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JESSE LOUIS TRIPP-Since 1918 Jesse Louis Tripp has been engaged in business as a photographer at Diamond Point, continuing the occupation which he first entered at Warrensburg and which his father pur- sued before him. His professional qualifications are well known in this area and his position in the general life of the town has brought him a considerable influence in its affairs.
Mr. Tripp was born in Horicon, New York, on March 27, 1888, son of L. D. Tripp and Cora (Sexton) Tripp. He was educated in the district school at Schroon Lake and following his graduation, entered a shirt shop at Warrensburg, where he was employed from 1908 to 1918. Meanwhile, in 1909, he also established a photographic studio in Warrensburg. He had mastered photography under his father's guidance while he was still a boy and gradually his studio absorbed more and more of his attention. In 1918 he decided to devote his entire time to photography and in that year moved to Diamond Point, where his activities have since centered. He has developed a substantial business which, after twenty-one years, he still conducts.
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Mr. Tripp has participated in the civic life of his community throughout the period of his residence at Diamond Point, lending his support to useful enterprises and institutions and following the course of public affairs with interest. On July 1, 1933, he was elected school trustee and in 1935 became president of the Board of School Trustees, in which capacity he now serves. His genuine interest in the school is reflected in the efficiency and fidelity of his administration. Mr. Tripp is a Democrat in politics and is affiliated fraternally with Lake George Lodge, No. 912, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He attends the Methodist Church.
In 1907, at Lake George, Mr. Tripp married (first) Anna McCarthy. They became the parents of two daughters: I. Helen, born February 27, 1908, married Clifford Hall. 2. Mary Cora, born April 17, 1913. In 1927, at Diamond Point, Mr. Tripp married (second) Jessie Baldwin, daughter of Reuben and Mary (Wilson) Baldwin. Mrs. Tripp is a member of the Episcopal Church.
JEREMIAH W. DAVERN-Outstanding among Plattsburg pro- fessional men, Jeremiah W. Davern has not only won repute at the bar and public office but is equally well known for constructive service rendered the community. He entered upon a law career well prepared, has increased his knowledge of legal principles in their application to modern affairs, and has a practice whose growth made it impossible to continue longer his efficient activities as Assistant United States Attorney.
Mr. Davern was born in Peru, New York, on January 23, 1886, son of William and Catherine (Ryan) Davern. After acquiring his formal educa- tion in public elementary schools, the Plattsburg State Normal College, Ford- ham University and Ottawa University, he supplemented this with studies in the Albany Law School, from which he was graduated in 1909, a Bachelor of Laws. Instead of beginning at once an independent law practice, he became associated with a law firm, and on January 1, 19II, was admitted to the bar. Since then he has carried on his legal work without partners in Plattsburg.
In 1917, Mr. Davern was appointed Assistant United States Attorney by Mitchell Palmer, remaining in office until 1921, when he resigned because of the demands made upon his time and energies by an increasing clientele. It should be pointed out that he came to this post just prior to the entrance of our country into the World War and continued throughout a period that required more of his office than any other four years, since military problems were added to regular civilian matters. It has been said that during his term as Assistant United States Attorney more cases were handled in his territory than in any of equal area and population.
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While Mr. Davern engages in a general practice and has tried more criminal cases in United States and State courts than any other attorney in northern New York, he has gradually become a specialist in certain phases of professional activities, such as title work, in which he is an authority constantly consulted by governmental agencies, as well as by companies and individuals. He also frequently is called in to act as a receiver for banks and other corporations. Incidentally it was through his appointment as receiver of the local newspaper, "The Plattsburg Republican," that he became inter- ested in the field of journalism and later was elected president of the com- pany which published this journal. He is a director and vice-president of the Merchants National Bank and vice-president of the Board of Education. Mr. Davern is notably well versed in the law; is esteemed for his conscien- tious devotion to the best interests of clients. He is fortunate in following a vocation that he likes above all others and to which he enjoys giving his best endeavors.
Public-spirited in his civic activities, Mr. Davern has entered heartily into many of the movements and organizations which have promoted the prog- ress of his city and the welfare of its people. He is a Democrat, influential in party councils. His professional memberships include those in several bar associations and his fraternity is Delta Chi. He affiliates with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Catholic Church, liberal in giving of his time and means to religious and charitable activities.
On April 18, 1921, Jeremiah W. Davern married Marguerite C. Beau- caire, daughter of Abraham and Cornelia (Paulnit) Beaucaire, and they are the parents of two children : I. Jeanne M. 2. Jeremyn T.
FREDERICK JOSEPH FAYETTE-Since his admission to the Vermont bar, Frederick Joseph Fayette has maintained offices in Burlington, where he has distinguished himself as a most able member of the local legal profession. He was born January 28, 1911, the son of Bacus and Elsie (Solomon) Fayette, both natives of Syria. Bacus Fayette has been engaged in the wholesale fruit and grocery distributing business in Burlington for many years.
Frederick Joseph Fayette graduated from Cathedral High School in 1928, and then enrolled at the University of Vermont. One year later he transferred to the University of Notre Dame, where he was graduated with the degree B. C. S. in 1933. He then enrolled at Harvard Law School where he received his degree of LL. B. in 1936, and in January of the fol- lowing year he fulfilled his State requirements and became a member of the Vermont bar. He then launched his professional career in Burlington,
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establishing offices at 172 College Street, where he has continued to the present day. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Fayette is engaged as executive sec- retary of the Vermont Wholesale Beverage Association.
Mr. Fayette is a communicant of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con- ception, and a well-known Democrat, serving since 1936 as justice of the peace. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus and the Chittenden County and Vermont State Bar associations, and he is an enthusiastic lover of boating and aviation, being a member of the Lake Champlain Yacht Club, and the holder of an amateur license in aviation.
WALLACE HAMPTON HOWELL-Wallace Hampton Howell, vice-president of the Essex County National Bank, local manager of the New York and Pennsylvania Company's plant at Willsboro. born in Brooklyn, New York, started work at Willsboro with the New York and Pennsylvania Company in 1901, married Emma Atwood, a Willsboro girl, and has one daughter, Elizabeth Howell.
The New York and Pennsylvania Company's plant is a chemical fibre mill, using poplar wood, which grows rapidly in surrounding country, for the manufacture of chemical fibre. This fibre is used principally in the man- ufacture of magazine and book papers. The mill was started by Colonel A. G. Paine in 1882, and the business later developed by his son, Augustus G. Paine. This was one of the first chemical fibre mills in this country. Undoubt- edly the advent of cheap paper had its influence in the development of edu- cation through books, trade papers, etc, which has added materially to the development of this country. The plant at Willsboro has been held to an output which takes care of the annual growth of poplar wood, so the plant could continue indefinitely by the natural reproduction of poplar trees in its vicinity.
GEORGE R. ALLEN, M. D .- For the past seventeen years, Dr. George R. Allen has been engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery in Champlain, and since 1931 he has also maintained offices at Rouses Point, New York, being recognized as one of the most able members of the medical profession in this locality. He was born in Peru, New York, Decem- ber 13, 1894, the son of Seth and Della (Parsons) Allen. Seth Allen, also a native of Peru, has resided in Plattsburg for the past forty years, during which time he has distinguished himself as a learned member of the local legal fraternity. Della (Parsons) Allen is a native of Hubbardton, Vermont.
Upon completion of his studies at Plattsburg Normal School, Dr. George R. Allen enrolled at Cornell University, where he was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of 1916. He then entered the Med-
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ical School at the University of Vermont, and after receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1921, he entered Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington for a period of interneship. Later in the same year he inaugurated what has proven a most successful private practice in Champlain, and for the past seven years he has been devoting some of his time to his newly established office at Rouses Point. He has also served as health officer of the town and village of Champlain, and he has been a trustee of the Board of Education for the past fourteen years, and president of this body since 1932.
Dr. Allen is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, past vice-pres- ident and past president of the Clinton County Medical Association, and a member of the American Medical Association, New York and New England Railway Surgeons' Association and the American Public Health Association. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons at Champlain, the Lambda Chi Alpha and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities, and the Rouses Point Kiwanis Club.
He is married to Helen Mitchell of Saranac, New York, a graduate of Plattsburg Normal School and Syracuse University, and they are the parents of one child, Sidney Ann, born in Plattsburg, now a student in the Champlain public schools.
ORVILLE R. DUNN-Fashioning his career after that of his father who distinguished himself in the Champlain legal profession for more than half a century, Orville R. Dunn began the general practice of law here in 1913, and during his many years as an attorney he has proven himself a most able practitioner, well fitted to continue the family name and reputation in legal channels, with which the Dunn family has been honorably associated since 1880.
Mr. Dunn is a native of this city, having been born here January 21, 1888, the son of the late Wilmer H. and Frances Lola, (Rich) Dunn. Wilmer H. Dunn, a native of Mechanicville, was educated in the schools of that city and of Schroon Lake, and practiced the legal profession at Champlain from 1880 until his death, the law firm of Wilmer H. Dunn, now known as the firm of Orville R. Dunn, being the oldest law office still in existence in this city. Frances Lola (Rich) Dunn, a native of Fort Plain, New York, has spent the greater part of her lifetime in Champlain.
Orville R. Dunn received his early education in the Champlain public schools, and after completing his high schools studies he entered Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. He later studied at Yale University, and then matriculated at Albany Law School, where he was graduated in 1912 with Bachelor of Laws degree. After serving a clerkship under the guidance and tutelage of his father, he was admitted to the bar. and then
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became associated with his father in the same offices from which he conducts his practice today. The law firm of Wilmer H. Dunn at that time changed its name to Wilmer H. and Orville R. Dunn, and this father and son part- nership continued until the former's death in 1932, since which time Orville R. Dunn has conducted the independent practice of law in conformity with the sound ethical principles established by his father.
Orville R. Dunn enlisted for World War service in 1917, and was com- missioned a first lieutenant in the Second Niagara Training Camp. He was later assigned to the 53d Pioneer Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces, and served overseas from August, 1918 to May, 1919, participating in the St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne engagements. He received his honor- able discharge at Camp Upton, New York, in 1919, with the rank of first lieutenant.
Mr. Dunn is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and fraternally, he is affiliated with Champlain Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and he is Past Master and former District Deputy Grand Master of Clinton and Essex counties. He is also affiliated with the Rouses Point Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, the Delta Chi Fraternity at Albany Law School, and the American Bar Association. In addition, he holds memberships in the Sons of the Rev- olution at Fraunces Tavern, New York City, and he is prominently identified with American Legion activities, being Past Post Commander and Past Vice- County Commander. He is also president of the Kiwanis Club at Rouses Point, and a leading figure in all worth while civic activities.
He is married to Marjorie Dana Roberts, a native of Chateaugay, and they became the parents of two children: I. Phyllis, born at Burlington, Ver- mont, April 25, 1920, died April 17, 1934. 2. Gary Roberts, born January 23, 1926,at Plattsburg, New York, the first baby born at the new Physicians' Hospital, now a student in the Champlain public schools.
ARSENE E. TREMBLAY-Prominent in the political and business life of Champlain for many years, Arsene E. Tremblay has served as mayor of this city since 1925, and he is also the owner and operator of the Tremblay Auto Sales Company, one of the leading establishments of its kind in this locality. He was born at Rouses Point, New York, May 18, 1894, the son of Hormodas and the late Josephine (Masse) Tremblay. The elder Mr. Tremblay, a native of Napierville, Quebec, Canada, has spent most of his life in Champlain, where he is engaged as a blacksmith. Josephine (Masse) Tremblay, a native of Nolton, Canada, died June 24, 1938.
Arsene E. Tremblay acquired his education in the local parochial school, and then learned the tonsorial trade with which he was actively associated for twenty-five years. He is still the owner of a three-chair-shop in this city,
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but no longer follows the barber business himself. In 1927 he entered the automobile business, in addition to his barber shop, but since 1934, due to expanding business, he has devoted his entire time to this industry. Mr. Tremblay has long been closely associated with the public life of Champlain, serving for a period as commissioner of public welfare, and also for four- teen years as trustee of the high school. Since his election as mayor in 1925 he has been a strong advocate of any movement tending to the civic improve- ment of this city, and he is highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens as an honest and capable public official.
He is a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, where he has served many years as trustee, and he is a staunch supporter of the Demo- cratic party. He is a member of the Whiteface Automobile Traders Asso- ciation, and being devoted to hunting and fishing, he is an active member of the Fish and Game Club at Rouses Point and Plattsburg. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Rouses Point Council, Knights of Columbus and Platts- burg Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He is married to Helen Gauvin, a native of Champlain, and a graduate of the Convent St. Ann, Napierville, Province of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Tremblay are the parents of three children: I. Leon H., born in Champlain, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, now associated in business with his father. 2. Beatrice, born in Champlain, a graduate of St. Mary's Academy, now a student at Plattsburg Business Institute. 3. Jean, born in Champlain, now a student at St. Mary's Academy.
ROBERT JASON ALPERT-Robert Jason Alpert, well known Rutland attorney and a popular figure in local civic and fraternal activities, was born in Burlington, Vermont, November 21, 1905, the son of Louis and Fanny (Prenowitz) Alpert. The mother was born in Russia in 1878, while the father was born in Lithuania-at that time under the power of Russia and its Czar. In those days every male citizen of Lithuania had to serve in the army of the Czar, under conscription, the length of service depending upon the particular branch of the army to which he was assigned but averaging five to eight years. Like many other young men, Louis Alpert decided to emigrate and shortly before his time for entering the army service, he succeeded in reaching the United States, in 1888, first settling at Lyon Mountain, New York, but later removing to Burlington, Vermont. Unable to speak English and with but a limited education, he started selling merchandise of various types, carrying his stock in a bag on his back and walking from customer to customer and from town to town. He succeeded, because of his honest efforts, and in time was able to send for his parents. Louis Alpert eventually started a store of his own in Winooski, Vermont, which still is flourishing under the
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management of his widow and one of their sons. Truly a self-made man, and the type who never refused to help deserving ones, having had his own expe- rience as to what "want" really meant.
His son, Robert Jason Alpert, received his elementary and high school education in the local public schools and then enrolled at the University of Vermont, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1929. He next matriculated at Boston University Law School, graduating in 1933 with the Bachelor of Laws degree. In October of the same year he became a mem- ber of the Vermont bar and associated with H. A. Bailey, of Burlington, in the general practice of law, continuing there until 1934, when he came to Rutland to establish a private practice in which, to this day, he has been suc- cessfully engaged.
Mr. Alpert is a member of the Rutland Jewish Center and is president of the Zionist organization in Rutland. He is an active member of the Republican party and an affiliate of the County, State and American Bar associations, and of the Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity. He also holds membership in Rutland Lodge, No. 79, Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 345, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in the Rutland Rotary Club and the Rutland Cham- ber of Commerce.
ALFRED J. BABBIE-Becoming associated with the Lewis Hard- ware Supply Company in 1924, Alfred J. Babbie has been active in the operation of this concern to the present day, serving in the capacity of man- ager for the past seven years. He was born at Mooers, New York, February 22, 1897, the son of Joseph and the late Emma (Vashreau) Babbie. Joseph Babbie, also a native of Mooers, New York, has been engaged for many years in the farming industry.
Alfred J. Babbie was educated in the Mooers public schools, and after finishing his schooling, he worked for about two years as a farmer. For the next two years he was employed at a milk station in Mooers, and then he entered the retail hardware business in his home city, where he remained for six years. In 1924 he came to Champlain, as assistant manager of the Lewis Hardware Supply Company, and in 1931 he was promoted to the manager- ship of this concern, in which post he has served most capably ever since.
Mr. Babbie is a member of Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and an active figure in Republican politics, having served for two years as town clerk for the city of Champlain. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Rouses Point Council of the Knights of Columbus. As a diversion from his busi- ness activities, Mr. Babbie finds great enjoyment in his favorite sports fish- ing and hunting.
He is married to Hazel Rushlow of Mooers, New York, and they are the parents of seven children : I. Irene I. Babbie, born in Mooers, a graduate of
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Champlain High School. 2. Agath, born in Mooers, now a student in Cham- plain High School. 3. Vivian, born in Mooers, now a student in Champlain High School. 4. Lilah, born in Champlain, now a student in the local parochial school. 5. Alfred, Jr., born in Champlain, now a student in the local paro- chial school. 6. James, born in Champlain, also a student in the local parochial school. 7. Gerald, born in Champlain, and now a student in the local paro- chial school.
T. WALSH McQUILLAN-Since he returned from World War service, T. Walsh McQuillan has made a career of education and is the prin- cipal of the Au Sable Forks, New York, High School. He and his wife, notably active in local cultural and social life, are held in high esteem in the community.
Mr. McQuillan was born in Plattsburg, New York, May 14, 1899, son of Robert J. and Helen (Geary) McQuillan, both natives of Plattsburg and both deceased. The father was associated with the Delaware and Hudson Railroad for a number of years. T. Walsh McQuillan had completed his elementary and high school studies in Plattsburg, and had been employed at Whitehall, New York, in the Champlain Silk Mills for nearly two years, when the United States entered the World War. Enlisting in the United States Army from Whitehall, on September 26, 1918, he remained with the Amer- ican forces until he received his honorable discharge from the service on December 22, 1918. Upon his return to Plattsburg he matriculated at the Normal School there, and at later periods pursued courses at State College for Teachers, in Albany, and at St. Lawrence University.
In September, 1921, Mr. McQuillan became a principal of Au Sable Forks High School. His ability as an administrator of school affairs and as an educator has received deserved recognition by colleagues and parents. Mr. McQuillan is a member of the New York State Teachers Association, and the Association of Academic Principals. He was one of the organizers, in 1932, and the first president of the Rotary Club of Au Sable Forks, which he has served as secretary for the past five years. He also is a member of the American Legion, Post No. 20, of Plattsburg, and the Holy Name Cath- olic Church, at Au Sable Forks. Practically all outdoor sports engage his interest.
In 1926 T. Walsh McQuillan married Marilda Duby, of Syracuse, New York, a graduate of the Plattsburg State Normal School.
JAMES J. DONNELLY-Entering the insurance and real estate business in Rutland, Vermont, in 1927, James J. Donnelly has remained active in this field to the present day, and he has also distinguished himself in public life, serving as representative to the State Legislature since 1937.
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Mr. Donnelly was born in Springfield, Vermont, November 29, 1907, the son of Joseph W. and Mary V. (Gilligan) Donnelly, both deceased. Joseph W. Donnelly was born in Rutland in 1877, and was active in the insurance business in this locality for many years previous to his death, June 7, 1937. He was active in political life, serving as chairman of the Windsor County Democratic Committee, and holding at various times local town offices in Springfield, Vermont. The Donnelly family was one of the pioneer families in the section now known as Rutland City, and John Donnelly, father of Joseph W. Donnelly operated a blacksmith shop here for many years. John Donnelly and his brother William saw active service in the Civil War and William Donnelly was also a veteran of the Indian wars. Mary V. (Gilligan) Donnelly, born in West Rutland in 1884, died February 9, 1927.
James J. Donnelly received his early education in the Springfield public schools and the Rutland parochial schools, and later entered Rutland High School, where he was graduated in 1926. He shortly thereafter entered the real estate and general insurance business in Rutland under the name of The James J. Donnelly Agency, and his career in this field has proven most suc- cessful. Since 1934 Mr. Donnelly has also been a prominent figure in local public affairs, serving as a member of the Board of Aldermen to date, and being elected representative to the State Legislature in 1937, his efforts in behalf of the local populace have been rewarded by his reelection to the 1939 Legislature, being the youngest person to date to represent the city in the Legislature and also the only person reelected. Mr. Donnelly has sponsored much social legislation in the interests of the citizens of Vermont, and was the first public official in this State to advocate an Old Age Pension Plan and he worked diligently to have the Vermont State law on Old Age Pensions enacted.
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