Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 46

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

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William S. Hults, Jr., attended local schools be- fore entering the contracting business with his father. For approximately ten years he was president of Hults and Company, Inc., in the mason contracting field. In 1937 he entered the retail hardware and automo- bile agency business under the name of Hults Motors, dealing in Hudson cars. He is president of both busi- nesses and has a garage and store located at 81-91 Port Washington Boulevard in Port Washington, where he employs twelve people.

Active in politics from an early age, William S. Hults, Jr., has been a member of the Port Wash- ington Republican Committee since 1937, and for the past five years has sat on the executive committee of that group. His political activities led to accep- tance of public office, and he became a commissioner of Port Washington sewer district, serving as secre- tary of that body. His growing political prestige led to his election to the assembly of the New York State Legislature, and his record in that body, including his services as vice chairman of the committee on Atlantic Coast erosion and as a member of the committee on aviation, of the committee on motor vehicles, of the committee on printed and engrossed bills and of the

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committee on public service, resulted in his election to the "upper house" of the State Legislature, the Senate, where he represents the Third Senatorial Dis- trict. This constituency includes the towns of North Hempstead, Oyster Bay and city of Glen Cove in Nassau County. In the Senate as in the Assembly, Mr. Hults has made many friends and has made a name for himself through championship of progressive and constructive local and general legislation, as re- corded in the publication "Senate Biographies."

Senator Hults is active in the business and civic councils of his community, particularly as a member of the Port Washington Lions Club, of which he has in the past been president. He is a member and past master of Port Washington Lodge No. 1010, of the Free and Accepted Masons. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and is treasurer of St. Stephen's Church of the denomination. For nearly twenty years he has belonged to the Atlantic Hook and Lad- der Fire Company, of which he was at one time the foreman. He enjoys recreation and social life as a member of the Plandome Golf Club and of the Brook- ville Country Club.

At Port Washington, Nassau County, on November 24, 1927, William S. Hults, Jr., was married to Anna E. Weiner, a daughter of Henry and Anna (Dietrich) Weiner. Of this marriage there are two children: I. June Ann, who was born on July 13, 1929. 2. Wil- liam S., III, born on September 14, 1942.

H. ROSS WINTERS-As president of Duryea and Baird, Inc., of Southampton, H. Ross Winters is head of the largest and foremost general contracting firm in Suffolk County-a firm which for years has contributed to the progress and welfare of the county through its construction of numerous major public and private projects and its employment of many workers. Mr. Winters, a veteran of World War II, is active in the American Legion, being commander (1947) of Malcolm Ross White Post No. 433, in business and civic organizations and in the Southampton Volun- teer Fire Department.

Though born in Brooklyn-on March 21, 1908-Mr. Winters' roots are deep in Suffolk County, for he is a descendant of one of its earliest settlers, Joshua Winters. His grandfather was George Washington Winters. captain of a whaling vessel that sailed out of Sag Harbor, and his grandmother was Katherine (Raynor) Winters, native of the Moriches and mem- ber of another old Suffolk County family. The par- ents of H. Ross Winters were Leonard R. and Martha (Stevens) Winters. L. R. Winters was born at Patchogue and Mrs. Winters in Quogue. Leonard Winters, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, is a retired accountant. He and Mrs. Winters reside in Southampton.

H. Ross Winters was educated in public and private schools in Philadelphia. On completing his education, he returned to the home of his ancestors in Suffolk County and. establishing himself in Southampton, be- came associated with the firm of Duryea and Baird, Inc. This was in 1926, the year of his marriage. His father-in-law was Fred R. Duryea. head of the firm, now deceased. Mr. Winters gradually rose in respon- sibility with the firm. When in 1940 Mr. Duryea died, he became president, succeeding him. He has re- tained this office since. Mr. Winters volunteered in World War II. and left his civilian post for military duty. From October 14. 1013, to November II. 1945. he was with the United States Navy Construction Battalion-the Seabees-serving in the Pacific Thea-

ter of Operations. His rating was chief carpenter's mate. Since his return to civilian life, Mr. Winters has devoted himself to his contracting business. He is a director of the Rotary Club of Southampton and a member of the Old Town Lodge, No. 908, Free and Accepted Masons, in addition to his activity in the American Legion and the Southampton Vol- unteer Fire Department. His church is the Presby- terian in Southampton.

Mr. Winters and Mildred Duryea, daughter of the late Fred R. Duryea and Nellie (Halsey) Duryea, native of Southampton, were married in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, in November, 1926. They have three children: Patricia Winters, born in Brooklyn Hospital in September, 1927, and a graduate of Southampton High School; Nancy Ann Winters, born in South- ampton in October, 1931, who in 1946 was attend- ing the Southampton High School; and H. Ross Winters, Jr., born in Southampton in 1932.

Mr. Winters' hobby is flying.

WILLIAM WALTERS LIPP-Born in Phila- delphia, of which his father Frank W. Lipp is also a native, William Walters Lipp first made the acquain- tance of Long Island and specifically of Suffolk County's beautiful village of Bay Shore as a lad seven years of age, when the family began to resort to that South Shore community in the summer time. Later the Lipps adopted Bay Shore as their perma- nent home, and, having grown up there, William Walters Lipp, when he became a full-fledged member of the legal profession, chose to establish in his home community the practice which in the past fifteen years has flourished and made him one of the leading attorneys of that part of Long Island.

Frank W. Lipp was a tile manufacturer with fac- tories in various parts of Virginia and Ohio. Many years ago he moved from Philadelphia to New York City, where he spent the greater part of his active life. He is now retired and resides in San Francisco, California. He married Margaret M. Gallagher, who is now deceased, and to them the son whom they named William Walters was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 1, 1907. Having begun to come to Bay Shore as a summer home in 1914, the family settled there in 1922, and the young William Walters graduated from the Bay Shore High School before entering Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania. from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1927. Having already picked the law as his profession, he enrolled at the Law School of Fordham University in New York City, and from that institution he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1930. In the following year he began his association with D. Ormonde Ritchie, which con- tinued until 1947. On January 1, 1947, Mr. Ritchie be- came county judge of Suffolk County, and at that time Mr. Lipp, who had been admitted to the New York State bar in 1932, formed a partnership with the late Roy B. Davis. Judge Davis. however, died on February 27, 1947, and in April of the same year Mr. Lipp entered into partnership with Lindsay Henry and Miles W. Rehor, in the law firm of Henry. Lipp and Rehor. With offices in Bay Shore and many important clients, this firm enjoys a lucrative practice and a high standing with the legal profes- sion. the courts and the public. Mr. Lipp holds mem- bership in the Suffolk County Bar Association and in the New York State Bar Association. His re- ligious affiliation is with St. Patrick's Roman Catholic

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Church at Bay Shore. He is fond of outdoor recrea- tion, especially hunting and fishing.

At Bay Shore, Suffolk County, on August 6, 1935, William Walters Lipp was joined in mar- riage with Kathryn V. Lynch, a daughter of Thomas and Ellen (Driscoll) Lynch of New York City. Of this union there are three children: I. Patricia Ann, who was born at Bay Shore on March 7, 1937. 2. Virginia Kathryn, born at Bay Shore on November I, 1939. 3. Francis William, born at Bay Shore also on February 10, 1946.

EDWIN ROGERS LYNDE-Descended from families distinguished in early American life, Edwin R. Lynde has won in his own rights a noteworthy place in the commercial, political and social life of Long Island.

Mr. Lynde was born in Brooklyn, October 10, 1901, the son of Carleton Maurice and Virginia Tyler (Rogers) Lynde. He attended high school at Amity- ville, Suffolk County, and Cornell University, winning his Doctor of Laws degree from St. Lawrence Uni- versity, in 1923. He was associated successively with Reed, Jenkins, Dimmick and Finnegan; Choate, La- roque and Mitchell, and Frank R. Savidge. After serving as United States attorney for the eastern district of New York State, he was in the state legis- lature from 1929 to 1934. He became director of Modern Dinettes, Inc., the Belmont Wine Company, Country Life Diner, Inc., and the Linden Brewery Company. He was Republican committeeman for the county of Nassau. A former assistant attorney gen- eral for the state of New York, he was appointed deputy county attorney for Nassau County in 1945. and still holds that post.

Mr. Lynde is a member of the Tyler family of Virginia and the James family of which Sir Henry James was the first baron of Herford. He is active in Masonry, being a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Richmond Chapter; the Lodge of Per- fection, Princes of Jerusalem, Valley of Rockville Centre; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Freeport Lodge; and the Village Players. His club affiliations include Blue Harbour, St. Mary's Men's Club, Unqua-Corinthian Yacht Club, John W. Ander- son Republican Club, Nassau County Bar Association, and a charter member of Timber Point Republican Club. His favorite recreation is equestrian and amateur dramatics. He is an Episcopalian. He lives at 14 South Merrick Road, Nassau Shore, Massapequa. Mr. Lynde, in 1937, married Marian Anderson Cook of Hackensack, New Jersey, daughter of Joseph J. and the late Loretta Anderson Cook. They are the parents of three children: I. E. Tyler, born July 27, 1941. 2. John McArthur, born February 1, 1944. 3. Virginia Ann, born December 19, 1944.

AARON B. JACOBSEN-In all the United States there is probably no more interesting area than Long Island's Suffolk County, which was recently named by the United States Department of Agriculture as one of the six counties in New York State which rank among the first hundred counties in the entire country in the value of its agricultural produce; but which, nevertheless, especially in its western part, becomes increasingly a region of suburban and sum- mer homes dependent in large measure upon the re- lentless expansion of the metropolis of New York City. Every increase in the number of homes, and

in the business centers required to service them, implies an increased need for plumbing and heating; and it has been by serving this need that Aaron B. Jacobsen of Babylon has become an important figure in the business life of Suffolk County.

Mr. Jacobsen's father, Peder Jacobsen, was a native of Norway and, in the tradition of the hardy men of that country for thousands of years, was owner and master of several square-rigged sailing vessels, both in his native land and after he became an American citizen and a resident of New York City. To Peder and his wife Helga (Olsen) Jacobsen, before they came to the United States and settled in the extensive Norwegian colony in Brooklyn, New York, the son whom they named Aaron B. was born in Norway on September 8, 1893. He was still in his infancy when his parents came to this country and became part of the Norwegian community which then centered in Erie Basin, Brooklyn.

The young Aaron B. Jacobsen graduated from the Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, after which he became a student of New York University in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, where he specialized in the study of public accounting, a pro- fession which, after leaving college, he followed for six years in the city of New York. This led to his becoming associated, in the capacity of assistant man- ager, with a plumbing and heating supply company in that city. In 1928 Mr. Jacobsen moved to Suffolk County, establishing both his residence and his busi- ness at Babylon. There he organized with others the Babylon Plumbing and Heating Supply Corporation, and later he became president and general manager. With the growth of Suffolk County this business has expanded, and Mr. Jacobsen has become one of the notably successful men in his community. His in- terests extend to the banking world; for twelve years he served as a member of the board of direc- tors of the Suffolk County Federal Savings and Loan Association, and he now sits on the board of directors of the Babylon National Bank and Trust Company.

During the first World War Mr. Jacobsen served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He is today active in civic affairs and business councils as a member of the Babylon Rotary Club. True to his seafaring ancestry, he finds his chief recreation in boating.

On June 12, 1917, Aaron B. Jacobsen married in Brooklyn, New York, Loretta M. Anderson, a daughter of John and Margaret Ellen (McMahon) Anderson. Of this union there is one child, a son, Robert W., who was born in Brooklyn on December 3, 1920. After graduating from the high school at Bay Shore, Suffolk County and studying two years at Hofstra College, he entered the United States Navy during the second World War and served as a boat- swain's mate first class. He is now a student at the New York Trade School.

ROBERT SIMON-Seven years after the Wright brothers first proved to the world that heavier-than- air machines could fly, Robert Simon, now president of the Liberty Products Corporation (q. v.) at Farm- ingdale, entered into aeronautical engineering at the age of sixteen, and he has devoted his entire lifetime since then to this, the fastest growing industry in the history of the United States.

Mr. Simon was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 15, 1893, the son of Robert and Bertha (White) Simon. Robert Simon, Sr., deceased, was born

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in Wittenburg, Germany, and came to this country at the age of twenty to continue his trade as a cooper. Bertha Simon is a native of Switzerland.

Educated in the Providence, Rhode Island, public schools and later at Providence Technical School, Mr. Simon, following an early and continuing interest in the feats of Orville and Wilbur Wright and their con- temporaries, began a career in aviation in 1909 by assisting in the development and building of an experi- mental biplane-type airplane powered by a Ford model T engine. This program was followed two years later with the construction of the same type plane with a Roberts four cylinder power plant. With four years of theoretical and practical experience and having attained a pilot's license, No. 452 Aeroclub license and later received United States Department of Commerce transport license, No. 482, Robert Simon devoted the next three years, 1913 to 1916, to the in- struction of airplane and engine mechanics and of fly- ing at the Curtiss Airplane School of Aviation at San Diego, California. Recognizing, in 1916, the importance of flying and realizing that the United States would soon become an active participant in World War I, Mr. Simon transferred his flying ac- tivity to his native city, Providence, and undertook the flying instruction of the Rhode Island State Na- tional Guard as chief instructor. In 1917, when the United States entered the war, Mr. Simon became chief flying instructor for the United States Air Corps at Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, Louisiana, he was, that same year, transferred to the Air Corps field at Essington, Pennsylvania, in the same capacity. Subsequently he was again transferred to Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. The war's end found him an instructor and test pilot at Bolling Field, Wash- ington, D. C. In ten years, Mr. Simon had achieved experience which, under ordinary circumstances, would have taken much longer had not the accelera- tion of study in the field of aviation been com- pelled by the war. Having established a fine repu- tation among airmen for his knowledge of aeronautics both theoretical and practical and having demon- strated his ability as a leader of men during the war, Mr. Simon was appointed general manager and assis- tant secretary to the Lawrence-Sperry Aircraft Cor- poration in Farmingdale. After serving six highly successful years in this capacity, he became the gen- eral manager in 1926 of the American Airplane and Engine Corporation at Farmingdale. During the next six years he served as service and production manager, as assistant general manager, and as the assistant treasurer of this company. In 1932 he was awarded the vice presidency and general man- agership of the B. J. Aircraft Corporation in Dun- dalk, Maryland. Later that same year, he returned to Farmingdale as vice president of the Kirkham En- gineering and Manufacturing Corporation which has since become the Liberty Products Corporation. His work received recognition in 1939 when he became president of this company. As president of an aviation company during the years of World War II, Mr. Simon was largely responsible for the outstanding efforts and results put forth by his em- ployees when extraordinary achievement was an everyday occurrence in the field of aeronautical manu- facturing. He is a member of "Early Birds," an organization of early pilots and is also a member of the "Quiet Birdmen."

Although the demands of war manufacturing were tremendous and the problems of reconversion no less complex, Robert Simon has found time to participate

in the social and business life of Farmingdale. He is the president and a director of the Farmingdale Bank and he is a director of both the Auto Car Truck Company and the Highway Trailer Company. A member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 975, Farmingdale, he is a Shriner of the Kismet Temple. A golf enthusiast, Mr. Simon is a member of the Wheatley Hills Golf Club. Mr. Simon is a member of the St. Thomas Episcopal Church and is a Republican in politics.

Robert Simon married June Louise (Thompson) Simon of Providence, Rhode Island. They are the parents of three children: I. June L., wife of Frank Sherer of Farmingdale. They have one daughter, Marline. 2. Marilyn. 3. Robert R., who has served in the United States Navy during World War II and is, at present, a student at Duke University.

JAMES McEWAN-In days when only a fearless pioneering spirit would enter the automobile business -back around the turn of the century-James Mc- Ewan was in that business. Today he operates the Ande-McEwan Motors, Inc., Buick dealers at Bay Shore, and for recreation travels around the world.

Mr. McEwan is a native of another part of the world-Scotland. He was born in Glasgow on April 14, 1887, the son of James and Margaret (Watson) McEwan. He is one of a family of fourteen children, evenly divided into boys and girls, all of whom, like the parents, eventually migrated to the United States and eight of whom are still living. The father began his career as a horse breeder and show trainer but eventually entered the automobile business in Glas- gow. When he retired in the 1920s, he came to the United States, settling in New York City.

James McEwan's education was brief. What schooling of a formal character he obtained was in Glasgow and in South Wales. At the age of four- teen he was apprenticed in the machinist's trade as an employee of the Argyle and Delaunay Bellville Company of Scotland.

Six years later, in 1907, he came to the United States and in New York City entered the automo- bile business. First he was employed by the Darracq Automobile Company and then by various other firms of the day. In 1925, Mr. McEwan settled at Bay Shore, where he was directly connected with various automobile manufacturers, such as Oakland and Pon- tiac, as distributor for Suffolk County, until he be- came identified with the Ande-McEwan Motors, Inc., Buick dealers, in 1934. This firm is located at 228 East Main Street, Bay Shore.

Mr. McEwan is a member of the Rotary Club of Bay Shore and the Lions Club of Bay Shore; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Masonic fraternity, and the Suffolk County Republican Club at Timber Point. As a world traveler, he has been throughout North and South America, Europe and other points on the globe.

SIDNEY S. SIEGEL-A member of one of the largest organizations engaged in real estate opera- tions and the insurance business in Suffolk County, Sidney S. Siegel of Babylon is an interesting example of the self-made successful man, whose activities have been to the constructive advantage of the com- munity, while he has also taken his full share in business councils and in civic activities.

Of English parentage, Sidney S. is the son of Charles and Rachel (Felcher) Siegel, his father being

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a native of Newcastle, England, while his mother was born in the world-famous metropolis of that country, the city of London. This English couple came to the United States some years before the be- ginning of this century, and settled in Suffolk County's fine old village of Babylon in 1893, where Charles Siegel pursued his trade of merchant tailor. It was in Babylon that their son Sidney S. was born on November 30, 1902, and there he attended the local public schools, including the Babylon High School, of which he is a graduate.

While still in his middle teens, Sidney S. Siegel took his first employment when he became a book- keeper for E. Benley and Sons, a firm which for many years operated a lumber business in Babylon, with which they combined a business also in mill work and hardware. This concern Mr. Siegel served from 1918 to 1924. In the latter year he became associated with James R. Nolan and Fred Dondero who estab- lished the firm known as James R. Nolan, Inc., to deal in real estate and insurance. James R. Nolan, Inc., was subsequently taken over by Dudley S. Norton and Sidney S. Siegel, and since the month of September, 1933, it has been operated under the name of Norton and Siegel, Inc. It has taken a leading part in the development of that area of Long Island, as well as providing the highest type of insurance service to a great many clients.

Taking an active part in local community affairs, Sidney S. Siegel has served by election as a member of the board of trustees of the village of Babylon, with the exception of one year, since April 14, 1931, and he has been a member of the Phoenix Hose Com- pany No. I for more than twenty-five years to the time of this writing. He also belongs to the Suffolk County Police Officials' Association. In the field of his business interests he is active in the affairs of the Suffolk County Association of Local Agents, of which he is a past president, and in general business councils he participates as a member of the Babylon Rotary Club. He served twenty-three years as secre- tary and treasurer of Babylon Exchange Club, which is now the Rotary Club. His fraternal activities are centered in the Babylon Lodge No. 793, of the Free and Accepted Masons. His principal recreations are bowling and golf, and he is in addition proficient in other sports and is widely known for his athletic achievements. He is considered one of the best golfers on Long Island, and in 1944 was the club champion of the South Bay Golf Club.

At Lake Mahopac in Putnam County, New York, on July 31, 1926, Sidney S. Siegel was married to Myrtle Williams, a daughter of Daniel and Emma (Kingsland) Williams of Carmel, the county seat of Putnam County. Mrs. Siegel is well-known in Baby- lon as a teacher in the local schools. Of this mar- riage there are two children: I. Joan Williams, who was born on April 14, 1931, and a student at the Baby- lon High School. 2. Marjorie Ann, born on June 16, 1933. Both of these children of Sidney S. and Myrtle (Williams) Siegel were born at the Southside Hos- pital in Bay Shore, Suffolk County.

JOSEPH E. MINOR-Since 1921 a leading build- er, contractor, and now a lumber dealer of West Babylon, Joseph E. Minor has done much to develop and beautify real estate in this region of Long Island. Mr. Minor was born August 7, 1895, at Crystal Lake, Ellington, Connecticut, son of Peter J. and Dolphine (Jolly) Minor. His father, who was born

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Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 46

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