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Outside of these interests Mr. Seavey is also inter- ested in public matters in Haverhill, and he is a mem- ber of the Chamber of Commerce of that city and also of the Civic Pride Campaign, both of which organiza- tions have the welfare of the city at heart.
Mr. Seavey married, in 1901, Florence Louise Noyes,
of Haverhill, and they are the parents of the following children: Elizabeth Haynes, now (1922) a student at Skidmore College; Raymond Noyes: Russell Stock- bridge; and Arnold Hildredth, deceased.
EDWARD H. SEARLE, one of the self-made men of Lawrence, Massachusetts, has through his own un- aided effort attained the position he now holds, that of assistant agent of the Lawrence Duck Company. He was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, August 1, 1882, son of William S. Searle, a native of Devonshire, Eng- land, born there August 9, 1840, and until his death, March 26, 1904, served many years in the Methodist ministry. Mr. Searle's mother was Emma (Lakey) Searle, born March 22, 1845, in Devonshire, now resid- ing in Lawrence with her son.
Edward H. Searle was educated in the Lawrence public schools and the Methuen High School, and then attended the Lowell Textile School. Subsequently he was employed in the office of the Boston & Maine rail- road for ten years, resigning this position to enter the employ of the Lawrence Duck Company. In 1915 he applied himself to the task of thoroughly learning the business, and has since passed through the various grades to the position of assistant agent. Mr. Searle is a Republican, and an esteemed citizen of Lawrence. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Methuen Lodge of Masons, and during his senior year at high school was captain of the Methuen High School Cadets.
Mr. Searle married, in 1912, Bertha Hennings, born May 26, 1886, in Somerville, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of two sons: William S., born June 15, 1915: Robert H., born August 5, 1917. With his fam- ily, Mr. Searle attends the Methodist church at Methuen.
HAROLD E. PEMBROOK, a Spanish War vet- eran, has lived in Lynn since 1901, when he was dis- charged from military service, and while he has always been a responsible resident, he has since 1912 come more prominently into notice in Lynn as an automobile dealer. He now has sales rooms at No. 20 Spring street, and also maintains effective garage service at two places, No. 108 Empire street, and No. 132 Essex street. Dis- tinctly enterprising, Mr. Pembrook has found a good business in the purchase and sale of used cars. He was said to have been the only dealer in Lynn who devoted himself exclusively to the used car business, but now he is a dealer for the Chevrolet car. His two garages are well equipped and the service is efficient, indicating that Mr. Pembrook is a good executive and manager, as well as a first-class salesman. He has, during the eight or nine years in which he has been in independent busi- ness, built up a worth-while business.
Harold E. Pembrook was born in Birmingham, Eng- land, July 30, 1879, son of Charles and Helen J. (Brown) Pembrook. His father, who died in 1887, was a superintendent of English railways, and died in Eng- land. Harold E. was only ten years old when the family, in 1889, came to America and settled in Maplewood, Massachusetts. He was partly educated in English schools, continuing in the public schools of Maplewood, Massachusetts. He was nineteen years old when, in
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1898, during the period in which the nation was at war with Spain, he enlisted in the United States army, He was sent on active service to the Philippine Islands, and had part in the Philippine campaign, serving two years there. He was discharged in 1901 with the grade of sergeant. Soon afterwards, he came to Lynn, and entered the shoe manufacturing industry, becoming con- nected with Williams and Clark, of Lynn. He served them for ten years, at the end of which period, in 1912, he decided to take up the automobile business. He opened a garage of his own at No. 108 Empire street, and later opened a second one at No. 132 Essex street, conducting the two as well as cultivating a brisk busi- ness in used cars. In course of time he also opened sales rooms at No. 20 Spring street, and was thus equipped for trading in many branches of the automo- bile business, in cars, repairs, service, and accessories. Mr. Pembrook is a man of pleasing personality, and both in private life and in business is well liked. He gives good service, which is the best guarantee of con- tinuance in good business. Fraternally, Mr. Pembrook is a Red Man. He also is a good worker in the local Kiwanis Club, carrying out its principles in his own business.
He married, in 1906, Josephine M., daughter of John J. and Ella McEncrowe, of New Brunswick, where the former is connected with the lumber industry. Mr. and Mrs. Pembrook have two children, their twin sons, Harold E. and Walter J., who were born in 1916.
DANA WHITNEY SCOTT-Holding a position of large responsibility in the industrial world of Essex county, Mr. Scott stands among the men of significance to the public advance in the city of Lawrence, Massa- chusetts. Of Vermont nativity, Mr. Scott is a son of Chester W. Scott, M. D., and Violet E. (Chamberlin) Scott. Dr. Scott was a practicing physician in Cale- donia county, Vermont, during the early years of his career, then came to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he was successfully engaged in the practice of medicine until his death.
Dana Whitney Scott was born in Lyndon, Vermont, August 18, 1863. Coming to Essex county, Massachu- setts, as a boy, he attended Oliver Grammar School, of Lawrence, from which he was graduated in the year 1877, then also covered the high school course in Law- rence, and was graduated in the class of 1881. He began his business career in the capacity of secretary for the agent of the Pacific Mills, of Lawrence, entering the employ of this concern in 1881, and has filled the same position for a period of forty-one years, still being active in the same capacity. He has gone forward with the remarkable growth of these mills, bearing a part in their evolution from the early beginnings of a forward-look- ing enterprise to the enormous and comprehensive cen- tralization of industrial activity which is now comprised in the plant of this leading textile mill of the country. Mr. Scott is well known fraternally, being a member of Phonician Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was worshipful master in 1898-99, and of which he has been treasurer since 1905; Mount Sinai Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: Lawrence Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bethany Commandery,
Knights Templar; Lowell Lodge of Perfection, Mount Calvary Chapter, Rose Croix; Massachusetts Con- sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Lawrence Chapter, No. 78, Order of the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lawrence.
Mr. Scott married, September 21, 1886, in Law- rence, Minnie E. Pickels, daughter of Thomas and Han- nah (Arundale) Pickels, of this city.
JOHN J. BATHRICK-One of the most attractive and progressive mercantile establishments in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, is the apparel shop of John J. Bathrick, whose location at No. II Market street is most desirable.
Mr. Bathrick was born in Scotts, Michigan, September 14, 1869, but the family coming East in his childhood, it was in the public schools of Chelsea, Massachusetts, that he received his education. He entered the business world in Boston, in the employ of the mercantile firm of G. W. Coleman & Company, and for thirty years was identified with the progress of this concern. Later he became associated with the Spaulding Dry Goods Com- pany, of Lynn, and is now the sole owner of this busi- ness. This store was established in 1854, and since its earliest days has been a thriving interest. Mr. Bathrick has added to the original store a large modern struc- ture, with the most up-to-date equipment, and various departments devoted entirely to apparel for women, misses and children. The store now has a handsome frontage of one hundred and eight feet, and is believed to be one of the leaders in rapid development in New England.
Mr. Bathrick is a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, and is a director of the National City Bank, of Lynn. He is married, and is a well-known member of the Oxford and Rotary clubs.
ROBERT FYFE, master baker, formerly president and general manager of the Bob's Bread Company, of Merrimac, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, De- cember 7, 1892, son of Stewart P. and Jane (Bruce) Fyfe, of Fairfan, Scotland. His parents crossed to America, and settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where his father was in the bakery business for many years. Robert Fyfe does not seem to have spent much time in boyhood in Lawrence. He received the whole of his education in the public schools of Haverhill. and after leaving school learned the trade of baker in the shop of William Houston, of Haverhill. He worked for him for about a year, and for Gus Natho, of Haverhill, for about three years. For the following two years he was manager for F. C. Wilson & Company, of Haverhill, leaving that company to take a more lucrative appoint- ment in Merrimac, where he was in charge of the Whit- ney Bakery for two years. At the end of that time he acquired the business, and changed the trading name to the Merrimac Bakery. In 1921 he incorporated the busi- ness, deciding to do corporate business as the Bob's Bread Company, of Merrimac. It must be stated that he expanded the business considerably. He later disposed of this business, and at the present time is employed by the Holmes Bread Company, of Bradford. In political
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affiliation and allegiance, Mr. Fyfe is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to the Bethany Lodge of Ma- sons, and to the Clan Douglas, of Haverhill. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of Haverhill.
In 1913 Mr. Fyfe was married to Beatrice Robinson, of Haverhill, daughter of Charles and Abbie (Clarke) Robinson, of Haverhill, where the former is connected with the American Express Company. Mr. and Mrs. Fyfe have three children: Norman Stewart, born Jan- uary 19, 1914: Robert Clarke, born November 23, 1916; Helen, born June 5, 1919.
WILLIAM WOOSNAM was born in Newtown, North Wales, February 14, 1882, a son of Richard and Mary Ann (Edwards) Woosnam. His father, who was born in Newtown, North Wales, was engaged in the tex- tile industry until his death in 1889, when Mr. Woos- nam was but seven years old. Mr. Woosnam's mother, who was also born in Newtown, North Wales, died in 1919
Mr. Woosnam received his early education in the public schools of Williamstown, Massachusetts, whither his family had moved while he was still quite young. He graduated from the Manchester High School, Man- chester, New Hampshire, and obtained employment with the Manchester Print Works, with whom he spent eight years, holding the position of second hand during the last three years of his employment. He moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, when his connection with the Manchester Print Works came to an end, and entered the service of the Merrimack Print Works as second hand. After spending a short time at Lowell, however, he was offered a position with the Cocheco Print Works at Dover, New Hampshire, which position he accepted, and accordingly moved to Dover, New Hampshire. He spent six years in the service of the Cocheco Print Works, acting as overseer of the white department. In 1913 he left the Cocheco Print Works and moved to North Andover, Massachusetts, in order to become the superintendent of the preparing division at the Pacific Print Works. This connection has remained unbroken up to the present time, and complete success has attended his efforts.
Mr. Woosnam is a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church of North Andover. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the Merrimack Valley Country Club and to the North Andover Club. He is a member of the American Association of Textile Chem- ists and Colorists. He is also a Mason and belongs to all the Masonic bodies up to and including the Shrine.
Mr. Woosnam married Dorothy Wright in 1913. Mrs. Woosnam was born in Concord, New Hampshire, June 3, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Woosnam have one daugh- ter, Elizabeth, born September 26, 1915.
GEORGE E. HODGE-It was about forty years ago that George E. Hodge, now sole owner of the Hodge & Graves Company, began to learn his trade as a carriage trimmer in Amesbury, Massachusetts, and from the age of sixteen he has been identified with that business as apprentice, journeyman, foreman, partner and sole owner.
Mr. Hodge was born in Dover, New Hampshire, Au- gust 1, 1865, son of Elisha and Mahalia Hodge, but was orphaned when a child of eight years, and with a sister came to Amesbury to live. He attended the public schools of Amesbury until reaching the age of sixteen, then began learning the carriage trimmer's trade, and from that year he has been associated with that trade and business. He began his apprenticeship in the shops of the Charles Rowell & Son Company, of Amesbury, and continued with them for six years, becoming an expert trimmer, at the end of which period he was offered the position of foreman in the trimming depart- ment of the John H. Clark plant, and held that posi- tion until 1892, when he formed a partnership with James H. Hassett, they forming the firm, Hassett & Hodge, carriage manufacturers of Amesbury. Until 1909 that partnership continued, the firm manufacturing a line of pleasure carriages with good success. After the dissolution of partnership in 1909, Mr. Hodge ac- quired an interest in the Graves & Congdon Company, of Amesbury, the firm name then changing to the Hodge & Graves Company, and so continuing until 1920, when Mr. Graves retired from the business. Mr. Hodge has since been sole owner, though he still conducts the business under the old firm name.
Politically, Mr. Hodge is a Republican. He is a member of the Amesbury Associates, and belongs to the Amesbury Club. He has in the past been somewhat active in public matters, and since 1917 has been mod- erator of the town. He belongs to many fraternal orders, including lodge, encampment and Daughters of Rebekah of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Improved Order of Red Men; and the New Eng- land Order of Protection. He is an attendant of the Market Street Baptist Church.
Mr. Hodge married (first) Nellie E. Durant, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, who died, leaving a daughter, Josephine C. Hodge, a graduate of Howard Seminary, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Hebron Academy, Heb- ron, Maine; and the State Normal School at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She is engaged as a teacher in Fram- ingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Hodge married (second), in 1906, Mary E. Hoyt, of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
JOHN J. McCAFFREY, treasurer and general man- ager of F. Archibald, Inc., of Haverhill, manufacturers and wholesalers of cut soles and leather, was born in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada. May 9, 1882, the son of Patrick J. and Mary B. (McGrane) McCaffrey, the former a farmer in that province. His descent in both paternal and maternal lines is Irish.
John J. McCaffrey passed his boyhood on the parental farm, and attended the local schools. After leaving school he assisted his father in the working of the home farm for five years, and then went into the leather busi- ness, being employed by Sears, Roebuck & Company, at Littleton, New Hampshire, and Nichols & Gilpin, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1914 he became foreman in the plant of the F. Archibald Company, of Haverhill, and for the following three years or so was so employed by that firm. In 1918 he was admitted into partnership, and when Mr. Archibald died in 1919 he was made treasurer and general manager of the reconstructed firm,
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the company being incorporated under the name of F. Archibald, Inc. It is stated that the firm is the largest in the city in its line; they deal very largely in cut soles and leather, the volume of their business reaching to about $500,000 a year. The firm still uses its old building at Phoenix row, and also has a building at No. 64 Washington street.
Mr. McCaffrey married, in 1912, Bernice A. Moore, daughter of William and Caroline Moore, of Derry, New Hampshire. They have one child, Donald J., who is now (1922) five years old.
FRANK E. KENYON-There are few inen engaged in different lines of mill work who have the extensive experience of Frank E. Kenyon, now assistant superin- tendent of the Pacific Mills Print Works, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Mr. Kenyon was born in Manches- ter, England, February 22. 1865, a son of Francis Lee and Lucy (Johnson) Kenyon, the former a native of Staleybridge, England, and the latter of Rochdale.
Francis Lee Kenyon was skilled in the art of dycing and coloring, and his services were greatly in demand a generation ago. At the age of nine years he went to work at the Pinmill Printworks, Ardwick, near Man- chester, England, and after ten years was promoted to the position of foreman of the Madder Dye House, and in the following years held this position in many of the leading print works in England, with the exception of ten years spent in Russia. Eight years of this period he was employed at the Karetnikoff Manufacturing Company, at Teakova and Moscow, and two years were spent at the Danilofsky Manufacturing Company at Moscow. The last position held by Mr. Kenyon was at the Birkacre Printing Company, Chorley, England, where after a service of twenty years or more he retired to private life, and four years later died, aged seventy- two years.
Frank E. Kenyon began his education in the public schools of Manchester, England, and then attended the grammar school at Hyde, Cheshire, England. When his father went to Russia, the family accompanied him, and there Mr. Kenyon attended the English school at Mos- cow, and on his return to England was a student at the Charles O'Neil School of Chemistry of Coloring and Dyeing, at Manchester. Returning again to Russia, Mr. Kenyon studied the general routine of calico printing at the Danilofsky Manufacturing Company at Mos- cow, his father being assistant manager of this plant at the time, and two years later the entire family returned to England.
In England, Mr. Kenyon worked for the Garsides Printing Company of Bucton Vale, and then received the offer of assistant overseer in the Stansfield Printing Company at Littleborough, at which place Mr. Kenyon, Sr., was managing partner, where he remained two years, thence going to Bradley Fold Printing Company, near Bolton. After two more years of experience with different English firms, Mr. Kenyon came to America in March, 1888, and his first position in the new country was with the Passaic Print Works, in New Jersey. and from there he went to the Slater Cambric Works at East Webster, Massachusetts, to aid them in establish- ing a printing line, having confined themselves previ-
ously to bleaching and dyeing. After two years with this company, Mr. Kenyon went to Dover, New Hamp- shire, as second hand in the color shop, and there spent two years with the Cocheo Manufacturing Company, at first in the capacity of assistant, and later as overseer of the color shop. His next promotion was to the posi- tion of colorist with this company, and for nineteen years he rendered faithful and efficient service to this firm. After leaving Dover, Mr. Kenyon went to Provi- dence, Rhode Island, as superintendent of the Silver Spring branch of the United States Finishing Company, and after one and one-half years accepted a position with the Pacific Mills Company as colorist, later being appointed assistant superintendent of the Print Works, which position he now holds.
With his natural talent in his work, his foundation of excellent schooling and training, combined with his many years of practical experience, Mr. Kenyon is one of the foremost men in his line in the country. Since becoming a resident of Lawrence, he has entered into the public and social life of that city with spirit, and is a member of several organizations and clubs. He is a Mason, a member of the Council, Chapter, Knights Templar, and has attained thirty-second degree. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. His club is the Merrimack Valley Country, and is a member of the Episcopal church.
Mr. Kenyon married, in 1894, Margaret J. Dorr, daughter of Thomas and Ellen Dorr, born in Webster, Massachusetts, and they are the parents of a daughter, Beatrice Ellen, born March 13, 1899, a graduate of the Abbott Academy, and of the Pierce Secretarial School of Boston.
AARON STRAUSS, a well-known business man of Peabody, Massachusetts, is one of that large body of Americans of foreign birth who have woven themselves and their works into the multi-colored fabric of our national life. As an expert tanner of leather he prac- ticed his trade in many countries, but found his greatest success after coming to the United States; he is now one of the leaders in his line in Peabody, He is the son of Abraham and Marie (Messinger) Strauss, and was born January 1, 1876, at Szlanicza, Czecho-Slovakia.
After his early education in the public schools of his native land, he attended a school of chemistry for a proper technical training. Upon graduating he served a long apprenticeship in a Hungarian tannery. His enterprising nature soon took him from his native land and he came to the United States and worked at his trade. Later he worked at his trade in Austria, Eng- land, and Canada, then returned to this country. His first place in Peabody was with the Armstrong Leather Company, with which he remained for seven years as superintendent, but in April, 1919, he became a member of the Hygrade Tanning Company, Peabody, and is its treasurer and superintendent. The change has been profitable to both the company and Mr. Strauss, He has found little time for outside interests, but is fra- ternally a Mason and a member of the Independent Order B'rith Abraham.
In March, 1901, at Polhora, Czecho-Slovakia, Mr. Strauss was married to Regina Scharf, daughter of Her-
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man Scharf, a tanner, and Terese (Silberstein) Scharf. They have three children: Alexander, born in Czecho- Slovakia, in March, 1902; Elsie, born in England, in March, 1905; and Abraham, born in the United States, in September, 1910.
LINCOLN D. ROBBINS-Among the well-known automobile garage service men of Massachusetts is Lincoln D. Robbins, who since 1905 has lived in Lynn, and for several years has been president of the Oxford Garage, Inc., probably one of the largest businesses in that line in Lynn.
Lincoln D. Robbins was born in Norwood, Massa- chusetts, July 21, 1875, son of Charles W. and Mary A. (Rhoads) Robbins, the former still living. He was for many years a bank cashier. Lincoln D. is one of the three children, sons, born to Charles W. and Mary A. (Rhoads) Robbins, and he grew to manhood in his native place, attending the public schools of Norwood, and eventually graduating from the high school, in the class of 1895. Soon thereafter he went into the machine shop of H. D. Plympton, at Norwood, and during the next five years, which were all spent under the same employer, he learned the trade of mechanical engi- necring. For a further five years he was a mechanic with various concerns. In 1905 he came to Lynn and then established the garage known as that of Robbins Brothers, at No. 197 Broad street. The company was reorganized later, and took corporate existence under the name of L. D. Robbins & Company, Inc. As such, the business was conducted until 1915, when the Oxford Garage Company was organized and incorporated. The present corporation is composed of L. D. Robbins, pres- ident ; G. V. Sawyer, vice-president and treasurer ; and P. F. Malloy, clerk. Since that time the business has grown considerably, and the garage is now probably the most modern as well as the most extensive in the Lynn district. It is equipped with the most up-to-date appliances, and three floors afford a space of about 35,000 square feet. In addition to repairs and service the company carries a complete line of supplies, and has one of the largest salesrooms in Essex county. The building is owned by Mr. Robbins, who is a well- known and successful business man. He is a high rank- ing Mason, his affiliations extending to the Shrine: and he also belongs to the Oxford Club, of Lynn.
Mr. Robbins married, in 1907, Aimee, daughter of Frederic and lda (Peabody) Stocker, of East Saugus, Massachusetts. The father of Mrs. Robbins was a brick manufacturer there; he died in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins have two children: Frederick S., who was born in 1908; and Lincoln D., Jr., born in 1912.
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