New Britain herald., 1930-03-07

he has held for the past two years.
 At present he is secretary and a di- ! rector of the North Side Bank and 1 Trust Co. in this city and a director of the Hartford Industrial Bank and Trust Co. In 1926 he was chairman | of the Bristol Community chest drive and succeeded in having the necessary quota oversubscribed. Mir. Crumb was elected to the city council in the fall of 1925 and serv- ed on that body until the death of 1 the late Mayor John F. Wade in November 1927, when he was elected to the city's highest office by a unanimous vote of the council. He married Miss Frances Funk Of this city on June 4, 1921, and is now the father of two children, Marilyn.
 6, and Francis, 5.
 He has been a member Of the local post of Franklin lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, since 1917, and is promi- ncnt in the affairs of Seicheprcy post. American Legion.
 Judge Joseph M. Donovan
 
 Judge Joseph M. Donovan was on April .. 1894, the son of John J. Donovan. for many years democratic leader in that county. While he was quite young his family moved 10 Rockville. where he was graduated from the Rockville high school and 'e io1 cnh Jo served as pianist for the high school glee club and also for the motion picture house in that city. Following his graduation from the Rockville schools, he became assistant town and city clerk and then secretary to former Lieutenant-G G overnor Lyman T. Tingicr, who at that time was mayor of Rockville. serving unti. Tnsier was defeated for the gov crnorship by Marcus H. Holcomb. Judga Donovan then entered Georgetown university, Washington, in the law school of St. Lawrence university, located in Canton, N. Y, from which he was graduated in 1917. He was connected with a Brooklyn. \. '. law firm for a short time and then joined the United States navy for the duration of the ! war. He served nearly two years. be- ing directly in charge of court mar tial work at Newport, F. l., which district inucluded all naval stations from New London to Chatham 1 Mass.
 While in the navy he passed the l Connecticut bar examinations. The 1 tests were passed while the judge
 was on a five-day leave of absence. | In 1919 hc opened an office in Hart l ford. remaining there a little over
 q year. The following year he open ! cd an office in this city adjoining the 1 real estate office of his uncle, Jo- | seph T. Donovan. He startled the ! city and state when the Bristo! | Furniture Co. went into the hands of
 the receiver and he, appointed by | Judge William M. Maltbie, procur-
 cd 9S per cent of it's value. Partial
 ly as q result of this, when Judge s. 1 Russell Mink resigned from the po-
 lice court bench to accept q position as judge of probate Judge William
 J. Malone recommended to Governor
 Lake the appointment of the sue
 cessful receiver. He took cflicc on
 April i, 1921,
 In Juno, 1922, he married Mss Anna l. Dickert of HasbroucK Heights, N. J., whom he had met
 while practicins law in Brooklyn She was in charge of Red Gross work at the Grand Polarization hos
 pital in New York during the Wal
 and later iI Hackensach, x. j | They have two children. Dic,ScTt, (
 and Jay. j. Judge Donovan i;
 president Of the Itons club. pat grand knight oG the Knights of Co.
 lumbus and l member of the Elk
 the Chippance and requabuck couA
 try clubs, the City club of Hartford the Civic club of Brooklyn and the
 Home club of Washington.