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REV. A. G. LAFAJ-The clergy of the Hazleton area accord to Father Lafaj the deepest of respect. Well trained for the priesthood, he gives to his charges the utmost of devotion, and carries the teachings of the Lord into the souls of his many parishion- ers. He is pastor of St. Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic Church, at Carson and Eighth streets, Hazleton. Within the parish are four hundred and fifty families. Father Lafaj was born in Wilkes-Barre, June 3, 1897, son of George and Julia Lafaj. George Lafaj was a native of Poland, and came to this country as a young man. In Wilkes-Barre he worked as a miner through long years, until his death, in 1904.
Following graduation from school at Or- chard Lake, Michigan, Father Lafaj studied at St. Mary's College, and continued his studies at St. Cynthia's Seminary, being or- dained to the priesthood in 1921 by Bishop Hoban, in South Scranton. For fifteen months thereafter he was a curate at Dixon City, then took the pastorate of St. John's Church, at Exeter, where he remained eight months. Following this charge he was removed to St. Joseph's, at Morris Run, Tioga County. After four years and three months there he came to his present charge in Hazleton.
St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church (Polish) was established in 1891, through an amalgamation of Polish and Lithuanian peo- ples. It was founded by Rev. Bruno Dembin- ski, who stayed with the church until 1896. He was succeeded by Rev. Richard Aust, who held the charge until death came, in 1913. Rev. Aust was followed by Rev. Kowalczyk, during whose administration Rev. Tolpa was temporarily in executive place. Next was Rev. Nowak, who came to the parish when Father Kowalczyk retired from it in 1919. Rev. Nowak held the charge until July, 1925, being succeeded by Rev. V. S. Matuszewski, who gave way to Rev. W. Kwiatkowski. Father Kwiatkowski retired from the church in August, 1927; and it was then that Father Lafaj came to the Hazleton parish.
St. Stanislaus has a seating capacity of three hundred, and at the present time (this is written in 1928) erection of a new church and school is under process, at the same lo- cation. These will afford much needed facili- ties, as the parish has grown materially in membership. Father Lafaj administers to the needs of his parishioners with love and understanding. They turn to him at every occasion.
Father Lafaj is affiliated with the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, as mem- ber of Lodge No. 173, at Williamsport; and with the Knights of Columbus, Lodge No. 2161, at Blossburg. He takes pleasure in out- of-door relaxations and sports, being particu- larly fond of hunting and fishing. He is very well liked by all who know him, for he is genial, possessed of a wit that is pleasing and laughter that rings sincere.
GEORGE PICKERING COOPER-Though not yet thirty years of age George Pickering Cooper is president of three successful busi- ness organizations, all of which he organized and all of which are not only successful but are rapidly growing. Five years ago Mr. Cooper was associated with his father in business, but in 1923 he withdrew and since that time he has brought into existence and placed upon a solid foundation the Cooper Construction Company, the Cooper Crushed Stone Company, Inc., and The Plymouth Excavating Company, Inc., ali of which he has served as chief executive since their organization, the first two in 1925, and in 1928 he completed the organization of the
Plymouth Excavating Company, Inc., of which he is to be president and manager. He was also the youngest district president which the Patriotic Order Sons of America had ever elected.
George Pickering Cooper was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1899, son of Ralph Cooper, a native of Bloomsburgh, Pennsylvania, who is engaged in business as a general contractor, and of Cora (Picker- ing) Cooper, who is a native of Plymouth, Pennsylvania. As a boy he attended the pub- lic schools here, graduating from the high school with the class of 1916, after which he took a commercial course in the Broadway High School. When his commercial training was finished he secured employment in the Ambrose West Knitting Mill, but after about a year in that connection he engaged in busi- ness for himself as a huckster, beginning in 1919 and continuing until 1921. In that year he became associated with his father in a general contracting and trucking business under the name of R. Cooper and Sons, and that partnership was continued until 1923, when Mr. Cooper withdrew and began con- tracting under his own name. Two years later, in 1925, he organized the Cooper Con- struction Company, also the Cooper Crushed Stone Company, Inc., and since that time he has been the efficient president of both com- panies. In 1928 he organized the Plymouth Excavating Company, Inc., and of this enter- prise he is president and general manager. Thus it is that Mr. Cooper, at the age of twenty-nine, is at the head of three success- ful business enterprises, employing on an average of seventy men. His executive ability is recognized by his associates and his more than usual business ability is bringing him substantial rewards. As an administrator, he wins easily the cooperation and the earnest support of those with whom he works, and at the present time (1928) he has the honor of being the youngest chief executive of a district ever elected by any district of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. In this con- nection, as in his business administration, Mr. Cooper is a "live wire," and is an able leader of his group. In his political sympa- thies he is a Republican, and he is well known in the Masonic Order, being a member of Lodge No. 332, Free and Accepted Masons; of Dieu le Veut Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; and of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is an interested member of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, and his club is the Craftsmen's Club. His religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian Church.
George Pickering Cooper was married, in September, 1922, to Leona Evans, of Plym- outh, Pennsylvania, daughter of John O. and Margaret Evans, and they have one daughter, Dorothy E., who was born in March, 1924. Their home is at No. 24 Girard Avenue, in Plymouth.
FRED MORGAN KIRRY-One of the prin- ciple factors in the financial and industrial circles of the Eastern States is Fred Morgan Kirby, vice-president and director of the F. W. Woolworth Company, which is a consoli- dation of the three hundred and eighteen stores of F. W. Woolworth & Company, one hundred and twelve stores of S. H. Knox & Company, ninety-six stores of F. M. Kirby & Company, fifteen stores of C. S. Woolworth, ten stores of E. P. Charlton, and two stores of W. H. Moore, a total of five hundred and fifty-three stores. Although his activities are country-wide, Mr. Kirby maintains his head- quarters in the Miners' Bank Building, Wilkes-Barre, the scene of his first business
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success. The story of the inception and made such a humble beginning in 1884 was development of the F. W. Woolworth Com- pany, of which Mr. Kirby is one of the founders, is a story of a romance of Ameri- can business, and shows what determination, aided by genius and ability, can accomplish.
Mr. Kirby was born in Brownville, Jeffer- son County, New York, October 30, 1861, the son of William and Angeline Elizabeth (Slater) Kirby, the father a native of New Brunswick, who sailed around Cape Horn in the days of "'49," and took part in the gold rush of that adventurous era. For six years he remained in California and upon his return to Jefferson County engaged in agriculture. William Kirby was married in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York, April 8, 1858, to Angeline Elizabeth Slater, the daughter of Joseph and Zylpha (Morgan) Slater. They were the parents of two children, as follows: 1. Fred Morgan, of whom this is a record. 2. Charlotte Elizabeth, born June 5, 1869, near Stowell's Corners, Jefferson County, New York, died August 16, 1870, in Pamelia, Jef- ferson County.
The early education of Mr. Kirby was obtained in the public schools of his commu- nity, and at the age of fourteen years he attended the high school at Watertown, Jef- ferson County. When about fifteen years of age, Mr. Kirby became a clerk in the dry goods store of Moore & Smith, at Water- town. Among his fellow-employees in this store were F. W. and C. S. Woolworth, both of whom were to become his associates in the operation of five-and-ten-cent stores. It was in the Moore & Smith establishment that the five-and-ten-cent store idea had its in- ception. A former resident of Watertown, who was the senior partner in the firm of Barrett & Goulding, of Port Huron, Michi- gan, while visiting the former city, mentioned that a firm in Michigan had experienced great success in getting rid of some slow-moving stock by putting up temporary counters and offering any article thereon at five cents. Mr. Moore was greatly impressed with the story and during the next "Fair Week," then the busiest part of the year in Watertown, he gave the idea a trial, with the result that he got rid of a lot of merchandise that had been for some time on his shelves. This was the circumstance that revealed the possibilities of the five-and-ten-cent system, and which eventually led nearly all the employees of the Moore & Smith store into the new field.
For eight years Mr. Kirby remained with the Moore & Smith concern and then, with his savings of five hundred dollars as his share of the capital, he formed a partnership with C. Sumner Woolworth, of Scranton, Lackawanna County. On September 1, 1884, the firm of Woolworth & Kirby opened its first five-and-ten-cent store at No. 172 East. Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, in that part of the Hollenback Block owned by Edward Welles. This partnership lasted for three years, at the end of which time Mr. Kirby purchased Mr. Woolworth's interest. In the spring of 1888, Mr. Kirby took in his father as a partner and the business continued under the firm name of F. M. and W. Kirby. In 1892 they removed to a new location in the Derr Block, at the western corner of Market and Washington streets and, after the death of the elder Kirby, the firm name became F. M. Kirby & Company. After 1888, the expan- sion of the firm began with the founding throughout the country of stores similar to the Wilkes-Barre establishment, operating under the name of F. M. Kirby & Company. On January 12, 1910, the company that had
incorporated with a capital of three million dollars, which in the following month was increased to five millions. By the close of the year 1911, F. M. Kirby & Company owned and operated ninety-six stores, located in as many towns throughout the United States. On January 1, 1912, occurred the great mer- ger of the five-and-ten-cent stores of the country. The consolidation was incorporated with a capital of sixty-five million dollars, the stores number over a thousand, and they have become a recognized National institution.
In addition to his interests in the five-and- ten-cent stores combination, of which, as stated, he is vice-president and director, Mr. Kirby was elected second vice-president of the Second National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, which post he held until his resignation in October, 1916. On November 3, 1909, he was elected a director of the Miners' Savings Bank, became first vice-president April 23, 1913, and succeeded to the presidency Sep- tember 29, 1914, and is now chairman of the board. He is a director and executive com- mitteeman of the Lehigh Valley Railroad; president of the Wilkes-Barre Railway Com- pany; director of the United States Lumber Company, the Mississippi Central Railroad, and a trustee of the American Surety Com- pany, of New York. In many Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley enterprises Mr. Kirby was for a long time associated with Abram Nesbitt.
The residence of Mr. Kirby, at the corner of River and South streets, is located on a very historic spot. It is the site of a log house where Colonel Denison, who was next in command to Colonel Zebulon Butler at the battle of Wyoming, July 3, 1778, was married to Elizabeth Sill, the first marriage in the Wyoming Valley. Later, a large frame house was erected by Rosewell Welles, one of the four lawyers admitted to the bar on the foundation of the county and the organi- zation of the courts. The present mansion was erected in 1873-74 by S. L. Thurlow and was occupied in 1875. The property changed hands several times before coming into the possession of Mr. Kirby, by whom it was remodeled into the present beautiful resi- dence. The summer home of Mr. Kirby is a handsome stone structure located at Glen Summit Springs.
All the educational, charitable and philan- thropic institutions of Wyoming Valley have the generous support of Mr. Kirby. He is a trustee of Lafayette College and of Wyoming Seminary; a director of the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. Since 1899 he has been a ves- tryman of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church. His clubs include the Wyoming Val- ley Country Club, the Franklin, Press and Craftsmen's Cluhs, all of Wilkes-Barre; the Concordia Society, of Wilkes-Barre; the Rocky Mountain, Hardware, Union League, Metro- politan, Recess and Bankers' clubs, of New York City; the Scranton Club, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the Hazleton Country Club, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He is affiliated with Watertown Lodge, No. 49, Free and Accepted Masons, of Watertown, New York; the Keystone Lodge of Perfection, and Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
During the World War Mr. Kirby turned over to the United States Government his yacht, "Suzanne," a steel-hulled craft of one hundred and ten feet with a beam of seven- teen and a half feet. This vessel Mr. Kirby turned over to the Government without cost for the duration of the war and it was used
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in the coast patrol service as the "S. P. 510." His part in the five Liberty Loan drives was a most responsible one, while in the drives for the Red Cross and the organizations whose sphere was personal work among the soldiers and sailors, he gave most liberally of his time and his money.
On May 27, 1886, Mr. Kirby married Jessie Amelia Owen, born in Ogdensburg, New York, January 5, 1861, the daughter of James Con- gress and Huldah (Main) Owen. Mrs. Kirby is active in charitable and philanthropic work in Wilkes-Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby were the parents of three children, as follows: I. Harold, born July 6, 1888, died August 25, 1888. 2. Allan Price, born July 31, 1892; edu- cated in the Harry Hillman Academy, Wyom- ing Seminary, Lawrenceville School, at Law- renceville, New Jersey, Black Hall School, of Lyme, Connecticut, and Lafayette College; served in the United States Navy during the World War; vice-president and a director of the Second National Bank; married, Febru- ary 14, 1918, Marion Grace Sutherland; has three children: Grace Jessie, born November 18, 1918; Fred Morgan, 2d, born November 23, 1919, and Anne Sutherland, born Angust 16, 1928. 3. Sumner Moore, born September 5, 1895; educated in the public schools, the Harry Hillman Academy and Cornell Univer- sity; served in the United States Navy in the World War.
ALLAN PRICE KIRBY-Though a young man, Allan P. Kirby has been prepared for his present responsible position as president of The Kirby-Davis Company, Inc., by thor- ough academic training and by a diversified business experience. He is a graduate of Lafayette College, is known as an able and resourceful business man, and is one of the active and progressive citizens of Wilkes- Barre. The Kirby-Davis Company, Inc., are distributors of the Chrysler motor cars, with sales rooms and office at the corner of Market and Gates streets, in Kingston. Mr. Kirby, who lives in Wilkes-Barre, is also vice- president of the Second National Bank, of Wilkes-Barre, and is active in promoting the best interests of the city, serving as a trus- tee of the Wilkes-Barre Institute.
Allan P. Kirby was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1892, son of Fred Mor- gan and Jessie A. (Owen) Kirby, of Wilkes- Barre (q. v.). Mr. Kirby received his early education in the Harry Hillman Academy, at Wilkes-Barre, and at Wyoming Seminary, at Kingston, and then prepared for college at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and at Black Hall School. He then entered Lafayette Col- lege, at Easton, Pennsylvania, where he com- pleted his course with graduation in 1915, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. After graduation from college Mr. Kirby entered the employ of the Bathurst Lumber Company, of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Can- ada. In 1915 he returned to Wilkes-Barre, where he engaged in the food packing busi- ness. In 1920 he was one of the organizers of The Kirby-Davis Company, Inc., of which he is president. The company distributes the Chrysler cars, his territory covering Luzerne, Columbia and Schuylkill counties, and is now (1929) one of the successful and well estab- lished business concerns of the city. Mr. Kirby enlisted May 18, 1917, in the United States Naval Reserve Force, serving until December, 1918, when he received his hon- orable discharge as boatswain. Along with his business interests Mr. Kirby has found time for civic and philanthropic work and for identification with various helpful organiza-
tions, as well as with fraternal organizations. He is a Republican in his political sympathies, and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of Wilkes-Barre. As a trustee and treasurer of the Wilkes-Barre Institute and trustee and treasurer of the Angeline Eliza- beth Kirby Health Center, he is rendering most efficient and valuable service. He is a director of the Wyoming Seminary, and member of Tau Chapter of Zeta Psi Frater- nity. He is a member of Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Free and Accepted Masons; of She- kinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons; Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar; Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Wilkes-Barre; and of Irem Temple Country Club. He is also a member of the Fox Hill Country Club, Hazleton Country Club, the Everglades Club, and Bath and Tennis Club, both of Palm Beach, Florida; the Union League, of Phila- delphia; the Westmoreland Club, at Wilkes- Barre; Wyoming Valley Country Club, North Mountain Club, and of other organizations. His religions membership is with St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of Wilkes-Barre, and ves- tryman of the Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church of Palm Beach, Florida.
Allan P. Kirby married, February 14, 1918, Marion G. Sutherland, of West Pittston, Pennsylvania, daughter of W. C. and Grace (Klotz) Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are the parents of three children: Grace Jessie, Fred Morgan, and Ann Sutherland. The fam- ily home is at Glen Summit Springs, Penn- sylvania.
WESLEY ELLSWORTH WOODBUFF, of Wilkes-Barre, was born at Salem, Pennsyl- vania, son of Rev. Dr. James Oscar and Eliza (Townley) Woodruff. Matthew Woodruff came from Surrey, England, to the Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony soon after 1630, with the company headed by Elder Thomas Hooker. Most of them went to Connecticut and were among the early settlers of Hartford and Saybrook. The family was identified through succeeding generations in Connecticut, notice- ally at Litchfield where the name has been known continually from the earliest days to the present. Others of the same descent ventured to Long Island and North Jersey. Thomas Woodruff of Connecticut Farms, New Jersey, was a minute-man during the Revolu- tion and saw service in that area. His native village was devastated in Knyphausen's raid following the Battle of Springfield, which lat- ter struggle has been immortalized by Bret Harte. Thomas Woodruff's son David Wood- ruff, married Mary C. Davis, of Westfield, and they had several children. Among these, Wesley V., who served five years with Sher- man's army during the Civil War and became lieutenant of infantry. Another, Jacob Wood- ruff, was first a clergyman, and afterward physician.
Rev. Dr. James O. Woodruff, father of the present subject, and another son of David and Mary C. (Davis) Woodruff, was for nearly forty years a member of the Wyoming Con- ference of the Methodist Church, and held some of its most important posts. He was several years secretary of the Board of Trus- tees of Wyoming Seminary and during his pastorate in Wilkes-Barre, the present First Methodist Episcopal Church on North Frank- lin Street was built. He was given the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Wesleyan University in 1886, and was recognized as among the gifted preachers of his generation, a student, and a man of unusual executive ability, and of strong personality. At the
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time of his death he was presiding elder of the Binghamton District Wyoming Confer- ence.
On the maternal side, Mr. Woodruff's mother, Eliza Townley, was descended from an English ancestor who came to New Jersey around 1725. The Townley descendants of Union and Essex counties had a prominent part in the Revolution, and there were sev- eral officers of the line among them, as noted in a published Townley genealogy. Their liberal representation In military affairs con- tinued through the Civil War days. Two of the collateral kindred were killed at the Bloody Angle, Gettysburg, near the spot where Lieutenant Woodruff, a West Pointer and commander of a battery, was killed in the artillery duel preceding Pickett's charge.
Wesley Ellsworth Woodruff prepared for college at Wyoming Seminary and was grad- uated from Wesleyan University with special honors in history. Later the same institution gave him the degree of Master of Arts. After college he was city editor of the Wilkes-Barre "Record," then city editor of the "Leader," and then editor of the "News." He was admitted to the Bar of Luzerne County in 1905; became editor of the "Luzerne Legal Register," and in 1920, secretary of the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Asso- ciation. His legal activity has been almost altogether the editing of law reports. Through the years Mr. Woodruff has kept up his newspaper work, editorial, free lance, and musical criticism, and has been for a number of years associate editor of the "Times-Leader" of Wilkes-Barre. His music writings have found place in many of the musical journals of the country and his critiques have been quoted widely. As avoca- tion, he has been known as a public speaker and lecturer on historical and literary topics. His affiliations have been with the Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity; Sons of the Revolution; for many years member of the Westmoreland Club; charter member of the Wyoming Valley Country Club, sometime member of the Elks and Masons; of the Board of the United Charities, and historiog- rapher of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. In 1926 he was given the degree of Doctor of Literature by Sus- quehanna University, and in 1928 was made a member of the Alumnl Council of Wesleyan University. As chairman of the music com- mittee, Sesqui-Centennial of the Battle of Wyoming, 1928, he selected a large part of the music program, organized and directed the chorus of 1,000 at the preliminary mass- ing of the choirs, and directed the Echo Chorus of the pageant.
Mr. Woodruff married, in 1905, Mary Caro- line Davis of Yonkers, New York, a graduate of Vassar College. Mr. Woodruff has two sisters, both in the far West, and a brother, Oscar Abbott Woodruff, of the Controllers' Division, Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany.
CAMILLUS A. ROGAN-Following the ex- ample of many other members of his profes- sion, Camillus A. Rogan, attorney at law of Hazleton, used teaching as a stepping-stone to eventual success in legal practice, having taught school at various periods in order to obtain money to complete his law studies. Despite the fact that his period of training was interrupted at a most vital period, Mr. Rogan has become one of the conspicuous members of his profession in this town, al- though still a very young man, yet in his thirties. Mr. Rogan was born July 6, 1894,
at Freeland, Pennsylvania, son of John and Hannah Rogan, who reside at Freeland. John Rogan has followed the arduous life of a miner throughout his life. He was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, which has since been the scene of his endeavors.
Camillus A. Rogan received his elementary education in the parochial schools of Free- land. A young man possessed of ambition, he then entered East Stroudsburg State Normal School, which graduated him in 1912. Seeking higher education, he matriculated at Du- quesne University, and was given his degree of Bachelor of Arts by this institution in 1926, and later, in 1927, this university hon- ored him with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the meantime, however, Mr. Rogan had taught in the Freeland schools for two years, from 1912-14, and from 1914-17 was a teacher at Carrolltown, Pennsylvania. A few months after the entrance of the United States into the World War, Mr. Rogan enter- ed the service, being attached to Battery D, 314th Field Artillery. Going overseas, he par- ticipated in the several major engagements, among them being Saint Mihiel and the Ar- gonne Offensive. Having acquitted himself most valorously on behalf of his country, he received his honorable discharge June 7, 1919, holding a corporal's warrant at that time. He immediately returned to Carroll- town and resumed teaching, which was to occupy him until 1923, the year he entered Duquesne University, combining his study of law with teaching, however, and was a teach- er in the preparatory department. It was on September 12, 1917, that Mr. Rogan was admitted to the bar of Luzerne County, and he established his office at Hazleton, where he has since conducted a general practice, rapidly attaining prominence among his con- freres and participating in various civic projects with enthusiasm.
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