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Joseph Lothrop Rogers, son of Joseph Whelden and Temperance (Rogers), was born in South Orleans, Massachusetts, August 2, 1864. He received his education in the public schools of Orleans, and then was engaged in fishing for two years. At the end of that time he gave up that occupation, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for thirty-eight years. During the later period of that term of years he was a contractor and builder, and was known as a skilled workman, and an able busi- ness man. In 1922, he was appointed town clerk to fin- ish an unexpired term, and in 1923, he was regular- ly elected to fill that position. After serving for two years he resigned, April 15, 1925, and since that time has been identified with Orleans Associated, a real estate organization. Meantime, since 1904, Mr. Rog- ers has been continuously engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He established himself in this line in 1904, and though he has been variously employed at different times since then, has steadily conducted this business during the years which have passed since that time. At the present time (1928) he is carrying on a very prosperous real estate busi- ness in Orleans, and each year is bringing a decided increase in this line. Mr. Rogers is very actively interested in the advancement of the general wel- fare of this section of the Cape, and has always been willing to bear his share of the burdens of public
office. In 1904 he served as a member of the General Court, and during the past fifteen years, has been the moderator of many town meetings. He has served as town clerk, and as a member of the school com- mittee, also as a member of the Board of Assessors, and has been overseer of the poor for three years, during which time he served as chairman of the board for one year. He served as a member of the State Guard, as top sergeant of Company G, during the police strike in Boston, and has always been active in civic affairs here in Orleans. He is presi- dent of the Orleans Board of Trade, and an active member of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce. Fraternally, he is identified with Universal Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Orleans, which he is serving at the present time (1928) as treasurer, and trustee. He is also a member of Orleans Fraternal Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a Past Grand, a Past District Deputy, and at the present time is serving as a member of the board of trustees.
Joseph Lothrop Rogers was married, in Chatham, Massachusetts, January 30, 1889, to Hannah Louise Nickerson, of Chatham, who was born in Sharon, Vermont, daughter of Nathaniel, a native of Chat- ham, and Martha (Badger) Nickerson, a native of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers have four children: 1. Maurice E., born October 21, 1889. 2. Roy S., born September 10, 1891. 3. Emma G., born Janu- ary 31, 1894. 4. Joseph Lothrop, Jr., born October 11, 1906.
E. HENRY PHINNEY-Entering the United States Navy when barely of an age to pass require- ments, E. Henry Phinney of Hyannis, dealer in coal, wood and ice, has led a varied and adventurous career, and is now (1928), one of the principal figures in the business. social, and political life of Hyannis, and Barnstable County.
E. Henry Phinney was born at Centreville, December 18, 1874, son of Toilston and Louise G. (Nickerson) Phinney, his father having been post- master of Hyannis Port, president of the National League of Third and Fourth Class Postmasters, deceased June 30, 1927. E. Henry Phinney received his early education in the public schools of Hyan- nisport, and Hyannis, and then attended the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College of Boston, enter- ing the navy soon after the termination of his studies there. He served with the navy during the Spanish- American War, and during the campaign was award- ed a medal for conspicuous service in Cuba. During Roosevelt's administration in 1907, Mr. Phinney went with the fleet around the world, the trip lasting four- teen months. Mr. Phinney was aboard the "Endeav- or," the "Vermont," the "Annapolis," the "Topeka," the "Wabash," the "New York," the "Prairie," the "Franklin," the "Columbus," "Hancock," "Alabama," and "Connecticut," all battleships of the line, and cruisers. He first enlisted as seaman aboard the U. S. S. "Blake," which was stationed at Hyannis, August 6, 1894, and was honorably discharged on January 6, 1913, with the rank of Chief Commissary Steward. In 1904 Mr. Phinney acted as Naval Recruit Officer in the Middle West; then, after his long record at sea, in 1913, he opened a garage at Hyannisport, his first busi- ness venture. During the summers he confined him- self wholly to the garage, but in winter was skipper of a fishing vessel, and in 1921 he started to deal in coal, wood and ice, at first located at Railway Wharf,
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South Hyannis, and later, in 1925, at No. 56 Yar- mouth Road, with a branch office at Dennisport. Mr. Phinney always has taken a pleasure in an active life, and, just as when a young man he found satis- faction on the sea and in naval warfare, he has, since taking up with commerce on shore, given his ener- gies to the community with no abatement of force. He takes part in all civic affairs that he believes good for the development of the town and county, and is a member of the New England Ice Dealers' Associa- tion; the National Retail Ice Dealers' Association; the New England Coal Dealers' Association; the Rotary Club; the Chamber of Commerce, and is sec- retary of the Board of Trade. In his fraternal affilia- tions Mr. Phinney is a thirty-second degree member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his club is the Saturday Night Club. Both Mr. Phinney and his wife are members of the Federated Church of Hyannis.
E. Henry Phinney married, at Hyannis, June 5, 1900, Abbie Lewis Snow, born in Hyannis, daughter of Charles and Julia A. (Hallett) Snow. Mr. and Mrs. Phinney are the parents of one son, Homer A., born in 1903, and now associated in business with his father. Homer A. Phinney married Mary T. Aikens, of Barnstable.
GEORGE THOMAS COREA, M. D .- For almost ten years, his native town, Provincetown, Barnstable County, has been the scene of the Dr. Corea's suc- cessful professional activities as a physician, and surgeon. During that time he has built up a large general practice, and has made for himself an enviable reputation as an able and resourceful practitioner.
George Thomas Corea was born at Provincetown, Julv 20, 1888, a son of William Joseph and Mary (McKinnon) Corea. His father, who was born at Provincetown, followed the sea for many years, as a captain of different boats, and now lives in retirement in Provincetown. His mother, who was a native of Canada, died in March, 1925. Two of his sisters, Miriam C. and Bessie E. Corea, are residents of Provincetown, and teachers in the public schools. Dr. Corea was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Provincetown and, after having grad- uated from the latter in 1908, went to Bowdoin Col- lege, Brunswick, Maine. Later he took up the study of medicine at Tufts College Medical School, from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1918. He then entered the naval service during the World War, being stationed at the Boston City Hospital. After his return to civil life he came to Provincetown and there established him- self in the general practice of his profession, in which he has continued ever since then with much success. For three years he served as town physician, until this position was abolished in 1921. Though one of the younger generation of physicians, he has built up a large practice, and is considered one of the most successful general practitioners in Barnstable Coun- ty. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and of the Cape Cod Medical Society. In politics he is absolutely non-partisan, though he takes an active and intelligent interest in public affairs. He finds his recreation in outdoor sports, and is especially fond of hunting. His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and more partic- ularly with St. Peter's Church of Provincetown.
Dr. Corea is not married and makes his home with his father and sisters at No. 176 Commercial Street, Provincetown.
IRVING L. ROSENTHAL-Engaged in business as a photographer at Provincetown, the place of his birth, for more than four decades, Mr. Rosenthal not only has reached a leading position in his profession, but for many years has been prominently active in the public affairs of his community and county. Since 1921 he has been Sheriff of Barnstable County and in this important office has proven himself a very able and conscientious public official. Frater- nal and religious affairs, too, receive much of his attention, and in every respect he represents the highest type of useful and progressive citizenship.
Irving L. Rosenthal was born at Provincetown, May 16, 1869, a son of the late John and Mary E. (Freeman) Rosenthal. His father was born at Hae- gen, Alsace, France, February 11, 1833, a son of Jacques Rosenthal, the latter a soldier in the French Army. He came to this country from Havre, France, in 1853, and soon afterwards joined the United States Army, with which he continued to serve for some thirty years. He saw active service during the Indian, and other campaigns in the West, becoming a sergeant in the ordnance branch of the army, and being placed in charge, during the Civil War, of the barracks on Cape Cod, and of the fortifications in Provincetown Harbor. After his retirement from the army, he made his home in Provincetown. The subject of this article was educated in the public schools at Fort Yates, North Dakota, and at Prov- incetown. In September, 1885, he came to Prov- incetown, and there entered the employ of George H. Nickerson, who was then that town's leading photographer. When his employer died, Mr. Rosen- thal purchased the business, in which he has con- tinued ever since then, being located in the same building for forty-two years. For many years he has taken a very active part in politics as a supporter of the Republican party. After having served for twenty years as probation officer of the Second Dis- trict Court, and also at one time as Constable of Provincetown, he was appointed Sheriff of Barn- stable County in 1921, when this office was vacated by the death of its incumbent. In 1926 he was elect- ed to this office for a full term of six years. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Seamen's Savings Bank of Provincetown. He is also a mem- ber of the Provincetown Board of Trade, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, the County Commis- sioners' and Sheriffs' Association of Massachusetts, the Sheriffs'-Police Beneficial Association, and the Anchor and Ark Club, as well as of Plymouth Lodge, No. 1476, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; King Hiram Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a Past Master; and Joseph Warren Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he is treas- urer. His religious affiliations are with the Univer- salist church.
Mr. Rosenthal married, at Provincetown, Novem- ber 17, 1897, Mary O. Mackenzie, a native of Prov- incetown, and a daughter of John and Flora Mac- Kenzie, both natives of Cape Breton. Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal are the parents of one son, John F. Rosen- thal, born at Provincetown, April 30, 1899.
WALTER WELSH-Having taken up the study of law in his early manhood, several years after, and while he was still actively engaged in the ice business, Judge Welsh has devoted all of his time to the law since 1904-1906. Both as a lawyer and as a judge he has shown great ability and conscientiousness and a constant adherence to the highest professional
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standards. He has also been prominently active for many years in the civic life of the community, as well as in fraternal and religious affairs.
Walter Welsh was born at Provincetown, Barn- stable County, January 19, 1869, a son of Thomas and Mary (Connors) Welsh. Both his parents were naitves of Tipperary, Ireland, his father settling at Provincetown, after coming to this country, and engaging there in fishing and later in the teaming business. Judge Welsh was educated in the public schools of Provincetown, which he attended until 1884. He then entered the teaming contracting business, establishing himself eventually in business under his own name and continuing in it successfully for some seven years. Then, in 1898, he went into the ice business, of which he made a great success and in which he continued for eighteen years. A few years after he had entered the ice business, he decided to take up the study of law. For this pur- pose he entered the Boston University Law School, continuing, however, actively in the management of his business, even after he had graduated from law school, had been admitted to the Massachusetts bar, in 1904, and had established himself in the practice of law at Provincetown. He gradually built up a successful practice and eventually, about 1914, with- drew from business and since then he has devoted himself entirely to his legal work. In 1908 he was appointed a special justice and in 1914 he was appointed judge of the Second District Court of Barnstable County. He has also served for nine years as chairman of the Provincetown School Board, was at one time a member of the Water Commis- sion, and has served as Town Moderator. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and in 1924 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, held that year in New York City. He is a trustee, and a member of the committee on investments of the Seamen's Savings Bank, and a director of the Provincetown Light & Power Com- pany. Fraternally, he is associated with the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, being a member of Middleboro Lodge, and of the Knights of Colum- bus, of which latter organization he has been Grand Knight and District Deputy. He is a member of the Provincetown Board of Trade, the Massachu- setts Bar Association and the American Bar Asso- ciation. His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and more particularly with St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of Provincetown.
Judge Welsh married, at Provincetown, on Thanks- giving Day, 1891, Annie May Cook, a native of Prov- incetown and a daughter of Frank Y. and Amelia (Oliver) Cook, both natives of the Azore Islands. Judge and Mrs. Welsh are the parents of three chil- dren: Walter, Jr., born August, 9, 1896; Beatrice M., born March 25, 1902; and Robert A. Welsh, born March 9, 1903. The family residence is located at No. 3 Court Street, Provincetown.
HUGH R. FERGUSON-Three centuries ago, when Cape Cod was the home of the American aborigine, 'that section of the land that is now cov- ered by the town of Hyannis was known to them as "Iwanough." Etymology easily transformed the Indian accent of the word to "Hyannis," while tra- dition preserved intact the original name by confer- ring it upon a hotel, long a landmark of the section. The "Iwanough House" of Hyannis lost its historic name in 1915, when there came to the town Hugh R. Ferguson, who bought it and renamed it "The Ferguson," but, in assuming ownership, and the
direction of this famous hostelry, the new proprietor immediately began a work of improvement that has resulted in making it today one of the most beautiful and carefully conducted hotels of all New England. The house caters to an exacting class of the public, which demands the best of service and accommoda- tions, which, ably assisted by his wife, Mr. Ferguson furnishes to complete satisfaction. Its reputation has grown to embrace an ever-increasing territory, while its patronage is of the most select.
Hugh R. Ferguson was born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 10, 1875, a son of Hugh and Eliza- beth (Norris) Ferguson, of Scotland, who emigrated to this country when young. With the completion of a fundamental education, the son entered business life, and for many years was employed as a traveling salesman by the National Biscuit Company. This occupation he abandoned to enter the hotel business as a proprietor, his initial venture being the house which he still conducts with growing success. Mrs. Ferguson is his most valuable assistant, ever watch- ful for the comfort of their patrons, and the machine- like precision of the establishment's operation. With all his multitudinous duties connected with the man- agement of the hotel, Mr. Ferguson is never too engaged to take a lively interest in the local civic affairs, as well as in social and fraternal activities. He attends the Federated Church and is a member of the Hyannis Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He also belongs to the New Bedford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, to the Consistory, the Boston Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and to Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been president of the Hyannis Board of Trade, is a director in the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and in the Cape Cod Hotel Men's Asso- ciation. He has membership in the White Mountain Commercial Travelers' Association, and in the United Commercial Travelers' Association of America.
Hugh R. Ferguson married Clara P. Sears, daugh- ter of S. K. and Clara A. (Ellis) Sears, of Harwich- port, the last-named being a daughter of Captain Thomas Ellis, of West Harwich. The date of the marriage was June 28, 1899, at Harwichport. Their children are: 1. Hugh S., born at Harwichport, No- vember 11, 1900, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, now a director on the board and treasurer of the Dewey and Almy Chemical Com- pany, of Cambridge. He married Georgia Cook, . daughter of Irving W. Cook, president of the First National Bank of New Bedford. 2. Benjamin Thomas. born January 25, 1905, at Harwich, a graduate of Worcester Academy and now associated with the Statler Hotel of Boston. 3. Henry Hart, born in Hyannis, a graduate of Worcester Academy and now associated with the Copley-Plaza Hotel of Boston.
DANIEL HOWARD HIEBERT, M. D .- For al- most ten years Provincetown, Barnstable County, has been the scene of Dr. Hiebert's successful profes- sional activities as a physician and surgeon. He also takes an active part in various phases of the life of the community and he can always be counted on to support freely and enthusiastically any movement tending to advance the welfare of the town, its peo- ple and its institutions.
Daniel Howard Hiebert was born at Hillsboro, Kansas, June 8, 1889, a son of Cornelius and Eliza- beth (Harder) Hiebert. Both his parents were born in Russia, but were of German origin, their ancestors having come to Russia from Germany to teach the
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Russians how to farm. Dr. Hiebert's father was a minister and one of the pioneers of the Mennonite settlements of the Middle West, where he and his son, John, founded Tabor College at Hillsboro, Kan- sas. The subject of this article was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Hillsboro, grad- uating from the latter in 1908. After taking special courses at Southwestern Normal School, he entered Tabor College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1914. He then took special courses at the University of Kansas, Law- rence, Kansas, after which he took up the study of medicine at the Boston University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1918 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The next year he spent as an interne at Evans Memorial Hospital, Boston, joining at the same time the Med- ical Reserve Officers Corps of the United States Army. In 1919 he came to Provincetown, where he has been established in the practice of his profession since then. Though his practice is of a general na- ture, he gives special attention to X-ray work. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the New England Medical Society, the Barnstable Coun- ty Medical Society, the Provincetown Board of Trade, and the Anchor and Ark Club. He is also a member of King Hiram Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Joseph Warren Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons; the New England Order of Protection; the Order of the Eastern Star; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Order of Rebekah.
Dr. Hiebert married at Boston, Massachusetts, De- cember 27, 1919, Emily Louise Ziegler, a native of Boston and a daughter of Jacob Oscar and Mar- garet (Wolf) Ziegler. Both of Mrs. Hiebert's par- ents were born in Switzerland. Her father was an electrical engineer with the Bell Telephone Company and he designed many appliances for the telephone, which brought him official recognition at the Inter- national Exposition held at Seattle, Washington. Dr. and Mrs. Hiebert are the parents of one daughter, Ruth Hiebert, born October 26, 1922.
BURTIE HENRY PAIGE-Starting on a farm, as a boy, then graduating into trucking and teaming, which was again advanced into a modern garage bus- iness, Burtie Henry Paige is now, with his brothers, John and William, one of the active and prominent citizens of Provincetown.
Burtie Henry Paige was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, July 8, 1890, a son of John Anthony Paige, of Gloucester, a fishing vessel commander. He was educated in the public schools of Provincetown and afterward went to work on a farm, as had his brothers. Like them, he shortly graduated into truck- ing and teaming and then enlarged into a bus service in the town, with special service to other towns on Cape Cod. With the growth of the automobile in- dustry he entered that and the garage of the Paige brothers is now one of the established large com- mercial enterprises of Provincetown. The business has been so successful that it has given him the op- portunity to indulge himself in travel, which is his keenest recreation, his jaunts in this pleasure having taken him to Europe, South America, the West In- dies and to other interesting places. At home he is a trustee of the Seamen's Savings Bank, chairman of the Town Finance Committee, and former member of many other public committees. He is a Repub- lican in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion, attending St. Peter's Church in Provincetown. He is a member of the Provincetown Board of Trade
and of the New England Order of Protection and the Knights of Columbus of Provincetown.
Mr. Paige married, in Taunton, Massachusetts, January 8, 1912, Margaret B. Grassie, of Taunton, a daughter of Manuel and Mary Elizabeth Grassie, natives of Pico Island, the Azores. His brother, Wil- liam, married a sister of his wife. The couple have one child: Ronald Albert, born January 27, 1916.
HERBERT GRAFTON WOODWORTH-Tal- ented diversely, and particularly so as business man and writer, Herbert Grafton Woodworth has lived a most replete career. Now in retirement, he con- tinues to make his residence at picturesque Brewster, on Cape Cod.
Herbert Grafton Woodworth was born in Boston, February 27, 1860, son of Alfred S. and Anna G. (Grafton) Woodworth, his father having been an im- porter of teas, president of the National Eagle Bank of Boston, and prominent in general affairs of busi- ness, culture and social activity. From Roxbury Latin School, Herbert Grafton Woodworth took his diploma in 1878, matriculated at Harvard College in the fall of that year, and in 1882, at the age of twen- ty-two years, took from Harvard the degree of Bach- elor of Arts, together with classical honors. Follow- ing completion of this academic instruction he be- came associated with the firm of Robinson and Woodworth, Boston, of which his father was a mem- ber; and with that organization he continued through forty-four years, until his retirement in 1926, becom- ing president of the company and causing its busi- ness to expand to large degree. As an importer of tea well known to the trade, he was appointed in 1897, to the United States Government's board of tea ex- perts, to prevent the importation of impure and un- wholesome tea into the country. For thirteen years he served as lay member of the board, and for the following sixteen, until retirement in 1926, served it in the capacity of chairman. Since his retirement he has had more generous opportunity to indulge his taste for travel. His voyages have been wide, and he has devoted much time to the Orient: Japan, China, India and Korea. He is fond of Southern France, having many friends who make their homes along the Riviera and in other parts of the lower provinces. From the years of his youth to the present, he has taken pleasure in good literature, and, himself most able at expression, has had published two novels, each of which has met with appreciative acceptance on the part of readers. The first of these, titled "In the Shadow of Lantern Street," was brought out in 1920; the second, "Where the Twain Met," in 1925. Mr. Woodworth is a member of the Union Club and St. Botolph Club, of Boston. In Brewster he is a citizen of prominence, always to be relied upon for support to worthy movements designed for the com- mon welfare.
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