For Arthur E. Hillier - [email protected] I have tried several times to send you the information you requested from ENVIRONS but it keeps bouncing back. I am posting it now to this list with the message received from aol each time it bounced. Myra Lane <snip> Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its delivery. The AOL address which was undeliverable is listed in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail administrator. --AOL Postmaster ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----<[email protected]> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to air-zb04.mail.aol.com.: >>> RCPT To:<[email protected]> <<< 550 MAILBOX NOT FOUND 550 <[email protected]>... User unknown ----- Original message follows -----<snip> Source: History of Paterson and Its Environs, William Nelson and Charles A. Shriner. NY & Chicago: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1920. Vol. III, page 459. HENRY C. SPEER-The Speer Press, Incorporated, which owes its existence to Henry C. Speer, is one of the most up-to-date printing establishments in New Jersey, and commands a very exclusive patronage. The individuality of Mr. Speer is the force which has made this business what it is. Mr. Speer comes of a very old family, resident in New Jersey since early Colonial times. His grandfather, Henry Speer, was born in Little Falls, N.J., and was a boiler maker by trade, in the employ of the Rogers Locomotive Works for many years. He served for four years in the Civil War, was wounded in an arm, was captured by the Confederate side, and confined in Andersonville Prison. He lived beyond the age of eighty years, and died in Paterson in 1918. Henry (I) Speer, was a lifelong resident of Paterson, and was a steam-fitter and plumber by trade, but is long since deceased. He married Anna Crouse, and his widow is now the wife of John Knaus. The three children of Henry and Anna (Crouse) Speer are: William H., of Clifton, N.J.; Herbert E., who is in the army service detachment at West Point; and Henry C., of further mention. Henry C. Speer was born in Paterson, Aug. 3, 1889. He received his formal education in Public School No. 4, of this city, then entered the work in which many a young man has won a liberal education in the mere performance of his daily duties, and became a "printer's devil." He began at the printing office of the Blauvelt Brothers. Here he learned the trade, and became proficient in the work of a job printing office. He next became connected with the "Sunday Chronicle," where he remained for one year, then returned to Blauvelt's. Mr. Speer continued with this firm, with the exception of three years, until going into business for himself. During this period of three years he was in the employ of the Gibbs & Van Vleck Company, New York City. The comprehensive preparation which this outline briefly covers gave the young man an excellent equipment with which to build a successful future for himself. On Jan. 25, 1919, Mr. Speer embarked upon the printing business. On Oct. 25, 1919, Mr. Speer purchased ground for a new building, and the present company was formed, under the name of the Speer Press, Incorporated. The personnel of the company is as follows: Henry C. Speer, president and treasurer; E. G. Dumont, vice-president; Edna Miller Speer, secretary. At the head and moving Spirit of this able, executive force, Henry C. Speer is putting individuality and character in to the work which he is doing. In the commercialization of the art of printing he is holding fast to artistic ideals, and featuring the refinement of quality. As a business policy he is finding these lines of advance the avenues to quick and sure success, and has already taken a leading place in the trade. Mr. Speer is keenly alive to the public interests of the day, and politically upholds the Republican party. His fraternal connections include membership in Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 88, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; and William Parker Council, No. 185, Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Mr. Speer married, in Paterson, April 3 1907, Edna, daughter of Richard H. and Annie (Terhune) Miller, and they have two children: Donald Henry, twelve years of age, and Harriet Frances, three. Mr. and Mrs. Speer claim membership with no church, but are regular attendants upon the services of the Broadway Baptist Church, of Paterson. Mr. Speer is very active in the Baraca class of that church, the largest class in New Jersey.