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Mr. Corrigan is active in the life of his community as a member of the American Legion and the South- ampton Rotary Club. In religious affiliation he is a Catholic, and attends the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Church in Southampton.
On June 21, 1930, Charles E. Corrigan married Lucille E. Fahy, daughter of James and Cecelia Fahy of Bridgehampton.
A. ARTHUR TUTHILL-One of the oldest of locutions in the English language is the sometimes true: "Like father, like son." The late A. Arthur Tut- hill and his daughter, Helen Harvey Tuthill, have made the expression, "Like father, like daughter," better known and more acceptable in a large section of Suffolk County. For like her father, Miss Tuthill is a successful real estate and insurance broker. Mr. Tuthill contributed to progress and culture at Quogue in other ways than through real estate and insurance. In his early business days, he operated a grocery and
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provision market and during the same period he and a partner installed the first telephone system between Riverhead and Quogue. Also, he became a member of the board of education for District No. 3.
Mr. Tuthill was born at Wading River, Suffolk County, on December 29, 1861, the son of Nathaniel Merritt and Caroline (Carll) Tuthill, both of whom were members of pioneer Suffolk County families. After receiving his education in the Franklinville Academy at Laurel and the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie he became a graduate of the State Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Tuthill engaged in various activities before establishing himself in the grocery and provision business at Quogue in 1890. Some years later he sold the grocery business and pur- chased a drug store, operating it until 1926. It was in that year that he entered the real estate and insur- ance business, in which he remained until his death on May 1, 1936.
The year 1893 was an important one not only in the life of Mr. Tuthill but in the growth of Quogue and much of the surrounding area. For, aside from the expansion of the Tuthill enterprises, it marked the erection of the first telephone system in the area. With John Perkins of Riverhead, Mr. Tuthill built the line from the county seat to Quogue. The two men not only engineered the job, but carried out the construction work themselves, cutting poles, digging the holes and stringing the wires. It was natural that the Tuthill home would have the first telephone set in Quogue and that it would have the coveted No. I telephone number, until the time when the dial system was introduced.
Mr. Tuthill was by this time one of Quogue's leading townsmen. Elected to the board of education for District No. 3, he became in his later years that body's treasurer. In addition, he served for a time as Village Treasurer. He was active also in Masonic affairs, being a member of Riverhead Lodge No. 645, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Tuthill and Emilie Rowley of Wading River were married in that community on April 2, 1891. Mrs. Tuthill was the daughter of the late Samuel H. and Helen (Terry) Rowley. Her death occurred September 14, 1947.
Helen Harvey Tuthill was born at Wading River on March 21, 1892, and was graduated from the Hill- side School at Norwalk, Connecticut. Like her father, she has been active in civic affairs and welfare work since her youngest days. On completing her educa- tion, she became associated with him in his business and upon his death succeeded him in the ownership. She has developed an independent reputation in this field and as a citizen. Aside from being treasurer of School District No. 3, Miss Tuthill has been chairman of the Quogue Chapter of the American Red Cross since World War I. She is a member of the Long Island Real Estate Board and the Suffolk County Association of Local Agents. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
REGINALD CONDON SMITH-A successful at- torney at Riverhead, Reginald Condon Smith is known in Suffolk County for his activities on behalf of veterans-he himself served in World War I-and for the advancement of the legal profession.
Mr. Smith was born at Cambridge, Maryland, on August 8, 1897, the son of the late Gustavus Beaure- gard Jackson and Mary Emma Holmes (Condon) Smith. His father was the operator of a lumber and planing mill at Cambridge. Both parents were natives of Maryland and both are buried at Cambridge.
Reginald Smith was educated at Columbia Univer- sity and the New York School of Law. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the latter. He was admitted to the bar of New York State in 1926. Four- teen years later he was admitted to practice before the United States District Court. He is a member of the law firm of Griffing and Smith, with offices at 107 West Main Street, in Riverhead, and though he maintains a general practice, his specialty is muni- cipal law.
In World War I, Mr. Smith served in the United States Navy and was attached to a North Sea mine squadron. He enlisted soon after American entry in the war in 1917. He is past commander of the Riverhead Post, No. 273, of the American Legion.
Mr. Smith is also a trustee of the Riverhead Sav- ings Bank and of the Suffolk County Law Library at the county seat. He is a member of the Suffolk and New York counties bar associations and of the New York State and American bar associations and is past president of the Rotary Club of Riverhead. Also, he is a member of the Riverhead Yacht Club and the Methodist Church of Riverhead. His chief diversion is duck hunting. In politics he is a Demo- crat.
Mr. Smith married Doris Reid of Bellefontaine, Ohio, in that community on September 29, 1926. Mrs. Smith is the daughter of Allen M. and Estella (Mac- Millan) Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of three children: Lois, born in 1928, educated at St. Lawrence University (class of 1950); Priscilla, born on March 2, 1930, and Allen Mowbray Smith, born June 18, 1943. Priscilla in 1946 was attending Riverhead High School. The Smith family resides at 835 East Main Street, Riverhead.
GEORGE S. COLYER-Succeeding to the man- agement of the insurance brokerage firm of Ketcham and Colyer at Amityville in Suffolk County on the death of his father, the late Nelson Van Wyck Colyer, and already long experienced in the business, George S. Colyer has shown himself the able heir of a notably successful father.
The late Nelson Van Wyck Colyer was a native of Woodbury, and a son of Richard C. and Alice (Wicks) Colyer. Coming to Amityville as a young man, he took employment with the Ireland and Ketcham In- surance Agency, and before long became the husband of Grace Bennett, a niece of Solomon Ketcham, one of the members of the firm. After the successive deaths of John E. Ireland and Solomon Ketcham, Nelson Van Wyck Colyer became a principal in the firm, the name of which was changed at that time to Ketcham and Colyer.
Highly successful in business, the elder Mr. Colyer also became a factor in banking, being a director of the Bank of Amityville. He was generous of his time and services in public affairs and charitable causes. Succeeding the late William G. Albertson as treasurer of the village of Amityville, he discharged the duties of that office with ability and credit for fifteen years. He was a life member of Amityville Hose Company Number One. He served on the board of directors of the Brunswick Home. He be- longed to the Unqua-Corinthian Yacht Club and was at one time governor of that organization. He attended the First Methodist Church of Amityville, and was a member of the Amityville Masonic Lodge.
At his death, which occurred in his home at 127 Broadway, Amityville, Nelson Van Wyck Colyer was survived by his wife; a brother, Richard E. Colyer
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of Somerville, New Jersey; a sister, Mrs. Mary C. Nostrand of Hightstown, New Jersey; his son George S .; his daughter, Dr. Esther Colyer Plauth of Amity- ville; and three grandchildren. Death occurred in his sixty-ninth year, on May 25, 1946, and he was in- terred in the Amityville Cemetery after services at the First Methodist Church.
The son of Nelson Van Wyck and Grace (Bennett) Colyer, George S., was born at Amityville on July 19, 1909. His education began in the Amityville School, after graduating from which, he attended Blair Academy at Blairstown, New Jersey. Eager to take a hand in the family business, the young George S. Colyer worked in the office of Ketcham and Colyer during the summer vacations and other holi- day periods. Knowing every detail of the firm's oper- ations, and thoroughly versed in insurance theory and practice, George S. Colyer was able to take over full management at his father's death, and under his guidance the firm of Ketcham and Colyer continues operating with its traditional success.
George S. Colyer is active in business and civic affairs as a member of the Amityville Rotary Club, and in politics as a member of the Suffolk County Republican Club. Like his father he belongs to the Methodist Church. He too is a member of the Unqua- Corinthian Yacht Club and also of the Narrasketuck Yacht Club. His recreation is boating and his hobby is woodworking.
On June 1, 1935, George S. Colyer was married to Frances Wilsey Gates, of Amityville, a daughter of George Wilsey and Jennie (Ireland) Gates. Of this marriage the three children are: I. George Van Wyck, who was born on February 27, 1938. 2. Betsy Bennett, born on May 7, 1944. 3. Peter Van Wyck, born on May 28, 1947.
GEORGE EDWARD CARLIN, M.D .- A fore- most neurologist and psychiatrist in Suffolk County, Dr. George Edward Carlin is physician in charge at Louden-Knickerbocker Hall at Amityville. He is a veteran of World War II.
Dr. Carlin was born at Watertown, New York, on February II, 1902, the son of the late John G. and Anna (Mangan) Carlin. His father, also a native of Watertown, was chief clerk of the New York Air Brake Corporation. The mother continues to make her home at Watertown.
Dr. Carlin began his education in the Academy of the Immaculate Heart at Watertown, from which he was graduated in 1919. He then went to Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for both his premedical and medical education. He was awarded his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1927. The next two years he served an internship in his chosen spe- cialty, neurology and psychiatry, at St. Lawrence State Hospital, Ogdensburg, New York. On com- pletion of this internship, he accepted appointment as physician in charge of Louden-Knickerbocker Hall. He has been in Amityville since 1929.
In 1934 Dr. Carlin was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve. When the United States entered World War II, he was called to active duty and served in the Navy's Medical Corps. At the conclusion of his service, he returned to his duties at Louden-Knickerbocker Hall.
Dr. Carlin is a member of the Suffolk County and New York State medical societies and the Water- town Council of the Knights of Columbus. He is a communicant of St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church in Amityville.
He and Susan Zwahlen, of Watertown, daughter of Samuel and Nellie (Webster) Zwahlen were mar-
ried in that city on December 28, 1925. They have become the parents of a son and daughter: George Edward, Jr., born in Watertown on December 16, 1927, who was graduated from the Amityville High School in 1947, and Susanne, born in Amityville on September 27, 1937, who in 1947 was a pupil in St. Martin's Parochial School, Amityville.
HAROLD H. HALLOCK-The climatic and soil resources of Long Island have from the beginning of its annals attracted the attention of men interested in agriculture. One Peter Hallock removed from New Haven, Connecticut, in 1640, to acquire land and to farm in the Southold section of Suffolk County. Ten generations later he was represented prominently among the tillers of the soil in Riverhead by Harold H. Hallock, and other descendants, from the original settler.
Harold H. Hallock was born on the Hallock home- stead on Sound Avenue, Riverhead, on March 7, 1899, one of six children, the son of Herman Halsey and Sarah K. (Young) Hallock, both natives of Suf- folk County. After attending the Northville District School and the Riverhead High School, Harold H. continued his association with his father until 1926, when he purchased his present farm in the Riverhead area. It consists of some hundred and fifty acres under cultivation, devoted mainly to the growing of potatoes, cauliflower, certain types of beans for the vegetable market, and also has a pear orchard. With different seasons and marketing prospects, crops are changed so that to an extent truck-gardening and fruit growing dominates the choice of products for any one year. As a private citizen who cooperates heartily in community projects, Mr. Hallock is a member of the Congregational Church, is a former trustee of Northville Village, and was prominent in service on the Suffolk County Farm Bureau.
In New York City, on August 16, 1934, Harold H. Hallock married Katherine Shivers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Shivers of Woodbury, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Hallock are the parents of four sons, all born at the Greenport Hospital: I. David Halsey, born in 1935. 2. Harold H., Jr., born in 1938. 3. Charles C., born in 1939. 4. Peter G., born in 1942.
ISIDORE SCHEINBERG-The citizens of Suf- folk County associate the name of Isidore Schein- berg not only with the legal profession but with vital civic, welfare and religious work. Successful as a lawyer, Mr. Scheinberg is also a leader among law- yers. He is a director of the Suffolk County Trust Company at Riverhead and of the Riverhead Cham- ber of Commerce.
Mr. Scheinberg was born in Austria on January 20, 1900, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schein- berg. Brought to the United States in his infancy, Mr. Scheinberg was reared in New York City. After completing the elementary and high school education, he attended the City College of New York and New York University. In 1926 he was graduated from Brooklyn Law School with the de- gree of Bachelor of Laws and in 1927 with the degree of Master of Laws. The higher degree was awarded him summa cum laude.
Mr. Scheinberg was admitted to the bar of New York State in 1928. On January I, 1931, he joined J. Harry Saxstein in forming the law partnership of Saxstein and Scheinberg, with offices in River- head. The firm flourished until Mr. Saxstein's death on May 7, 1939. Until January 1, 1941, Mr. Schein-
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berg maintained an independent practice. At that time the present law firm of Scheinberg and Wolf was formed. Mr. Scheinberg specializes in sur- rogate, corporation, banking and taxation law. Be- sides being a director of the Suffolk County Trust Company, he is the bank's attorney. He was ap- pointed in the fall of 1946 as special counsel to take full charge of preparing propositions for sub- mission to the tax payers in connection with ac- quisition of lands, developing same into parking fields and making other public improvements in the town of Riverhead and to conduct condemnation proceedings.
Prominent in the bar, he is a director of the Suf- folk County Bar Association and chairman of its committee on legislation and law reform. Among his civic activities have been leadership in financal campaigns on behalf of the Suffolk Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the proposed new hos- pital for Riverhead, as well as for Temple Israel of Riverhead. He is a trustee of the temple.
Mr. Scheinberg married Sophie Sturm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sturm of Brooklyn, in that borough on April 9, 1932. Three children have been born to the marriage: Henry, at Southampton on July 12, 1933; Shepard M., at Southampton on August 18, 1937, and Hinda Lois, at Greenport on November 12, 1944.
THE INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH in Port Jefferson, of which Father John H. J. Roex has been pastor for over a quarter of a century, has found a steady growth under his spiritual guidance.
He was born in Holland, September 17, 1878, and was ordained June 17, 1905, at Oirschot, North Bra- bant, Holland. In 1943 a high mass, at which the Reverend John Roex, S.M.M., was the celebrant, was in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastoral guidance of the parish of the Infant Jesus Church. As a tribute to the esteem and respect in which the pastor is held by his parishoners, he was the recipient of many gifts, among these a set of theologi- cal books for his library, and a silvered parchment scroll appropriately decorated by the Sisters of St. Charles Hospital, containing the names of parishioners and friends who made the program possible, and presented by the Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus.
Recently a new parish school of the Infant Jesus was completed, the splendid building representing twenty years of work and sacrifice on the part of the parishoners of Infant Jesus Church, and especially of the pastor, Reverend Roex, who early in his pas- torate set about the task of collecting a reserve fund for the erection of a school. When the Father first went to Port Jefferson in 1918, his congregation consisted of a few townspeople and a small group of farmers from the surrounding localities. The parish was burdened with debt, and its church and rectory badly in need of improvements. Through careful administration, and by hard work, often even manual labor, Father Roex undertook the difficult task be- fore him. At personal sacrifice, he succeeded in re- lieving the parish debt, making much needed im- provements, beautifying the grounds, and purchasing additional land for future development. The school is the growing reward of the hopes and dreams of the pastor and his parishioners. The school is in charge of the Daughters of Wisdom who have won a high place of esteem and affection with the towns- people by their charity in caring for the afflicted
children at St. Charles Hospital. The State School Bus service assures the advantages of Catholic edu- cation to all children of the parish, even those who live in the outlying farm districts. The structure is a one-story brick building with four classrooms, a large playground, and an auditorium with a seating capacity of three hundred. Reverend John Roex can take justifiable pride in both the architectural beauty of the school as an ornament to the community, and the deeper cultural and educational benefits resulting from his sacrifice and foresight.
BORIS RADOYEVICH-As a member of the firm of Holland and Radoyevich, counsellors at law, Boris Radoyevich has been exceptionally prominent in his profession in Smithtown. Although a member of the New York State bar for a decade, his career was interrupted by World War II service in the United States Navy.
Boris Radoyevich was born in St. James, Suffolk County, New York, November 21, 1912, son of Radisav P. Radoyevich. His father is a real estate broker in St. James. Mr. Radoyevich attended the public schools of St. James, the Smithtown High School, and the Peddie School, at Hightstown, New Jersey. He was graduated from Union College, at Schenectady, New York, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1934, and the Albany Law School, where he received the degree of Bache- lor of Laws, in 1937.
Admitted to the bar of the state of New York in 1937, Mr. Radoyevich initiated a general practice of his profession in St. James. As indicated, there was an interim in his professional activities, when he was from October, 1942, to December 15, 1945, serving in the United States Navy, first as an ensign, and later as a lieutenant. It was with the commission of lieutenant senior grade, that he received his honor- able discharge and upon returning associated with Leo Holland, in the practice of law under the firm name of Holland and Radoyevich. Along professional lines he is a member of the Suffolk County Bar As- sociation; his fraternity is Beta Theta Pi, and he is a member of the Lions Club of Smithtown. Hunting, fishing and gardening are his favorite forms of recre- ation.
On October 1, 1938, Boris Radoyevich married Ruth Betts, daughter of Dr. Lester and Margaret (Frank) Betts, of Schenectady, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Radoyevich are the parents of two children, both born at Bay Shore: Peter Betts, born June 3, 1941. 2. Lisa, born May 1, 1946.
LOPER BROTHERS LUMBER COMPANY, INC .- Port Jefferson has been fortunate down through the years in the type of business men who have headed its varied enterprises and companies. One of the older firms in this community is Loper Brothers Lumber Company, Inc., whose history, re- lated by Forrest Heberlig, is abbreviated as follows:
On March 12, 1889, two brothers, Gilbert E. and Arthur G. Loper, started their business careers by erecting a planing mill on West Broadway, Port Jefferson. It was natural that they should go into this type of business, as their father was a carpenter, and it was under his watchful tutorship that they served as apprentices in their home village of East Setauket.
The building operations of this young firm became so extensive that they were forced to build a larger mill and establish a lumber yard and hardware store on West Broadway, Port Jefferson. A great many changes in the transportation of lumber brought about
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the establishment of the main plant of Loper Brothers. at Port Jefferson Station.
Recognizing an opportunity for service, Loper Brothers established a branch yard and hardware store at Rocky Point and, while the branch yard offers to the people of that section facilities that cover most demands, the main yard a few miles away renders a complete service capable of supplying any and all requirements.
The original firm started by the two brothers had over the years been changed to Loper Brothers Lum- ber Company, which company was incorporated on January 1, 1937, and today is known as Loper Brothers Lumber Company, Inc.
Service is probably the most abused word in busi- ness today. We hesitate in using it, but can find no other that so adequately describes the assistance given by Loper Brothers to prospective home builders. There is hardly any matter affecting building upon which they cannot give complete competent counsel and assistance. Best of all this help is given graci- ously without the slightest indication of obligation. They maintain a plan department with an almost endless number of designs by eminent architects to choose from. Their selection of homes, cabins and cottages is a source of special pride and they take pride in the fact that some of their warmest friends have been created through helpful aid and assistance.
From an older publication, a biographical sketch of Arthur Gould Loper, the following is derived. This Mr. Loper, "long and favorably established in the lumber, hardware and contracting business in Port Jefferson, in association with his brother Gilbert E. Loper," was born July 11, 1866, at Setauket, son of Gilbert Hicks and Mary Emily (Gould) Loper, his father a former contractor and builder of houses at Sag Harbor, his mother a native of Lake Grove. His parents are both deceased, his father passing away in June, 1889, his mother in April, 1913. After com- pleting his education, Arthur Gould Loper had not long passed his majority when he entered into a partnership with his brother Gilbert E., to engage in contracting and the furnishing of numerous kinds of supplies for building. Headquarters were then and now continued later at Port Jefferson Station, about a mile from Port Jefferson proper. Here the two brothers in the company known as Loper Brothers, Inc., started a retail lumber yard, and a center for many types of construction supplies.
On October 4, 1921, Gilbert E. Loper died and the firm name was changed to Loper Brothers Lumber Company, Gilbert H. Loper, son of Gilbert E., as well as Arthur Gould Loper's son, Carroll M., being admitted to the firm. Business has prospered and made a wide growth under Arthur Gould Loper's guiding hand. He was active in public affairs, mem- ber of the school board for fourteen years. He is a member of the Long Island Retail Lumber Dealers' Association; served on the board of trustees of Port Jefferson Library for a number of years; and is a member of the Business Men's Association of Port Jefferson. Fraternally he is affiliated with Lodge No. 60, Free and Accepted Masons, of Port Jefferson ; Suwasset Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Patchogue; Patchogue Commandery, Knights Templar. He at- tends the Presbyterian Church and is a member of its board of trustees.
On February 14, 1893, at Setauket, Arthur Gould Loper married Lizzie A. Hawkins, who was born here. April 1, 1871, daughter of Israel B. and Anna (Smith) Hawkins, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Loper are the parents of four children, all born at Port Jefferson: I. Helen Gould, who married
Forrest Heberlig, coal dealer of Port Jefferson, and is the mother of two daughters: Jean and Muriel. 2. Gertrude Louise. 3. Carroll Merwin, associated in business with his father. 4. Mildred Frances.
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