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Mr. Woodward was born November 15, 1888, in Warrensburg, New York, son of Clarence S. and Nellie (Smith) Woodward. His father, also a native of Warrensburg and now retired from business, was for years engaged as printer and agent with the Hudson Valley Railway Company. The mother, a native of Thurman, Warren County, New York, is now deceased.
Public schools provided John S. Woodward's early education in War- rensburg, his birthplace, and afterward he attended Union College for two years. Then he enrolled as a student at Middlebury College, taking the de- gree of Bachelor of Science in the class of 1912. He next became a student at Albany Law School, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1922. In that year he was admitted to the bar of New York State and began his practice of law. Meanwhile, however, he spent ten years in teaching. Immediately after graduation from Middlebury College, in 1912, he went to Nebraska Central College in a teaching capacity and as coach. Remaining there for two years, he then became principal of Central High School, in
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Worden, Montana, where he spent three years. Since 1922, however, he has spent his full time in practicing law at Glens Falls, New York.
Mr. Woodward is a member of the Warren County Bar Association, the New York State Title Association and the American Title Association. Politically he supports the Republican party. In 1933 he became supervisor of Ward Two in Glens Falls. At the time of the World War he enlisted in the army of his country, serving at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, with the rank of private. He now belongs to the American Legion and the Delta Phi Fraternity, as well as to the Presbyterian Church. In leisure time he is par- ticularly fond of outdoor sports.
In 1918 John S. Woodward married Merna Wakeley, a native of North Creek, New York. They have a son, Clarence E. Woodward.
WILLIAM K. SULLIVAN-William K. Sullivan, prominent St. Albans attorney, and a leading figure in local public and civic affairs, is a native of this community, having been born here July 12, 1908, the son of the late John F. and Elizabeth (Kelly) Sullivan, both also natives of St. Albans. John F. Sullivan was engaged for many years in the undertaking business in this locality.
After graduating from St. Albans High School, William K. Sullivan enrolled at the University of Detroit, where he was a member of the class of 1931. He studied law with the late Judge Steele and Horace H. Powers, a well-known railroad attorney. He is now associated with his brother, J. Barney Sullivan, in the general practice of law, and this firm enjoys a lucra- tive clientele, having participated successfully in much important litigation. Mr. Sullivan is greatly interested in athletics, and after graduating from college he served as coach of the local high school football team.
Mr. Sullivan is a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and a leading figure in Republican political activities, serving as justice of the peace since 1929, as city prosecutor since 1934 and as State's Attorney for the past two years. He is also vice-president of the Young Republican Club of Vermont. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, St. Albans Owl Club and the Men's Club of St. Albans.
STEPHEN M. DRISCOLL-In the political realm of Franklin County, Vermont, Stephen M. Driscoll, Collector of Customs for Vermont District, No. 2, has come to occupy a place of outstanding prominence. He is one of the influential leaders of the State Democratic party which he has represented as an official delegate at several important local and national con- ventions. Outside of this interest Mr. Driscoll, who is a lifelong resident of
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St. Albans, has engaged in various pursuits, including the operation, since 1924, of a funeral parlòr.
Mr. Driscoll was born at St. Albans, December 26, 1885, the son of Michael and Johanna (McCarty) Driscoll, both natives of Fairfield. His father, who died in 1917, was a locomotive engineer for forty-two years. After a general education in the public and parochial schools of St. Albans, Mr. Driscoll began his career with the Central Vermont Railroad, with which he was to be associated for seven years. He then joined the Foundry Man- ufacturing Company of this city as sales manager and continued in that capacity until 1924, when he entered the Massachusetts College of Embalm- ing. After completing his training he established a funeral parlor in St. Albans which he has conducted since. This establishment is one of the finest of its type in this section of the State, boasting a complete service which is carried out in accordance with the most modern and dignified procedure.
Mr. Driscoll's prominence, however, rests in the important position he has assumed in the councils of the Democratic party of the State. The full significance of his place in the affairs of this organization is best revealed in the offices he has been chosen to occupy. He is a member of the Democratic State Committee, chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Committee and in 1932 was an official delegate to the Democratic National Convention which was held in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The same year he was chosen a presidential elector. These high honors were bestowed upon him in recog- nition of his devotion, his ability and his useful service to the party, the State and the Nation. Aside from this he is a member of several clubs and societies, including the Knights of Columbus, in which he is Past State Deputy and the St. Albans Chamber of Commerce for which he serves as a member of the board of directors. In his religious convictions he worships at the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of St. Albans.
In 1917 Mr. Driscoll married Helen F. Connors, of St. Albans, and they are the parents of two daughters : I. Joan C., now a resident of Rutland, and a technician in Rutland Hospital. 2. A. Noreen, a student at the Chamber- lain Art School of Boston, Massachusetts.
DONALD E. BEACH-During a brief but highly successful career in Burlington, Vermont, Donald E. Beach, partner of the accounting firm of D. E. Beach and C. A. Brown, has risen to become one of the most prominent and popular young business men in the community.
Mr. Beach was born in South Burlington, Vermont, December 11, 1897, the son of Harley G. and Mary (Gates) Beach, both residents of Burlington and natives of this State, the former from Westford and the later, from
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Essex Center. His father, who came here with his family as a young man, is stationary engineer for the Masonic Temple.
After a general education in the public schools of Burlington, Mr. Beach matriculated at the University of Vermont, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in the class of 1921. He began his career with a bank at White River Junction and after working here for a short time became associated with a meat packing company. Later he became identified with the automobile industry of this section and was identified with it until 1933, when he went into private practice as an accountant and auditor, work- ing in the office of Clark C. Briggs of Burlington. With the death of Mr. Briggs, Mr. Beach conducted the establishment alone until October, 1938, when he was joined by his present associate, C. A. Brown. The wide and diversified business experience Mr. Beach has enjoyed, coupled with the fact that during his association with the bank at White River Junction he studied public accounting, has eminently equipped him for the success he has since enjoyed.
Aside from business pursuits Mr. Beach has taken an active part in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings, being particularly prominent in the Masonic Order, in which he holds a thirty-second degree and is a member of the Blue Lodge of Burlington, the Haswell Lodge of Perfection, the J. W. Roby Council, Princes of Jerusalem, the Delta Chapter of Rose Croix, and the Vermont Consistory. Throughout his life he has enjoyed athletics of all types, particularly baseball and football. His principal hobby is devoted to the collection of books. In politics Mr. Beach is a Republican and in his reli- gious convictions worships at the First Congregational Church of Burlington.
In 1927 Mr. Beach married (first) Hazel Stewart, who died in 1936. He married (second), in 1938, Mrs. Ruth (Lee) Barr, of Burlington, and the mother of John E. Barr and Ann Barr.
JAMES VESTAL THOMAS-During the larger part of his active career, James Vestal Thomas, of Ballston Spa, was associated with the Gen- eral Electric Company, at Schenectady, New York. While he was still so connected he established a business in Ballston Spa, to which he gave his entire attention after he had retired from General Electric. This establish- ment is the present Thomas Oil Company, of which he is president.
Mr. Thomas is a native of New Bern, North Carolina, born January 28, 1882, son of James Andrew and Alice Pauline (Dickinson) Thomas, both of whom were also born in New Bern, as was the paternal grandfather, Moses Thomas, the latter a lifelong planter. James Andrew Thomas also engaged in farming, but branched out to operate a store and was the proprietor of the Hotel Gaston, at New Bern. James Vestal Thomas obtained the prelimi-
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naries of his education in public and private schools of his birthplace. He entered North Carolina State College in 1899 and afterwards spent a year in the Bliss Electrical School, in Washington, District of Columbia. In 1901 he enlisted as an electrician in the United States Navy but secured his discharge in 1902 to enter the employ of the General Electric Company, of Schenectady, New York. Thus it came about that a youth with a southern agricultural background came to achieve a career along mechanical lines in the North.
Mr. Thomas was identified with the General Electric Company from 1902 to 1929, for the most of this time connected with the steam turbine engineer- ing department of this immense corporation. During the World War period he was especially busy with the design, construction and installation of steam turbines and associated equipment for the government, as well as for manu- facturing plants. In 1924 he started an oil business in Ballston Spa, the charge of which he gave to his son for the time being. Five years later he retired from his Schenectady connection, since when he has been the active head of the Thomas Oil Company.
James V. Thomas is, or has been, identified with a variety of activities other than business. He was one of the founders of the Edison Club, of Schenectady, and a charter member. Fraternally he is affiliated with Frank- lin Lodge, No. 90, Free and Accepted Masons; is a Royal Arch Mason, Warren Chapter, No. 23, member of Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, and member of Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Numbered among his clubs are the Utopian, the Ballston Country Club, MacGregor Country Club, the Skeet Club, of Schenectady, and the Schenectady Rifle and Revolver Association. He is a widely known skilled shot, a high scorer with all types of firearms. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Church.
At Schenectady, New York, on September 4, 1904, James Vestal Thomas married Sarah Evans, born in Buckingham County, Virginia, traditionally descended from the Tudors of England. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are the par- ents of five children : I. Reginald Deland. 2. Margaret Jean. 3. Edward Allen. 4. Virginia. 5. Imogene.
ROBERT W. READY-A prominent member of the legal profes- sion of Northern Vermont, Robert W. Ready of St. Albans is also active in various fraternal, civic and professional organizations.
Robert W. Ready was born at Burlington, Vermont, December 2, 1899, son of Frank E. and Eliza (Flynn) Ready. Frank E. Ready, who was born at Shelburne, Vermont, December 25, 1866, was for many years co-proprietor of the Dwyer Hack Company, one of the largest livery establishments in Ver- mont a generation ago, and is now the active head of a taxi business in Bur- lington. Eliza (Flynn) Ready, his wife, was a native of Underhill, Vermont.
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After passing through the elementary schools of Burlington and gradu- ating from the Edmund's High School of Burlington, Robert W. Ready entered the University of Vermont and received his degree of Bachelor of Science with the class of 1924. Then, finding the legal profession attractive, he entered the Law School of Harvard University and, later transferring to Cornell University, graduated from the latter institution in 1928 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the New York State bar, Mr. Ready went to New York City where, for a time, he was employed in the Wall Street office of Masten and Nickols but he returned to Burlington and. admitted to the Vermont State bar, practiced his profession for about four years in association with Charles Black, of Burlington. Then, in 1932, he removed to St. Albans, where he has been active as an attorney through the present time, practicing in partnership with Harold Sylvester, of St. Albans. Mr. Ready and Mr. Sylvester have become prominent members of the legal fraternity in Franklin County and, among their responsibilities, number the Welden National Bank of St. Albans, an institution for which Robert W. Ready was appointed receiver at the time the bank suspended, and is still a director of this institution. Mr. Ready also served as receiver of the First National Bank of Enosburg Falls, Vermont, and was Democratic candidate for Congress in 1934.
Supporting his profession by membership in the Franklin County Bar Association and the Vermont State Bar Association, Mr. Ready belongs to St. Albans Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks as well as the Owls' Club of St. Albans. A member of St. Mary's Church of St. Albans, he also belongs to the Champlain Country Club and the Cornell Club of New England and the Harvard Club of Vermont.
Robert W. Ready married, in 1932, Helen O'leary of St. Albans. Mr. and Mrs. Ready are the parents of two sons: David and Richard, and one daughter, Katherine Ready.
HAROLD R. SLADE-Superintendent of Public Works and Sewers and city engineer of Glens Falls, New York, Harold R. Slade is not only one of the leading civil engineers of Upper New York State and adjacent Ver- mont but also active in community affairs and prominent in the Masonic Fraternity.
Harold R. Slade was born in Glens Falls, May 12, 1901, son of George P. and Jennie (Van Dusen) Slade. George P. Slade, who was a native of Glens Falls, was active as civil engineer, being engaged in the practice of his pro- fession at the time of his death, as well as serving Glens Falls previously as city engineer. Jennie (Van Dusen) Slade, his wife, is a native of the town of Queensbury, New York.
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After graduating from Glens Falls Academy, Harold R. Slade entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1924 with his degree in Civil Engineering. For two years after leaving college, Mr. Slade worked as an engineer for the American Radiator Company of Buffalo and then spent six years on the staff of the Hudson River Regulating District Commission, serv- ing as resident engineer in charge of the construction of the Conklingville Dam. Mr. Slade's next project was the Barre Dam in Vermont, where he again served as resident engineer for two years, leaving such construction work in 1934 to establish himself in business as a consulting engineer and specialist in private surveys. Finally, in 1936, he returned home to Glens Falls to assume the post of superintendent of Public Works and Sewers and city engineer. Always interested in political problems, since establishing his residence in Glens Falls, Mr. Slade has been active within the ranks of the Republican party, and still serves his community in the office of superintendent of Public Works and Sewers, and city engineer. Supporting his profession by membership in the New York State Society of Professional Engineers, Mr. Slade interests himself in various local enterprises, particularly supporting the work of the Glens Falls Rotary Club, of which he is a member. A mem- ber of Senate Lodge, No. 456, of Glens Falls, Mr. Slade also belongs to Glens Falls Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Cavalry Commandery, Knights Templar, and other Masonic bodies including Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. For recreation from his professional duties and civic responsibilities, Mr. Slade devotes himself to horses, being especially devoted to trotters.
Harold R. Slade married, August, 1931, Frances Brum, who is a native of South Glens Falls.
EUGENE H. LUCK, M. D .- Among the native sons of Burlington who are distinguishing themselves in the medical profession is Dr. Eugene H. Luck, who has maintained offices here at No. 16 Clarke Street since 1937. He was born January 6, 1908, the son of Eugene A. and the late Clare (Belle- rose) Luck. Eugene A. Luck, also a native of Burlington, was engaged as bookkeeper for the Queen Cotton Company for twenty-two years, but is now retired from business. Clare (Bellerose) Luck, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, died in 1937.
Dr. Luck acquired his early education in the Burlington public schools, and afterwards enrolled at the University of Vermont, where he was grad- uated in 1934 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For the next year he served his interneship at Troy, New York, and then he went to Shelburne, Vermont, where he maintained a general practice until 1937, at which time he opened his present offices in Burlington. He is highly regarded in this
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locality, and has built up a large and satisfied clientele in his comparatively short career as a member of the local medical profession. He is also a mem- ber of the staffs of both the Fanny Allen and Bishop De Goesbriand Hos- pitals.
Dr. Luck is a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, an Independent politically, and an affiliate of the Chittenden County, Vermont State and American Medical associations.
He is married to Mary C. Drapala, a native of West Rutland, Vermont.
BARTHOLOMEW F. GARRITY-One of the outstanding life insurance agency executives of Vermont, Bartholomew F. Garrity of Burling- ton is also distinguished for his active participation in baseball organization leadership, as well as for his generous support of various civic, community and fraternal institutions and enterprises.
Bartholomew F. Garrity was born at Brookline, Massachusetts, August 20, 1898, son of Warren F. and Mary (O'Connor) Garrity. Warren F. Garrity, who was born at Roxbury, a section of the city of Boston, learned the trade of a machinist and was employed at his calling by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad at Boston. Mary (O'Connor) Garrity, his wife, also deceased, was born at Brookline, Massachusetts.
After passing through the public schools of Brookline, and graduating from the Brookline High School, Bartholomew F. Garrity entered the Uni- versity of Vermont, graduating as a member of the class of 1923. While at the university, he served during the World War in the Student Army Training Corps and also held rank as color sergeant of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Burlington. After graduation from the University of Vermont, Bartholomew F. Garrity went to work in Hartford, Connecticut, with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Corporation, remaining there for two years and then being sent to Burlington by the company as assistant manager of their branch office. In 1930 Mr. Garrity was transferred to Dover, New Hamp- shire, as manager of the company's branch office in that community but, in 1934, he was ordered back to the Burlington office as manager, a position which he has filled through the present time.
Although deeply interested in political problems as a member of the Demo- cratic party, Mr. Garrity has never sought office, choosing to give his time and ability to various civic organizations. A member of the board of directors of the Burlington Rotary Club, he is a member of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the organization's membership committee, as well as belonging to the Burlington Country Club and the Ethan Allen Club in addition to the Burlington Council of the Knights of Columbus and Burling- ton Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Interested in all sports
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Mr. Garrity finds golf and football of particular interest, although baseball is his chief recreation as he not only follows the game closely but also works for its development and support, being vice-president of the Northern Baseball League and a member of the board of directors of the Burlington Baseball Club. Mr. Garrity is a member of the Cathedral Church of Burlington.
Bartholomew F. Garrity married, in 1923, Kathryn M. Magner, a native of Burlington, daughter of Thomas and Kathryn (Bradley) Magner. Mr. and Mrs. Garrity are the parents of four children: I. Joan. 2. Evelyn. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Thomas.
E. C. D. CAMERON-E. C. D. Cameron, of Au Sable Forks, New York, is a native of Melbourne, Australia, born April 15, 1890, son of Donald and Ada Cameron, both of Melbourne, where his father, now deceased, was a municipal officer. Mrs. Ada Cameron is still a resident of Melbourne. Their son was educated in the public schools of that city and is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, with a commercial degree in accounting.
Australia sent an unusually large proportion of its young men to fight in the World War, and Mr. Cameron was among those who enlisted early in the conflict and, from 1915 to 1919 saw service in Europe and Africa. He was one of that Anzac group which made the famous assault on Gallipoli, on the Dardanelles, Turkey, during the first years of the war. Identified with the Australian Artillery, he had won a commission as a captain before receiving his honorable discharge in 1919. Later in that same year, Mr. Cameron came to the United States and did accountancy work with Price, Waterhouse and Company, in New York. In 1924 he became associated with the J. and J. Rogers Company of Au Sable Forks; in 1929 became secretary and treas- urer of the corporation, posts he has since filled efficiently. He is a member of the board of directors of this company, of the Northern Insurance Agency Company, and the Au Sable Credit Corporation. Fraternally, Mr. Cameron is affiliated with the Masonic Order and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His favorite game is golf, but he has done more than well at bob- sledding. He is a member and vestryman of Au Sable Forks Protestant Epis- copal Church.
E. C. D. Cameron married Jeannette Rogers, of Au Sable Forks, and they are the parents of one daughter, Kathryn, born in Au Sable Forks, now attending the public schools here.
WALTER SEELEY AUSTIN-The name of Walter Seeley Austin, principal of the Horicon Central High School, of Lake Brant, New York, occupies a prominent place in the educational realm of New York State. He has occupied his present position for the past seven years and prior to this
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time had taught in the schools of this vicinity, acquiring experience that emi- nently equipped him for his present undertaking.
Mr. Austin was born at Fabius, New York, December 24, 1902, the son of Walter Scott and Lula (Marsh) Austin. His father, who served with the United States Army in the Spanish-American War as a member of Com- pany H, 3d New York Volunteers, engages in farming and from 1912 to 1918 was a member of the Vermont Legislature. After completing a general education at the Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vermont, in 1922, Mr. Austin matriculated at Houghton College, from which he was graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1928. Since that time he has supple- mented this training with special courses in school administration during sum- mer sessions at Columbia University and the Albany State Teachers College.
The same year he finished his college course he began his teaching career as a member of the Bliss High School faculty, at Bliss, New York, which he was to be associated with until 1931, when he was appointed principal of the Horicon Central High School, a post he has since occupied with distinction and success. In his achievements as an administrator and educator Mr. Aus- tin has won an enviable reputation among his professional colleagues who admire and respect him as a young man of unique abilities.
Aside from the aforementioned activity Mr. Austin has found time to do extensive traveling, visiting England and cruising throughout the Caribbean. He has made a photographic record of these trips and recently brought back a film that has been used in many of the schools of this region. His other hobbies include hunting and fishing, in both of which he is an expert.
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