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Ernest Booth, son of Henry and Isabella (Ormston) Booth, was born in Peacedale, Rhode Island, June 26, 1870, and received his education in the public schools of Detroit, Michigan, and of Newton, Massachusetts, graduating from Newton High School. When his high school course was completed he began his long connection with the wool business by associating himself with his father, who was then a wool broker in Boston. That was in 1889, and for ten years the young man con- tinued his association with his father. In 1899 he began business for himself under the style of Ernest Booth, Wool, with his office at No. 246 Summer Street, in Boston, and since that time he has continued in that line of business in the same location. He does a general wool brokerage business, specializing in Chicago wool, and deals mostly with the New England textile trade. He is a member of the Boston Wool Trade Association, and is generally known as a reliable and able business man, whose word can safely be depended upon.
Politically, Mr. Booth supports the principles of the Republican party, and his religious affili- ation is with the Congregational church. He has
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many friends, both among his business asso- ciates and among those with whom he comes in contact in other than business relations, and his long familiarity with the business and the people of this city has made him a thoroughly interested citizen and a booster for the general advancement of the interests of Greater Boston.
LOUIS E. P. SMITH-Oldest active gen- eral agent of life insurance in Metropolitan Bos- ton, in which position he has served well for upward of forty years, Louis E. P. Smith has made a notable record for himself and the com- pany which he represents. For the first two years of his life after his educational terms in the public schools of Boston he worked as an errand boy for a Boston wholesale shoe house, then became associated with the insurance busi -. ness, in which he has reached a commanding position, and made a widespread circle of staunch friends.
Louis E. P. Smith was born in Boston, March 14, 1863, son of Edward Johnson and Martha Helen (Jordan) Smith, the first-named having been a native of Holliston, Massachusetts, the mother, of Portland, Maine. Edward Johnson Smith was engaged in the insurance business for the greater part of his life, having been the general agent in Boston for the Northwest- ern Mutual Life Insurance Company from 1869 until his death in 1886. It was in 1882 that Mr. Smith became associated with this company as a clerk, in 1886 being made acting general agent, and later general agent, in the post for- merly filled by his father, and which he still conducts. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as selectman for Holliston, in which suburb he has his residence. He is a life-mem- ber of Joseph Warren Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and of St. Mark's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, also of Boston Council. He belongs to the Boston Exchange Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and is the oldest active member of the Boston Life Un- derwriters' Association.
EDWIN T. CADY-The rise of Edwin T. Cady in the leather business has been steady and well deserved. Beginning in North Adams, Massachusetts, soon after he had completed with high school courses, he came to Boston, and after serving in several different connections, all in the leather business, he became as- sociated with The Griess Pfleger Tanning Com- pany, for whom he opened the Boston branch in 1912. As manager of this branch he has continued ever since, but is now (1929) vice- president and a member of the board of directors of the company, and manager of the Boston branch, which he opened seventeen years ago.
Edwin T. Cady was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, May 24; 1883. His father, Ed- win B. Cady, also a native of North Adams, was engaged in the shoe manufacturing busi- ness in North Adams, and was one of the progressive citizens of the place, serving as clerk of the district court for Northern Berk- shire, and taking a general interest in the affairs of the town and of the county. Edwin B. Cady married Josephine Bedford, who was born in Norwich, New York, and she survives her husband. Edwin T. Cady, the son, re- ceived his education in the public schools of his birthplace, and after completing his course in the North Adams High School, found em- ployment in the shoe industry in North Adams, where he remained for one year. In 1903 he came to Boston and entered the employ of the leather firm of the F. W. Clark Company, with whom he remained until 1907. His next connection was with the Gray, Clark and Engel Company of Boston, and after five years spent in this connection he formed his present connection in 1912. The Griess Pfleger tan- ning Company is one of the largest tanning concerns in the country, handling upper leathers, and Mr. Cady has developed the Boston branch to its present position as one of the largest distributors of patent leathers, calf skins, and inner soles in Boston. The central office of the company is located at Cincinnati, Ohio, and plants are operated at Chicago, Illinois; Waukegan, Illinois; and at Peabody and Natick, Massachusetts.
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Mr. Cady is a member of the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, and he is also a member of the New England Shoe and Leather Associa- tion, of which he is a director; a member and vice-president of the Boston Leather Benevolent Society; and a member and a director of the Boston Boot and Shoe Club. In addition to his activities and responsibilities in the leather business Mr. Cady is also a member of the board of directors of the Auburndale Co- operative Bank. He is very fond of golf and is a member of the Brae Burn Country Club. In politics he is a Republican, and fraternally, he is identified with Dalhousie Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. His religious mem- bership is with the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Edwin T. Cady was married, in 1906, to Jeannette Dow, who was born in Scotland, and they are the parents of eight children: 1. Edwin B. 2. Jane D. 3. Kenneth G. 4. Mar- jorie. 5. Anne. 6. Constance. 7. Eleanore. 8. Judith.
AUGUSTUS H. VOGEL, Jr .- Managing the Boston branch of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company, August H. Vogel, Jr., plays an important rôle in the business life of Bos- ton and New England, being widely known and highly regarded in the leather industry. This company is one of the oldest and largest in the leather trade, having had a Boston branch ever since 1889; but Mr. Vogel, in the period of his managership, has done a great deal to advance the corporation's interests in this part of the United' States.
Mr. Vogel was born in Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin, the home of this company, on January 5, 1893, a son of Augustus H. and Anita (Han- sen) Vogel. His father was born in Milwau- kee, where he has been engaged in the leather business all his life and is now vice-president of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company.
During the period of American participation in the World War, he rendered valuable service to his country as a member of the War Indus- tries Board in Washington, District of Coluni- bia. His mother, Anita (Hansen) Vogel, is also a native of Milwaukee. As a boy, Augus- tus H. Vogel, Jr., attended the public schools in his native city, Milwaukee, and then became a student at the Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts. For his college work, he went to Harvard University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1915 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Upon completing his edu- cation, he became associated with the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company, working at the company's tannery in Milwaukee until 1920. In that year he came to Boston as manager and director of the organization's interests here, and has continued in this capacity since that time. In the years of his managership, the affairs of the Milwaukee company have pro- gressed in a favorable manner in the East, and much of the credit for the success of the com- pany goes to Mr. Vogel.
The Pfister and Vogel Leather Company's Boston offices, which, as has been already noted, were established in 1889, were first sit- uated at Nos. 161-165 Summer Street, where they remained until 1900, when they were re- moved to their present quarters, No. 87 South Street. The Boston branch, of course, sells the product of the parent plant in Milwaukee, han- dling a complete line of upper and sole leather and manufacturing leather under different trade names, the two most prominent of which are "Lotus Calf" and "Velours Calf."
Augustus H. Vogel, Jr., in addition to hand- ling the company's business in Boston and other parts of Eastern United States, has come to be widely and favorably known in Boston business and social circles and consequently has been made a member of several prominent organizations. He is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and is active in the New England Shoe and Leather Association. In a number of clubs, he is considered an im- portant figure, holding memberships in the
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Harvard Club; the Cohasset Golf Club; and the Boston Boot and Shoe Club, of which he is vice-president. He is deeply interested in public affairs and political developments, be- ing a member of the Republican party, whose policies and candidates he regularly supports. During the World War, he served his country as a member of her military forces, having been commissioned captain in July, 1917, with the United States Army Ordnance Corps, and hav- ing served for six months overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces. In April, 1919, he was discharged from the army with the rank of captain. His religious affiliation is with the Protestant Episcopal church. When Mr. Vogel is not occupied with his many busi- ness 'and social duties, he enjoys his favorite recreations, which are the games of golf and squash.
In 1916 Mr. Vogel married Virginia Cumner, a native of Boston, Massachusetts. Augustus H. and Virginia (Cumner) Vogel's children are: Virginia, Olivia, and Ann.
HERBERT BENNETT HARRIS-In every large city are certain figures who become well known, who command the public interest, and are of prominence in one or several courses of endeavor. Herbert Bennett Harris is of promi- nence in Boston as a lawyer of recognized tal- ents, as a speaker of unusual ability, as a leader in political movements of city and district, and as a citizen of unflagging public spirit, whose energies for years past have been directed toward the advancement of the common welfare of the people around him. Respected as bar- rister by members of his profession, sought after by a large clientele because of his known power and facility before the bench, he is esteemd uni- versally as a man of admirable qualities, liber- ally endowed with those attributes of character which tend to enrich the bearer in sincere friend- ship.
Herbert Bennett Harris is a son of Robert and Miriam Hannah (Wolff) Harris. Robert Har- ris was born in Germany, and came to the Uni- ted States in boyhood, arrived May 8, 1853, lo- cated first in Maine, and removed subsequently to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he now (1928) resides, in retirement from the affairs of a long and busy life. Robert Harris was for many years engaged in manufacturing, in Bos- ton. Here he maintained a plant for the manu- facture of women's shirt waists, and employed a number of workers, as business attained to large proportions. Miriam Hannah (Wolff) Harris was born in Brooklyn, New York, De- cember 5, 1864, and now lives in Cambridge with her husband. They are the parents of four chil- dren, all of whom have come to substantial positions in maturity: 1. Miriam H., wife of Dr. George G. Wheeler, of Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts. 2. Anna, a teacher in junior high school. 3. Herbert Bennett, of whom follows. 4. Hortense Lillian, a teacher in high school.
Herbert Bennett Harris, third child and only son of Robert and Miriam Hannah (Wolff) Harris, was born in Peekskill, New York, Sep- tember 29, 1887, and was an infant when his parents moved Bridgeport, Connecticut. There he attended the public schools until 1901, when the family came to Massachusetts, first residing in Everett. In Everett, 1902, Mr. Har- ris was graduated from Lincoln Grammar School, and graduated from Everett High School in 1906, the family removing to Cam- bridge in 1908, where he has resided through the years succeeding. He matriculated in Am- herst College, there pursued the academic course, and was graduated in 1910 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts. Next he entered Boston University Law School, and from it graduated in 1913, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In the fall of that year he was ad- mitted to the bar of Massachusetts, and has practiced the profession continuously since, save for one year in the service of his country dur- ing the World War. It was in March, 1918, that he enlisted, and was first stationed at Camp Devens and second at Camp Hancock, Georgia.
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When given his honorable discharge, Mr. Har- ris held the rank of regimental sergeant-major. Returning to Boston, he resumed the thread of his career where he had so voluntarily broken it for the common cause, and his offices in the building at No. 40 Court Street are known to a clientele ever increasing. While in Amherst, Mr. Harris achieved some renown in debating. He was a member of the college debating team, and with his colleagues won several important matches. He won the Amherst oratorical contest one year. His eloquence has been of great use to him before the bench, and to the Republican party, to whose principles he is loyal in support. He has been and is now the chairman of the Republican Ward and City Committee of Cambridge, prior to 1922 having served the organization as secretary. In 1924 he was the delegate from the Eighth Congres- sional District of Massachusetts to the National Republican Convention which nominated Presi- dent Coolidge. He has done much campaigning for the party, and retains in it a weighty pres- tige, which he exercises conscientiously. Fra- ternally, Mr. Harris retains membership in Sigma Delta Rho, Amherst Chapter; Amicable Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Cam- bridge Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. He is a communicant of the Congregational church.
On October 1, 1918, in Cambridge, Herbert Bennett Harris married Charlotte Mae Hall, who was born in Roxbury, daughter of Edwin Hall. They are the parents of two children: 1. Dorothy Arlene, born October 25, 1919. 2. Robert Hall, born June 25, 1923. The family residence is at No. 18 Bowdoin Street, Cam- bridge.
JAMES M. WOODHOUSE-Among the in- surance men who hold prominent positions in the life of Boston, James M. Woodhouse is one of the leaders. He is a member of the
Union Central Life Insurance Company. Mr. Woodhouse takes part freely in the civic and social life of his community, holding mem- berships in a number of clubs, organizations, and fraternal orders.
He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on June 19, 1881, a son of Samuel M. and Elvira P. (Dudley) Woodhouse, both of whom are now deceased. His father, who until his death in 1912 was a farmer and real estate operator, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut; and his mother, who died in 1925, was a native of Guilford, Connecticut. As a boy, James M. Woodhouse attended the public schools and the high school of Wethersfield, and of Hartford, Connecticut; and later he became a student at Williams College, from which he was grad- uated in the class of 1906. When he completed his academic education, he became associated with the American Hardware Corporation, of New Britain, Connecticut; then, in 1908, he went with the Travelers' Insurance Company as agent, in which capacity he remained until 1912, working in three different offices. He was with the Hartford, Connecticut, office; was manager for one year of the Springfield, Massa- chusetts, office; and then spent two years with the Travelers' company in Milwaukee, Wiscon- sin. In 1913, he went with the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company as agent, field super- visor, and general agent for Connecticut and Rhode Island territories. He continued to work with this company until 1923, when, in associa- tion with Charles Jenney, he formed the part- nership of Woodhouse and Jenney, whose head- quarters were situated at No. 31 Milk Street, on the tenth floor, and continued for five years. He is now a member of the Union Central Life Insurance Company. In addition to his work with this company, Mr. Woodhouse has strong affiliations with fraternal orders, clubs, and business organizations in Boston. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which order he is identified with the St. John's Lodge, No. 4, of Hartford, Connecticut; the Cyrus Goodell Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- sons; the Washington Commandery; the Murat
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Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and all bodies of the Scottish Rite, including the Connecticut Consistory. He also is a member of the Theta Psi Fraternity. He also holds memberships in the Boston Life Underwriters' Association, the Boston Square and Compass Club, the University Club, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the Belmont Golf Club. In his political opinions, he has aligned himself with the Republican party, in whose principles he is a firm believer. He has held several public offices at different times, having been in 1911 a delegate to the House of Representatives in the Connecticut State Legislature from the town of Wethersfield; clerk of public health; a member of the Safety Com- mittee; eight years a member of the Republican Town Committee; and for two years chairman of the school building committee. All of these positions he held in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he also was one time president of the Wethersfield Business Men's Association.
In 1912, James M. Woodhouse married Alice Cameron, who is a native of Springfield, Massa- chusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse are the parents of the following children: 1. Jane Cam- eron, who was born in 1914. 2. James M., Jr., who was born in 1915.
Mr. Woodhouse takes an active interest in all matters relating to the public welfare of Bos- ton, and has shown himself willing to support whatever movements he has believed would bring some enduring benefits to the community. When he is not occupied with his many busi- ness interests, he enjoys his favorite hobbies, golf, fishing, and hunting.
EDWIN · CALVIN-A spirit of enterprise and aggressiveness has characterized the ca- reer of Edwin Calvin, of Boston, one of the younger men who has achieved a position of prominence in the industrial circles of Massa-
chusetts, having advanced through his ability to grasp timely opportunities and his capacity for energy and hard work. Mr. Calvin is president and general manager of the Bearfoot Sole Company, Inc., located at No. 178 Lin- coln Street, this city, of which concern he was one of the founders in 1924, and today they rank among the largest manufacturers of fibre soles and heels for use on shoes de- signed for sport and street wear.
Mr. Calvin was born in Nashville, Indiana, May 12, 1890, son of Timothy Downey Calvin, who is living, and Melinda (Ferguson) Calvin, who is deceased, both of whom were born in Nashville, Indiana. Timothy Downey Calvin has been engaged in the mercantile business for the entire period of his commercial career.
Edwin Calvin was educated in the public schools of Nashville, Indiana, and in the Boston English High School. After graduating from high school, he entered the leather business in 1912 and with this industry or its allied branches, he has since been associated, his first position having been with the England Walton Company of Boston, with which concern he remained until 1918, at which time he accepted an offer of the Graton and Knight Company, of Worcester, and spent the next two years with that firm. Mr. Calvin then became New Eng- land representative for the William B. Heald Company, of Chicago, for a period of approx- imately two years, after which he was con- nected with a rubber sole company in Bos- ton for two years. In 1924, he organized the concern now known as the Bearfoot Sole Com- pany, Inc., of which he became president and general manager, and his brother, I. B. Calvin, treasurer. They manufacture rubber and fibre soles, all of which are distributed under the trade name of Bearfoot or Wearfoot soles, and their establishment has expanded with such rapidity that it is now one of the largest of its kind in New England. In politics, Mr. Cal- vin is a staunch supporter of the Republican party and his religious affiliation is with the Presbyterian church, which he attends. His hobbies are gardening, golf, tennis and music,
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in which he finds great recreation after the cares of the day's business.
Edwin Calvin married, in 1911, Margaret A. Donahue, who. was born in Somerville, and they have one son, Edwin E.
F. ARTHUR HINCHCLIFFE-Coming from his native England to the United States when he was seventeen years of age, F. Arthur Hinchcliffe took an immediate interest in trans- portation in its varying forms, becoming al- most immediately identified with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in its auditing de- partment. For seven years he remained in that occupation, then transferring to the bicycle trade, which had at that time, 1896, just begun to boom. With great foresight and unflag- ging industry he moved from field to field in transportation, until today he is owner, presi- dent, and treasurer of the Hinchcliffe Motor Car Company, of Boston, distributors of sev- eral makes of high-grade automobiles, and en- joying great prosperity. During his life in this country he has made himself popular by his activities on other lines than his business; has taken a great interest in civics and social and fraternal matters and has been ever ready when called upon to lend assistance in any public works-altogether an eminent citizen, with a host of friends and a constantly de- veloping clientele.
He was born in Derby, England, June 15, 1872, a son of John and Hannah (Bentley) Hinchcliffe, his father having been a shoe manufacturer, now deceased, and buried in England. He acquired his education in the English public schools and in 1889 came to the United States. From his first position with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway he went to the Humber Bicycle Company, of West- boro, Massachusetts, where he worked as man- ager of the sales department. This company sold its interest in the plant in 1899 to the
Locomobile Company of America, with which corporation he was connected until 1901, when he came to Boston to become assistant man- ager of the Boston branch. His work had be- come of such importance that he was from time to time shifted from one position to an- other, wherever his talents seemed most needed. In 1916 he took over the New England dis- tribution of the Jordan automobile and in 1927 added the Auburn car to his list, when he formed the corporation of which he is now owner and president. For a time he was lo- cated in New York City as assistant manager of the branch there of the Boston Automobile Dealers' Association, having the Winton car as his specialty, but subsequently returned to Boston as New England manager for the Win- ton company. During the police strike in Boston in 1919 he was lieutenant in the First Troop Cavalry and proved of great service in training mounted troops for the new force. In fraternal circles he is a thirty-second de- gree member of the Order of Free and Ac- cepted Masons, affiliated with Brookline Lodge, of which he is Past Master; also with all other bodies, including Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Army and Navy Club of Boston, to the Boston Chamber of Com- merce, the Pocasset Golf Club, Boston Athletic Association, Longwood Tennis Club, Charles River Country Club, Chestnut Hill Golf Club, and the Lancers Military Club. He attends the Church of All Saints, of Brookline, of which he is a vestryman. His recreations are horse- back riding, golf, and other outdoor sports.
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Mr. Hinchcliffe married, in Walden, New York, October 9, 1901, Marie Kernochan, daugh- ter of John and Mary (Weller) Kernochan.
DWIGHT TUXBURY HERSEY-The business experience of Dwight Tuxbury Her- sey, general manager of the Oakland Motor
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Company of New England, has been an un- usually wide and varied one and has called him to many sections of the country. He has held responsible executive positions with world- known manufacturing concerns in the East and in the Middle West, including a supervisorship covering twenty-two States, and has at various times been located in offices in nine different cities, including New York City; Kansas City, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Newark, New Jer- sey; and now (1928) Boston, Massachusetts. In 1927 he resigned his position with the Ford Motor Company to accept his present position as general manager and vice-president of the Oakland Motor Company of New England, in which capacity he is giving high-grade service. His offices are located at No. 655 Beacon Street, Boston.
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