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John E. Heintz was educated in the grade and high schools of The Bronx, and at Princeton Univer-
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sity, and from the latter he was graduated in the class of 1916. During the World War he served as first lieutenant with the Three Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery Regiment, first at Camp Dix, New Jersey, and later overseas, and was wounded in the battle of St. Mihiel. After his discharge from ac- tive service, he returned home, and from 1920 to 1922 was with the American Surety Company as a clerk in its claim department. Since 1922 he has been associated with his father in the John Eichler Brewing Company, of which he is a director. He was elected, in 1924, a member of the board of trus- tees of the North Side Savings Bank, No. 3230 Third Avenue, The Bronx, of which his father also is a trustee. In recent years he has been an active mem- ber of The Bronx Rotary Club. His religious af- filiation is with the St. John's Lutheran Church, The Bronx.
HARRY J. HANDELMAN, M. D .- A native of Russia, where he obtained his preliminary education, Dr. Harry J. Handelman belongs to the younger generation of professional men, who, among others of various callings, are doing so much to support the progressive movement of this borough of the Me- tropolis. He is one of the numerous outstanding examples of his race, who have come from their na- tive land to these shores and achieved success in their chosen field.
Born in Podolia, South Russia, in May, 1891, son of Joseph and Dorothy (Boorstein) Handelman, Dr. Harry J. Handelman studied in the schools of his native district, thus making a good beginning to- ward a liberal education. When quite young he came with his parents to this country, his parents living in New York, the father being a rabbi in the Jewish faith. He possessed sufficient preparatory training to enable him to enter St. John's Pre-Medical School, where he prepared for college with the medi- cal profession as his objective. He next entered Fordham Medical School, whence he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, class of 1917. He served his interneship at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey. The World War gave Dr. Handelman a most excellent opportunity for the ex- hibition of his patriotism. He joined the army and was assigned as battalion surgeon to the Seventy- sixth Field Artillery, third Regular Army Division. He saw service at the battlefront in France and was in the thick of some of the most severe fighting. He was awarded a citation for meritorious service in action with the troops. He was in the Army of Occupation in Germany for seven months.
After the war, Dr. Handelman returned to the Uni- ted States, and in 1919 began to engage in general practice in The Bronx, where he has continued to grow in favor with the people, both as a skillful physi- cian and exemplary citizen. He is a member of the staff of Fordham Hospital. Dr. Handelman enjoys the esteem of his fellow-practitioners, and is a member of the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Association, The Bronx County Medi- cal Society, The North Bronx Medical Society, New York Physician's Association and the Eastern Medical Society. His politics is of the Democratic persuasion, and he belongs to the Highbridge Democratic Club.
He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and the Association of Military Surgeons.
Dr. Harry J. Handelman married, in May, 1921, at New York City, Anna Kleinberg, daughter of Henry and Celia Kleinberg, who live in New York. Dr. and Mrs. Handelman are the parents of one child, Robert B. Dr. Handelman has his offices at No. 1197 Grand Concourse, The Bronx.
EDWARD CHERUBINO-One of those jewelers whose knowledge of gems and silver and gold ware is comprehensive and whose business acumen is great, Edward Cherubino, of The Bronx, New York City, assures his clientele of quality and high value in their purchases from his shop at No. 2285 Bath- gate Avenue. He belongs to a family of jewelers, all expert in the delicate mechanics associated with the business, all lovers of beautiful and costly stones, and experts in appraising them.
Edward Cherubino was born in Naples, Italy, No- vember 29, 1892, son of Frank and Louise (Smiraglia) Cherubino. The father, likewise a Neapolitan, was born there in 1857, and died in New York, in 1917, after a long career in the jewelry business, first as an employee of Stern Brothers, at No. 43 Gold Street, then as a jeweler with stores on Grand Street and on Sullivan Street. His three sons are engaged in the same trade. The mother was born in Naples, in 1852, and is still living.
Edward Cherubino attended the public schools in Naples, and came to this country with his parents in 1905, when he was thirteen years old, completing his education in the New York public schools, and finishing the course. He went to work at the age of sixteen as apprentice to Dieges & Clust, jewelers, at No. 23 John Street, whom he served for four years, completely mastering the trade. For three and one-half years he worked for Tushenett & Heid- inger, jewelers. For the next three -he was em- ployed by Rosenberg & Daniels, on Grand Street, whence he passed into an association with the long- established and well-known jewelry establishment of Bergman, at No. 2274 Third Avenue. In this thor- oughgoing business experience, Mr. Cherubino had thriftily kept before him the objective of establishing a business of his own and had saved enough capital to buy out the shop of his brother, Alfred Cherubino, in 1925, which was established eleven years before that time at the location where Mr. Cherubino con- tinues, No. 2285 Bathgate Avenue. The new owner enjoys a substantial trade, carries a good stock of high-grade jewelry, and with his careful training is able to give the best of service to the public. He is a member of The Bronx Board of Trade, the Mu- nicipal Business Men's Association, and the Demo- cratic Club for Truth.
The civil ceremony of marriage of Edward Cheru- bino to Mary Andria occurred in New York City, September 9, 1916; and the church ceremony at the Church of the Lady of Pompey, by Rev. Father Demo, February 4, 1917. Mrs. Cherubino is the daughter of Vincent Andria, born in Naples, in 1858, died in the United States, in 1918, and his wife, Molly (Albano) Andria, born also in Naples, now living, in her sixty-fifth year (1926).
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ARTHUR GLIBOFF, D. D. S .- Since 1918, when he began the practice of dentistry in The Bronx, Dr. Arthur Gliboff has built up a substantial clientele. Dr. Gliboff is well liked and a member of several local organizations. He is a son of Nathan and Sophie Gliboff, both living, the father formerly en- gaged in ladies' tailoring, but now living retired in New York City.
Arthur Gliboff was born in Homler, Russia, Sep- tember 15, 1895, and came to America with his parents at the age of three. He attended the New York public schools, graduating from Public School No. 166, and later graduated from the New York College of Dentistry in the class of 1918 with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Meantime, while a student, he had enlisted for service in the World War in December, 1917, and was a hospital apprentice of the first class in the United States Naval Reserve in New York and Washington. After receiving his degree in 1918, Dr. Gliboff immediately set up practice in The Bronx and has been engaged there ever since. Fraternally he is affiliated with Lodge No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Eternal Lodge, No. 987, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and he is a member of the Lions Club. His religious connections are with Sinai Temple.
Dr. Gliboff married, in Nashville, Tennessee, December 26, 1920, Fannye Seligman, daughter of David and Rose Seligman, of Nashville. Dr. and Mrs. Gliboff have one child, Marilyn, born May 11, 1924.
LOGAN BILLINGSLEY-To list the influential Bronx realty and financial corporations of which Logan Billingsley is president is to gain a very fair idea of the important part he has played in the rapid development of that section. He is a man of unusual vision and of tireless energy, balanced with prudence and astuteness. The Billingsley Holding Corpora- tion, of which he is president, has erected the Roose- velt Apartments, among others of equal dignity and comfort. Logan Billingsley was born in Arthurs, Tennessee, December 20, 1884, son of Robert W. and Emily Billingsley. His father, a mechanical en- gineer and farmer, was accidentally killed in De- troit, Michigan.
Logan Billingsley left Tennessee at the age of ten and was educated for the most part in Oklahoma, completing his education in Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma, which he left in 1912. Before coming to New York, Mr. Billingsley was engaged in a variety of business ventures. The first of these was an importing and exporting enterprise in Ha- vana, Cuba, which occupied two years, and from which he passed to the position of State manager of the North American Life Insurance Company, in 1914. He was then engaged in the real estate busi- ness at Winnipeg, Canada, in 1915, which occupation was followed by association with the drug trade in 1916. It was after this venture that he came to New York. His progress here has been phenomenal and has placed him at the head of thirty corporations, all told, as president, including the following: The Academy Building Company, the Billingsley Realty Company, the University Finance Company, the
East Fordham Syndicate, the Jerome Avenue Exhibi- tion Company, the Gun Hill Road Syndicate, the Beldash Realty Corporation, the Billingsley Holding Corporation, and the Simplex Building Company. All these enterprises are incorporated. Billingsley Terrace was thus named in honor of the man who had done so much to improve the vast resi- dential expanse of The Bronx. These companies have erected many important structures, including the plant of the Packard Motor Company on East Fordham Road. The Billingsley Realty Corporation distinguished the Roosevelt Apartments by erecting a handsome monument to Roosevelt in front of them.
In the midst of this activity Mr. Billingsley has found time for significant community service. A member of the Democratic party, he was a member of the entertainment committee for delegates to the Democratic National Convention, held in New York City in 1924. During the World War he contributed in time and money to the procession of patriotic and humanitarian drives. He is a member of The Bronx Board of Trade and the New York Athletic Club.
In Oklahoma City, in 1910, Mr. Billingsley mar- ried Hattie Mae Key, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Key. Children: Glenn, and Logan, Jr.
STEPHEN HENRY WELCH-A lifelong resi- dent of The Bronx, of which he is a constructive citizen and successful business man, Stephen Henry Welch conducts a plumbing establishment at No. 4177 Park Avenue, The Bronx, and is president of the New York State Association of Master Plumbers. He was born in a house on Quarry Road and Madi- son Avenue, now called Bathgate Avenue, and One Hundred and Eightieth Street, The Bronx, August 3, 1864, son of John and Ellen (McNamara) Welch, both natives of County Clare, Ireland. He attended Public School No. 63, where George H. Albro was principal, and the College of the City of New York, located on Twenty-third Street, Manhattan, where he completed a commercial course. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Welch began work, as apprentice to the plumber's trade, with M. J. McDermott, whose shop was located at No. 717 Tremont Avenue, a site now occupied by the Fox Theatre. For twenty-two years Mr. Welch remained in association with his first employer, and on the death of Mr. McDermott, entered into association with James H. McManus as owner of the shop so long owned and operated by that gentleman. In 1901 the property was taken over for the Fox Theatre Building. Five years later Mr. Welch dissolved his partnership with Mr. Mc- Manus and moved his own shop to No. 1874 Wash- ington Avenue, where he conducted a lucrative busi- ness until he sold the property to Isadore Benenson, in August, 1925, for the erection of a modern build- ing. Mr. Welch then opened up a plumbing business at his present location and has since prospered. He has always been prominent in trade associations. Early in his career he joined the United Journey- man Plumbers' Association, and proved so valuable a member that he was soon elected president of The Bronx Council. The first year after he qualified as a master plumber, he was elected Secretary of The Bronx Council of the Association of Master Plumb- ers and still serves as its treasurer. He was sec-
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retary of the State organization under William J. Flynn, and a zone delegate for the territory covering The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester County, Putnam County, Rockland County, Orange County, and Delaware and Sullivan counties, con- tinuing that work until 1924. Vice-president for a year, he then was elected president, in 1926, of the New York State Association of Master Plumbers and continues in office. He is a member of the Highbridge Democratic Club.
On June 30, 1890, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, in The Bronx, Stephen Henry Welch was married to Catherine Thuman, by Father Peter Far- rell. She is the daughter of Frederick Thuman, born in Sullivan County, New York, in the town of Thumanville, now called Calicoon Center, of which his family were early settlers. His wife, Mary (Flint) Thuman, was born in Hardenburg, Ulster County, New York. Seven children were born of the union, of whom four served their country during the World War: 1. John Thomas, born in 1892; married Honora Ambrose; with the Two Hundred and Thirteenth Aero Squadron in the Argonne, Meuse, St. Mihiel sectors during the World War, and aboard the transport, "Tuscania," when it was sunk by a submarine. 2. Harry W., also with the Aero Squadron, stationed at Kelly Field and Arcadia, Florida; married Marie Balmes, by whom he has a child, Joan Welch. 3. Stephen Henry, Jr., with the Three Hundred and Fifth Infantry Machine Gun Company, a participant in the offensives at Argonne, Meuse, and St. Mihiel. 4. William Vincent, served on the Mexican border with the 71st Regiment, and in the World War with the One Hundred and Fifth Artillery, Twenty-seventh Division, in the same sec- tor in France as his brother, William V .; possesses three honorable discharges for service with various units. 5. Gertrude Frances. 6. Frederick Aloysius. 7. Herbert.
PATRICK J. DWYER is well and widely known throughout The Bronx and its environs as one of the most prominent, successful and influential builders and contractors of the metropolitan area, and he has reached this high point of achievement in the bus- iness world solely through his own efforts and en- tirely by reason of his own ability, initiative, persev- erance and unflagging energy. Today (1926) he is president of six important industrial or commercial corporations, and holds directorates with as many more. In fact, he stands as one of the most eminent business man of The Bronx, and his activities have reacted in no small measure to the constant growth and advancement of that rapidly growing section of the Metropolis.
Patrick J. Dwyer was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, March 16, 1882, a son of Michael and Helen Dwyer, the latter of whom died in New York City in December, 1918. The father, Michael Dwyer, is now living retired, having spent his active business life as a shoe manufacturer. In 1887, when their son was only five years of age, the parents brought him to the United States, settling in New York City. Here the son grew to young manhood, and received his scholastic training in Public School No. 75, between Second and Third avenues. At the
age of fifteen years he left school and embarked upon his business career by entering the building and con- tracting business, soon working his way up until he was the head of his own company. He has re- mained in this field of endeavor ever since, and at the present time is the president of the P. J. Dwyer Building Company, the Wicklow Building Corpor- ation, the P. J. Dwyer Corporation, the City Island Beach Company, and the Benpat Realty Corpora- tion, which last-named company erected the large building at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street and Walton Avenue. Among the many well-known apartment houses built by the various companies of which Mr. Dwyer is the chief executive may be mentioned the following: The apartment house at the corner of One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Street and the Grand Concourse, the one at the corner of Fairmont Avenue and Southern Boulevard, One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street and Jerome Avenue, and about thirty-five other large buildings scattered throughout The Bronx. Mr. Dwyer holds a forty-three year lease on the property at No. 2454 Grand Concourse, where he maintains his head- quarters, which have recently been extensively re- modeled. Mr. Dwyer is a member of the grievance committee of the Building Industry League, and is also an active member of the Arthur Murphy Demo- cratic Club. During the World War he was in full charge of all construction on Governor's Island; and served in the 108th New York Reserves during the Spanish-American War. Mr. Dwyer also holds mem- bership in the Lions Club, the Luncheon Club, the Real Estate Board, the New York Real Estate Board, The Bronx Catholic Club, and the Dunwoodie Golf Club. His religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic Church of St. Nicholas of Tolentine, of which he is a regular attendant and a liberal sup- porter. He also contributes freely of his means toward the support of various local charities.
Patrick J. Dwyer was married in New York City, September 4, 1904, to May H. Fanning, a daughter of Patrick J. and Catherine Fanning. Patrick J. and May H. (Fanning) Dwyer are the parents of the following six children: William, Raymond, Edward, Thomas, John, and Catherine Dwyer. The family residence is maintained at No. 2519 Sedgwick Ave- nue, The Bronx.
JACOB SEGAL, M. D., is one of that group of The Bronx physicians who, in the prime of life and in the fullest exercise of all his powers, is maintain- ing for the community a high standard of professional ethics and efficiency. He is public spirited, humane, and highly skillful in his treatment of individual or community health problems. Dr. Segal was born in July, 1883, son of Wolf and Malca (Signer) Segal. The father was a teacher before his decease.
Jacob Segal was educated in the public elementary and high schools of Europe, receiving his profes- sional training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1913. His interneship was passed at the Hospital for Contagious Diseases in Philadelphia, at the Protestant Episcopal Hospital in the same city, a famed medical center, and at the Alexandria Hospital, in Montreal. With this thorough-going
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theoretic and practical preparation, Dr. Segal then filled the important post of head physician of the Mt. Sinai Sanatorium in Quebec for four years, a post he again occupied after the World War. During the latter period of the war, Dr. Segal was in charge of a military hospital for chest diseases in Ontario. In 1923, he resigned from his headship at Mt. Sinai Sanatorium and moved to The Bronx, where he opened offices at his present location, No. 2290 Uni- versity Avenue. Dr. Segal specializes in the treat- ment of chest ailments. He has become a man of note in The Bronx because of the wide knowledge and progressive methods he uses in his branch of the profession, and he is now chief of the Tuberculosis Clinic at Fordham Hospital and on the visiting staff of Montefiore Hospital in the tuberculosis division. He is a member of The North Bronx, the County, and the State Medical associations. He is also a member of National and New York Tuberculosis as- sociations; a member of the Knights of Pythias, and Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity.
Dr. Segal married, in New York City, August 3, 1925, Leah Frank, daughter of Harris and Rachel Frank.
ADAM P. DIENST-A native of Germany, but a resident of this country for almost half a century, Mr. Dienst has been established in business in The Bronx at No. 2604 Third Avenue ever since 1889. There he conducts an extensive and very successful establishment, handling contractors', mill and factory supplies, a business which he has built up from small beginnings to its present prosperity by his own ef- forts, his energy and ability. The concern is now known as A. P. Dienst Company, Inc., and its founder is also its president. He has been very active for many years in Masonic affairs and also as a member of many other clubs and organiations, and in every respect he is considered one of the most substantial and successful business men of that sec- tion of The Bronx in which he has been located for almost four decades.
Adam P. Dienst was born at Mayence, Germany, May 22, 1857, a son of the late Paul and Rosa Dienst, the former for many years a forester and also a captain of river steamers, plying on the River Rhine. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools of his native country, and came to the United States in 1877 at the age of twenty years. Here he continued his education by attending night schools, taking a course in mechanical engineering at the Cooper Union Institute, New York City, and receiving, after completing this course, a certificate as mechanical engineer. In 1880 he established him- self in business as a dealer in contractors', mill and factory supplies, in which he has continued ever since. Originally this business was located in the downtown part of New York, but nine years after its foundation it was moved, in 1889, to its present location in The Bronx, where it grew and prospered to such an extent that Mr. Dienst, in 1914, built for his own use a new and modernly equipped build- ing, which he still occupies. He is widely known in business circles and enjoys a very high reputation for integrity and fair dealing. He became a member of Zschokke Lodge, No. 202, in 1884, and later affil-
iated with Guiding Star Lodge, No. 564, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is now a member. He is a charter member of The Bronx Board of Trade and of the Schnorer Club, of which latter he is now the oldest living member, as well as of many other clubs and organizations. In politics he is Independent, supporting candidates of various parties according to their merit and his own judgment.
Mr. Dienst married, in New York City, October 20, 1884, Elise Hofmann, a native of the United States, and a daughter of Carl and Amalie Hofmann. Mr. and Mrs. Dienst are the parents of three chil- dren: 1. Herbert C., born October 15, 1885, and who now has the active management of the A. P. Dienst Company, Inc., of which his father is the president. 2. Fanny A., now Mrs. William F. Stock, and is a resident of Springfield, Massachusetts. 3. Elsa R., now Mrs. Hans C. Koehler, and a resident of New Rochelle, New York. At the time of his marriage, in 1884, Mr. Dienst established his home in The Bronx, where he continued to live for many years, but in recent years he has been a resident of Pleasant- ville, Westchester County.
J. CLARENCE DAVIES-It runs in the blood of J. Clarence Davies, widely known real estate operator, of The Bronx, to be engaged-and success- fully-in that line of business, for his family have been prominently identified with real estate interests, buying and selling, in the metropolis for one hundred and thirty years. He is of the fourth generation of the Davies line known to have pursued the real estate business with remarkable success. He con- tinues to play an important part in the development of The Bronx, where his real estate headquarters are housed at One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street and Third Avenue.
Born in New York City, November 27, 1867, J. Clarence Davies is the son of David and Maria (Phillips) Davies. He points with pride to his great- grandfather, Joseph Davies, who came from Holland in 1790, after receiving his education in England. His grandfather, John M. Davies, was married at No. 18 Wall Street, in 1824, where the Bankers Trust Company's building now stands. In 1828, he and his wife made a trip to Mexico, and while traveling through Virginia, their coach broke down, and they were most hospitably entertained by Thomas Jeffer- son and his wife at their home. J. Clarence Davies' maternal grandfather, John D. Phillips, was one of the largest real estate operators in New York City in his time. The father, David Davies, was a grad- uate of Columbia College, and his wife of Rutgers College.
J. Clarence Davies attended the public schools of New York, completing the grammar grades in 1882, and then studied at the College of the City of New York. In 1889 he entered the real estate business, to which he has devoted his business life, specializing in The Bronx property. He has had charge of many of the largest estates in The Bronx, and has been connected with many of the local banks since their inception. He is reputed to have conducted the largest real estate auction sales ever held in The Bronx, and has been employed as expert in legal proceedings for the United States Government, the
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