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graduate of Taunton High School and the Rhode Island Normal School, and now the wife of R. T. Haslam; and Helen V., a graduate of Taunton High School and Bristol County School of Business, and now the wife of C. L. Vanderwarker.
GODFREY SANDERSON - After thirty-five years of service in the employ of the Renfrew Manufacturing Company of Adams, Massachusetts, Godfrey Sanderson severed his connection with that concern and identified himself with the Pilgrim Mills of Fall River, of which he has been the effi- cient superintendent since 1914.
Mr. Sanderson is another of the many men of the textile industry in New England who are sons of experts in some department of that field of the manufacturing industry. His father, Godfrey San- derson, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who came to this country and settled in Adams, Massa- chusetts, where for twenty-five years he was over- seer of weaving in the employ of the Renfrew Manufacturing Company. Both the father and the mother, Jane (Stevenson) Sanderson, a native of Paisley, Scotland, are now deceased.
Godfrey Sanderson, who was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, October 21, 1861, received his edu- cation in the public schools of Adams, graduating from the high school with the class of 1878. Upon the completion of his high school course he entered the employ of the Renfrew Manufacturing Com- pany, of which his brother was superintendent, and there he thoroughly learned the cotton manufactur- ing business. The concern was engaged in the manufacture of ginghams, table cloths, fancy dress goods, etc., in Adams, and for fifteen years Mr. Sanderson served in the capacity of designer, and seven years served as superintendent of the plant. When he had completed thirty-five years of con- tinuous service in the employ of this company, he made a change, and in October, 1914, removed to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he accepted a position as superintendent of the Pilgrim Mills of Fall River. That concern is engaged in the manu- facture of voiles, repps, sateens, etc., and employs about 500 hands. To the work of superintendent of this plant Mr. Sanderson has brought experience, ability, energy, and a spirit of loyalty and faithful- ness which are serving the firm well, and the value of the service rendered is fully appreciated. In ad- dition to his business responsibilities Mr. Sander- son has always taken an active interest in local public affairs. He served as a member of the Board of Selectmen in Adams for six years, and for two years of that term served as chairman of the board. He also served as a member of the Volun- teer Fire Department at Adams for thirty years, as secretary of that organization for fifteen years, and as foreman for two years. Politically he gives his support to no organized party, but casts his vote independently. For five years he served as a member of Company M, 2nd Massachusetts Regi- ment, in Adams. Fraternally he is affiliated with Lodge No. 487, Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, of North Adams, and his club is the Que- quechan Club of Fall River. He takes an active interest in the affairs of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce.
On June, 1889, in Adams, Massachusetts, God- frey Sanderson married Catherine MacLachlan, daughter of Donald and Agnes MacLachlan. Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson have no children.
CHARLES P. RYAN, A. B., LL.B .- A leading lawyer of Bristol county, Massachusetts, also active in the public service and further identified with the local advance as president of the Fall River Daily Globe Publishing Company, Charles P. Ryan is a noteworthy figure, and the interests of his life are estimable and well rounded. A native of this city, he is a son of Thomas Ryan, who was born in Ireland and went to England, where he . was married. Thereafter he came to United States, locating in Fall River, Massachusetts, and followed his trade of blacksmith and horseshoer in this city until his death, which occurred January 2, 1922. The mother, Ann (Cuffe) Ryan, was also a native of Ireland, and went with her parents to England, where she met her husband. Accompanying him to this country not long after their marriage, which occurred in 1870, she was a resident of Fall River until her death, November 25, 1905.
Charles P. Ryan, son of these parents, was born at Fall River, July 14, 1872. His education was be- gun in the parochial and public schools of this city and he later entered Holy Cross College at Wor- cester, Massachusetts, from which he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1897. Thereafter, en- tering Harvard University School of Law, he was graduated in the class of 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, admitted to the bar of his native State in July of the latter year, and began practice within the month in Fall River. For two years he served in the office of John W. Cummings, who was at that time one of the foremost lawyers of this State. Mr. Ryan then formed a partnership with Henry F. Nickerson, under the firm name of Ryan & Nickerson, and this endured until July, 1906, since which time Mr. Ryan has practiced in- dependently. Always deeply interested in the public life and in the community advance, Mr. Ryan was appointed assistant district attorney in June, 1917, and ably fulfilled the duties of this office until Janu- ary, 1923. He has for some years also been as- sociated with the business life of this city as presi- dent of the Fall River Daily Globe Publishing Com- pany. The "Daily Globe" is one of the leading newspapers of Massachusetts, and its progressive policies and open-minded attitude toward all ad- vance have done much for the advancement of the civic and social endeavors which form a part of present-day progress. Mr. Ryan's personal attitude, in a large measure, governs the policies of the paper, as the head of the corporation; thus in this activity, as well as professionally, he bears a part in local advance. Fraternally Mr. Ryan is identi- fied with Fall River Lodge, No. 118, Benevolent
Charles P. Ruan, A. D., In. B.
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and Protective Order of Elks, and is also a promi- nent member of the Knights of Columbus. His clubs are the Quequechan, the Narragansett and Fall River Yacht, and his religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart.
Mr. Ryan married, April 28, 1903, Elizabeth F. Garrahy of Fall River, and they are the parents of three children: Mary, a student at Elmhurst Academy at Providence, Rhode Island; Louise, attending B. M. C. Durfee High School . at Fall River; and Charles G., a pupil at the Westall Grammar School.
WALTER J. WEBB-In one of the most vital of the public service corporations of Fall River, Walter J. Webb is a leading executive, as manager of the New England Telephone Company. Mr. Webb's entire active life has been spent in tele- phone work of one branch or another, and he is broadly familiar wtih all phases of this business. He is a son of Edward and Serena (Lockhart) Webb, his father a native of London, England, and his mother of Newport, Nova Scotia, where they were married. Edward Webb was for many years an officer in the English Government service, located at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he had charge of the supplies in the commissary department of the British Royal Army. In the year 1877 Edward Webb came to the United States, locating at La- conia, New Hampshire, where he was placed in charge of the finishing department of the Laconia Car Works, in which connection he served some nineteen years. In the year 1897 he went to Bos- ton as superintendent of the finishing department of the Boston Elevated Railway, and in that city he died in the year 1912, at the age of sixty-four years. The mother still survives him, at the age of sixty- eight years.
Walter J. Webb was born at Laconia, New Hampshire, November 14, 1878. He received his early education in the public schools of his birth- place, and was graduated from the Laconia High School in the class of 1897. During the senior year in high school Mr. Webb served as night operator at the Laconia telephone office, thereby making it possible for him to continue and complete his high school course. Laconia was then only a small exchange with less than one hundred subscribers, and no calls were made after ten o'clock p. m. beyond an emergency call. All subscribers being familiar with this rule, and knowing that Mr. Webb was attending school, made emergency calls with an apology, and his long evenings at the office gave him ample time to pursue his studies. Following his graduation from high school Mr. Webb went to Boston to attend what was known as the "Tele- phone Kindergarten." This was a school for in- structing employees on the technical end of the telephone business, and during Mr. Webb's at- tendance here he devoted his Saturdays and even- ings to this work, and his day hours to a course at the Burdette Business College. With this fine equipment, Mr. Webb was placed on the road by
the Telephone Company, on central office equipment installation work. In this capacity he served for two and one-half years, subsequently substituting as manager for a year and one-half during the absence of other managers of the system, covering vacation periods and illness. In the year 1903 Mr. Webb was made manager of the Dover-Rochester system, located at Dover, New Hampshire, where he remained until May 1, 1920, on which date he came to Fall River to take charge of this more im- portant office, where he has increased the usefulness of the exchange and improved its efficiency, and as manager of the New England Telephone Com- pany interest at Fall River he is counted as one of the largeley useful and eminently successful men of the day in Bristol county, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Fall River Chamber of Commerce, and while in Dover, New Hampshire, served on the City Council of Dover, acting as president of the body during the latter year of his term. He is interested in all civic and welfare advance, but the exactions of his position claim his time, and he has therefore accepted little public responsibility. Fraternally Mr. Webb is a member of Strafford Lodge, No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Dover, New Hampshire, of which he is past mas- ter; Belknap Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is past high priest; Orphan Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters, of Dover; St. Paul Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar, also of Dover; and Bektash Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Concord, New Hampshire. He is a leading member of the Fall River Rotary Club.
Mr. Webb married, September 10, 1902, Harriet E. Richmond of Dover, New Hampshire, and they are the parents of one son, Frederick R., now a stu- dent at Fall River High School.
CHARLES FRED STONE-In the melancholy duty of caring for the dead, Charles Fred Stone of Attleboro, Massachusetts, is holding a leading posi- tion, and with his natural gifts and breadth of sympathy he is unusually well fitted for the work in which he is engaged. His training for his present profession was thoroughly comprehensive and he has now been active in this field of endeavor for upwards of a quarter of a century. Mr. Stone is a son of Charles E. Stone, who was born at Keene, New Hampshire, and died in 1903. The father was a jeweler by trade and a prominent and worthy citizen of Attleboro for many years. The mother, Louisa E. (Young) Stone, was born at Brompton, Canada, and is still (1923) living.
Charles Fred Stone was born in Attleboro, Massa- chusetts, August 19, 1881. His education was begun in the local public schools, his formal studies being completed with the end of the high school course. During the latter part of his attendance at high school Mr. Stone was employed on Saturdays and after school hours by David H. Smith, a leading undertaker of Attleboro at that time. In 1899 Mr. Stone became a regular employee and assistant of
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He eventually established himself in an independent grocery business, and the family joined him in 1885. He became largely successful, developing his business interests, which finally were turned over to his son, Joseph Radovsky, who confined his attention along wholesale lines, and for years the business has been known as the National Whole- sale Grocery Company, being a leading house in this field. He died May 3, 1922, but the mother is still living and resides in Fall River.
David Reuben Radovsky was born in Russia, April 2, 1880. His education was begun in the public schools of Fall River, and he is a graduate of the B. M. C. Durfee High School in the class of . 1898. Later entering Harvard University, he received from that institution both the Bachelor's and Master's degree in the arts, his graduation oc- curring with the class of 1902. He received the Bachelor's degree in the law upon his graduation from Harvard University Law School in the class of 1905. Meanwhile, he passed the law examina- tions and was admitted to the bar in September of the previous year, entering upon the practice of his chosen profession in Fall River. Mr. Radovsky's career has been one of marked significance to the public. His success carried him steadily higher as a trial attorney and in 1919 he was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, then, in 1922, in the United States District Court. Mean- while, during the years 1920 and 1921, he served as special consul for the city of Fall River and one of his achievements in this connection was the winning of the present location for the Tuberculosis Hospital, which was strongly opposed by the people of this vicinity, since it now stands within the resi- dential district. In such high standing is Mr. Ra- dovsky held in Bristol county that thus far in 1923 he has been retained as either prosecutor or defender on more than half the cases docketed in Fall River and fully half those in the county out- side of this city. His progressive attitude toward all advance and his careful attention to detail place him among the lawyers whose work is advancing the cause of justice. Mr. Radovsky's time is almost wholly devoted to his professional work, but he is a member of Concord Lodge, No. 174, Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith.
Mr. Radovsky married, June 1, 1909, Minnie E. Simon, who was a resident of Fall River at that time, but was born in New York City. They are the parents of nine children: Doris Pearl; Lester Simon; Rita Miriam; Everett Simon; Joseph S., the foregoing attending the Fall River schools; Claire; Isabelle; Avis, and Bernard.
H. WILLIAM RADOVSKY, A. B., LL.B .- Successful in his chosen profession of the law, with offices in the Hudner building, Fall River, Massa- chusetts, where he is associated with his elder brother, David Reuben Radovsky (see preceding sketch), H. William Radovsky is numbered among the broadly promising young men of today in pro-
fessional circles in Bristol county, Massachusetts. Trained in some of the foremost institutions in the East and standing very high in his scholarship, Mr. Radovsky has entered the field well equipped for the exaction and responsibilities of the profession. He is a son of Bernard and Bessie (Feinberg) Ra- dovsky, natives of Russia, who came to the United States in the eighties, the father settling here in 1881, four years prior to the arrival of his family, and establishing himself in the grocery business. His death occurred May 3, 1922. The mother still survives him, and she is a resident of Fall River.
H. William Radovsky was born at Fall River, February 1, 1895. His education was begun in the local public schools and he is a graduate of B. M. C. Durfee High School, class of 1913. His choice of a profession was early made and he entered Harvard University for his course in the liberal arts. He was a cum laude graduate of the class of 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He re- ceived his degree of Bachelor of Laws from the same institution in 1919 and it is of interest to note that during his law course in 1918 and 1919 he served as editor on the Harvard "Law Review," Volume 32. Admitted to the bar of his native State in September, 1919, Mr. Radovsky immedi- ately became associated with his brother, David Reuben Radovsky, in the offices which they still occupy. H. William Radovsky is displaying the same qualities of mind and spirit which have carried his brother to a leading position in the profession and much is expected of the younger man in the future. His personal equipnient, his mental ability, and his discerning outlook upon life fit him for broad and prominently useful service, and he has already dem- onstrated his ability in no uncertain manner. He is considered one of the ablest of the younger at- torneys in Bristol county. Fraternally, Mr. Radov- sky is affiliated with Fall River Lodge, No. 884, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, of which he is past president; also of Concord Lodge, No. 171, Knights of Pythias, of Fall River. He is a member of the Young Men's Hebrew Association; the Ameri- can Brothers of Israel; and the Harvard Club of Fall River. In social circles and in the many benevolences of the day he is well known, and he is playing a useful and commendable part in the various lines of community advancement in Fall River.
JAMES FRANCIS MOONEY-Joseph Francis Mooney, born in Lonsdale, Rhode Island, in 1865, died in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1912. He was engaged in various business enterprises, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Represen- tatives, 1894-1907 inclusive, and in his younger years was a member of the local military company. He married Isabel O'Neil, born at Fall River in 1867, and yet (1923) resides in that city. Among their seven children was a son, James Francis, to whom this review is inscribed.
James F. Mooney was born at Fall River, Massa- chusetts, August 10, 1896, and there was educated
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in the public schools, completing the first two years of the high school course. He then served four years as an apprentice to the carpenter's trade under A. W. McGuillan, a Fall River contractor and builder, remaining with him as a journeyman two years more. He then entered the employ of the J. G. White Company of New York, by whom he was sent to Langley Field in Virginia, remaining two and one-half years as carpenter, and superin- tendent of road construction during the last three years, when the field was under government con- trol. He then returned to Fall River, where for two years he was in charge of the carpenter work at the New England Oil Refining Plant. In July, 1921, he began business as a contracting builder under his own name, with offices in the Granite Block, and a plant on Cambridge street for the manufacture of interlocking concrete blocks. He has been very successful in his building operations, erecting about fifteen houses, principally in the New Boston road section during the first year. He does general construction work, houses, concrete garages, etc., and has just begun work on his largest contract; the James M. Aldrich School, a twelve room building.
Mr. Mooney is a Democrat in politics, a member of the Roman Catholic church; Fall River Lodge, No. 118, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Columbus. He is unmarried, his home No. 187 Whipple street, Fall River.
REV. TIMOTHY P. SWEENEY-From the earliest settlement of Bristol county, Massachusetts, the church has gone hand in hand with industrial and professional advance, keeping the faces of the people ever turned toward higher endeavors and nobler achievements, and now, in this present gen- eration, the church still holds her supremacy. Rev. Father Timothy P. Sweeney, as pastor of St. Louis' Roman Catholic Church, is doing much for the con- tinued progress of the people and the constant bet- terment of conditions among them. Father Sweeney is a native of this State, and is a son of John and Hannah (Murphy) Sweeney, both natives of Ireland, who came to this country in their youth, he in 1863 and she two years previously. Both families settling in Bristol county, at North Easton, the young man secured employment at the plant of the Ames - Shovel Works, where he was active for about forty- five years. He died in 1908, at the age of seventy- one years, while the mother survived him until 1921, passing away at the age of eighty-three years.
Father Sweeney was born at North Easton, Massachusetts, November 27, 1870. His education was begun in the local institutions, and he later entered Boston College, after which he studied theology at St. John's Seminary at Brighton, Massa- chusetts, where he was ordained to the holy priest- hood in December, 1901, by the Most Rev. Arch- bishop Williams. Father Sweeney's first appoint- ment was at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Fall River, Massachusetts, where he was active as assistant pastor for a period of three years. He
was then transferred to St. Mary's Church in Taunton, Massachusetts, where he served for a similar period as assistant pastor. He was then appointed supervisor of diocesan charities, which ex- acting and broadly useful position he filled with ef- ficiency and ability for five and one-half years. He bought the plot for the present Bethlehem Home for Infants, which he established. He was then appointed to St. Louis' Parish at Fall River as their pastor and he has since presided over this congregation, devoting his energies tirelessly to the welfare of the church, leading, admonishing, and guiding the people, and helping them to even higher levels of spiritual attainment. He has done much to improve and beautify the church property. Father Sweeney is greatly beloved in his congregation, and the people are going forward constantly in the work of the church under his leadership.
JOHN O'HEARNE-Ripened experience and the consciousness of public duty . well performed-these comprise the need of long effort and ceaseless at- tention to the details of many branches of activity, these and the universal esteem and appreciation of the people for whose interests John O'Hearne has labored. Mr. O'Hearne has given the best years of his life to the public service and to that branch of individual enterprise which, perhaps, most closely concerns the welfare of the people and the permanence of the American home and family --- real estate and insurance. In this field Mr. O'Hearne is a leading figure, still active, although he has reached an age when many men feel that their life-work is done. Mr. O'Hearne is a son of John O'Hearne, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, and came to the United States as a young man, settling in Boston, Massachusetts, where he reared his family in the traditions of thrift and industry and in the fear of God. He was a stone mason by trade, and died in April, 1895. The mother, Bridget (Finnegan) O'Hearne, was born in County Meath, Ireland, and died in 1874.
John O'Hearne was born in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, October 8, 1850. His early educa- tion was received in the public schools of his birth- place, and at the Old Elliott School, of Boston. At the age of eighteen years the young man came to Taunton, and entered the employ of the Reed & Barton Silver Works, in the silver-plating depart- ment, where he remained for a period of sixteen years. He then entered the business world in an independent way, opening a retail shoe store at No. 18 City Square. Going forward along this line under the firm name of John O'Hearne & Com- pany, he later removed to No. 2 City Square, and was engaged in this commercial field altogether for about sixteen years. In 1903, with this excellent and practical business experience, through which he had gained a very extensive acquaintance among the people of Taunton and its environs, Mr. O'Hearne went into the real estate business, also acting as an insurance agent and broker. During the next eleven years Mr. O'Hearne did much for
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the development of various sections of the city, and some of the finer suburbs owe a large share of their beauty and charm to his foresight and ap- preciation of the natural beauty of the tracts on which they were built. His encouragement of home ownership among the working people has aided greatly in the development of these suburbs. In 1914 Mr. O'Hearne . laid aside these prosperous and steadily-growing interests to accept the office of postmaster of Taunton, in which he served faith- fully and well for a period of eight years. During this time great satisfaction was expressed upon every side, and his. counsel is still frequently sought by those now in office.
Always a loyal adherent of the principles of the Democratic party, Mr. O'Hearne was first brought forward in the public service in 1882 as a member of the Common Council from Ward Eight, and he served for three successive years. In 1886 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen from the same ward, serving during the years 1886-87-88, and later was elected to the same board from Ward Three, serving during the years 1894-95-96. In 1901 Mr. O'Hearne was elected mayor of Taunton, serving one term only, but doing eminently useful work of permanent significance in this office. His election was a criterion of his popularity as a citizen, for he is the only man ever elected to the mayoralty of Taunton as a strong party Democrat. From 1906-08, inclusive, he was a member of the Board of Health; also served on various committees and boards; was chairman of the Fire Department Commission which erected two new stations, one at Weir and the other at Whittenton; and in many ways he bore a leading part in the activities of that period. He has since given his influence to every branch of public advance, although for the past fifteen years the postmastership is the only public office which he has accepted. His endeavors have been no less marked in all that counts for party pro- gress, and he has been a delegate to the Demo- cratic State conventions twelve times and twice to national conventions. Fraternally, Mr. O'Hearne is prominent as a member of Taunton Lodge, No. 150, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he was secretary for four years; and is a prominent member of the Ancient Order of Hi- bernians, being president of the local lodge and for eight years county president. He is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
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