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CHARLES HENRY TUTTLE-As a professional and public leader Charles Henry Tuttle has for years been prominent in New York City and throughout the State. He has been particularly prominent in Republican politics, and is now a member of the New York law firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan.
Mr. Tuttle was born April 21, 1879, in the city of New York, son of Henry Croswell and Penelope (Cooke) Tuttle. His father was a lawyer.
Charles Henry Tuttle attended Trinity School, in New York, where he was graduated in 1895, and in 1899 he was graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University. In 1902 he took his Bachelor of Laws degree at Columbia Law School. Admitted to the New York State bar, he became associated in the same year, 1902, with the law firm of Davies, Auerbach and
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Cornell. He was a partner in that firm after 1907, and remained with them until April, 1927, when he was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He held that appointment until his resigna- tion in September, 1930, to become Republican candidate for Governor of New York State. Since 1913 Mr. Tuttle has been continuously a member of the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, and at all times he has done everything in his power to further the cause of education. The Republican party has found in him a consistent leader, and his wise and intelligent approach to party problems has given him high place in its coun- sels. During the World War he was chairman of the selective service draft board No. 145, in New York City.
On November 10, 1930, after his campaign for the Governorship was ended, Mr. Tuttle became a member of the law firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan, with whom he continues his professional work today. He is a mem- ber of the National Republican Club, the Trade and Commerce Bar Associa- tion, the Association of the Bar of City of New York, the New York County Lawyers' Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Several clubs and fraternal orders also claim him as a leader in their ranks. He belongs to the Columbia University Club, the Lawyers' Club, the Broad Street Club, the Lake George Country Club, the Church Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Free and Accepted Masons. In the Masonic Order he is affiliated with many branches, and holds the thirty-third degree. He is an initiate also in the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Tuttle is a member of St. Luke's Prot- estant Episcopal Church, One Hundred and Forty-first Street and Convent Avenue, New York City, and of St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church, of Lake George, New York.
On June 1, 1907, in Lake George, New York, Charles Henry Tuttle mar- ried Helene Louise Wheeler, daughter of James A. and Florence (Tucke) Wheeler. Four children were born of this marriage: I. Evelyn Cressman Tuttle, now Evelyn Cressman (Tuttle) Horne, born March 29, 1908. 2. Char- lotte Merrill Tuttle, now Charlotte Merrill (Tuttle) Westwood, born April 28, 1910. 3. Henry Croswell Tuttle, born July 17, 1914. 4. Helene Jasmine Tuttle, born January 31, 1917.
CHARLES HENRY GOLDSMITH-The progress and popularity Saranac Lake has enjoyed since the turn of the century is due in large meas- ure to the leadership of such men as Charles Henry Goldsmith, director of the Saranac Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. He has been actively identified with the social, civic and business life of the community throughout
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his career, which spans over thirty years, and at the present time is identified with several of the leading fraternal and civic organizations of this vicinity.
Mr. Goldsmith was born at Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York, October 2, 1886, the son of Aaron and Margaret (Carey) Goldsmith, both of this place where his father operated a mercantile business from 1884 to 1930. He received a general education in the public schools and after com- pleting his secondary studies began his business career as an associate of his father. In 1907 he became a member of the firm of A. Goldsmith and Son, and continued in this capacity until 1933. He assumed his present office as director of the Saranac Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1936.
Aside from business Mr. Goldsmith has contributed to the social and civic welfare of his community and served in several offices including that of town clerk for the town of Harrietstown, which he occupied from 1912 to 1917, inclusive. Mr. Goldsmith fraternizes with Saranac Lake Council, No. 599, of the Knights of Columbus, of which he was Grand Knight and District Deputy, and also belongs to Saranac Lake Lodge, No. 1508, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he is Past Exalted Ruler. In his reli- gious convictions he worships at the St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church of Saranac Lake.
On October 18, 1910, at Saranac Lake, Mr. Goldsmith married Anna Mary Duffy, daughter of Hugh and Mary (Sandiford) Duffy.
JOHN S. PATRICK-For nearly half a century John S. Patrick, president of the Eastern Magnesia Talc Company, and officer in several other industrial and financial organizations, has been one of the most prominent, successful and highly esteemed business leaders of the city of Burlington, Vermont, where he has also taken an active interest in social and civic affairs. It is largely due to his pioneering activities and administrative genius that the magnesia-talc business has been developed to its present position of promi- nence in Vermont industry.
Mr. Patrick was born at Hinesburg, Vermont, September 26, 1853, the son of Rufus and Arabell (Knox) Patrick, both of this State, the former a native of his son's birthplace and the latter of Tunbridge. His father engaged in the manufacturing business until his passing. John S. Patrick received the early part of his general education in the schools of his native community, later completed this part of his studies at the Goddard Seminary, at Barre, and then took a course at the Bryant and Stratton Business College. He began his career in a country store and after working here six years started out on his own, selling kitchen equipment and farm implements. For ten years he marketed these wares and by hard work and frugality saved enough money to come to Burlington in 1892 and buy a half-interest in the G. S.
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Blodgett Company, Incorporated, for which he was to serve as secretary and treasurer until 1915, when he was elected president, an office he has occupied since with distinction and success.
Mr. Patrick, a shrewd and able business man, has always been alert to new opportunities. It was this characteristic that led him to become one of the originators of the magnesia-talc business in this section of the country. He began operations in 1913 and ten years later took over the Eastern Talc Company, of Rochester, Vermont, and the American Minerals Company, of Johnson, all of which were merged into the Eastern Magnesia Talc Company. His prestige as a business leader in this city is further enhanced by the offices he has been called upon to fill in other important enterprises. In this con- nection he is a director of the Chittenden County Trust Company; a vice- president and director of the O. C. Taylor Company ; president and director of the Majestic Theatre Corporation; and a director of the Flynn Theatre Corporation.
While business has commanded most of his attention he nevertheless has found time to devote to social and civic affairs. He is a member of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce, the Burlington Rotary Club, the Burling- ton Country Club, the Ethan Allen Club and fraternizes with the Washington Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he belongs to all the York and Scottish Rite bodies, including Mt. Sinai Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Burlington Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and in his religious convic- tions worships at the Congregational Church.
In 1874 Mr. Patrick married Florence C. Andrews, who was born at Hinesburg, January 1, 1854, and died December 2, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick were the parents of the following children: I. Roy L., treasurer of the G. S. Blodgett Company, of Burlington, whose life is reviewed in an accompanying biography. 2. Flora, who married Dr. R. S. Morse, of Fram- ingham, Massachusetts.
ROY L. PATRICK-Since 1899, Roy L. Patrick has been a promi- nent figure in the industrial life of Burlington, where he is recognized as a most successful business man and a leader in political, civic and fraternal activities.
Mr. Patrick was born at Hinesburg, Chittenden County, Vermont, March 13, 1876, the son of John S. and the late Florence C. ( Andrews) Patrick (q. v.). John S. Patrick, also a native of Hinesburg, was born in 1853, and at the present time is president of the G. S. Blodgett Company, Inc., and the Eastern Magnesia Talc Company, and he is also a member of the board of directors of the Chittenden County Trust Company. Florence C. (Andrews)
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Patrick, born at Hinesburg, January 1, 1854, departed this life December 2, 1936.
After completing his preparatory education, Roy L. Patrick enrolled at the University of Vermont, where he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In 1899 he entered the coal and ice business in Burlington, under the firm name of the Standard Coal and Ice Company, and he served as president of this concern until 1916, when the business was sold. He then became associated with the G. S. Blodgett Company, Inc., as treas- urer, in which capacity he has served to the present day. He also, in 1925, organized the Rock of Ages Corporation, quarriers, and manufacturers of granite memorials and monuments, and he has since that time served as presi- dent. In addition, he has been treasurer of the Eastern Magnesia Talc Company for the past sixteen years, and he is also, at the present time a member of the board of directors of the Boston and Maine Railroad, St. Johnsburg and Lake Champlain Railroad, Montpelier and Wells River Rail- road, Barre and Chelsea Railroad, Green Mountain Power Corporation, and the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is also a trustee of the University of Vermont and a director of Mary Fletcher Hospital.
Mr. Patrick is a member of the First Congregational Church, and a lead- ing figure in Republican political affairs, having served as a delegate to the National Convention that nominated the late Calvin Coolidge for the Presi- dency, and also serving as chairman of the State electors voting for Alfred M. Landon in the Presidential election of 1936. He is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, Knights Templar Commandery and Mount Sinai Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and he is also past president of the Rotary Club and a mem- ber of the Burlington Country Club, Ethan Allen Club, Algonquin Club of Boston and the Lotos Club of New York.
He was married, October 10, 1900, to Harriett Stone, of Burlington, who died October 18, 1936, daughter of Micah and Mary (Gilmore) Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick were the parents of two sons : 1. John H., born January 16, 1902, who is married and has two children : i. David K. ii. Mary. 2. Robert F., born July 29, 1903, who is married and has a daughter, Sally.
CHARLES CARROLL WARD, Ph. D .- As an educator and trainer of educators, Dr. Charles Carroll Ward has performed a distinguished serv- ice, acting as principal of the New York State Normal School, at Plattsburg, in recent years. His background of experience as a practical teacher and his knowledge of education, history and practice well qualify him for his present position.
Dr. Ward was born September 25, 1891, at Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania, son of John Lester and Gretta (Kinney) Ward. His father is now deceased.
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After completing his preliminary education, Charles Carroll Ward became a student at Bucknell University, where he took the Bachelor of Science degree in 1918. There followed a period of teaching, intervening between his studies for the baccalaureate degree and his higher studies. As early as 1909 he had taught in the rural schools of Mckean County, Pennsylvania, continuing there until 1913. In 1914 he had been a high school instructor at Port Allegheny, his birthplace, and from 1914 to 1916 had served as instructor and principal at the model school of the State Normal School at Mansfield, Pennsylvania. After completing his work at Bucknell, he was head of the history department at the New York State Normal School at New Paltz. Then, in 1920, he became director of training there. It was while so serving that Dr. Ward became interested in adding to his own knowledge by further study, and accordingly he became a student at Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City, taking the Master of Arts degree in 1930. In 1933 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at New York University. A year earlier, in 1932, he had been appointed director of teacher training of New York State, a post that he held in 1932 and 1933.
It was in 1933 that he came to Plattsburg as principal of the Normal School. He has served since that time in this capacity. Widely known in educational circles, he is a member of the New York State Teachers' Asso- ciation and the National Education Association. He belongs to the Delta Sigma Fraternity. In Plattsburg he is affiliated with the Rotary Club, and was president of the local Rotarians in 1935. He has contributed extensively to educational journals. His broad experience has not only equipped him splendidly for his present work as a leader in education, but has revealed to him the inseparability of education from the whole of the social fabric. When called upon to do so, Dr. Ward has served, and served well, the communities where he has lived. While at New Paltz he served two terms as mayor. And through different civic organizations he has notably added to Platts- burg's well-being.
Dr. Charles Carroll Ward married (first), June 26, 1915, Ann Louise Buckley, of Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania, who died in 1930. They were the parents of a daughter, Janet Louise Ward, who was born August 10, 1917. Dr. Ward married (second), July 16, 1932, Eleanor L. Miller, of Hudson, New York. They became the parents of a daughter, Nan Gaylord Ward, born January 1, 1934. The Ward home is at Point View Terrace, Plattsburg.
HARRIS CRANDALL-Mr. Crandall was born at Portlandville, New York, June 30, 1886, the son of Irving and Ella I. Crandall, both of his birthplace where his father engaged in farming. He completed a general
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education at Morris High School in Morris, New York, in 1901, and then matriculated at the Oneonta State Normal School from which he was grad- uated in the class of 1907. Later he supplemented this training by attending Syracuse University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1916, his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917 and his Master of Arts degree in 1921. The year he left Normal School he began his teaching career as principal of the Lisle Union School at Lisle. Two years later he became principal of the Clayville High School in Clayville, in 1912 was principal of the Morris High School at Morris, served in the same capacity for the Corinth Public Schools at Corinth from 1918 to 1927, and during the latter year assumed his present position as superintendent of the Saratoga Springs Public Schools at Saratoga Springs. With F. Eugene Seymour he is co-author of "General Mathematics" published in 1937 by D. C. Heath and Company.
Outside of his professional activities his greatest interest has been devoted to the work of the Masonic Order in which he has been active for a number of years. During his residence in Morris he was Master of Tienuderrah Lodge for one year and when he removed to Corinth occupied the same posi- tion in the Corinth Lodge for three years. He also served as Assistant Grand Lecturer for one year and District Deputy to the Grand Master for a like period. Other fraternal affiliations include membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity, and the Pi Mu Epsilon Fraternity. He is a member and former president of the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club. In his religious convictions he worships at the Episcopal Church though he has attended several other denominational churches and has preached at times in practically every Protestant denominational church in and about the city of Saratoga Springs.
On June 30, 1911, Mr. Crandall married at Clayville, Mary C. Giles, daughter of Richard S. and Ellen C. Giles.
ERSKINE C. ROGERS-Throughout his professional career, which dates back to 1902, Erskine C. Rogers, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, has been a prominent figure in the bar and bench of this section of the State, particularly Washington County in which he served as district attorney and county judge.
Mr. Rogers was born at Hudson Falls, New York, September 17, 1878, the son of General James C. and Elizabeth Minerva (Coleman) Rogers. His father, who was a lawyer and a member of the New York State Assembly at one time, derived his military rank through service with the Union forces during the Civil War, at which time he served as brigadier-general. Judge Rogers matriculated at Union College, after a general education, and was graduated from this institution with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in the
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class of 1900. He then attended the Albany Law School from which he received a Master of Arts degree in 1902. The same year he was admitted to the New York State bar and established himself in practice at Hudson Falls. In 1909 he was elected District Attorney of Washington County, State of New York, served in this capacity until 1915, when he was named county judge and remained in the latter office until 1929. He was then elected Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of New York, a post he has since occupied. He has been a member of several important bodies, including the Judicial Article Constitutional Convention, with which he was identified in 1923. Justice Rogers is a member of the Chi Psi college fraternity, fraternizes with the Masonic Order, belongs to the Glens Falls Country Club and worships at the Presbyterian Church.
On October 24, 1909, at New York City, Justice Rogers married Helen Annette Wakeman, daughter of Abram and Louise (Vail) Wakeman, and they are the parents of two children: I. Louise Wakeman, who was born August 25, 1910. 2. Erskine Clark, Jr., who was born March 15, 1916.
JOSEPH H. WILSON-To his responsible post as Warden of the Great Meadows Prison at Comstock, New York, Joseph H. Wilson brought a broad experience in varied fields of endeavor. He was born in Albany, October II, 1880, son of William J. and Catharine (Grogan) Wilson, both natives of Albany. His mother is deceased; his father, still a resident of the New York capital city, is a brewer by profession.
John H. Wilson received his elementary education in the schools of his birthplace, and was graduated from the Christian Brother's Academy, a private military institution. At the age of eighteen he was a member of the 7Ist Regiment of the New York State National Guard, and eager for the great adventure of war. Fortunately for the world at large, if not for youths, the Spanish-American War was soon ended, with the greatest losses caused by disease in American camps. Mr. Wilson learned the art of brewing under his father, and was connected with the business in Albany and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for more than a decade. For two years he traveled in South America and Mexico, and while still working he studied law and accounting in the New York University. From 1910 to the present, he has practiced accountancy in which he has gained a noteworthy reputation.
Mr. Wilson was Budget Secretary for the State of New York under Governor Charles Whitman, and Research Director and Director of the Budget under both Governors Alfred E. Smith and Franklin Delano Roose- velt. Since June 30, 1931, he has been Warden of the Great Meadows Prison. This penal institution has an interesting history. Founded as a model prison, where modern ideas and theories might be given a trial under
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fair conditions, its first building was started in 1905. For nearly a quarter of a century it served its original purpose well, and penology profited from its work and example. Not until 1925 was there a semblance of a wall about the place, but in that year one was begun which was completed in 1928. Since the latter year, however, other grades of prisoners have been incar- cerated in the institution, and the work of the warden and the approximately two hundred and thirty-five employees under him, has been rendered more difficult and perhaps less exemplary. The first warden of the Great Meadows Prison was a Mr. Thayer, then came William Homer, followed by William Hunt. The fourth and present incumbent is Joseph H. Wilson. The follow- ing appraisal of Warden Wilson was printed and circulated by the inmates of Great Meadows Prison :
A TRIBUTE
For so long as we can remember the professional prison reformers have differed only in degree. They, as well as the public, have confused maudlin sentimentality with the sound principles of constructive rehabilitation.
How different, and vastly relieving it is, therefore, when a man of the mental calibre and social responsibility of the present warden of Great Meadows Prison, the Honorable Joseph H. Wilson, appears upon the stage of the inmates restricted horizon and proceeds to put into effect a wholesome régime of sound discipline, personal and interested supervision and impartial justice.
Long a prominent figure in the affairs of New York State, Warden Wilson resigned as director of the budget, without considering the question of per- sonal profit or aggrandizement, and took over the stewardship of Great Meadows because he realized the crying necessity for changes in plant and administration.
No one person, and certainly no group of persons, are more fully conscious of what sweeping changes Warden Wilson has put in effect at this prison, than we, the eleven hundred inmates. Men of almost every creed and color, education and previous environment have come under the blanket of his authority. It is significant that whereas scarcely two of these inmates can be found to agree upon any one subject, they do nevertheless, think unanimously upon the subject, of "Uncle Joe." They swear for, and with him, and if they do not always and immediately perceive the reason for new rules and regula- tions, their short experience with him as their. executive officer has caused them to suspend judgments until the causes behind the effects are made known to them. This, in itself is a metamorphosis. In the past it has been the universal rule to damn all authority and deplore all restraint. But not now.
"Uncle Joe" has been weighed and has not been found wanting.
Many pages and thousands of words would be necessary for a complete exposition of the acts of omission and commission which have brought about this state of affairs. We think that the entire matter may be completely under- stood when we call attention to the appellation which has been bestowed upon him. "Uncle Joe," is at once a term of affection, complete confidence, and hope without fear. It sums up the entire attitude of prison population toward Joseph H. Wilson and as a paean of trust and appreciation, long may it ring.
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Mr. Wilson was auditor of the Defense Council during the World War and engaged in many other activities of that period. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, in Glens Falls, the Albany Club, and he is an honorary member of the Rotary Club, of Granville, New York. Of the Catholic faith, he worships in St. Vincent de Paul's Church, of Albany. His recreations include golf, motor-boating and baseball.
Joseph H. Wilson married Rose A. Smith, of Albany, who received her education there. She is the daughter of Owen J. and Rose (McArdle) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have an adopted son, Harry Wilson Smith, born in Albany, and educated in the Christian Brothers' Academy, Holy Cross College, and Albany Law School.
DR. WILLY MEYER-One of the greatest figures in the progress of modern surgery, Dr. Willy Meyer enriched his profession through many years of devoted service and greatly extended its capacity to perform the humane mission which is its function. He was a pioneer in the development of numerous surgical techniques, radical in their day but now commonplace in operative practice, and was one of the world's foremost authorities not only on cancer and thoracic surgery, with which his name is closely linked, but many other branches of medicine.
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