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Brought to Medford in infancy, Arthur R. Reich grew up there and recieved his early education there. He was graduated from the Patchogue High School with the class of 1917. In 1921, he was graduated from the Brooklyn Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. For a time he practiced both in New York City and in Patchogue before settling down to the general practice of law in Medford in 1938. In January, 1938, he was elected to the bench and has since been re-elected, returning in 1946 to devote his full time to his law office. Judge Reich is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and with his family worships at St. Mark's Episco- pal Church in Medford. He is a Republican. Bowl- ing is his hobby.
Judge Reich married Helen Johnston of East Is- lip in 1934. She is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston. Judge and Mrs. Reich have four children: Phyllis, born July 19, 1937; Arthur Randolph, Jr., born January 12, 1940; John Henry, born October 25, 1941, and Brenda, born August II, 1946.
FRANKLIN ALEXANDER NAUFFTUS-Var- iety marked the career of the late Franklin Alexander Naufftus of Coram, Suffolk County; and in each of his several employments and enterprises, his marked natural ability led to notably successful achievement.
A native of Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he was born on December 12, 1889, Franklin Alexander Nauff- tus was educated at the Williston Academy in East- hampton, in that state, but he appears to have become a resident of Long Island, and a man of influence in Long Island affairs, at an early age. For some years he was actively engaged in newspaper and publicity work on the Island, but from this he turned to the field of business, which appears to have been his true vocation, to judge from the outstanding success of his career. In 1937 Mr. Naufftus established, at Coram, the Island Asphalt Company, of which he became the president, and so remained until his death on January 13, 1947. In addition to this lucrative busi- ness, Mr. Naufftus also founded the Municipal Mach- inery Company. This concern, also located at Coram, dealt in construction equipment, tools and supplies, including pick-up street sweepers, four-wheel drive trucks, rotary and blade snow plows, shovels, cranes, sand and stone spreaders, material and snow loaders, asphalt distributors and equipment, power and drawn graders, industrial and farm tractors and street flush- ers.
Mr. Naufftus is also known to have installed, at Se- tauket, the first voting machine used in Suffolk County.
A communicant of the Roman Catholic Church, an independent liberal in politics, Mr. Naufftus was active in business counsels and civic affairs particularly as a member of the Lion's Club of Queens Village. He held membership in the Timber Point Club. Follow- ing the World's Fair in 1940 Mr. Naufftus purchased the Mexican exhibit from the Mexican Government.
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At Elkton, Maryland, on April 28, 1943, Franklin Alexander Naufftus and Daisy Bryson were joined in marriage. Mrs. Naufftus is a daughter of William and Mary (Crozier) Bryson, and was born in Central Islip, Suffolk County. She is a graduate of the Central Islip High School and of the New York State College for Teachers at Albany, New York, and for a couple of years before her marriage she. was employed as a school teacher. Since her husband's death she has served, under the name of D. K. Nauff- tus, as vice president and secretary of the Island As- phalt Company, Inc. Of this concern H. Melville Brush is now president, and Kenneth Rhodes is treasurer.
To Franklin Alexander and Daisy (Bryson) Nauff- tus two children were born: I. William Franklin, on March 6, 1944, in the John Mather Memorial Hospital at Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, New York. 2. Marilyn Katherine, on November 30, 1945, also at the John Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson.
FREDERICK E. BOND-The vast development of suburban Long Island, involving the building of hundreds of thousands of homes and countless busi- ness plants and service establishments since the early years of the present century, opened a great field for electrical contracting and the sale of electrical equip- ment. By perceiving and taking advantage of this opportunity, Frederick E. Bond built a highly lucra- tive business and became one of the substantial citi- zens of Glen Cove, where he has also taken an active part in civic and political affairs and has served in res- ponsible public office.
Mr. Bond is a native of Glen Cove, born on October 28, 1893, a son of Edward K. and Emma (Wolf) Bond. His father, who was also born in Glen Cove, was the proprietor of a livery stable there. He died in 1929, and Mrs. Emma (Wolf) Bond, who was a native of Germany, is also deceased. The young Frederick E. Bond attended public grade and high schools at Glen Cove, and soon after his school days answered the call to the colors in World War I, serving at first in the 22nd Signal Corps and later in the Air Service for nine months, holding a commis- sion as a second lieutenant.
Following his release from the armed service, Mr. Bond went to South Bend, Indiana, where he was employed with the Studebaker Corporation for about a year and a half. Returning to Glen Cove, he en- tered the electrical contracting business under the name of Bond and Wolf. Under this name he pros- pered in that business for twenty-one years, until in 1943 during World War II he became associated with the Sperry Gyroscope Company as security director. This association continued for two and a half years. In December, 1945, the present firm of which Mr. Bond is a member, known as Bond and Weldon, was formed to engage in electrical contract- ing and the sale of electrical appliances at retail. Bond and Weldon maintain a store located at 17 School Street in Glen Cove.
A member of the Republican party and active in political affairs, Mr. Bond has served as commissioner of public safety of the village of Glen Cove from 1934 to 1940 and from 1943 to 1945. He is also a member of the Glen Cove Rotary Club and belongs to the Civic Association and the Neighborhood Associa- tion. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church and is a member of its session. Another of Mr. Bond's great interests is Boy Scout work, in which
he has been active for twenty years. His hobby is fishing.
On July 2, 1921, Frederick E. Bond was married to Mary O'Brien of Honeoye Falls, New York, a daughter of William and Minnie (Williams) O'Brien. Of this marriage there is one son, Frederick J., who was born on July 19, 1924. During World War II he served with the United States Army, from 1942 to June 1946, and was in action in Germany.
CLIFTON W. SPARKS-For more than fifteen years Clifton W. Sparks has been a leading business man of Hempstead, where he is known as the presi- dent of the Empire Roofing Company, Incorporated. As a citizen of this community, Mr. Sparks is re- garded as a true leader, while his many friends ad- mire him for his generosity and public spirit.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 25, 1893, a son of Mr. and. Mrs. Clifton Caldo Sparks, Mr. Sparks was brought East as a young boy, and received his early education in the public and high schools in Brooklyn, New York. His father, outside of his pro- fessional activities as a doctor, was a member of the British Diplomatic Service and a writer.
Mr. Sparks entered the business world as an em- ployee of the Columbia Trust Company in New York City and for eight years was in charge of the transfer department there. Later he was associated with the Equitable Trust Company of New York City for a short time, where he gained further knowledge of the business world. During this period his interest turned to the building trade, and shortly afterward we find him as the sales manager of the Hy-Grade Builders Supply Company in Brooklyn, New York, where he remained for seven years. Then he moved to Hempstead where he entered the roofing business in 1929, and two years later established his own firm, where he now employs a staff of twenty people. His office and show room is located at 138 North Franklin Street, Hempstead.
Numbered among his fraternal affiliations are mem- berships in the Morton Lodge No. 63, Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the St. Albans Lodge in Brooklyn, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 1485. He is a past president of the Ro- tary Club. He worships in the Lutheran Church, and by political conviction is a Republican.
In Brooklyn in June, 1925, he married Henrietta Rugge, daughter of Henry and Emma (Miller) Rugge.
HARRY H. RUDIGER-Efficient and popular, Harry H. Rudiger is one of the better-known busi- nessmen of Mineola, respected alike for his business ability, his personal qualities and his participation in civic affairs. Although he was born in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, Mr. Rudiger has been a Long Islander since boyhood. His father, the late Renfrew B. Rudiger, who married Lena Eis- mann, was a well-known conductor on the Long Island Railroad. It was this circumstance, doubtless, that led the family to become residents of Richmond Hill, which, though situated in Queens County and therefore a part of Greater New York since 1898, is still an integral part of Long Island, retaining to this day many of the characteristics of a typical Island village.
Born in New York City on December 2, 1902, Harry H. Rudiger was educated at the grade and high schools of Richmond Hill, graduating from high school with the class of 1919. His first employment was in sales work for the H. J. Heinz Company of
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whom he represented in New York City. After six years with the leading condiments company, Mr. Rudiger entered the motor car field as sales manager for Hempstead Motors, which held the Ford agency in that community. This association lasted for twelve years, until, in 1941, Mr. Rudiger joined Dade Brothers in Mineola as their traffic manager, handling war goods, planes, and so forth.
Mr. Rudiger is interested in boy scout work and was formerly very active in that organization. He is now a leading member of the Hempstead Rotary Club. Golf is his favorite game, and he belongs to the Hempstead Golf Club. He is a member of the Republican party, and of the Lutheran faith.
At Hollis, on June 21, 1929, Harry H. Rudiger married Molly Bender, of Richmond Hill, a daughter of Adolph Bender and his wife. Of this marriage there are two children: I. Ruth M., born on No- vember 15, 1933. 2. Raymond Renfrew, who was born on October 27, 1939.
RUFUS JOHNSON IRELAND, JR .- A figure in the mining industry, Rufus Johnson Ireland, Jr., has made significant contributions in this field where he has gained an enviable reputation for progressive and astute business methods and judgment.
Mr. Ireland was born August 19, 1901, at Amity- ville, New York, son of Rufus J. and Grace (Myton) Ireland. His father engaged in grain milling, bank- ing, mercantile and coal operations.
Rufus Johnson Ireland, Jr., received his education at the Amityville grammar school and at the Friends Academy of Locust Valley.
After having finished his formal education, Mr. Ireland became associated with Rutger Bleecker and Company, of 87 Wall Street, New York City. The firm carried on importing operations. In 1919, after two years with this company, during which time he gained much valuable knowledge and experience in the importing business, Mr. Ireland joined the Owl Creek Coal Company, of Gebo, Wyoming, where he learned much about mining methods and procedure. Five years later, in 1924, he returned to New York City, where he established his own importing firm on Pine Street, known as R. J. Ireland, Jr., and Company, and became very successful in this line. After four years of operation, Mr. Ireland again became associated with the Owl Creek Coal Com- pany. The firm has associated properties in Wyoming and Colorado, and its executive offices are situated at Amityville. Its activities include coal mining, gold mining, power production, and the maintenance of retail stores. Throughout the past twenty years Mr. Ireland has held positions of importance in the firm, and has contributed much to its substantial success and prosperity.
In addition to these business interests, Mr. Ireland holds directorships in the Bank of Amityville, and is a vice president of the First National Bank of Thermopolis, Wyoming.
Mr. Ireland is active in the professional life, the civic life and the social life of his community. He holds memberships in the American Mining Con- gress of Washington, D. C., the Rocky Mountain Coal Association, the Wyoming Reclamation Asso- ciation, the National Geographic Society, the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History in New York City. He is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce of the state of New York, the offices of which are located at Cedar Street in New York
City. He belongs to the Amityville Business Men's Club, and the National and Suffolk County Republi- can clubs. Prominent in the Republican party, he served on the nominating committee for Babylon Township, and served during the second World War on the national silver advisory committee. Mr. Ire- land is active in the Free and Accepted Masons, and is affiliated with the Amityville Lodge No. 977, the Kismet Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Brooklyn, New York, and holds the thirty-second degree of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Aurora Grata consis- tory in Brooklyn, New York. He is active as a member of the Navy League, the Amityville Club, and is a past commodore of the Unqua Corinthian Yacht Club of Amityville. In religious affiliation, he adheres to the Methodist faith and attends the First Methodist Church of Amityville.
On January 8, 1926, at Brooklyn, New York, Rufus Johnson Ireland, Jr., married (first) Dorothy Ferrichs Haff, and they became the parents of the following children: I. Rufus Johnson, 3rd, who was born Sep- tember 8, 1926. He served in World War II with the United States Army and is now a student at Samp- son College, Sampson, New York. 2. Clara Hayes, who was born August 18, 1929. 3. Myton William, born July 22, 1932. On June 2, 1942, at New York City, Rufus Johnson Ireland, Jr., married (second) Elizabeth Terrell, daughter of Eugene and Elizabeth (Campbell) Terrell, and they became the parents of one daughter, Elizabeth Sully Ireland, who was born July 7, 1943.
HOWARD T. HOGAN-Among the leading at- torneys of Oyster Bay, Howard T. Hogan has done outstanding work. His contributions to the progress of the local bar have been distinctive, and as a public official he has gained an excellent reputation for in- tegrity and fair judgment.
Howard Hogan was born December 20, 1905, at Holley, New York, son of Frank J. and Margaret (Young) Hogan. His father, a native of Ontario. Canada, was a locomotive engineer. His mother is a native of Rochester, New York.
Howard T. Hogan received his early education in the public schools of his native town and was gradu- ated from the Holley High School. He entered Buck- nell University and, in 1929, was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. Later, in 1935, he received the degree of Master of Arts at New York University. He matriculated at the Brook- lyn Law School, received his Bachelor of Laws de- gree, and, in 1937, was admitted to the bar.
After finishing his formal education, Mr. Hogan became associated in the practice of law with the firm of Hall, Robinson, and Hogan at Oyster Bay. He has continued in this profession since with steady success, gaining a large and faithful clientele. In November, 1946, the citizens of Farmingdale demonstrated their faith in his abilities by electing him to a two-year term as mayor of that city. He took office in March, 1947. and has served since with distinction, being a credit to the Republican party and to the community he represents.
Mayor Hogan is active professionally as a member of the Nassau County Bar Association.
On June 30, 1932, Howard T. Hogan married Betty. Stewart, daughter of John and Margaret (Cochrane) Stewart, of Bay Shore. They became the parents of the following children: 1. Margaret Louise. 2. How- ard T., Jr.
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ALBERT MICHAEL de MEO-A' veteran prac- titioner at the bar of Nassau County, Albert Michael de Meo commands the respect of his colleagues in the legal profession by his sound grasp of the law, and has long enjoyed a lucrative practicc, serving many im- portant clients.
Born at Port Washington on the North Shore of Long Island on December 18, 1898, Mr. de Meo is a son of Joseph M. and Anna (Rinaldi) de Meo. His father is a grocer who on April 28, 1943, was in busi- ness in Port Washington after fifty-five years. Albert Michael de Meo after graduation from the Port Washington High School entered Fordham Uni- versity, from which he received the degree of Bache- lor of Laws in 1921. After leaving the university he served a clerkship with Carl J. Heyser in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City, until 1923, when he set up in practice for himself at Mineola, the county seat of Nassau County. Until January 9, 1928, he was associated with Thomas R. Fay. For a time around September 1, 1945, Mr. de Meo was an assistant dis- trict attorncy. Hc is now once more engaged in private practice.
Mr. de Meo's political faith is Republican, and he is a member of the Garden City Republican Club. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Colum- bus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is lecturing knight of the Hempstead Lodge. A Roman Catholic in religion, he is a communicant of St. Joseph's Church of that denomination in Garden City.
On July 14, 1928, Albert Michael de Meo married at Brooklyn, New York, Constance M. Berger, a daughter of Stephen C. and Mary E. Berger.
ARTHUR T. BROWNE-Since 1927 Arthur T. Browne has been in the real estate and insurance business at Lake Ronkonkoma and is widely known in Suffolk County. Member of two old Long Island families, he owns properties on which both his mater- nal and paternal grandfathers settled in the nineteenth century.
Mr. Browne was born in New York City on March 24, 1906, the son of Thomas and Paula (Wiechers) Browne. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Browne, owner of extensive properties in the Lake Ronkonkoma section. Adolph Wiechers, his maternal grandfather, settled at Lake Ronkonkoma about 1875 and was the leader of a movement that resulted in the building of the motor parkway in that area of Long Island in 1900.
Arthur T. Browne was educated in schools in New York City and Lake Ronkonkoma. When he became of age, he inherited the properties handed down by both grandfathers and in 1927, with these as a base, launched himself in the real estate and insurance business in Lake Ronkonkoma. This business has flourished and grown while its owner has become an influential citizen of Lake Ronkonkoma and the county. He is a former president of the Lake Ron- konkoma Business Men's Association, a member of the Long Island Real Estate Board, and the Lions International of Smithtown Branch. He and his family worship at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Lake Ronkonkoma.
Mr. Browne married Ada Roth, of Lake Ron- konkoma, in New York City in June, 1931. Mrs. Browne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Roth. She and Mr. Browne have three children: Arthur, born in New York City on April 6, 1932;
Ada Carole, born in Bay Shore on July 26, 1939, and Mary Lou born in Bay Shore on March 8, 1944. In 1946 young Arthur Browne was a student at the Sayville High School.
ALBERT M. BELL, M.D .- One of the older phy- sicians of Long Island who was active in practice and fully abreast of all developments of medical science, was Albert M. Bell, M.D., of Sea Cliff. Dur- ing more than thirty-three years in that community, Dr. Bell, while acquiring a very extensive practice and carning the gratitude of a host of patients, parti- cipated in many phases of social as well as profes- sional life.
Dr. Bell's father, the late Charles W. Bell, was a native of City Island, New York, who came to Glen Head on Long Island in 1891 and established a general store. At that time Long Island was for the most part as rural an area as one could find in all the state, and Charles W. Bell dealt largely in feed and other merchandise appropriate to an age when two horse power meant two horses in the shafts of a wagon, and to an area where crops grew and cattle browsed over the acres which were not yet cut up into subdivisions and building lots. Bell's store became known for miles around, and Charles W. Bell was an important and popular man in the community, whose appointment as postmaster by President William McKinley in 1898 was gratifying to the people of Glen Head. Mr. Bell held that office for many years, and upon his retirement was the oldest postmaster on Long Island in point of years of service.
Charles W. Bell married Eliza Jane Corner, who is now also deceased. Of this marriage Albert M. Bell was born at City Island on November 26, 1885. His schooling began on Long Island, in the public schools of Sea Cliff, and continued at the Boys High School in Brooklyn. Having early decided on a career in medicine, he entered the Medical College of Cor- nell University, from which he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1908. After an internship at the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, the young phy- sician set up in practice in that borough of New York City in 1910, but on April 1, 1913, he removed to Sea Cliff, where he has continued in practice, eminently successful and highly respected by pro- fessional colleagues and laymen alike. Dr. Bell en- gaged in a general practice.
Dr. Bell was one of the founders of the old Com- munity Hospital in Glen Cove, and later was likewise an organizer of the present North Country Com- miunity Hospital. From the inception of this hospital until 1945 Dr. Bell was chief of obstetrics. In 1946 he became president of the Nassau County Obstetrics Society. Since 1921, when the Nassau County Sana- torium for patients afflicted with tuberculosis was founded, he was a member of the board of directors of that institution. For more than twenty-five years he was attending physician at the Country Home for Convalescent Babies at Sea Cliff. Dr. Bell's other professional affiliations included membership in the Nassau County Medical Association, the New York State Medical Association and the American Medical Association.
As a member of the Glen Cove Rotary Club, Dr. Bell participated in the civic affairs of that section of Long Island, and he enjoyed the recreational and sporting facilities of the Brookville Country Club and the Sea Cliff Yacht Club, in both of which he
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held membership. He was long a member of the Methodist church and interested in its good works, and in politics he was a supporter of the Republican party.
On July 28, 1910, Albert M. Bell was married to Isabel R. Chellborg, of Sea Cliff, New York, a daughter of C. Sackett and Alice (Lane) Chellborg. Mrs. Bell is a member of the Seawanhaka Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. To Al- bert M. and Isabel R. (Chellborg) Bell, five children were born:
I. Albert M., Jr., who answered the call to the colors in the second World War, becoming a first lieutenant of infantry in the United States Army, and serving overseas in the European Theater of Opera- tions. He is married to the former Dorothy Stell, of Sea Cliff and they are the parents of one child, Kathy. 2. Ward S., who married Lucille Darrah, of Brooklyn, by whom he is the father of two daughters, Nancy Isabel and Barbara Lane. 3. Constance L., music supervisor, New Canaan Country Day School at New Canaan Connecticut. 4. Charles F., who dur- ing World War II joined the United States Navy and served as a chief pharmacist's mate in the Pacific theater of war. He is married to the former Castine Swanson of Boston, Massachusetts, and they have two children, Vicki and Roger Albert. 5. John M., who is a doctor of dental surgery. During the recent war he joined the United States Army, being commissioned a first lieutenant, and serving in the United States and in the Pacific Theater of Opera- tions. He is now established in practice at Sea Cliff. Dr. John M. Bell is married to the former Jane Doran of Geneva, New York. Dr. A. M. Bell died July 19, 1946.
ERNEST HACKWITZ-If there was an element of pure chance in the circumstances in which Ernest Hackwitz first entered the field of banking, there was also, one might say, the hand of destiny, for banking proved to be his true vocation, and through one rank after another in the institution which he joined in a humble capacity nearly forty years ago- the First National Bank of Farmingdale, Long Island -Mr. Hackwitz rose to the presidency which he has so ably filled since 1938.
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