Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 84

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

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Mr. Hainfeld is a member of the Garden City Lodge, No. 1083, Free and Accepted Masons. With his family, he attends the Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Garden City, the Cherry Valley Club and the American Institute of Banking.

He married at Elmhurst, on May 3, 1942, Alethia Garrison, daughter of James W. and Mattie (Womak) Garrison. They have two children: I. Linda Carol, born May 19, 1944, and 2. James Frederick, born October 20, 1945.

HOWARD A. FLUCKIGER was born at Ker- honkson, New York, July 26, 1888, son of Albert and Marion (Addis) Fluckiger.

He attended the Unadilla, New York, Union Free School and Academy, and was graduated from Una- dilla High School. His legal education was acquired at Cornell College of Law, and New York University from which he received his Bachelor of Laws degree, and was admitted to practice in the state of New York in October, 1914.

Mr. Fluckiger began law practice at New York City, in association with the firm of Griggs, Baldwin and Baldwin. He remained with this firm until 1922, when he removed to Far Rockaway, where he was a member of the firm of Sprague, Morris and Fluck- iger from 1922 to 1931. In 1932 he removed to Mineola, where he was a partner in the firm of Fluckiger and Chave from 1932 to 1940. Mr. Fluckiger is now practicing individually under the name Howard A. Fluckiger at 1517 Franklin Avenue, Mineola.

In June, 1929, the judges of the United States Dis- trict Court, Eastern District of New York, appointed Mr. Fluckiger Referee in Bankruptcy for Nassau County, in which capacity he served until July I, 1947, when the Bankruptcy Courts for Nassau and Suffolk Counties were discontinued.

In 1916 Mr. Fluckiger organized the Kerhonkson National Bank of Kerhonkson, and was director and attorney for it for several years. He assisted in the organization of the Rockaway Savings Bank and the Bank of the Rockaways. He was one of the attorneys for the Bank of Lawrence, the Peninsula National Bank of Cedarhurst and the First National Bank of Inwood, and was in addition a director of the latter for several years. Before and after being admitted to the bar Mr. Fluckiger was extensively interested in the operations of hotels in Unadilla, New- foundland, New Jersey and New York City, and in the wholesale meat and poultry business in New York City. He served in World War I, originally in the Infantry at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and due to his experience in the operation of hotels was transferred to Field Bakery Company No. 363 and made a sergeant, Quartermaster Corps,

later becoming first sergeant and chief baker, super- vising the baking of thirty-five thousand pounds of bread a day. After his discharge from the Army he returned to active practice and became the personal representative of L. D. and A. J. Baldwin, the owners of the Grosvenor Hotel, Tenth Street and Fifth Ave- nue, New York City, and operated it for several years.

Mr. Fluckiger assisted in the organization of the Five Town Community Chest, Nassau County, and was director thereof for several years. He is a mem- ber and a director of the Long Island Bar Associa- tion. He is also affiliated with the American, New York State, Nassau County and Queens County bar associations; Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut; National Association of Referees in Bankruptcy; New York State Associa- tion of Magistrates; American Legion, Joyce Bell Post, Unadilla, and De Mott Carmen Post, Woodmere, Albion Lodge No. 26, Free and Accepted Masons, (Past Master), New York; Jerusalem Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 1515, Lynbrook; Sigma Phi Episilon, Beta Chapter, Cornell University; Hewlett Woodmere Regular Republican Club; National Re- public Club; West Hempstead Republican Club, and the Men's Association of the Cathedral of the Incar- nation, Garden City.

GEORGE A. L. DUFFY-Taking his first employ- ment while still a young boy, George A. L. Duffy worked his way up to become a production and sys- tematizing expert, in which he had spent a quarter of a century before turning to an entirely new career in real estate after locating in Long Beach, Nassau County, nearly fifteen years ago. In his new field Mr. Duffy has been eminently successful, and is well- known and highly regarded among the realtors and men in the construction field who between them have helped bring about the amazing development, in re- cent decades, not only of Long Beach, but of all the suburbs of Nassau County, where many New York City workers have beautiful homes.

Mr. Duffy was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 24, 1886, the son of the late Joseph H. and the late Agnes M. (Brennan) Duffy, both natives of Brooklyn. Joseph H. Duffy was an executive with the old DeKalb Avenue Railroad Company in the days before the complete merger of all of Brooklyn's Rapid Transit Company. George A. L. Duffy was educated in Brooklyn, attending the Sacred Heart Institute and subsequently the LaSalle Business In- stitute. He also took a personal efficiency course un- der Emerson, and a course in character analysis given by Dr. Katherine Blackford. First finding employ- ment in office work, Mr. Duffy later joined the Boston Shoe and Leather Audit and System Company, for which he was engaged in systematizing and devising systems in the operation of the shoe industry, for ap- proximately ten years. His work in this field led to an offer of the position of production manager with the Stein-Bloch Company, Rochester, New York, and Mr. Duffy spent fifteen years in this association.

In 1927 Mr. Duffy came to Long Beach, and in 1932 he entered the real estate field, in which he has continued to the present time, building up a lucrative business with an office located at 30 West Park Avenue in that city. He is one of the most active members of the Real Estate Board of Long Beach, of which he has been secretary for six years, after serving for one year as its president.

During World War I, Mr. Duffy was active in

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the work of the American Red Cross. He partici- pates in the civic counsels of Long Beach as a men- ber of the Lions Club. A Republican, he has been very active in the affairs of that party, and for twelve years served as a county committeeman. In religion, he is a Roman Catholic and a communicant of the Church of St. Mary's of the Isle. He belongs to the Catholic Men's Club of Long Beach.

At Rochester, New York, on August 24, 1915, George A. L. Duffy was married to Sue A. McCor- mick, a daughter of Matthew and Susan (Free) Mc- Cormick. Of this marriage there have been two children: I. George E. who was born on May 15, 1917. 2. Lois Marie, born on September 9, 1919, and now the wife of Clement Combes. They have two children, Bonnie Ann and Susan Marie.

HARRIETTE ROSS MESSOLIN-Former own- er of the Terrell Fish Market, and president of the Greenport Wharf Company since 1942, Mrs. Har- riette Ross Messolin was led by circumstances into an active business career.

Born in Center Moriches, Suffolk County, daughter of the late Alfred C. and Adelaide (Hallock) Ross, both natives of that town, she attended the public schools of her community. On March 9, 1926, she mar- ried Douglas H. Clark of Greenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark of that town. He attended the schools of his section, was employed by the town of Southold, and passed away at Greenport, July 24, 1932. She married (second) Peter Messolin.

Terrell's Fish Market, established by the late Fred N. Terrell, who died February 22, 1942, was willed to Mrs. Clark and from that time, 1942, with the ex- ception of her sojourns in Florida during the winter months, she has been active in directing the operation of these interests. Mr. Terrell also was president of the Greenport Wharf Company, and established the F. N. Terrell Trucking Company, which he sold at his retirement in 1933 to H. E. Livesy and Son Trans- portation, now one of the largest in Long Island. Outstanding in the civic life of his community, Mr. Terrell served for ten years as Trustee of the Village of Greenport, and was prominent in the Patchogue Elks Club.

GEORGE HERRMANN-A native of New York City, where he was born on June 27, 1900, George Herrmann was brought to Center Moriches, during his schoolboy years, about 1910 and it was there that he entered upon the business career which has made him one of the most substantial citizens of that village.

It is known that George Herrmann's father, who bore the same name, was born where the shoe de- partment of the R. H. Macy & Company depart- ment store now stands in the city of New York. The elder George Herrmann married Margaret Rob- inson, a native of Wyoming, who died in 1912. He was a carpenter and builder who pursued his trade in New York City for some years before moving to Center Moriches, where he established a real estate and insurance business which he conducted with suc- cess until his death in 1937.

The younger George Herrmann was graduated from the Center Moriches High School. Interested in the funeral business, he studied at the McAllister School of Embalming, from which he was graduated with the class of 1929. In that same year he established his own business as a funeral director in Center Moriches, where he has continued to the present

time, winning many friends by the tact and con- sideration with which he eases the trials of those who suffer the loss of loved ones.

During World War II, Mr. Herrmann was Red Cross field director of the Third Medical Battalion of the Third Marine Division, seeing active service in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He now takes part in the business and civic councils of his com- munity as a member of the Rotary Club of Center Moriches. In religion he is a Presbyterian.

At Center Moriches, on September 10, 1921, George Herrmann married Martha Johnson, a na- tive of Bay Shore, and a daughter of Charles John- son. Of this marriage there are two children, both sons: I. George, III, who was born at Center Moriches on October 12, 1923. He is a graduate of the Center Moriches High School. During World War II, he joined the United States Navy, and as a seaman took part in the North African campaign. On July 29, 1945, George Herrmann, III, married Florence Podlaski, of East Moriches, a daughter of Joseph Podlaski. 2. Charles A., born on October 8, 1925, and like his father and older brother is a graduate of the Center Moriches High School. Charles A. Herr- mann also served in World War II, being a tail gunner in the Eighth Air Force. In June, 1946, he was graduated from the Rhodes Preparatory School in the City of New York.

FRANK L. BROGLIO-In a field of public en- tertainment where only continuing excellence is re- warded with success, Frank L. Broglio carries into the second generation of his family a talent and skill which have won high reputation. As owner and operator of the Swan Club on Shore Road, Glenwood Landing, he directs an enterprise that is duplicating the outstanding fame of his earlier establishment, the Plandome Garden Restaurant at Manhasset.

Mr. Broglio is the son of Benjamin and Martha (Pitti) Broglio, both natives of Italy and both de- ceased. His father was a restaurant owner at West Park, Ulster County, New York, and it was in this atmosphere that Frank L. Broglio was reared. Born at Val d'Aosta, Italy, March 15, 1901, he came to

the United States in 1919, having received public · and high school educational training in Italy. Until 1928 he was employed in various New York City hotels, gaining the background of experience and knowledge in this branch of catering to the public that has been the sound foundation of his later accomp- lishments. For five years thereafter he operated his own restaurant, located uptown in New York City; but in 1933 transferred the scene of his activities to the growing suburban area of Long Island. In that year he opened the Plandome Garden Restaurant in Manhasset, which became known the world over for its famous food, during the ensuing fourteen years of Mr. Broglio's management. It became a Long Island institution that gained and held the patronage of many of the noted families of the region, and under approval of this type won an enviable reputation that attracted a large resident and traveling clientele. It was a landmark in the dining-out field, and until 1947 Mr. Broglio guided it to a repute that made it known to world travellers for the finest in food, ser- vice, and decor, with the element of personal interest and consideration that transforms a restaurant into a favorite eating place.

Since 1947 Mr. Broglio has owned and conducted the Swan Club on Shore Road, Glenwood Landing, which has become as popular as his earlier venture.

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On the former Plandome Garden site in Manhasset, Mr. Broglio has completed the building of eleven stores of modern design and thus has made a further contribution to the building of the modern community of Manhasset. He manifests great interest in all ac- tivities for the benefit of the community. He is a mem- ber of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce, and of the Kiwanis Club of Manhasset. A member of the Masonic order, Mr. Broglio's lodge is Paumanok No. 855, of Great Neck.

In New York City, April 19, 1924, Frank L. Broglio married Lillian Glauda, a resident of that city, and daughter of Charles and Clementina Glauda. Of this marriage there are two children: I. Eligio L., who served during World War II as pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. He is married to Barbara Sommerville and they have one child, Beverly. 2. Evelyn, now a student at Skidmore College.

HARWOOD G. EHRHARDT-To his duties as County Sealer of Suffolk County, Harwood G. Ehr- hardt brings many years and many varieties of ex- periences, all of which enable him to give his fellow citizens highly efficient service. Mr. Ehrhardt, a veteran of World War I, has been a letter carrier, has operated clothing and laundry businesses, has been in the oil business and an inspector in the Suf- folk County Department of Weights and Measures. He is a member of the New York State Guard.

Harwood G. Ehrhardt was born at Fort Grant, Arizona, on July 31, 1898, the son of George and Matilda (Voegel) Ehrhardt. George Ehrhardt, a native of New York City, served seventeen years in the United States Army, fourteen with the old Seventh Cavalry and three with the Sixteenth In- fantry. He fought in the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War and spent the rest of his life in the Lighthouse Service, mostly in Suffolk County. He was the last lighthouse keeper at Horton's Point Lighthouse, at Southhold. Matilda Voegel Ehrhardt was born at White City, Kansas, and now resides at Southold.

Harwood G. Ehrhardt came East with his parents when he was four years old, the family settling at Orient, in Suffolk County, in 1902. He was educated in the public schools of Orient and Greenport and was graduated from the Greenport High School.

World War I having embraced the United States, Mr. Ehrhardt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1918 and served as a machinist's mate, second class. In 1921 he was discharged. From 1922 to 1928 he was a mail carrier for the United States Post Office at Bay Shore. Leaving the postal service, he entered the clothing business, operating a store at Bay Shore from 1928 to 1932. From 1932 to 1934 he was in the laundry business, also at Bay Shore, and the follow- ing four years he was in the Bay Shore branch of the Pure Oil Company. In 1938 Mr. Ehrhardt was ap- pointed an Inspector of Weights and Measures and on January I, 1946, he attained his present office, that of County Sealer.

Mr. Ehrhardt, a Republican politically, is active in the Bay Shore Volunteer Fire Department, the American Legion and in the Bay Shore Lodge, No. 1043, Free and Accepted Masons. Since 1942 he has been a first sergeant in the New York State Guard. His church is the Congregational and his recrea- tions are hunting and fishing.

Mr. Ehrhardt married Dorris Mohr of Wisconsin in Bay Shore on July 28, 1924. There are two step- children: I. Doris Speidel, born in Bridgeport, Con-

necticut, now the wife of Harold Eaton of Lynd- hurst, Long Island, and the mother of two daugh- ters, Doris and Donna Lee, and 2. John Speidel, born in Bridgeport, who served five years in the United States Army in World War II, and married Sarah Arcuri of Patchogue.

GEORGE R. FARNLEY-"Everybody comes back to Oxford Hall," is the expressive slogan of this summer place at Shelter Island Heights-a re- sort which the late George R. Farnley operated in partnership for eight years and independently for the last ten years of his life. In the eighteen years of his association with Oxford Hall, it achieved its widest renown on Long Island and countless miles beyond. Before then he established the Faculty Club at Columbia University, this being during the period when he was building a reputation for club steward- ship. He was prominent in affairs on Shelter Island and at Greenport and the surrounding area. Since Mr. Farnley's death in 1943, his wife, the former Mary LaHart, has been operating Oxford Hall.

George R. Farnley was born in Kent, England. He migrated to the United States in his youth and as soon as it was legally permissible he became a citizen of this country. He devoted the major part of his life to club management. The Faculty Club at Columbia, which owes its existence and success to his leadership, is a dining hall and center of re- laxation for the university's teaching staff. In 1925, Mr. Farnley entered an association with Charles G. Myers in the operation of Oxford Hall. In 1933, he purchased Mr. Myers' interest in the resort and con- ducted it alone-except for his wife's asistance-un- til his death ten years later. Mrs. Farnley has con- tinued the management since then.

The Farnleys were married in November, 1933, the year when Mr. Farnley bought out Mr. Myers' share in Oxford Hall. Mrs. Farnley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward LaHart. There is one son, Roland, born on Shelter Island in October, 1936. In 1946 he was attending elementary school on the island.

The late Mr. Farnley was a member of Peconic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Greenport and had once taken a prominent part in the activities of the Shelter Island Yacht Club.

EDWIN K. LANGDON-Besides a long career in banking, which had made him one of the substantial and most highly respected citizens of Hempstead, Edwin K. Langdon had found time also for full parti- cipation in the business, civic, fraternal and social life of his community.

Mr. Langdon was a native of Long Island having been born in Brooklyn, March 1, 1898, the son of the late George S. Langdon (a printer) and Carolyn Louise (Dorlon) Langdon. Mr. Langdon's mother was a descendant of one of the first settlers of this village, Elias Dorlandt. The latter was born at Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, in 1656, a son of Jan Gerretse Dorlandt who, having arrived in New Amsterdam in 1652 from Holland, became one of the first settlers of what is now Brooklyn. Elias, I, moved to Hemp- stead where Elias, II, was born in 1682. The former was buried in St. George's Church yard in Hempstead and his gravestone is one of the oldest now standing in that historic burying ground.

Brought to this ancestral village at a very early age, Edwin K. Langdon was here educated in the public schools. His first employment was with the Security Bank of New York in which city he con-

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tinued his banking career until the outbreak of World War I, when he enlisted in the 807th Truck Company and saw active service. Following the war, Mr. Lang- don accepted a position as teller with the Second National Bank of Hempstead, remaining with that institution three years.

Subsequently he was associated with the Metropoli- tan Life Insurance Company, but in 1927 he became the first cashier of The West Hempstead National Bank. Under his leadership this bank has become one of the most flourishing financial institutions on Long Island. Originally located in a small building on Harborough Road, in 1929, it had outgrown these quarters and that year its present imposing building was erected. In 1940 Mr. Langdon became a member of the board of directors and in January, 1945, was promoted to the position of executive vice president.

Mr. Langdon was an active member of the Hemp- stead Chamber of Commerce, Hempstead Rotary Club, American Legion Post No. 390, Hempstead Fire De- partment, Hempstead Boys Brigade, Morton Lodge No. 63 of the Free and Accepted Masons and Lodge No. 1485 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He and his forebears have been affiliated with St. George's Church in Hempstead since the late 1600s. Mr. Langdon died December 20, 1948.

On November II, 1922, Mr. Langdon was married to Miss Georgetta Morgan of Merchantville, New Jersey, a daughter of Joseph and Irene (Wright) Morgan. Their two children, Edwin K. and Carolyn Louise, are twins, born April 2, 1929.

JUDGE JOHN C. ROBBINS-The Robbins fam- ily has been closely identified with the growth and development of that part of Long Island adjacent to the Great South Bay for several generations, and John C. Robbins has carried on the family tradition, estab- lished by his great-grandfather whose land holdings comprised what is now known as the village of Bright- waters. Specializing in the development of public utilities, Mr. Robbins has become one of the substan- tial businessmen of the South Shore, and at the same time has accepted the duties of public judicial office to which his fellow-citizens in Babylon, reposing confidence in his demonstrated ability and integrity, have elected him.

John C. Robbins is a grandson of John Robbins and a son of John Clinton and Mary A. (Bulger) Robbins. His mother is a native of Brooklyn, New York, who has spent much of her life in Babylon. Born in that village on June 27, 1886, John C. Robbins began his studies in the Babylon public schools. For three years he attended high school, after which he completed his formal education at the Collegiate In- stitute, a private preparatory school in the City of New York.

Most of Mr. Robbins' business life has been spent in the field of public utilities. He was first associated with the Babylon Electric Light Company, and later with the Brooklyn Union Gas Company, which he served as assistant superintendent of the operating department. In 1925 he became president of the Sampawan Water Company of Babylon, which posi- tion he held until that company was absorbed by the South Bay Water Company. Mr. Robbins is also a factor in banking affairs on the South Shore, holding a seat on the board of directors of the Bank of Baby- lon. Another of his responsibilities is his place on the board of trustees of the Long Island Home, Ltd.

Mr. Robbins entered public life when he became

justice of the peace of the Town of Babylon. Sub- sequently he became police justice of the Village of Babylon, being elected to that bench from 1936 to 1942. Judge Robbins also engages in specialized farming. He has a small farm where he raises turkeys and chickens, probably as much for enjoyment as for profit. He is fond of outdoor life, and especially enjoys hunting and fishing.

On October 15, 1913, John C. Robbins was married in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, to Mildred Hamilton Ross. A native of Brooklyn, Mrs. Robbins is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Ross of that borough. Of this marriage there are two children: I. John Clinton, Jr., who was born at Baby- lon, on October 13, 1914. He received his preparatory education at the South Kent School in Connecticut, after which he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Cambridge, Massachusetts, gradu- ating therefrom with the class of 1937 and receiving the degree of Civil Engineer. During World War II he served in the United States Army for five years, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the present time Colonel Robbins is associated with the American Cyanimid Company, located at Bound Brook, New Jersey. In 1942 Colonel Robbins was married at Baltimore, Maryland, to the former Elizabeth Trip- lett of that city, and of this union there is one child, Carve Triplett, who is three years of age at this writing. 2. Charlotte Ross, born at Babylon in 1924, in the month of June. She is a graduate of Babylon High School and of Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York City.

ARTHUR C. PHILLIPS-The Franklin Square National Bank in Nassau County is a monument to the endeavors of Arthur C. Phillips, its organizer, first and long-time president, and present chairman of the board. It is one of, but the most outstanding exemplar of his enterprises in the county. He is a native and practically lifelong citizen of Long Island, a member of families identified with this section of New York State since Colonial times.

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Long Island; a history of two great counties, Nassau and Suffolk, Volume III, Part 84

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