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ALLAN L. DAVIS, M. D .- Thoroughly trained in his profession, Allan L. Davis be- gan the practice of medicine and surgery in 1928 in Boston. Dr. Davis is widely ex- perienced in institutional and hospital work, and when he established offices at No. 520 Commonwealth Avenue, he quickly won the confidence of his patients and built up a suc- cessful practice, to which he has since de- voted his attention.
Dr. Davis was born in Waterboro, Maine, April 19, 1901, a son of Dr. Ansel S. Davis, a physician, who was born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, and of Maud (Littlefield) Davis, who was born in Waterboro.
Allan L. Davis attended the public schools and the high school of Sanford, Maine, and later entered Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated in 1920, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then undertook the course of study at Harvard Medical School, and was graduated from that institution in 1923 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Thereafter he served for twenty months as house officer in Boston City Hospital, and for six months as house doctor in Boston
Lying-In Hospital. For another period of twenty months he served as resident surgeon in Boston City Hospital, and finally, in 1928, began the private practice of his profession in Boston. Dr. Davis specializes particularly in surgical work. In addition to his independent practice he is assistant in surgery at Harvard Medical School and an instructor in Tufts Medical School.
Dr. Davis is active in the various societies of the men of his profession, being a member of both the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. Politically, he supports the principles and candidates of the Republican party. He and Mrs. Davis worship in the faith of the Con- gregational church. He is affiliated, fraternally, with the Free and Accepted Masons, in which organization he is a member of Springvale Lodge, and he is also a member of the Phi Chi Medical Fraternity. His favorite recreation is golf.
In 1927, Allan L. Davis married Grace Patch, who was born in New Hampshire.
WILLIAM PAINE EVERTS-The family of the surname Everts of which William Paine Everts, barrister practicing in Boston, is a member had its origin in England, and has flourished in the United States for many generations, notably in New England and the Middle West. William Wallace Everts, grandfather of William Paine Everts, was one of the founders of Chicago University. His son, William Wallace Everts, Jr., was born in New York City, February 10, 1849, and died in Boston, at the age of seventy-seven years, 1926, his long life having been most worthy and productive of good to those with whom he came in contact. William Wallace Everts, Jr., was a minister in the Baptist church. He married Elizabeth Paine, born
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in Merrimac, Massachusetts, September 14, 1856; she was living in 1927, her residence in Cambridge. To this union were born seven children, of whom five survive in ma- turity, occupying respected and substantial places in their respective communities : 1. Margaret S. 2. Christine, wife of Charles E. Greene, university professor. 3. Edward B., whose home is in Paris, France. 4. Albert P., of Newtonville, Massachusetts. 5. William Paine, of whom follows.
William Paine Everts, son of William Wal- lace, Jr., and Elizabeth (Paine) Everts, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 4, 1879. He began his academic training, after public schools of grade calibre, in Phil- lips-Andover, then studied in the Roxbury Latin School, and matriculated at Harvard. University, from which he was graduated after four years, 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Meanwhile Mr. Everts had decided upon the law as the career most suited to himself and preference, and accordingly he entered the School of Law, Harvard, whence he was graduated in 1904, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. That year he passed the examinations of the bar, and through the years succeeding has devoted his professional life to the city of Boston, in general practice. His offices at No. 40 Court Street have been known to a clientele ever widening, and he is, and has been for a number of years since, accounted by confreres in the profession to be well toward the head of the city's bar, of an ethical standing unimpeachable, and of a prosperity fully deserved.
Mr. Everts has given the greater part of his time to the prosecution of his legal career, but has never failed to participate in those general movements in the city calculated to advance the interests of the citizenry. Here he has made his home, as well as his pro- fessional address, at No. 42 Crafts Road, Chestnut Hill, and since the turn of the cen- tury, when he graduated with the arts degree from Harvard, has held the concerns of the community to be his own. He is known for his public spirit, and for it admired. A Demo-
crat, Mr. Everts is loyal to the principles of the party. He has taken a modest rôle in affairs of the party in Boston, and in the circles in which he moves exercises a con- siderable political influence. This he does quietly, always to good effect, with the wel- fare of the city in mind. His particular rec- reation is horseback riding. He can sit a mount that is strange to him without un- easiness, and astride the highly bred animals which he favors cuts a handsome figure in- deed. Toward charity he deals ever with large heart, giving generously of personal as- sistance and funds to worthy causes, regard- less of creed or race.
On September 16, 1914, William Paine · Everts was united in marriage with Elizabeth Stockwell, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, daugh- ter of S. A. Stockwell, insurance operator, of Minneapolis, and Maud C. Stockwell, both of whom are living. This union has been blessed by children: 1. Elizabeth, born December 22, 1915. 2. William Paine, Jr., born June 24, 1918. 3. Stockwell, born July 31, 1923.
JOSEPH H. FISK-President and treas- urer of the J. H. Fisk Company, distributors of high-grade automobile tires, located at No. 21 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, Joseph H. Fisk is counted among leaders in the tire trade of the metropolitan area. Mark- edly successful in business, this leadership has come to him through virtue of individual and well-directed effort. Both in peace and in war his career has been noteworthy.
Grandson of Joseph A. Fisk, who fought in the Civil War, and member of a family old in the history of the United States, Joseph H. Fisk was born at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, January 6, 1886, son of Clarence E. and Grace (Dodge) Fisk. Clarence E. Fisk was born at Lexington, Massachusetts, the family seat.
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He was the father of six sons who served in the World War.
Joseph H. Fisk received his education in the schools of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire. The family, too, removed to Manchester when he was but a youth and upon completion of his high school course he secured employment with the Amos- keag Manufacturing Company's Mills, of Man- chester, in the steamfitting department. There he learned the trade thoroughly, continuing so employed for four years, after which period he came to Boston, where his first connection was with the Bay State Heating Company, with which he later became foreman and was sent to New Bedford, Massachusetts, to take charge of the company's operations there; but owing to labor troubles in the textile mills, work was suspended, and Mr. Fisk returned to the capital city. Upon his return he associated himself with the Bay State Tire Company, leaving his trade as steamfitter. This contact lasted three years. In 1914, Mr. Fisk, with John T. Keefe, organized the New England Tire and Supply Company, and continued thus until his entrance into the World War. He enlisted in August, 1918, later was commissioned a lieutenant, Motor Transport Corps, in charge of wheels and tires, and was honorably discharged in April, 1919. Again returning to Boston, he started in business for himself under the style above indicated. His organization distributed tires manufactured by the United States and Kelly-Springfield plants. Its business has ex- panded marvellously through the years that have succeeded and Mr. Fisk is numbered among the foremost dealers in New England. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Lodge No. 839, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Cambridge. He is a member of the Quincy Yacht Club and other bodies of a so- cial nature. His hobby is fishing.
In 1912, at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Joseph H. Fisk married Agnes J. Gordon, daughter of Henry and Julia (Conroy) Gor- don, of Jamaica Plain. The family residence is in Arborway Court, Forest Hills.
PHILIP D. LANE-Industry and ambi- tion were the elements that materially assis- ted Philip D. Lane to achieve a place of im- portance in the industrial field of Boston, where he has been established for more than twenty years. As an automobile mechanic he learned his trade with precision, while as a natural business man he was able to win success among a host of competitors. Competent and pos- sessed of a keen sense of fairness in business transactions, he has made a host of friends whose fealty has enabled him to command a satisfactory traffic in the enterprise with which he has been associated. He has a most pleasing personality, and the ability to make friends who prove a profitable possession to a business man, additional to which there is a staunch civic interest that makes him a valuable citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
He was born in Bermuda, the beautiful Brit- ish island some 700 miles east of South Caro- lina, November 20, 1889, a son of Daniel Lane, a hotel proprietor there for some twenty years, who died and is buried there. His mother was Ann L. (Barritt) Lane. Daniel Lane was an American citizen and served with the Union Army during the Civil War, attached to a Pennsylvania regiment. After an education re- ceived in the schools of Bermuda, where at Warwick Academy, class of 1903, he finished his studies, he came to Boston in 1904 and obtained employment with Alvin T. Fuller, who later became governor of Massachusetts, and who was one of the pioneers in the auto- mobile industry in this State. For seven years he worked in the repair shops, learning the intricacies of the internal combustion motor, and then for a time went abroad as a private chauffeur. Returning in 1917, he enlisted in the United States Navy for service in the World War; he was made chief machinist on destroyer No. 144, aboard which he served in foreign waters until the close of the conflict, when he returned to the United States and was honorably mustered out at New London, Connecticut. He then became associated in
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the automobile industry with a house dealing in accessories, and in 1923 established himself independently. He is a member of the Beverly Lodge, No. 1309, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and attends the Roman Catho- lice church. His hobby is sailing, fishing, and out-door sports in general.
Philip D. Lane married, in Medford, Massa- chusetts, December 3, 1921, Mary A. Tonsey, daughter of Frank and Ann (Moran) Tonsey, of Salem, Massachusetts. They have a son, James Philip Lane.
WILLIAM GARDNER LONG-A leader in the brick industry in New England, William Gardner Long is active in Boston's manufac- turing circles as secretary and treasurer of the large enterprise known as the New Eng- land Brick Company. Mr. Long became asso- ciated with this great organization in 1900; at that time the company having been functioning but four months, and he has ever continued in this connection, having advanced steadily
by virtue of his value and ability to a position wherein he is largely responsible for the smooth, efficient and successful operation of this concern. Mr. Long is a descendant of distinguished Southern ancestors, his father's family having been prominent in Fredericks- burg, Virginia, where during a raid by the Union Army, the family genealogical records were destroyed in the burning of the Court House at the time of the Civil War. His genial and courteous manner is indicative of his Southern ancestry, while to the brick in- dustry he has brought an artistic sense which has enabled him to create beautiful combina- tions and examples in this commodity, there- by making houses more attractive and livable for their tenants, and an architectural addition to their communities.
Mr. Long was born in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, February 22, 1881, son of Abel Elias and Sarah L. Long. He was educated in the
public schools of Cambridge, after which he entered Cambridge Latin School, where he was a member of the class of 1900, although he did not complete the entire course. In 1899, he studied a commercial course at Burdett Commercial College, and in 1900, embarked on his business career. His first position was obtained with Lever Brothers Company, soap manufacturers of Cambridge, with whom he started at a salary of four dollars a week. La- ter in 1900, he resigned and became associated with the New England Brick Company, a cor- poration then but four months old, and he has seen it grow and has been a decided factor in its progress during the entire ensuing period. Mr. Long began first as bookkeeper and con- tinued in this capacity until 1904, when he was appointed head bookkeeper and after three years of efficient service in this responsible post, in 1907 he was made purchasing agent; in 1912, he was made assistant treasurer of the firm, and in 1918, elected to his present official position of secretary and treasurer, in which he has since remained.
The president of the New England Brick Company is A. F. Blanchard, although in recent years he has to a great degree relin- quished his active participation in business af- fairs and leaves most matters of the organiza- tion to Mr. Long's attention. Under Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Long, this company has risen to a unique position in brick manufacture; as originally conceived, the project was a com- bination of thirty-six brick yards in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York. Under the amalgamation, some of the ' manufactories were enlarged and increased and others closed, all from the standpoint of econ- omy and efficiency, the desired purpose of the combine. The company now employs over five hundred men and has established a repu- tation for bricks of quality, durability and dis- tinctive atmosphere. Becoming "stylists," they withdrew from the manufacture of smooth, } monotonous bricks and proceeded to create a ! product, rich in color blendings, and varied roughness which produced different effects of
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age, which enabled them to reproduce bricks in the various periods of old New England architecture as seen on every hand today. This innovation allowed modern architects to em- body this idea in giving distinction and in- dividuality to their designs for constructions following the old, artistically beautiful styles. One special brand is known throughout the entire country as "Harvard Water-Struck Brick," being made by hand at Gonic, Roches- ter, New Hampshire. This type brick was first used in one of the gates to Harvard Uni- versity and in some sections of the wall, and became extremely admired, being used for the buildings of the new University of Rochester, in all the Harvard Business School buildings on the Charles River, Damon Hall and the Widener Library, both at Harvard. At one period, the popularity of cement threatened to dispose of bricks for building purposes, but these have come back to favor due to their beauty, style, and the fact that they are im- pervious to weather. Mr. Long and Mr. Blanchard have shown unusual skill and in- genuity in their successful promotion of their commodities, being not only the creators of the idea from the architects' viewpoint, but also producers, combining beauty with utility. Prominent factors in the immediate success of their development are the ideas of service and of historical romance, as now one can obtain reproductions of perfect Colonial styles, there- by creating an antique atmosphere in buildings, and the city of Boston can be proud that this is distinctively a Boston achievement.
In addition to his business interests, Mr. Long is prominent in the financial life of Read- ing, where he makes his home, as director in the Mechanics Savings Bank, while in the affairs of that city, he has always exercised an active interest, having served eight years on the Municipal Light Board of Reading, 1918- 25, being elected to this honored position by his fellow-citizens and from 1921 to 1925 hav- ing been chairman of the board. In the field of public service, he has been conducting a splendid project of education against fire loss
in the home of every family, rendering invalu- able assistance to the entire country by this splendid propaganda. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic Order, of Reading, and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston, while his social connections are with the Meadow Brook Golf Club, at Reading.
William Gardner Long married, on June 15, 1904, Lottie D. Holmes, of Boston, daughter of George and Charlotte P. Holmes, and to this union have been born two children: Burton, and Sara.
WILLIAM GORE SOULE-From a fam- ily of sea-faring and ship-building people comes William Gore Soule, New England manager for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Mr. Soule is also a descendant of the historic George Soule, who came over in the "May- flower" and was the thirty-third signer of the famous "Mayflower" Compact. Though he was born in Freeport, Maine, he has been a resi- dent of Newton, Massachusetts, since he was fifteen years of age. Since he was seventeen, he has been identified with the glass jobbers' business, and at the time of the absorption of the business in which he was a partner, Lover- ing Brothers & Soule, by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, he was made New England manager in the employ of the last-named com- pany. He is still (1928) New England man- ager for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.
Enos C. Soule, father of Mr. Soule, was raised on a farm, but he was one of the many boys of the Maine coast who are born with the love of the sea in their hearts, and while he was still but a boy he ran away from home to follow the object of his love and desire. He had made no mistake in his choice of a calling, and worked his way up until he had become what, as a boy, he had longed to be, a sea captain. Later, he worked with his grand- father in the Soule Ship Yards at Freeport. The family interests here were considerable, and
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as the years passed Enos C. Soule became a member of the board of directors of the Soule Ship Yards, at Freeport, Maine, and also a director of the Boston Marine Insurance Com- pany. He was also an alderman in Newton. The later years of his life he spent in retire- ment. He married Helen Louise Gore; both died in 1894 and are buried in Freeport, Maine.
William Gore Soule, son of Enos C. and Helen Louise (Gore) Soule, was born in Free- port, Maine, in 1866, and received his early school training in the public schools of his birthplace. When he was fifteen years of age his parents removed from Freeport to Newton, Massachusetts, and the boy finished his stud- ies in the high school there. When he was seventeen, he left his school books and began his active life in the business world by enter- ing the employ of Wise, 'Rowen & Company, glass jobbers, of Boston. As time passed this firm changed its name several times, becoming Wise, Rowen & Kelly, and later Rowen & Kelly, but through these changes Mr. Soule remained, thoroughly mastering the glass business, step by step, and finally being made a salesman, in which capacity he served for a period of ten years. He then made a change and identified himself with Lambert Brothers, glass jobbers, as salesman. In 1893 he formed an association with Lovering Brothers, under the name of Lovering Brothers & Soule, Glass Jobbers, and three years later the business was sold to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Mr. Soule was retained as New England man- ager for the new owners of the business, and he has continued in that responsible position to the present time (1928).
Mr. Soule is well known for his business ability and also for his fine personality. He is devoted to out-of-door sports, and has a sum- mer home on Little Buston's Island, of which he is the owner. The island is beautifully situated in Casco Bay, and there fishing, motor- boating, and numerous other out-of-door sports can be enjoyed to the full. Golf is one of the favorite recreations of Mr. Soule, and he is a
member of and was formerly president of the Boston Paint and Oil Golf Club. He is also a member of the Commonwealth Golf and Country Club, and of other organizations formed for the enjoyment of out-of-door life. He was at one time president of the New England Paint and Oil Association, and in all his connections, whether business, social, civic, or in out-of-door sports, his associates find him a genial, wholesome companion, of the kind that is most frequently designated "a fine fel- low." His religious affiliation is with the Uni- tarian Church of Newton.
William. Gore Soule was married, in New- tonville, Massachusetts, June 10, 1899, to Mar- garet Snow Wallace, of Boston, daughter of George, a native of Deering, New Hampshire, and of Martha B. (Snow) Wallace, who was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Soule have three children: 1. Wallace Gore, born in Newton, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 8, 1902, received his early education in the country day school, and then matriculated in Harvard College, from which he was gradu- ated with the class of 1925. He is now (1928) in the employ of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, at Detroit, Michigan. 2. William E., born in Newton, Massachusetts, in Octo- ber, 1905, attended the country schools, and then became a student in Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1927. He is now with the Standard Statistical Company of New York City. 3. Frank N., born in New- ton in October, 1907, attended the local public schools and is now a student in Harvard Col- lege, class of 1930. William Gore Soule, the father, has his offices at No. 300 Babcock Street, in Boston, but the family home is at No. 56 Farlow Road, in Newton, Massachu- setts.
ARTHUR L. RACE-From boyhood a care- ful student of the hotel business, getting an education in those hours that were not filled
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with work, keen minded for opportunities to improve his condition, Arthur L. Race has risen to a lofty position in the profession he ornaments, now being managing director of the Copley-Plaza Hotel, in Boston. Always a convivial personality, athletic in his spare time, sociable, industrious, and virile, he has made friends wherever he has met men and women and has a host of followers, attracted by both the man and the service he extends to the public. He believes in mingling with his fel- lows and enjoys the associations that come from organized societies, he likes things that live men like and he has ever a deep interest in all enterprises that look toward the advance- ment of the common weal.
Mr. Race was born in Portland, Maine, Oc- tober 21, 1878, a son of Alfred Race, a sea captain, for many years in the South Ameri- can trade and with the Eastern Steamship Company, and of Elizabeth (Montgomery) Race, both living in Portland. He acquired his education in the Portland public schools, grad- uating from the high' school there and after- ward attending Westbrook Seminary and business college. When he was sixteen years of age he took a night clerkship at Squirrel Inn, Squirrel Island, Maine, where he worked for eight seasons, attending school during the day and working at night during the season. He graduated from this work to a clerkship at the old Preble House, in Portland, and to the modern Congress Square Hotel there. He was alert to opportunities and at twenty-seven years of age was able to purchase the Madoco- wanda Lodge, on Heron Island, Maine, which he conducted successfully for a time, then com- ing to Auburndale, Massachusetts, as manager of the Woodland Park Hotel, which later was to become a school for girls. He then leased Brandon Hall, in Brookline, and purchased this property in 1925 and still owns and operates it. He also leased the Hotel Masconomo, at Man- chester-by-the-Sea, conducting it from 1912 until 1918. In the last-named year he became temporary assistant manager of the Copley- Plaza in Boston and in 1921 was made man-
aging director, a position he still occupies.
He is a member and director and a former president of the New England Hotel Associa- tion, vice-president of the American Hotel As- sociation, former president of the Hotel Men's Benefit Association of the United States and Canada, and member of the New York State Hotel Association. He is also president of the New England Hotel Publishers' Association, president of the Landlords' Inn Company, and vice-president of the Hotel Greeters of America, New England Branch. During the participation of the United States in the World War he had charge of the or- ganization of army cooks at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and worked with the Food Ad- ministrator. He is a thirty-second degree mem- ber of the Masonic body, holding membership in Bay View Lodge, of Booth Bay, Maine, Free and Accepted Masons; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, of Boston, Giles Council, Princes of Jerusalem, Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix, and Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He also is a member of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Other affiliations include the Japan Society of Boston, the Repertory Theater Club of Bos- ton, the Algonquin Club of Boston, the Boston Square and Compass Club, the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, the Commonwealth Country Club of Boston, the Belmont Country Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club, the Booth Bay Yacht Club and the Whitehall Club of New York.
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