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Zopher DeLong was joined in this business by his two sons, creating the firm of DeLong and Sons Hardware Company. Later, Arthur J. DeLong and his brother joined the firm for the third generation, maintaining the enterprise as a partnership until the brother, Charles F. DeLong, died, leaving the business entirely to Arthur J. DeLong. Mr. DeLong, who has always been interested in the welfare of Glens Falls and supported all worth while community move- ments, served two terms as a member of the Glens Falls Board of Health. In addition to the pleasure which he finds in his camps on Lake George, he finds recreation from his business responsibilities by indulgence in gardening and playing bridge.
Arthur J. DeLong married, in Glens Falls, August 28, 1913, Maude Ride, who is a native of Glens Falls. Mr. and Mrs. DeLong are the parents of five children : I. Annis M. 2. John B., born in Glens Falls, educated in the public schools, and after graduating from the Glens Falls High School, graduated from the University of Maine, and is planning to attend Columbia University, where he will study medicine and surgery. 3. Arthur J., who, after graduat- ing from the public schools and the Glens Falls High School, is now studying commercial art at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. 4. Philip R., now a student at the Glens Falls High School. 5. Lois M., also a student at the Glens Falls High School.
HOWARD G. POTTER-An outstanding real estate and insurance practitioner of Glens Falls, Howard G. Potter has assumed a leading position in the field of property management as well as in the development and rehabili- tation of properties.
Howard G. Potter was born at Glens Falls, June 7, 1905, son of Herbert G. and Mable (Gardinor) Potter. Herbert G. Potter, who was a native of Glens Falls, was a farmer for most of the active period of his life, spending the final ten years of his allotment as clerk of the Surrogate Court as well as being official historian of the town of Queensbury, an honor which came to him because of his deep interest in the past and his laborious research in unearthing the record of former days in Warren County. Mable (Gardinor) · Potter, his wife, is a native of New York City.
After passing through the public schools of Glens Falls and graduating from the Glens Falls High School, Howard G. Potter entered the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Science from that insti- tution in 1929. After returning home to Glens Falls, Mr. Potter became interested in real estate and insurance and found employment with the Adiron- dack Underwriters and Realty Corporation, and then, after four years with the company, struck off for himself in June, 1933, opening an office on Glen Street, where he remained for a year before taking over his present larger
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quarters. While Mr. Potter's business embraces the customary field of activity of real estate and insurance, he has come to specialize in property management and handles several large accounts in this field, some of his clients being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the Metal Office Furniture Company, and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. In addition, he is also very active in the field of rehabilitation of old properties ; buying estates, developing and remodeling them, and then selling them. When Mr. Potter started out in business five years ago, he conducted his affairs without any employees ; today he has an office staff of two regular employees and, from time to time, uses a field force of some half dozen men. Interested in civic affairs of his com- munity, Mr. Potter is an active member of the Republican party, and belongs to Glens Falls Lodge, No. 121, Free and Accepted Masons, as well as being a member of the Glens Falls Masonic Club. He attends the First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls and, from time to time, finds opportunity to indulge himself in his favorite recreation of traveling.
LESLIE W. COULTER-One of the outstanding civil engineers of the Lake George district, Leslie W. Coulter of Glens Falls, is senior member of the firm of Coulter and Ashley, engineers, and one of the most widely known members of his profession, having worked as a construction engineer on industrial plants in many parts of the United States.
Leslie W. Coulter was born in Chicago, Illinois, December 18, 1893, son of Frank and Jennie (Roth) Coulter. Frank Coulter, who was a native of Chicago, was engaged in the packing business, an activity in which he was prominent at the time of his death. Jennie (Roth) Coulter, his wife, is also a native of Chicago.
After passing through the grade schools of the city of Chicago, and gradu- ating from the Chicago High School, Leslie W. Coulter, finding employment in the engineering department of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, an association to which he devoted eight years, became so interested in his profes- sion that he devoted his nights to its study, thus mastering the theory of civil engineering while he acquired its practical aspects through his daily work. After leaving the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Mr. Coulter came East and began a long association with the General Motors Corporation, being employed in their building department, an occupation which, concerned with the construction and equipping of plants for the corporation, carried Mr. Coulter into many parts of the United States and making him a widely known figure in engineering circles. About 1923, however, Mr. Coulter resigned from the General Motors Corporation and entered his present practice of his profession, first becoming associated with the firm of Meyer, Bowers, and Ashley, Inc., of Glens Falls, New York. Mr. Coulter eventually became a
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partner in the firm, which was organized about 1913, and then, when the cor- poration was dissolved about 1934, he formed a partnership known as Ashley and Coulter, to continue the engineering services of the former enterprise, locating himself in Glens Falls. Deeply interested in community and political problems, Mr. Coulter is a member of the Republican party and also supports his profession by membership in the New York State Society of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as well as belonging to Solomon's Lodge, No. 196, Free and Accepted Masons, of Tarrytown. He is a member of the First Methodist Church of Glens Falls, and finds his recreation in the practice of his two hobbies of hunting and fishing.
Leslie W. Coulter married Eolo Weed, a native of Rouses Point, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Coulter are the parents of a daughter, June, who is a student in the public schools of Glens Falls.
CHARLES V. FURNESS-President of the Spotlight Press, Incor- porated, of Glens Falls, Charles V. Furness is not only one of the leading business men of his community but he is well known throughout the Lake George district as a former newspaper reporter and publisher as well as being one of the outstanding Republicans of the city of Glens Falls.
Charles V. Furness was born in Gloversville, New York, February 2. 1878, son of Charles H. and Anna (Vollans) Furness. Charles H. Furness, one of the leading industrialists of Gloversville, spent his active life as a glove manu- facturer, being engaged in this business at the time of his death. Anna (Vol- lans) Furness, his wife, who is also deceased, was a native of St. Lawrence County, New York.
After passing through the grade schools of Gloversville and graduating from the Gloversville High School, Charles V. Furness started to work as a printing apprentice in Gloversville and, after spending four years with type- metal and ink, graduated to the editorial side of the profession, becoming a reporter on the "Gloversville Leader." After a few years in this capacity. he leaped upward to become the president of the Morning Herald Company and, as such, published the "Gloversville Morning Herald" for a period of three years, severing his relations with the paper when it was sold to C. V. Knox. Mr. Furness then came eastward to Glens Falls to become the vice-president and general manager of the Glens Falls Publishing Company, thus becoming the publisher of the "Glens Falls Times," a position which he held for some four years when he purchased the Glens Falls Publishing Company from Addison B. Colvin. Mr. Furness sold the "Glens Falls Times" to the "Post Star" in 1928 and continued the printing business under its present name of the Spotlight Press, Incorporated, an enterprise of which he became president, the position which he has held through the present time. The Press, which is
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one of the leading businesses of its kind, regularly employs some fifteen per- sons. Always deeply interested in political affairs, in common with most mem- bers of the Fourth Estate, Mr. Furness has taken a particularly active part in the affairs of the Republican party since making his home in Glens Falls and has served a term as County Election Commissioner for Warren County, and was also a member of the Liberty Loan Committee during the World War. Formerly, he was also interested in military life, being a member of the New York National Guard for five years, serving as first sergeant of G Company. He is a member of Senate Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Glens Falls, and devotes some of his leisure to indulgence in his two favorite sports, hunt- ing and fishing.
Charles V. Furness married Margaret Nostrand Mabee, who is a native of Saratoga Springs.
WILLIAM F. GUBITZ, Jr .- Senior partner of W. F. Gubitz and Sons, one of the leading printing, ruling, and book-binding establishments of Glens Falls, William F. Gubitz, Jr., represents the second generation of his family in Glens Falls to follow the printing profession.
William F. Gubitz, Jr., was born in Glens Falls, July 2, 1897, son of William F., Sr., and Carrie E. (Ritzman) Gubitz. William F. Gubitz, Sr., who was a native of Albany, established himself in Glens Falls in 1895 as a printer, paper ruler, and book-binder, a business in which he was active at the time of his death, February 14, 1937. Carrie E. (Ritzman) Gubitz, his wife, attended school in Albany but has spent most of her life as a resident of Glens Falls.
After passing through the grade schools of Glens Falls, and graduating from the Glens Falls High School, William F. Gubitz, Jr., began his career by finding employment with the Imperial Wallpaper Company, an association which he terminated after about a year, when he joined his father in the fam- ily's business. In 1926 Mr. Gubitz formed a partnership with his father and brother, the firm being organized as William F. Gubitz and Sons, a name which it has maintained through the present time. Following the death of William F. Gubitz, Sr., the two brothers, William F. Gubitz, Jr., and Edwin R. Gubitz, have continued the development of the enterprise which has been moved from its former location on Glen Street to its present position on Ridge Street. Formerly active in the affairs of the Glens Falls Chamber of Commerce, Wil- liam F. Gubitz, Jr., is a member of Glens Falls Lodge, No. 121, Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls. From the responsibilities of his business, Mr. Gubitz finds recreation by indulgence in his favorite sport of fishing.
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William F. Gubitz, Jr., married Emma V. Sellingham, who is a native of Ticonderoga. Mr. and Mrs. Gubitz are the parents of two children: I. Lois J., who has passed through the grade schools and is now a student in the Glens Falls Junior High School. 2. Franklin W., who is a student in the public schools.
DR. LYMAN G. BARTON-With a record of more than forty-five years in the medical and surgical field, Dr. Lyman G. Barton is recognized as one of the leading members of his profession in this section of New York State, and he is highly regarded in Plattsburg, where he has practiced since 1915, and where he has contributed so greatly to the advancement of surgery and to the field of obstetrics.
Dr. Barton was born in Willsboro, Essex County, July 1, 1866, the son of Dr. Lyman and Minerva (Aiken) Barton, both deceased. The elder Dr. Barton, a native of Hebron, Washington County, graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1839 and was engaged in the general practice of medicine at Willsboro for fifty-two years. Minerva (Aiken) Barton was born at Willsboro.
Dr. Lyman G. Barton received his early education in the Willsboro public schools, and later studied at the Troy Conference Academy and Ives Seminary at Antwerp, New York, and the Granville Military Academy. He next enrolled at Cornell University for a three-year course in mechanical engineering after which he went to Sayre, Pennsylvania, to enter the employ of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. One year later he went to Elmira, to assist in organizing the training school at the State Reformatory, and then he decided to pattern his future career after that of his father, and he entered Dartmouth College to prepare for the medical profession. He later transferred to Bellevue Hos- pital, Medical College, where he was graduated in 1891 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He immediately returned to his native town to launch his private practice, and he continued there with great success until 1915, at which time he transferred his offices to Plattsburg, where he has practiced to the present day, specializing in X-ray and surgery. He is a member of the surgical staff, and associate radiologist at Champlain Valley Hospital, and he is also a member of the surgical staff and radiologist of the Physicians Hos- pital. Dr. Barton is also noted for his writings, having contributed many articles on surgery and obstetrics to various publications. He secures his greatest enjoyment in his profession, and as a hobby, has designed surgical and obstetrical instruments, all of which are now in general use. During the World War he served as a member of the Medical Advisory Board of Clinton County.
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Dr. Barton is a member of the Episcopal Church, and he is most promi- nently identified with medical societies, being past president of the Fourth District Branch and second vice-president of the New York State Medical Society, past president of the Essex County Medical Society, a member of the American Medical Association, and a Fellow in the American College of Sur- geons since 1915. He is also a member of the Society of the War of 1812.
He was married in 1885 to Kittie Wilcox, a native of Ithaca, and they are the parents of three children: I. Dr. Lyman Guy, Jr. (q. v.). 2. Dr. Philip B., a graduate of Cornell University with the degree of Bachelor of Science and of McGill Medical School with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, now practicing his profession at Amsterdam. 3. Norman K., a graduate of Boston Institute of Arts, and for a time, designer of jewelry for Tiffany and Com- pany in New York City.
DR. LYMAN GUY BARTON, JR .- Continuing the family tradition for brilliant attainment in the field of medicine and surgery, Dr. Lyman Guy Barton, Jr., has for the past two decades practiced his profession in Platts- burg, where he enjoys a high reputation both among his professional associates and the populace at large, who recognize in him a most able practitioner, well qualified to continue in the footsteps of his distinguished father and his late grandfather, who have made the name of Barton synonymous with medical achievement in this section for more than seventy years.
Dr. Lyman Guy Barton, Jr., was born at Ithaca, January 1, 1887, the son of Dr. Lyman G. (q. v.) and Kittie (Wilcox) Barton. The younger Dr. Barton received his early education in the Willsboro public schools, and later enrolled at Princeton University, where he was graduated in 1908 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then enrolled at the Medical School of Harvard University, where he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1912. For the next two years he interned at the Massachusetts General Hos- pital, after which he went abroad with the first Harvard University unit, and was attached to the French Army. Dr. Barton returned to the United States and launched his private medical career in Willsboro where he continued until 1919, at which time he moved his offices to Plattsburg, where he has ever since enjoyed a lucrative practice, specializing in obstetrics and surgery. At the present time he is also attending surgeon at both the Physicians and the Champlain Valley Hospitals.
Dr. Lyman Guy Barton, Jr., is a member of the Episcopal Church, and prominently identified with civic activities, being director of the Young Men's Christian Association and a member of the Rotary Club. He is also past president of the Clinton County Medical Association, and a member of the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and
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a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Barton, Jr., is also affiliated with the Omega Alpha Fraternity and the Aesculapian Club.
He was married in 1915 to Aethel Dodge, a native of Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, and they are the parents of four children: I. Lyman Guy, 3d, a member of the 1939 class at Union College. 2. Eleanor Dodge, a graduate in 1938 of Vassar College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 3. John Dodge, a student at Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire. 4. Marjorie Densmore.
KING T. HUTCHINSON-Vice-President and production manager of the Ames Chemical Company of Glens Falls, King T. Hutchinson, who came to his present association after a varied business career in New York City and in Brooklyn, is one of New York's World War heroes, holding not only the distinguished service cross of New York State but also the signal honor of the Purple Heart, both being awarded for exceptional bravery in action.
King T. Hutchinson was born at Crown Point, January 18, 1891, son of Chauncey E. and Mary E. (Trimble) Hutchinson. Chauncey E. Hutchinson, who was a native of Crown Point, spent his life in the retailing of shoes. Mary E. (Trimble) Hutchinson, his wife, is also a native of Crown Point.
After passing through the public schools in Brooklyn, New York, King T. Hutchinson found his first business employment with the Nucoa Butter Com- pany of New York City, an organization with which he worked for five years, leaving to join the staff of Butler Brothers Company, Incorporated, of Jersey City, one of the largest wholesale houses of its kind in the United States. After another five-year term with this corporation, King T. Hutchinson entered the insurance business in Brooklyn, representing the Prudential Insurance Com- pany. A member of the New York State National Guard, Company G, 23d Regiment, Mr. Hutchinson was called to service with his outfit on the Mexican Border, and when the World War broke out became a private in the United States Army, serving in the 106th Infantry, from April, 1917, to April, 1919, being discharged with the rank of first sergeant. Sergeant Hutchinson served with his regiment for ten months in France, as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, taking part in such battles as Ypres and repeatedly dis- tinguishing himself so that, as above stated, he was awarded the distinguished service cross of New York State and was also given the Purple Heart by the United States for bravery under fire. Returning to civil life, Mr. Hutchinson, in 1920, became associated with the Ames Chemical Company of Glens Falls as a salesman, an organization in which, displaying marked ability, he rose rapidly, being made vice-president and production manager in 1929, offices
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which he has held through to the present time. Preserving his war-time associations by membership in the Glens Falls Post of the American Legion, Mr. Hutchinson is also a member and a Past Master of Senate Lodge, No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons, of Glens Falls. An attendant of the Glens Falls Methodist Church, Mr. Hutchinson finds recreation from his business respon- sibilities in his fondness for motoring.
King T. Hutchinson married, in 1920, Louise E. Barber, a native of Hart- ford, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson are the parents of two sons : I. Edward T. 2. James K.
JAMES H. PEARSALL-Becoming associated with the Imperial Paper and Color Corporation, at Glens Falls, at the conclusion of his college career, James H. Pearsall has remained with this well-known business estab- lishment to the present day, serving for the past ten years in the capacity of treasurer.
James H. Pearsall was born in Glens Falls, December 15, 1897, the son of Howard C. and Sarah (Bonnell) Pearsall. The elder Mr. Pearsall, also a native of Glens Falls, has long been connected with the mercantile business in this section.
James H. Pearsall was educated in the local schools, and after graduating from Glens Falls High School, he enrolled at the Burdett Business College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he completed his studies in 1917. He immedi- ately thereafter entered the employ of the Imperial Paper and Color Company as a clerk in the accounting department, and in 1928 was promoted to his present post, in which he has since served most capably. During the World War, Mr. Pearsall was an enlisted man in the United States Army.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is an active figure in local civic life, being a director of the Community Chest, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is also a director of the Glens Falls Hospital, and fraternally is affiliated with Senate Lodge, No. 456, Free and Accepted Ma- sons.
He was married, in 1918, to Elizabeth Parker, a native of Fort Edward, and they are the parents of three children: I. James H., Jr. 2. Sarah E. 3. Richard P. Pearsall.
THOMAS E. HILL-Superintendent of the McMullen Leavens Company of Glens Falls, Thomas E. Hill is not only one of the leading manu- facturing executives of his home city but also one of the leading citizens, hav- ing served two terms as a member of the Board of Aldermen of Glens Falls.
Thomas E. Hill was born in Glens Falls, May 5, 1882, son of Thomas B.
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and Ellen May Hill. Thomas B. Hill, who was born in Chestertown, passed his life as a farmer and contractor. Ellen May Hill, his wife, who is also deceased, was born in Springfield, Vermont.
After passing through the grade schools of Glens Falls and graduating from the Glens Falls High School, Thomas E. Hill in 1902 entered the factory of the McMullen Leavens Company as a clerk in the shipping room, winning promotion through the years through various positions until, in 1933, he was made superintendent of the enterprise, a post which he has held through the present time. During the nearly forty years which Mr. Hill has been active in the business life of Glens Falls, he has also taken a keen interest in civic problems as a member of the Democratic party, having among his services given time to membership on the Board of Aldermen. A member of the Glens Falls Chamber of Commerce, and a past president of the Glens Falls Masonic Club, Mr. Hill is also a prominent member of the Masonic Fraternity, belong- ing to Senate Lodge, No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons, of Glens Falls, and Glens Falls Chapter, No. 55, Royal Arch Masons. An attendant of the Glens Falls Methodist Church, Mr. Hill devotes himself in leisure time to his two sport hobbies of baseball and basketball.
Thomas E. Hill married, in 1906, Anna J. Wilson, who was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are the parents of two chil- dren : 1. Elwood W., a graduate of Wesleyan College, class of 1929, when he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and a Master of Arts from Union Theological School of Music, class of 1933. 2. Margaret J., now the wife of Nelson Shattuck, of Geneseo, New York.
MORGAN ELLIOTT CHESTER-A son of the head of the biology department of Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, Morgan Elliott Chester chose teaching as his profession and for the past nine years has been principal of the Hague (New York) Central School here. His father, Dr. Wayland Morgan Chester, was born at Noank, Connecticut, on March IO, 1870, the son of Charles I. and Harriet (Morgan) Chester. Dr. Chester married in 1897, at his birthplace, Laura Davis and they had three children besides the oldest, Morgan Elliott, of whom further: Harry W., deceased ; Margaret A. C. Wilcox ; and Albert C. Chester.
Dr. Chester received his education at Colgate and Harvard universities, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree from the first named institution of learning in 1894, and his Master of Arts degree in 1896. An honorary Doctor of Science degree was awarded him by Hillsdale ( Michigan) College in 1926. Dr. Chester was assistant in geology and natural history at Colgate Univer- sity, Hamilton, New York, 1894-96; instructor of biology there for the next four years, when he was appointed professor and head of the biology depart-
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