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In politics, Mr. Stetson is an interested citizen, supporting the Republican principles and candidates, but not active in the organization. His religious faith is Unitarian, and he is affiliated with lodge, chapter, council and commandery of the Masonic order. For a number of years he has held the office of treasurer of the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association, which, with his position in his own com- pany, places him in an influential position in the business with which he has been connected since youth. His clubs are the Tedesco Country, of Swampscott, Massachusetts; Paris Hill Country, of Paris Hill, Maine; Oxford, of Lynn, and the Ma- sonic, of Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Frank C. Stetson married Elizabeth Gertrude Soule, daughter of George Dana and Elisabeth Bird (Howard) Soule. Mr. and Mrs. Stetson are the parents of three sons: Dana Emerson, Robert Jackson, Theodore. The family home is at No. 131 Ocean street. Mr. Stetson's business address is No. 188. Eastern avenue, Lynn, Massachusetts.
HENRY. NICHOLAS DOERR, D. C., engaged in the practice of chiropractic, at Lawrence, Massachu-
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setts, is a successful man in his profession, and he also is one of the foremost citizens of that city. Dr. Doerr was born July 21, 1896, at Heidelberg, Germany, son of Frank George and Catherine Doerr, both natives of Heidelberg, where the former was engaged in the cigar business for many years.
Dr. Doerr came to America to live when he was but three years old and his entire education was obtained in this country. He attended the grammar school and high school at Oneida, New York, and also a business college. Subsequently, he took up the study of chiropractic at the Palmer School of Chiropractic, in Davenport, Iowa, in 1918, but dur- ing the years preceding had been engaged in other pursuits. When he first completed school he was employed as a bookkeeper, and then was in the shoe manufacturing business at Manchester, New Hamp- shire, and later was interested in the exhibiting of moving pictures.
In the spring of 1918 he engaged in the study of his profession as above stated, and for a time prac- ticed at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, subsequently removing in March, 1921, to Lawrence, Massachu- setts, where he is now located in an elegantly ap- pointed suite of offices in the Blakely building, at No. 477 Essex street.
Other business interests of Dr. Doerr include a financial interest in the Lawrence Trust Company and the Arlington Trust Company, both Lawrence banks.
During the World War, 1917-18, Dr. Doerr per- formed his duty with the Thirteenth Service Com- pany, Signal Corps, stationed at Camp Alfred Vail, Little Silver, New Jersey. He is a member of the Delta Sigma Chi fraternity, and in his religious faith a Presbyterian, a member of the church of that denomination.
FRANK McHUGH-In 1870 Edward Hayden es- tablished a granite and marble yard at Nos. 2-4-6 Washington street, Lynn, Massachusetts, which he conducted until 1888 under the name of The Pine Grove Granite and Marble Works. In the year 1888 Frank McHugh bought the plant, good will and business, and for thirty-four years, 1888-1922, has successfully conducted a prosperous business along modern monumental lines, the firm name being Frank McHugh & Son. The McHughs of Lynn de- scend from Patrick and Bridget (Finnegan) Mc- Hugh, the former a farmer, born in 1799, died in 1887, both spending their lives in their native Ire- land, the father reaching the great age of eighty- eight. Patrick and Bridget McHugh were the par- ents of six sons and two daughters.
Frank McHugh, son of Patrick and Bridget (Finnegan) McHugh, was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, February 2, 1847. He there obtained his education, and passed the first twenty-three years of his life. He came to the United States in 1870, making his home in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served an apprenticeship at the trade of stone cutter, specializing in marble and granite monumen- tal work. He perfected his knowledge of his trade and business in different New England cities, spend-
ing four years in business in Cambridge, Massachu- setts, before coming to Lynn, Massachusetts, where on December 23, 1888, he bought The Pine Grove Granite and Marble Works, established eighteen years before. That business, located at Nos. 2-4-6 Washington street, has been under Mr. McHugh's capable management during the many years which have since intervened, he having admitted his son, Frank, to a partnership under the firm name of Frank McHugh & Son.
Educated in the National schools in Ireland, Mr. McHugh has always been of a studious, thought- ful disposition, and through his reading has ac- quired a profound knowledge of many subjects, his greatest interest being in both ancient and modern history. He is widely acquainted in his city and has many friends, is an expert in the technicalities of his calling, and a man of sound business quality, and he has made his life one of successful effort. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, a member of Massachusetts Order of Foresters, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Mr. McHugh married, in 1882, Mary Cunningham, born in Ireland, and they are the parents of four children: Mary, Bridget, Frank and Catherine.
JOHN M. ROCHE, a native of Haverhill, a brick maker and one of the largest general contractors in the Haverhill district, has been responsible for the erection of some of the most conspicuous brick and stone buildings in Haverhill and vicinity. Among them are the Haverhill High School, in the erec- tion of which more than 4,000,000 bricks were used; the Colonial Theatre, Haverhill; the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church at Bradford; the Univer- salist church at Malden, Massachusetts, which was made of stone; the William E. Moody School; the Albert L. Bartlett School; the Walnut Square School; the Roswell L. Wood School; the Charles K. Fox School; the Columbia Park apartments; the State Armory at Haverhill; the railway station at North Andover, and the freight houses at Law- rence, Massachusetts. The buildings named in this list are in themselves evidence of the thorough- ness of his work, and their importance and size indicate the place Mr. Roche has among the con- tractors of that part of Massachusetts.
John M. Roche was born in Haverhill, February 10, 1867, son of John M. and Bridget (Shea) Roche, the family, as one would suppose, being of Irish origin. Both of his parents were born in Ireland, his father in Kerry. John M. Roche, Sr. was a mar- ket gardener by occupation, and the family lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he died in 1883.
John M. Roche, Jr. was educated in the public. schools of Haverhill, and after leaving school helped his father for a while in his farming and market gardening. His first outside employer was Fred H. Kate, for whom he worked for three years. Then followed a period as journeyman and brick layer. In 1891, however, he went into business for him- self, under his own name, as a contractor for brick laying, and, as the years passed, he found it ad- vantageous also to enter into the manufacture of
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brick. This enterprise he began in 1903 in the Rose- mount district, and he has maintained that line of manufacture ever since in that locality, making all the bricks he needs for his own contracts, and cater- ing to the general trade. His plant at Rosemount is equipped with a railroad siding, enabling him to ship his surplus to all points of the United States. Among the other notable contracts carried through successfully by Mr. Roche was the addition to the Gale Hospital, the Nurses' Home.
Mr. Roche is widely and creditably known in Haverhill and throughout Essex county, and has always followed Haverhill affairs with keen inter- est. There is no doubt he has contributed to the beauty of the place, and no less credit is due him because of the fact that his contribution to the city was but the natural outcome of the pursuance by him of his own business affairs. Fortunately for the city, his work has been creative.
Mr. Roche married, in 1904, Elizabeth M. Sullivan, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, daughter of Timothy and Ellen (Mahoney) Sullivan, the former connect- ed with the Massachusetts Monumental Works, de- ceased since 1919.
WILLIAM D. WRIGHT, shoe manufacturer of Marblehead, has been engaged in the shoe business since youth, and the business of which he is the head is the oldest of its kind in Marblehead. He comes legitimately by his manufacturing ability, for his Grandfather Wright is credited with the making of the first shoe with pegged soles, and his father was a shoe manufacturer prior to the Civil War, in which he actively participated.
William D. Wright was born at Marblehead, Mas- sachusetts, October 6, 1864, son of Joseph T. and Sarah (Carroll) Wright; his father was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness while serving in the Union Army, and later died from the effects. Wil- liam D. Wright attended the Marblehead public schools, but being left fatherless when an infant, his school years were shortened. Upon leaving school he entered a shoe factory, and in 1888 began busi- ness in Marblehead, under the name of The Wright Brothers Shoe Company. The company consisted of Hiram Wright and William D. Wright; Hiram Wright died in 1898, and William D. Wright con- tinued the business under the name of The Wright Brothers Shoe Company. He is also a trustee of the Marblehead Savings Bank. In politics, Mr. Wright is a Republican, serving his town as select- man.
Mr. Wright married, in Marblehead, in 1884, Han- nah J. Eustis, and they are the parents of four children: 1. Clara, married William H. Day, of Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Harold, superintendent of the plant of Wright Brothers Shoe Company, served in the World War in France for one year. 3. Dorothy. 4. Beatrice.
DR. CLARENCE A. STETSON, who was a well known physician of Lynn, Massachusetts, was born in Boxford, Massachusetts, April 23, 1861, and died at his home in that city, June 17, 1922.
He received his early education in the public schools of his native town, then entered Bowdoin Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1892. He came to Lynn in 1892, and established his office, and from that time until his death conducted a general practice, attaining a goodly measure of success. Dr. Stetson was a member of Georgetown Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of the Bowdoin Club, of Boston.
EDWARD R. GRABOW-One of the names which will go down in history in connection with the activities of the United States Food Administration during the World War is that of Edward R. Grabow, who has long been prominent on the North Shore and in the winter resorts of the Southern States, in the hotel business. This broad experience and his fearless grasp of the situation solved the problem of a just and equable handling of ship rationing at United States ports, when this problem was one of international import, and that at the most criti- cal point in the world's history. If for no other service to his generation, Mr. Grabow's name should be written in the annals of his State and Nation as one of the significant names of that trying time.
Edward R. Grabow was born in Cleveland, Ohio, September 17, 1874, and is a son of Frederick and Mary (Church) Grabow, residents for many years of that city. Educated in the public schools of his native city, Mr. Grabow has won a far wider knowl- edge from life itself, finding every phase of life a means of higher education. At the age of seventeen years he went to North Dakota, where he engaged in herding cattle, following this work for a period of four years. He then became interested in hotel work, and was employed at various points as bil- liard boy and night clerk, working in several dif- ferent hotels, and acquiring a fund of useful infor- mation, which was a fundamental asset in his later activities. He first filled the responsible position of chief clerk at the Hotel Magnolia, Magnolia, Essex county, Massachusetts, and continued there for three years. Then accepting the same position at the Hotel Preston, he was with that house for two years. Both these hotels being almost exclusively devoted to summer patronage, Mr. Grabow went South during the winters and engaged in the same activity among the famous caravanseries which are thronged with northern visitors while New England lies under the ice and snow. About 1900, Mr. Gra- bow became the proprietor of the New Ocean House, Swampscott, Essex county, Massachusetts, one of the most popular of all the hotels of this section, which he still owns, and in which he is active as manager. Meanwhile, in 1912, a further interest came to Mr. Grabow's hands, he then becoming associated with the United Fruit Company, as gen- eral manager of the passenger department and steamship service. His long experience in the de- tails of hotel management gave him an unusual equipment for this position, and his marked suc- cess in the handling of the responsibilities in cor nection therewith measures his ability in this direc tion. He soon gained a minute familiarity with the
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detail of conditions affecting the floating hotels which were under his charge, necessarily different in a greater or less degree.
It was here that the abnormal conditions of the World War found Mr. Grabow, and here that the National Food Administration, under Mr. Hoover, found the man who was needed to cope with one of the most serious problems of that day-the ex- ploitation of foodstuffs by neutral merchant ves- sels, through the simple method of over-rationing at our ports. This threat in the dark was apprehend- ed by the food administration, and a cursory in- vestigation revealed the fact that more food was being purchased here by some vessels than could reasonably be required for consumption during the homeward voyage. Just how widely or in what de- gree this was accomplished it was impossible to de- termine, but the matter was immediately placed in the' hands of Mr. Grabow, as an expert in ship rationing, with practical experience behind him. In "Shipping," for July 6, 1918, a concise and illuminat- ing statement was published regarding the' situa- tion of the moment and the measures by which it was controlled:
The magnitude of the problem is revealed by a glance at the March figures of the port of New York. During that month 11,000,000 pounds of food for consumption by officers and men were delivered to merchant vessels. Mr. Grabow and his aides es- timate that at least 5,000,000 pounds more of essen- tials would have left the port in the absence of any controlling authority, and what of the other fifty- three more Amercan ports?
No food is now wasted at sea. Neutral vessels no longer can take from these shores more food than can be used during the voyage. The daily con- sumption of food has been placed at 6.6 pounds per man. On May 1 every passenger and freight ves- sel sailing from American ports on the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes, had in use a univer- sal menu for their crews and passengers.
Before these results were attained it was essen- tial to secure the co-operation not only of the ship- owners, but of the labor leaders. Any change in the food bill is certain to arouse the suspicion of the crew. In Hooverizing on shipboard there was no intention or inclination to interfere with the rights of the men. The nationality of the crews and the trade routes served by their ships had to be taken into account. * * * Conferences with the leaders of many marine unions were held in Washington, and finally they agreed on a universal bill of fare which provided better balanced meals than ever had been served crews before.
Shipowners supplied valuable information regard- ing operating conditions on practically every type of vessel, steam and sail, in service. * * * Špecial allowances were made for sailing vessels to offset possible delays by calms, adverse winds and bad weather. * * * No vessel can obtain food without first filing a statement of the amount required, the number of men on board and the approximate dura- tion of the voyage. This statement is checked by the Transportation Bureau of the War Trade Board, and the Customs Intelligence Bureau. If found to be within reason a license is issued.
Many attempts were of course made to circum-
vent this vigilance, the captain of a Norwegian ship, for instance, requisitioning an amount of butter which would require the consumption of ten pounds per day by every man on board, and the captain of a Swedish vessel -attempting to secure 190 barrels of wheat flour when he was entitled to only forty bar- rels. As to what was actually accomplished by the efforts of Mr. Grabow and his associates, this same article in "Shipping" continues:
The conservation already effected on board ship reduces the consumption of wheat 50 per cent., pork 60 per cent., beef, 50 per cent., and sugar 50 per cent., and any further reductions found necessary can be accomplished within fifteen minutes after word is sent from Washington to the fifty-four porta of call on the American coasts.
Personally, Mr. Grabow is a man of commanding presence, but genial manner. He is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and holds a prominent position socially and fraternally. He is a member of Colombian Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Boston; of Mt. Olivet Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Templar; of Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second de- gree in this order. He is a member of the Swamp- scott Masonic Club, of the Tedesco Country Club, of the Algonquin Club, of Boston, of, the Exchange Club, of Boston. He is a life member of the Bos- ton Press Club, is a member of the Transporta- tion Club of New York City, also of the Whitehall, Engineers', and Pan-American clubs of New York City.
Mr. Grabow married Florence Courtright, daugh- ter of John Perry and Jean (McWaters) Courtright, of Detroit, and a direct descendant of John Alden, of "Mayflower" ancestry. Mr. and Mrs. Grabow have three children: Jean Courtright, Mary Church and Priscilla Alden.
GEORGE OSBORNE STIMPSON - When a youth, George O. Stimpson, now and for a decade president of Danvers National Bank, entered bank- ing life as an employe of the Howard National Bank of Boston, having had a short experience pre- viously with a woolen goods jobbing house. During all the years prior to 1913, he was in the employ of Boston banks, usually as teller, but since 1913 he has given his entire time to the Danvers National Bank. He is a son of William Elliot and Mary Dodge (Richards) Stimpson, his father born in South Danvers, now Peabody, but a baker of Dan- vers, Massachusetts, in later years. Mary Dodge (Richards) Stimpson was a daughter of Daniel Richards, the last president of the old Village Bank of Danvers, and the first president of the First National Bank of Danvers, successor of the Village Bank, and predecessor of the Danvers Na- tional Bank.
George O. Stimpson was born in Danvers, Massa- chusetts, October 23, 1861, and was there educated in the public schools, finishing high school with graduation, class of 1879. He then pursued a busi-
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ness course at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial Col- lege, then entered business life with the E. Allen Company, woolen goods jobbers, at No. 92 Frank- lin street, Boston, remaining with that house for three years. He then began his long connection with banking, going firrst to the Howard National Bank of Boston, remaining with that sterling in- stitution, constantly advancing in position for fifteen years, becoming teller. He was then teller of the National Bank of the Republic of Boston for nine years, going thence in similar capacity to the Shaw- mut National Bank of Boston, there remaining until January, 1913, when he assumed the duties of presi- dent of the Danvers National Bank, of Danvers. He had been elected president of that institution on March 27, 1911, but he did not sever his connec- tion with the Shawmut National Bank until Janu- ary, 1913, and since then has given his time and ability to the Danvers National Bank exclusively. He is a member and ex-president of the Boston Bank Officers' Association, and a financier of high standing among his contemporaries.
In politics Mr. Stimpson is a Republican, but neither an office holder nor seeker. He is inter- ested in many activities of his city in official capac- ity, and in the work of charity and philanthropy. He is treasurer of the board of trustees of Peabody Institute, treasurer of Danvers Home for the Aged, treasurer of Walnut Grove Cemetery Corporation, was chairman of the Victory Loan Committee, was the first chairman of the Danvers fuel commission during the World War, but his duties as chairman of the Victory Loan compelled him to resign from the fuel commission. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order, affiliated with Mosaic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a past master; Holton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Salem Council, Royal and Select Masters. His clubs are: the Masonic, of Danvers, and Boston City. His re- ligious preferences are Congregational.
Mr. Stimpson married in Brooklyn, New York, June 5, 1888, Cora M. Buckley, born in Greenport, Long Island, New York, daughter of George P. and Harriet S. Buckley.
JOHN EMERSON SCOTT-Ingenuity, initiative, and tireless industry are the most enduring foun- dations for the superstructure of success. Upon such a foundation John Emerson Scott, of Lynn, Massachusetts, has built the present modest, but rapidly growing business, of which he is owner and manager.
Mr. Scott comes of a family of skilled workers in this industry. His grandfather, John Scott, was a shoemaker of Philadelphia when all shoes were made entirely by hand. With the progressive ideas of a thorough man of business, he endorsed the ad- vent of machinery by purchasing the third sewing machine built by the Howe factory, the earliest sewing machine on the market.
Pembroke Somerset Scott, son of John Scott, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in 1903. He also made shoes, and was the inventor of many parts for shoe machines. He married Mar-
garet Harris Watt, daughter of Dr. Robert Watt, of Philadelphia.
John Emerson Scott, son of Pembroke Somerset and Margaret Harris (Watt) Scott, was born in Philadelphia, on October 24, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and learned the trade of his father and grandfather. On October 7, 1902, he removed to Lynn, and for some time worked as shoe turner in Marblehead. Later he became foreman for the Rice & Hutchins Company, at South Braintree, Massachusetts, and during his stay with this concern, organized their present turn workroom.
With all his experience Mr. Scott was looking forward to starting for himself as a manufacturer of shoes, and some years ago, to forward that plan, built a turn sewing machine for himself, which has attracted much attention, as this achievement is considered unique in the history of shoe manu- facturing. Mr. Scott utilized the most unpromising materials, parts of a discarded metal bedstead, an old bicycle frame, and parts of shoe machines which had been consigned to "scrap." Some of the attach- ments for use with these machines were covered by patents, and to avoid infringement, he designed and built entirely new attachments which accom- plished the same work. This machine served him well in practical shoe production for several years.
Some of these attachments Mr. Scott patented, and it was the proceeds of these inventions which provided him with the capital required in establish- ing the present business. In April, 1918, he began the manufacture of infant's shoes, and has develop- ed a business which is constantly increasing, thirty hands being employed at present.
In the Masonic order Mr. Scott is affiliated with all bodies of the York and Scottish rites, being a member of Bethlehem Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters; Olivet Commandery, No. 36, Knights Templar; and Mass- achusetts Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thirty-second degree of that rite. He is also a member of Regis Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston; and of the Masonic Club of Lynn. He is an Odd Fel- low, a member of the lodge and encampment, and Rebekah's; member of the Improved Order of Red Men; and a Haymaker; member of Omar Grotto, No. 38; and is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, and of the United Commercial Travelers' Association.
Mr. Scott married, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Irene Franklin Pierce, and they are the parents of thirteen children, four of whom are deceased.
JOSEPH ASBURY PITMAN-After a thorough course of normal school and university training, Professor Pitman chose pedagogy as his profession, and after a successful career, as teacher in several schools, principal of grammar and high schools and as superintendent, came in 1906 to his present posi-
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