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EDWIN MILTON JAMESON, M. D .- Engaged in the practice of surgery and gynecology in Saranac Lake, New York, Dr. Edwin Milton Jameson holds the respect and admiration of all who know him.
Dr. Jameson was born September 6, 1902, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, son of Fred M. and Laura ( Veach) Jameson. His father and mother are both natives of New Castle, where the father was engaged in the lumber business.
The public schools provided Edwin Milton Jameson's early education, and he was graduated from high school at Oil City, Pennsylvania. He was a
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member of the class of 1924 at Pennsylvania State College, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Science in that year. Later, in 1927, he was graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from the Medical School of the University of Penn- sylvania. He served a year's interneship at Highland Hospital, in Rochester, New York, and in 1928 became an interne at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. In 1928 also he came to Saranac Lake, New York, because of the condition of his own health. After a year in this healing climate, he began his own practice of medicine, specializing in surgery and gynecology, and here he has continued his professional labors down to the time of writing, with offices at No. 6 Church Street.
In addition to carrying forward the work of his own private practice, Dr. Jameson has interested himself constructively in the affairs of his profession in general. He is a past president, secretary and treasurer of the Saranac Lake Medical Society and past president of the Osler Club; member of the Franklin County Medical Society and the New York State Medical Society ; and a Fellow of the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. He is attending surgeon at Saranac Lake General Hospital and consulting surgeon at Reception Hospital and the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital.
In spare time Dr. Jameson particularly enjoys delving into the secrets of medical history and natural history. He is an avid reader in these subjects. The craft of woodworking furnishes him many a happy hour, and he has many pieces of the work produced by his own hands. He is active in many local organizations, including the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce and White Face Mountain Lodge, No. 489, of the Free and Accepted Masons, and also belongs to the Sigma Phi Sigma, Phi Rho Sigma and Alpha Omega Alpha fraternities. He worships in the Presbyterian faith.
In 1931 Dr. Edwin Milton Jameson married Ethelwyn Gibb, a native of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. The children of this marriage have been Patricia M. and Beverly Gibb Jameson.
In addition to his other achievements, Dr. Jameson has added notably to the literature of his profession. He is author of two books, "Gynecological and Obstetrical Tuberculosis" and a "History of Gynecology and Obstetrics," as well as of numerous articles for medical publications.
FLOYD PALMER, M. D .- The medical profession has been enriched by the contribution of Dr. Floyd Palmer, of Glens Falls, who has devoted himself mainly to the practice of obstetrics in recent years.
Dr. Palmer was born June II, 1873, in Hamden, Delaware County, New York, son of Edmund S. and Elizabeth C. (Hammond) Palmer. His father, likewise a native of Delaware County, New York, was engaged until his death
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as a cooper. The mother was born in Hamden, Delaware County, and she is also deceased.
Delhi Academy and New York University provided the early education of Dr. Floyd Palmer, who also attended Bellevue Hospital Medical College, in New York City, there being graduated in 1899 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For one and one-half years he was an interne at Mattawan State Hospital, and he also took special courses at the New York Post Graduate Hospital. In 1901 he began his general practice of medicine in Delaware County, New York. Then, in 1904, he came to Glens Falls to establish him- self in his profession, here carrying on his work down to the time of writing. He has an office at No. 225 Glen Street, and in recent years, as already indi- cated, obstetrics have occupied his major attention.
Dr. Palmer is a member of the staff of Glens Falls Hospital, where he is an obstetrician. He belongs to many organizations in his profession, being a past president of the Warren County Medical Society and a member of the New York State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Glens Falls Academy of Medicine. Partaking of the general community life of Glens Falls, Dr. Palmer bends every effort to aid his fellow-citizens in social, civic and fraternal affairs. He is a staunch Republican, and was for eight years health officer of the city of Glens Falls. He belongs to Glens Falls Lodge, No. 121, of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which order he is also affiliated with the Royal Arch Chapter at Glens Falls (of which he is a Past High Priest) and with Washington Commandery of Knights Templar. He belongs also to the Knights of Pythias, the Rotary Club and the American Legion. During the World War he effectively served his country as a captain in the United States Army Medical Corps, going overseas to France with the American Expeditionary Forces. He attends the Presbyterian Church. In spare time he greatly enjoys the out-of-doors, particularly tennis and baseball.
In 1905 Dr. Palmer married Mary Louise Newman, a native of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. The following children were born to this marriage: I. James N., who was graduated in 1932 from New York Uni- versity with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and in 1937 from the McGill University Medical School, Montreal, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. 2. Vincent Floyd, who is a student at the Casey Jones School of Aeronautics, Newark, New Jersey.
HON. LEANDER A. BOUYEA-Operating the Bouyea Baking Company, Leander A. Bouyea has distinguished himself among Plattsburg's business men.
Mr. Bouyea was born January 2, 1887, in Morrisonville, Clinton County, New York, son of Louis and Delia (Light) Bouyea. His father and mother
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were both natives of Morrisonville and both are now deceased. The father was a farmer by occupation all through his active career.
Morrisonville's and Plattsburg's public schools accorded Leander A. Bouyea his early formal education, completing which he proceeded to learn the baking trade. For ten years he was employed by others. Then he began to realize his long-felt ambition to start his own business, establishing the Bouyea Baking Company, in Plattsburg. At the outset, in 1913, the organiza- tion had only a small basement bakery in City Hall Place, and used only about a barrel of flour each day. Gradually the enterprise grew until it operated two plants and consumed about forty-five barrels of flour per day. Both plants are equipped with the most modern machinery, and the bakery is the largest in Plattsburg, employing about sixty people.
As proprietor of this company, Mr. Bouyea has earned a position of stand- ing and distinction in his community. His participation in civic affairs has also been helpful. A staunch Democrat, he was elected mayor of Plattsburg in 1932, since which time he has effectively served as the city's chief executive officer. He is vice-president of the Merchants' National Bank, vice-president and a director of the Plattsburg Coach Lines, and vice-president and treasurer of the Adirondack Monument Company. He belongs to Plattsburg Lodge, No. 621, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; Plattsburg Council, No. 555, of the Knights of Columbus, in which he holds the fourth degree; the St. John the Baptist Union ; the St. John the Baptist Society ; and the Loyal Order of Moose. He is a director of the Plattsburg Chamber of Commerce. He attends St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church.
Hon. Leander A. Bouyea married, in 1912, Jennie Geroux, a native of Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York. The children of this marriage were : I. Rita, wife of Harold Healey, of Plattsburg, New York. 2. Thelma, a graduate of Plattsburg State Normal School, wife of Joseph Jeffries, of Plattsburg. 3. Beulah, member of the class of 1942 at Miami University. 4. Leander A., Jr. 5. Donald. 6. Theresa. 7. Jeannine. 8. George.
CLARENCE LEE TOPPING-One of the leading secondary school executives in Northern New York State, Clarence Lee Topping has identified himself with the schools of North Creek, serving as a teacher in the North Creek High School and then becoming principal of the school.
Clarence Lee Topping was born in North Creek, July 14, 1907, son of Joseph Hoag and Lena Topping. After graduating from the North Creek High School as a member of the class of 1926, Clarence Lee Topping selected a career as a teacher and prepared for his profession at the University of Vermont, where he graduated in 1932 with the degree of Bachelor of Philos- ophy. Since 1932 Mr. Topping has continued his study and, in 1938, received
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the degree of Master of Arts from Columbia University. In 1932, upon grad- uation from the University of Vermont, Mr. Topping received an appoint- ment as teacher in the North Creek High School, a position which he held until 1937, when he was advanced to be the principal of the North Creek High School. Mr. Topping, who has continued as principal through the present time, supports his profession by membership in the National Educa- tion Association, the New York State Teachers' Association, and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. A member of the Gore Mountain Ski Club, Mr. Toppings is also active in Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, serving the organization in various capacities such as president, steward, treasurer and secretary.
WILLIAM GERARD BECKERS, Ph. D .- One of the founders of the American Dyestuff Industry, William Gerard Beckers of New York City and Bolton on Lake George, New York, is outstanding in the commercial as well as the scientific aspect of his special field, being an officer and director of several chemical and dye companies, as well as an aviation enthusiast.
Dr. William Gerard Beckers, a naturalized American citizen since 1910, was born in Kempen, Rhein, Germany, February 12, 1874, son of Gerard and Maria Magdalena (Frantzen) Beckers. Gerard Beckers, during his lifetime, was a leading chemist and industrialist in Germany. Dr. Beckers attended the Aix la Chapelle Polytechnic Institute, the University of Heidelberg, and obtained his degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Freiburg in 1897. From 1898 to 1900 he was a member of the faculty of the Royal Dye Institute at Krefeld, Germany, holding the position of assistant profes- sor of chemistry, a post which he resigned to join the technical staff of the Bayer Company in Elberfeld.
In 1902 Dr. Beckers came to the United States and established himself in New York City and assumed charge of the technical departments of the American branch of the Beckers' family business, a branch which, in 1911, he reorganized into an American corporation, becoming president of the enter- prise, as well as chairman of the board. This Beckers' corporation in 1917 became merged with other companies, active in the same chemical and aniline dye fields, to form the present National Aniline and Chemical Company, of which Dr. Beckers is a director. Among other business enterprises, Dr. Beck- ers is a director of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, Muller Gloria Mills, Connecticut Lace Works, the Aviation Corporation, and Canadian Colonial Air- ways, as well as the Murray Hill Trust Company of New York City, and the Bolton National Bank. Bolton Landing.
A member of the Republican party, Dr. Beckers who, as a young man served in the German Army with the rank of first lieutenant, is a member of
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the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industries of Lon- don, England, the Chemists' Club and the Lawyers' Club of New York City, the Montauk Club of Long Island, the Riding and Driving Club of Brooklyn, New York, the Aviation Country Club of Long Island, and the Lake George Country Club and the Sagamore Golf Club of Lake George.
Dr. William Gerard Beckers married Marie Antoinette Pothen, and they are the parents of two children : I. William Kurt. 2. Elsa M.
BEN J. WORMAN-President of the Lake Champlain National Bank of Westport, Essex County, Ben J. Worman, of Westport, is one of the leading bankers of the Lake Champlain region, having held his office for many years and served as the head of the Adirondack Bankers' Association.
Ben J. Worman was born at Madison, New Jersey, August 19, 1870, son of James H. and Emma Parker (Davis) Worman. James H. Worman was born at Berlin, Germany, February 28, 1845, son of Maurice and Bertha Worman. Educated at the University of Berlin and at the Sorbonne in Paris, James H. Worman came to the United States as a young man and became prominent as an educator, author, and lecturer, serving first as the librarian of Drew Theological Seminary and then becoming one of the organizers of Chautauqua, and later becoming a professor at Adelphi College, leaving there to join the faculty of Vanderbilt University. From teaching, work in which he was the author, as well, of numerous articles included in encyclo- pedias and of modern language textbooks, James H. Worman turned to edi- torial work, becoming the editor-in-chief of several magazines. Then, in 1899, he received an appointment as United States Consul to Munich, Ger- many, where he served for several years, returning to his farm at Westport where he devoted himself to literary work and to his hobby of cattle breeding. When the World War came, however, he offered his services to the United States and was given various important assignments, work which won him official recognition, after which he distinguished himself in relief work in Germany after the Armistice. Emma Parker (Davis) Worman, his wife, a native of Norwich, New York, died January 26, 1896.
After graduating from Harvard University, a member of the class of 1895, Ben J. Worman entered the banking business and, in 1908, organized the Lake Champlain National Bank of Westport, Essex County, becoming president of the institution, a post which he has held through the present time. During the World War Mr. Worman served as Essex County chairman of the Liberty Loan campaigns and was active in other war work. He supports his profession by membership in the Adirondack Bankers' Association, an organization which he has served as president, being, in addition a member of the Westport Yacht Club and of Westport Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
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Masons. Mr. Worman finds a means of recreation from his professional responsibilities by indulgence in his favorite sport of boating on Lake Cham- plain.
Ben J. Worman married Ama M. Atkinson, who was born at Albany, New York, and is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Worman were the parents of two children : I. Virginia King, who, born in New York City and educated there, became Mrs. R. G. Loll. She died in 1929. 2. Elliot P., who, born at Albany, New York, graduated from the Westport schools and from Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute, and is now a practicing electrical engineer in New York City.
BERNARD SYLVESTER BEAULIEU-One of the outstanding managers of the F. W. Woolworth Company, Bernard Sylvester Beaulieu is widely known throughout Upper New York State, having been store man- ager in Rome, Albany and Buffalo before taking up his duties in Saratoga.
Bernard Sylvester Beaulieu was born in Rochester, September 9, 1928, son of Ernest Louis and Elizabeth (Tyo) Beaulieu. Ernest Louis Beaulieu, who died in Massena, November 10, 1931, was a farmer in Massena for many years, later removing to Rochester.
After passing through the grade school and graduating from the high school at Massena, Bernard Sylvester Beaulieu attended Notre Dame Uni- versity and then, in 1928, became associated with the F. W. Woolworth Com- pany, his first assignment being at Montpelier, Vermont. From that city, Mr. Beaulieu was advanced to Rome, New York, as manager of the Wool- worth store there and then, after three years, was promoted to a similar posi- tion in the Woolworth store at Albany. Two years later, Mr. Beaulieu became manager of the company's store in Buffalo where he remained until 1936, at which time he was made the manager of the Woolworth store in Ticonderoga. A member of the Republican party and attending St. Mary's Catholic Church, Mr. Beaulieu belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, as well as the Knights of Columbus.
Bernard Sylvester Beaulieu married. November 12, 1937, at Ticonderoga, Helen Evans, a native of New York City, where she was born, September 9, 1913, daughter of Henry and Adele ( McCaughlin) Evans.
HON. VICTOR F. BOIRE-Carrying on an extensive practice of law in Plattsburg since 1902, Victor F. Boire has performed a labor of im- portance and value to his fellow-citizens.
Mr. Boire was born January 27, 1880, in Plattsburg, New York, son of Norbert and Jessie (Fagant) Boire. His father was a native of Wisconsin, and was for years engaged in cattle speculation until his death. The mother
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was a native of Plattsburg, and in early life, before her marriage, was engaged in the manufacture of uniforms for soldiers in the Civil War.
Public schools provided Victor F. Boire's early education, and when he completed his high school work in Plattsburg in 1898 he became a student at Cornell University, in Ithaca, where he took the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902. Admitted to the New York State bar almost immediately thereafter, he began his professional practice in his native city, here remaining so engaged down to the time of writing. His offices are at No. 129 Margaret Street.
In his political views he is a staunch Democrat. For two years he served as city judge in Plattsburg, and from 1912 to 1924 he was surrogate of Clinton County. From 1924 to 1926 he served as corporation counsel of the city, and beginning in 1932 he became Assistant Attorney General of New York State. He was, for four years, from 1926 to 1930, a member of the Plattsburg Board of Education. Since 1926 he has been a member of the Democratic State Committee.
Mr. Boire is a member of Plattsburg Lodge, No. 621, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Plattsburg's Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce (he was president of the chamber in 1932 and thereafter down to the time of writing) ; the Plattsburg Rod and Gun Club; and several fra- ternal orders. He is a past president of Plattsburg Council of the Knights of Columbus, and was formerly Grand Knight. He also belongs to the St. John the Baptist Union and the Maccabees. He has the deepest interest in civic affairs, and even enjoys dealing with them as a sort of hobby. He has served since 1930 as a member of the Champlain Valley Council, of which he is a past president. During the World War he was a "four-minute" speaker in behalf of this country's cause and a member of the Legal Advisory Board set up in his community in connection with administration of the Selective Service Draft Act. He is a director of the Merchants' National Bank, of Plattsburg, and has many other local business interests. He attends services at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, of which he is a member and a trustee. In leisure time he is fond of hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreations.
In 1912 Hon. Victor F. Boire married Harriet May Banfield, a native of Plattsburg, New York, who died in 1935. The children of this marriage are : I. Rita, graduated from Plattsburg State Normal School and New York State Teachers' College. 2. Yvonne, graduated in 1939 from Syracuse Uni- versity, Syracuse, New York. 3. Victor F., Jr., is training for a business career.
LEROY ROSECRANS MEAD-One of the leading insurance men of Ticonderoga for nearly fifty years, Leroy Rosecrans Mead is also a promi- nent banker of the northwestern section of New York State, as well as being a distinguished civic leader.
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Leroy Rosecrans Mead was born at Chestertown, June 12, 1871, in the family homestead which has been the family's farm for a hundred years, son of Royal Paine and Mary Amelia (Rosecrans) Meade. Royal Paine Mead, who was born in Chestertown, December 27, 1840, was the son of Levi Mead, Jr., the grandson of Levi Mead, Sr., and the descendant of George P. Mead, who founded the family in America in the seventeenth century. Mary Amelia (Rosecrans) Mead, a member of the distinguished Rosecrans family, was born in Clifton Park, October 15, 1844.
After passing through the grade schools of Chestertown and graduating from the Ticonderoga High School, Leroy Rosecrans Mead attended the Central Business College of Denver, Colorado, graduating in 1891. Two years after graduation, Mr. Mead returned home to New York State and shortly established himself in the insurance business, handling fire, life, marine and other forms of general insurance, creating an agency which has continued through the present time. In addition to his insurance interests, Mr. Mead has business concerns which have led him to become the president of the Ticonderoga National Bank. Always deeply interested in the civic problems of Ticonderoga, Mr. Mead has served two terms as mayor of the city and is active as a member of the Ticonderoga Chamber of Commerce and the Ticon- deroga Kiwanis Club. A member of the Ticonderoga Congregational Church, Mr. Mead belongs to Ticonderoga Lodge, No. 794, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, as well as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
HORACE GRIFFITH GETMAN-Supervising principal of the schools of Port Henry, Horace Griffith Getman is one of the leading sec- ondary school educators in the Lake Champlain area, having served for many years as an executive not only in Port Henry but in Richfield Springs and in Stamford, New York.
Horace Griffith Getman was born at Richfield Springs, September 16, 1887, son of Herbert Harter and Martha (Walter) Getman. Herbert Harter Getman, who was a lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, and public administrator of Jackson County, Missouri, was a descendant of Frederick Getman, who came to New York State from Germany about 1712. Martha (Walter) Getman traced her American ancestry back to Peregrine White, who was born on the "Mayflower" in 1620 just before the Pilgrims settled at Plym- outh, Massachusetts.
After passing through the grade and high schools at Richfield Springs, Horace Griffith Getman attended Hamilton College, obtaining his degree of Bachelor of Arts and then took his Masters degree in Education from Teach- ers' College of Columbia University, New York City. During the World War
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he was a member of the Students' Army Training Corps at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute. Horace Griffith Getman's career in his profession has been featured by positions as supervising principal at Richfield Springs and at Stamford, New York, before his assumption of his present post at Port Henry. A member of the Port Henry Presbyterian Church, Mr. Getman belongs to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity as well as to Richfield Springs Lodge, No. 482, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Horace Griffith Getman married at Worcester, New York, August 6, 1913, Gertrude Mead, daughter of Edwin L. and Mary (Wright) Mead. Mr. and Mrs. Getman are the parents of a daughter, Mary Frances, born June 12, 1915.
JAMES GORDON MICHAELS-Following some years of experi- ence with various manufacturing pharmaceutical houses in the Middle West, James Gordon Michaels established himself as a pharmacist at Ticonderoga. In this community he has been a partner in a local drug business since 1936.
Mr. Michaels was born in Cooperstown, New York, on May 5, 1907, son of Howard N. and Edna P. Michaels. His father is a merchant at Coopers- town. James G. Michaels received his preliminary education in the public schools of his birthplace and after completing the high school course, entered Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University, from which he was grad- uated. In 1930 he became associated with Parke, Davis and Company, manu- facturing pharmacists at Detroit, Michigan, and continued in this connection until 1933. In 1934 he entered the employ of the Upjohn Company, manu- facturing pharmacists of Kalamazoo, Michigan, resigning in 1936, when he entered business in Ticonderoga. He is thoroughly qualified by experience and training for his profession and now occupies an established place in Ticonderoga's business life. He is a Republican in politics and is affiliated with the Kappa Psi Fraternity and with Otsego Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Ticonderoga Kiwanis Club. Although he has never entered public life, he is interested in the civic progress of his community and has been active in promoting it. Mr. Michaels is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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