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where he has maintained his practice through to the present time, supporting his profession by membership in the Washington County Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. Always keenly interested in civic prob- lems, Mr. Bascom has served as a justice of the peace and is corporation counsel for both the village of Fort Edward and for the town of Fort Edward. A member of Pi Delta Epsilon Fraternity, an honorary journalistic society, Mr. Bascom is also a member of the Chancery Society of the Albany Law School and of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, serving this last organization both as president and as a member of the board of trustees. A member of the board of directors of the George Satterlee Hose Company, No. 2, Mr. Bascom is a member of Glens Falls Lodge, No. 81, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is junior deacon of Fort Edward Lodge, No. 267, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Bascom, who devotes much of his leisure to reading, also finds recreation in the sport of hunting.
Mr. Bascom married, June 18, 1938, Janet M. Bascom, daughter of Henry M. and Frances (Waldron) Bascom, of Brooklyn, New York. Both Mr. Bascom and his wife are direct descendants of Captain Elias Bascom, a soldier of the Revolution.
BLANCHE E. TURNEY-Town clerk of Fort Edward for nearly twenty years, Blanche E. Turney is one of the leading women members of the Republican party in Washington County, as well as being an able and con- scientious public servant.
Blanche E. (Betts) Turney was born in Moreau, Saratoga County, April II, 1879, daughter of George M. and Elizabeth (Shonts) Betts. George M. Betts, a native of North River, passed his life as a stationary engineer in paper mills ; Elizabeth (Shonts) Betts, his wife, was born in Warrensburg, Warren County.
After passing through the public schools of Fort Edward, Blanche E. Turney was employed for some nine years by F. J. Shonts. Always deeply interested in civic problems, she was elected town clerk of Fort Edward, December 28, 1921, an office which she has occupied through the present time. Mrs. Turney finds recreation in her twin hobbies of ornithology and horti- culture.
She married, in Fort Edward, January 15, 1908, Ferd A. Turney, who is a native of South Lincoln, Vermont.
FRED A. DAVIS-An outstanding insurance man of Fort Edward, head of a business which has been in operation for nearly seventy years, Fred A. Davis is also a leading citizen of his community, having been postmaster for
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many years and being at present the secretary of the Board of Education of Fort Edward.
Fred A. Davis was born in Adirondack, Warren County, the town being known then as Mill Brook, March 15, 1863. After passing through the public schools of Fort Edward, Fred A. Davis found employment as manager of the Western Union News Stand and established a stationery business, which he operated for twenty-five years, being postmaster of Fort Edward for some thirteen years of the period. Then, after working as a clerk for two years at the Wayside Inn in Luzerne (the building has since been destroyed by fire), in 1916, Mr. Davis took over the Little and Ketchum Insurance Agency in Fort Edward. This agency, which was established in 1872, was operated for many years by Mr. Ketchum until Mr. Davis took it over. Mr. Davis is a member of the Republican party and always deeply interested in the civic con- cerns of Fort Edward. . Secretary of the New York State Volunteer Firemen's Association, Mr. Davis has also added to his responsibilities by being the secre- tary and treasurer of the Fort Edward Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Davis is a member of the Christian Science Church.
Fred A. Davis married (first) Margaret Armsby, of Albany, who is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were the parents of two children: I. Frederick A. Davis, Jr., who, after passing through the public schools in Fort Edward, graduated from Cornell University in 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and is now established in New Haven, Connecticut, as a landscape archi- tect. 2. Kathryn A., who graduated from the grade schools and the high school of Fort Edward; she died in March, 1935. Fred A. Davis married (second), in 1931, Grace Paris Moon.
GEORGE F. ROUSSEAU-As State's Attorney and former mem- ber of the Vermont State Senate, George F. Rousseau, resident and business leader of the community of Grand Isle, has established an enviable reputation as a legislator and through his accomplishments is ranked as one of the most prominent public figures in the northern part of the State.
Mr. Rousseau was born in Burlington, February 28, 1892, the son of Alphonse Fortema and Emilie (Foisy) Rousseau, both of his birthplace, where his father served as a United States mail carrier for sixteen years, later was a clerk in the post office and then established himself in farming, in which he remained engaged until the time of his passing.
After a general education in the public schools of South Burlington, and Burlington, young Rousseau attended the Lyndon School of Agriculture at Lyndonville for two years. Finishing his training he began to farm at Cam- bridge Junction and after continuing here for about a year came to Grand Isle, where he began operating another property in January, 1916. In 1919
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he retired from farming and began a career in the garage business, which he has since operated with such outstanding distinction and success. Under his able management the venture has expanded and prospered. In addition to the storage and repair features which he initiated he also began marketing form machinery in 1924, and three years later inaugurated a trucking business. In addition to these activities he also engages in subcontracting and has done road building in many sections of the State.
As a resident of Grand Isle he has contributed substantially to the social and civic welfare of the community and is identified with several of the lead- ing local organizations in this section, including the lodge of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons at South Hero. The extent of his popularity is evidenced by the fact that though he has been a member of a minority party in the State, nevertheless the electorate has seen fit to entrust him to high office of public trust. In addition to his offices as State's Attorney and Senator, he also occupied the post of selectman of Grand Isle for nine years. In politics he is a leader of the Democratic party in Vermont, and in his reli- gious convictions worships at the Universalist Church. His principal hobby is devoted to the reading of State and county history.
Mr. Rousseau married Ruth E. McDowell, of Lyndonville, who was edu- cated at the Lyndon Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Rousseau were the parents of five children : 1. Emilie, who was born at Grand Isle and died at the age of four years. 2. Arthur McDowell, also a native of this community and edu- cated in the public schools of Burlington. 3. David George, who attended the public schools of his native Grand Isle and Burlington, and is now taking a pre-medical course at the University of Vermont. 4. Yvonne, now a mem- ber of the senior class at the Burlington High School. 5. Ronald, a student in the Grand Isle public schools.
KARL R. KARLSON-Resident manager of the Union Paper Com- pany in Hudson Falls, Karl R. Karlson is one of the leading paper manufac- turing technicians in America, having gone into executive work only after years spent as a research chemist in paper mills both in New York State and in Wisconsin.
Karl R. Karlson was born at Falkoping, Sweden, November 25, 1902, son of Victor and Thyra C. (Fleuron) Karlson. Victor Karlson, who was a native of Sweden, passed his life as a builder, being president of a construction and building corporation. Thyra C. (Fleuron) Karlson, his wife, is a native of Alsace-Lorraine, France.
After passing through the public schools and the gymnasium in Skara, Sweden, Karl R. Karlson, selecting the medical profession for his career, entered the medical school of Carolinska Institute in Stockholm, graduating
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with the degree of licentiate in medicine. Coming to America, Mr. Karlson spent four years, from 1924 to 1928, in medical and research work and then, in December, 1928, joined the research staff of the Union Bag and Paper Company at Hudson Falls, as a chemist, an association which he maintained until 1934, when he went into paper mill management, accepting a post as resi- dent manager of paper mills at Kaukauna, Wisconsin, where he remained until July, 1937, when he returned to Hudson Falls to become the resident manager of the mills of the Union Bag and Paper Company. Secretary of the Hudson Falls Chamber of Commerce in 1931, Mr. Karlson is a member of the Masonic Order, belonging to Blue Lodge, No. 233, in Wisconsin, and the Royal Arch Masons of that State also. Mr. Karlson finds recreation from his responsi- bilities in hunting and fishing, as well as in playing golf.
Karl R. Karlson married, March 26, 1927, in New York City, Hazel Rohdin, a native of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Karlson are the parents of a son, Victor Albert.
FAY MARRS-Assistant manager of factories of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation, bag factories located in Hudson Falls, Chicago, Savannah and Los Angeles, Fay Marrs, one of the town's leading industrial executives, has behind him years of experience in his work, having been associated with the Dennison Manufacturing Company in Framingham, Massachusetts, before joining his present corporation.
Fay Marrs was born in Concord, Massachusetts, April 5, 1900, son of Harry Sherwood and Maud I. S. ( Moulton) Marrs. Harry Sherwood Marrs, a native of Concord, who died February 20, 1929, was associated with the Boston and Maine Railroad for many years.
After passing through the grade schools and graduating from the high school of Concord, Massachusetts, Fay Marrs attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, graduated in 1924. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Mr. Marrs, through his studies with the R. O. T. C. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery, United States Army, Officers' Reserve Corps, holding his rank for ten years, from 1924 through 1934. While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Marrs was a member of the Institute's musical clubs. In September, 1924, after graduating, Mr. Marrs found an opening at the Framingham plant of the Dennison Manufacturing Company where, until March, 1932, he was engaged in industrial management, his duties including the practical applica- iton of research findings in production control, production supervision, and cost and inventory control. In January, 1933, Mr. Marrs came to Hudson Falls with the Union Bag and Paper Corporation. His first position, that of
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a foreman in one of the manufacturing departments, led to his promotion in May of 1934 to an assistant superintendentship in the Chicago factory of the Union Bag and Paper Corporation, a post which he held until March 31, 1935, when he returned to the Hudson Falls plant of the corporation as assistant manager of factories. Mr. Marrs finds his recreation in the two sports of tennis and golf.
Fay Marrs married, September 24, 1926, Marjorie Harrison, of Belmont, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Marrs are the parents of two children : I. Robert Sherwood, born January 12, 1932, now in school in Glens Falls. 2. Barbara, born January 6, 1936.
DANIEL DENIO-Manager of the firm of Rogers and Carlton, fur- niture dealers, Daniel Denio, of Hudson Falls, has occupied his position for the past fifteen years, having been with the firm for more than thirty years and coming to occupy a leading position as one of the leading merchants of Hudson Falls.
Daniel Denio was born in Fort Edward, August 15, 1885, son of Daniel and Elodia (Enfield) Denio. Daniel Denio, who was born in Smith Basin, spent most of his life in Hudson Falls. Elodia (Enfield) Denio, his wife, was a native of Fort Ann.
After passing through the public schools of Hudson Falls, Daniel Denio in 1906 became a teamster for the furniture house of Rogers and Carlton, spending several years in that position and then becoming a clerk. About fifteen years ago, Mr. Denio was made the manager of Rogers and Carlton, a post whose responsibilities he has discharged through the present time. Mr. Denio, who finds relaxation in his favorite sport of fishing, is a member of the local branch of the Royal Arcanum.
Daniel Denio married, in 1905, Mable Brayman, a native of Argyle. Mr. and Mrs. Denio are the parents of three children: I. Daniel W. who, a grad- uate of the grade schools and the high school of Hudson Falls, is manager of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's store at North Creek. 2. Gladys, a graduate of the Hudson Falls High School, and the wife of Samuel Borlawsky, cashier of the National Biscuit Company in Olean, New York. 3. Doris F., who, after graduating from the Hudson Falls High School, attended a business school in Glens Falls and is now employed at the Union Bag and Paper Company's establishment in Hudson Falls.
JOHN P. BURKE-President and secretary of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, John P. Burke, of Fort Edward, is one of the leading labor officials in the country and, in addi-
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tion, is an outstanding labor journalist, being the editor of the "Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers' Journal," a quarterly published by the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers at Fort Edward.
John P. Burke was born at North Duxbury, Vermont, April 21, 1884. After passing through the district schools of Duxbury, Vermont, he found his first employment at the age of fourteen in a factory at Franklin, New Hamp- shire, where he remained for eighteen years, working in various hosiery, woolen, and paper mills in the New Hampshire city. During this time, Mr. Burke served for six years as a member of the State of the New Hampshire National Guard and also became a leader in the paper industry labor move- ment. Finally, in January of 1917, he was elected the president of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, with head- quarters in Fort Edward, New York, an office in which he has continued through the present time, being reelected each term and becoming the leader of this organization of some fifty thousand workers in the paper manufacturing industry.
The International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers traces its origin to the first local union of pulp and sulphite workers in North America, the local formed under affiliation with the American Federation of Labor at Fort Edward, July 12, 1901. Soon, other locals were similarly formed in various paper cities in New York and in New England, with mem- bership being limited to workers in pulp and paper mills outside of the paper machine rooms. In August, 1902, the American Federation of Labor trans- ferred all the local unions of pulp and sulphite workers to the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and until January of 1906 this single organiza- tion embraced the entire pulp and paper industry. Unfortunately, this amalga- mation did not function as smoothly as had been anticipated and friction developed between the two branches of the trade so seriously that, in January, 1906, the pulp and sulphite workers voted to secede from the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and to establish their own organization, the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers, with headquarters permanently at Fort Edward. This action resulted in some three years of difficulty between the new organization and its former parent, but on July 2, 1909, troubles were adjusted and ever since the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers have worked in harmony and given each other full cooperation. James F. Fitzgerald, of Fort Edward, the first presi- dent of the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers, resigned in 1908 and was followed in office by John H. Malin, of Fort Edward, who served until Jan- uary, 1917, when Mr. Burke was chosen. When the Brotherhood was estab- lished, tour workers were required to labor twelve hours and ten hours for
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day workers, and, in some cases, received as little as ten cents an hour while mechanics received about twenty cents an hour. Today, thanks to the work of the unions, during the past thirty-seven years, weekly hours range between thirty-six and forty-eight hours and even the least skilled workers receive as much as did the highest skilled machine tenders in 1901. Today, the Brother- hood has written collective bargains with more than two hundred pulp and paper companies in the United States and Canada, its membership reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from far off Newfoundland and Ontario, Canada, in the North, to the pine forests of Alabama and Louisiana in the South. Other officers, in addition to Mr. Burke, the president and secretary, include Bart Doody of Palmer, New York, treasurer, and the following vice- presidents, ranking in the order named : Maurice LaBelle, of Ottawa, Ontario; H. W. Sullivan, of Worcester, Massachusetts; J. W. Taylor, of Topsham, Maine ; William H. Burnell, of Espanola, Ontario; S. A. Stephens, of Thor- old, Ontario; Raymond A. Richards, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin; and John Sherman, of Port Angeles, Washington. The Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers has won for itself an enviable standing in the pulp and paper trade for fair dealing and close cooperation in everything that will advance the best interests of the industry as a whole and in the com- munities in which the mills are established.
John P. Burke married, August 21, 1921, in Albany, Bessie Leon, of Brooklyn, New York.
HENRY R. WAIT-Sole proprietor and manager of Russell and Wait, one of the leading book and stationery stores of Glens Falls, Henry R. Wait has devoted nearly forty years to merchandising as well as being active in all enterprises and movements which have led to the betterment of Glens Falls and Warren County.
Henry R. Wait was born in Conklingville, Saratoga County, November 14, 1866. After passing through the public schools of Glens Falls, Mr. Wait found his first employment as a clerk in the store of D. W. Sherman and I. N. Scott, later being employed in a similar capacity by Wilmarth and Sons. Then, in 1904, Henry R. Wait joined forces with George B. Russell and they purchased the mercantile establishment of Crittenden and Cowles Company, forming the firm of Russell and Wait, an enterprise which they operated jointly until 1920 when Mr. Wait took over the entire business and has con- tinued to operate the store as the sole proprietor, increasing the number of employees from two to the present total of eight. The store, which is an out- standing book shop, also merchandises various lines of stationery as well as wallpaper and related products. A member of Senate Lodge, No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons of Glens Falls, Mr. Wait also supports his community
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by membership in the Glens Falls Rotary Club, and he belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls, an institution of which he was formerly a deacon and now an elder.
Henry R. Wait married, in Glens Falls, Minnie Draper, now deceased, who was born in Glens Falls. Mr. Wait is the father of a daughter, Charlotte D. Wait, who, after passing through the public schools of Glens Falls and grad- uating from the Glens Falls High School, attended Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, an institution from which she obtained her degree of Bachelor of Science.
REV. M. S. O'DONNELL-A member of the Roman Catholic priest- hood for the past thirty-seven years,' Rev. M. S. O'Donnell has served as pastor of St. Mary's Church in Poultney, Vermont, since 1919, and during his years of tireless effort in behalf of the salvation of more than twelve hun- dred parishioners he has endeared himself in the hearts of all who esteem and love him as a devoted servant of God, and a most public-spirited citizen.
Father O'Donnell was born at South Burlington, Vermont, May 3, 1871, the son of James and Hannah (Kennalley) O'Donnell, both deceased. James O'Donnell, a native of Tipperary, Ireland, came to the United States in 1859, at the age of fifteen years. He departed this life March 9, 1926. Hannah (Kennalley ) O'Donnell, born at Limerick, Ireland, in 1847, died in 1894.
After completing his studies at Montreal College in Montreal, Canada, Father O'Donnell entered St. Paul's Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and later entered Mt. St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was ordained to the priesthood December 19, 1902, by Most Rev. John Joseph Williams at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts, and his first assignment was as an assistant at the Cathedral in Burlington, Ver- mont. Two months later he was transferred to St. Michael's Church in Brattleboro, Vermont, but after a short period there, he was sent to St. Peter's Church in Rutland, as an assistant priest. After eleven months in this parish, he was sent to St. Mary's Church in Fair Haven, and after nine months there, he was appointed pastor of St. John the Baptist Church at Enosburg Falls. During his three years at this church, he completed the con- struction of the new edifice, and then he was sent to Randolph, as pastor of S.S. Donation and Rogation Church. He remained here for nine years, dur- ing which period he built St. Anthony's Church, a beautiful edifice of Eng- lish Gothic design, and while pastor here, he had charge of all outgoing mis- sions. On September 26, 1919, Father O'Donnell came to Poultney as pastor of St. Raphael's Church, and he has continued here to the present day.
This church was built in 1902 by Rev. J. P. Houlihan, the town of Poult- ney having been made a parish in 1884. Previously, St. Raphael's Church
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had been built in 1864, by Rev. Thomas Lynch, of West Rutland, and in 1884 Rev. Jerome M. Gelot became the first resident rector. Today St. Raphael's Church is one of the largest Catholic churches in the State, and the local populace realize that the steady growth of this parish is largely due to the influence and hard work of Father O'Donnell, who has always been fore- most in his religious instruction and advice, and in his advocacy of clean wholesome recreational facilities. Before he studied for the clergy, he was greatly interested in dramatics, and ever since he became a priest, he has taken a keen interest in the presentation of plays and cantatas by the various soci- eties in his congregation.
Father O'Donnell is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, and during the World War, he was appointed by President Wilson as one of the "four- minute" speakers from Vermont.
ARTHUR J. DeLONG-Proprietor of the DeLong and Sons Hard- ware Company, the oldest hardware retail establishment in Glens Falls, Arthur J. DeLong has devoted forty years to the development of the enterprise, as well as taking an active part in the advancement of the welfare of his com- munity.
Arthur J. DeLong was born in Glens Falls, September 10, 1879, the son of John B. and Emma (Thompson) DeLong. John B. DeLong, who was born at Sacandaga River, passed his life as a merchant in the business which his father, Zopher DeLong, established. Emma (Thompson) DeLong, wife of John B. DeLong, also deceased, was born in Glens Falls.
After passing through the grade schools of Glens Falls and graduating from the Glens Falls High School, Arthur J. DeLong prepared for a career in business by attending the Albany Business School, from which he graduated in 1897. Then, after spending two years with W. H. Morton, a wholesale coal dealer in Albany, he returned to Glens Falls to take up his duties in the DeLong and Sons Hardware Company, where he has remained through the present time. This enterprise was organized by Zopher DeLong in 1863 or 1864 and was first located on Warren Street, being moved to its present loca- tion after the Warren Street building burned. The company passed through the fire and subsequent removal without loss of a single day's business, the stock being largely saved from the flames and a temporary retailing arrange- ment set up in an empty barn while new quarters were being prepared. In the early days of the business, transportation facilities were very poor and Zopher DeLong was compelled to travel to New York City twice a year to select his stock (there were no traveling salesmen in those days) and then freight his purchases by steamer up the Hudson and by canal boat from tide water to Glens Falls over a branch of the old Champlain Canal. Eventually,
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