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In July, 1917, Falconer R. Gilbert was mar- ried to Cecelia Cahill, daughter of James F. and Mary Cahill of Utica, New York. They are the parents of two children: Falconer Rob- ert, born April 13, 1921, and Don C., born November 15, 1924.
ANGELO LUIGI LUCHI, M. D .- Specializing in problems of internal medicine, Angelo Luigi Luchi, M. D., holds an outstanding place in his profession in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania, where he has exercised his talents to the advantage of the general public, both in his own private practice and in hospital work. He is keenly interested in all the civic and social affairs of this city and of Luzerne County, and is generally held as one of the Wyoming Valley's most esteemed and hon- ored citizens.
Dr. Luchi was born in Cardoba, Argentine, South America, on March 2, 1894, a son of Henry and Catherine Luchi. His father, a business man in South America and Italy, was born in 1864; while his mother was born in 1874 in Romallo, Province of Trent, Italy. His early academic training Angelo Luigi Luchi received at the Imperial Royal Gym- nasium, in Trent, which he attended from 1904 to 1912. This work corresponds to what is generally given in the United States in preliminary school, high school and the first two years of college. From 1912 to 1914 he was a student at the Imperial Royal Univer- sity, at Innsbruck, Austria, and subsequently he was graduated from the Royal University of Pavia, Italy, in 1920, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For six months he was junior assistant at the Medical Clinic of the University of Pavia, and for one year was chief resident physician at the White Haven Sanatorium, in White Haven, Pennsyl- vania. For one year he also served as interne at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania. On September 15, 1922, he was licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, and since then he has been practicing in Wilkes-Barre. In 1927 and 1928 he took post-graduate work at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Bos- ton, Massachusetts. He has consistently worked along his own special line, devoting his principal attentions to the problems of treating internal diseases. In addition to his work as physician, Dr. Luchi is a keen stu- dent of the newer developments in medicine, and keeps in close touch with the affairs of his profession through his memberships in the Luzerne County Medical Society, the Penn- sylvania State Medical Society and the Amer- ican Medical Association. He is a valued member of the staff of Mercy Hospital, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, where he is in charge of a medical service.
In addition to his activities in his own pro- fession, Dr. Luchi is keenly interested in pub- lic life generally, being a member of the Re- publican party. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, in which he holds the Fourth Degree, and is active in the Italo- American Society, as well as in the Sons of Italy. Dr. Luchi is an American citizen, and his church affiliation is with St. Mary's Church. He finds recreation from his profes- sional duties in music, art and languages.
Dr. Angelo Luigi Luchi married, May 3, 1923, Mary Pearl Rocereto, born January 15, 1896, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, daugh- ter of Peter and Rose Rocereto. Peter Ro- cereto came from Italy about half a century ago, being among the first Italian settlers of Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Luchi received a liberal education in the Parochial School of St. Mary's, the Westchester Normal School, and graduated from the State Teachers' College at West Chester, with the class of 1916, after- wards teaching in Edwardsville and Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania. She is actively inter- ested in church affairs, being a member of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Italo-American Soci-
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ety, and the Catholic Council of St. Mary's Church, and is a member of the Senior Aux- iliary of Mercy Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Luchi are the parents of two children: 1. Irma Jane, born May 18, 1924. 2. Robert John, born March 3, 1928.
MARK L. BURKE-Engaged in the drug business in Wilkes-Barre for almost two dec- ades, Mr. Burke is one of that city's best known and most popular business men. His store having been located throughout the greater part of that period in one and the same place, it has become widely known, not only amongst the people of Wilkes-Barre, but also amongst those from the many sur- rounding towns, for which Wilkes-Barre is the trading center. Though it has been moved in recent years to a new location, it has lost nothing of its popularity and it is considered today to be one of the finest and best equipped of the city's drug stores. Mr. Burke is also active in the social and fra- ternal life of the community and in every way is representative of the highest type of useful and progressive citizenship.
Mark L. Burke was born at Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1886, a son of Mark and Mary (Loftus) Burke. Both his parents were born in Ireland, came to the United States in 1865 and settled in Schuyl- kill County, Pennsylvania, where the family has long been favorably and well known. His father, who died in January, 1924, was suc- cessfully engaged in Shenandoah in the coal and contracting business for forty-five years. Mr. Burke himself was educated in the public grammar and high schools of his native city and then entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1905. In the same year he commenced his career as a druggist with the Burke Chain Prescription Drug Stores of Shenandoah and Nesquehoning. Four years later, in 1909, he came to Wilkes-Barre and there opened a drug store of his own at No. 19 South Wash- ington Street. He was the first to enter busi- ness on this old-time residential street and he continued in the same location for seven- teen years. In 1926 he purchased the prop- erty adjoining his store at No. 21 South Wash- ington Street and moved the store to it. In the meantime the residential character of the street had completely changed and this thor- oughfare had become one of the city's lead- ing business streets. An advantageous op- portunity to dispose of the property offering itself to Mr. Burke in 1927, he sold it to the Comerford Amusement Company for a theatre site and purchased a new property at No. 9 East Market Street, where his store has been located since then. He is also president of the Sek-Rub Company, which he founded in 1910 for the compounding and production of certain preparations. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Society and the Druggist Research Bureau of New York. He is also a member of the Wyoming Valley Country Club, the Fox Hill Country Club, the Wilkes-Barre Exchange Club, the Alhambra Caravan, the Knights of Columbus, and Wilkes-Barre Lodge, No. 109, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Burke married, October 2, 1912, Mabel S. Clarke, a daughter of P. J. and Mary Jane (Moore) Clarke. Mrs. Burke's father, now deceased, formerly one of the heads of the Sheldon Axle Company, was for many years active in civic affairs and served as a mem- ber of the Wilkes-Barre City Council. Mr. and Mrs. Burke are the parents of four chil- dren: Mark C., J. Clarke, Elizabeth Ann and
Mary Jane. The family residence Is located at No. 375 South Franklin Street.
EDWARD L. CRISMAN-Born In Blairs- town, Warren County, New Jersey, Mr. Cris- man, since coming to Kingston, has closely affiliated himself with the business life of the city and has done a great deal to further its growth and actual development. lIe was born on his father's farm in New Jersey in May, 1867, and received his education in Blairstown in the public school and later at Blairs Hall, remaining in that locality until twenty-one, when he came to Kingston and worked as a clerk in various of the local companies until he was ready to open his own office as real estate operator. His opera- tions have been wide and have necessitated an office in Wilkes-Barre also. The Crisman Realty Company has been responsible for the development of much of the west side of Kingston and the residential section, known as the Elm Park Plot, is one that was entirely conceived and exploited by Mr. Crisman. In all his operations, he has shown a remark- able vision and foresight, qualities that have worked for the prosperity of his own organi- zation and also very definitely for the ad- vantage of the city.
Mr. Crisman takes a vital interest In civic matters and at all times is ready to be of service in furthering its best economic plans, and as member of the City Council for over thirteen years, he has had an influential voice in town affairs. He votes for the Republican ticket always and is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church and on its official board. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Kingston Lodge, No. 709, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Edward L. Crisman was married, in 1890, to Emma A. Coursen, a daughter of Andrew J. and Sarah E. Coursen, and three children have been born to the union: Russell H .; Lewis R .; and Emily A., who married James D. Hutchinson, a Luzerne County farm agent, and they reside in Kingston.
CAVALIERE NICOLA CIOTOLA-One of the leading business men of Hazleton, Penn- sylvania, Cavaliere Nicola Ciotola represents that excellent Italian stock, of whom so many families have come in the last generation to the United States from their native land, and have here made their fortunes and done much to enrich the life of their adopted country. There is no phase of public life in which they have not been engaged, and Mr. Ciotola, of whom this is a record, has been for many years a private banker, steamship passenger agent and notary public in Hazleton.
He was born on December 15, 1873, in St. Nazario Community, St. Manro, la Bruca, County of Salerno, Italy. He received his early education in the schools of his native land, and it was in 1890 that he came to the United States. On May 7 of that year he ar- rived in New York City, and on the following day went from New York to Lattimer, Penn- sylvania, where, on May 13, five days after- ward, he went to work as a slate picker. In that capacity he earned eighty cents a day, working a ten-hour day; and, although he did not long remain a slate picker, he worked in the same community for twenty years, serving in different positions around the Lat- timer mines, being associated with the firm of Pardee Brothers. Soon he was in charge of the work, and from that time he advanced rapidly until he quit the mines entirely in 1911. He thereupon established his own busi- ness as private banker, steamship passenger
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agent and notary public, taking quarters at No. 13 East Diamond Street, where he has remained to this day. His personality, un- usually pleasing and attractive to those with whom he deals, has done much to bring him many friends and customers and to build up his business in Hazleton, while his careful and thorough study of his work and the dif- ferent branches of community life with which it is connected has placed him in an excel- lent position to become a leader in the af- fairs of his city.
In addition to his activities in the mines and since then in the business affairs of Ha- zleton, Mr. Ciotola has taken part extensively in civic movements in his city and community. He became a citizen of the United States in 1896, and forthwith became a staunch sup- porter of the Republican party and a leader in its ranks in his own neighborhood. When Italy first became a party to the late World War, Mr. Ciotola solicited funds for the aid of sufferers and sent a number of young Italians back to fight for their native land. Then, when the United States entered the war, he took part extensively in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns, as well as in the work of the Salvation Army and other relief groups. What he did for Italy and the Italians was of such magnitude and so pro- nounced in its effect that he was made a Chevalier of the Crown of Italy by King Vic- tor Emmanuel III, the decoration having been conferred upon him personally after the war by Ambassador Rolando Ricci, Cav. Uff. F. Tiscar, Royal Italian Consul, having come on from Scranton, Pennsylvania, for the purpose. A testimonial dinner was given at that time in honor of the recipient of this distinction, the banquet having taken place at the Hotel Laughran, at which the Italian consul in Scranton, Cavaliere Fortunato Tiscar pre- sided. In his religious faith Mr. Ciotola is a devout Roman Catholic. He is also a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, the Order of Owls, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Sons of Italy and several other lodges, and has recently heen made a director of the Markle Banca and Trust Company of Hazleton.
Mr. Ciotola married, in Lattimer, Pennsyl- vania, on November 7, 1907, Anna Sidari, of that place. They are the parents of the fol- lowing children: I. Costantino, born March 7, 1910. 2. Antonio, born May 20, 1912. 3. Agostino, born Angust 7, 1914. 4. Giovanni, born February 18, 1922.
REV. FRANCIS MOLINO-Under the able administration of the Rev. Francis Molino, since 1921 pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of the Most Precious Blood, of Hazle- ton, the various units of the organization have been consolidated, improvements made and a fine progress noted in this parish. Father Molino is a man of unusual force of character and possessed of a high order of organizing ability, one who understands the characteristics of his people and their deeply religious nature and who has been, by virtue of that comprehension, able to build up his pastorate and to bring to it a dignity and usefulness that reflect great credit upon him as a religious leader. He also has been a con- siderable force in secular matters, taking an active interest in civic affairs and lending his aid in every activity wherein he has felt justified in introducing his efforts. Organiza- tion of the youth of his parish and consolida - tion of activities have brought about a revo- lution in the work this parish is doing among the people of Italian blood, giving peace and
harmony to a highly progressive religious body.
He was born in Asti, Italy, February 26, 1877, a son of Stephano and Dominica Molino, was educated in the seminary there and or- dained in the priesthood in 1902. He then taught for four years in the seminary at Fossano, Italy, associated with Monsignor Masera, chaplain to the Princess Clotilde, by whom he was held in high esteem. In 1911 he came to America as a missionary and traveled extensively throughout the Eastern and Middle Western States, being called to the pastorate of the Most Precious Blood in 1921 by the late Right Reverend Michael J. Hoban, hishop of the diocese, his assistant being the Rev. Pietro Cantino. The congre- gation of his church comprises eight hundred families. Among his activities are interests in the societies of the Children of Mary and Holy Angels, the Christian Mothers, St. Aloy- sins, St. Gerad and Holy Name.
The Church of the Most Precious Blood was organized in 1887 as an apostolic mis- sion and the Rev. Joseph Girimondi appointed to care for the religious welfare of the num- erous Italians who at that period were com- Ing to Hazleton and the district in large numbers. The first church edifice was erected in 1888, was built of wood and was de- stroyed by fire. As the development of the organization continued property was acquired and other buildings erected, with kinder- garten, parochial schools, a cemetery and convent for the nuns of the church, by far the greater part of these improvements hav- ing been made under the pastorate of Father Molino.
LEWIS J. DAVIES-Born in Wales and resident of that country until he had at- tained manhood, Lewis J. Davies came to America at the age of twenty-two, and in this country continued the vocation which he had followed in Wales, that of mining. Pos- sessed of ambition and initiative, since coming to Pennsylvania Mr. Davies' career has been one of steady progress, until he occupied an important position with the Lehigh & Wilkes- Barre Coal Company, having served this con- cern as superintendent for more than twenty years. Mr. Davies, who now resides in Nan- ticoke, is looked upon as one of the best informed characters identified with coal min- ing in this vicinity, and in view of the fact that he came to this country after having attained manhood, his advancement has been all the more remarkable. Forced to abandon many of the practices that he had followed in the mining industry of his native country, and at the same time to accustom himself to American methods, he has accomplished all of this through perseverance and unquench- able ambition. He assumes all the duties of citizenship in his adopted country, and de- votes himself freely to plannings and pro- posals designed for the benefit of his com- munity, State, and Nation.
Mr. Davies was born in May, 1861, in Wales, son of William Davies, a stationary engineer, who died in December, 1899, and of Mariah (Jenkins) Davies, who passed away in 1912. Lewis J. Davies received his education in the national schools of the British Empire. His school days over, he entered the inines and was employed in various positions in this industry until he was twenty-two years of age. At this time, in 1883, he migrated to the United States, located in Luzerne County, and obtained a position with the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, the firm that had since held his allegiance. His ability and loyalty brought him steady promotion
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and in 1889 officers of this company appointed him fire boss. He held this position for more than ten years, and in 1898 was promoted to foreman. So well did he perform the duties of this position that further advancement came to him in 1908, when he was made superintendent. In this important office he remained until his retirement in August, 1929, although having served as superintendent of various collieries owned by the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Mr. Davies he- lieves in the principles of the Republican party and is ever loyal to the issues and candidates of this political organization. He evidences a deep interest in other organiza- tions and movements which contribute to the upbuilding of Luzerne County, and is a de- vout member of the Presbyterian Church.
Lewis J. Davies married, in 1890, Phoebe Lloyd, native of Wales, and a daughter of William Lloyd. Mrs. Davies died in March, 1923. There was one child to this marriage, Gladys L. Mr. Davies resides at No. 124 Christian Street, Nanticoke.
MELVIN G. BOBBINS-Well known in banking and business circles in Wilkes- Barre, Melvin G. Robbins holds the position of assistant cashier of the Miners' Bank, of this city. He is thoroughly conversant with local industrial and social conditions, having spent the greater part of his life in this com- munity, during most of which time he has been engaged in the banking industry.
He is the son of William J. and Ella (Soult) Robbins, deceased, and the descendant of an early Colonial family. His great-great-grand- father, Captain Jonathan G. Robbins, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, led the American troops from Warren and Essex counties when the British Army in- vaded New Jersey. William J. Robbins, the father of Melvin G. Robbins, was a coal dis- patcher for many years for the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad, a prominent Re- publican, and a member of the Presbyterian Church; and he and Ella (Soult) Robbins were the parents of one child, Melvin G. Mary Drake Robbins, the paternal grand- mother of Melvin G. Robbins, who was the descendant of an old New Jersey family and a native of that State, had ancestors who fought in the War of the Revolution for the separation of the Colonies from the mother country.
Melvin G. Robbins, who was born in North- umberland, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1876, was only four years of age when his parents came to Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. As a boy he attended the public schools, and later went to Wyoming Seminary, from which he was graduated in the class of 1892. Then he came to Wilkes- Barre, where he took a position as runner boy for the Anthracite Savings Bank. Here he built the foundation for his future career, so that when this bank was merged into the Miners' Bank he was retained as a teller. In 1922 he became assistant cashier of the Min- ers' Bank, a position which he has occupied efficiently and creditably since that time. In his political affiliations he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. He also is active in a fraternal way, being a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which order he is affiliated with the Kingston Lodge, No. 395; the Shekinah Chapter, No. 182, Royal Arch Masons; the Dieu le Veut Commandery, No. 45, Knights Templar; the Caldwell Con- sistory, at Bloomburg, Pennsylvania, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he holds the thirty-second degree; Irem Temple of the
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in Wilkes-Barre; and the Shrine Country Club. He also is afhliated with the Lions' Club, of which he is treasurer; the Greek letter fraternity of Alpha Phi.
He has been twice married. His present wife was before her marriage, Mary Margaret Miller, a daughter of Charles W. Miller, of Wilkes-Barre. By his first marriage he is the father of one daughter, Mary M., the wife of Edson L. Mott, of Kansas City, Missouri, Melvin G. and Mary Margaret (Miller) Rob- bins are the parents of two children: Charles M., and Melvin G., Jr., both of whom are liv- ing at home with their parents.
The Robbins home is at No. 55 Pierce Street, Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsyl- vania.
MASON BEACH CURWOOD-Active for years in the mining industry in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, Mason Beach Curwood has been a foreman in the mines here since 1913. Before that time he held various positions in mining work, having begun his active career in this field as early as ten years of age. He is widely known and highly respected by a large number of friends and acquaintances in Shickshinny and the surrounding com- munities of Luzerne County, and active in the public affairs of the community in which he lives.
He was born in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, on March 6, 1884, a son of Samuel Curwood, who was born in England in IS38, was a coal miner in this vicinity of Pennsylvania when he came to the United States to live, and died in 1910; while the mother of Mason Curwood, whose maiden name was Stella Drum, was born in Luzerne County, Penn- sylvania, in 1852, and died here in 1924. Mason Beach Curwood received his early edu- cation in the public schools here, and when he was only ten years old took his first work in the coal mining industry here. Since then he has held a number of different posi- tions in the mines, and since 1913 has been a foreman.
In addition to his mining activities, Mr. Curwood has always taken a great interest in the public affairs of his city and com- munity. He is a keen student of political developments and problems, and is himself affiliated with the Republican party, whose policies and candidates he regularly sup- ports. He has served for twelve years on the borough council of Shickshinny, Pennsyl- vania, and for four years, from 1921 until 1925, was burgess of the town. He has mem- berships in the Independent Order. of Odd Fellows, in which he is identified with Lodge No. 180; and in the Sons of Veterans. His religious affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1904, Mason Beach Curwood married Getha Thompson, of Shickshinny, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of Albert Henry and Mary (Hummell) Thompson. Her father was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, in 1851, was a miner throughout his active life, and died in 1914; while her mother. Mary (Hummell) Thompson, was born in Beach Haven, Penn- sylvania, in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Curwood have two children: 1. Mary, born December 20, 1905, who was graduated from the Blooms- burg Normal School in the class of 1925, and is now a teacher in the Shickshinny public schools. 2. Robert Mason, born January 23, 1917.
GEORGE T. BASKETT, M. D .- Superinten- dent of the Mental Hospital at Retreat, Dr. Baskett is doing a splendidly useful work in
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the community, and is a man with a par- ticularly fine training to bring to the posi- . tion. Born in Gainesville, Texas, on January 9, 1882, a son of Dr. George W. and Mary G. (McLean) Baskett, he has traditions in the medical profession to maintain. flis father, a practicing physician in Texas, is a grad- uate of the University of Louisville, Ken- tucky.
George T. Baskett was educated at the public schools of his home town until he entered college, and after taking his degree of Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas, he went into the medical school of the University of Michigan where he took his medical degree in 1908. He has had a long practical experience in institutional work, beginning as an interne at the St. Peter, Minnesota, Hospital, and then accept- ing the post of assistant superintendent at the State Mental Hospital, located at St. Peter. He remained there for fifteen years, leaving that institution to take the position of superintendent at another Minnesota State hospital, at Willmar, in October, 1925. In March, 1927, Dr. Baskett came to Retreat to take up the heavy responsibility of the large hospital for the mentally distraught. This was opened in 1900 as a hospital for mental diseases under the direction of the Central Poor District of Luzerne County. It is licensed by the State under the Bureau of Mental Health of Welfare Department, and inspected annually by the director of the Bureau of Mental Health. It is supported by taxation and receives partial aid from the State, the Commonwealth, for instance, pay- ing two dollars a week for each indigent patient, although the actual cost per person was shown to be in 1927 seven dollars a week. The first superintendent installed there was Dr. Charles B. Mayberry, who remained until his retirement in 1923, to be followed by Dr. H. S. Seiwell and, upon his death in 1926, Dr. Baskett was invited to fill the post. At the present time there are over eight hundred persons under treatment at the institution, with a staff of four graduate physicians, including the superintendent and a dentist, forty-three male attendants and thirty-seven women nurses. The department of occupational therapy has for its head a graduate of a recognized school of this branch of medical knowledge, and has four women and three men on its staff. The total value of the hospital property is $1,802,068, and it is rated as one of the outstandingly complete hospital institutions of this sort in the country. Dr. Baskett is well fitted for his work and has proved the good judgment of the board of directors who called him to the position, by his able executiveship in the short time that he has been in charge.
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