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A son of George Huether, who was a native of Brooklyn, and of his wife the late Mary (Hudert) Huether, also a Brooklynite, George J. Huether was born at Brooklyn, New York, on August 30, 1910. After being graduated from St. Benedict's Parochial School, he attended St. Leonard's Business Academy, also in Brooklyn. Since 1930 Mr. Huether has been associated with the John J. Mead Company, Inc., in various capacities. As noted above, he is manager. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, a Past Grand Knight of the fraternal order Knights of Columbus, and currently active in the parochial affairs in con- nection with the Youth Organizations.
At St. Lawrence Church on May 30, 1932, George J. Huether was married to Helen Phillips of Say- ville, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Phillips of that village. Of this marriage there are two children, both daughters: I. Judith Ann, who was born on February 4, 1934 and who is at present studying at St. Agnes Academy; and 2. Elaine Patricia, who was born at the Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, on May 6, 1936.
THOMAS NATHANIEL BAYLES-Three-quar- ters of a century ago Thomas Nathaniel Bayles be- came associated with his father, David T. Bayles, in business in the village of Stony Brook, Long Island, and went on to develop a most successful trade in lumber. He was a native of Stony Brook, born there on July 2, 1857, a son of David T. and Della (Hawkins) Bayles, his mother being the daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Hawkins, a pioneer of Stony Brook. The father, also born in Stony Brook, was a shipbuilder, but in 1843 he established the lumber business here, which has operated continuously to date.
Thomas Nathaniel Bayles attended local schools and as a boy of fifteen years began earning his livelihood in his father's lumber yard. He learned this business exceptionally well and was later taken into his father's concern, dealing in lumber, and the selling of all kinds of builders' supplies, hardware, paints and almost any- thing that goes into the erection of houses and com- mercial buildings. His became one of the longest es- tablished concerns in the village, and one of the most respected. The proprietor sought always to broaden the knowledge of his firm, and was long a member of the Northeastern Lumber Dealers Association. He also was a director and vice president of the First National Bank, of Port Jefferson.
Down through the years Mr. Bayles became an outstanding figure in civic affairs and community life, lending leadership to numerous local projects that made for the prosperity of Stony Brook and the wel- fare of its people. For several years he was collector of taxes for the town of Brookhaven; was unusually influential in the councils and campaigns of the Demo- cratic party, and had been a town trustee and long- time member of the board of education. He wor- shipped in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, served on its board of trustees, and was liberal in his support of religious works and charitable en- deavors.
At Stony Brook, Long Island, on October 6, 1880, Thomas Nathaniel Bayles married Ella May Brush, who was born at Smithtown, daughter of Theodore and Mary (Darling) Brush, both natives of Smith- town. Mr. Bayles died October 11, 1928. Mrs. Bayles
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Passed away in 1899, leaving the following children: 1. Mary D., who married Frank M. Minuse, of Brook- lyn, and is the mother of two children: i. Thomas Bayles, who graduated from Dartmouth College, class of 1926. ii. Dorothy Ella who attended Pine Manor School, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. 2. Ethel May Bayles.
T. BAYLES MINUSE-Carrying on in the fourth generation a business established more than one hundred years ago, T. Bayles Minuse demonstrates an inherited business acumen and a devotion to high business standards, together with a thoroughly modern and progressive outlook, which are maintaining the foremost position of the firm of D. T. Bayles and Son, of Stony Brook, among the building material dealers of Suffolk County and Long Island.
The firm of D. T. Bayles and Son, as it is now known, was founded in 1843 by the late David T. Bayles. His son, Thomas N. Bayles, was one of the principal business men of that section of Long Island, having also extensive interests far afield. He was vice president and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Port Jefferson.
T. Bayles Minuse is a son of F. M. and Mary D. (Bayles) Minuse, who were married at Stony Brook, Suffolk County, in 1903. F. M. Minuse was long an executive of the Western Electric Company, being installation superintendent for the New England States, and is now living retired from business. T. Bayles Minuse is a native Long Islander, born in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, on December 13, 1904. After completing his preparatory studies at the West Haven High School in Connecticut, he entered Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hamp- shire, and received the degree of Bachelor of Science, class of 1926. Fresh from college, he at once entered the organization of D. T. Bayles and Son, with which he has remained associated ever since. He became one of the partners in the firm in 1941. The other family owners are his mother, Mrs. Mary D. (Bayles) Minuse, and his aunt, Mrs. Ethel (Bayles) Mills.
The firm of D. T. Bayles and Son deals in building material of all kinds, including hardware, paints and oils, and particularly in special millwork. With its main office and plant at Stony Brook, it maintains a branch store at 402 Main Street, in Port Jefferson, and a branch yard at Setauket. For more than a century it has grown with the steady growth of the Long Island communities, the firm being in a very favorable position, with its splendid reputation, to profit fully from participation in the accelerated building opera- tions characterizing the post-war period.
T. Bayles Minuse takes an active part in the busi- ness and civic councils of that area of Suffolk County. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Union Savings Bank of Patchogue, and is chair- man of the board of the Bank of Northern Brookhaven located in Port Jefferson. He also serves as executive vice president of the Canyon Lumber Corporation of Everett, in the distant state of Washington, on the Pacific Coast. During World War II, Mr. Minuse served as chairman of Northern Brookhaven Ration- ing Board, and as Suffolk County rationing administra- tor. He is a member of the Dartmouth Club of New York City, the Old Field Club of Stony Brook, St. George's Golf and Country Club of Stony Brook, and the Stony Brook Yacht Club. In religion Mr. Minuse is a communicant of the Episcopal Church.
On February 13, 1931, T. Bayles Minuse married Elinore Dickerson, of Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, daughter of Charles and Mary (L'Hommedieu) Dick- erson. Mr. and Mrs. Minuse are the parents of two children : I. Cynthia Ann who was born at the John Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, in 1934. 2. David Bayles, also born here in 1938.
THOMAS JAMES HARTNETT, of Hempstead has had a useful and sucessful career of something more than thirty years in industry, and public life.
His parents, Jerry F. and Margaret (McDowell) Hartnett, were for many years residents of Cortland County, New York. Mr. Hartnett however was not born in Cortland, but in the contiguous Cayuga Coun- ty, in the Village of Moravia, on September 8, 1886. His education began in the public schools of Cort- land County and continued in the Cortland Normal School. After leaving school, he entered the employ- ment of the New York Telephone Company, in the construction department. With this organization he remained for thirteen years, becoming first an in- spector, and subsequently filling practically every position that had to do with construction.
Resigning from the New York Telephone Company, he established himself in a furniture business in the Village of Cortland. When World War I involved this country, however, Mr. Hartnett made his contri- bution to the national war effort by turning to con- struction work for the government. At the conclu- sion of this service, he took his residence in Hemp- stead, Nassau County, and has remained a Long Is- lander ever since. Upon settling in Hempstead in 1918, Mr. Hartnett entered into business as an elec- trician and general electrical contractor. He executed many contracts far beyond the borders of the Hemp- stead vicinity. He also established an electrical sup- ply business, handling a full line of fixtures and ap- pliances, equipped to meet every need in the electri- cal field. In 1922 the business was incorporated under the name of Hartnett Electric, Inc., Mr. Hartnett becoming president of the corporation, with Mr. Ernest Benedetti as secretary and treasurer.
In that same year, however, Mr. Hartnett retired from the electrical business to return to the retail mercantile field as a partner in the firm known as the Walsh Clothing Company, of Hempstead. This continued to be his principal business interest and occupation until the year 1931, when he entered the real estate and insurance field. Under the name of Thomas J. Hartnett Insurance Company, he continued until October, 1933.
Long active and influential in politics, a leading member of the Democratic party, serving on the town committee for many years, Mr. Hartnett was a natural choice for the postmastership of Hempstead, to which office he was named by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934. The general satisfaction which this appointment gave to the people of Hempstead was confirmed by the efficiency with which Mr. Hart- nett administered the office, and his re-appointment in 1939 was universally approved.
Mr. Hartnett is a valued member of the Hemp- stead Chamber of Commerce and an active partici- pant in civic affairs also as a member of the Lions Club of Hempstead. He was long a member of the Hempstead Fire Department. In religion a communi- cant of the Roman Catholic Church, he belongs to the national fraternal order of men of that faith, the Knights of Columbus, of which he is a past grand knight. He is also affiliated with the Improved Order
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of Red Men and with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His hobby is golf.
In October, 1926, Thomas James Hartnett was married to Blanche S. Moore of Hempstead, a daugh- ter of Bernard Moore. Of this marriage there are three children: I. Joan, who was born in 1928. 2. Jean, born in 1929. 3. Thomas James, Jr., born in 1930.
HILBERT R. JOHNSON-A native and lifelong citizen of Freeport, Hilbert R. Johnson has long been prominent in its life and affairs. For more than a third of a century he has been a lawyer; has held varied municipal and community offices down the years, and is winning more than local fame as the official historian of the village of Freeport, one of the outstanding authorities on the annals of this section of Long Island. He likewise is president of the Freeport Historical Society.
Born at Freeport, on November 8, 1888, Mr. John- son is one of the five children of August and Bertha (Thurston) Johnson, both of whom are deceased. His father, a native of Sweden, came to the New World as a young man, settled first in Jamaica, but in the early 188os removed to Freeport as superinten- dent of gate construction for the Long Island Rail- road. Hilbert R. attended the public grade and high schools of Freeport, graduating from the high school in 1906, and entered the law department of the Uni- versity of New York, where he was graduated in 1909, a Bachelor of Laws. He was not of age at the time, so that he could not be admitted to the New York State bar until the following year.
Repeating almost verbatim a biography of 1925, Mr. Johnson has followed general lines in his pro- fession, although specializing in real estate law, pro- bate and corporation law. He has devoted much time to special lines of study and research and with his comprehensive knowledge of the law he is contribut- ing largely to the progress of this community. Mr. Johnson is recognized as an authority on this phase of legal procedure. An able trial lawyer who pos- sesses wide vision and keen judgment which makes his services of special value, he has been drafted as one of the men most needed in public service. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, president and member of the South Nassau Lawyers Club, and member of the New York State Associa- tion of Magistrates. A Republican, he has been ac- tive in civic affairs ever since the gaining of the franchise, and in 1921, he was elected village trustee of Freeport, polling a record vote which even sur- passed that of the village president in a contest among three candidates. After serving two years as trustee, Mr. Johnson was elected president of Free- port in 1923, completing his term with honor and distinction. In 1933 he succeeded his late brother, Albin N. Johnson, as police justice of the village of Freeport and has since been continuously elected to fill said office, which position he continues to hold at the time of writing. From 1927 to 1933 he served as corporation counsel of the incorporated village of Freeport. He is a former president of the Freeport Republican Club and a director of the South Nassau Communities Hospital. He was one of the organizers and the first captain of Patriot Hose Company, No. 4, of Freeport. Fraternally he is affiliated with Free- port Lodge, No. 1253, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Freeport Council, No. 57, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, where he held high rank, having served as national deputy coun-
cilor for the state of Connecticut; Woodmen of the World, and Fraternal Council, Royal Arcanum. He is fond of outdoor sports, and is a member of the South Shore Yacht Club, past president of the Free- port Revolver and Rifle Association, past president of the Exchange Club of Freeport, and a member of The Adventurers' Club of New York.
On August 26, 1916, Hilbert R. Johnson married Margaret Winifred Taylor, of Freeport, who is a direct descendant of Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States.
He maintains professional offices at 33 South Grove Street, Freeport, and his home is at 88 South Bay- view Avenue, Freeport.
WARREN H. ELLER, M. D .- One of the phy- sicians of Sayville, and of Suffolk County, Long Island, Dr. Warren H. Eller has played an important role in the work of hospitals, in this region.
Dr. Eller was born June 26, 1896, at Long Pine, Nebraska, son of Otis R. and Cecelia (Allbery) Eller. His father died in 1945 and his mother died in 1898. His father was associated with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad for forty years be- fore his retirement from their mail service depart- ment.
Warren H. Eller was graduated from Lincoln, Nebraska, High School in 1915. From Nebraska University he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1918, and the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine in 1923.
Dr. Eller served his internship at the Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, and, until July, 1924, at the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. During the years 1924 and 1925 he acted as a resident physician in the Southside Hospital at Bay Shore. In the latter year he settled at Sayville, and has practiced there since. He is on the staffs of the Southside Hospital and the John T. Mather Memorial Hospital at Port Jefferson. He is a medical consultant at the Pilgrim State Hosp- ital at Brentwood, and Kings Park State Hospital at Kings Park, New York.
Dr. Eller plays an important role in the professional and civic life of his community. He is a member of the New York State Medical Society and the Suffolk County Medical Society. He belongs to the South- side Clinical Association, and is a former president of the medical staff of the Southside Hospital at Bay Shore. He is active in the Free and Accepted Masons in Lincoln, Nebraska. In religious affilia- tion he is an Episcopalian.
On May 26, 1928, at Chicago, Dr. Warren H. Eller married Marguerite Stevens, daughter of James T. Stevens, and native of Wymore, Nebraska. They became the parents of one child, Richard Warren Eller, who was born June 14, 1930, in Brooklyn, and now attending Haverford College.
ROBERT B. PATERSON-Nassau County, where in older days only the harvest of the sea and sound competed in importance with the harvest of its broad farms, and now primarily a region of sub- urban villages affording beautiful homes to countless families, nevertheless has its industrial plants also, prominent among which is that of the Columbian Bronze Corporation of Freeport. Associated with this corporation throughout his entire business career is Robert B. Paterson who has for more than thirty years participated in the general business, civic, fra- ternal, social and religious life of his community. Mindful of the responsibilities of good citizenship
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he has accepted and ably discharged the duties of public ofnce.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, when it was an in- dependent city, on May 12, 1892, Robert B. Paterson was brought up in Freeport, where he attended the public grade schools and was graduated from Free- port High School in 1910. Having a natural interest in technological matters, he enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute at Worcester, Massachusetts, from which he graduated with the class of 1914. His first employment was with the Columbian Bronze Corporation at Freeport, in which he rose through various positions to a directorship and to the position of secretary and executive vice president, the office which he now holds. He is also president of the Doran Manganese Bronze Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, an affiliate of the Columbian Bronze Corporation.
Mr. Paterson is identified with the banking life of his section of Long Island, being a member of the board of directors of the Freeport Bank. He holds membership in the Freeport Rotary Club of which he is past president; his fraternal affiliation is with the Royal Arcanum. He is also a member of the South Shore Yacht Club.
In politics a member of the Republican party, Mr. Paterson served on the Freeport Zoning Board of Appeals for two years, and after accepting appoint- ment to fill out the unexpired term of Cyril C. Ryan as a member of the board of trustees of the village of Freeport, was elected to a place on that board in March, 1946.
Mr. Paterson's parents, George B. Paterson, a native of Brooklyn and a former banker in the city of New York, and Sadie (Weeks) Paterson, native Long Islander, are both deceased.
On June 25, 1921, Robert B. Paterson was mar- ried to Ethel M. Burkitt of Montclair, New Jersey, who was a daughter of the late George Burkitt, of Yorkshire, England and the late Harriett (Dutton) Burkitt, born in London, England. Robert B. and Ethel Burkitt Paterson are the parents of two child- ren: 1. Robert E., who was born in Freeport in 1923, attended Freeport elementary and high schools and graduated from Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania, June, 1946. During the second World War he answered the call to the colors by enlisting in the United States Navy, where he served for three years. 2. Elizabeth M., also attended Freeport schools and graduated from Hood College in Frederick, Mary- land, June, 1948. She is at this time kindergarten teacher in the Seaman Ave. School, Freeport.
HELEN W. ZEPP-Among the fields of activity in which capable women have won success on an equal footing with men, is the real estate business. In the rapid and extensive development of suburban prop- erty in those areas of Nassau County which are within commuting distance of New York City, Mrs. Helen W. Zepp has played an important role with great profit to herself.
Born in Brooklyn, the daughter of George Henry de Wendlin, descendant of a well-known family which dates back in Brooklyn for over one hundred and fifty years, the girl who subsequently became Mrs. Zepp was educated in the public grade schools and at the Girl's High School in that Borough of Greater New York. In 1921 she entered the real estate busi- ness in Baldwin, Nassau County under her own name, and moved her office to Rockville Centre in 1932, where she has continued her operations to this time.
Another account of her career says that she has been a realtor, under her own name for twenty-five years. Mrs. Zepp has her headquarters in new and modern offices at 144 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre. The extent of her business is indicated by the fact that she employs eight people.
Mrs. Zepp is a member of the Long Island Real Estate Board, the Long Island Association and the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce. She also belongs to the National Association of Realtors.
Helen de Wendlin married Robert N. Zepp, who was well-known in Long Island as the president of Olney and Warren Machinery Company of New York City.
LEWIS C. BRUDER-Prominent among realtors of Nassau County, is Lewis C. Bruder of Hempstead. Like many others among the real estate fraternity to whom Long Island owes so much, he turned to that occupation after some years in other lines of work.
A son of the late Lewis Bruder, a native of Buffalo, New York, and his wife Gertrude (Crane) Bruder of Cranesville, Ohio, who is also deceased, Lewis C. Bruder was born on January 15, 1897, at Erie, Penn- sylvania. He received his education in the public grade and high schools of his native Erie. After leav- ing school he worked for about eleven years in the hotel business. It was in 1931 that he became active in Long Island real estate. Operating under his own name with offices located at 236 North Franklin Street in Hempstead, Mr. Bruder achieved marked success and a prominent place among Long Island's realtors.
Holding membership in the Long Island Real Es- tate Board and the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards, Mr. Bruder also participates in the gen- eral business councils of Hempstead as a member of the local Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is an independent.
In 1926 Lewis C. Bruder was married to Gertrude Klotz of New York City.
WILLIAM J. HOFMANN-After twenty-eight years of successful practice of the law in New York City, William J. Hofmann chose to transfer his pro- fessional activities to Massapequa in Nassau County, where he has now been established for many years, serving numerous clients and taking an active part in public affairs.
Mr. Hofmann, like his father the late John Hof- mann, was a native of New York City, where he was born on June 22, 1880. His mother, the former Mary Rohr, was also born in New York City and is now deceased. William J. Hofmann attended public school in New York, took his intermediate studies at the LaSalle Academy, and having fixed his ambition on a legal career, entered New York Law School, from which he graduated in 1899 with the degree of Bache- lor of Laws. Admitted to the New York bar in 1902, he established himself in what grew to be a highly successful and lucrative practice in the metropolis, where he continued until 1930. It was in that year that he began his general practice of the law in Mas- sapequa, where he continues active, a well known member of the legal fraternity and a popular and respected citizen. He is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association.
Mr. Hofmann has served as attorney for the Mas- sapequa Water District and for the Massapequa Fire Department, as well as clerk of the Massapequa School Board. Among his clients is the Seaford Na-
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tional Bank in which he also serves on the board of directors. He is a Republican in politics.
A Roman Catholic in religion, Mr. Hofmann is a member of the Catholic fraternal order, the Knights of Columbus, and also of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 1253 of Freeport.
William J. Hofmann has never married.
LOUIS R. GLANTZ-An attorney enjoying a high standing at the bar of the City of New York, Louis R. Glantz has also accepted the responsibilities of several public offices in Long Beach, Nassau County, and has affiliations with Masonic circles in that Long Island resort city.
A native of New York City, where he was born on May 24, 1892, Mr. Glantz is a son of the late Simon and the late Franz Margaret (Blau) Glantz, both natives of Austria. Simon Glantz was a successful retail jeweler. Louis R. Glantz was educated in the public schools and at the College of the City of New York, from which he graduated with the class of 1907. The law as a career attracted him, and he enrolled in the New York Law School, from which he re- ceived his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1911. In 1915 he was admitted to the bar and set up in practice under his own name in the Borough of Manhattan. He is a member of the New York County Bar Asso- ciation and of the National Lawyers Guild.
By appointment of Supreme Court Justice Brower, Mr. Glantz served for ten years as the trustee for certificate holders of the mortgage covering the Long Beach Hospital. Active in political affairs-he is a member of the Democratic party-Mr. Glantz was for a time deputy collector, and later collector, of taxes for the City of Long Beach. His conduct in these offices led to his becoming first assistant cor- poration counsel for the city, and later to his selec- tion as acting city judge.
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