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Mr. Waddington married, in 1889, Susannah Riley, a native of England, but who was reared in Providence, and they are the parents of a son, Earl Joseph Wadding- ton, born April 21, 1901.
LEENDA J. ADAM, a retail merchant of Merri- mac, Massachusetts, and earlier a foreman in a Haver- hill shoe factory, was born at St. Francois du Lac, Can- ada, August 1, 1871, son of Honoré and Jessie (Foun- tain) Adam, who were both of Canadian birth, the former born at St. Francois du Lac, and the latter at St. Thomas. The family later lived in the United States, and Honoré Adam became connected with the Massa- chusetts shoe industry, remaining actively in work until 1906, when he decided to retire. His wife having died in 1879, he married again a year later.
The Adam family has been resident in America for
several generations, Peter K. and Philemon (Depent) Adam, grandparents of Leenda J. Adam, having both been born in St. Thomas, Canada, where the former was a farmer until his death in 1882, ten years after the demise of his wife.
In his boyhood, Leenda J. Adam attended the paro- chial school in St. Francois du Lac. After leaving school he obtained employment in a textile factory in Manchester, New Hampshire, remaining there, how- ever, but a short time, his next employers being the Hilliard & Tabor Shoe Company, of Haverhill. In the shoe factory of that company he passed twelve years, for the greater part of the time heing foreman of the plant. Leaving their employ, he next became connected with the Knight & Perry Shoe Company, of the same place. He served that company for four years as fore- man, at the end of which time he decided to venture into business for himself, as a storekeeper at Lake Attitash, Merrimac, Massachusetts. He has been quite satisfied with the venture, and he still conducts the business.
Mr. Adam belongs to the American Order of Forest- ers, the Independent Orders of Foresters, and La Societe St. Jean Baptiste. Politically he is a Republican. By religious faith he is a Catholic, as have been members of the Adam family for many generations, and he now holds membership in the Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity, at Merrimac.
Mr. Adam married, in 1893, Rose Lavalleé, of Haver- hill, born August 15, 1874, daughter of Narcisse Laval- leé, of St. Hyacinth, Canada, and his wife, Marie Bro- deur, of St. Denis, Canada. He was engaged in the shoe industry in Portland, Maine, and later in Haver- hill, Massachusetts; his wife died in 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Adam have one child, an adopted daughter, Jeanette, born in Haverhill on November 4, 1906.
WILLIAM ARTHUR PEDLER, beginning his career as a clerk in one of the large manufacturing con- cerns in Lawrence, Massachusetts, has, in twenty years, by his own effort and competency, become the local agent in charge of the manufacturing end of the busi- ness. To him the operatives must look for direction, and on him depends the quality of the output. He has not failed either inen or company, and is to-day reap- ing his just reward not only in money, but even more in the respect and honor awarded him by his associates and friends.
Arthur Pedler, father of William A. Pedler, was born in Devonshire, England, on October 6, 1843, and came to this country in 1881. For some time he was engaged in the contracting business, but in later years was foreman in the Acadia Mills of Methuen; he died in 1919. His mother, Emma (Mallett) Pedler, who also was of Devonshire birth, was born in June, 1851, and is now living in Methuen, Massachusetts, which is also the home of her son.
William Arthur Pedler was born in Methuen, Massa- chusetts, February 22, 1884. He received his early edu- cation in the grammar and high schools of the city. By night study and attendance he won his way through the Lowell Textile School, and in 1901 started to work as a clerk in the Arlington Mills, in the cotton department, and in twelve years had risen to be the
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superintendent of this branch. Four years later, when the cotton department was taken over by private indi- viduals and given the name of Acadia Mills, Mr. Pedler was made agent, a position he has held now ( 1921) for the last four years. The Acadia Mills are the largest in the United States manufacturing mercerized, bleached and dyed cotton yarns, and Mr. Pedler has entire charge of the manufacturing end.
Mr. Pedler is a member of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce; and is a trustee of the Broadway Savings Bank. During the World War he gave his services untiringly in the Red Cross and other war time efforts. A lover of the out-of-doors, he is a member of the Merrimack Valley Country Club, and finds time in his busy life to unite in fraternal fellowship with such other clubs and societies as the Methuen Grange, and Methuen Club, and is a past grand of Hope Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Methuen. Mr. Pedler also is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a member of John Hancock Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is an attendant of St. John's Episcopal Church, filling the office of clerk of same.
JOHN ARTHUR BUSFIELD, with his uncle, James Busfield, are two of the best known, most sought after and popular men in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
John Arthur Busfield was born in Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, November 15, 1882. His father was Walter Busfield, of Andover, Massachusetts, who died in 1895; his mother was Jessie (Gibson) Busfield,'a native of Ar- broath, Scotland. He attended the public schools until the year after the death of his father, when he became an apprentice boy in the machine shop of his uncle, James Busfield.
James Busfield was one of the early pioneers in the machinery business in Haverhill. having started what is now the Busfield Machinery Company nearly a hall century ago. He is also a noted inventor, and patented many appliances now in use all over the world on shoe- making machines. Mr. James Busfield passed away November 28, 1921, leaving the active management of the firm to his nephew John. His heart and mind were for anything that would advance or uplift the city. A lover of the great out-of-doors, he spent much time out in it. either practicing his hobby of photography, or plying the artist's brush, for he was a painter of landscapes. Yet with his pleasure he mixed a quiet oversight of the establishment which he founded in his early years.
John Arthur Busfield, after entering his uncle's shop, worked his way up step by step through the various departments until he became foreman. In 1913 after seventeen years, he was made a partner by his uncle, and the name of the firm became the Busfield Machinery Company. From a small beginning in 1875 this business has grown to be the largest of its kind in Haverhill. First on Main street, later on its present site No. 72 Washington street, absorbing the house of N. J. Sawyer in the "eighties," enlarging the plant from time to time and taking on additional interests from year to year, it has reached its present eminence. The company is an extensive maker of heel machinery, does general machine and engineering work, installs vacuum heating systems,
and does general jobbing in mill supplies, giving employ- ment to about seventy men, In 1912 they became asso- ciated with the Texas Oil Company, and are exclusive representatives of the Texas petroleum products, cover- ing Haverhill and the lower Merrimack Valley.
John Arthur Busfield is the acting manager of these multiple interests. Despite the business burdens upon liis shoulders, he finds time and opportunity to keep up with social, fraternal and civic affairs. He is politically a Republican ; in the city he is a director in the Chamber ot Commerce and also a director of the First National Bank. He affiliates with the Masonic order, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Ha- verhill; Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ha- verhill Council, Royal and Select Masters: Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. Among his clubs are the Pentucket and Aga- wam clubs; and he has had the extreme honor to be chosen for membership from his profession, in the Rotary Club. In September, 1905, Mr. Busfield mar- ried Jeanett Stewart, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Pattinson) Stewart, both of whom came to this coun- try from Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. Stewart became interested in the shoe business in West Newburyport, Massachusetts, and it was during this residence there that Jeanett Stewart was born. No children have blessed this union.
Mr. and Mrs. Busfield are attendants at the Congre- gational church. During the strenuous period of the World War they both were very active in the work of the Red Cross and in the Liberty Loan drives, in both of which their efforts were highly appreciated by the society and government.
EATON & HOBBS-One of the interesting manu- facturing establishments of Lynn, Massachusetts, is the plant of the National Popcorn Works, of which Eaton & Hobbs are the proprietors. This firm was founded in 1882 by Messrs. Wilbur K. Eaton and Everett L. Hobbs, for the manufacture of popcorn and popcorn confections.
The original venture was launched at Coney Island, New York, as a summer business, and the first season was carried on there exclusively. But the possibilities in the idea seemed to warrant a broader scope of action, so coming to Lynn, the firm secured a small place on Boston street, and began to put up popcorn for the public, and manufacture a variety of attractive popcorn confections. They remained in their first location for about five years, then, as the business was growing steadily, and demanded more space, they removed to Washington street. It was only a few years, however, before this plant became inadequate, so they purchased land at No. 261 Western avenue, and here erected a factory building, especially suited to their individual needs, 34×80 feet in dimensions, and three stories in height. It was fully equipped with the most modern machinery, of their designing, especially made for the manufacture of their own products. The business has grown to be very extensive, making a variety of corn confections, including corn brittle, crispettes, etc. They employ twenty people at this plant. and besides their general wholesale trade, they have retail places at Salem Willows, Beverly Beach, and Nahant Beach, on
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the North Shore, and at Asbury Park, New Jersey, where they sell their products at retail. This is con- sidered one of the most prosperous of the smaller manufacturing enterprises of Lynn.
Both Mr. Eaton and Mr. Hobbs were born in New Hampshire, and since the death of Mr. Eaton, which occurred in 1906, Mrs. Eaton has retained an interest in the business.
CARL E. HOOKER-Almost an unique industry of Haverhill is that of the Hooker-Howe Company, theatrical costumers. There are of course other firms in the same line, but the Haverhill Company named is said to be the largest in the east, which may be well appreciated when it is known that its store houses in Bradford cover parts of three blocks, that it finds con- stant employment for twenty people locally, and has in all one hundred and five agents, being represented in most of the principal cities cast of the Mississippi river. The business is owned and directed by Carl E. Hooker, who has lived in Haverhill since 1905.
Mr. Hooker was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. December 7, 1876, son of Oman Van Buren and Julia E. (Darling) Hooker, and descendant of a leading New England family. His father lived in Vermont, and was a manufacturer of saw milling machinery almost until his death, which occurred in 1906. His mother was of a Northfield, Vermont, family, and she died in 1906. He spent practically the entire first thirty years in his native place, attending the public schools in boy- hood, and later becoming a student at the St. Johnsbury Academy After leaving school he found employment in a minor capacity in an insurance office, but at the end of three years left his first employer, so that he might become office manager for the O. V. Hooker & Son Company of St. Johnsbury. He was connected with that firm for ten years, leaving in 1905. He then came to Haverhill and at once started into business as a costumer. It seems that he has had remarkable success. for when he began in 1905 he had but one trunkful of costumes. To-day the firm has three storehouses full of all manner of costumes, for theatrical and society events. It is an immense business reaching to all parts of the United States east of the Mississippi, and to many parts west. During the last two or three years the Company has found considerable business in the requirements of welfare departments of large manu- facturing corporations throughout the country, and its large and varied stock enables it to cope with almost any order. The original storehouse was at No. 63 Merri- mac street, Haverhill, and the space available there was used to the best possible advantage until it became alto- gether too small. In 1914 Mr. Hooker was compelled to seek larger quarters and the business was then moved to its present location, Nos. 30-36 Main street, Brad- ford, where it has twelve thousand square feet of floor spacc.
Mr. Hooker is a member of the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, belongs to the United Travelers' Associa- tion of America, and to the Agawam Club. He is a member of the Congregational church of Haverhill.
He was married (first) in 1901, to Dora A. Joinsee, of Montreal, and (second) to A. Maud Smith, of a Vermont family. By the first marriage was born a
daughter, Doris E .; and by the second marriage two children were born, Priscilla and Muriel G. Their home is at No. 35 Sheridan street, Haverhill.
O'CONNOR & WHELAN-Frank J. Whelan and I'rank J. O'Connor, partners and owners of the Empire Laundry of Lawrence, Massachusetts, have been success- fully engaged in business there for twenty-one years. Their business was founded in 1900 at No. 602 Essex street, and nine years later they moved to their present location, at No. 10 Franklin street. The same year they purchased the building.
Mr. Whelan's father, John Whelan, was a native of Treland and came to Lawrence in the early fifties. He was engaged in the retail dry goods business on Essex street. His mother was Jane Mclaughlin, a native of Providence, Rhode Island.
Frank J. Whelan was born in Lawrence, Massachu- setts, August 22, 1864, and there attended the public schools. His first position was as a clerk in a clothing store and for two years he was a traveling salesman, resigning from the latter position in 1900 to engage in the laundry business on his own account. Since 1892 he has taken an active interest in public matters in Law- rence, and in that year was elected a member of the Common Council and also served six months as presi- dent of that body. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally is a charter member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 65. He was exalted ruler of this organization in 1903.
Mr. Whelan married, in October, 1906, at Lawrence, Ellen T. Mahoney, of that city, and their children are : Catherine Jane, and Frank J., Jr. The family attend St. Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church.
Frank J. O'Connor, the other member of the firm, was born August 27, 1863, in Lawrence, and after completing his formal education, learned the trade of wood-worker, which occupation he followed until the forming of the laundry company in 1900. His father was Richard O'Connor, of England. After coming to Lawrence, the elder Mr. O'Connor was an operator in the textile mills.
Frank J. O'Connor married, in Chicago, Illinois, in January, 1907, Mary Carey, of that city, and they are- the parents of Mary Rita. Frank, and John Carey O'Connor. They attend St. Mary's Church.
LOUIS BRUNO-In motoring circles of Lawrence .. Massachusetts, the name of Bruno is familiar, and stands for the efficient meeting of the wants of the motoring public, both in the distributing branch and in the service end of the business.
Mr. Bruno was born at St. Martin, Italy, December. 1890, and received his education in both his native land and America. He came to Lawrence in 1901, and after fnishing school, was employed in the textile mills for six years. In 1910 he became connected with the auto- mobile business in the employ of Lawrence dealers, largely acting in the capacity of salesman. On May 11, 1918, he established the present business, and has since built up a very extensive patronage. He handles cars and trucks. Mr. Bruno is general manager and handles the sales end of the business, and with the spacious.
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plant, covering about 18,000 square feet of floor space, he does a large business.
Mr. Bruno is prominent fraternally, being a member of Lawrence Lodge, No. 65, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and Lawrence Council, No. 67, Knights of Columbus. He is a member of St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Bruno married, on July 24, 1916, Marion Bow- doin, daughter of Joseph Bowdoin, of Methuen, the ceremony taking place in Lawrence. They have four children : Rita Marion; Vivian Corinne; Dorothy ; and Louis Michacl. The family reside at No. 20 Welling- ton street, in Methuen.
JOHN HENDRY, assistant superintendent of the worsted department of one of the Pacific Mills, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was born in that city, Novem- ber 30, 1875, son of William Hendry, a native of a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, who also is in the employ of the Pacific Mills, where he has been for almost half a century. Mr. Hendry's mother, Sarah (Stewart) Hen- dry, was also a native of Scotland.
As a boy John Hendry attended the public schools of Lawrence, and soon after graduating, entered the employ of the Pacific Mills, where for eight years he was in the weaving department. Mr. Hendry enlisted in the army to serve in the Spanish-American War, and after receiving his discharge, was employed as a machinery erector by the Draper Company of that town for the following five years, when he again entered the employ of the Pacific Mills, as loom-fixer, thence going to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and working for the Lor- raine Mills of that city, being in charge of the weaving department for six years. A third time he returned to his original employer, and has continued there to the present time, and as a reward for his years of experi- ence and diligence is now assistant superintendent of the worsted department of one of the mills of this com- pany. Mr. Hendry is a Republican, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Caladonian Club; also a member of Jenks Lodge, No. 24. Free and Accepted Masons; Mt. Sinai Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lawrence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar; Massachusetts Consistory; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was chairman of the Lawrence Draft Board during the World War, and was active in various phases of war work during that time.
In 1898 Mr. Hendry married Sadie Lord, born May 26, 1879, in Lawrence, daughter of Lawrence Lord, and they are the parents of two daughters: Jessie Lord, born June 7. 1899; and Marion S., born July 8, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Hendry and their daughters attend St. John's Episcopal Church of Lawrence.
THE CHARLES H. CARY HEEL COMPANY, of Salem, Massachusetts, one of the pioneer companies specializing in the manufacture of heels, but the only factory of its kind in Salem, was founded by Charles H. Cary and W. H. Kelly, the latter now deceased. The company employs about seventy-five hands, and makes heels for all styles of footwear, the greater part of the product, however, being white heels, made of leather board and some of straight leather. Since Mr.
Kelly's death Mr. Cary has been sole owner, he having bought the Kelly interest from the heirs.
Charles HI. Cary is of New Hampshire ancestry, the son of Silas and Dora (Crowell) Cary. He was born in Salem, New Hampshire, August 25, 1865, and there was educated in the public schools. For about a year after leaving school he was employed in a shoe factory at Methuen, Massachusetts, after which he moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in the shoe industry for sixteen years. For seven years of that period he was foreman of the Woodman & Howe Company, and the Hogden & Sargent Company, he becoming a very skillful workman and capable fore- man. Leaving Haverhill, he located in Salem, and with W. H. Kelly for a partner, he began the manufacture of heels. The business prospered, but two years after its founding Mr. Kelly died. The heirs not wishing to retain their interest, Mr. Cary purchased it and con- tinued as the Charles H. Cary Heel Company, and is yet its able managing head.
Mr. Cary is a member of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and of Haverhill Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is interested in both organizations. He is a public-spirited, progressive citizen, an able busi- ness man, and a good citizen.
Charles H. Cary married, in 1878, Rose Rivers, of Salem, Massachusetts.
MARTIN W. DUGAN, progressive business man of Newburyport, Massachusetts, was born November 12, 1886, in Byfield, Massachusetts, son of James J. and Mary (Scahill) Dugan, and after completing his for- mal education in the public schools, he started at the age of eighteen years to learn the trade of plumbing and steam-fitting. In two years lie became a journey- man, and through foresight and thrift, soon established himself in business as a plumbing and heating engineer. Mr. Dugan has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, and is well known among them; his high grade of workmanship has brought him many con- tracts, and his business is one of the foremost of its kind in Newburyport.
Dr. Dugan is a member of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks; the Knights of Columbus; the Loyal Order of Moose; and the Young Men's Christian Association.
ERNEST L. PERRY-One of the widely patron- ized motor service stations in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is that of the Perry Motor Car Company, whose sales- rooms and service station are located at No. 141 Jackson street.
Ernest L. Perry, president of this concern, was born October 21, 1872, in Augusta, Maine, son of William L. and Ada A. (Gage) Perry.
William L. Perry was born in Putnam, Connecticut, in December, 1850, and died at the age of fifty-two years. He went to Maine when he was young, and resided in Augusta until 1879. He was a natural mechanic. He received a gold medal from the Massa- chusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, of Boston, for the invention of a clutch and foot-power machine by which enough foot-power could be developed to drive a circular saw through a four-inch plank. He had
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numerous other patents, and also engaged in contracting and building. From Augusta he removed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and after about three years removed to Chelsea. He died in Malden, Massachusetts. His wife was the daughter of William Gage, of Augusta, Maine
After a practical preparation for his career in the educational institutions of his native city, and several years of successful business experience, Ernest L. Perry came to Lawrence May 1, 1907, and entered the insur- ance business, in which he had been engaged for sev- eral years. Six years later, in 1913, the rapid develop- ment of the motor car induced him to drop the insur- ance business and enter the automobile field. He was successful from the first, and in 1917 the business was incorporated under the present name. The Perry Motor Car Company conducts a large garage, with thoroughly modern equipment, its service station is one of the best in the city, and their sales list includes the Jewett and Paige cars and the Vim and Paige trucks.
Mr. Perry is a member of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and fraternally holds membership with Law- rence Lodge, No. 65, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; also with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
In West Medway, Massachusetts, Mr. Perry married Mary E. Gormley, daughter of James Gormley, and they have seven children, all at home: William F., James G., Ernest J., George V., Lucy M., Charles A., and Iola K. The family reside at No. 57 Belmont street, Lawrence, and attend St. Laurence's Roman Catholic Church.
LOUIS V. GOLDEN, paymaster of the Kunhardt Corporation, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, attained this position through his own initiative and ability. He entered the employ of the company as a clerk, and through his industry and ambition has worked his way upward.
Mr. Golden was born September 15, 1883, at Lawrence, son of Martin Golden, of Cork, Ireland, later of Law- rence. During his active life he was employed as a stationary engineer, and for two terms was a member of the City Council at Lawrence. He died in 1890, and is survived by his wife, who was Hannah Toomey, of Ireland, and now residing in Lawrence.
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