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William Patrick Connery, Jr., attended St. Mary's Grammar School, then studied at Montreal College, Montreal, Canada, two years, and at Holy Cross College four years. His initiative and dramatic ability prompted
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him to go on the stage where he was to spend several happy years. For four sea- sons as an actor he was associated with George M. Cohan. He played with Mar- garet Anglin's Company one season; with Irene Franklin one season; two seasons in the Colonial Stock Company, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, and for one year had his own company at the Empire Theatre, Salem. He also played in vaudeville for two seasons on the Keith circuit.
He left the theatre to accept a position as foreman in the Edison Lamp Works of the General Electric Company, East Boston, and when the World War broke out he resigned to enlist as a private in Company A, IoIst Regiment, United States Infantry, on Au- gust 23, 1917. He served nineteen months in France and was engaged in all the major battles of the 26th Yankee Division. For meritorious service he was promoted to regi- mental color sergeant, September 25, 1918. On April 28, 1919, he was honorably dis- charged and returned to the General Elec- tric Company's plant at East Boston, as director of welfare. After a year he left this position to spend another year in vaude- ville. For a time he was engaged in the wholesale and retail candy manufacturing business at Lynn. He became secretary to Mayor MacPhetres for a year, then was nominated as a candidate for Congress on the Democratic ticket from the Seventh Congressional District, and was elected to this high office on November 4, 1922. His popularity is evidenced by the fact that he has received both the Democratic and the Republican nominations, and the unbroken support of the voters, having been elected for six successive terms. In Congress he is chairman (1934) of the committee on labor, is a member of the committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, and is a member of the committee on revision of laws.
Mr. Connery, Jr., is a member of the Knights of Columbus, third degree; a mem- ber of Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society, which he joined when he was four- teen years old ; a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; the Fraternal Order of Eagles ; Loyal Order of Moose, and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a member of the American Legion Post, No. 6, Lynn, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, No. 240. He is an honorary member of the Lynn Kiwanis Club; the United Spanish War Veterans, General Sager Camp No. 15, of Lynn ; honorary color sergeant of Lawrence Drum Corps, American Legion Post, No. 15, of Lawrence. He is a mem- ber of the Yankee Division Veterans' Asso- ciation, and of the IoIst Infantry Veterans' Association. Mr. Connery is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. In 1925, Holy Cross College, his alma mater, con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. In baseball and tennis, and occasionally moving pictures, he finds diver- sion from his many duties.
On May 7, 1912, at St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Lynn, he married Marie Antoinette Mauseau, born February 25, 1888, daughter of Hermindos and Ann- ette (Olivier) Mauseau, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her father was a well-known bandmaster. Mrs. Connery attended St. Mary's School, Lynn, and was graduated from St. Hugues Convent, Canada, and from St. Anne's Convent, Marlboro, Mas- sachusetts. She is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and active in chari- table organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Connery have one daughter, Marie Therese Annette born June 3, 1927. 1140285
ALFRED VINCENT KIDDER, A. B., A. M., Ph. D .- As an authority on the sub- ject of archaeology Dr. Alfred Vincent Kid-
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der, of Andover, has an international repu- tation. Born in Marquette, Michigan, Oc- tober 29, 1885, Dr. Kidder is the son of Al- fred and Kate (Dalliba) Kidder. He was graduated from Harvard University a Bach- elor of Arts in the class of 1908, won his Master's degree there in 1912 and a Doctor- ate of Philosophy in 1914.
His work in archaeology first came to public attention in 1907, in which year he made explorations in Colorado and New Mexico for the Archaeological Institute of America. He conducted excavations in Utah for the University of Utah and in New Mex- ico for Harvard University in 1908. In 1909 he traveled in Egypt and Greece. He was Austin teaching fellow at Harvard in 1910. From 1910 to 1911 he did research work for the New Mexico Territorial Museum, and in 1912-14 he again was Austin teaching fellow at Harvard, conducting, in the summers of the latter years, explorations in Utah, Ari- zona and elsewhere. He was curator of North American archaeology at the Peabody Mu- seum, Harvard, in 1914, and director of ex- cavations at Pecos, New Mexico, for the Phillips Academy, Andover, from 1915 to 1929. In charge of archaeological investi- gations, he was an associate of the Carnegie Institution, Washington, District of Colum- bia, from 1927 to 1929, and since 1930 he has been the chairman of its division of his- torical research. He was research associate of the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California, from 1927 to 1930, and has been a member of its advisory committee since 1931. From 1931 onward he has been a member of the advisory committee of the Peabody Museum at Yale University. As chairman of the board of the Anthropologi- cal Laboratory at Santa Fe, New Mexico, he has held office since his appointment in 1927. He was vice-chairman of the Divi- sion of Anthropology and Psychology of the
National Research Council in 1924-25, and its chairman in 1926-27.
From his pen there have come notable contributions to the literature of archaeol- ogy, among these being: "Archaeological Exploration in Northeastern Arizona" (in collaboration with S. J. Guernsey), pub- lished in 1917; "Basket-maker Caves of Northeastern Arizona," 1921 ; "Introduction to Southwestern Archaeology," 1924; and "Pottery of Pecos," 1931.
Dr. Kidder has an active military record. With the entry of the United States into the World War, he offered his services and was commissioned a first lieutenant of in- fantry in the United States Reserve Forces in 1917. He went to France and served with the 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, from June, 1918, to April, 1919, hav- ing been raised to a captaincy in October, 1918. He participated in actions in St. Mi- hiel, the Meuse-Argonne and Ypres-Les campaigns. By the French Government he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Among his affiliations are the American Anthropological Association, which he served as secretary and treasurer in 1922-25; the American Folk Lore So- ciety, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In politics he is aligned with the Republicans, and his clubs are the Har- vard, Tavern and Somerset clubs of Boston, and the Cosmos Club of Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia. His religious preference is Episcopal.
Dr. Alfred Vincent Kidder married, Sep- tember 6, 1910, Madeleine Appleton, of Ipswich, and their children are: I. Alfred. 2. Randolph A. 3. Barbara. 4. Faith. 5. James. The family home is "Boulder Brook Farm" at Andover.
ABBOT STEVENS, prominent manu- facturer, business man, and civic leader, was born August 24, 1888, at North Andover, a
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son of Samuel Dale and Lucy Amelia Ste- vens. His father was a well-known executive of the M. T. Stevens and Sons Company, woolen goods manufacturers, of North An- dover. Mr. Stevens, after attending public school, enrolled at Phillips Andover Acad- emy, and was graduated in 1907. He ma- triculated at Harvard College and was grad- uated in 1911, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
In the same year he became associated with M. T. Stevens and Sons Company, continuing there until 1917 when he en- listed in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, with the rank of captain. His military service ended with his honorable discharge in August, 1919, whereupon he re- sumed his position with the M. T. Stevens and Sons Company, of which he is now treasurer.
His executive duties require much of his time, but, led by a sense of civic responsi- bility, he has assumed an active part in community affairs, having served as treas- urer of the North Andover Town Commit- tee, and as a member of the North Andover Republican Public Works Board for three three-year terms. He is serving on the boards of directors of the First National Bank of Boston; the Mutual Boiler Insur- ance Company, of Boston; the Stevens Linen Works, Webster; and the Andover National Bank. Mr. Stevens is a member of the Owl Club of Harvard College, and of the North Parish Unitarian Church, of North Andover.
JAMES K. SELDEN -- In the textile in- dustry the name of James K. Selden is listed among the so-called younger group of ex- ecutives. He is president of the Selden Worsted Mills and treasurer of the Massa- chusetts Worsted Mills, whose offices and plants are in Methuen.
Born in the city of Lawrence in 1894, James K. Selden is the oldest child of George L. and Mabel (Kidder) Selden (q. v.), the former founder and late president of the Selden Worsted Mills. He prepared for college at the Phillips Academy in Andover, graduating in 1912 and entering Harvard University, where he completed his course in the class of 1916. A member of the Ist Massachusetts Field Artillery, Battery A, when the United States entered the World War, he obtained a commission as lieuten- ant in the Air Service Corps, and in 1917 he was brought down in his plane, which crashed, and he narrowly escaped with his life.
Following his discharge from war duty, he turned his attention to textile manufac- ture, and in 1919 joined the official staff of the Selden Worsted Mills in the capacity of assistant treasurer. In 1920 he was pro- moted to treasurer, and in 1929 was elected president. He is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, the American Le- gion, Association of Disabled Veterans, the Society of Disabled Emergency Officers, the Harvard Club of Boston and Harvard Club of New York.
James K. Selden married, in 1921, at Ben- nington, Vermont, Anne H. Everett, daugh- ter of Edward Everett, and their children are : I. Anne K., born in 1923. 2. James K., Jr., born in 1924. 3. George L., 2d, born in 1925.
GEORGE L. SELDEN-To an impor- tant unit in the textile trade the late George L. Selden gave his name, having founded the Selden Worsted Mills at Methuen, in which corporation he remained as president until the time of his death. Mr. Selden was born in Hadlyme, Connecticut, July 16, 1848, the son of Joseph H. and Sarah Sel- den, his father a general officer of Connecti- cut Volunteer Infantry, who was wounded
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in action on two occasions in the Civil War, and afterwards served as Collector of the Port of New York under the United States Department of Internal Revenue. Follow- ing graduation from the United States Na- val Academy at Annapolis in the class of 1872, the son George served with the rank of ensign aboard the United States frigate "Wabash." He resigned his commission in 1876 to enter the employ of the Amoskeag Mills at Manchester, New Hampshire.
During his stay of ten years in Manches- ter, he mastered the operating details of woolen manufacture and was fully qualified to fill the position of superintendent of the Arlington Mills at Lawrence, which he ac- cepted in 1886. In 1903 he went to Methuen and in that year established the Selden Worsted Mills, of which he was president for about sixteen years. He was also a trustee of the Broadway Savings Bank at Methuen.
He was a member of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons and the Army and Navy Club. Active in religious affairs he held the office of president of the Methuen Young Men's Christian Association and served as chairman of the vestry of the Trinity Congregational Church of Methuen.
George L. Selden married, in 1892, at Lawrence, Mabel Kidder, daughter of James H. and Adelaide (Dodge) Kidder. Their children are: I. James K., born in 1894, whose review is to be found on the preced- ing page. 2. Katharine E., born in 1895. 3. Marion H., born in 1897. 4. Edward G., born in 1900. The death of the father of this family occurred in February, 1919, and was regretted by those who knew him as an able executive in the woolen industry and a public-spirited citizen.
CHARLES HENRY HAYES-In the in- dustrial records of Haverhill during a period when the number of its manufacturing plants
grew most rapidly, Charles Henry Hayes is named frequently as prominent among the leaders. It happens that his industrial career in the city includes sixteen years before the beginning of the present century and sixteen years after that event. Mr. Hayes was born in Milton, New Hampshire, February 16, 1849, son of Luther and A. Louise (Brag- don) Hayes, both parents being of old New England families. After attending the pub- lic schools of his birthplace, and Governor Dummer Academy, South Byfield, Massa- chusetts, he entered the United States rail- way mail service on a run between Worces- ter, Massachusetts, and Bangor, Maine.
In 1884 Charles Henry Hayes came to Haverhill with Charles Varney, also of Mil- ton, and they bought the George W. Went- worth wood and paper box factory, on Granite Street. The business was at that time located in the wooden building, built originally for Gardner Brothers as a shoe factory. The firm name of Varney and Hayes was adopted and the two men re- mained in business together for eight years, when Mr. Varney retired and Mr. Hayes, buying his partner's share, continued in business alone. In 1892 the business was incorporated, Mr. Hayes taking in his son, William C. Hayes, his wife, George F. Hunt and Edmund C. Wentworth. Mr. Hunt re- tired after two years. Mr. Hayes became president of the corporation at the begin- ning and maintained this position up to the time of his demise. In 1894 the business of the concern had increased so that the need of additional room was keenly felt, with the result that the old Clark factory on Granite Street was purchased and moved to Stewart Street. A six-story brick building was erected on the site. The wooden building was totally destroyed by fire in 1916, and the present seven-story building was con- structed. This, combined with the six-story building, gave an additional 100,000 square
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foot of floor space, and added materially to the valuation of the city. In 1911 the Dun- can factory at No. 91 Hale Street was pur- chased and a power plant added, and the wooden box business moved to it. The pur- pose was to be nearer the tracks of the Bos- ton and Maine Railroad, and a private side track was acquired.
The C. H. Hayes Corporation was origi- nally capitalized for $75,000, but was in- creased to $150,000. The cut of lumber increased from 2,500,000 feet a year to 15,000,000 feet, and from 6,000 boxes a day, the factory turned out 35,000 per day, mak- ing it the largest concern in Haverhill in the manufacture of wooden boxes and one of the largest in Essex County. Mr. Hayes was also heavily interested in buying and selling timber lands in Maine and New Hampshire. His success as a lumber operator and manu- facturer attracted the attention of the finan- cial interests of the city and he was called into the councils of the bankers and became a director of the Second National Bank, of which, in due time, he was elected president. Shortly afterward it was consolidated with the Haverhill Trust Company, of which he was elected president in 1907. Mr. Hayes took a keen interest in banking, and during the years while he was at the head of the trust company, that institution flourished and became known as "the friend of the young business man and manufacturer." Above all, Mr. Hayes exhibited unbounded faith in Haverhill and her sons to make good. Not only was his financial assistance, but also his personal advice was sought by young business men, and freely given, and many young men who later became useful and successful citizens hold him in grateful remembrance for his help, which, in the great majority of cases, came unsolicited. He was also a director of the Pentucket Sav- ings Bank.
The progressive activities of Mr. Hayes were by no means confined to his own enter- prises. When the Haverhill Board of Trade was reorganized in 1901, he was chosen its first president and served in that capacity for two years. In 1905 Mr. Hayes, with others, had vision of a new and better Haver- hill. He realized that if the city was to grow industrially and keep pace with other boot and shoe centers of the country, it must be provided with new and up-to-date factories. He straightway undertook to interest others, with the result that the Haverhill Building Association was organized and the erection of the Walnut Street factories financed. Mr. Hayes was one of three men to take an option on the land where the factory stands and backed the project heavily with his own means, thereby inspiring others to invest on the strength of his investment and judgment. The future proved the soundness of the measure which made Haverhill factories the finest in the world for the manufacture of boots and shoes. For several years he was one of Haverhill's delegates to the Massa- chusetts Board of Trade, and was a firm be- liever in navigation on the Merrimack River. It is interesting to note that fifty-four years ago, when electricity was first introduced in Haverhill, the original electric company, predecessors of the Haverhill Electric Com- pany, set up a dynamo in the Varney and Hayes factory and obtained its power from the Varney Hayes plant. While Mr. Hayes was always interested in political affairs, he never aspired to public office but once, being an alderman from Ward Five, in 1889, serv- ing one term. He was also a member of the finance commission.
Fraternally Mr. Hayes was affiliated with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being made a member of the Farmington, New Hampshire, Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and later of Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Haverhill
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Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a popular and prominent figure in the Pen- tucket Club, and was a charter member of the New England Paper Box Manufacturers' As- sociation, and served on its board of directors. He was a member of the Eastern Shook Man- ufacturers' Association and of other trade and social organizations. Over a long period Mr. Hayes was a trustee of the high school in his birth town, Milton, New Hampshire. Politically a Republican, and a member of the Essex Republican Club, he was interested in politics only as a means of accomplishing things in civic and State affairs, preferring that others should hold public office. His recreations were few, and those typical of his day. Wealthy men loved and had blooded horses, and Mr. Hayes was no exception. The "Hayes string" was seen on many New England tracks, and at least one of his trot- ting horses had a mark of 2:04.
On July 2, 1870, Charles Henry Hayes married Nellie M. Gile, of Raymond, New Hampshire. They were the parents of three children : Adelaide L., who is Mrs. Albert B. Blaisdell, of Haverhill; William C., who died in 1916, married Mildred Remick, of Exeter, New Hampshire ; and Marion E., of Haverhill. The latter is a graduate of Na- tional Park Seminary, Washington, District of Columbia, and is a member of many boards and committees. She is trustee and treasurer of the C. H. Hayes Estate, and is keenly interested in the many projects her father fostered. She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. Mr. Hayes . left one grandchild, Elizabeth W., daughter of Wil- liam C. She is the wife of the Rev. Frederic Tileston, of Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The death of Mr. Hayes occurred on Sep- tember 9, 1916. His demise marked the pass- ing of one of the leading citizens of Haver- hill. He was one of those rare men who count mightily in the development of the greatness of a city, for they are the men who make that development possible. His long
and arduous labors for the community with which he was for so long constructively associated, left an imprint upon its history that time will not erase.
GEORGE ABBOT-Mr. Abbot was born on March 29, 1860, at Canton, Massachu- setts, son of Ezra and Caroline H. (Lin- coln) Abbot. His father, a physician, was widely and favorably known in this region of New England, and had a host of loyal and devoted friends. In the schools of his birthplace, George Abbot, of this review, received his early education, later attending the English High School at Boston. He was graduated from that institution in the class of 1878, and at once turned to bank- ing to seek a livelihood. From 1878 to 1926 Mr. Abbot was continuously associa- ted with Brown Brothers and Company, of the City of Boston, bankers, serving them as clerk, then as department manager, and finally as holder of power of attorney.
Aside from his work with Brown Broth- ers, Mr. Abbot was a trustee of the An- dover Savings Bank for many years, and today continues in this capacity, making his home in Andover. Formerly he held still other important business connections, hav- ing been a director of the Atlantic National Bank, of Boston; the Tyer Rubber Com- pany, of Andover; the Smith and Dove Manufacturing Company, of Andover; and the Aroostook Construction Company, of Bangor, Maine.
George Abbot married, on October II, 1888, at Lynn, Massachusetts, Agnes M. Radford, daughter of John and Margaret W. Radford. The children of this marriage were two in number: John Radford Abbot, who was born on April 30, 1893. 2. George Ezra Abbot, born March 22, 1896.
The home of the Abbots is situated at No. 56 Central Street, Andover, and has been continued in the family for eight genera- tions.
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EDNA ADELAIDE BROWN-A factor in the cultural life of Andover, Edna Ade- laide Brown, author and librarian, was born March 7, 1875, at Providence, Rhode Island, a daughter of Joseph Farnum and Adelaide Victoria (Ballou) Brown. After a thorough elementary education she enrolled at Brown University in 1894, attending there until 1896, when she matriculated at the New York State Library School, and was gradu- ated in 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Library Science.
Miss Brown accepted a position with the Providence Public Library, and later served on the staff of the Rosenberg Library, Gal- veston, Texas. Since 1906, she has been librarian of the Memorial Hall Library, An- dover, which largely due to her wide experi- ence and intensive study, is known as one of the best libraries in Massachusetts.
Led into her chosen profession by her appreciation of books and of writing, she has found an active expression in her own work as an author. A brilliant style of writing distinguishes every book from her pen. The titles of her books, with year of publication, are: "Four Gardens," 19II ; "Uncle David's Boys," 1913; "When Max Came," 1914; "Arnold's Little Brother," 1915; "Archer and the 'Prophet,'" 1916; "The Spanish Chest," 1917; "At the Butter- fly House," 1918; "Rainbow Island," 1919; "That Affair at St. Peter's," 1920; "Jour- ney's End," 1921 ; "The Silver Bear," 1921 ; "The Chinese Kitten," 1922; "Whistling Rock," 1923; "Robin Hollow," 1924; "Three Gates," 1928; and "Polly's Shop," 1931. She has also written many juvenile plays.
Miss Brown is a member of the American Library Association, the New York State Library School Association, the Massachu- setts Library Club, and the November Club of Andover.
DONALD K. CAMPBELL-Having de- voted the greater part of his active career to library service, Donald K. Campbell brings to his duties as chief librarian of the Haver- hill Public Library a thoroughly adequate background and a complete knowledge of library methods. He has held his present position during the past twelve years.
Mr. Campbell was born on May 20, 1892, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, a son of Duncan and Jean M. (Stalker) Campbell, both of whom were also born in the Prov- ince of Quebec. He came to this country with his parents in 1900, and settled in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. His father, who died in 1920, was a builder and contractor. The mother is still living.
Following the completion of his prelimi- nary education in the public schools, Don- ald K. Campbell entered Tufts College, at Medford, Massachusetts, and was graduated from that institution in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Meanwhile he had decided to devote himself to library work and subsequently, for two years, attended Carnegie Library School, in New York. He also took a summer course at Columbia Uni- versity. When he had thoroughly prepared himself for his chosen vocation, he obtained an appointment to the staff of the New York Public Library, serving in a special capacity until 1920. He was then for a year an as- sistant librarian at the Library of the Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York, and then until December, 1920, in charge of the Merchant Marine Library Service of the American Library Association at Newport News, Virginia, where he remained until late in 1920. At the end of that time. he returned to the New York Public Library, and in October, 1921, he was appointed li- brarian of the Haverhill Public Library, suc- ceeding the late John G. Moulton, and came to this city, which has since been the center
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