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Mr. Hopewell resided at the corner of Waverley Avenue and Sargent Street, Newton.
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JAMES LORIN RICHARDS
Was born at East Longmeadow, Mass., January 8, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and began his business life at the age of sixteen. For some years, Mr. Richards was engaged in the wholesale tobacco business and was associated with the late Austin R. Mitchell of Newtonville. He was one of the organizers and a large owner in the Wellesley & Boston Street Railway Company, which is now a part of the Middlesex & Boston system, and subsequently became the president of the Newton Street Railway Company and of its successor, the Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company. Mr. Richards has large interests in the following companies: Boston Consolidated Gas Com- pany, President and Director ; East Boston Gas Company, Presiden't and Director ; Citi- zens' Gas Light Company of Quincy, President and Director ; Newton and Watertown Gas Light Company, President and Director ; New England Gas & Coke Company, Presi- dent and Trustee ; Massachusetts Gas Companies, Trustee; Federal Coal & Coke Com- pany, President and Director ; Boston Tow Boat Company, President and Director ; J. B. B. Coal Company, Director ; Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. Co., President and Director ; Newtonville & Watertown St. Ry. Co., President and Director ; Norumbega Park Com- pany, Director ; Boston Suburban Electric Companies, Trustee ; Boston Elevated Rail- way Company, Executive Committee and Director ; New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R., Executive Committee and Director ; Merchants National Bank, Director ; Com- monwealth Trust Company, Director ; Newton Trust Company, Executive Committee and Director ; Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company, Chairman of Executive Commit- tee and Director ; Rockland & Rockport Lime Co., Director ; Boston Dwelling House Com- pany, Director ; Newton Real Estate Association, Director ; Newton Hospital, Director. He is also a member of the Union, Algonquin, Exchange, Commercial, Engineers, B. A. A., Boston City, Colony Club of Springfield, Newton, Brac-Burn Country, Alber- marle Golf, Woods Hole Golf, Seapuit, Osterville, Mass., Eastern Yacht, Beverly Yacht, and Newton Boat Clubs. He married Cora E. Towne and they have two children.
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WHITTEMORE
A prominent manufacturer of Boston, was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., January 29, 1848, and educated at the Highland Military Academy of Worcester, Mass.
He is a member of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Bostonian Society, N. E. Shoe and Leather Exchange, National Shoe and Leather Association, Brae Burn Country Club, Hunnewell Club, Old Colony Club and the Beverly Yacht Club.
In business life Mr. Whittemore is a member of the Whittemore Bros. Corporation of Cambridge, manufacturers of shoe polishes.
He is married and resides with his wife and one son on Washington Street, Hunnewell Hill, Newton. His three daughters are married and live in Brookline, Brockton and Cleveland, Ohio.
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EDMUND WINCHESTER CONVERSE
Senior member of the firm of Converse, Stanton & Co. dry goods commission agents of Boston and New York, was born in Boston, June 5, 1859, but has resided in Newton nearly all his life. He was the son of the late Edmund W. and Charlotte Converse and was educated in the Newton Grammar and High Schools.
Mr. Converse has been a president and director in the Conanicut Mill of Fall River and a director in the Atlas Bank of Boston. At present he is a vice president and director in the Universal Winding Co.
He is a member of the Union, Commercial and Algonquin Clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce of Boston, the Brookline Country Club, the Dedham Polo and Country Club and the Merchants Club of New York.
He married Miss Julia A. Pearson and resides in the family homestead on Centre Street, Newton.
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BENJAMIN SANBORN PALMER
Was born in East Boston, Mass., October 21, 1856, and was the son of Benjamin F. and Abigail Palmer. He was educated in the schools of Boston, graduating from the Eng- lish High School in 1873, where he was awarded the Franklin medal for scholarship. Mr. Palmer immediately engaged in the tea importing business with the firm of Williams and Hall, and in 1884 entered the well-known house of Chase and Sanborn, where he was admitted as a partner in 1900.
Mr. Palmer attended the Second Congregational Church of West Newton, and was a prominent member of the Brae Burn Country Club, the Neighborhood Club and of the Exchange and Algonquin Clubs of Boston.
He married Miss Marion P. Crocker and they have one daughter, Miss Mary Bradford Palmer.
Mr. Palmer built one of the first residences on West Newton Hill, where he resided until his death on December 26, 1912.
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FRANK ASHLEY DAY
One of the best known residents of Newton during the last generation, was born in this city January 17, 1852, and died at St. Augustine, Fla., January 14, 1914.
After receiving his education in the public schools of Newton he entered the Boston banking house of R. L. Day & Co. Of this firm which had been founded by his father, he was the head for the last twenty-five years of his life.
The progress of his business career was attended with an ever increasing interest in every charitable and philanthropic movement. He gave liberally of his time and means and few men have exerted a wider influence for good.
The Newton Y. M. C. A. in large measure, owes its splendid plant to his initiative and support, and he was a life long benefactor of the Newton Hospital. He was a promi- nent member of the Eliot Church and of the various organizations of the Congregational denomination.
He served the city of Newton as alderman from 1903 to 1909.
Mr. Day was twice married, his first wife, Miss Emma Ranney,-being survived by one daughter, the widow of the late General Carlo Montanari of Rome, Italy, and his second wife, Miss Mary A. Ellison, having two children, Frank Ashley Day, Jr., and Ellison Goddard Day.
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WILLIAM M. BULLIVANT
Was born at Newark, N. J., April 11, 1858. He was educated in the common schools and in business life, is president of the Northwestern Leather Company of Boston. Mr. Bullivant is a trustee of the Newton Free Library. He is married and has a family of five children. He resides on Mt. Vernon Street, West Newton.
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ALLSTON BURR
A member of the firm of Perry, Coffin and Burr, of Boston, was born in Newton, July 3, 1866, and is the son of Isaac T. and Ann F. Burr. He graduated from the Newton High School in 1885 and from Harvard College in 1889.
Mr. Burr served in the board of aldermen of Newton from 1906 to 1910.
He married Miss Elizabeth J. Randolph of Philadelphia, June 11, 1898 and resides on Chestnut Hill Road, Chestnut Hill.
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JAMES PORTER RUSSELL
A member of the law firm of Russell, Pugh & Kneeland, of Boston, was born at King- field, Maine, May 11, 1877. He was educated in the public schools of Farmington, Maine, graduated from Tufts College (A.B.) and from the Harvard Law School (L.L.B.) and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in September, 1901.
Mr. Russell served as a member of the Board of Health of Cambridge and was in- strumental in the establishment of the Tuberculosis Hospital in that city. He was one of the organizers and for some years a director of the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange, and is a Trustee of the Franklin Square House.
He is a member of Middlesex, Massachusetts, and American Bar Associations, of the Boston City, Economic and Tufts Clubs, of the Hunnewell and Unitarian Clubs of New- ton, and Dalhousie Lodge of Masons.
Mr. Russell married Miss Edith B. Pratt, of Turner, Maine, September 10, 1902, and lives at Shornecliffe Road, Farlow Hill, with his family of four children, Francis H., Por- tia, Robert P. and Elizabeth Russell.
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SAMUEL W. BRIDGES
Was born at Brooklyn, New York, January 28th, 1874, and educated at the Polytech- nic Institute of that City. He is a partner of the firm of Ayres, Bridges & Company, Im- porters and Exports, President of the China American Trading Company, a Director of the Queensbury Mills, Worcester, Mass., and a Director of the Vannette Bobbinless Sewing Machine Co., Amsterdam, N. Y.
Mr. Bridges is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Boston Wool Trade Association, the Brae Burn Country Club, the Hunnewell Club, Newton Golf Club, and the Commonwealth Country Club.
He is married and resides with his wife and family, a son, Samuel Willard, and two daughters, Helen Mabel and Dorothy Bridges, on Fairmount Avenue, Newton.
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JARVIS LAMSON
Senior member of the firm of Lamson and Hubbard, of Boston, was born in Hamilton, Mass., and received his education at Dummer Academy.
He is a member of Dalhousie lodge of Masons, Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Geth- semane Commandery, Knights Templar, the Brae Burn Country Club, the Newton Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Boston City Club. Mr. Lamson is married and has a family of two daughters, Elsie M., and Barbara C. Lamson, and one son, Mr. Jarvis Lamson, Jr. He has an attractive home on Temple Street, West Newton, where he has resided since 1893.
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CHARLES FRENCH AVERY
Of the well known wool firm of Mauger & Avery of Boston, and one of the most prominent residents of Newtonville, was born in New York City, March 25, 1847, and educated in its public schools.
Mr. Avery was a member of the school committee of the city for six years beginning with 1895, and was an alderman in 1908-09-10-11, being chairman of the Finance Com- mittee the last year of his service. He was also the second president of the Albermarle Golf Club and retired after sixteen years of service. Mr. Avery takes a deep interest in the affairs of the St. Johns Episcopal Church, of which he is Junior Warden.
He is also a member of the Civic Club, Geographical Society, the Episcopalian Club, Newton Club, Boston Art Club, Boston Art Museum, Bostonian Society, Traffic Club of New England, Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, Brae Burn Country Club, New- tonville Improvement Association, and Vice President Boston Wool Trade Association.
He is a widower, with three surviving children, Elisha L. Avery of Newtonville, Mrs. Frederick H. Blake of Yonkers, N. Y., and Miss Florence Gladys Avery of Newton- ville. He resides on Crafts Street.
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RESIDENCE OF JOHN Q. A. WHITTEMORE, WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON
RESIDENCE OF J. PARKER B. FISKE, WOODLAND ROAD, AUBURNDALE
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ALBERT FARWELL BEMIS
President of the Bemis Bro. Bag Co., and a director of the Boott Cotton Mills of Lowell and the Angus Jute Co. of Calcutta, India, is a resident of Chestnut Hill, where he has an attractive home on Old Orchard road. He was born in Boston, November 11, 1870 and was educated in public and private schools of Newton, at the Cutler Academy and Colorado College of Colorado Springs, Col., and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Bemis entered the employ of the Bemis Bro. Bag Co. on leaving Technology in 1893, was elected secretary of the Company in 1897 and its president in 1909.
He is a life member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation, presi- dent of its Alumni Association in 1910, a member of the board of government of the Na- tional Association of Cotton Manufacturers, 1910-1915, a trustee of Colorado College, 1912-1913, a director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and served from 1911 to 1914 inclusive as an alderman of the city of Newton where he rendered excellent service as chairman of its Finance Committee.
Mr. Bemis is also a member of the Alumni Association of Colorado College, American Cotton Manufacturer's Association, the Society of Arts, the Exchange, University, Engi- neers, Longwood Cricket, Brookline Country, Technology, Manchester Yacht, Cohasset Yacht, and the Cohasset Golf Clubs.
He married Miss Faith Gregg and they have five children, Farwell Gregg, Faith, Alan Cogswell, Alice and Judson Bemis.
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RESIDENCE OF FRED R. HAYWARD, CENTRE STREET, NEWTON HIGHLANDS
RESIDENCE OF JAMES L. RICHARDS, KIRKSTALL ROAD, NEWTONVILLE
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CHARLES PALEN HALL
Vice president of the American Hide and Leather Company, was born in New York City, July 6, 1859, and received a high school education.
Mr. Hall is a director in the American Hide and Leather Company and of the New England Shoe and Leather Association and recently resigned as a director of the Boston Elevated Railway Company to act as a Federal trustee of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company. He is also a director of the First National Bank, Boston.
He is a member of the West Newton Unitarian Church, the Brae Burn Country and Neighborhood Club of Newton and the Algonquin and Exchange Clubs of Boston,
He is married and resides with his wife and family of two children on Prince Street, West Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF GEORGE A. FROST, CHESTNUT STREET, WEST NEWTON
RESIDENCE OF LOUIS M. PRATT, SUFFOLK ROAD, CHESTNUT HILL
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WILLIAM H. RICE
Chairman of the School Committee and a member of one of the oldest families of New- ton, was born at Newton Centre, May 14, 1874, and educated in the Newton schools.
Mr. Rice has been a member of the School Committee since 1908, is a past president of the Newton Centre Improvement Association, president of the Newton Welfare Bureau, treasurer of the Newton Centre Savings Bank and a member of the Newton Centre Squash Tennis Club and Brae Burn Country Club. He is also a member of the First Church in Newton.
In business Mr. Rice is treasurer of the Rice, Sayward & Whitten Co., clothing manu- facturers.
He is married and has a family of two children and resides on Centre Street, Newton Centre.
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RESIDENCE OF DAVID H. ANDREWS, LAKE AVENUE, NEWTON CENTRE .
RESIDENCE OF DONALD M. HILL, PINE RIDGE ROAD, WABAN
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MITCHELL WING
President and Treasurer of the Mitchell Wing Company, has been a resident of this city for twenty years and has an attractive home on Hunnewell Avenue.
He was born in Nantucket, Mass., May 26, 1854 and was educated in the Moses Brown School at Providence, R. I. Mr. Wing taught school for two years, acted as clerk at the Lake Mohonk House, Lake Mohonk, N. Y., for two years and as bookkeeper in Bos- ton for ten years, when he established his present successful business of laundry supplies in 1879.
He was elected a member of the Common Council of Newton for 1894-1895 and 1896, serving as president in 1896. Mr. Wing was also a member of the School Committee, 1912-1914, and for many years has been a trustee of the Read Fund and Eliot Memorial Fund.
He is a regular attendant at Channing Church, and a member of Dalhousie lodge of Masons, of which he is a Past Master, of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Com- mandery, K. T., the Hunnewell Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Boston City Club.
Mr. Wing married Miss Abbie B. Freeman of Sandwich and they have two children, Alfred H. Wing and Miss Esther M. Wing.
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RESIDENCE OF ALBERT M. LYON, WALNUT STREET, NEWTONVILLE.
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RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL W. BRIDGES, FAIRMONT AVENUE, NEWTON.
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EDWARD P. BOSSON
Of the firm of Bosson & Lane, manufacturing chemists, was born in Chelsea, Mass., August 30, 1864, and educated in the Chelsea schools.
Mr. Bosson has resided in Newton since 1892, making his home on Hillside Road, Newton Highlands. He served for three years on the Republican City Committee, as an alderman in 1905-1906-1907-1908, and as president of the Men's League of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church from 1910 to 1912.
Mr. Bosson is a member of the Drysalters Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Home Market Club, Massachusetts Republican Club, the Middlesex Club, Economic Club, Carter School Associates, The Players, American Forestry Association, New Hamp- shire Forestry Association, the Civic Club of Newton, and the Men's League.
He married Miss Abbie L. Marshall in 1891 and they have two children, Ruth and Flora M. Bosson.
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RESIDENCE OF HARRISON P. EDDY, GREY CLIFF ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE
RESIDENCE OF AUSTIN H. DECATUR, OTIS STREET, WEST NEWTON
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FRANKLIN T. MILLER
Treasurer of the F. W. Dodge Co., was born at Auburndale, April 15, 1873. He was educated in the Newton schools and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1895. He served as an alderman of Newton from 1907 to 1912 inclusive and rendered valuable service to the city as chairman of the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Miller is a member of the Engineers' and Technology Clubs of New York. He is married and resides in the Miller homestead on Grove Street, Auburndale.
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RESIDENCE OF EDWARD B. STRATTON, KENMORE STREET, NEWTON CENTRE
RESIDENCE OF DR. HENRY D. LLOYD, GROVE HILL AVENUE, NEWTONVILLE
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OLIVER M. FISHER
President of the M. A. Packard Company of Boston and Brockton, manufacturers of men's fine shoes, was born in Henniker, N. H., November 2, 1855. He was educated in New Hampshire academies and in the Newton High School. Mr. Fisher served as a mem- ber of the board of aldermen of Newton in 1899, 1900 and 1901 and is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Boston City Club, treasurer of the Twentieth Century Club of Boston, a member and past president of the Hunnewell Club of Newton, a past master of Dalhousie lodge of Masons, a member of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Geth- semane Commandery, Knights Templar, Cryptic Council of Newton, Aleppo Temple, Bos- ton, and of all the Scottish Rite bodies.
Mr. Fisher is married and with his wife and two daughters, the Misses Edith R. and Caroline W. Fisher, resides on Franklin Street, Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF FREEDOM HUTCHINSON, CENTRE STREET, NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF ALBERT F. BEMIS, OLD ORCHARD ROAD, CHESTNUT HILL
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EDWARD FRANKLIN WOODS
President of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters and one of the leading insurance men of Boston, was born at Somerville, Mass., March 14, 1864 and educated in the public schools and Harvard College.
He is a director of the Fourth-Atlantic National Bank, of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, the First National Bank of West Newton, of the West Newton Co-operative bank, vice president of the Massachusetts Association Local Fire Insurance Agents, and a member of the insurance firm of Hinckley & Woods.
Mr. Woods is secretary of the Brae Burn Country Club, and a member of the Neigh- borhood and Northgate Clubs of Newton, the Exchange, University and Harvard Clubs of Boston, and the Harvard Club of New York.
Mr. Woods is married and resides with his family on Berkeley Street, West Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF THOMAS P. CURTIS, LAKE AVENUE, NEWTON HIGHLANDS.
RESIDENCE OF HERBERT E. FALES, HIGHLAND STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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EDWARD KIMBALL HALL
Vice President and Director of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company and one of the leading attorneys of Boston, was born at Granville, Illinois, July 9, 1870. He was educated in the Hinsdale (N. H.) High School, St. Johnsbury Academy, and at Dartmouth College.
Mr. Hall has always taken a deep interest in local affairs and he served as an alder- man in Newton in 1906 and 1907. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Bos- ton Bar Association, American Economic Association, first vice president and director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, member of the Board of Governors of the Boston City Club and a member of the Exchange, Traffic, and Engineers' Clubs of Boston, Newton Club, Brae Burn Country Club and the Campfire Club of America.
Mr. Hall has always been particularly interested in athletics and served for three years as secretary and since 1911 as chairman of the Intercollegiate Foot Ball Rules Com- mittee. He also was president of the Dartmouth Athletic Council, retiring in 1910 after twelve years' service.
He married Miss Sally Maynard Drew, July 1, 1902 and they have three children in their home on Grove Hill, Newtonville, Dorothy, Richard D., and Edward K. Hall, Jr.
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RESIDENCE OF SUMNER ROBINSON, BURNHAM ROAD, WEST NEWTON
RESIDENCE OF FRANCIS E. STANLEY, CENTRE STREET, NEWTON.
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THOMAS WILLIAM PROCTOR
A counsellor at law and member of the firm of Nason and Proctor of Boston, was born at Hollis, N. H., November 20, 1858. He was educated in the schools of his native town, the Lawrence Academy at Groton, Mass., and graduated from Dartmouth College with the class of 1879, and later from the Boston University Law School.
Mr. Proctor was law clerk to the District Attorney of Suffolk County in 1884, served as Assistant District Attorney for that county from 1886 to 1891, and as Assistant City Solicitor of Boston from 1891 to 1894. He is a trustee of the Newton Free Library, and a member of the Chestnut Hill Club, the Beacon Society, University and Curtis Clubs of Boston, and of the Brookline Country Club.
Mr. Proctor married Miss Anne Louise White, March 20, 1895 and resides with his family of three children, Thomas White Proctor, Robert Proctor, and Mary Proctor, on Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill.
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RESIDENCE OF JOHN B. HUNTER, KIRKSTALL ROAD, NEWTONVILLE.
RESIDENCE OF HAROLD D. COREY, FARLOW ROAD, NEWTON.
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ALFRED H. BRODRICK
President of the Chadwick-Boston Lead Company, has been a resident of Newton Highlands for many years, with a comfortable home on Bowdoin Street. He was born in Randolph, Mass., December 8, 1859, and educated in the Boston shcools. Mr. Brodrick entered the offices of the Boston Lead Company in 1874 at the age of fifteen. In 1879 he became connected with the Chadwick Lead Works and became general manager when the two companies consolidated in 1901. In 1905 he was elected president of the company.
He is a member of the Brae Burn Country Club, is married and has a family of wife and two children.
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RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK M. CREHORE, SUFFOLK ROAD, CHESTNUT HILL.
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RESIDENCE OF THOMAS F. BAXTER, BRISTOL ROAD, WEST NEWTON.
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JAMES BROWN
The President and General Manager of the Hotel and Railroad News Company of Boston, was born in Lasswade, Scotland, in 1852. He was educated in Greenock Academy, and finished his studies at Glasgow University. Mr. Brown is a member of the Boston Athletic Association, Boston Press Club, and Boston City Club, as well as a prominent member of the Scots Charitable Society. He is a staunch Republican, although he has never held any political office.
Mr. Brown takes keen pleasure in the aesthetic and artistic side of life, and many choice examples of local and foreign artists adorn the walls of his beautiful home on Com- monwealth Avenue and Hobart Road, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
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RESIDENCE OF ROBERT CASSON, GREY CLIFF ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE.
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. EDDY, BIGELOW ROAD, WEST NEWTON.
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FRANK JUDSON HALE
General Manager and Director of the Saco and Lowell Shops, and one of the success- ful business men residing in the city, was born at Newton Upper Falls, Mass., August 14, 1862, and was educated in the Newton schools.
Besides his interests in the Saco-Lowell Shops, Mr. Hale is connected as a director with the Colonial Securities Co., Davis Mills of Fall River, Dratton Mills of Spartans- burg, S. C., Dunean Mills, Greenville, S. C., Gainesville (Ga. ) Cotton Mills, Harmony Mills, Cohoes, N. Y., Hoosac Cotton Mills, Adams, Mass., Indian Head Mills of Ala- bama, International Cotton Mills Corporation, J. Spencer Turner Co., New York, Lin- coln Manufacturing Co .. Fall River, Monarch Cotton Mills, Union, S. C., Quissett Mill, New Bedford, and the Textile Securities Company, and is secretary and a director in the Eastern Machinery Co. In local affairs he is a director of the Newton Trust Co., the Newton Co-operative Bank, and the Newton Home for Aged People, and a trustee of the Newton Savings Bank.
Mr. Hale served in the Common Council of Newton in 1888 and 1889, resigning in June of that year to accept an election to the school committee, where he served until De- cember 31, 1898.
He is a member of the Algonquin, Engineers, Home Market and Exchange Clubs of Boston, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Traffic Club of New England, The Brook- line Country Club, the Point Shirley Club, the Prout's Neck Country Club, the Republican Club of Massachusetts, and the Brae Burn Country Club.
Mr. Hale is married and resides on Walnut Street, with his wife and family of one daughter, Miss Marjorie Hale and one son, Roger Drake Hale.
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RESIDENCE OF CHARLES E. RILEY, BELLEVUE STREET, NEWTON
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RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM M. NOBLE, BRACEBRIDGE ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE.
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DANIEL COLLAMORE HEATH
Publisher of school books, founder and first president of the firm of D. C. Heath & Co., was born at Salem, Maine, October 26, 1843, and died at his home in Newtonville, January 29, 1908. Mr. Heath fitted for college at the Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me., was graduated from Amherst College in 1868 and received his degree of M.A. in 1871. In his young manhood he was a teacher and a student of theology.
Mr. Heath was a member of Central Church, of the Newton Club, one of the founders of the Twentieth Century Club, a member of the Boston Athenaeum, a trustee of the Peo- ples' Palace, a member of the Boston City Club, the School-Masters Club, the University Club, the Congregational Club, the Massachusetts Club, and of the Aldine Club of New York. He was president of the Amherst Alumni Association, of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston, the Katahdin Club of Newton, and of the Newton Education Association.
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