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Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Boston City Club, Hunnewell Club, Newton Golf Club, Ben Lomond Golf Club, East Chop Country Club, Marine Lodge of Masons, Charter and life member of Wareham Chapter Royal Arch Masons, and life member of Palm Beach Commandery.
His first wife to whom he was married in 1889, Miss Gertrude R. F. Hamlin of West- ford, a grand niece of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, died in 1894. He married in 1897 Miss Annie Goodenow, the daughter of Judge Goodenow of Bangor, Maine, a grand daughter of Chief Justice Goodenow of the Maine Supreme Court, and a great grand daughter of John Holmes, the first United States Senator from Maine. There are four children, Charles Hamlin Carpenter, M. I. T. '12, Clyde Carpenter, Elizabeth Goodenow Carpenter and Emily Fenno Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter resides at the corner of Park and Franklin Streets, Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF HENRY D. WOODS, HIGHLAND STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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GEORGE WEST JACKSON
An attorney of Boston, was born at Roxbury, Mass., January 8, 1858, and educated at the Roxbury Latin School, Harvard College, (A.B. 1879) Harvard Law School and Boston University Law School (LL.B. 1882).
He is a member of the University Club of Boston.
Mr. Jackson married Miss Grace I. Whitting on April 23, 1896 and with his family of two sons, Leonard and Allen, resides on Ballard Street, Newton Centre.
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RESIDENCE OF WARREN F. GREGORY, WALNUT STREET, NEWTONVILLE.
RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH F. FLANAGAN, WALNUT PARK, NEWTON.
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J. EVERETT HICKS
Mr. Hicks was born at Richmond, Maine, on July 18, 1870. He prepared for college at Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, and was graduated from Bowdoin College in June, 1895.
He entered the employ of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company as special agent in 1901, remaining with that Company until October 15, 1912, when he became State Man- ager of the Massachusetts Department of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company, which position he now occupies, with offices in the Merchant's National Bank Building, Boston.
Mr. Hicks has been for ten years the District Grand Master for the New England States of the Kappa Sigma (College) Fraternity, was president of the Bowdoin Club of Boston in 1914-15, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bowdoin College Alumni Association of Massachusetts, a member of St. John's Lodge of Masons, Mt. Ver- non Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templars, The Hebron Academy Alumni Association of Boston and vicinity, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Newton Club. He is married and resides with his wife and one daughter, Margaret Dorothy, at 101 Highland Avenue, Newtonville.
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RESIDENCE OF HENRY M. DAVIS, HIGHLAND AVENUE, WEST NEWTON
RESIDENCE OF CHARLES WHITTEMORE, SUMMIT STREET, NEWTON
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ARTHUR WILLIAMS MCKEY
Who resides on Grant Avenue, Newton Centre, was born at St. Paul, Minnesota, January 30, 1874.
He was educated at Peekskill Military Academy, graduated in 1895 as senior captain and acting major. Instead of entering West Point, however, he decided to follow a com- mercial business and since 1897 has been connected with the essential oil industry. Mr. McKey is associated with Fritzsche Brothers, branch of Schimmel & Co., the originators, first distillers and the foremost concern in the essential oil industry, as New York State and New England representative.
Mr. McKey is a strong advocate for the development of Newton and thoroughly believes in his home city. He is a member of the Society of Chemical Industry, New England Confectioners Club, Newton Centre Squash and Tennis Club, City Club of Boston, a vet- eran of the First Corps of Cadets, and President of the Eastern Alumni Association of the Peekskill Military Academy.
Mr. McKey married Miss Helen Holmes Johnson, and they have three daughters, Mildred, Elizabeth and Carolyn.
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RESIDENCE OF GEORGE F. MALCOLM, WALNUT STREET, NEWTONVILLE
RESIDENCE OF FRANK A. SCHIRMER, COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, CHESTNUT HILL
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WILLIAM FAYETTE BARTHOLOMEW
A recognized authority on mining property values and a member of the firm of Tucker, Hayes and Bartholomew, bankers and brokers of Boston, has been a resident of this city for several years with a home on Highland Avenue, West Newton. He was born in Jersey City, N. J., October 12, 1871, and was educated in the public schools.
For twenty years Mr. Bartholomew was connected with the Boston News Bureau, serving for some years as one of its editors, and in 1910 becoming a member of the firm of Thompson, Towle & Co. and this year becoming a member of Tucker, Hayes and Bar- tholomew.
He is a 32nd degree Mason, a member of Gethsemane Commandery, the Shrine, the Union League Club, Lambs and Rocky Mountain Club of New York, the Boston Athletic Association, the Boston Press Club and the Brae Burn Country Club. He married Miss Eva G. Lain and they have three children, Eva Maybelle, Charles Fayette and Irma Vir- ginia Bartholomew,
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RESIDENCE OF H. C. HANSEN, IIUNNEWELL AVENUE, NEWTON
RESIDENCE OF THOMAS E, STUTSON, FOUNTAIN STREET, WEST NEWTON
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HON. WILLIAM F. DANA
Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, was born at Somerville, Mass., June 26, 1863, the son of Thomas and Mary Catherine ( Baldwin) Dana. He graduated from Harvard College in 1884, with the degree of A.B., from Harvard Law School in 1887 with the degree of L.L.B., and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1888.
He was a member of the law firm of Dana and Bates, later of that of Choate & Dana, and practised alone from 1887 to 1906. Mr. Dana was a member of the Newton Common Council in 1897, of the Board of Aldermen in 1898-1899-1900, being vice-president of that body in 1900, served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1901-1902-1903, and in the Massachusetts Senate 1904-1905-1906, being president of that body in 1905-1906. He was appointed a justice of the Superior Court by Governor Guild July 9, 1906.
Mr. Dana is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Middlesex Bar Association, the Abstract and University Clubs of Boston, the Newton and Hunnewell Clubs of Newton, the Republican and Massachusetts Clubs of Massachusetts, and the Middlesex Club.
Mr. Dana has been a frequent contributor to the Harvard Law Review. He resides at 488 Centre Street, Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF JAMES P. TOLMAN, HIGHLAND STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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RESIDENCE OF MITCHELL WING, HUNNEWELL AVENUE, NEWTON.
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GEORGE ELISHA MAY, M. D.
Was born at Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, May 30, 1860, and is the son of Cyrus . and Laura B. (Smith) May.
He was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy and University of Vermont, received the degree of M. D. from Boston University School of Medicine in 1890, a post graduate course at Harvard Medical School, New York Post Graduate School, and St. Mary's Hospi- tal, London.
Dr. May was Superintendent Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, 1891; physician to the Newton Hospital from 1892 to 1896; Surgeon, Trustee, member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Newton Hospital since 1896; member of Mass. Medical Society ; American Medical Society ; American College of Surgeons, New England Pedriatic Society, Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Society, Ex-President Mass. Homeopathic Medical So- ciety ; Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, Newton Medical Club, Newton Hospital Medical Club ; Surgeons' Club of Rochester, Minn. ; Brae-Burn Country Club.
He married Sophia H. Smith at Sutton, Vt., August 10, 1891, and has two children, Lawrence Cyrus May of Rockland, Mass., and Shirley May.
Dr. May has practiced his profession in Newton for twenty-four years, made four trips to Europe for recreation and study, and traveled quite extensively in this country.
He resides on Commonwealth Avenue, Newton Centre.
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RESIDENCE OF HENRY E. WILLIAMS, NORMAN ROAD, NEWTON HIGHLANDS.
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RESIDENCE OF FREDERIC F. CUTLER, HOBART ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE.
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HENRY I. HARRIMAN
Vice-President of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., December 26, 1874. He was educated at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N. Y., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and the New York Law School, New York. Mr. Harri- man is Vice-President of the firm of Chace & Harriman, Inc., President of the Connecticut River Power Company, Inc., manager of the New England Power Company.
He is now serving as an alderman of the city of Newton.
Mr. Harriman is a Mason, and a member of the Algonquin, University, Twentieth Century, the Boston City, and the Hunnewell Club, and has recently been elected a vice- president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
He resides on Hunnewell Avenue, Newton with his wife and two daughters, Eunice Alberta and Barbara Harriman.
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RESIDENCE OF ROBERT H. GROSS, BURNHAM ROAD, WEST NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM E. JONES, FARLOW ROAD, NEWTON.
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CHARLES WEBSTER LEONARD
Merchant and manufacturer, was born at Sharon, Mass., and educated at the Stough- tonham Institute. He is a member of the firm of Holden, Leonard & Company, woolen manufacturers, and a director in several mill corporations.
He was an alderman in Newton in 1908-1909-1910-1911, but has held no other public office. Mr. Leonard is a member of many clubs and social organizations and a prominent member of the Episcopal Church.
He has three sons and resides on Forest Avenue, West Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF MARK C. TAYLOR, WALNUT STREET, NEWTONVILLE.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM H. BLISS, NEWTONVILLE AVENUE, NEWTON.
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AUSTIN H. DECATUR
President of the Decatur & Hopkins Company, wholesale hardware, Boston, was born at Barrington, N. H., February 9, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and at Franklin Academy and entered the hardware business at the age of 18 years. He became a partner in the firm of Baldwin, Robbins & Co. in 1894, its president in 1906, and which was succeeded by the Decatur & Hopkins Company in 1910.
Mr. Decatur is president of the Boston Credit Mens Association, vice president of the Newton Masonic Hall Association, trustee of the Boston Penny Savings Bank, a member of the Boston City Club, the Newton Club, and a member of the executive committee of the National Hardware Association of the United States. He is also prominent in the Masonic bodies of the city, being a member of Dalhousie lodge, a past high priest of Newton Royal Arch Chapter and a past commander of Gethsemane Commandery, K. T.
Mr. Decatur is married and resides on Otis Street, West Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF J. EVERETT HICKS, HIGHLAND AVENUE, NEWTONVILLE.
RESIDENCE OF EUGENE CARPENTER, PARK STREET, NEWTON.
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DAVID HERBERT ANDREWS
President of the Boston Bridge Works, Inc., was born at Pepperell, Mass., September 17, 1844. He was educated at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1869. Be- sides his interest in the Boston Bridge Works, Mr. Andrews is President of the Turbine Company.
He is a visitor to Dartmouth College under the Chandler Foundation, and a member of the Engineers' Club of Boston, the Boston Yacht Club, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Andrews married Clara Morril Gilbert on October 17, 1876 and they have a family of three sons and one daughter now living.
He resides on Lake Avenue, Newton Centre.
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RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH B. SIMPSON, HUNNEWELL AVENUE, NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN E. PUSHEE, PRINCE STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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EDWARD B. STRATTON
A well known architect of Boston, was born in Chelsea, Mass., in March, 1870 and re- ceived his education in the public schools of Chelsea and Boston, the Boston Atelier, a special course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also studied in Atelier at Paris.
Mr. Stratton is the designer of such buildings as the Hotel Puritan, Hotel Somerset, Hotel Lenox, the First Ward National Bank of Boston, and the Tedesco Country Club of Swampscott, Mass.
He is a member of the Boston Art Club, Boston City Club, Boston Real Estate Ex- change, Boston Architectural Club, and the Tedesco Club.
Mr. Stratton is married and has a family of four children. He resides on Kenmore Street, Newton Centre.
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RESIDENCE OF GEORGE P. BULLARD, TEMPLE STREET, WEST NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF CHARLES F. AVERY, CRAFTS STREET, NEWTONVILLE.
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DWIGHT CHESTER
For many years an influential resident of this city, was born in Maryland, N. Y., March 2, 1835, and died at Newton Centre, May 4, 1914. He was educated in the public and private schools of Westford, N. Y., and then engaged in manufacturing until 1862, when he entered the Commission business in New York City. In 1866 he become the Boston manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, a position which he held until his death.
Mr. Chester held many positions of honor and trust in financial, political and religious circles, and was universally trusted and esteemed. He was a prominent member of the First Baptist Church of Newton Centre, and served it as deacon, treasurer, and superin- tendent of its Mission School. He was treasurer of the Baptist Massachusetts Missionary Society for twenty-six years, treasurer of the Gardner Colby Fund for Ministerial Relief, of the Lamson Fund and the Baptist Home. He was a life member or director of nearly all the state and national missionary societies of the Baptist Church, and a trustce of the Newton Theological Institution. He was instrumental in forming in 1894, the Newton Centre Trust Company, now known as the Newton Trust Company, and served as its presi- dent until his death. He was also a director of the Needham Trust Company and a trustee of the Newton Centre Savings Bank.
He served as town clerk and supervisor at Westford, N. Y., a member of the Common Council of Newton in 1876-1877-1878, of the board of aldermen in 1879-1880-1881-1883- 1884 and a representative to the Legislature in 1891-1892-1893 and 1894.
Mr. Chester was twice married, his first wife being Mary J. Storrs of Worcester, N. Y., and his second wife being Anna C. Stiles of Auburn, N. Y.
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RESIDENCE OF HOWARD P. CONVERSE, WOODLAND ROAD, AUBURNDALE.
RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM H. RICE, CENTRE STREET, NEWTON CENTRE.
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JAMES P. TOLMAN
President of the Samson Cordage Works, and a leading manufacturer of cotton cords and twines, was born at Boston, Mass, November 7, 1847 and educated at the Rox- bury High School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S. B. 1868.
Mr. Tolman was a member of the Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an ex-president of the Alumni Association, M. I. T., a trustee of the Franklin Savings Bank of Boston and of the First Unitarian Society, West Newton, and a member of the Brae Burn Country Club, Neighborhood Club, Technology Club of Boston, and the Tech- nology Club of New York.
Mr. Tolman married Mrs. Horace R. Cheney ( Mary E. Chace of Valley Falls, R. I.), and they have two sons, Prof. Richard C. Tolman, S.B., Ph. D., and Edward C. Tolman, S.B., A.M.
He resided on Highland Street, West Newton until his death on July 28, 1915.
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RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. JACKSON, BALLARD STREET, NEWTON CENTRE.
RESIDENCE OF FRANK B. WITHERBEE, TEMPLE STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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JAMES PARMELEE RICHARDSON
An attorney and member of the firm of Hale & Dickerman, was born in St. Johns- bury, Vermont, May 29, 1878 and educated in St. Johnsbury Academy, '95, Dartmouth College, '99, and Boston University Law School, '02.
He is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, the Hunnewell Club, Newton Boat Club, Boston Athletic Association, an ex-president of the Dartmouth Club of Boston and president of the Dartmouth Club of Newton and a member of the Alumni Council of Dartmouth College.
Mr. Richarsdon married Miss Anna Louise Pullen, June 24, 1908 and resides on Walnut Street, Newtonville.
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RESIDENCE OF EDWARD F. WOODS, BERKELEY STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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RESIDENCE OF FRANK H. STEWART, MONTVALE ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE.
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ALBERT SEWARD GLOVER
The Secretary and New England Sales Agent of the Hersey Manufacturing Company of South Boston, manufacturers of water meters and other machinery, was born at Boston, Mass., April 6, 1855. He was educated in the Brookline and Newton schools, graduating from the Newton High School in 1873 and was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1873 to 1875.
Mr. Glover became connected with the Boston Water Works soon after leaving Tech- nology and was for four years on the construction work of the Sudbury River Aqueduct. He left this work in 1879 to become Water Registrar of Newton, resigning in 1889 to take his present position with the Hersey Manufacturing Company.
He is a member of the New England Water Works Association, the American Water Works Association, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Brae Burn Country Club, Tedesco Country Club, Engineers' Club of Boston, the Boston City Club, the Hunnewell Club, Middlesex Club, and the Alumni Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Glover married Miss Mary Wales Robinson, September 21, 1875, and they have one daughter, Miss Mary Wales Glover.
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RESIDENCE OF CHARLES P. HALL, PRINCE STREET, WEST NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF EDWARD M. HALLETT, HYDE AVENUE, NEWTON.
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WILLIAM H. BLISS
Treasurer of the Cutter, Tower Company, Boston, and President of the Cutter Tower Company, New York, has been a resident of this city for some years, making his home on the Tower estate on Newtonville Avenue. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., March 21, 1868, and was educated in the Cambridge High School and the Vale Business College of New Haven, Conn.
Mr. Bliss is treasurer of the United Cotton Gin Company, and a director in the Royalton Paper Company. He is a member of Dalhousie lodge of Masons, a past High Priest of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, a member of Gethsemane Commandery, K. T., and the Massachusetts Consistory, 32nd, the Hunnewell Club. Boston City Club, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Arkwright Club, New York. Mr. Bliss has been a prominent member of the New- ton Methodist Church, of which he has been treasurer for some years.
He married Miss Lillian Tower and they have no children.
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RESIDENCE OF PRESCOTT WARREN, HYDE AVENUE, NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF THOMAS A. CRIMMINS, DARTMOUTH STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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WILLIAM CUMMINGS RICHARDSON
One of the best known architects in New England, and a member of the firm of Hart- well, Richardson & Driver of Boston, was born in Concord, N. H., March 12, 1854. He was educated in the public and high schools of Lawrence, Mass., and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Richardson is a fellow of the American Institute of Archi- tecture, a member of the Boston Society of Architects, Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, New- ton Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templar, the Newton Club, Boston Art Club, Boston City Club, Boston Chamber of Commerce, and of the New Church Club. Prominent amongst the buildings that he has carried out in collaboration with his partners is the Youth's Companion Building ; Carney Building ; The First Church in Plymouth ; Wakefield Congregational Church, Newtonville Congregational Church ; Christ Church, Andover ; Newton Masonic Building; Newton Club; Springfield High School; Newton High School; Cambridge Latin School; Abbot Academy Buildings at Andover ; Medford High School; New Haven Normal School; and many other schools ; houses for Moses T. Stevens, Thomas E. Proctor, Joseph A. Gahm, and many other public and private buildings.
He is married and has a daughter, Mrs. W. A. Kemper of Butte, Montana, and two sons, Webster and Hadwin H. Richardson.
Mr. Richardson resides on Highland Avenue, Newtonville.
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RESIDENCE OF CHARLES D. WILLCUTT, MILL STREET, NEWTONVILLE.
RESIDENCE OF EDWARD P. BOSSON, HILLSIDE ROAD, NEWTON HIGHLANDS.
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GEORGE DUTHIE-STRACHAN
Was born in Scotland, May 9, 1870, and educated in private schools. He is a certified public accountant and was the first appointed member of the board of examiners under the Certified Public Accountant law of Massachusetts. He is secretary and treasurer of the Newton Automobile Club, a member of the Masonic bodies, including the Knights Templar and the Shrine, the B. P. O. E., a trustee of the Royal Arcanum, life member of the Scots Charitable Society and a member of the Economic, Boston City, Copley Society and other clubs.
He resides at The Braeside, Waban Hill Road, Chestnut Hill.
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RESIDENCE OF ALEXANDER M. FERRIS. WASHINGTON STREET. NEWTON.
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RESIDENCE OF EDWARD E. BLODGETT, TEMPLE STREET, WEST NEWTON.
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THOMAS EDWIN STUTSON
Was born in Boston in 1856 and educated in Boston grammar and English High School. In business Mr. Stutson is a member of the importing firm of Louis Wolfe & Company.
For many years Mr. Stutson has been prominent in amateur dramatics and one of the most active members of The Players, the well-known theatrical organization of Newton.
Mr. Stutson has two daughters, who reside in the west, and now makes his home at the Beaconsfield, Brookline, after a residence of forty-four years in Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF MICHAEL L. MADDEN, CENTRE STREET, NEWTON.
RESIDENCE OF LOUIS K. LIGGETT, HAMMOND STREET, CHESTNUT HILL.
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JOSEPH BOARDMAN JAMIESON
Was born at Exeter, N. H., July 9, 1853, and was educated in the public schools of that town, and at Phillips Academy, at Andover, where he graduated in 1871. He was the oldest son of Thomas Sanford Jamieson of Alexandria, Va., and Julia Gilman Boardman of Exeter, N. H., both families being of early Colonial stock. As a lad of ten years, while living at Alexandria, Mr. Jamieson was a messenger for Col. George Bell, who had charge of the Commissary department of the Union army at that point.
Mr. Jamieson began his business life in 1871 as shipping clerk for the dry goods com- mission firm of Gardiner Brewer & Co., of Boston, and later was in business in New York for twenty years, returning to Boston in 1900 as sales manager of the New England Cotton Yarn Co. Since March 1, 1905 he has been in business for himself as a Cotton and Yarn broker in Boston.
He is a member of the Middlesex, Republican, Twentieth Century and Economic Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce of Boston, and of the Hunnewell, Monday Evening Clubs and The Players of Newton.
While a resident of Edgewater, N. J., Mr. Jamieson served for three years as a school trustee, and as clerk of the board, and has served four years ( 1912-1913-1914-1915) as an alderman of the City of Newton.
He married Miss Ida E. Derby of Springfield, Mass., and they have had five chil- dren, of whom three survive, Philip S. Jamieson ( Amherst '08), Joseph B. Jamieson, Jr. (Amherst '09) of Fitchburg, Mass. and Miss Edith Jamieson ( Vassar '14) of Newton.
Mr. Jamieson resides with his family on Hunnewell Avenue, Newton.
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RESIDENCE OF GEORGE WALKER, MONTVALE ROAD, NEWTON CENTRE.
RESIDENCE OF MRS. WILLIAM H. LUCAS, KIRKSTALL ROAD, NEWTONVILLE.
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CHARLES AUGUSTUS STONE
Of the firm of Stone and Webster was born in Newton, January 16, 1867. He was edu- cated at the Newton High School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gradu- ating from the latter with the class of 1888.
Mr. Stone is president of the recently organized American International Corporation and is a member of the American Institute Electrical Engineers, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Union Club, St. Botolph Club, Country Club, Tennis and Racquet Club, Eastern Yacht Club, Old Colony Club, Merchants Club of Boston, Merchants Association of New York, University Club of New York and the Technology Club of New York.
He married Miss Mary Leonard and they have two sons, Charles A. Jr., and Whitney Stone, and two daughters, Margaret and Janet Stone.
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CLARENCE CONANT COLBY
Lawyer, president and general manager of the Samson Electric Company of Canton, Mass, was born in Boston, June 9, 1879. He was educated in the schools of Boston, grad- uating from the Dwight Grammar School in 1894, from the Roxbury Latin School in 1898, from Harvard College in 1902 and from the Harvard Law School in 1908.
Mr. Colby has practised his profession as a lawyer in Boston for some years and is a partner in the legal firm of Foster, Colby and Pfromm. He is a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, the Boston Rotary Club, the Harvard Varsity Club of Cambridge, the Hunnewell Club of Newton and the Newton Lodge of Elks. Mr. Colby has been a mem- ber of the Republican City Committee for some years and is now serving as its secretary.
He married Miss Nellie Harriett Hopewell, the daughter of Mr. John Hopewell of Newton, and they have two children, Beatrice and Elizabeth Colby.
Mr. Colby resides in a new home he has recently built on Farlow Road, Newton.
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FRANK WATERMAN STEARNS
President of the R. H. Stearns Company, Dry Goods Merchants, Boston. Born in Boston, November 8, 1856. Educated in the Public Schools of Boston and at Mr. Noble's School (now Noble & Greenough's School) where he prepared for college. Graduated from Amherst College in 1878, of which College he is now a Trustee.
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