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In 1893, Mr. Rutherford was first appointed a pa- trolman of the Brookline police force, and he was thence transferred May 3, 1909, to the Detective Bureau with the office of sergeant. On July 7, 1919, he was appointed to a lieutenancy in that bureau, and on January 1, 1920, he was made Chief of Police of Brookline, succeeding Alonzo W. Corey.
Already during his incumbency in office, Chief Rutherford has been the means of bringing the de- partment up to its present high standard of efficiency. It is interesting to note here an outline of the his- tory of this department in Brookline: Its earliest records in this township date to 1740, when John God- dard applied for the position of constable, and paid eight pounds for the privilege, and in 1741, Joseph White was made constable, and he was paid two pounds. The first written report of the Police De- partment here is of date 1874, was made by J. P. Sanborn, the first chief of the paid department, and it covered the period of 1869 to 1874. In 1876, Alonzo Bowman was made chief, the department then hav- ing a force of fourteen men. Albert S. Paine was then appointed chief, and he held the position from 1879 to 1899, when Alonzo W. Corey entered upon the duties of the office, so continuing until 1919, when he resigned, and Mr. Rutherford was appointed. In 1847, the sum of seventy-five dollars was appropriated to build a lock-up, and afterwards that headquarters was in the Town Building, where it continued until 1900, when the present building was erected. The Brookline force now has one hundred and ten men, inclusive of the chief, four lieutenants, nine sergeants, and ninety-six patrolmen and others connected with the department.
Chief Rutherford is a member of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons; and he is also a past president of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association; member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; International Association of Automobile Traffic;
Brookline Board of Trade, and of the Kiwanis Club. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church.
H. Allan Rutherford married, December 23, 1896, Mary L. Allen, of New York City.
WILLIAM A. BOWS-The entire career of Wil- liam A. Bows has been identified with the shoe manufacturing industry, first in Brockton, and then in Avon, Massachusetts. Since the death of the father in 1919, Mr. Bows has been half owner of the company which his father founded, which now oper- ates under the name of the Bows Moccasin Shoe Company, the concern manufacturing genuine and imitation moccasins, and employing about fifty people.
William A. Bows was born in Rochester, New York, August 20, 1892, son of William A. Bows, founder of the shoe industry of which Mr. Bows is now half owner, and who died in 1919, and of Carrie H. Bows. Mr. Bows received his education in the public schools of Massachusetts and then became identified with the Douglas Shoe Factory in Brock- ton, where he was an employee for about two years. At the end of that time he was admitted to partner- ship in the shoe manufacturing business of his father, William A. Bows, under the name of William A. Bows and Sons Shoe Company. The business was continued under this name until 1919 when, after the death of William A. Bows, Sr., the firm name was changed to its present style of the Bows Moc- casin Shoe Company, Mr. Bows and his brother, Clinton F., being equal partners. They manufacture, as has been stated, both genuine and imitation moc- casins, and their product has become well known to the shoe trade. During the period of the participation of the United States in the World War, Mr. Bows enlisted in the Motor Transportation Corps, United States Army, with which he served overseas as a first class private for a period of eighteen months. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and is highly esteemed among his associates in Avon and in Brockton.
William A. Bows was married, June 20, 1920, to Gladys Graney, and they are the parents of one son, William Arthur, Jr., born November 19, 1926.
CHARLES EDWARD PERCY THOMPSON, M. D .- For many years Charles Edward Percy Thompson has been a member of the medical pro- fession, and is today among the foremost practi- tioners of the Cape Cod area. In Fairhaven, Bristol County, not far distant from the Barnstable County line, he has concentrated his professional activities, but is known widely throughout Massachusetts and in centers elsewhere. Just as he has contributed materially to the profession's advancement through twenty-five years, so has he assisted whole-heartedly in the progress of his community, and in Fairhaven is accounted a civic welfare leader. His accomplish- ments have been notable in several directions, in peace, and in war.
Native of Massachusetts, Dr. Thompson was born at Halifax, November 5, 1879, son of John T. Thompson, who was a master painter and decorator, veteran of the Civil War, and of Irene Larue (Sturtevant) Thompson. He secured his prepara- tory education in the elementary and secondary public schools most accessible, graduated from King- ston High School in 1898, at the age of eighteen years, then went from Kingston to Danvers, Massa-
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chusetts, where he took post-graduate work in Hol- ton High School. This done, he matriculated in Boston University as a student in the Medical School, from which he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1903, finding himself at the age of twenty-three years on the threshold of the profession. Later, it may be noted, Dr. Thompson took four months' in- struction in medicine and surgery at the University of Bordeaux, in Bordeaux, France. That was in 1919, and was made possible through his service in the World War. During the war he served his country and the Allies in professional capacity, having been stationed at Evacuation Hospital No. 11, and had ex- perience at St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne.
Meanwhile, starting in 1903, the year of his gradua- tion from medical school, Dr. Thompson served his period as interne and engaged in private practice. His offices in Fairhaven are located at No. 65 Center Street. His clientele is extensive, and has augmented through the years in pace with mounting reputation. Always loyal to this community he has served it in varied capacities; for five years as town physician, for twelve years as school physician, and for six years as a member of the Fairhaven School Com- mittee. In political matters he has an influence in accord with his position, and he exercises that in- fluence quietly, to the best interests of the people- at-large. Fraternally, Dr. Thompson is active in the Free and Accepted Masons, being Past Master of George H. Taber Lodge, of Fairhaven; member of Fairhaven Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and New Bedford Council, Royal and Select Masters. He is Past Patron of Gifford Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of Fairhaven; and Past Commander of Fair- haven Post, American Legion. Also he is a member of the Masonic and Leighton clubs, the New Bed- ford Medical Society, and other similar organiza- tions of social and professional interest. Dr. Thomp- son is very well known in New Bedford, notably in the practice of medicine. He is one of the associate staff of St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford. With his wife and stepson, he is a communicant of the Unitar- ian Church, of Fairhaven.
Dr. Thompson married, January 5, 1907, in Fair- haven, Grace Albertine Switzer, daughter of Jacob and Matilda Knapp. By her prior marriage, Mrs. Thompson is the mother of a son, Chauncey Arthur, who was born January 27, 1898.
JOHN L. THOMPSON-Prominent in the busi- ness life of Massachusetts, and in the public affairs of North Attleboro, John L. Thompson, of this city, has been engaged for many years in the gold and silver refining industry, has come to be director of several large corporations, and has held a number of important offices. He conducts the business known as Thompson and Remington, engaged in gold and silver refining, and is president of the Manufacturers' National Bank. He is a native of Massachusetts, thoroughly familiar with conditions in the State in which he has lived nearly all of his life, and con- sequently has been able to render service on many occasions in a public way, especially through his official positions in North Attleboro.
Born in Halifax, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1870, he is a son of John T. and Irene L. (Sturte- vant) Thompson. As a boy, he attended the public schools, both in Halifax and in Kingston, Massachu- setts. Interested in metal refining from an early age, he started in busienss for himself on June 5, 1898, under the firm name of J. L. Thompson, in 1899 he
took into partnership with him Byron A. Remington, and in that year the name of the organization was changed to Thompson and Remington, which it has retained up to the present time, despite the fact that Mr. Thompson bought all of Mr. Remington's in- terests in the company in 1916. Under the careful guidance of John L. Thompson, this gold and sil- ver refining firm has come to be known as one of the leaders in its field, and its growth and develop- ment have been attributed largely, and justifiably so, to the ability of its head, Mr. Thompson. As this firm grew, Mr. Thompson became identified with other business interests; and, in expanding his activ- ities, became president and director of the Manu- facturers' National Bank, of North Attleboro; presi- dent and director likewise of the North Attleboro Foundry Company, and treasurer and director of the Barber Electric Manufacturing Company, also of North Attleboro.
Then, entirely aside from his business interests, he became active in the public affairs of the town. Early in life he affiliated himself with the Republican party. For a number of years he was a member of the Republican Town Committee; a member of the Municipal Water Board, the Municipal Light Board and treasurer of the town sinking funds for nine years, and delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention from the First Bristol District in 1917, 1918, 1919. He is affiliated with the North Attle- boro and Plainville Boards of Trade, the New Eng- land Jewelers and Silversmiths' Association and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and through these organizations takes an active rôle in the busi- ness life of his district and his State. His fraternal affiliations are with the Free and Accepted Masons, in which Order he is a member of Bristol Lodge; Bristol Commandery, Knights Templar, and Pale- stine Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in which he belongs to North Attleboro Lodge, No. 1011; and the Improved Order of Red Men, in which he is a member of Mirimichi Tribe, No. 110.
On April 12, 1899, Mr. Thompson married Ethel Grace Fisher, and they are the parents of twin daughters: Elizabeth and Miriam, born on April 7, 1903.
HAROLD CHESSMAN KEITH-As head of the Geo. E. Keith Company, manufacturers of Walk- Over shoes, Mr. Keith has ably stepped into his father's position and is carrying on the business which the latter established. He is prominently associated with a number of large organizations in which he holds positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Keith is the son of George E. Keith and Anna Gertrude (Reed) Keith of Brockton.
Harold Chessman Keith was born June 18, 1884, at Brockton, where he went to the public schools. He attended Lawrenceville Preparatory School, from which he entered Amherst College. He was gradu- ated with the class of 1908 at which time he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. Upon the comple- tion of his school, he traveled abroad for a year, and upon his return entered the employ of his father's company. After acquiring a practical knowledge of the manufacture of shoes and the various business intricacies, he was given his first position of respon- sibility, by becoming assistant treasurer. He served faithfully in this capacity and was soon made treas- urer. In 1920, his father died and the son was elected
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president of this large and well-known shoe com- pany. He is carrying out the work which his father started and the policies with which his father sympathized and founded the business. Together with his activities in his own business, Mr. Keith is also a member of the board of directors of the East- ern Manufacturing Company, and the United Shoe Machinery Company. He is likewise connected with the Brockton National Bank, of which he is a vice- president, and a member of the boards of directors of the Peoples' Savings Bank of Brockton and the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston. A veteran of the World War, Mr. Keith attained the rank of captain in the Quartermaster Corps. A staunch Republican, he ardently supports his party at the polls. Mr. Keith is a thirty-second degree Mason and is affiliated with St. George Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Brookline Country Club, and the University Club of Boston, the Commercial Club of Brockton, the Bankers' Club of New York, and the Brockton Chamber of Com- merce. He is a member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Keith married Ethel M. Bowne of East Orange, New Jersey, in 1910. Mrs. Keith is the daughter of John Addison and Carrie (Middlebrook) Bowne. Mr. and Mrs. Keith make their home in Brockton and have two children: 1. Jean R., born September 8, 1915. 2. Anne M., born July 10, 1920.
MERTON L. C. McCRILLIS, progressive Brock- ton business executive, proprietor of the White Star Laundry Company of that city, is descended from the members of the family of that name who emi- grated from the North of Ireland, probably about 1719, and took up residence in Southwestern Maine, Southern New Hampshire and Eastern Massachu- setts. Between 1719 and 1742 four of this name, probably brothers, settled in the towns in the vicinity of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; William in Gilman- ton, Henry in Nottingham, New Hampshire; Daniel in Lebanon, Maine; and John, who settled finally with the William first named, in Colerain, Massa- chusetts. From Daniel, said to have settled in Leb- anon, Maine, is descended the Brockton McCrillis family, the head of which is now Merton L. C. Mc- Crillis, through Robert, John K., John, and John S.
(I) Daniel McCrillis, of Lebanon, Maine, had sons John and Robert and four daughters.
(II) Robert McCrillis, son of Daniel, removed to Clinton, Vermont, from New Hampshire, and is be- lieved to be the progenitor of all the Vermont families of that name. He resided and died on the farm where he was born. His five children were: Stephen, Daniel, Robert, John Kinney, and Betsey.
(III) John Kinney McCrillis, son of Robert, was born February 3, 1785, in Lebanon, and died Febru- ary 7, 1868, in Topsham, Vermont. His children were: Joseph E., born March 20, 1808; John, born May 21, 1810; Robert, born May 15, 1812 (all in Corinth, Vermont); Lewis, born April 17, 1814, in Topsham, Vermont: Hannah, born April 3, 1817, and Abigail, born February 2, 1819, the two latter natives of Corinth, Vermont.
(IV) John McCrillis, son of John Kinney, married, January 17, 1843, Sarah A. Coggeshall, daughter of Asahel Coggeshall, of Tiverton, Rhode Island. For a time John resided in Fall River, and Grafton, Mas- sachusetts, his first four children having been born
in the former town, and the others in Grafton. Chil- dren: John S., of whom later; Annie C., born May 4, 1846, married Henry Allison Wesson of Grafton; Mary E., born November 7, 1848, resided in Brock- ton, unmarried; Herbert A., born July 18, 1851, died young; Herbert O., born May 15, 1854, removed to Hyde Park, Massachusetts; Frank A., born May 10, 1857, removed to New Bedford; and Walter C., born December 20, 1863, removed to Middleboro.
(V) John Shaw McCrillis, son of John, born May 28, 1844, in Fall River, accompanied his parents to the town of Grafton when he was but a small lad. His education acquired, he proceeded to learn the shoemaker's trade. In young manhood, he located in North Bridgewater, where he first engaged in the business of selling short wood and kindlings, after which he undertook the manufacture of shoes on a small scale. He eventually went to Nashua, New Hampshire, where for several years he was engaged as foreman in a shoe factory. He returned to this State, and was for a time in Marlboro, as foreman in the finishing room of the S. H. Howe Shoe Com- pany. His health failing, he was obliged to give up his employment, and determined to go West, which he did, and located in Minneapolis, where he learned the laundry business. He later went to Seattle, Washington, and San Francisco, California, respect- ively, and was successfully engaged in the laundry business in both cities. Two years prior to his death he returned to Brockton, purchased a shoe factory building, then vacant, and established the White Star Laundry, which he conducted in person until a brief period before his death. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Middleboro Masonic Lodge, but later transferred his membership to Paul Revere Lodge, at Brockton, and was also a member of Meridian Sun Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Hiram Council, Roy- al and Select Masters, at Worcester, and St. George's Commandery, Knights Templar, Nashua, New Hamp- shire; also member of the Knights of Honor and of the Royal Society of Good Fellows.
John Shaw McCrillis married, November 23, 1864, Hetty Tucker Bumpus, daughter of Jonathan Clark and Caroline (Westgate) Bumpus, of Lakeville. To this marriage were born the following children: 1. Merton L. C., of whom further. 3. John Merle, died in infancy. 3. Maury Packard, born August 30, 1883, in Marlboro, entered the printing business in Brock- ton, and married Corrie Ella Campbell, of St. Al- bans, Vermont, and their only child, Hetty Rhoda, died in infancy. John Shaw McCrillis died April 9, 1898, in Brockton.
(VI) Merton L. C. McCrillis, born July 2, 1872, in North Bridgewater, married Nellie Maria Dyer, of Minnesota, and is the father of two sons, Glenn Merton and Clark Edwin. Since the death of his father, Mr. McCrillis has supervised the operation of the laundry enterprise, which, since its founding in 1896, has become the most popular concern of its kind in this community. Modern machinery and ef- ficient workers produce work for patrons that is guar- anteed to give satisfaction, and the White Star Laundry Company is without a peer in service, cleanliness, quality, courtesy and satisfaction to clients.
URIAH CHARLES SMITH-The passing of the late U. C. Smith was a great loss to the thriving city
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of Brockton, in which locality Mr. Smith had been engaged in business for a number of years. A con- structive, public-spirited executive, he entered vigor- ously into the life of this community from the time of his arrival, and the large enterprise which he builded remains a monument to his memory.
Born September 16, 1864, in St. Ely, Dominion of Canada, Uriah Charles Smith was the son of Rev. Francis Smith, a Baptist minister. The family re- moved to Fall River when the son was in the sixth year of his age, and it was in Fall River that he re- ceived his earlier education and subsequently ac- quired a comprehensive knowledge of the jewelry business. While yet a youth, Mr. Smith removed to Brockton, there to inaugurate a jewelry business on his own account, at the corner of Main and Church streets, which enterprise had its inception on a modest scale, one clerk having been at the time retained by Mr. Smith to assist in the operation of the establishment. Year after year, the business thrived, more commodious quarters were arranged, and at the time of his death, the concern employed nine salesmen, with the optical department of the business under the supervision of a manager pro- fessionally equipped to attend to the needs of its patrons.
Mr. Smith was prominent in Masonic affairs, hav- ing been affiliated with the various bodies, includ- ing Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Boston. He was also af- filiated with the Electric Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, various other fraternal orders, and the Commercial Club, Thorny Lea Golf Club, and the Brockton Roque Association.
Uriah Charles Smith was united in marriage to Lydia A. Baker, a resident of Fall River, Massachu- setts. To this union were born two children: Arthur M., who was seven years of age at the time of his father's death; and Dorothy, who was then twelve years of age. Arthur M. Smith is a member of the Blue Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; the Council, Royal and Select Masters; the Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; the Grotto, Mystic Order Veiled Pro- phets of the Enchanted Realm; the Society of May- flower Descendants; Commercial Club; Country Club; Retail Jewelers' Association, and the Kiwanis Club. Dorothy Smith married Daniel S. Johnson, and is the mother of Daniel S. (3).
The death of Uriah Charles Smith occurred April 3, 1908, at which time he was engaged in the cele- bration of the twenty-first anniversary of the found- ing of his business at Brockton, and when he had attained the forty-fourth year of his age. Since his death, the jewelry business has been under the ef- ficient direction of his widow, who is president and treasurer of the U. C. Smith' Company, and her son, Arthur M. Smith, is a member of the firm and active manager of the business, their address being No. 100 Main Street, Brockton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Smith is a member of the Brockton Woman's Club, and the "Ten Times One" Club.
WILLIAM C. NYE was born at Brockton, Au- gust 14, 1897, son of Joseph B. and Avis (Carr) Nye. Mr. Nye studied in the Brockton public schools, and spent some time at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, but left before graduation to enter
the war. He joined the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at Pennsylvania University, and has since taken great interest in its work as a member of the alumni asso- ciation. After leaving school he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, was rated first-class yeoman, and after having spent some time in active service was discharged in 1918, and returned home. Here he entered into the real estate business in con- junction with the building and contracting business carried on by his father and J. B. Nye, Jr., his brother. and in 1921 established the firm of J. B. Nye & Sons, realtors, with offices at No 106 Main Street, Brock- ton.
In politics, Mr. Nye is a consistent member. of the Republican party. His social life is spent mostly as a member of the Commercial Club, the University Club and the Brockton Country Club. In fraternal order circles he is a valued member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He has been secretary and di- rector of the Brockton Real Estate Board for two years, and has been largely instrumental in putting that organization on a sound basis and in making it a constructive force in the life of the community.
FRED F. WEINER, M. D .- One of the well- known physicians of Brockton and vicinity is Dr. Fred F. Weiner, who, though he has been here but a comparatively short time and came to Brockton directly after the completion of his interneship, has already made for himself an assured place in this section of the county. Dr. Weiner is well prepared for his work, and in addition to the' care of his gen- eral practice is a member of the staff of Brockton Hospital.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, May 18, 1900, Dr. Weiner is a son of Samuel Weiner, a merchant tailor of Boston, and of Esther (Seid) Weiner, also a resident of Boston. He received his early education in the public schools of Boston, and then, having early decided that the medical profession should be the field of his future activities, he continued study in the Tufts Pre-Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1921. He was now ready to begin in earnest his professional study in Tufts Medical Col- lege, from which he was graduated in 1925 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He served an interne- ship of one year in Brockton City Hospital, and was resident physician there. During his interneship he studied cystoscopy at the New York Post-Graduate Hospital. He hopes to be a urologist, after having first had general practice foundation. In November, 1926, he opened an office in Barristers' Hall, Main Street, Brockton, where he has since been engaged in general practice. He experienced some of the hours of waiting which falls to the lot of practically all at the beginning of a professional career, but very soon began to build up a practice, which dur- ing the short time which has passed since he opened his office has grown to very satisfactory proportions. As a member of the staff of Brockton Hospital he has regular and special times when he is engaged there, and as a general physician he draws his patron- age not only from Brockton, but from a large section surrounding that community. He is Cystoscopist to Brockton Hospital, and associate surgeon to the out-patient department. In politics, he is an Inde- pendent voter, and fraternally, he is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and with Phi Delta Epsilon College Fraternity. He is
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