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Arthur M. Bonney was born in Brockton, Massa- chusetts, January 8, 1885, son of Elliot L. and Annie (White) Bonney, both now deceased. He attended the public schools of Brockton, and then continued his studies in Burdett Business College. For three years after the completion of his commercial course he was employed in Boston, working for various concerns, and thus gaining a varied experience which was to be of use to him later. During the season 1907-08 he spent most of the time in travel, for pleas-
ure and for the widening of experience and the gain- ing of information. In 1909 he returned to Brockton, and became associated with the Bonney Box Com- pany, owned and operated by his father, and that con- nection was maintained to the time of his death. He worked in various departments, thoroughly mastering the business, and upon the death of his father in 1919, ten years after his coming into the business, he be- came president of the company. For just two years he met the responsibilities of his position with ability and resourcefulness, but at the end of that time, in 1920, death terminated his activities, and again left the Bonney Box Company without a chief executive. When the affairs of the estate were set in order Mrs. Bonney, widow of the young president, assumed the duties of that responsible office, and has since that time has been most successfully filling the office. Politically, Mr. Bonney gave his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party. He was a member of the Brockton City Council at the time of his death. Fraternally, he was identified with Paul Revere Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons; Brockton Council, Royal and Select Masters, and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templar. He was an active, interested member of the Brockton Chamber of Commerce and of the Commercial Club, and he found out-of-door recreation and pleasant so- cial contacts through membership in Thorny Lea Country Club. His religious affiliation was with the New Jerusalem Church.
Arthur M. Bonney was married, at Brockton, Mas- sachusetts, June 24, 1908, to Katherine White, daugh- ter of William H., a musician, now deceased, and: of Flora J. (Magoun) White. Mr. and Mrs. Bonney became the parents of one daughter, Ann Louise, born July 3, 1909, a student in Boston University, class of 1930. Mrs. Bonney is a member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine; vice-president of the Brockton Women's Club, and member of the Brock- ton Matrons' Club.
THOMAS S. CROWELL, of Yarmouth, Massa- chusetts, has spent most of his working life in the field of banking. He began as a bank clerk and has been with the bank he first entered ever since. He is, however, associated with other financial institutions also, and is at present treasurer in his native town, in which he has held other important public offices.
Thomas S. Crowell was born at Yarmouth, Massa- chusetts, December 16, 1871, son of Isaiah and Mercy B. Crowell, of whom the father was a sea-faring man, who sailed all over the world. He began to follow the sea when only eleven years of age and continued in that occupation until the age of thirty. Then he went into the grocery business at West Yarmouth, and continued in that business until he retired in 1890. He served the town of Yarmouth on the School Committee. as Road Commissioner, and in other pub- lic offices. He died and was buried in West Yarmouth in 1907. He was of old Cape Cod ancestry. Yelverton Crowell was the first of the name that resided on the south side of Yarmouth.
Thomas S. Crowell received his education in the public and high schools of Yarmouth. He began his business life by entering the First National Bank of Yarmouth in 1890. He has continued with that bank ever since, and in 1919 was appointed cashier. He is a director of the bank, and is director also of the Cape Cod Co-operative Bank. He has been town moder-
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ator and is now town treasurer, and has been such for more than twelve years. The only society he belongs to is the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. In church affiliations he is a Congregationalist.
Thomas S. Crowell married, at West Yarmouth, in October, 1895, Isabella H. Taylor, daughter of Daniel B. and Kezziah C. (Studley) Taylor. Her father was a native of Barnstable, and her mother a native of Harwich. There has been one daughter to the marriage, Helen, born at Yarmouth, January, 1898, now Mrs. Helen (Crowell) Kelly. She is the mother of three children: Richard M., Marcia, and Patricia.
G. WEBSTER HALLETT-Prominent among those men of substantial standing in their commun- ities who inhabit Cape Cod and are engaged heartily in its various programs of welfare and general de- velopment is G. Webster Hallett, who has for a number of years been owner and proprietor of a prosperous business in plumbing and steam fitting, in the village of Osterville, township of Barnstable.
G. Webster Hallett was born at Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, in 1860, a son of James Harvey and Emily (Goodspeed) Hallett, who were long-time residents of Cape Cod. James Harvey Hallett was a sea captain, and had charge of the line of ships op- erated by the Isaac Taylor Company, sailing out of Boston Harbor to points in South Africa. His ca- reer was cut short, for at the age of forty-four years Captain Hallett was killed, in an elevator accident on Union Wharf, Boston. Funeral services were at- tended by the many friends of his lifetime on sea and land, and he was laid to rest in Barnstable Township, where his memory is preserved fondly by numbers of residents to this day.
After attending the public schools of Marstons Mills, Barnstable Township, G. Webster Hallett, at the age of thirteen years, could not resist the call of the sea, and followed in his father's footsteps. He secured employment with the elder Hallett's prin- cipals, the Isaac Taylor Company, and sailed out of Boston in the South African trade routes. Adventure met him off the coast of Africa; he was shipwrecked, and in peril of his life; but mercifully it was spared to him, and Providence preserved his usefulness. Soon thereafter. having spent four years on the sea, Mr. Hallett reached the decision to abandon a ca- reer on shipboard for one on land, and accordingly returned to Marstons Mills, there remained for a brief period, and removed to Brockton, Massachu- setts. At Brockton he undertook to learn plumbing and steam fitting, together with aspects of the trade that are kindred. This he did in the employ of E. W. Holmes, a leading plumber of Brockton, and with Mr. Holmes he continued in business during the next eleven years, after which he returned to Osterville, here to engage in business for himself. In his trade Mr. Hallett is considered one of the outstanding members of the section of the county surrounding Osterville; commissions from centers of population nearby are continually brought to him. His contracts are a matter of pride with him, and no man in the Hallett employ but who admires his talents in the trade. Moreover, Mr. Hallett is most active in other lines of endeavor. He is a director of Cape Cod Hospital, a trustee of the Barnstable County Sanitarium; since the foundation of the Cape Cod Health Bureau he has been that bureau's presi- dent, and so too with regard to the Barnstable
County Health Association. For fourteen years, continuously, Mr. Hallett served as president of the Barnstable Township Board of Health. From these connections it is obvious that one of his chief con- cerns is the health and well-being of his fellow- men, and such is the case. It would be difficult in- deed to meet one more devoted to the cause of pub- lic health than is he, and his participation in the workings of the organizations named is replete of benefit to not only one but to many communities. Mr. Hallett was the first president of the Master Plumbers' Association of Barnstable County, was instrumental in the foundation of that association, and was once the president of the Barnstable County Boy Scouts. His interest in boyhood is no less than his interest in health, and he combines the two, con- tinuing in boys' work to their appreciation, foster- ing right ideals in sportsmanship, and taking part whenever possible in their programs, a friend to them in every way. Mr. Hallett is a member of Lodge No. 226 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Knights of Pythias. He is a communi- cant of the Community Church of Osterville, is de- vout in its service, exemplary in private conduct, and generous in contributions to charity, without regard for race, creed or other narrowing consideration. Al- though his age made active duty in the military inad- visable for him during the World War, Mr. Hallett served his country tirelessly, unsparing of self. He assisted on the boards and committees in charge of the prosecution of the conflict from within this country, and was instrumental in securing subscrip- tions to the several Liberty Loan campaigns. Of him it is said, that he is a man of courage, of loyalty to nation, State and community; a man of intelli- gence, successful in business enterprise; kindly, of immeasurable assistance and good in the programis of benefit to mankind, firm in opinion but ready to alter it in the face of evidence; and that he is a man of integrity and honor, and worthy of his friends.
In 1882, when he was twenty-two years of age, at Centerville, Massachusetts, Mr. Hallett was united in marriage with Cora Parker, daughter of Henry and Verlina (Lovell) Parker; and to this union were born children: 1. Mrs. Elsie Gardner. 2. Mrs. Marcia Gossett. 3. James Hallett, graduate of Taylor Aca- demy, assistant to Mr. Hallett in the plumbing and steam fitting business. Mr. and Mrs. Hallett are blessed with eleven grandchildren. They make their home on West Bay Road, Osterville.
JOHN J. CUSICK-One of the well-established men of the legal profession in Quincy, Massachusetts, is John J. Cusick, whose offices are located at No. 1359 Hancock Street. Mr. Cusick is a graduate of the Northeastern University Law School and of the Boston University Law School, and has been admitted to all the courts of the State, to the Federal courts, and to the Supreme Court of the United States.
John J. Cusick was born in Brookline, Massachu- setts, November 8, 1882, son of James B. Cusick, a native of Brookline, who was engaged in business as a builder to the time of his death in 1901, and of Mary A. (Leary) Cusick, also a native of Brookline. He received his earliest education in the public schools of his birthplace, and after completing his course in Brookline High School, continued study for one year in Holy Cross College. He then became a student in the Northeastern University Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1907,
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receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In 1907 he became associated with the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, in its plant department, and that connection he maintained until 1924, but in the meantime he was continuing legal study in the Law School of Boston University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1918, receiving then the degree of Master of Laws. In 1924 he opened his offices at No. 1359 Hancock Street, in Quincy, and since that time he has been successfully engaged in general practice there. In 1909 he was admitted to practice in the United States Patent Office and was registered to practice patent law. He has also been admitted, as has been stated, to all the courts of the country, State, Federal, and Supreme. He is a member of the Norfolk County Bar Association, and of the Quincy Bar Association, and, fraternally, is identified with North Quincy Council, Knights of Columbus. He is a member of the Bigelow Association of Masters of Law of Boston University. During the World War he served on the Legal Advisory Board of Norfolk County. He gives his support to the principles and candidates of the Democratic party and his religious affiliation is with the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart. His favorite recreation is automobile touring.
John J. Cusick was married, in 1920, to Nellie L. Gerry, who was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and who, previous to her marriage, was superintendent of the Atlantic (Massachusetts) Post Office. Her father, Michael J. Gerry, was town constable for Quincy.
H. PRESCOTT ARNOLD of Rockland, Massa- chusetts, member of the well-known firm of H. H. Arnold Company, Incorporated, and the designer of machinery used in the covering of rubber, as well as many modifications of universally used textile ma- chinery, was born August 15, 1884, at Rockland. He is a son of Henry Herbert and Charlotte A. (Smith) Arnold, and a brother of Fred Albert Arnold, all of whom are now living in Rockland.
H. Prescott Arnold, first child of Henry Her- bert and Charlotte A. (Smith) Arnold (q. v.), re- ceived his education in the public and high schools of the community in which he was born; and immedi- ately after became a helper in his father's concern. Such has been the success with which he has met that he has remained in this type of endeavor ever since, and is now a member of the firm. This company was founded in 1903, on Liberty Street, Rockland, by Henry Herbert Arnold (q. v.), who has long been identified with the making of shoe and textile manu- facturing machinery, and upon the founding of his own concern, he brought to bear upon this work much experience and ability, as well as a particularly high reputation as a man and craftsman. Later, his two sons were admitted to partnership in the company which, during the year 1920, was incorporated under the name of H. H. Arnold & Company, Incorporated, with Mr. Arnold, the elder, as president, H. Prescott Arnold as treasurer, and Fred Albert Arnold, as chief clerk and sales manager. Approximately a dozen hands are kept in constant employ, and the products of this concern are now practically international in scope. Years of painstaking effort have built up this business from a decidedly humble beginning to its present tremendous position in the world of shoe and textile machinery-the cooperation of father and sons has carved for them all a position of importance
in the commercial world of the Eastern United States and beyond; three men beloved by those who know them well, and respected by all with whom they come in contact.
H. Prescott Arnold married, in 1915, Marion L. Richardson, a daughter of William Richardson, of Scituate, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are the parents of two sons: 1. Herbert A. Arnold, born in 1915. 2. John B. Arnold, born in 1919. Mr. Arnold and his family reside in Rockland, and attend the Uni- tarian church.
HENRY HERBERT ARNOLD, best known in Rockland as founder of H. H. Arnold Company, makers of shoe manufacturing machinery, was born on March 26, 1855, at Rockland, a son of Ezra D. and Mary Frances (Curtis) Arnold, both now de- ceased. Ezra D. Arnold, who was born in Plymouth County and died in 1897, was a shoemaker. Mary Frances (Curtis) Arnold was born in Rockland and died in 1901.
Henry Herbert Arnold received his education in the public schools of Rockland, and after completion of his education entered his father's factory, where he mastered the operation of shoe machinery in the man- ufacture of shoes. He then left his company, obtain- ing employment shortly afterwards with the Camp- bell Company. There he remained for more than twenty years, resigning to accept a position with the Eppler Company, manufacturers of the Eppler welt machine. Mr. Arnold remained with this concern un- til it was taken over by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, in 1903. He then came to Rockland and established a shoe machinery manufacturing company. This concern became known as the H. H. Arnold Company, of which Mr. Arnold is president, retiring as active head in 1917. This company is one of the best known in New England, not only because of the excellent quality of the machines it turns out, but also because of the excellent manner in which they stand behind every piece that goes out of its shops.
Mr. Arnold has ever taken a deep interest in the civic affairs of his township. Although he is non- . partisan in his political views, preferring to see the best man elected, irrespective of the nominating party, he still takes a keen interest in all elections. He is affiliated with John Cutler Lodge, Free and ;Accepted Masons.
Henry Herbert Arnold married, in 1883, at Rock- land, Charlotte A. Smith, a daughter of Albert and Ann (Johnson) Smith, of Rockland. | Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are the parents of three children: 1. H. Pres- cott (see preceding biography). 2. Fred Albert, of whom further. 3. Inez Estelle. Mr. and Mrs. Ar- nold reside in Rockland.
Fred Albert Arnold was educated in the grammar and high schools of Rockland, and then was em- ployed in the factory of his father's concern, the H. H. Arnold Company, of Rockland. Marked ability for this work was evident from the beginning, and Mr. Arnold is now a salesman for this,concern. Like his father, he takes an interest in civic affairs, and in his social life he holds membership in the same organization, John Cutler Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons.
Fred Albert Arnold married, June 18, 1914, in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, Lucretia Elizabeth Little, a daughter of Andrew Knott and Martha Courtney (Colby) Little. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are the parents of one child, a son: Fred Albert, Jr., who was
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born on February 22, 1916. Fred Albert Arnold and his family reside in Rockland, Massachusetts.
GILES W. HOWLAND-One of the best-known residents of Rockland, Massachusetts, is Giles W. Howland, who represents the third generation in di- rect descent in the management of the Howland In- surance Office, which was founded by his grand- father, and conducted by his father for many years.
Giles W. Howland was born in Abington, Mas- sachusetts, August 11, 1866, son of Charles W. How- land, a native of Abington, Massachusetts, who is a civil engineer and was prominent in the insurance business in Rockland, where he for many years con- ducted the Howland Insurance Office, founded by his father, Freeman P. Howland, and of Mariesta (Dodge) Howland, whose death occurred in 1889. Mr. Howland attended the public schools of his birth- place, and went to the Boston Latin School to prepare for college. When his preparatory course was com- pleted he became a student in Amherst College, at Amherst, Massachusetts, from which he was gradu- ated with the class of 1890, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Arts. With his father he learned the profession of civil engineering and was also associated with his father in the insurance busi- ness, maintaining that association until the retirement of the latter from active business, since which time he has continued under the old name, the Howland Insurance Office. This is probably the oldest insur- ance company in Plymouth County, having been es- tablished by Freeman P. Howland, grandfather of Mr. Howland, in 1851. When the founder retired, his sons, Charles W. and Isaac C., took over the business, continuing the partnership until 1890, when they sep- arated, Charles W. taking the Rockland-Hanover district and Isaac C. the Abington-Whitman district. Both as an insurance man and as a civil engineer, Charles W. Howland is well known and highly es- teemed in Plymouth County, and his son, Giles W., is a worthy successor in both lines. He is president of the Hartsuff Post Memorial Association. Polit- ically, he supports the principles of the Republican party, and he has always been actively interested in the advancement of the general welfare of Rockland. He was for some years a member of Company B, Massachusetts State Guard, with the rank of ser- geant, and for forty years he has served as town treasurer of Rockland. He has also served as a mem- ber of the Board of Health and later of the Board of Assessors for a period of seven years. Fraternally, he is identified with John Cutler Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of Abington, and with Beta Theta Psi College Fraternity, and he is also a member of the Sons of Veterans. He is a member of the Merchants' Association, the Commercial Club, and the Union Glee Club, and his religious affiliation is with the Congregational church.
Giles W. Howland was married, at Rockland, Mas- sachusetts, in 1896, to Florence M. Dill, of Rockland, Massachusetts, daughter of Frederick Dill, a native of Rockland, and of Evelyn (Hatch) Dill, a native of South Scituate, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. How- land are the parents of two children: Charles Pres- cott Howland, a graduate of Burdett College, and Mariesta Dodge Howland, who is a graduate of La- sell Seminary.
WINDSOR HERBERT WYMAN-It has been said that there is only one sensible use for difficulties
and stumbling blocks, and that is to make them serve as stepping-stones. Although most people know this truth, not all are able to make it a reality in their lives. Fortunately, Windsor Herbert Wyman, for- merly a Baptist minister, was one of the compara- tively few who could live the truths which he taught to others. Consequently when failing health made it necessary that he give up his ministerial work and seek out-of-doors occupation, he accepted the fact and made the most of the opportunities which he found in his new field of activity. As a result he is the founder, and he and his son, Donald D., are the owners of the largest nursery in New England, some six hundred and fifty acres, of which three hundred are in constant cultivation. Father and son are known throughout this section of the State as ex- perts in their field.
Windsor Herbert Wyman was born in Peru, Ox- ford County, Maine, April 14, 1857, son of Elisha Smith Wyman, who was engaged in farming and was also engaged in business as a merchant, and of Matilda King (Barstow) Wyman. After attending the local public schools he prepared for college in the Waterville Classical Institute, from which he was graduated with the class of 1878. The following fall he became a student in Colby College, but when his course there was about one-third completed, his eyes failed and he was obliged to give up the course. Later he was engaged in teaching for two years, and then, in 1883, his eyes having fully recovered, he entered Newton Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in June, 1886. He was ordained a Baptist minister, and for several years was engaged in his chosen work, but again misfortune came in the form of failing health, and he was obliged to give up the ministry and engage in an out-of-doors occupation. He decided to go back to the soil and let Mother Nature, the great restorer, do what she could for him. He purchased two acres of land in North Abington, and engaged in the nursery business in a small way. The life in the open brought renewed health and strength, gradually but surely, and just as steadily and surely his efforts, directed by sound judgment, brought mate- rial success. His patronage increased to an extent which required more than the original two acres to meet its demands, and from time to time he purchased more land. He had entered his new occupation in 1894, and from that time to the present (1928), a period of more than thirty-five years, the process of enlargement has continued until the nurseries now consist of six hundred and fifty acres, three hundred of which are constantly under cultivation. The Bay State Nurseries are the largest in New England, and of these Mr. Wyman was sole owner until 1922, when he admitted his son, Donald D. Wyman, to equal partnership. The Bay State Nurseries are known far and near, not only for the wide range of products which has increased through the years, but also for the sound business methods and the integrity with which the business details are handled. Patrons know that if they purchase at the Bay State Nurseries the goods will be as represented. If by any chance an error is made the owners of the nurseries are not only willing, but anxious, to have it made known to them, in order that the error may be rectified. Satis- fied patrons are their biggest business asset, and the integrity of the owners of the Bay State Nurseries has never been questioned. Mr. Wyman has always been interested in the advancement of the Abing- tons, but he has preferred to serve his community as
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a private citizen rather than in public office, although he did serve in the General Court of Massachusetts in 1913. In caring for the plants, in organizing his business, and in watching life and beauty grow under his care, Mr. Wyman has found health, content, and abundant success, and the Bay State Nurseries are a substantial monument to the courage which will not accept difficulty or defeat in any other capacity than as stepping-stones to achievement. To such lives the world owes much, and in the record of such lives is inspiration for those who have still the great lesson to learn. Mr. Wyman is a member of the Baptist Church of Abington.
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