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Mr. Neubert is a member of Bronx Council, Knights of Columbus; of Melrose Council, Catholic Benevolent Legion; of Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks; of the Fraternal Order of Eagles; of Mott Haven Lodge, Foresters Court; of the Schnorer Club of The Bronx; and the Amity Social Club.
Mr. Neubert was married, September 30, 1915, in The Bronx, to Gertrude Pflum, daughter of John Pflum, who was born on the lower east side of Manhattan, and of Anna (Messner) Pflum, also a native of the lower east side. Mr. and Mrs. Neu- bert are the parents of Madelene Anna Neubert, born April 22, 1917. The business address of Mr. Neubert is No. 600 Melrose Avenue, The Bronx.
ARON WEINBERGER-His farsightedness and faith in the possibilities of his home town have reaped an ample reward for Aron Weinberger, one of the successful realtors in The Bronx today. He is the son of Jacob Weinberger, born in Uyer Parasznya, Hungaria, where he was a stock farmer, and of Charlotte (Blass) Weinberger.
Aron Weinberger was born April 1, 1872, in Uyer Parasznya, Hungaria, and came to the United States at the age of seventeen, in 1889. He obtained his education in the night schools while working as a salesman for a shoe company. He continued as salesman for some time, becoming familiar with all phases of the shoe trade, and then established his own shoe store on Third Avenue between One Hun- dred and Thirty-sixth and One Hundred and Thirty- seventh streets, and for fifteen years conducted most successfully this business. Of a very thrifty nature and seeing the inevitable rise in property values in his home town, he invested most wisely his savings in The Bronx real estate. His hopes of the future were more than realized, and in 1915, having previ- ously removed his shoe store to One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street and Third Avenue, he sold out his interests, the better to devote all of his time to the more profitable one of real estate activities. Today he is a most important factor in The Bronx realty circles, having handled many important deals in both The Bronx and New York City. He is a member of the New York Social Club.
Aron Weinberger married, June 27, 1897, in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, Esther Klein, daughter of Wolf and Bella Klein. Mr. and Mrs. Aron Weinberger
are the parents of five children as follows: 1. Jen- nie, born August 26, 1898. 2. William, born july 24, 1900. 3. Bella, born May 22, 1902. 4. Charlotte, born June 22, 1904. 5. Laura, born January 24, 1906. They reside at No. 1568 Montgomery Avenue, The Bronx, his business address being No. 2855 Third Avenue.
DR. WILLIAM MARSTERS FLEISCHMAN- Widely known as one of the most expert veterinary surgeons in New York City, Dr. William Marsters Fleischman has recently completed thirty-two years of continuous practice on the same spot, on a part of the old Fleischman Estate in The Bronx. He is a son of Philip and Hannah Matilda (Titus) Fleisch- man, the father having been for many years the proprietor of a shop on Fulton Street, Manhattan, where weighing scales were made.
William Marsters Fleischman was born August 23, 1872, on the old Fleischman Estate on East Tre- mont Avenue and Williamsbridge Road in The Bronx, New York, where he still maintains his of- fices and stables. As a boy he attended old Public School No. 1, in Westchester Village, now East Bronx, and later became a student at New York University Preparatory School. Later he entered the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, gradu- ating in the class of 1894 with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Science, and that same year began to practice. In his thirty-three years of experience in this field Dr. Fleischman has won for himself an en- viable reputation. He has been in charge of the Police Department horses in Westchester District for over twenty years. He takes an active in- terest in all that pertains to the welfare of The Bronx, both in its material and civic progress, and recently built the largest and finest business block in this section, fronting Westchester Square on East Tremont Avenue. Dr. Fleischman is a member of the Veterinary Association; also a member of the Veterinary Medical Association of New York City, and fraternally is affiliated with Wyoming Lodge, No. 492, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is one of the trustees; also president of the Wyoming Holding Corporation, which corporation is about to build a new Temple in Westchester. He is a Past Regent and a Grand Committeeman of Royal Ar- canum, Freewill Council No. 1487. In addition he is an active member of the Franklin Athletic Club of The Bronx and president of the Men's Club of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
Dr. Fleischman married, on April 12, 1899, in St. Peter's Church, with Rev. Frank M. Clendenin of- ficiating, Jessie M. Raynor, daughter of Nathan M. Raynor, born in Greenpoint, Long Island, and Louise (Tuthill) Raynor, born in Cutchogue, Long Is- land. Dr. and Mrs. Fleischman have four children: 1. Vera Beatrice, born January 30, 1900; married Clinton Fiske Clarke. 2. Ralph Edward, born Sep- tember 2, 1902. 3. Dorothy Raynor, born July 24, 1904. 4. William Marsters, Jr., born June 6, 1911.
HARRY BUCH-Engaged for some eight years in the retail business in The Bronx as owner of ladies' specialty shops, Mr. Buch is the only retail
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merchant in the Fordham section of The Bronx who successfully conducts two separate stores under one and the same ownership and management, at No. 116 East Fordham Road and at No. 368 East Fordham Road, respectively. The very fact that both of these stores, located in comparatively close proximity to each other have continued to meet with marked suc- cess, is ample proof of their owner's ability and energy.
Harry Buch was born in Austria, April 2, 1891, a son of Hyman and Sarah (Schiffman) Buch. His father, who died in 1908, was a builder, and in his youth had served in the war between Serbia and Austria, being decorated for valor by the late Em- peror Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary. While Mr. Buch was still a small boy, he removed to Eng- land with his parents and continued to live there for some ten years, until he came to this country in 1907. He was educated in the public schools in England and after coming to the United States, at- tended, for some years, evening high school in New York City, from which he was graduated in due course. He then entered business, becoming a sales- man of silk underwear to which work he devoted himself for some five years. In 1918 he established himself in business under his own name, opening a ladies' specialty shop at No. 1315 Boston Road, The Bronx, which he conducted with steadily growing success until 1925, when he disposed of it by sale. Since then he has conducted with equal success his two stores on East Fordham Road. During the World War he was engaged as a machinist in con- nection with the ยท manufacture of aeroplanes. He is a member of the Fordham Merchants' Association, and while he was located on Boston Road, was a member and president of the Boston Road Mer- cants' Association. He has also been, since 1918, a member of Dirigo Lodge, No. 30, Free and Ac- cepted Masons.
Mr. Buch married, in December, 1918, in The Bronx, Rose Rothstein, daughter of Irving and Fan- nie Rothstein the former now deceased, the lat- ter still a resident of The Bronx. Mr. and Mrs. Buch are the parents of two children: Lillian, born in 1919; Hilda, born in 1923. The family residence is located at No. 2395 Morris Avenue, The Bronx.
AUGUST BOTH-A native and lifelong resident of The Bronx, Mr. Both has been engaged for many years in the shade and awning business as partner with his brother, Herman Both, in the firm of H. Both & Sons, with headquarters at No. 767 East One Hundred and Sixty-first Street, The Bronx. This business, the first of its type in The Bronx, was founded by the father of the present owners, about 1886, and since then has become one of the important business establishments in its locality. The thoroughness of its workmanship and the prompt- ness and carefulness of its owners and their assist- ants have brought to it an ever-extending circle of customers and a continuously increasing prosperity.
August Both was born in The Bronx in the same house in which he still resides with his family, and which is also used as the offices of his business, a son of the late Herman and Eliza Both, the former
one of the pioneer merchants and manufacturers of the Woodstock section of The Bronx. He was edu- cated in the public schools and attended Public School No. 62, at One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Street and Third Avenue, The Bronx. After leav- ing school he entered his father's business and under the latter's guidance received a thorough training in all the branches of manufacturing shades and awnings. Naturally, the business grew extensively as the result of the remarkable development of The Bronx, which brought to it a tremendously increased demand for its products. Since the death of the founder of the business it has been continued by his two sons at the same location at which it was established.
Mr. Both is a member of the United Order of American Mechanics, The Bronx Lions Club, the Schnorer Club, and the We-Us Club, the latter one of the oldest clubs of the district. He is also in- terested as a stockholder in The Bronx County Trust Company. He and his wife are members of the Democratic County Committee.
Mr. Both married, in The Bronx, February 14, 1904, Theresa Hughes, a member of the family that for- merly owned the property at Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, Manhattan, where Carnegie Hall is now located. Mr. and Mrs. Both are the parents of two children: 1. Howard James, born March 10, 1905, educated in the public schools and a graduate of New York University, of the class of 1927. 2. Edna Irene, born in June, 1907, and a grad- uate of Roosevelt High School.
JOHN WANDERMAN-Beginning in the par- quet flooring business as a boy of seventeen years, Mr. Wanderman has been engaged in this line of work and in allied lines ever since 1903. In 1918 he branched out in building and real estate and he has continued in these various enterprises since then with unabated industry and success, maintaining offices in recent years at No. 2270 Walton Avenue, The Bronx. Late in 1925 he organized the Building Industries League, with headquarters at No. 2454 Grand Con- course, The Bronx, of which he became the first president and which in a few months' time has en- rolled some one hundred and fifty members. He was born in Austria, February 27, 1886, a son of Michael and Hannah Wanderman, the former living now in retirement after a busy life, the latter de- ceased since April 23, 1899.
John Wanderman came to the United States with his parents as a small boy in 1891, and was educated in the public schools of New York City. After leaving school he started, in 1903, in the parquet flooring business, having previously sold newspapers on the streets of New York City since he was nine years old. In his new undertaking he soon became an expert and built up a large and prosperous busi- ness in which and in similar business enterprises he has been engaged continuously since then. In 1918 he added building and dealing in real estate to his other activities and in these new lines he also made his mark quickly. He is also very active in fraternal affairs, and is a member of Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Victory
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Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Loyalty Lodge, No. 876, Free and Accepted Masons; New York City Con- sistory, thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Mecca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; as well as the Lions Club, of which he is third vice-president. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and as such a member of the James Brown Associ- ation.
Mr. Wanderman married, in New York City, March 23, 1907, Anna Bloofield, a daughter of I. and Carrie Bloofield, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wanderman are the parents of four chil- dren: 1. Gertrude Edith, born May 12, 1908. 2. Irving Leo, born September 30, 1910. 3. Walter Richard, born November 7, 1916. 4. Herbert Ar- thur, born April 20, 1918. The family home is lo- cated at No. 1950 Andrews Avenue, The Bronx.
WILLIAM T. FISHER-For twenty years, from 1903 to 1923, William T. Fisher served as a fireman, in hook and ladder work, mostly in The Bronx, but in 1923 he retired. In 1920 he began to operate in real estate, and three years later gave his entire time to it. He has done unusually well, especially in developing and selling Woodlawn Heights lots for home-building purposes. An idea of the progress made in Woodlawn Heights may be gained from the fact that in 1889 there were five houses in the neigh- borhood, while in 1925 there were nine hundred families. Mr. Fisher stands high in the community, having made quite a success of his business, and his integrity and geniality have gained him hundreds of admirers and friends.
Mr. Fisher was born in Christie Street, September 22, 1877, son of Maximilian and Elizabeth (Smith) Fisher. His father, a native of Germany, left that country in 1860, established himself in this country as a cigar manufacturer and died in April, 1892, closing a life of great usefulness to his fellow-man. His mother was born in New Jersey, of Irish de- scent.
Mr. Fisher entered the New York Fire Depart- ment in 1903. Two years later he came to The Bronx and went with Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, then with Hook and Ladder Company No. 39, in Woodlawn. He retired from the latter to open his real estate office, as stated. His education was received in Public School No. 14. He is a leading member of The Bronx Real Estate Board, and in religious matters a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Barnabas Parish of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Fisher married, in Harlem, February 17, 1898, Mary Scanlan, daughter of Patrick J. and Susan Scanlan, and their union has been blessed with six children: 1. Helen. 2. William T., Jr. 3. Walter H. 4. Arthur James. 5. Daniel J. 6. Vincent T. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and family reside at No. 238 East Two Hundred and Thirty-seventh Street, while his office is at No. 279 East Two Hundred and Thirty-third Street.
BERNARD SCHILDHAUS-Among the success- ful real estate men of The Bronx is Bernard Schild- haus, who has been in business there since about
1903, and has been established at his present ad- dress on One Hundred and Sixty-third Street since 1910. Mr. Schildhaus is Roumanian, and is the son of Isaac Ephraim and Sylvia (Meisels) Schildhaus; his father, who was born in 1845 in Piatra, Rou- mania, and died November 19, 1915, having been engaged in the banking business, operating his own bank in Piatra.
Bernard Schildhaus was born May 5, 1877, in Piatra, Roumania, and attended the public schools in his native land. When he was eighteen, he began work in Vienna, Austria, as a salesman for an export and import house, and continued this work for eight years, at the end of which time he determined to come to the United States. Upon arrival in 1901, he settled on the lower east side for about two years, and then moved to The Bronx and entered the real estate business, in which he has been en- gaged ever since. Mr. Schildhaus has established a good business and a reputation for reliability and is very highly regarded in the trade. He is a mem- ber of The Bronx Real Estate Board.
He married, on December 1, 1907, in The Bronx, Annie Kravetzky; and they have three children: Arnold, born October 14, 1908; Leon, born February 9, 1910; and Sylvia Sarah, born February 9, 1920.
MORRIS MARCUS-Connected with the plumb- ing business for almost a quarter of a century, ever since coming to this country from his native Russia in 1902, Mr. Marcus has been president of the firm of Marcus & Barkin, Inc., since its organization in 1916, with offices in recent years at No. 4182 Park Avenue, The Bronx. A general plumbing contract- ing business is conducted there most successfully by this concern, which recently has also entered the real estate and building business, their first building operation, early in 1922, being the erection of a six- story apartment house at No. 83 West One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Street, The Bronx.
Morris Marcus was born in Vilna, Russia, May 15, 1883, a son of Isidor and Edna Marcus, both natives of Russia, where they resided until their deaths. He came to this country in 1902 as a young man of nineteen years, after having been educated in the public schools of Vilna. Settling in New York City, he continued his education by attending the public night schools and at the same time work- ing in the daytime as a plumber. He became a thorough expert in this trade and in 1916 organized a company of his own, which was incorporated un- der the laws of New York State and which since then has been known as Marcus & Barkin, Inc. Their first shop and offices were located at No. 454 East One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street and later at No. 4182 Park Avenue, The Bronx, from which they eventually were moved to the present location, No. 1464 Boston Road. Mr. Marcus is a member of the Independent Order of B'rith Abraham, the Building Industry League, and the Master Plumb- ers' Association, while his religious affiliations are with the Washington Heights Temple.
Mr. Marcus married, in New York City, in Septem- ber, 1906, Anna Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. Marcus are the parents of two children: 1. Edna, born May
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24, 1909. 2. Herbert, born December 7, 1914. The family home is located at No. 281 Wadsworth Ave- nue, The Bronx.
JOHN KUHHORN-One of the older residents of The Bronx, who has had a hand in the upbuild- ing, who has been identified with many of its civic organizations, and whose father- was also identi- fied with its growth since 1851, is John Kuhhorn. He is the son of John and Sophia Kuhhorn, and was born in The Bronx, November 17, 1862, at Third Avenue and One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Street, within a block of his present residence. John Kuhhorn, Sr., was a pioneer shoe merchant in The Bronx, establishing his business here in 1851. He also erected a great many houses on East One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Street, between Franklin and Boston Road. He retired from active business cares in 1890, but lived only two years to enjoy his freedom, passing away in 1892, mourned by all who had known him.
John Kuhhorn received his education in the Old Morrisania School. After school days were over he learned the carpenter's and builder's trade from his father, and has been most successfully identified with this business all of his life, with the exception of several years spent in military service. He enlisted April 6, 1882, in the First Cavalry, United States, Troop A, and served during the Indian disturbances, receiving his honorable discharge, January 10, 1887. He is treasurer of the Old Timers' Club, and is a member of the First Congregational Church.
John Kuhhorn married, February 19, 1888, in The Bronx, Augusta Lohmeyer, whose parents are de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhhorn are the parents of the following children: 1. Augusta S., born Decem- ber 7, 1888. 2. Louise A., born August 27, 1897. 3. John G., born May 19, 1899; married, and has two daughters, Gladys and Ruth. 4. Arthur H., born June 10, 1903.
SAM M. WALDSTEIN-Engaged for some fif- teen years in the real estate and building business, Mr. Waldstein, in recent years, has been located at No. 51 East Tremont Avenue, The Bronx, where he maintains offices as treasurer of the Waldorf Realty Corporation, president of the Morris Avenue Realty Corporation and treasurer of the Sherave Realty Corporation. He has been very successful and has carried through many large and important real estate deals and building operations, and his share in the development and building up of The Bronx has been as much a proof of his sound busi- ness judgment as of his good citizenship. He was born in New York City, July 9, 1885, a son of Mor- ris and Ray Waldstein. His father was a native of Austria, but had come to this country as a young man and for many years was associated with the American News Company. He died about 1916, having been pre-deceased by his wife in 1911.
Sam M. Waldstein was educated in the public schools of New York City, attending Public School No. 77. He went to work as a boy, but continued his education by attending the night courses offered
by the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He then engaged for a number of years in the stock brokerage business as a curb broker in the old curb market in Wall Street. About 1910, he established himself in the real estate and building business, which in recent years has assumed such proportions that he found it desirable to incorporate his various interests in sev- eral corporations, of all of which he is an executive officer. His most recent building operations, to be finished in the spring of 1926, were the erection of two five-story and basement apartment houses, each on a plot of 100 by 95, at Nos. 2246 and 2256 Walton Avenue, The Bronx. He is a member of Progress Lodge, No. 1041, Free and Accepted Masons; the Lions Club; and the Building Industry League, in which latter he is a member of the grievance com- mittee. He is also a very liberal contributor to many charitable organizations, irrespective of creed or race. In politics, he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and as such a member of the North End Democratic Club.
Mr. Waldstein married, in The Bronx, February 22, 1922, M. Mabel Magnus, a daughter of Max and Annie Magnus, the former a jeweler of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Waldstein are the par- ents of one daughter, Hope Rachelle, born July 1, 1924. The family residence is located at No. 2470 University Avenue, The Bronx.
LOUIS STILLMAN, who has been in the com- mercial and electric sign business in The Bronx since 1920 and is responsible for many of the largest and cleverest signs in the business district of that borough, is a son of Elias and Mary Stillman, both living, the father being in the machine business in New York City. The Stillmans have been Ameri- cans for many generations.
Louis Stillman was born in New York City, May 12, 1896, and attended Public Schools Nos. 2 and 62 in Manhattan. He has been engaged in the sign busi- ness during all his commercial career, and went into the business for himself in The Bronx about 1920, moving some three years later into his present loca- tion on One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street. Among his most noteworthy signs are those for Batlin & Horowitz, for Lawson Pianos, the Sibley-Pitman Electric Corporation, and the electric cross for the Holy Trinity Church. He is a member of The Bronx Board of Trade.
Mr. Stillman married, in New York City, on De- cember 11, 1923, Ernestine Freyhan, daughter of John A. and Carrie Freyhan, both living in New York City.
JAMES McGUIRE-Among the best known heating contractors of The Bronx is James McGuire, who has been engaged in the heating business in his own name there since 1919, and prior to that was associated for ten years with various concerns in the same line. Mr. McGuire is a son of James and Catherine McGuire, the father, an engineer, who died in 1887; the mother died in 1897.
James McGuire was born in Meriden, Connecticut, July 7, 1885; and was educated in the parochial
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schools of New York City. He has been associated with The Bronx since 1898, but after four years left and went West, in 1902, first to Toledo, Ohio, where he was for two years in the employ of the Libby Glass Company of that city, engaged in blowing and cutting. Leaving Toledo in 1904, Mr. McGuire went adventuring to the Pacific, spending the next five years in the Klondike, Honolulu, Sumatra, Manila, and other far-off portions of the globe. He returned to The Bronx in 1909 at the age of twenty-five and for the next ten years was in the employ of various heating concerns, acquiring a thorough practical knowledge of the business. Since 1919 he has been in business for himself and has built up a substantial trade, his concern being one that is up-to-date in every respect. Mr. McGuire worked on the manufac- ture of ingredients that were used on the inside of gas masks, with the Casino Beach Gas Company during the World War and was registered for serv- ice but not called. He is a member of the James Brown Democratic Club, of Bronx Lodge, No. 871, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, The Bronx Board of Trade, Lions Club, Schnorer Club, and Dunwoodie Golf Club. His religious connections are with the Catholic church.
Mr. McGuire married, in New York City, Febru- ary 20, 1915, Charlotte Lander, daughter of John F. and Nora (Purcill) Lander; the father died in September, 1925, after having lived in The Bronx for twenty-six years, the mother is still living.
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