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Among his other accomplishments, he has succeeded in stimulating new interest in music, athletics, schools and sodalities. Feeling that the activities of these different parish organizations could fill an even more important place in the life of the church, he
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encouraged them and won enthusiastic sup- port in his aims. One of the outstanding features of the church, as already indicated, is its schools, which are under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Sisters, incidentally, rendered very useful and un- selfish service to the community during the disatrous influenza epidemic of 1918. So great was Father Lyons' respect and ad- miration for them that he launched a cam- paign for a new convent for their use.
Quite aside from his work with the church, which has been extraordinarily ex- tensive despite the fact that he has been its head for so short a time, Father Lyons has taken a deep interest in the affairs of Haver- hill. He is a leading member of several civic organizations, and also of the Knights of Columbus. The citizens of the com- munity, as well as his own congregation, are devoted to him and his unselfish purposes, and he has well merited the trust that has been reposed in him. How great the prog- ress of the work done by the parishioners and priests of the original parish has been is well understood by the knowing, that the parishes of St. Reita and St. George, now separate parishes, were formerly a part of this mother church.
GEORGE EDWARD CRANE, M. D .- For the past three decades George Edward Crane has occupied an important place in the medical circles of the city of Haverhill. His years of service have brought him the high regard of his colleagues and the public at large as one of the foremost specialists of physical therapy in this section of the State. Throughout his long and distinguished ca- reer Dr. Crane has taken a keen and active interest in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings and through his efforts has won the esteem and respect of the citizenry who have entrusted him with some of the
most important and responsible offices in the city government.
Dr. Crane was born in Lawrence June 8, 1873, the son of Michael and Sarah (Quig- ley) Crane, both natives of this city. His father, who died in 1919, was engaged in the textile business for a number of years. Dr. Crane received a general education in the public schools of his native community and attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy from where he was graduated. For a period of about ten years following his pharmaceutical training he conducted a pharmacy on Merrimack Street, in Haver- hill. At an age when most men would settle down satisfactorily in their own business, content to go on with what the years might bring, George Edward Crane discontinued one field to prepare for another. Through- out the youthful part of his career he had determined to pursue the medical profes- sion and now, after his decade as a pharma- cist, he enrolled at the Massachusetts Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons where in 1913 he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning to Haverhill he began his medical career by establishing a general practice. Later, however, he turned to phys- ical therapy, a phase he has specialized in since with great success. In his profes- sional affiliations he is a member of the Pentucket Medical Society, the Massachu- setts Medical Society and the American Medical Association. For the past fifteen years he has been a member of the staff of Gale Hospital, and for ten years has served as a member of the Haverhill Board of Health, a body he directs today as chair- man.
Aware of his civic responsibilities he has taken a very active part in the affairs of the city and in this capacity served on the Board of Aldermen, under the old form of government, and was a member of the
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school board for several years. During the tor of the Beverly Trust Company, and World War he held a membership in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps.
CHARLES ARTHUR FOSTER -- The business and public life of Essex County benefited from the participation of C. Arthur Foster in its affairs, and Beverly is the richer for the more than half a century that he was one of its generous and progressive resi- dents. He was born March 30, 1855, at Dan- bury, New Hampshire, a son of John S. and Sarah (Henley) Foster, the father an agri- culturist and stone mason. The Foster and Henley names are of ancient origin and are found often in the annals of New England since the seventeenth century.
C. Arthur Foster was educated in the town of his birth, and at the age of eighteen years went to Danvers, from which, after some experience in the grocery business, he removed to North Beverly and continued along the same line. Like many other young men of his day he became interested in the thriving shoe manufacturing industry and found employment as a shoe cutter in Bev- erly. In 1889 he became a shoe salesman and so continued until 1894. The year 1894 marked his start as a manufacturer of shoes as a partner in Merrill, Porter and Company, of Lynn. His intimate knowledge of so many phases of the shoe industry, ranging from the first stages in the making of a shoe to the disposal of the product to the whole- saler and retailer contributed markedly to his success in his new departure, and throughout the almost three decades which followed. The original partners sold their interests in the company in 1920, but Mr. Foster remained with the new firm before selling out in 1922 and retiring from active manufacturing. He was, however, for a number of years prior to his demise, a direc-
financially interested in other organizations. It has been said of C. Arthur Foster that although he was cradled in New Hampshire, his real home was North Beverly. There he had maintained his residence from young manhood, making his home for many years on Dodge Street. In 1923, at No. 19 Som- erset Avenue, he built the house in which he spent the remaining years of his life, and which is now the residence of his widow. Mr. Foster was a former member of the board of aldermen, being elected in 1914, and later was alderman-at-large, serving the municipality over a period of seven years. He had also been a trust commissioner of Beverly for the last seven years of his life. Fraternally Mr. Foster was affiliated with Liberty Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Knights Templar ; the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Bass River Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was a Past Noble Grand. A member of the Second Congrega- tional Church of Beverly he also was the moderator of the organization, and a gener- ous supporter of religious and humanitarian activities.
On November 12, 1884, C. Arthur Foster married Anna S. Ludden, a native of North Beverly, daughter of Benjamin E. and Eliz- abeth (Woodbury) Ludden, and a member of the oldest Salem and Beverly families. She is a direct descendant of Roger Conant through his daughter who married Captain William Dodge and they were ancestors of the noteworthy Dodge family of "Dodge Row," Beverly. Mrs. Foster traces her Woodbury lineage to William Woodbury (or Woodberry), who settled at William Woodbury's Point, in what was then known as the Cape Ann side of Salem, later Beverly. William Woodbury built the first dwelling
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there in 1630. He was a younger brother of John ("Father John") Woodbury, who came to Cape Ann in 1624 with Roger Conant and to Naumkeag in 1626. John Woodbury, known as one of the "Old Planters," received a grant of land in 1635 at the head of Bass River. Mrs. Foster is eligible to the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames.
One daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Foster, Louise Woodbury, who is the wife of Newell B. Woodbury, born in Beverly, a direct descendant of "Old Planter" Wood- bury. He is a mechanical engineer of Chi- cago, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury are the parents of a son, Dean Foster Wood- bury.
C. Arthur Foster died February 3, 1934, at the age of seventy-four years, bringing to an end a career of achievement and a life of emi- nent usefulness. He was a quiet man, un- obtrusive but effective, a conscientious citi- zen faithful to worthy ideals and purposes. He was farseeing and accurate in his judg- ments, just and honest in his dealings, a leader whose counsel was often sought. Tol- erant and kindly, generous, he has many friends and placed friendship above any per- sonal claim.
WILLIAM BERNARD DAWE-When William B. Dawe died, life insurance circles in New England were agreed in the opinion that one of the finest exponents of the pro- fession had been called from his chosen field. For seventeen years he was general agent at Salem of the New England Mutual Life In- surance Company of Boston.
Born in Port-De-Grave, Newfoundland, August 28, 1879, William Bernard Dawe was the son of John B. and Celena (Boone) Dawe. Having received his education in the public schools of his home district, he came as a young man to the United States and
obtained employment with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York. While stationed at Malden in this State for five years, he made a thorough study of the busi- ness as it was presented to his attention. From Malden he was transferred to Meriden, Connecticut, and was there for two years, meanwhile growing in favor with the com- pany and its public. He was also rated as a successful solicitor and agency manager. In 1910 he was promoted by the Metropolitan Life to the post of general agent at Salem, and soon made a wide acquaintance in this territory. He continued with the Metropol- itan for five years after he came to Salem, and in 1915 retired from the general agency. It was in 1916 that the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company was fortunate in ob- taining his acceptance to establish a general agency for Essex County, at Salem, thus be- coming the first general agent here. He es- tablished a suite of offices in the Masonic Temple Building, where he had his head- quarters until the time of his passing, May 15, 1933. His ability in enlarging the clien- tele of the New England Mutual Life was based on his squareness in dealing with pol- icyholders and prospects. He won the esteem of all who knew him best and built for him- self a reputation as a fine business man.
He was earnest and zealous in the civic life of Salem and a member of the Chamber of Commerce. In fraternal affiliations he was prominent, among these being Essex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Wash- ington Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Salem Council, Royal and Select Masters; Win- slow Lewis Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; Sutton Lodge of Perfection; Jubilee Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Immanuel Chapter of Rose Croix; Massachusetts Con- sistory of the Scottish Rite Freemasonry, of Boston; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Bos- ton ; and Salem Lodge, Benevolent and Pro-
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tective Order of Elks. Mr. Dawe was a mem- ber of Grace Episcopal Church, Salem, and was active in its affairs. He served as ves- tryman, and when the Madeline Abbott Memorial was erected he served on the build- ing committee from its inception to the com- pletion of its work.
On October 17, 1906, Mr. Dawe married Edna V. Mahany, of West Somerville, Mas- sachusetts. and their children are: I. Mrs. Winifred Edna Fitz, secretary of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company's office in Salem. 2. Warren Bernard. The passing of Mr. Dawe was keenly regretted throughout the New England insurance field and by a host of friends in the same region. His residence, which he erected was at No. 31 Brookhouse Drive, Marblehead, to which town he and his family had removed from Salem, which they had made their home for many years.
CHARLES HACKER PINKHAM-AI- though busily engaged in conducting his pri- vate business and as an executive of one of the largest firms of its kind in America, Charles Hacker Pinkham is known in his native city of Lynn as one of its most active leaders in community affairs. He was born September 6, 1900, a son of Charles Hacker and Jennie B. (Jones) Pinkham. He was of pioneer American stock, whose descendants have been represented in all American wars since the Revolutionary War. Family rec- ords trace the Pinkham line to Richard Pinkham, descent coming through his son John and Rose (Otis) Pinkham; their son James and Elizabeth (Smith) Pinkham; their son Daniel Pinkham, Revolutionary soldier, and his wife, Patience (Ham) Pink- ham; their son Daniel (2) Pinkham, who married Abigail Hawkes; Isaac Pinkham, grandfather of Charles Hacker Pinkham, of this record.
Isaac Pinkham, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, December 25, 1815, died at the home of William H. Gove, Salem, February 22, 1889. He married (first), Mary Shaw; (second) Lydia Estes, born in Lynn, Feb- ruary 9, 1819, died May 17, 1883, a very suc- cessful school teacher before her marriage and always a woman of the noblest qualities. Isaac Pinkham, one of the best known citi- zens, builders and realtors of Lynn, faced the depression of 1873 and the years imme- diately following, largely over-extended in his holdings of real estate, and by 1875 all the possessions of himself and family had been lost. To quote from "The Pinkham Genealogy" by Rev. C. W. Sinnett :
Himself too old to battle again with life, he was fortunate in having three active sons and a daughter, who had profitable employment as a teacher in one of the city schools; and these all combined their forces to restore to their parents what they had lost, and at the same time make a worthy start for themselves in life. Some of them were not so old that they did not remember their father's earlier poverty, and had known what it was to peddle popcorn and fruit through Lynn and vicinity to help pay home expenses, and the victory which had once been won they believed could be won again. Looking about to see what they could best take up, the "Pinkham boys" as they were always called by the neighbors, resolved to undertake the manufacture of the now famous Pinkham compound, which their mother had been accustomed to make up on the kitchen stove in small quantities for such of her acquaintances as might be ailing. The grand success which they achieved filled with joy the last days of Isaac Pinkham and his wife, and demonstrated that the zeal, wit and sturdy valor of the Pinkham ancestor had lost none of its strong life and helpfulness.
Charles Hacker Pinkham, Sr., born De- cember 9, 1844, died November 10, 1900, was a Civil War veteran, who enlisted Septem- ber 9, 1862, and reënlisted later in Company F, 8th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was honorably discharged November 10, 1864. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Golden Fleece Lodge of Masons; Sutton Royal Arch Chapter; Olivet Commandery,
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Knights Templar; Lafayette Lodge of Per- fection ; member of the Park and Oxford clubs of Lynn ; Article Club of Boston ; pres- ident and general manager of the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company from its incor- poration, for about twenty years until his death. He was appointed Park Commis- sioner of the city of Lynn, in 1889; his term expired in 1898 and he was reappointed in 1890. He was also director of the National City Bank, Lynn.
Charles Hacker Pinkham (2), son of Charles Hacker and Jennie B. (Jones) Pink- ham, was graduated from the Lynn Classical High School, in 1918, and from Brown Uni- versity, class of 1922, with the degree Bache- lor of Arts. He accepted a position in the advertising department of the United States Rubber Company, New York, resigning six months later to pursue post-graduate work at Worcester College, Oxford University, where he studied one term. After a four months' honeymoon trip around the world, he returned to Lynn, and became associated with the Lydia E. Pinkham Company as sec- retary and director. The plant is located at No. 271 Western Avenue, and its officers are: Arthur W. Pinkham, president ; Dan- iel R. Pinkham and Edythe S. Bradford, vice-presidents ; Charles H. Pinkham, secre- tary; Mrs. Aroline P. Grove, treasurer ; and Lydia Pinkham Grove, assistant treasurer.
Mr. Pinkham's wide range of community and civic affairs include : The Tavern Play- ers, a civic repertory theatre of Greater Lynn, of which he is president ; a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce; the Ro- tary Club; the First Universalist Church ; Mount Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons; vice-president of the Neighborhood Club of Swampscott ; a member of Post No. 6, the American Legion; president of the Boys' Club of Lynn, which office he has
occupied since 1926; past president of the Welfare Federation, now the Community Chest; a member of the Young Peoples' Club; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of Veterans of the Civil War ; past vice- president of the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and chairman of the National Recovery Act Compliance Commit- tee. He is also a director of the National City Bank of Lynn. In 1933 he became a candidate for the office of State Senator from the First Essex District, on the Republican ticket. Mr. Pinkham is an active outdoor sportsman, finding in golf, tennis, horseback riding, and swimming his favorite diver- sions.
He married, May 26, 1923, at Lynn, Ger- trude Louise Harney, a daughter of Patrick J. and Esther (Grady) Harney, of Lynn. Mr. Harney is a retired shoe manufacturer of Lynn. Mrs. Pinkham was graduated from the Lynn Classical High School and from Smith College in 1922, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She is active in the Tav- ern Players, is a member of the Junior Aid Society, the Aid Society of Lynn Day Nur- sery, and the First Universalist Church. Three children were born of this marriage: I. Charles Hacker, III, born June 4, 1925. 2. Sheila Gertrude, born June 20, 1928. 3. Patricia Estes, born May 8, 1930.
DANIEL ROGERS PINKHAM - Ac- companying this review is one of Charles Hacker Pinkham, which includes a brief genealogy of the Pinkham family and the story of the founding by three brothers of the famous Lydia E. Pinkham Company. Daniel Rogers Pinkham, of Lynn, was born on January 15, 1899, son of Charles Hacker and Jennie Barker (Jones) Pinkham, the for- mer of whom was, from its incorporation in 1882 to the time of his death in 1900, presi- dent of the Lydia E. Pinkham Company.
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Daniel Rogers Pinkham had attended Lynn Classical High School for eighteen months, when he entered Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was in the class of Dr. Fuess. Following his graduation from pre- paratory school in 1917, he matriculated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and received the Bachelor of Philoso- phy degree with the class of 1921. In Au- gust of that year he became associated with the Lydia E. Pinkham Company as secre- tary and a member of the board of directors. Since 1924 he has served as vice-president of the company and has contributed impor- tantly both to its further expansion and in carrying out the traditions of those who laid the foundations of this organization.
Breadth of interests and versatility have come to be characteristics of the outstanding men of today, and these traits are marked in Mr. Pinkham. He is a director of the Na- tional City Bank of Lynn, and treasurer of Duke Properties, Incorporated, of Lynn. He is a past vice-president and past director of the Rotary Club, and a past director and former member of the executive board of the Chamber of Commerce. Among his clubs are the Corinthian Yacht, and he was for- merly a member of the University, of Bos- ton. Mr. Pinkham has been president of Lynn Council, Boy Scouts of America, for the past nine years, chairman of the Re- gional Camping Committee of the Boy Scouts of America, has served on the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association for five years, and as one of the council of the Near East Foundation. Fra- ternally he is affiliated with Mount Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Lynn ; Chapter, Council and Commandery of the York Rite, and all Scottish Rite bodies, in- cluding the Consistory, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, Aleppo Temple, Boston, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a mem- ber of the Lynn Historical Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, and his college fraternity is Delta Kappa Epsilon. His hobby being that of raising rabbits, he is in this connection president of the Essex County Rabbit Breeders' Association, and the first president of the New England Rabbit Breeders' Association. He is also a trustee of the Boston Poultry Show, Incor- porated.
On June 22, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island, Daniel Rogers Pinkham married Olive Collins White, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of William Frank and Olive (Sturtevant) White, of Provi- dence, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Pinkham was graduated from Brown Uni- versity, class of 1918, a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1920 received her Master's degree in Arts. She and her husband are members of the First Universalist Church of Lynn, of which Mr. Pinkham is one of the trustees. She is actively interested in the betterment of the public school system in Lynn, being a member of the Lynn school committee since 1933; is a member of the Red Cross Society, Pullman Mission, the King's Daugh- ters, the Lynn Historical Society, Daughters of the Revolution, and publicity councilor of the Girl Scouts. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkham are the parents of three sons: I. Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Jr., born June 5, 1923. 2. William White Pinkham, born November 19, 1926. 3. Christopher Choate Pinkham, born De- cember 29, 1930.
ARTHUR WELLINGTON PINKHAM --- A scion of notable ancestry and the bearer of a name that is known throughout the world, Arthur Wellington Pinkham, of Lynn, in his own career has lived up to family traditions and inheritance by his own achievements. He is president of the Lydia
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E. Pinkham Company, the oldest in point of service of the bank presidents of Lynn, and a prominent and constructive factor in the city's financial, commercial and civic life. He is a native of the city, born December 9, 1879, a son of Charles Hacker Pinkham, Sr., and Jennie B. (Jones) Pinkham. Accom- panying this brief biography is a review of the life of Charles Hacker Pinkham as the first president of the Lydia E. Pinkham Company and a leading citizen of Lynn, with an outline of the early history of this remarkable corporation and mention of its founders.
Arthur Wellington Pinkham was gradu- ated from the Lynn Classical High School in 1898, and entered Brown University, Provi- dence, Rhode Island. His father died while he was a student at Brown and he was obliged to leave the university during his junior year to take his place with the Pink- ham Company. Twenty-two years later Brown University awarded him a degree of Bachelor of Philosophy out of course and he was enrolled as a full-fledged member of the class of 1902. In 1927 he was elected an alumni trustee of Brown University and served the full term of six years. Becoming associated with the Pinkham Company he worked in various capacities, learning the business thoroughly. He was made a direc- tor of the company, and its secretary and vice-president, and in 1921 was chosen presi- dent and has continued in that office.
In 1902 Arthur W. Pinkham became a director of the National City Bank of Lynn, and in 1909 was chosen president, its fourth. As has been pointed out, in length of service he is the oldest bank president in the city, having assumed that office when he was twenty-nine years of age. Of interest in this connection is a statement contained in a brochure, one issued by the National City Bank of Lynn: "His election was quite a
radical departure from all the precedents of those days-because of his youth. He was only twenty-nine years of age while most of his contemporaries, both on the bank's direc- torate and as president of other banks in the city, were well along in years."
Mr. Pinkham has been a director of the Lynn Gas and Electric Company for the past thirty years. He holds a similar office in the Renton Heel Company, and is a direc- tor of the Eastern Massachusetts Railway Company. He is a trustee of the Lynn In- stitution of Savings and of Lynn Hospital. He was chairman of the Lynn Industrial Shoe Making School when it was organized, and has been treasurer of Lynn Masonic Temple Association for a number of years. A Republican, he has served on the Lynn School Committee in 1902 and 1903, and served five years on the Lynn Park Com- mission (about 1905).
Well known in fraternal circles, Mr. Pink- ham is a thirty-second degree Mason, affili- ated with Mount Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters; Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar; and Aleppo Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He is a member of the Oxford Club, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, Young Men's Christian Association, all of Lynn, Delta Kappa Epsilon Frater- nity, and the Doug Institute of America. A member of the Universalist Church, he was for twenty-three years treasurer and served as chairman of the board of trustees for four years.
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