corporal. In combat he was a tank driver. He spent three years in Germany.
GEORGE CARTER BARTH-Coming to Amity- ville in 1933, after a number of years of experience which had given him an excellent background of knowledge of the insurance business, George Carter Barth established his own insurance agency, which has prospered greatly in the intervening years, while Mr. Barth himself has become a leading member of the business community in that village, and dis- tinguished as a civic leader and public-spirited citi- zen, widely known and popular in that section of Suffolk County.
Mr. Barth's father, the late Charles Jacob Barth, was a native of the State of Iowa, who became a rail- road man in Chicago, and in connection with his work for the New York Central Railroad Company event- ually settled in the East, establishing his home in Union City, New Jersey. He is now deceased, but his widow, who was Jennie G. Carter, of Slate Hill,
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Orange County, New York, is still living and makes her home at Port Chester, Westchester County, New York.
The son whom this couple named George Carter, was born at Union City, New Jersey, on November 27, 1898. His education was had in the public schools of his birth place, and in 1918 he took his first em- ployment, as a clerk with a firm in the marine insur- ance field, located in New York City. Insurance turned out to be the right business for this ambitious young man, and he stuck to it, being employed by various insurance agencies and insurance brokers in New York City and, for one short period, in Seattle, Washington. As we have already noted, it was in 1933 that he established his own general insurance agency business at Amityville.
Mr. Barth is a member of the Insurance Federa- tion of New York State, and is well-known as a leader in the organized affairs of the insurance fra- ternity. He is a past president of the Suffolk County Association of Insurance Agents, and at present holds the office of vice president of the Suburban New York Association of Insurance Agents. Actively in- terested in the business welfare and progress of his community, Mr. Barth belongs to the Amityville Chamber of Commerce and the Amityville Business Men's Club. Perhaps his chief interest in the field of organizational work is centered in the Lions Club of Amityville, of which he is a charter member and has served as president. He is an International Coun- sellor of Lions International, being a past District Governor of District 20-A, which comprises Long Island, and he is the holder of a Master Key bestowed by Lions International in recognition of his services in building that great organization.
Mr. Barth's hobby is growing irises, and he is an enthusiastic member of the American Iris Society and of the Amityville Garden Club, Inc. In religion he is a communicant of the Episcopal Church.
At Amityville on May 23, 1931, George Carter Barth married Merritta Reynolds Maier of Amity- ville, Suffolk County, a daughter of John F. and Amy Newman Scofield Maier.
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