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Michael Joseph Farrell was born in Leominster, Massa-
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chusetts, August 26, 1878, son of Patrick Farrell born in County Roscommon, Ireland, but a' long-time resi- dent of Leominster, where he died in 1888. He married Bridget Gallagher, also born in Roscommon, Ireland, who survived him until 1910, when she too passed away. Mr. Farrell is a member of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A native son of Leominster, a lifelong resident, and from youth connected with its industries, he is thoroughly identified with its every interest, and he is warmly attached to the city and its people, many of whom he has known from his earliest recollection.
CLARENCE E. DEANE-In the public life of Athol, Massachusetts, the name of Clarence E. Deane is just now one of the foremost in importance on ac- count of his recent appointment to the office of Post- master. This responsibility was placed in the hands of Mr. Deane only after long and efficient service and practical business experience, gained from activity in various lines of industrial and commercial advance. Mr. Deane is a member of an old family of Massachusetts, and a son of Edward P. Deane, who was born at Ber- nardston, Massachusetts, and is a farmer by occupation. For a number of years he had a farm in Gill, Massa- chusetts, and now is active on a small farm at Leyden, Massachusetts, at the age of seventy-three years. The mother, Ella (Hale) Deane, was born at Gill, Massa- chusetts, and is also living, being the same age as her husband.
Clarence E. Deane was born at Gill, Massachusetts, April 9, 1876. His education was begun at the Gill dis- trict schools, then he took a short course at Power's In- stitute, at Bernardston. His first business was in the employ of the New Home Sewing Machine Company, at Orange, Massachusetts, where he remained for two years. Thereafter for a short time he was identified with the J. B. Reynolds Shoe Company, of Orange, then came to Athol in 1893, where he was active in various business enterprises over a period of financial depression which obtained during the last three years of the last century. He then became identified with the Hill & Green Shoe Company, of Athol, and after a few years in this connection, associated himself with the Athol Ice Company, where for five years he filled the position of bookkeeper and collector. Then for three years he was active in the employ of A. J. Raymond, sash manufac- turer, after which he served as bookkeeper with the N. D. Cass Toy Company. Following three years in this connection, he became identified with the Lee Brothers Shoe Company, where he had charge of the office of their manufacturing plant, after which he went to the L. S. Startett Tool Company. There for nine years he had charge of the stock records of the plant, a position of large responsibility in this world-famous concern. It was from this position that Mr. Deane resigned to take up the duties of Postmaster of Athol, to which he was appointed by President Harding on February 9, 1923. This appointment having been confirmed by the Senate on the 3Ist of January, Mr. Deane took up the responsibilities of the office, shortly beginning his regime on February 15, 1923. Although no great length of time has elapsed since he has filled this position, Mr. Deane
has brought to bear upon the work of the post office the force of a' progressive spirit and practical executive ability. As was said above, this appointment came as the culmination of many years of usefulness in the pub- lic life of the community. Mr. Deane served as Town Treasurer for seven years, and in connection with the duties of this office he fulfilled many important com- missions of the town, also served for three years as a member of the Appropriation Committee, for two years of that time acting as clerk and one year as chairman. During the World War Mr. Deane was very active in all the home endeavors of the people of Athol, especially in the Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives, receiving a medal from the government, made from a German shell, in recognition of his large usefulness in this connection.
Mr. Deane is very prominent in the Masonic order, being a member of the lodge, chapter, and commandery, also of the Order of the Eastern Star, and of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He was elected Master of his Blue Lodge, but pressure of business forced him to decline. He is a member of the Poquaig Club of Athol, and is identified with the First Church, Unitarian, and a mem- ber of the executive board.
Mr. Deane married (first), on May 15, 1898, at Athol, Mabel A. Stratton, who died October, 1905, leaving one child, Marvis A., who was born March 24, 1900, and married Bernol F. Coffin. He married (second), at Athol, on November 13, 1907, Lettie Leonard, of Athol, Massachusetts, who is a daughter of Edgar S. and Pauline (Sorenson) Leonard, both of Athol, Massa- chusetts. Clarence E. and Lettie (Leonard) Deane are the parents of two children: Winthrop K., born Novem- ber 1, 1908, now a junior in Athol High School; and R. Leonard, born September 22, 1911, now attending Athol grammar school.
ULYSSES W. KIDDER-Beginning as a young man and continuing uninterruptedly throughout his ca- reer, Ulysses W. Kidder steadily worked his way up in railroad connections until at the present time he holds the position in Clinton, Massachusetts, as general agent both for the Boston & Maine and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railways. Mr. Kidder came orig- inally from North Berwick, Maine, where he was born August 18, 1868, his parents being Henry Swan Kidder, born at Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, who was engaged in the merchant tailoring business until his retirement in 1902, his death occurring in 1912, and Mary Jane (Davis) Kidder, a native of North Shapleigh, Maine, and who still survives at the advanced age of eighty- eight years.
Immediately after completing his studies in the public schools Mr. Kidder secured a position as telegraph op- erator in Wolfboro, New Hampshire, where he remained for about a year. At the end of that period he went to Oakdale, Massachusetts, to take a similar position, and was operator there for two and a half years. His next change was to the Worcester freight office, where he worked for a short time, after which he received the appointment as agent in West Boylston, Massachusetts, discharging the duties of that position the succeeding year. From West Boylston he was transferred to Pepperell, Massachusetts, and was agent at that point
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for ten years. At the end of that time he resigned to accept a position in a similar capacity in Milford, New Hampshire, continuing there for eighteen years. In 1920 he was appointed general agent in Clinton for the Boston & Maine, and the New York, New Haven & Hartford lines, which position he now fills. Mr. Kid- der's long experience in railroad work and thorough: acquaintance in this section of the country makes him a valuable man in this line of endeavor, and he enjoys a high standing among his associates in railroad circles.
Throughout his life Mr. Kidder has taken an active interest in the local affairs of the community in which he has resided, and is a citizen of public spirit and pro- gressive character. He is a member of Trinity Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and is also prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging both to the encampment and the Rebekahs. Among the clubs in which he maintains membership are the Prescott and the Anchor of Boston, Massachusetts.
On June 24, 1891, occurred the marriage of Ulysses W. Kidder to Mary Celinda Chase, who was born in Oakdale, Massachusetts. They have two children: I. Guy E., whose biography follows. 2. Leland C., a graduate of Milford High School, he served two years overseas during the World War. He married Ann Crockett.
GUY EUSTIS KIDDER, son of Ulysses W. and Mary Celinda (Chase) Kidder (see preceding biog- raphy), was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, November 16, 1892. He was educated in the public schools of Pepperell, finishing grammar school in 1906 and high school in the class of 1910. From 1911 until 1914 he was engaged as a basket weaver, and since his return from the army has been engaged as a miner.
Mr. Kidder enlisted in the United States Army for the war against Germany, and went overseas as ser- geant of the 23d Ambulance Company, 2d Sanitary Train, 2d Division, 4th Brigade. He was in the Verdun sector from March 15 to May 14, 1918; in the Chateau- Thierry sector, May 31 to July 5, 1918; the St. Mihiel offensive, September 12-16, 1918; the Champagne (Blanc Mont) offensive, October 2-10, 1918; and the Meuse- Argonne offensive, November I-II, 1918, when fighting ceased and the World War was won by the Allies.
Mr. Kidder is a member of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Protestant Episcopal church.
DR. JOEL M. MELICK-Among the successful physicians of Worcester is Dr. Joel M. Melick, whose office is located at No. 971 Main Street, and who has been engaged in general practice and as an obstetrician since the completion of his hospital training.
Dr. Melick was born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 17, 1892, son of Elmer E. Melick, a native of Woodbridge, New Jersey, who was engaged in business as a fire brick broker, and of Annie (Miller) Melick, who was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Melick is very active in political affairs, being an or- ganizer of the Republican party in the State of Pennsyl- vania, and is influential among a considerable group of voters.
Dr. Joel M. Melick received his early education in the
public schools of Media, and then became a student in Fishburn Military School in Virginia, where he pre- pared for college. In 1914 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College, at Swarth- more, Pennsylvania, and he then began his professional training in Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1919 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The following year, 1919-20, he served an interneship in the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, and in 1921 he opened his office at No. 981 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, and prepared to engage in general practice. Patients came, success in the treatment of these brought others, and so his practice grew until at the present time (1923) his clien- tele is well established and steadily growing.
Dr. Melick keeps in touch with the broader aspects of the medical profession through his membership in the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Worcester District of the Massachu- setts Homeopathic Society, the latter of which he serves as president. Locally, he is serving as a member of the staff of the Hahnemann Hospital as anesthetist and obstetrician. He has always taken an active interest in the public welfare of the community in which he lived, and is an interested member of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. During the World War he served as a member of the Medical Reserve Corps. He is well known in fraternal circles, and finds time for club activ- ities. He is a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and the Alpha Sigma medical fraternity, and of the Univer- sity Club.
Dr. Joel M. Melick married, on September 21, 1921, Bertha Ellen McDonough, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Patrick W. and Louise (Anderson) McDonough. Since 1914 Mrs. Melick, who graduated in 1914 from the Emerson College of Oratory, has been a reader of the Chautauqua and Lyceum Lec- ture Course.
GUY A. SAVAGE-The real estate and insurance business has enlisted the attention of Mr. Savage for the past five years in Leominster, Massachusetts, where he resides. His lengthy connection with the news- paper business in this city and club and fraternal mem- berships have given him an extensive acquaintanceship.
Guy A. Savage is a son of Charles A. and Nancy L. (Knowlton) Savage, both of whom were natives of Canada'. The father was a piano maker until retirement in 1912. The subject of this sketch was born at South Stukely, Province of Quebec, Canada, April 21, 1886. He was educated in the public schools of Leominster, and after leaving the high school became an errand boy on the Leominster "Enterprise," from which position he was advanced to reporter and worked for the paper a period of sixteen years. He filled positions as print- er's devil, errand boy, press feeder, hand compositor, and linotype operator before becoming reporter. In 1917 he gave up the newspaper work and entered into his present business with offices in the McGrath Block.
He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Improved Order of Red Men, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows, and Loyal Order of Moose. He is a' member of the Leominster and Monoosnock Country clubs, and also of the Chamber of Commerce.
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He has been the call man of the local fire department since 1907, and was a City Councilman in 1919 and 1920. In religion he attends the Methodist church.
WILLIAM L. SHAUGHNESSY, head of the W. L. Shaughnessy Company, Incorporated, and an execu- tive of the oldest stove foundry in New England, is a well-known figure in the industrial life of Gardner, Massachusetts. His parents were born in Ireland; William Shaughnessy, the father, was a native of County Galway, and Elizabeth Shaughnessy, the mother, was born in County Monohan.
William L. Shaughnessy was born at Sag Harbor, New York, June 27, 1876. When his education in the parochial schools of Thompsonville, Connecticut, was complete, he served a four-year apprenticeship learning the plating trade. For two years he acted in the capac- ity of superintendent of the James C. Curtis Company of Chicago, then returned to Gardner to be placed in charge of the plating department of the Simplex Time Recorder Company. In 1906 he was in a position to or- ganize his own company, the W. L. Shaughnessy Com- pany, which was incorporated in 1915, for the manufac- ture of undertakers' supplies and silver plated metal novelties. He is the president and treasurer of this company and general manager and treasurer of the Otter River Foundry Company, also a director of the Gardner Trust Company.
He is a member of the Gardner City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally is affiliated with Lodge No. 1426, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; is a fourth degree member of Gardner Council, No. 396, Knights of Columbus; a member of the For- esters of America, and Oakhill Country Club of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts.
Mr. Shaughnessy married Louise Jager, a native of Thompsonville, Connecticut, and daughter of Adolph, born in New York City, and Louise (Becher) Jager, born in Baden, Germany.
R. V. WORTHEN, though not a native son of Leo- minster, Massachusetts, treasurer of the R. V. Worthen Company, of Leominster, has spent the greater part of his life to the present time (1923) in that busy indus- trial city. The firm with which he is identified is en- gaged in the business of plumbing and steam fitting, and is ranked among the prosperous and well-established concerns of the county, and as treasurer of that com- pany Mr. Worthen occupies an honorable position in the business life of the community to which he has raised himself through industry and ability.
Mr. Worthen was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, Oc- tober 28, 1889, son of Nehemiah Worthen, a steward on ocean liners, and Ada (Wyman) Worthen. In 1905 he removed with his parents to Leominster, Massachu- setts. He received his education in the public schools, iticluding the high school of the latter city, and when schooldays were over he served an apprenticeship to the sheet metal, plumber's and steam fitters trades, under the direction of J. B. Farnsworth, with whom he re- mained until 1908. In that year he became associated with the Lyon Company, plumbers and steam fitters, in whose office he was employed until 1917. He then formed a partnership with Horatio E. Hines, and that
connection he maintained until he reorganized and formed the present company, the R. V. Worthen Com- pany, Horatio E. Hines, president, and R. V. Worthen, treasurer. The business since that time has been con- tinued in the same location, No. 92 Pleasant Street, in Leominster, and under the vigorous and efficient manage- ment of Mr. Worthen is steadily growing and expand- ing. The firm does all kinds of plumbing, steam fitting, and sheet metal work, and its operations extend throughout a wide region surrounding Leominster.
In addition to his responsibilities in connection with the R. V. Worthen Company, Mr. Worthen is a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Leominster Mutual Cooperative Bank. He is a member of the Massa- chusetts Master Plumbers' Association, and of the Massachusetts Master Plumbers' Association, and of the Massachusetts Sanitary Club, both of which organi- zations he has served as president. He is a member of the Masonic order, holding the thirty-second degree; Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite ; and is a member of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a mem- ber of the Masonic and Leominster clubs, and the Leo- minster Chamber of Commerce. His religious affilia- tion is with the First Baptist Church of Leominster.
Mr. Worthen married, at Princeton, New Jersey, No- vember 19, 1909, Ethel Hines, daughter of Horatio E. and Mary (Wyman) Hines, and they are the parents of one child, Roland, who was born November 5, 1915.
ALFRED EDWARD GARLICK-In South Ash- burnham, Massachusetts, Mr. Garlick has taken an ac- tive part in public affairs during his residence here of nearly forty years, and has succeeded in the general merchandising business to the extent of owning two stores. He is a son of Thomas and Ann (Haugforth) Garlick, the former of whom was a mill operator.
Alfred Edward Garlick was born at Webster, Massa- chusetts, October 1, 1860. He attended the public schools in Maynard, Massachusetts, and in Plymouth, Massachusetts, leaving school when twelve years old. For eight years he worked in the woolen mills at May- nard, and then as a clerk in a dry goods store for five years. At that time he moved to South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where he opened a general store in May, 1885, which succeeded so well that another and much larger one was opened at a different location in town.
In politics he is a Republican and has been an Asses- sor for two years, Selectman for four years, and mem- ber of the School Committee for a period of five years. In the Masonic order he is a member of Hope Lodge, of Gardner, Massachusetts, the Blue Lodge; North Star Chapter, Hiram Council, and Jerusalem Lodge, Knights Templar. He is a member of Lodge No. 131, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows, of Maynard, Massachu- setts ; and of Bay State Club of South Ashburnham.
Mr. Garlick married, May 8, 1883, at Maynard, Massa- chusetts, Annie W. Robinson, also a native of that place and daughter of John and Martha (Watson) Robinson. Five children were born of this marriage as follows: I. Amy Evelyn, born April 24, 1884. 2. George E., born December 25, 1885, died in 1918. 3. Ralph H., born January 18, 1888, served during the war, being a lieu- tenant in the United States Army Medical Corps at the
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time of leaving for France and as captain upon his re- turn. He was also with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He is a graduate of Cornell University and has been practicing his profession in Brooklyn, New York, for the past nine years. He married Helen Williams, of South Ashburnham, and has one child, Bruce R. 4. Lillian A., who was born November 23, 1893. 5. Alfred R., born December 18, 1899; served in the Student Officers' Training Corps, Infantry, United States Army, during the World War, and married Bertha Esty, of South Ashburnham.
DR. HARRY H. KALIN-During the past four years Dr. Harry H. Kalin has been building up a lucra- tive dental practice in the city of Leominster, where he is known as a skillful dental surgeon, and where he has made many friends. Dr. Kalin is a son of Selek Kalin, a native of Poland, who is engaged in the grain business in Leominster, and of Annie (Arenson) Kalin, also a native of Poland.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 5, 1895, Dr. Kalin received his early education in the public schools of Leominster, to which city his parents removed while he was a child. After graduating from Leominster High School with the class of 1915 he matriculated in the dental department of Tufts College, from which he was graduated in 1919 with the degree of Doctor of Medical Dentistry. He at once opened an office in Leominster, where he has since been engaged in build- ing up a steadily growing patronage. His offices are located at No. 5 Central Street, in the Jones Block, and he has already gained a reputation as a skillful and progressive dentist. He keeps closely in touch with all the later developments of his profession in order that his patients may have the benefit of the newest methods and discoveries, and in this he is aided by his association with the Massachusetts District Dental So- ciety and with the National Dental Society. Fraternally he is a member of the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity of Tufts College, and his religious interest is with the Shaarai Thorah Jewish Synagogue of Worcester, of which he is an attendant. During the World War he served from 1917 to 1919 as a private in the Dental Re- serve Corps of the United States Army.
JOHN A. BRAITHWAITE-Born in London, Eng- land, educated in Russia, and for nearly three decades a resident of the United States, John A. Braithwaite, president of the Autogenous Welding and Manufac- turing Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, has had an unusually wide and varied experience. He has been engaged in the welding business for the past sixteen years, and is an expert in that line of business activity.
William Braithwaite, father of Mr. Braithwaite, was born in England, January 12, 1820, and was engaged in the paper manufacturing industry there. In 1848 he went to Russia and set up the first two paper-making machines ever used in that country. When the Crimean War broke out he returned to England, but in the early sixties he returned to Russia with his wife and eldest child. John A. Braithwaite was left in England with his grandmother until he was eight years of age, when he joined his parents in Russia.
John A. Braithwaite was born February 3, 1859. He
received his education in Russia, and when his school training was completed he learned the boilermaker's trade, which he followed in Russia until 1887, when he came to the United States and engaged in farming in Templeton, Massachusetts. In 1907 he became associ- ated with the Davis Bournonville Company, of Marion, New Jersey, a concern which, at that time was one of the largest welding concerns in the country. Wishing to thoroughly master the art of welding and to widen his knowledge of its business possibilities, he made a change, about a year later, and associated himself with the Stevens-Duryea Company. In 1910 he engaged in the welding business for himself, securing his first po- sition from a welding company in Worcester. Later he organized the Central Autogenous Welding and Manu- facturing Company of Worcester, of which he is presi- dent, and that concern is now conducting a large and lucrative business. Its plant is located at Nos. 110-114 Union Street, in Worcester, and in addition to the welding of brass, bronze, aluminum, steel, cast iron, and alloys, the company does electric arc welding and cutting, and also does automobile repairing of all kinds, and blacksmith work of all kinds. They also paint auto- mobiles.
Mr. Braithwaite is a member of Belcher Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Chicopee Falls; Worcester Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Hiram Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Aletheia Grotto of Worcester, also the Rotary Club.
John A. Braithwaite married, on November 19, 1881, Delphine White, who was born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Henry White, and they are the ·parents of one daughter, Edith N., who married A. M. Sargent, of Worcester, and they have one child, Jessie C. Sargent.
JULIAN C. GABREE-In one of the most practical lines of mercantile endeavor in Southbridge, Massa- chusetts, Julian C. Gabree holds a prominent position in the community, and in achieving his own success is con- tributing definitely to the welfare and comfort of the people. Mr. Gabree is a native of the State of Vermont, but has been a resident of Southbridge for a number of years, and is taking a deep interest in the local progress, bearing a part in all community advance. He is a son of Charles G., who was born at Milton, Vermont, and was active as a farmer until his death, which occurred in 1919. The mother, Julia (Mayville) Gabree, who was also a native of Milton, Vermont, died in 1909.
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