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George O. Linkletter has long been interested in and identified with this church, having been baptized there April 1, 1881, and became a communicant July 3, 1898. His name has been suggested for the consistory but he has never served as such.
George O. Linkletter was educated at Saint Paul's School, Garden City, a graduate in June 1898. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree of Bachelor of Science, June 1902, and two years later from New York Law School in New York City with a degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was ad- mitted to the New York State bar in June, 1904.
The following lists are the organizations to which
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he belongs, his interests have been varied, represent- ing promotion of religious, civic and general com- munity advancement in his native Manhasset, his county and his state, as well as in matters pertain- ing to our Federal Government. He is a member of the Princeton Club of New York, Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Princeton Campus Club of Princeton, New Jersey, and the Masonic Club of New York City.
He also holds membership in the following socie- ties: Sons of the Revolution, St. Nicholas Society, St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island, St. Andrew's Society, Burns Society, Nassau County Historical and Genealogical Society. Mr. Linkletter is a mem- ber of the Society of Colonial Wars in the state of New York, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America and the New York Genealogical and Bio- graphical Society. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Paumanok Lodge, No. 855, at Great Neck, of which he was Master in 1908, Mel- chizedek Chapter, No. 273, at Glen Cove, of which he was High Priest in 1910, Trinity Commandery, No. 68 Knights Templar at Flushing, of which he was Commander in 1918, Adoniram Council, No. 36, Royal and Select Masters at Flushing, of which he was Master in 1920, Grand Commandery of the State of New York, of which he was Grand Commander 1927-28, Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of New York, of which he was Grand Master in 1927-28. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
During a long and active business career George O. Linkletter has served as director and vice president of the Bank of Nassau County at Great Neck and a director of the First National Bank of Mineola. He now is a director of the Port Washington National Bank and Trust Company, the Manhasset Safe De- posit Company and has recently retired as a director and secretary of the Nassau County Cancer Commit- tee. He is a life member of the Agricultural Society of Queens-Nassau counties.
In his early days he played baseball representing several North Shore villages. He served as a volun- teer fireman in Manhasset for many years and was secretary for several years. He has been president of the Manhasset Board of Trade, the Manhasset Exchange Club and the St. Paul's School Alumni Association, and treasurer for many years of the last named organization.
Always an active Republican, he served in many minor positions for the party in Manhasset and the town of North Hempstead. He has held many posi- tions with the Nassau County Boy Scouts during the early days in Nassau County. He has served for many years on committees for the Salvation Army. He is now again a member of the Nassau County Bar Association after a lapse of several years. He has been a member of many clubs in New York City and Nassau County; Lawyers, City, Bankers, Republican in New York; North Hempstead, North Hills, Shelter Rock, Port Washington Yacht in Nassau County.
During World War I, Mr. Linkletter served as campaign manager for the Red Cross drives. He was vice chairman and chairman of all the War Loan campaigns, he served in the Sheriffs' Reserves, Home Defense Corps and was first lieutenant in the Man- hasset Company of the New York State Guard. He was treasurer of the Manhasset Bay Branch of the American Red Cross and was awarded a Red Cross service button. He holds "Privileges of the Post for life" in George A. Fowler Post of American Legion in Great Neck. .
In World War II, he served as a member of Local Board, No. 713 Selective Service, at Great Neck; this board covering the territory of Manhasset also. He served as a member of the board of governors of the Manhasset Branch of the Red Cross all during the war period and was awarded a service button and cita- tion. He was also awarded a citation and medal by the Manhasset Post of the American Legion.
Mrs. Linkletter, who was Elizabeth Kearsley Wy- song of Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Vir- ginia, comes from notable families, early settlers in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania: the Forrests, Browns, Kearsleys and Wysongs. They were married February 21, 1914, at the Wysong homestead in Charles Town. A Forrest ancestor served in the Revolution and several appear in lists of officers in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States. One of these was her grandfather, Major George William Tate Kearsley who descended from one of the Presbyterian settlers of Pennsylvania in the Carlisle region. It is said that one ancestress who came in 1608 to Jamestown, Virginia, "Mistress Forrest," was the first gentlewoman to arrive there and might well be called the "First Colonial Dame."
Like her husband, Mrs. Linkletter has varied civic and social interests. She is a member of the James Henry Parker Chapter, United Daughters of the Con- federacy and has been a member in the following: Great Neck Women's Club, and the Manhasset Health Association, past president of the Manhasset Branch of the Needlework Guild of America, treasurer Cow Neck Branch, Women's Auxiliary to Nassau Hospital, and directress of the Altar Guild of Christ Church. Mrs. Linkletter has established eligibility for the Society of Colonial Dames of America.
The children are: Elizabeth Ann, wife of John T. Ricks; they have two daughters, Elizabeth H. Ricks and Justine L. Ricks; George O., Jr., who mar- ried Lydia Martin of Philadelphia. They have one daughter, Sandra Joan. He served in World War II as staff sergeant and saw service in the Aleutians and Germany over a period of five years; James Wysong, who married Harriet Mordt, and they have two sons, George O. II and James W., Jr., a first born having died in infancy. He served as second class seaman in the late war and was stationed continuously at Patuxent River, in the Naval Air Transport. Justus O., who was connected with the air line in a civilian capacity during the war, married Esther T. Crosland; they have a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth and a son Justus O., Jr.
WESLEY F. SPRINGHORN-The Blue Point Laundry, managed by Wesley F. Springhorn, and established by his parents in 1920, has steadily grown into the largest of its type in Suffolk County.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1906, son of Herman J. and Nellie M. (Bishop) Springhorn, the former of whom, a native of Ger- many, came to Blue Point at the age of seven. In 1920, he and his wife established the Blue Point Laundry, which they operated until his death in 1940, at which time his wife (now Nellie S. Hillmann) be- came president of the organization, and his son took over its operation. The original plant was about forty by sixty feet, and comprised of two employees and one truck, as compared with its present size of two hundred fifty feet by one hundred eighty feet, and one hundred and thirty employees, with eighteen routes and twenty trucks, making it the largest laundry in the county. In addition to his post as manager of
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the plant, Mr. Springhorn is also secretary and trea- surer.
Wesley F. Springhorn is a graduate of the elemen- tary schools of Blue Point and of the Patchogue High School, class of 1925. He was president of the Patchogue Rotary Club, 1946-47; is past commodore of the Domino Yacht Club, and a Republican in his political interests. Fraternally he is affiliated with South Side Lodge, No. 493, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Suwasset Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, and Patchogue Commandery of the Knights Templar. He is a member of the Baptist Church of Blue Point, a director of the Patchogue Hotel Corporation, and is keenly interested in the recreations of boating, gun- ning, and golfing, the latter of which he enjoys as a member of the Bellport Golf Club.
At East Quogue, on March 28, 1926, Wesley F. Springhorn married Edna Kelley, daughter of Edward and Louise (Purdy) Kelley. Mrs. Springhorn, a mem- ber of Old Glory Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, is a keen golfer and outstanding for the quality of her game. Mr. and Mrs. Springhorn are the parents of three sons: I. Wesley F., Jr., born July 28, 1929, now attending Rutgers University School. 2. John Edward, born December 7, 1930, attending Admiral Farragut Academy, Toms River, New Jersey. 3. Ron- ald Morris, born March 28, 1935.
CHARLES LANE POOR-The Long Island vil- lage of Dering Harbor has had one of the most distinguished men in American science as its mayor for the past twenty-nine years in the person of Charles Lane Poor, who among his accomplishments has invented a number of navigational devices. Stu- dents of the late 188os will remember Mr. Poor as a tutor of mathematics at City College of New York, who later taught astronomy at Johns Hopkins, and has been professor of celestial mechanics at Columbia University since 1910; now professor emeritus.
Dr. Poor was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on January 18, 1866, son of Edward Eri Poor and Mary Wellington (Lane) Poor. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the City College of New York in 1886, and four years later was awarded his Master's degree. In 1892 he received his Doctor- ate from Johns Hopkins University. While working towards his Master's degree Dr. Poor taught at City College, and when he joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins as instructor of mathamatics in 1891 he was studying for his Doctorate.
After Dr. Poor had been at Johns Hopkins for a year, he was appointed associate in astronomy, then associate professor, serving from 1895 to 1899. At the turn of the century we find Dr. Poor editor at the New York Academy of Sciences, a post he held until 1906, and as a partner of J. Harper Poor and Company, remaining with that firm from 1901 to 1904. Then Charles Lane Poor returned to university life by accepting a post on the faculty of Columbia University in 1903 as lecturer and professor of astronomy. For seven years he taught students who came from various parts of the country all he knew about the science in which he excelled.
In 1908 the first of a series of books on astronomy and related scientific data appeared, written by Dr. Poor. This first book, titled "The Solar System," was followed by another treatise, "Nautical Science," published in 1910. Five years later he completed "Sumner Line Tables," and in 1918, "Simplified Navigation" was off the press. When relativity was a word still outside the ken of the average layman, Charles Lane Poor had written a book, "Gravitation
Versus Relativity," released in 1922. This volume was followed by a number of publications on rela- tivity showing up the many errors in the theory and in the writings of its followers. His interest in racing yachts led him to write for the New York Yacht Club a manual on "Rules and Regulations for the Construction of Racing Yachts," published in 1928. Approximately ten years ago he wrote his latest work, "Men Against the Rule," which appeared in 1937.
Esteemed for his knowledge, his research and his in- ventive genius, Dr. Poor has been made associate fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He holds membership in the American Mathematics Society. Since 1896 he has belonged to the New York Yacht Club, and served on many of its committees for some thitry years.
On April 19, 1892, Dr. Poor married Anna Louise Easton, and they are the parents of three children: I. Charles Lane. 2. Alfred Easton. 3. Edmund Ward.
JAMES NORRIS-In his remarkably active career which covers a span of four decades, James Norris has come to be known as a leading authority in the grain business. As a young man he joined Norris and Company, and within a short time through his ingenuity and diligence he was appointed president.
Mr. Norris was born in Montreal, Canada, on December 10, 1878, the son of James S. and Eleanor (Waud) Norris, and as a young boy attended the Tucker School in Montreal. Later he studied at McGill University.
In 1906 Mr. Norris became affiliated with Norris and Company, and two years later he was president of the Norris Grain Company, which has branches in Chicago, New York, Kansas City and Winnipeg. Highly regarded in other fields of finance, Mr. Norris is also occupied with business duties as director of the following: First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, Toronto Elevators Ltd., Norris Cattle Company, Madison Square Garden Corporation, and Upper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Ltd. He is also a trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company.
A sports enthusiast, both as a fan and a player, Mr. Norris has in later years become a sponsor of sporting events. As such he is president of the Chicago Stadium Corporation, and Olympia Stadium Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Norris has for a number of years belonged to the National Golf Links of America at Southampton. He is also a mem- ber of the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York; the Chicago Racquet Club; the Chicago Club; On- wentsia Club of Lake Forest; North Fork Country Club of Cutchogue; Seminole Golf Club; Bath and Tennis Club, and Everglades Club of Palm Beach.
On February 20, 1919, he married Marguerite Loris, by whom there are three children: Mrs. Arthur R. Kneibler, Jr., Miss Marguerite A. Norris of Lake Forest, Illinois, and Bruce A. Norris of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Norris' son, James D. Norris, by his late wife, Ethel Carlisle Dougan Norris, resides at Mattituck and at Coral Gables, Florida.
CLARENCE E. DUGAN-A native son of River- head whose successful business career has been identi- fied wholly with that village and with Suffolk County, is
Clarence E. Dugan, who was born on July 4,
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1888. His parents are Thomas Dugan, like himself a native of Riverhead, and Mary Ann (Manning) Dugan.
After attending the Riverhead public schools, the young Clarence E. Dugan went to work at the age of seventeen with the title searching firm of Reeve and Bartlett at Riverhead, thus at an early age begin- ning what was to prove his lifelong occupation and career. With Reeve and Bartlett he remained asso- ciated until 1926; starting as a title searcher, he be- came in turn title examiner and office manager. In 1926 this firm was purchased by the Title Guarantee and Trust Company, and Mr. Dugan continued with the new management in the post of office manager.
In 1943 Mr. Dugan became assistant to the vice president of the company, and now is assistant to the president of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Riverhead. The main office of the company is at 176 Broadway, New York City, and the president is Harold W. Hoyt. The largest title institution in Suffolk County is operated by this company. It dates back to 1883 and occupies a modern and efficient plant at Riverhead.
Mr. Dugan is also a figure in the banking affairs of Suffolk County, having been one of the original incorporators of the Long Island State Bank and Trust Company of Riverhead. Of this institution he is now vice president of the board of directors.
Mr. Dugan is interested in the business affairs and civic causes of his native village as a member of the Riverhead Rotary Club. A Roman Catholic in reli- gion, he is a communicant of the Church of St. John of that denomination, and belongs to such national Catholic organizations as the Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus.
Clarence E. Dugan is married to the former Mary Kratoville, of Riverhead and a daughter of Charles P. and Mary J. Kratoville. There are two sons of this marriage: I. Clarence E., Jr., who is a native of Riverhead and a graduate of Cornell University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Having decided on the law as a career, he was a student at the Uni- versity of Virginia Law School when he answered the call to the colors in World War II. He enlisted in the United States Navy, became a lieutenant and saw three years of service in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska and one year in the European Theater of War 2. Alfred F., who received his degree of Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and his Bachelor of Laws from the Yale University Law School. During World War II he enlisted in the United States Army Engineers and rose to the rank of major with the Eleventh Armored Division of the Third Army, be- coming also a member of the general staff of the late Gen. George Patton. Before going overseas he was one of those selected to attend the staff and command school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Subsequently he served for a year and a half in the European Theater of Operations and received the award of the Bronze Star for gallantry in action. Major Dugan now is a practicing lawyer. He is married to the former Elizabeth Anne Boucher, a daughter of the late Dr. John B. Boucher, who was a noted surgeon of New York City. They are the parents of one child, Alfred Dugan, II.
ELMER WINFIELD HOWELL-A genius for transforming barren ground into beauty led Elmer W. Howell into a field where he has been preeminent for more than half a century. Specializing in construc- tion of complete estates, landscaping as well as house construction, he established at Babylon in 1891 a firm
that has literally written itself into a large part of Long Island's countryside. Although now largely under management of his two sons, Elmer Brown and Ralph DeWitt Howell, the firm that bears his name, E. W. Howell Co., still follows the sound principles that won early renown for the creative ability of its founder.
Mr. Howell was born in Yaphank, September 28, 1861, a descendant of Richard Howell, who settled at Southold, in 1640 with his mother and step-father, Peter Hallock. His father was Edmund Howell, who was born in Yaphank on April 5, 1832, [died April 17, 1928] and gave up the sea at about the age of thirty to engage in the house-moving business in Newark, New Jersey. He returned to Yaphank about 1870 to the old farm and later built several homes. There he married Charlotte Petty, who was born in 1841 and died in 1918.
Elmer W. Howell after receiving a practical school- ing in Yaphank, did farming until 1882. After a pains- taking apprenticeship, he became a journeyman crafts- man, working for various building interests until his abilities won the notice of C. W. Hunt and Company of New York and Staten Island. He became superin- tendent of this firm, but in 1891 he determined to employ his rich talents along his own lines, and asso- ciated himself with his father-in-law, George S. Brown, in a building enterprise that was to establish his reputation over a wide area. Mr. Brown with- drew from this partnership after ten years, but Mr. Howell took over his interests and actually began to expand his operations, giving particular attention to country estates. Many of the houses he built were of his own designing, and his good taste led home-lovers to consult with him regarding the surroundings of the fine homes they had in mind. In a little while he was building complete country estates under the architec- tural supervision of a great number of the country's most famous architects, including all landscaping, and over a wide area extending into Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island. Some of the nation's foremost families live on magnificent estates that were transformed from wooded slopes and barrer hillsides. Outstanding families still look to his firm for the finest in home construction, including many who were not born till long after he launched his enterprise. Since 1907 his elder son, Elmer B., has been an active partner, and his younger son, Ralph D., in 1918 entered the partnership. It was in 1926 that the name of the firm was changed from E. W. Howell, Builders, to E. W. Howell Co.
In 1947 his four grandsons, Rogers, Oliver, Elmer, Jr., and Ralph, Jr., joined the partnership which should guarantee that the good name of E. W. Howell Co. will carry on for many years to come.
Mr. Howell has been deeply interested in the spiritual and social upbuilding of his community. He is a Baptist. He is a member of the Republican party but follows his own convictions in voting. He is vice president of the Babylon National Bank, and is affiliated with The New York Society of the Founders and Patriots of America, The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Babylon Lodge, No. 793, Free and Accepted Masons, Sampawans Lodge, No. 104, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Babylon Yacht Club.
Elmer W. Howell was married in 1887 to Kizzie Brown of Babylon, who died January 1, 1933. Elmer B. was born to them April 8, 1889, and Ralph DeW. May 2, 1897. Mr. Howell married (second), January 17, 1935 Florence E. Scheibeler of Elmhurst, daughter of John and Catherine (Leidner) Scheibeler.
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ELMER BROWN HOWELL is helping carry on the traditions of a family that for more than a half century in Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island has symbolized magni- ficence in country estates. Since 1907 he has been associated with the famous construction company established at Babylon in 1891 by his father, Elmer W. Howell, under the firm style of E. W. Howell, Builders. He and his brother, Ralph D. Howell, to- gether with their children, Rogers, Oliver, Elmer, Jr. and Ralph Jr., are partners in the organization, which since 1926 has operated under the name of the E. W. Howell Co.
Elmer B. Howell was born April 8, 1889, at West New Brighton, Staten Island, the son of Elmer Win- field and Kizzie (Brown) Howell. (See accompanying record.) The family is descended from Richard Howell, who came to America in 1640 with his mother and step-father, Peter Hallock, and settled at South- old, Long Island.
Elmer B. Howell finished at Babylon High School in 1905, and was graduated in architecture in 1909 from the International Correspondence School. He is vice president of the Suffolk County Federal Sav- ings and Loan Association and is a director of the Babylon National Bank and Trust Company. For twenty-five years he has been active as appraiser for both institutions. He was a member of the Town of Babylon's Board of Education of School District No. 2-1931-1940, served on the Village of Babylon's Board of Zoning Appeals-1931-1942 and on the Town of Babylon's Planning Board-1942 to date, and is always very active in every worth-while civic project. He was an active Red Cross worker in both World wars. During World War II he conducted War Fund Drives for the town of Babylon, was chairman of the Red Cross Advisory Council of six Red Cross Chapters in Suffolk County, and was chairman of the Red Cross Disaster and Relief Committee of the town of Babylon in 1938 to 1945. He is president of the Babylon Town Economy League.
Mr. Howell is a life member of Babylon Lodge, No. 793, Free and Accepted Masons, is a member of Babylon Lodge, No. 104, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the New York Chapter of the Society of Residential Appraisers, and is senior member of the United States Chapter of the Society of Residential Appraisers. He is vice president of the Long Island Association, is a director of the South Bay Golf Club, Bay Shore, and is a member of the New York State Historical Association, the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, the New York Society of the Founders and Patriots of America, the Babylon Rotary Club, the Babylon Yacht Club, and the New York Architectural League. Since 1919 he has been a member of the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Babylon, serving as chairman most of the time.
On June 8, 1912, Mr. Howell married, at Babylon, Frances Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Oliver Halsey and Minnie Amanda Rogers. Three children have been born to them: I. Rogers, born April 12, 1915, married, April 26, 1941, Mary Grover. 2. Oliver, born February 16, 1918, married, June 28, 1940, Ivy Hud- son, and they have two children: i. Oliver W., born March 17, 1942. ii. Thomas Boyd, born July 23, 1945. 3. Elmer B., Jr., born January 7, 1922, married No- vember 22, 1942, Suzanne Abbott, and they have a son: i. James A., born June 24, 1945.
RALPH DeWITT HOWELL-Aside from being a member of the firm long associated with the beauti-
fying of residential sections around Babylon, Ralph DeWitt Howell has contributed rich personal quali- fications to the social and civic life of his community. Since 1919 he has been a partner in the E. W. Howell Co., a noted firm of contractors specializing in build- ing beautiful estates. The firm was established in 1891 by his father.
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