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Mr. Shaw is a Republican in political preference, and he attends the Universalist Church in Lynn. He is a member of the New England Retail Coal Dealers Associa- tion and the Lynn Chamber of Commerce. His fraternal affiliations include Mount Car- mel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Bethlehem Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons (charter member); Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Olivet Commandery, No. 36, Knights Templar, of Boston; La- fayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles Fonda Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem ; Mount Olivet Lodge of Rose Croix; Aleppo Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston; Ionic Lodge, of Swampscott, and East Lynn Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows.
William Mitchell Shaw married, May 5, 1917, at Lynn, Ethel R. Weeks, born in Lynn, a daughter of Joseph W. Weeks a contractor and builder of this city. She was graduated from the Lynn Classical High School and Lynn Business College and was a stenographer and bookkeeper prior to her marriage. She attends the Universalist Church at Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell Shaw have a son, Minot Mitchell Shaw, a student at the Governor Dummer Academy at South Byfield, Essex County. The family home is at No. 20 Audubon Park, and the address of Mr. Shaw's place of business is at No. 871 Washington Street, Lynn.
JOSEPH A. LAMPER-Starting as clerk in his father's business, where he learned business administration from the ground up, Joseph A. Lamper is, today, a prominent banker and business man of Lynn, where he is a strong influence in the commercial and civic life of his native city. Mr. Lamper was born October 30, 1860, at Lynn, a son of William A. and Sarah E. (Wright) Lam- per. William A. Lamper was born in New Hampshire, and died at Lynn, February 6, 1893, in his sixty-ninth year. He was a merchant, dealing in coal, hay, flour, mason's materials, etc. ; a Republican in politics ; and a member of the Unitarian Church. His wife, Sarah, was born at Chelsea, Massachu- setts, and died at Lynn, July 2, 1902, in her eighty-fourth year. She was a daughter of John P. Wright, who was toll keeper at Chelsea Bridge.
Joseph A. Lamper attended the public school in Lynn, and the Quaker School con- ducted by Moses Brown in Providence. He was enrolled at Edwin Johnson's private School at Lynn, then studied at Bryant and Stratton Business School in Boston, for one year. He entered as clerk his father's firm,
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J. B. & W. A. Lamper, located on Union Street, Lynn, later moved to Pleasant (now Broad) Street. After his father's death, Mr. Lamper took over the control of the busi- ness which he still directs, the firm name now being Lamper, Incorporated, and of which he is fifty per cent. stockholder. Lam- per, Incorporated, now deals in retail coal and oil, only.
In 1912, Mr. Lamper was elected a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Manu- facturers National Bank of Lynn, and in June, 1927, was elected vice-president. In July, 1932, he became president, which posi- tion he now holds, continuing as president of Lamper, Incorporated. He is also a trus- tee of the Lynn Institution for Savings. His knowledge of business and finance, and his understanding of the conditions peculiar to Lynn, make his opinions authority.
His interests in civic and public institu- tions cover a wide range. He is a trustee of Lynn Hospital, the Home for the Aged, the Home for Aged Couples, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Mary G. Lamper Estate. He is a member of the Golden Fleece Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Peter Woodland Lodge, No. 72, Knights of Pythias; the Oxford Club of Lynn, the Salem Country Club ; the Vesper Club of Lowell, the Ionic Club of Swamp- scott; and has served as a member of the City Planning Board, and the City Park Commission of Lynn. He is a Republican and a member of the Unitarian Church.
Mr. Lamper married, December 1I, 1888, at Lynn, Etta B. Flanders, of New Hamp- shire, a daughter of the late Mrs. Rhoda L. Flanders, of Lynn.
WILLIAM BARTLETT WATTS-
Among the younger business men of Lynn, Massachusetts, should be mentioned Wil- liam Bartlett Watts, secretary and treasurer of the Campbell Electric Manufacturing
Company, Inc., who is a scion of old and important families of New England and is connected with some of the dominant per- sonalities in Massachusetts annals. He is a native of Lynn, born November 17, 1894, a son of William Stone and Lura (Chellis) Watts. William Stone Watts, also a na- tive of Lynn, was born December 16, 1859, and is deceased. At one time he was con- nected with the mercantile trade of Lynn. He was the son of John and Ellen (Burrill) Watts, also of Lynn. Lura (Chellis) Watts was born in Hesperia, Michigan, and is now the wife of Charles Edward Campbell, pres- ident of the Campbell Electric Manufactur- ing Company, Inc., of Lynn. Mrs. Camp- bell is the daughter of Frank Bartlett and Adelaide I. (Ash) Chellis. The line of de- scent of Mrs. Campbell traces back through John Austin and Mary Jane (Schurtz) Chellis, natives of Goshen, Massachusetts, and Ashland, Ohio, respectively ; John and Asenath (True) Chellis, natives of Goshen, and Chester, New Hampshire; Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Chellis) Chellis, both born in New Hampshire, the former of whom was a private during the American Revolution, member of Captain Jacob Webster's Com- pany, and Colonel Reynold's Regiment, and is a direct descendant of Lieutenant Philip Chellis, native of England, who came to the United States in the early 1630's and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and later lived in Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts.
William Bartlett Watts, after being grad- uated from the Lynn grammar schools and Tilton Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire, in 1914, became associated with the Camp- bell Electric Company, of Lynn, Massachu- setts. He began as messenger boy, and, as he showed ability and ambition, was pro- moted until he had served in all depart- ments of the plant. He was in turn a work- man in most departments, foreman, assist- ant superintendent and purchasing agent,
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and was then transferred to the sales de- partment, of which he became the special representative of the Campbell Company and traveled over nearly all of the United States and Canada.
In 1923 Mr. Watts became associated . with W. B. Gifford, of Lynn, furniture re- tailer, remaining in this connection for a time, resigning to return to the Campbell Manufacturing Company in 1925, as assist- ant general manager to Charles Edward Campbell. In 1932 C. E. Campbell, M. F. McLean and William Bartlett Watts pur- chased the assets of the Campbell Manufac- turing Company and organized a new com- pany under the head of the Campbell Elec- tric Manufacturing Company, Inc., of which Mr. Watts is secretary and treasurer. The corporation specializes in the making of Roentgen, or X-ray, apparatus and diather- mic equipment, industrial transformers and other electrical equipment.
Mr. Watts is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Marblehead ; Young Men's Christian Association; Swampscott Couples Club; the Lynn Yacht Club, of which he was commodore for two years, and is a member of the board of governors. He is a Republican and affiliates with the Episcopal Church. An amateur actor, he was one of the incorporators of the "Tavern Players," a civic repertory company, of Lynn.
On April 8, 1915, William Bartlett Watts married Arline Williams, daughter of James and Margaret (Cameron) Williams, the for- mer of whom was a native of Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Mrs. James Williams was born in Goshen, Nova Scotia. Both parents died in Lynn. Mrs. William Bartlett Watts was educated in the Lynn grade and high schools, and at one time was upon the pro- fessional stage with the Ethel Mae Shorey Players, and others. She is a member of the Lynn Women's Club, the Atalanta Club,
the Swampscott Couples Club, the Tavern Players, and the King's Daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Watts are the parents of a daugh- ter, Lura Arline Watts, born December 2, 1917, a student in the Marblehead High School, class of 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Watts reside at No. 5 Mystic Road, Marblehead, Massachusetts.
RAYMOND F. RAUSCHER, M. D .- A well-known Lynn physician and surgeon, Raymond F. Rauscher, M. D., is of that generation of professional men who went directly from their technical studies into the service of their country during the World War period. The experience and additional training derived under these con- ditions contributed very greatly to his suc- cess in private practice. Dr. Rauscher, also, in post-war times, pursued special studies abroad and thereby further increased his skill, knowledge and efficiency. He is a na- tive of Lawrence, born July 14, 1893, the son of Ferdinand and Annie (Beck) Raus- cher. His grandfather, a citizen of Clinton, was a veteran of the Civil War, who served in the South under General Ben Butler. Ferdinand Rauscher was born in Clinton and died in Lawrence, on December 28, 1915. He married Annie Beck, daughter of Charles and Augusta (Pfferkorn ) Beck, both natives of Germany, and died in Lawrence. A brother of Mrs. Augusta Beck was Dr. Pfferkorn, one of the leading physicians of Lawrence.
Dr. Raymond F. Rauscher, after attend- ing the Lynn public schools, entered the Middlesex College of Medicine and Sur- gery, Cambridge, from which he was grad- uated in 1917 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He served his interneship in the Lynn Hospital, and then enlisted in the United States Army Medical Corps. Dr. Rauscher was commissioned first lieutenant and was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe,
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Georgia, where he remained for two months' special training. From the South he was assigned to the work of a casual medical officer and was sent to various camps in- cluding those at Hoboken, New Jersey, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. Upon receiving his honorable discharge, he established himself in the practice of his profession at No. 23 Broad Street, Lynn. In 1921 he went to Vienna, Austria, Berlin, Germany, and to hospitals in France and England, to study surgery, and in particu- lar orthopedic surgery. He is a member of the Massachusetts State Medical Asso- ciation, the American Medical Association, the Lynn Medical Fraternity, and the Bos- ton Orthopedic Association. He is a mem- ber of the staff of the Lynn Hospital, serv- ing as an orthopedic surgeon.
Dr. Rauscher is a Republican in his politi- cal opinion, a member of the American Le- gion, the Lynn Rotary Club, the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, Ancient and Hon- orable Artillery Company, and the Univer- sity Club of Boston. Fraternally he affili- ates with Phoenecean Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Lynn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lynn Council, Royal and Select Masters; Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar; Aleppo Temple, of Boston, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and holds the thirty-second degree. Dr. Rauscher has traveled extensively both in this country and abroad.
On December 31, 1921, in Lynnfield, Dr. Raymond F. Rauscher married Bertha E. Hoffmann, daughter of Carl L. and Rose E. (Hamm) Hoffmann, the former a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and the latter of Ne- vada. Carl L. Hoffmann is president of A. B. Hoffmann and Son, Inc., one of the old- est leather manufacturers in Lynn. Mrs. Rauscher received her education in the Lynn public schools, and the Mt. Ida School
for Girls in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a member of the Episcopal Church, the Atalanta Club of Lynn, and the North Shore Club.
ERNEST PINKHAM LANE-Connected for more than four decades with the world- known Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Com- pany, of Lynn, and for many years its su- perintendent, Ernest Pinkham Lane has given full proof of outstanding business and executive abilities. His start with the com- pany was most inconspicuous, and his rise, rung by rung up the ladder to an important post, was the result of his own energies, enterprise and loyalty. He has high stand- ing in the financial circles of the city, is active in civic and religious organizations and is a popular figure in fraternal bodies.
Mr. Lane was born in Lynn August 31, 1873, son of Samuel L. and Frances (Pink- ham) Lane. Samuel L., a carpenter and builder, and Civil War veteran, was born in Bedford, Massachusetts, and died there. His wife was a lifelong resident of Bedford, the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Shaw) Pinkham. Isaac Pinkham was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 25, 1815, and died in Salem, Massachusetts, February 22, 1889. Prior to the panic of 1873 he had been for years one of the best known builders and real estate dealers in Lynn, and had developed large parts of Wyoma, where he then lived. He married (first), Mary Shaw, and (second), Lydia Estes, who, with her three sons, Daniel Roger, William H., and Charles Pinkham, and a daughter, Mrs. Aroline C. (Pinkham) Gove, established the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn. This cor- poration started in a very small way but is now known all over the world.
After obtaining his education in the grammar and high schools of Bedford,
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Ernest P. Lane started to work in a gro- cery store as a clerk. After a year, how- ever, he became associated with the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in a humble capacity. This concern was very small at the time and Mr. Lane's growth as an in- dustrial leader and executive was coincident with the expansion of the famous corpora- tion. He contributed importantly to the expansion and for many years has been the superintendent of the business. Mr. Lane is also president of the Salem Cooperative Bank, and a director of the Essex County Acceptance Corporation, both of Salem.
In politics, Mr. Lane is a Republican and was for a time a member of the Lynnfield Planning Board. During the World War period he was a member of the Massachu- setts State Guard, and prominent in the promotion of civilian war activities in both Lynn and Salem. He also did police serv- ice during the now famous "police strike" in Boston, which helped make Calvin Coolidge President of the United States. Fraternally Mr. Lane is affiliated with Es- sex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Salem ; Past Master of Salem Council, Royal and Select Masters; Past High Priest, Washington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and at present is treasurer of Jubilee Coun- cil, Princes of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scot- tish Rite, and a thirty-second degree Ma- son; and a Past Noble Grand of Fraternity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Salem. He is a member of the Salem Young Men's Christian Association, Lynn Chamber of Commerce, Lynn Rotary Club, and the Happy Valley Golf Club, of Lynn. He is a deacon and devoted member of the Lynnfield Congregational Church.
In Salem, Ernest Pinkham Lane married Mary Olive Meade, a native of that place and daughter of William E. and Lucy E. (Cook) Meade, of Salem, both of whom are
deceased. Mrs. Lane is prominent in reli- gious and welfare circles of Lynnfield and a member of the Arabella Lodge, Daugh- ters of Rebecca. Mr. and Mrs. Lane are the parents of a daughter and two sons: I. Marian Frances Lane, a graduate of Salem High School; Wellesley College, Bachelor of Arts, and Radcliffe College, Master of Arts; now teaching at New Bedford, Mas- sachusetts. 2. Ernest Pinkham Lane, Jr., a graduate of Salem High School. For the past ten years up to 1933, he was associated with the First National Bank of Boston, in their Buenos Aires branch; he married Daisy Bateman of Buenos Aires. He is now a resident of Lynn, where he is en- gaged in the insurance business. 3. Arthur Cook Lane, graduate of Salem High School and Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts. He is a philatelist and located in Boston; married Anne Genevieve Frawley. They have one daughter, Marian Frances Lane.
THOMAS FRANCES HENNESSEY, M. D .- For the past twenty-one years Dr. Thomas Frances Hennessey has been min- istering to the medical needs of the resi- dents of Lynn, and during this period has built up a substantial and select practice, and has been added to the staff of the Union Hospital here.
Dr. Hennessey was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, on April 2, 1887, the son of James J. and Mary A. (Tracy) Hennessey. His father, who was associated with the shoe manufacturing industry of Weymouth, was a native of Canada, being born there on May 10, 1849. During his career he was employed by the firms of Brocton & Cam- pello, in Weymouth, and as a young man had as a bench companion, W. L. Douglas, who later became one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the United States. The elder Mr. Hennessey was the son of James J. and Mary (Canfield) Hennessey, both
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natives of Ireland, who lived and died in Canada. His wife, Mary A. (Tracy) Hen- nessey, was the daughter of Patrick Charles and Joe Ann (Ford) Tracy. Patrick Charles was born in Ireland and died in Weymouth. In Weymouth he was associated with his brother-in-law in the undertaking business. When the Civil War broke out he was the first man in Quincy, Massachusetts, to en- list, and he served throughout hostilities as a private in the 48th Massachusetts Artil- lery. His grandson, Dr. Hennessey, has the army belt his grandfather wore. The elder Tracy was awarded a posthumous rank of sergeant and his widow collected a pension in accordance with that rank.
Dr. Thomas F. Hennessey attended pub- lic schools of Weymouth and, upon com- pleting his studies here in 1906, entered Tufts Medical College from which he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1910. He served his interne- ship at the Boston City Hospital in Boston, and until he returned to Lynn, in 1912, was associated with the Haymarket Square Re- lief Hospital in Boston, the Saint Elizabeth Hospital, the Consumptives Hospital at Mattapan, and the Derby Private Hospital in New Bedford. Upon coming to Lynn he opened an office on Western Avenue, moved later to Mott Street, and then returned to his original location. During his long pro- fessional career in Lynn he has been asso- ciated with the Union Hospital as surgical instructor to the nurses of that institution. When the United States entered the World War, Dr. Hennessey served on the Lynn No. 3 Draft Board.
Though his efforts have been centered on his profession and professional duties, Dr. Hennessey has also found time to take an active part in the social and civic life of the community. He holds memberships in the Oxford Club, the Association of Draft Board Officials, the American Medical As-
sociation, the Massachusetts Medical Asso- ciation, the Essex County Medical Associ- ation and the Lynn Medical Fraternity. He fraternizes with the Knights of Columbus, in which he holds the third degree; the Lynn Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Eagles; the Massachusetts Catholic For- esters, and the American Foresters.
Dr. Hennessey married October 27, 1915, in Allston, Massachusetts, Gertrude R. Mil- ler, native of Roxbury, and the daughter of Simon E. and Amelia (Maurer) Miller of Watertown. They are the parents of two children: I. Paul Frances, born March 4, 1923. 2. Thomas Ford, born September 4, 1925. Mrs. Hennessey received her educa- tion in the Catholic convent schools of Greater Boston. She is a member of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, the Catholic Foresters, the North Shore Club, the Lynn Women's Club, and the Atalanta Club.
EUGENE BARTLETT FRASER-Lynn, Massachusetts, not only was the birthplace of Eugene Bartlett Fraser, but has furnished the background for his whole career. He was born in the city February 19, 1869, a son of William A. and Maria A. (Collyer) Fraser. William A. Fraser was born in Bos- ton, and early in life operated a baking busi- ness, but later was associated with John S. Bartlett & Company, shoe manufacturers of Lynn. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having been ranking sergeant in the Union service. A Republican in politics, he was at one time a city councilman. His reli- gious affiliations were with the Universalist Church. He died in Lynn, in 1906. Wil- liam A. Fraser married Maria A. Collyer, born in Lynn, daughter of Samuel Collyer, also a native of Lynn, who in former years owned a farm where the Ingalls School is now located.
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Eugene Bartlett Fraser attended the local schools and during this time acted as clerk in Edson's grocery store, then on Union Street. He was connected with the grocery business for some time, leaving to go with the First National Bank, of Lynn, as a mes- senger. He was advanced to collection clerk, then made second bookkeper, later he be- came first bookkeeper and finally teller. Mr. Fraser was in this bank for sixteen years. and his activities ran nearly the whole gamut of banking, and laid the foundations of a knowledge and experience of finance that has since been used to great advantage.
In 1901, Mr. Fraser accepted the position of clerk and treasurer of the Lynn Gas & Electric Company, executive posts which he holds at the present writing, having as shown here, been thirty-five years in this position, one of the oldest executives in point of service, in this company. He is also vice-president of the Morris Plan Bank, and has been treasurer of the Lynn Com- munity Fund, also treasurer of the Home for Aged Men. A Republican in his politi- cal allegiance he is a member of the Gov- ernor's Council, and serving as such for his eleventh year, the oldest in point of service in this body. Fraternally he is affiliated with Mt. Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters ; Olivet Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Bos- ton. He is also a member of the A. C. Moody Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and was Master of Exchequer for a number of years. A Past Sachem of the Sagamore Tribe of Red Men, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, he is popular and influential in fraternal circles. Always public-spirited, dur- ing the World War period he was a leader in the various drives for Liberty loans and
funds for the Red Cross Society, serving as chairman of War Savings Stamp Commit- tee, and active in other humanitarian agen- cies. He was the first treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce, and has retained his membership since its inception. Lovers of baseball will recall that Mr. Fraser once had a baseball club in the New England League, and never has lost his love for the game.
Mr. Fraser is unmarried ; his sister, Annie M., is the wife of Frank N. Hoyt, of Lynn.
FRED CARLTON MITCHELL-As principal of the Lynn Classical High School since 1915, Fred Carlton Mitchell has come to assume one of the responsible positions in the educational system of Essex County, achieving this office after gaining a broad and well rounded experience in some of the leading schools of this section.
A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Mitchell was born in Boston, March 5, 1875, the son of Ai Quincy and Emma (Carlton) Mitchell. His father, who was born in Newfield, Maine, February, 1848, also en- gaged in the teaching profession of that State where he assumed important posts and also took an active interest in civic af- fairs of his surroundings, serving as first selectman of Newfield for thirty years, as State representative and also as county commissioner. The elder Mitchell was the son of Charles A. and Ruth (Wentworth) Mitchell, both natives of Maine, and de- scendants of Revolutionary stock.
Mr. Mitchell's mother, Emma (Carlton) Mitchell, was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Chellis) Carlton, and a native of Maine. Her father engaged in farming in Newfield for a number of years.
Mr. Mitchell received a general education in the public schools of Newfield and Par- sonsfield Academy at Parsonsfield, Maine. He entered the University of Maine from where he was graduated in 1900 with a de-
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gree of Bachelor of Science and in 1906 received his Master of Science degree. Throughout his professional career, which started the year he was graduated from col- lege when he became principal of the Fort Fairfield High School in Maine, he has care- fully followed the educational trends and prepared himself for the problems that con- front a man in his position. In this con- nection he attended Harvard University where he took a special course in education. After serving two years at the Fort Fair- field High School he accepted a position as principal of the Camden, Maine, High School, maintaining this post from 1902 to 1907, when he was called to Danvers, Mas- sachusetts, to serve in the same capacity for the school system of that community. In 1909 he became principal of the Arlington High School and in 1915 was liberally re- warded for the ability he had demonstrated in all of his educational work, by being ap- pointed principal of the Lynn Classical High School, a position he has capably di- rected to date.
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