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Mr. Carber was born October 21, 1871, son of Charles Philip and Elizabeth (Knoll) Carber, in a house on Washington Avenue at One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Street, The Bronx. His father was a
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carriage builder by trade, born in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, in 1830, and died in 1908 in this country; he became a pioneer soda water and ginger ale manu- facturer of The Bronx, and was highly respected by all who knew him. The mother died in her forties, and was remembered for her many womanly quali- ties. Mr. Carber first attended the old Public School No. 3 (now No. 61) at Third Avenue and One Hun- dred and Sixty-ninth Street. In -1882 his parents removed to the Westchester village in East Bronx, where he graduated from the old school which stood in Westchester Square. At the early age of fifteen he served an apprenticeship to Clausman & Mayer, plumbers, on One Hundred and Twenty-third Street, Harlem, and after two years in the employ of this firm he obtained a position with John Tiley in West- chester village, with whom he remained until 1904, when he bought a shop on old Main Street at the place on Williamsbridge Road where he now is.
Mr. Carber has made a gratifying success of his business and has taken a high stand in the social, political and educational life of The Bronx. His principal secret order connection is with the Free Will Council, No. 1487, of the Royal Arcanum. His political interest centers around the Chippewa Demo- cratic Club, in which he has been active many years.
Mr. Carber married, October 3, 1896, in the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, village of Union- port, East Bronx, Rev. Father Meagher, pastor, to Margaret McCarron, daughter of James and Ann (McLaughlin) McCarron, both natives of Ireland, and their union has been blessed with four children: 1. Margaret, married Joseph Cerina, and they have three children, Margaret, Joan and Joseph Cerina, Jr. 2. Philip, Jr., married Ann Corkey. 3. Ann Carber, born December 26, 1905. 4. Charles Henry Carber, born June 14, 1909.
GEORGE KINDERMANN-The executive head of a warehouse business that has become known not only throughout The Bronx and New York State for both its general and special excellence and value to the public, but throughout the United States, in- deed, George Kindermann has demonstrated prac- tical and lasting worth of rare business judgment, integrity, and courteous attention to the public, his friend's and patrons. He has been long in his pres- ent business, and leading the way in the demands of warehousing and the care of property, Mr. Kinder- mann has brought his plant to a high state of per- fection, catering to a patronage that is country-wide. He is a son of Julius Kindermann, a native of Ger- many, died in 1914, having come to the United States in his boyhood, and Fredericka Kindermann, who was born in the United States.
George Kindermann was born February 18, 1881, at Cherry Street, in New York City, and he attended Public School No. 61. With his father, who owned a small store at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street, near Third Avenue, and his brother, Julius, and with a small capital he started in the coal and ice business, and gradually developed a furniture moving business, at first with a horse or two and a small van that was purchased on the installment plan. It was not long before Mr. Kindermann and
his two sons had a closed van built, which was the first of the kind in The Bronx, and each year there- after another van was added until 1901. In that year, they purchased their first piece of property, which included a stable at Brook Avenue and Kinder- mann Place, the upper part being used as a furniture warehouse. Then, in 1904, these enterprising and busy folk built their first warehouse on the piece of property that they had purchased; and the loyal sons, retiring their father, so that he might "take it easy" for the rest of his life, worked day and night on the vans and in the warehouse. They were worthy of success, and they were destined to succeed; and in 1906, they purchased their first warehouse, which was known at that time as the warehouse of The Bronx Fireproof Storage Company, a six-story fire- proof building at One Hundred and Fiftieth Street and Wales Avenue.
On December 24, 1906, the business was incorpor- ated as Julius Kindermann and Sons, Incorporated, this being the operating company, while the real es- tate department was under the title of the Mander- kin Building Company, of both of which concerns George Kindermann was elected president, Julius Kindermann, treasurer, and Frank Kindermann, sec- retary.
Early in 1910, the company found that their ware- houses were too crowded to handle the amount of business that was offered, and an eight-story fire- proof warehouse was built at Nos. 1360-1462 Węb- ster Avenue. Up to that time, the vans had been operated entirely by horses, there then being sixteen horsedrawn vans, and at the end of 1910, the entire equipment was changed to electric and gasoline trucks, of which the concern has eight in operation today. In 1911, there came the necessity to build a garage at Nos. 1368-1370 Webster Avenue, to ac- commodate the vans; and in addition the firm is thus able to store a few other automobiles for the pub- lic.
In 1918 occurred the death of the older brother, Julius Kindermann; and early in 1926 building opera- tions were again under way, when a building of the same size as the eight-story one adjoining, was con- structed, though more modern in every respect, with a main office to take care of the business of all the warehouses, and in the lobby of which is a passenger elevator, which leads to all sections of the building. In this structure there are installed special fireproof vaults for separate lots of furniture, as well as for storing equipment of all lines of business, such as the safekeeping of office records, and merchandise of any description, and so arranged that the customer may easily have access thereto; special vaults to take care of valuable carpets and rugs; and fireproof and burglar-proof vaults for the care of silverware and other valuable articles; as well as special floors for the care of automobiles on dead storage. The packing department of the establishment is equipped with all the necessary machinery to do the packing and crating of household furniture with speed and efficiency to the entire satisfaction of the firm's cus- tomers. There are also correspondents to take care of the firm's customers, when household goods are shipped to all parts of the world. The present offi- cers of the corporation are: George Kindermann,
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president and treasurer; Frank Kindermann, vice- president and secretary.
During the World War, George Kindermann served as chairman in the sale of Liberty Bonds, as well as chairman of The Bronx Commission on Warehouse Industry. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Lodge No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks; and with Lodge No. 914, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; and he is also a member of The Bronx Board of Trade; Fordham Mercantile As- sociation; Piano Club of The Bronx; New York Warehousmen's Association; New York Van Own- ers' Association; National Warehousemen's Associa- tion; Canadian Warehousemen's Association; New York State Warehousemen's Association; Wingfoot Golf Club; New York Athletic Club; Schnorer Club; Bronx Rotary Club.
George Kindermann married, June 6, 1906, El- friede Keil, daughter of Henry and Marie Keil.
HARRY WEADERHORN-There is, about the history of Harry Weaderhorn, a decided quality of adventure and strong-heartedness. Like a Man of the Ages, he comes swinging down across the broad stretches of the world, as an inevitable an entity as any, that ever crossed the threshold of our country. Born in a strange and far-away land, there is a tang to the life and work of this man that will always encolor his career ... no matter how humble. Clear- ly he has the soul of an artist-yet his is the heart of a soldier. Nor is he a free-footed wanderer de- spite the fact that his gay adventures upon the broad highway of a life abroad began at the exceedingly early age of ten.
Harry Weaderhorn was born October 25, 1894, in Wolochezk Wolene, Russia. He is the son of Moses and Anna (Eisenstein) Weaderhorn, the father be- ing a native of Germany, and the mother a native of Russia. Moses Weaderhorn, the father, was a mer- chant of some note in Wolochezk Wolene.
Harry Weaderhorn received his earliest education in the public schools of the town in which he was born, but at the age of ten a wild and untrammeled wanderlust seized hold of his boy's heart, and he ran away-adventuring off across western Russia to Warsaw, Poland, more than three hundred leagues away from home. There for days and days the youngster lived without a place to lay his head and only on the bits of food that he could garner here and there in the great metropolis of Poland. Then one day he met a Mr. Matriskovitz, a prominent sculptor who was well known in artistic circles of Warsaw, and he took a liking to the boy. Mr. Ma- triskovitz, whose work was then mostly done directly upon bronze and other metals, took little Harry Weaderhorn into his home, fed and cared for him and, when he discovered the lad's artistic possibili- ties, sent him to a mechanical school in Warsaw where he might learn something about the art of metal sculpture. It was while he was still a student in this institution that Mr. Weaderhorn conceived the remarkable idea of making a medium-sized metal head of Czar Nicholas of Russia. And so successful was he in the execution of his idea that he was able to travel all over western Russia and Poland, beat- ing out these stunning bronze heads by hand and
fastening them to the stoves of the purchasers-a most unusual idea, but an adornment, to say the least, to any stove. But fortune is as fortune does upon the highways and the byways of this earth (if the paraphrase is permissible), and on the dawn of the day following the night during which young Harry Weaderhorn swam the river which had sepa- rated him from Austrian soil, he found himself with but a few sous in his pocket-a sum, indeed, equiva- lent to but three American dollars. Not in the least disheartened, the young adventurer swung into his usual blithe stride, and by working a little here and beating out a bronze head or two there, he gradually made his way half round the world to America, upon whose shores he landed in the year, 1911. Landing in New York, he soon picked up something of the language-a tongue which, incidently, made the eighth in which he was able to converse with ease -and managed to secure a position with the Bedford Plumbing Company, a successful concern with of- fices located in The Bronx. He remained with them but a single year, and then resigned to accept a position with another plumbing concern, Cornell & Company. He soon grew dissatisfied with this firm, however, and after serving but three months in their employ he returned to the Bedford Plumbing Com- pany where he was appointed foreman of their plant. Another year slipped by, and then he decided to branch out into business for himself, which he accordingly did in 1914, opening a modest little shop at One Hundred and Sixty-fifth and Kelly streets, in The Bronx. This proved to be a decidedly suc- cessful venture, and he later moved to larger quar- ters on Concord Avenue, in the same part of the city.
Then came those terrible days of the World War, and when America finally entered the conflict, Harry Weaderhorn was one of the first to offer his services. There was some delay in the beginning, due to the difficulties of his citizenship, and he solved the mat- ter by going to work for the Lake Submarine Boat Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a firm that was then busily engaged in turning out munitions of war. Mr. Weaderhorn remained there over a period of six months, and then he succeeded in securing his enlistment in the United States Army, where, be- cause of his extraordinary knowledge of foreign languages he was given the rank of Interpreter and assigned to the Intelligence Department. He was later transferred to the Quartermaster's Corps as a private soldier; but owing to his knowledge of me- chanics he was later sent out to inspect construction and installation work at various camps. He con- tinued thus until the armistice was signed and peace had been restored, when he was honorably discharged from all further military duty, in December, 1918. Harry Weaderhorn is fraternally affiliated with the organization of B'rith Abraham, and also holds mem- bership in the Workman's Circle.
Harry Weaderhorn married, October 25, 1919, in Bronx County, New York, Anna Scheit, the daughter of Harry and Minna Scheit. Mr. and Mrs. Weader- horn are now the parents of a son, Jesse, who was born July 12, 1925.
CHARLES DI CARLO-His personal inclina- tion in behalf of the interests of his calling, and his
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business qualifications for the printer's trade, have brought Charles Di Carlo well-merited success, the "Victory Print" in which Mr. Di Carlo and his broth- er are partners, having secured an increasing field of its own and winning a host of friends for its origina- tor. Mr. Di Carlo is a veteran of the World War, and is an active member of the American Legion, his plant receiving its suggestive title from the vic- torious results of the World War.
Charles Di Carlo, a son of Frederick and Rosaria Carlo, both residents of The Bronx, was born Janu- ary 17, 1893, at Teramo, in Italy, where he attended public schools, and coming to the United States when he was ten years old, he was graduated in the chemistry course at Stuyvesant Evening Trade School, passing the Regents' Examinations when he was nineteen years old. With his brother, Amil- care Di Carlo, he established himself in his present business in The Bronx, their plant being known as the Victory Print.
During the World War, Mr. Di Carlo was a mem- ber of the 327th Infantry of the 82nd Division, and he was overseas with his contingent, and one year in France, receiving his discharge March 29, 1919. While in France, he was a member of the staff of the journal, "Stars and Stripes," published in Paris. He is a member of the American Legion, The Bronx Board of Trade, and The Bronx Real Estate Board.
Charles Di Carlo married, June 23, 1926, Adelaide Benvenuto, daughter of Alphonse and Adelaide Ben- venuto.
REV. RAYMOND TONINI, O. M. Cap .- Since 1922 Rev. Raymond Tonini has been rendering serv- ice of a high order as pastor of the Italian Church of the Immaculate Conception on Gun Hill Road, The Bronx. Rev. Father Tonini is the founder of the New Commisserate of the Italian Capuchin Fathers of North America, and since 1922 the Church of the Immaculate Conception has been the headquarters for the Capuchin Fathers of the United States.
Charles Tonini, father of Rev. Raymond Tonini, was born in Seravezza, province of Lucca, Italy, in 1842, and died in his native town, May 23, 1926. He received his education in the town of his birth, and then was engaged in marble work throughout his active life, working first in the employ of others and then owning an establishment of his own in Sera- vezza. He married Teresa Mencoraglia, who was was born in Seravezza, province of Lucca, Italy, in 1843, and died in 1905, in her sixty-third year, and among their children was Rev. Raymond Tonini, of further mention.
Rev. Raymond Tonini was born in Seravezza, prov- ince of Lucca, Italy, July 6, 1868, and attended a preparatory school in his native town. Later he be- came a student in Siena Seminary, where he was ordained a member of the Capuchin Fathers. After his ordination he began preaching in many Italian cities, and continued until 1913, when he left his na- tive land and came to this country, locating in New York City. Here he was made assistant rector of the Capuchin Church on Pitt Street, on the lower east side of New York City, where he remained for a period of five years. He was sent to Paterson, New Jersey, as pastor of the Church of Our Lady of
Pompeii, and while serving in that capacity in Pater- son he organized the New Commisserate of the Ital- ian Capuchin Fathers of North America, of which he was the first Commissary Provincial. Two years later he returned to New York City as pastor of the Italian Church of the Immaculate Conception, on Gun Hill Road, The Bronx, and here he has con- tinued to render exceptionally efficient service to the present time (1927). Since Rev. Tonini took charge here this church has become the headquarters of the Commisserate of the Italian Capuchin Fathers of the United States, and in many ways Father Tonini has strengthened and developed the parish. On Decem- ber 23, 1923, the old church building, a frame struc- ture, was destroyed by fire, and Rev. Tonini at once began preparations for the erection of a new church and monastery on this same site. A handsome brick and stone church edifice and monastery rose opposite to where the old building had stood, the money being raised in an incredibly short space of time, and the Church of the Immaculate Conception is now a valuable addition to the attractiveness of this section of The Bronx. In addition to these material contributions to the progress of the parish Father Tonini has also originated many new ideas and systems, has organized several societies, includ- ing the Third Order of St. Francis of Assissi, the Holy Name Society, and the Holy Name Club, also a Baseball Club, and brought to the church the Christian Mothers, Children of Mary. Through all his work there has been plainly discernible a spirit of devotion and of consecration which has greatly endeared Father Tonini to his parishioners, and which has won for him the respect and esteem of the community in which he serves.
GEORGE H. SCHEELE-For more than twenty years George H. Scheele has been head of the real estate and insurance business which bears his name at No. 748 Melrose Avenue, The Bronx. Mr. Scheele came to The Bronx in 1906, established himself permanently here and since that time has been steadily augmenting a business which includes the real estate business in all its ramifications: rent col- lecting, mortgages, insurance, investigating, and so forth.
Mr. Scheele was born in New York City, August 30, 1876, son of Frederick C. and Anna M. Scheele. Both parents were native Germans, who came to this country while still very young. Their son received his education in the public schools of New York and chose to pursue the real estate business. He has been very successful. His business includes the man- aging of estates and mortgage loans. He is a mem- ber of the investigating committee of The Bronx Real Estate Board. He is a Mason, and a member of the Steuben Society of The Bronx, the Schnorer Club, and the Fordham Lutheran Church.
Mr. Scheele married, in The Bronx, in March, 1906, Lillie M. Wiebke, daughter of Herman and Dora Wiebke. They are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy, and a son, George H., Jr.
MASKELL EWING FOX-A romance of bus- iness lends its touch to the career of Maskell Ewing Fox, vice-president and secretary of the M. Ewing
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Fox Company, Inc., manufacturers of water paints and calcimines. He was born December 14, 1884, in the Morrisania section of The Bronx. His father, Maskell Ewing Fox, Sr., was born in England, and came to the United States, when one year old. His parents settled in New York City, where he received this education, and where his father became principal of one of the old east side schools. His mother was Amelia (Grey) Fox.
Maskell E. Fox attended the public school and the Morris High School in The Bronx. He began work in his father's factory and mill at fifteen. He served his apprenticeship, learning the business at a weekly wage of two dollars and fifty cents. He advanced to responsible positions in his father's employ until 1917, at which time the father died, and the three sons became the owners and directors of the bus- iness. The concern was established in 1880 by Maskell Ewing Fox, Sr., who opened a mill and plant at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street and Park Avenue to make water paints and calcimines, two highly specialized products. C. Brainerd Fox, a brother, suc- ceeded the father as president, and continued until his death in 1918. He was in turn succeeded by another brother, Louis V. Fox, while Maskell Ewing Fox has served as vice-president and secretary since the father's death. Mr. Fox's military tastes led him to enter the Plattsburgh Training Camp in 1915 and 1916. He entered the 8th Coast Artillery, National Guard of the State of New York, and was com- missioned captain. At about the time the war ended, he was ordered to Gettysburg Camp, (Federal). He is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 873, Free and Accepted Masons; of the Rotary Club of The Bronx; The Bronx Board of Trade, the Scarsdale Golf Club, and the Tennis Club of Westchester County. He is vice-president of the New York and Metropolitan Tennis associations; and vice-president of the Bri- arcliff Lodge Tennis Club. His business address is No. 240 East One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street, The Bronx, and his house address Hartsdale, West- chester County.
CHARLES HEILENDAY-Among the many men who have accomplished things in The Bronx, and reflected credit upon the community as well as upon themselves, must be mentioned Charles Heilen- day, civil engineer, who continues to make his valued contribution to the borough through his profession. He has been engaged in his practice for approx- imately ten years in a private capacity, although the very nature of his profession demands that he shall be, whenever the occasion requires it, something of a public servant in the fulfillment of the commissions awarded to him, many of which involve the outlay of great sums of money. Mr. Heilenday has a number of highly important achievements that have given him not a little degree of distinction and furnished him with a prestige that has carried his name and the excellence of his work far beyond the Borough of The Bronx.
None, it may safely be said, knows The Bronx better than Mr. Heilenday, for he was born there, March 14, 1890, and has lived all his life in that borough, the son of Charles and Johanna Heilen- day. His father, who was as an interior decorator,
well known in his circle in New York City, died in 1904; the mother is living.
Charles Heilenday, was a pupil at Public School No. 90, in The Bronx, thence entered the Morris High School in that borough, and there prepared for college. His academic and technical education was received at Columbia University, where he took the full course, with an additional special year in engineering, making five years in all, graduating with the degree of Civil Engineer in the class of 1911. In the latter year he entered the employ of H. H. Spindler, who then was associated with Louis Reis, both well known in their respective lines. This connection he held until 1915, and the ensuing three years he spent in the New York Topographical Bureau, under the able administrator of that de- partment, John C. Hume. By this time Mr. Heilen- day had acquired a most valuable experience, which had also begotten within him that degree of self- confidence which would permit him to think of launching out for himself in the practice of his profession. This he did in 1918, when he for the first time saw his own name on the office door, and under it the legend, "Civil Engineer."
Among the notable commissions that he has exe- cuted was the surveying of more than one thousand acres of the estate of the late vice-President Levi P. Morton, within the limit of four days set by the United States Government, because of the haste re- quired incident to a contemplated purchase of the tract. Then, too, his professional activities in The Bronx have had an extensive relation to the great betterment program that was initiated in that borough some years ago, and which still is in the continuation stage. A large feature of his work there may be seen in that modern and model thoroughfare, the Grand Concourse. For ninety per cent of the building sites along that drive Mr. Heilenday made the sur- veys. The demands made upon his skill and energy afford him little respite from his work. He has the zeal and the knowledge with which to enter help- fully into the various community endeavors, and is looked upon as a resourceful and dependable mem- ber of the citizen body. He enjoys good standing in the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Building Industry League. He is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of Guiding Star Lodge, No. 565. He belongs to the Harlem Yacht Club and the Lions Club of The Bronx.
Charles Heilenday married, September 28, 1916, in The Bronx, Alice L. Drain, daughter of Dr. John S. and Helen A. Drain, her father, now deceased, a former well-known practitioner, who was associated with the New York City Board of Health. They have one child, Helen Marie, born July 28, 1917.
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