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On January 1, 1881, John Hays Hammond married Natalie Harris, of Mississippi, whom he met during his student days in Germany, daughter of the late Judge J. W. M. Harris, of Vicksburg, Mississippi. They became the parents of four children: Harris; John Hays, Jr., a well-known inventor and radio engineer; Richard Pindell; and Natalie Hays.
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JOHN BAXTER BAIN, M. D .- Nation- ally known for his findings in tetanus and his other medical discoveries, Dr. John Bax- ter Bain, of Lawrence, is a general practi- tioner with a large and successful practice, and a citizen who is prominent in many community activities. His successes in the field of research have rightfully caused his name to be identified with the leading medi- cal scientists of the country, but to his friends and neighbors and fellow-townsmen of Lawrence, Dr. Bain is also known and esteemed for his personal qualities as a man, for his philanthropic and civic interests and as an intelligent and progressive citizen. He was born in Andover on August 7, 1879, the son of John and Margaret (Harvey) Bain, the former having been prosperously en- gaged in the real estate business in Law- rence.
Dr. Bain received his preliminary educa- tion in the public schools, prepared for col- lege at Phillips-Andover Academy, graduat- ing in 1898, and then entered Harvard Medi- cal School, from which he was graduated in 1902 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. His interneship was served at the Massachu- setts General Hospital from 1903 to 1904, and subsequently he became assistant super- intendent of that institution, serving one year. Under the direction of James Homer Wright, director of the pathological labora- tory of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Bain engaged in pathological research and gained wide recognition by his discov- ery of pseudo-pseudo-tetanus, which was re- ported to the Boston Society of Medical Sciences, Vol. V, pp. 506-10, June, 1901. He reported the first case of tetanus cured by early operation, which was printed in the Annals of Surgery, March, 1903. In 1905 he started private practice in Lawrence and soon was serving a large practice to which he has devoted himself constantly and with marked success until the present. In addi-
tion to serving his private practice Dr. Bain is visiting pathologist of the Lawrence Gen- eral Hospital. In his profession he is a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the American Medical Association.
Welfare and charitable organizations have always received his generous support and his financial assistance has been liberally contributed to worthy young men desirous of a college education. It is natural that a man of his professional standing and alert intelligence should be interested in civic and public affairs and in these matters he has been a useful and constructive factor. He is familiar to financial circles through serv- ing as a director of the Arlington Trust Company of Lawrence. At such times as his professional and other interests permit, he obtains rest and relaxation at his beauti- ful estate in New Hampshire. For his serv- ices as a physician and surgeon, for his humanitarianism and for his personal quali- ties Dr. Bain is respected as a representative citizen.
SAMUEL N. FISHMAN, public account- ant and auditor of Lawrence, is the son of John and Bessie (Brown) Fishman. Edu- cated in the local elementary schools and graduated from the Lawrence High School with the Class of 1911, he prepared for his profession at the School of Commerce and Finance; from that institution to Boston University, where he earned the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration in 1917.
He offered his services to the government at the outset of the war period. In 1918 he was called to enter the civil branch of the War Department. He resigned his position with the Nichols Shoe Company, at Ames- bury, Massachusetts, with whom he became connected after leaving college, to render his services to the government.
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His initial duties with the government were in the offices of the Quartermaster- General of the Army, at Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia. Then he was assigned to the Statistical Branch of the Overseas Dis- tribution Division and later to the Allot- ment Branch of the Moneys and Accounts Division. Finally, he was delegated as Assistant Chief of a special audit of the Commission of Training Camp Activities.
At the end of the emergency period, he resigned from the War Department and entered the services of the United States Shipping Board. He was appointed as a traveling auditor and covered assignments in Boston, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia.
He returned to his home city in 1920 and opened offices instituting a private practice. His clientele is representative of the mercantile, manufacturing and banking organizations of Lawrence and surrounding localities.
He is a member of several State and Na- tional accounting associations. He is also active in the civic and fraternal life of the city of Lawrence. He is a Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.
HENRY TILTON LUMMUS-A native of Lynn, and for many years conspicuous in its professional circles, Judge Henry Tilton Lummus was born December 28, 1876, son of William and Louisa Mitchell (Brown) Lummus, and a descendant of many early Essex County families. William Lummus, over a long period, was a manufacturer of sheep leathers. After being graduated from the Lynn Classical High School, in 1894, the son matriculated at the Boston University Law School, from which he received his degree Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, with the class of 1897.
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.Admitted to the bar, the record of Judge Lummus' professional activities included from 1898 to 1903, the practice of the law at Lynn. From 1903 to 1907 he was Special Justice of the District Court at Lynn ; from 1907 to 1921, Justice of that court; from 1921 to 1932, Associate Justice of the Su- perior Court; and from July 27, 1932, Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. He is the author of "Lum- mus on Liens" (1905), and of numerous magazine articles and brochures on legal subjects.
Politically, Judge Lummus is a Repub- lican. He was a member of the Massachu- setts Constitutional Convention, 1917-19. From 1899 to 1902 he was a member of the Lynn school committee, and was chair- man in 1901 and 1902. Fraternally, Judge Lummus is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons. He attends the Uni- versalist Church.
On October 9, 1900, Henry Tilton Lum- mus married Eleanor Stetson Tarbox, daugh- ter of John Moulton and Caroline Stetson (Austin) Tarbox. Judge and Mrs. Lummus are the parents of a son, Roger Conant Lum- mus, born June 3, 1903, who married Helen Stratton Davis in 1930.
HERBERT FRANKLIN SIMONDS
In his native city of Lynn, Herbert Frank- lin Simonds is successfully established as the city's only light manufacturing jeweler, and is recognized as one of its representative citizens. Mr. Simonds was born October 22, 1879, in Lynn, a son of Winthrop F. and Emma A. (Bond) Simonds. Winthrop F. Simonds was born at Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, November 6, 1857, son of Samuel Meek and Ellen Maria (Hadley) Simonds. He came to Lynn in his youth, was en- gaged as a carriage painter and later as an
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automobile painter, and is now retired. He is a Republican in politics. The Simonds family was established in America by John Simonds, who emigrated from England in 1630 and landed at Salem.
Emma A. (Bond) Simonds was the daugh- ter of Samuel Boe and Alice (Hesketh) Bond, who were natives of England and died in Lynn. In early life Samuel Bond was a mate on a merchant ship, and later saw service in the Civil War, being a non-com- missioned officer of artillery in the Federal Army. He was wounded in the arm and side, and after being honorably discharged, became associated with a shoe manufactur- ing firm at Lynn.
Herbert Franklin Simonds attended the public schools and was graduated from the English High School, in 1897. He engaged in the sign painting business at Lynn for a short time and in 1899 went to Boston to learn the trade of gold and silver engraving. Two years later he accepted a position as foreman in a jewelry firm and remained there eight years. He returned to Lynn and opened a business of his own, making class pins and manufacturing other light jewelry. In 1923 he formed a partnership with Roy C. Distel, opening a retail jewelry store, the firm being known as Simonds and Dis- tel, and was located at No. 95 Market Street. The firm now occupies larger quarters at No. 53 Market Street and enjoys a large and growing patronage. The partners have ex- panded their work and now do special en- graving, stone setting and other fine work, and are the only jewelry firm in Lynn equipped to fill special orders in light manu- facturing.
Mr. Simonds is a Republican, a Past Grand of Richard W. D. Drown Lodge, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the Lynn Encampment of the same order. He is also a member of Asoka
Sanctorum in Lynn. A man of quiet tastes, he finds in reading his favorite recreation.
Herbert Franklin Simonds married, June 25, 1902, Charlotte M. Walsh, of Lynn, at St. Stephens' Episcopal Church. She is a daughter of James and Ann (Downey) Walsh, both of whom were born in Ireland and died at Lynn. James Walsh was a mas- ter carpenter. Mrs. Simonds was educated at the Lynn public schools, and is a member of St. Stephens' Church. Two daughters were born of this marriage: I. Virginia H., born July 13, 1905, who is the wife of Royce D. Kelley, of New Hampshire, and they have three children: i. David, born August 6, 1931. ii. Herbert, born August 5, 1933. iii. Charlotte, born August 22, 1934. 2. Vivian Irwin, born May 28, 1908, who is engaged as a Hawaiian guitar soloist in radio, and is a teacher of Hawaiian stringed instruments at her studio in Lynn.
MICHAEL P. HAVENS-For many years a leader in the mortuary profession, Michael P. Havens occupies a position of prominence and high standing in Lynn and Essex County. His business is directly the result of his own earnest and untiring labors, and he has come to be widely and favorably recognized throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for his accomplishments and his honorable dealings.
Mr. Havens was born in Ireland, Febru- ary 15, 1860, but came to the United States as a boy of thirteen years. Starting work immediately, he secured a position and be- gan preparing for his future profession. Going into the woods and cutting down trees for the making of caskets, he started operations in the city of Lynn and was after- ward licensed to the casketmaker's trade. For some years he remained with the firm with which he had his first employment, then came to Lynn to engage in business for
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himself. About 1880 he commenced his work as a funeral director, and he has now carried it on for more than a half century, building up his enterprise from the very bot- tom and coming to be widely known for his achievements.
He has built up one of the finest and most completely equipped places of business to be found in this whole district of Massachu- setts. He has on hand a wide selection, both in design and price, of caskets. He has handled more than 7,000 funerals while en- gaged in business, probably a larger number than that directed by any undertaker in the State. He has personally attended nearly all of them, and his record would be a diffi- cult one to excel. He is assisted by four men, and has a full outfitting of the finest funeral cars and hearses to be found in Essex County, and among the finest in the State.
He is a member of the Massachusetts State Funeral Directors' Association, the Foresters of America and the Knights of Columbus. He is a member also of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church of Lynn, one of the oldest in this district. Esteemed for his extensive affiliations and his contribution to the general well-being, he has the reputation of being one of the oldest embalmers in the State in point of years of service.
Mr. Michael P. Havens married Anna D. Hanagan, the daughter of Michael Phillips Hanagan. The Havens became the parents of one beautiful son, who died, however, at the age of twenty-four years. He was, at the time of his death, a student at Boston College, and gave every promise of a bril- liant career.
HARRY WILLARD CLARK -- The practice of the science of chemistry for more than forty-five years has seen Harry W.
Clark of North Andover fill important posi- tions in the public service and also, owing to the nature of his work, receive wide rec- ognition as an authority on sanitary engi- neering. Until his retirement on September 15, 1933, he was chief chemist of the Mas- sachusetts Department of Public Health and still continues as consultant to that De- partment.
Mr. Clark was born in Melrose, this State, September 15, 1863, the son of John Hobart and Emily (Peters) Clark, both of whom were born in Andover. His mother was a direct descendant of Andrew Peters who settled in Andover about 1660 and his father was the son of Hon. Hobart Clark, an An- dover lawyer and president of the Boston and Maine Railroad from its inception to 1842. Mr. Clark was educated at Cornell University and at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. He became an assist- ant Chemist at the Experiment Station of the State Department of Health in 1887, this station being located in Lawrence. He was advanced from time to time and in January, 1897, was made chief chemist of the depart- ment, this making him director of the Ex- periment Station and the State House Lab- oratories. These positions he held until his retirement. The annual report of the De- partment of Public Health for 1933 contains the following statement :
Mr. Harry W. Clark, director and chief chemist of the Division of Water and Sewage Laboratories, retired from active service with the department after devot- ing about forty-five years largely in research concern- ing the principles of sanitary engineering. Mr. Clark has been a pioneer in scientific discovery of methods of water, sewage and industrial waste treatment and purification, and his contributions in this connection and other matters pertaining to environmental control are known throughout the world. It was with the deepest regret that the department had to lose his services.
A summary is also given in this report of some of the more important research work
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done by him during his period of active service to the State in regard to water sup- ply and water purification, and sewage and industrial waste disposal. It is, however, too long to include here except in part, a few salient features of his work being given as follows :
In water purification, the first application of the B. coli test for determining the efficiency of water filters in the removal of disease germs was made by him at the Lawrence Experiment Station in 1897, and through all these years he has continued important studies on the efficiency of various types of filters, chemical treat- ments of various kinds and also of storage for the purification of water supplies. The first elaborate studies on the important subject of the removal of microscopic organisms and their resultant disagree- able tastes and odors in water by aeration and filtra- tion were made by him nearly thirty-five years ago, and in 1916 he began those interesting researches in regard to the removal of coloring matter from water by filtration through sand filters "loaded" or impreg- nated either with ferric or aluminum hydroxide instead of applying coagulants to the water to be filtered. Mr. Clark's important work on the corrosion of metal and other types of service pipes was begun thirty-eight years ago, when he published his first paper on the subject, and it culminated, perhaps, in 1927 when his last paper, entitled "The Effect of Pipes of Different Metals upon the Quality of Water Supplies," was pre- sented to the New England Water Works Association and received the Dexter Brackett medal.
This statement concludes as follows:
His work on the important methods of sewage dis- posal has been the basis of design for many of the modern methods of municipal sewage treatment prac- ticed throughout the world. He was a pioneer in this country in the development of methods for the treat- ment of industrial wastes (so great a factor in river pollution) and more than fifty such disposal problems have been worked out under his direction. The writ- ings of Mr. Clark have appeared not only in the last thirty-eight annual reports of the department, but in engineering, chemical and public health journals and more than seventy-five papers on research by him, or by him in collaboration with his assistants, have been published during this period. His entire work has been of great value to the State, both in the improve-
ment of water supplies and in the sanitary condition of streams. He has had direction over a great volume of analytical work carried on in the State House and the Lawrence Experiment Station laboratories of his division, and he has served on many important com- mittees of the various technical societies of which he is a member.
Other professional services rendered in Massachusetts by Mr. Clark have been as follows : Chemist to the Metropolitan (Bos- ton) Sewerage Commission, 1898; chemist to the Charles River Dam Commission, 1901; chemist to the Massachusetts High- way Commission from 1908 to 1921; and lecturer on sanitary engineering at Har- vard University. He also has been con- sulting expert in regard to the purification of water and the disposal and purification of sewage and industrial wastes to many of the large cities in this country such as Bal- timore, Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, etc., and also to various sanitary boards and corporations throughout the country. His professional and technical affiliations in- clude the American Chemical Society, American Public Health Association, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, the New England Water Works association, and the American Water Works Association. When a young man he held various town offices in North Andover, such as selectman, asses- sor, etc. He is an attendant of the North Parish Unitarian Church and for eight years was president of the North Andover Historical Society.
In 1891 Mr. Clark married Gertrude Ful- ler of North Andover, who died in 1927. He has two daughters, Ruth Farrington (Clark) Weaver and Margaret Fuller (Clark) Howe. His residence is in North Andover, and his office is at No. 89 Broad Street, Boston, where he is associated with the firm of Whitman and Howard, Engi- neers.
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