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the Pentucket Club. During the World War he was active in all Liberty Loan drives.
He married (first) Mary R. Kendall, de- ceased, and married (second) Anice B. Swartz, deceased. By the first marriage he is the father of a daughter, Bertha K., a graduate of Bradford Academy and now an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio.
HARRY E. ROWE, a leading insurance broker of Haverhill and a member of the executive board of the Insurance Federation of Massachusetts, is a prominent figure in business circles and a strong and construc- tive influence in public and community af- fairs. Mr. Rowe was born on September 22, 1878, in Haverhill, the son of Warren Rowe, born in Haverhill and died in 1924, and Mary (Daggett) Rowe, a native of Maine. His father was a carpenter.
After attending public schools, Mr. Rowe engaged in various business affairs and en- tered the Goodell Insurance Agency, one of the oldest concerns of its kind in Essex County. In 1925, upon the death of G. W. Martin, owner of the business, Mr. Rowe purchased the enterprise and changed the name to its present title, the Goodell-Mar- tin Insurance Agency. The prestige of this old and established firm has been ably con- tinued by Mr. Rowe. His long experience in and study of insurance problems, com- bined with his friendly courtesy, have caused the Goodell-Martin Insurance Agency to be widely and favorably known, resulting in a patronage of steady growth. His leadership in the insurance field was recognized by the Haverhill Board of Underwriters which twice elected him president of the organiza- tion, the responsibilities of which office he ably filled. His fine administration in that office led to his being selected to the execu- tive board of the Insurance Federation of
Massachusetts, which he is serving at the present time. Associated with Mr. Rowe as business partner, is his sister, Lola E. Rowe, who is well qualified as an insurance expert. In addition to his insurance busi- ness Mr. Rowe is financially interested in the Haverhill Savings Bank, of which he is one of the incorporators.
Civic matters have always received his attention and he has given generously of his time and efforts to improving conditions of Haverhill, and his strong support of these affairs have established him as one of the city's most substantial citizens. Mr. Rowe is a Spanish-American War Veteran, hav- ing enlisted in 1898, at Haverhill, in Com- pany F, 8th Massachusetts Volunteers, and saw active service in Cuba. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he is a member also of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish- American War Veterans, and the Grange.
In 1903 Mr. Rowe married Emma B. Dag- gett, a native of Maine, and they are the parents of a daughter, Beatrice B., now the wife of Walter Poulter, of Haverhill. Mr. Rowe and family attend the Congregational Church.
C. ATHERTON HOLMES-Successful in the practice of law and a prominent mem- ber of the legal profession of Essex County, C. Atherton Holmes, of Haverhill, is a citi- zen whose intelligent understanding of civic problems and active interest in community affairs have brought him to a position of respected leadership. Mr. Holmes was born in Georgetown, October 6, 1873, the son of Charles Holmes, born in Ipswich, and died in 1904, and Marietta (Fowler) Holmes, a native of New Hampshire, and died in 1933, in her ninety-eighth year. His father was a blacksmith.
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C. A. Holmes was educated in the public schools and at Phillips Exeter Academy and in his early manhood began to read law in the offices of Moody and Bartlett. Mr. Holmes was admitted to the bar in 1907, and began a professional career in which his talents were happily and usefully employed. Since his admission to the bar he has con- ducted a general law practice under his own name at offices located at No. 81 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, where, for more than a quarter of a century, he has served a large clientele. Mr. Holmes is highly regarded by his colleagues for his professional attain- ments and personal qualities.
Along with his lucrative practice in law, Mr. Holmes has given his time and atten- tion to public affairs, having served as a member of the school board of Georgetown, and in other offices. During the World War he was on various boards and committees directing drives and war-time activities. Welfare and other institutions bettering community conditions have always received his generous support. As treasurer and member of the board of directors of the F. S. Hamlin Insurance Agency and as a trus- tee of the Georgetown Savings Bank, he is well known to business circles. Mr. Holmes is a member and Past Master of George- town Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and his clubs are the Pentucket and the Haverhill Country. His religious affiliation is with the First Universalist Church.
In 1922, he married Grace De Wolf Ham- mond, a native of Georgetown. Mrs. Holmes died December 2, 1928. They became the parents of a daughter, Mary De Wolf, born January 12, 1924.
CLYDE R. SANDERS-A pioneer in the production of wood heels for the shoe indus- try, Clyde R. Sanders has devoted his entire active career to this field of enterprise and is at present sole owner of the Clyde R.
Sanders Company, Inc., at Haverhill. His factory is well known in the industrial life of the city, giving employment to a number of local workers.
Mr. Sanders was born in Nova Scotia, on February 17, 1870, a son of Captain John and Susan E. (Raymond) Sanders. His father was a master mariner and for sev- eral generations members of this family have chiefly followed the sea. Mr. Sanders was educated in Nova Scotia schools and began his career as a turner of wood heels at Yarmouth in 1895. In 1897, he came to Haverhill, Massachusetts, entering the em- ploy of Joseph Moore, who, in the follow- ing year, sold his business to E. W. Bailey. Mr. Sanders then entered into partnership with Charles K. Fox, continuing this con- nection for a number of years. Their plant for the turning of wood heels was located on Fleet Street, Haverhill. Subsequently the enterprise was liquidated and at that time Mr. Sanders established the Clyde R. San- ders Company, Inc., of which he has since been president and treasurer. His present plant is located in the Bradford section known as Island Park. It comprises about 20,000 square feet of floor space and in rush periods has given employment to a maxi- mum of seventy-five people. Mr. Sanders possesses a thorough knowledge of all phases of his business. The original wood turning machinery used in his first factory was all built under his supervision and was first operated under his direction. In addi- tion to his technical equipment, he has proved himself an able executive and the products of his company find a national market. In point of service he is now the oldest independent producer of turned wood heels.
Mr. Sanders has made his home in George- town for a number of years and during the period of the World War served as a mem- ber of campaign groups for both the Liberty
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Loan and Red Cross drives. He received a certificate from the United States Govern- ment in recognition of his services. Mr. Sanders is affiliated fraternally with Charles C. Dame Lodge, Free and 'Accepted Masons and is a member of the Baptist Church. For many years he was a member of the Pen- tucket Club of Haverhill, but upon taking up his residence at Georgetown, he resigned his membership. In both communities he is known for his support of worthy civic enterprises, manifesting his public spirit on many occasions. Mr. Sanders has always retained the love for the sea which comes to him by inheritance and is thoroughly versed in the lore of ships and sailing ves- sels.
In 1893 Clyde R. Sanders married Lottie E. Ellis, of Nova Scotia, daughter of Cap- tain Benjamin A. Ellis, a master mariner, and Adelaide (Bethune) Ellis. They be- came the parents of four children: I. Grace E., a graduate of Haverhill High School and the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, and is now an instructor in music at New York University. 2. Malcolm J., who served in the Marine Corps during the World War, and is associated with his father's business. 3. Kathleen E., who was graduated from Bradford Academy; the Central School of Physical Education in New York City ; Bates College, where she took the degree of Bachelor of Science, and Russell Sage College, at Troy, New York. She later served as an instructor in Bates College and achieved a distinguished record in physical education. Kathleen E. San- ders married Leslie W. Spinks, and they reside at Lewiston, Maine. He is an instruc- tor in physical education and athletic coach at Bates College. 4. Kenneth O., who was graduated from Tabor Academy at Marion, Massachusetts, with exceptionally high hon- ors, and became highly proficient in radio
work, and was radio operator on merchant vessels. He died at the age of twenty-five years, in 1930.
FREDERICK CHESTER SMALL-For over forty years Frederick Chester Small was one of the most widely known tea and coffee merchants in New England. During this period he established and conducted a store in the city of Boston which he main- tained with outstanding distinction and suc- cess until his untimely demise. As a resi- dent of the city of Lynn, which marked the site of his initial operations in business, he took a keen and active interest in social and civic affairs and was particularly prominent for his activities in the First Methodist Church of this community. Throughout his life he was highly and affectionately esteemed by his many friends and associ- ates who admired him for his ability and sterling character.
Mr. Small was born at Deer Isle, Maine, October 5, 1861, son of Michael and Susan (Foster) Small. His mother, who contrib- uted articles to a denominational publica- tion, died when Mr. Small was five years old. He attended the public schools of his native community and after completing his studies here attended business college in Portland. After following various occupa- tions in that State Mr. Small came to the city of Lynn where he formed a partnership with William Jones in the establishment of a tea and coffee business. This alliance was maintained for several years and then dis- solved at which time Mr. Small came to Boston and founded a store under his own name, at Center and Oliver streets, and later removed to No. 23 Commercial Street, and there operated for over four decades. Under his able and careful management, this business, which was started on a mod-
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est basis, grew and became a profitable venture that yielded handsome returns.
Apart from his mercantile activities Mr. Small devoted much of his time to Christian service as an active worker with the Chris- tian Travellers, better known as the Gid- eons, that organization which places Bibles in prominent hotels throughout the United States. He was prominent in this body and was responsible for much of its advance- ment. Fraternally he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in his religious affiliation was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, worshipping at the First Methodist Church of Lynn, in which, for many years, he served on the official board and taught a Sunday school class.
Mr. Small married (first) Florence Porte, who died. He married (second) in 1917, Bertha A. Waterhouse, daughter of William Wallace and Louise E. (Waitt) Water- house, the former of Topsfield and the lat- ter of Lynn. Two children were born of this marriage : 1. Barbara L., born October 9, 1919. 2. Frederick C., born May 5, 1923.
Mr. Small died at his home in Lynn, Feb- ruary 17, 1934. In his death the community lost one of its most valuable citizens. His business dealings were straightforward and added to the moral strength of Boston's commercial life, his duties as a citizen were independently performed for the welfare of all and not for the personal gain of a few ; and his qualities of manhood showed him as one in whom character and virtue were diligently nurtured.
JOSEPH I. CURTIS-Serving the retail grocery trade of Essex and Rockingham counties, the wholesale grocery firm of Blake-Curtis Company, of Haverhill, is one of the oldest and largest concerns of its kind in this section. The guiding spirit in the
development of the firm is Joseph I. Curtis, one of the organizers and, since its incep- tion, president of the Blake-Curtis Company, who has employed his talents not only to the advancement of his business affairs, but also in the interests of the community, in which he has been a progressive influence. Mr. Curtis was born June 14, 1875, in Nor- well, Massachusetts, a son of Seth A. Cur- tis, who was engaged in the shoe industry and died in 1932, and Hattie A. (Hatch) Curtis, who died in 1927.
After receiving his education in the pub- lic schools, he entered the wholesale leather business and later became office manager of the Nelson-Morris Company, continuing with this firm until 1903. In that year he formed a partnership with Charles E. Blake and organized the Blake-Curtis Company, Wholesale Grocers, and established the com- pany in quarters located at No. 262 Winter Street, where it has continued to the pres- ent. Mr. Curtis was elected president and under his able management the Blake-Curtis Company has made steady progress and now is recognized as the leading wholesale gro- cery firm in Essex County. The firm has extended its operations to serve the retail grocery trade of Rockingham County also, the long distance being no inconvenience as the Blake-Curtis Company has a fleet of modern motor trucks and is prepared to give speedy transportation. The company has a private railroad siding with a capacity for seven cars and gives employment to thirty persons. Upon Mr. Blake's retirement from the business, Herbert A. Curtis, a brother of Joseph I., joined the company as an ex- ecutive, his ability adding to the continued growth of the enterprise.
In addition to carefully supervising the details of his own business, Mr. Curtis has given valuable assistance to the trade at large by his leadership, having served as
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president of the Massachusetts Wholesale Grocers' Association, and being elected a delegate to many conventions. He is a strong factor in community affairs and dur- ing the World War was a member of the committee directing Liberty Loan drives. Well known in financial circles, he is a valued member of the board of trustees of the Pentucket Savings Bank. Mr. Curtis is a member of the Masonic Order, Saggahew Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; the United Commercial Travelers; the Pen- tucket Club; the Chamber of Commerce, and the Universalist Church.
Married in 1895 to Lillian M. Jenkins, he is the father of two children : I. Doris, who married Ralph Moore. 2. Ruth, who mar- ried Russell Meers, and is the mother of a daughter, Cynthia A.
ALWYN W. GREELEY-For nearly fifty years Alwyn W. Greeley has been man- ufacturing boudoir slippers in the city of Haverhill and today he holds the distin- guished position of being the head of the oldest established firm in this business from the standpoint of service.
A member of a pioneer New England fam- il y, Mr. Greeley was born in East Kingston, New Hampshire, July 14, 1859, the son of Eliphalet C. and Sarah E. (Wadleigh) Greeley, and represents the ninth genera- tion of this family in this territory. He re- ceived his general education in the public schools of East Kingston and also attended the academy at Kingston. After graduating from here he entered a business school at Manchester, New Hampshire, and upon com- pleting his education, began his business ca- reer as a bookkeeper for the F. M. Hoyt Company, shoe manufacturers at Haverhill. This firm later moved to Raymond, New Hampshire, and finally to Manchester. He remained in this post for five years at the end of which time he formed a partnership
with George F. and Frank Carleton and started in business for himself under the firm name of Greeley, Carleton and Com- pany, the offices of this organization being located on Wingate Street in Haverhill. In 1892, just seven years after the partnership was formed it was dissolved and since that time Mr. Greeley has been the sole owner of the concern which operates under his name. The success of this enterprise is re- flected in the wide flung markets its prod- ucts have found throughout the United States and the world, and the fact that a branch plant is also operating at Newton, New Hampshire, a tribute to the business efficiency and zeal of its founder.
During his long business career in this city Mr. Greeley has been prominently asso- ciated with leading social and civic organ- izations, being a member of the Pentucket Club, the Haverhill Country Club, the Cham- ber of Commerce and the Historical Society. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and during his youth served a three-year term as selectman in East Kingston, New Hampshire.
In 1883 Mr. Greeley married Sarah A. C. Austin of East Kingston. Mrs. Greeley died September 9, 1921. They became the par- ents of Eliphalet A. Greeley, graduate of Dartmouth College in 1908 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He married Mabel A. Adams and they are the parents of one child, Alwyn Adams Greeley, a graduate of Norwich University, special student at Syracuse University and now secretary to George E. Dalrymple, mayor of Haverhill. He married Barbara George, of Haverhill, and they have one daughter, Alwynne.
BERNARD GLAGOVSKY is treasurer of the largest shoe ornamentation manufac- turing company in the world. Twelve years ago he helped found the Haverhill Shoe Novelty Company with his brothers, Wil-
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liam L. and Simon Glagovsky, and today the products of this enterprise are sold throughout the world.
Mr. Glagovsky was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on January 4, 1896, the son of Max and Minnie Glagovsky, both natives of Russia. He was educated in the public schools of this city and, shortly after com- pleting his education, entered the jewelry business. In 1921, with his brothers, he founded the organization in which he now holds a prominent position. Their first plant was located on Washington Street, but the steady growth of business made it necessary for them to move to No. 151 Essex Street where they have a factory covering 15,000 square feet of floor space and employ one hundred people. On July 23, 1926, this con- cern was incorporated and in September, 1930, the executives purchased the equip- ment of the Dalrymple-Dudley Company. To meet the increased demand for their products a branch factory was established at Providence, Rhode Island, and offices rep- resenting the firm were opened in several of the large cities of the United States.
Mr. Glagovsky is a member of the Jewish Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and ad- heres to the Jewish faith.
In 1921 Mr. Glagovsky was married to Sadie Rodman of Massachusetts, and they are the parents of five children : I. Charlotte. 2. Helen. 3. Barbara. 4. Gloria. 5. Minda.
JAMES EDWARD HENDERSON, vice- president of Knipe Brothers, Inc., has de- voted his life to the shoe industry and this organization where, as a boy, he started and by zeal and determination worked his way to the executive position he now holds.
Mr. Henderson is a native of Haverhill, born on September 21, 1878, the son of James and Margaret (Lamb) Henderson, both natives of Scotland. His father, who died in 1898, was engaged in the shoe indus-
try. Mr. Henderson received his general education at the public schools of Haver- hill and, shortly after graduating from high school, secured a position with the Knipe Brothers Company, where he gained the practical knowledge of shoe making and manufacturing which fitted him for the re- sponsibilities he has assumed. His ambi- tion, initiative and ability soon became evi- dent to his employers who rewarded him with promotions in each branch of their business.
Throughout his career he has evinced a great love for the outdoors and in this con- nection has done much to improve sport- ing conditions in Essex County, and is prom- inent in a number of sportsmen's clubs in this vicinity. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias.
In 1894 Mr. Henderson married Bertha Florence Day and they are the parents of three children : I. Arthur Russell, a veteran of the World War during which he was connected with the Headquarters Staff of the American Expeditionary Forces and took part in several offensives with a rank of sergeant major. 2. Alice Ardelle, who married Fielding Taylor. 3. Stanley Day, who married Elsie M. Stockbridge, and they have three children : Stanley Day, Jr., Mar- jorie A., and Jean M.
GEORGE KIMBALL CLEMENT-The Clement family has been closely identified with the development of Haverhill for sev- eral generations. George Kimball Clement for a number of years was interested in the shoe industry as an associate of a Mr. Jacques under the firm name of Jacques and Clement, and since 1927 he has devoted his attention to the management of his own important affairs and the insurance busi- ness. He is a native of Haverhill, born May 5, 1888, son of Dr. Colburn and Matilda Haseltine (Kimball) Clement, the former of
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whom was a well-known physician and sur- geon. Dr. Clement died in 1910, and Mrs. Clement in 1918.
George Kimball Clement attended the Ha- verhill public schools, was graduated from Milton Academy, and matriculated at Har- vard University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts with the class of 1912. He returned to Haverhill and even- tually became connected with the shoe in- dustry, as has been indicated. Aside from his private business affairs Mr. Clement is a director of the Haverhill National Bank, a commissioner of the Haverhill Water Board, was an active worker on the various boards and committees of the World War period, and has contributed importantly to the advancement of Haverhill.
Mr. Clement is a member of Haverhill Chapter of the American Red Cross Soci- ety, of which he is a director. Among his numerous clubs are the Pentucket Club, the Whittier Association, the Historical Society, all of Haverhill, the Myopia Hunt Club, the Harvard clubs of both Boston and Haver- hill, and many other organizations. He is a lover of horses and dogs and fond of out- of-door sports in general. His religious affil- iations are with the Congregational Church.
In 1914, George Kimball Clement married Alice T. Pearl, a native of Haverhill, daugh- ter of Francis H. and Fannie C. (Peabody) Pearl. They are the parents of a son, George C. Clement, a student in the Brooks School.
ABRAHAM BLUSTEIN-Over a period of four decades, Abraham Blustein has been a citizen of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and from an apprentice in the shoe industry has risen by his own efforts to become the directing power in one of the largest shoe counter manufacturing companies in the United States. He was born September 30, 1885, in Austria, the son of Wolf and Freda Blustein, both natives of Austria. Wolf
Blustein died in 1924, while his wife died in 1919. The family came to Massachusetts in the early 1890's and Abraham Blustein received his education in the American schools.
Mr. Blustein came to Haverhill in 1893, at the age of eight years, and for a time attended the local schools. He was still little more than a boy when he entered the shoe trade, which he followed in many of its numerous branches for more than ten years. In 1910 he set himself up as a man- ufacturer of counters, and gradually built up a large business during the following dec- ade. In 1921 he became associated with Harry Brown in a partnership to organize the Brown Counter Company, for the more rapid expansion of his business. This com- pany had two plants, each of which became too small, before removing to their present large concrete plant at No. 147 Essex Street, Haverhill. The corporation employs, nor- mally from seventy-five to one hundred hands, and distributes its products in all parts of the United States. It is reputed to be the largest concern of its kind in Essex County, and among the largest in America.
Particularly notable is the fact that there has never been a strike in the history of the concern ; a condition of amity and good will exists between employer and employee, cred- ited to the character, experience and activ- ities of Mr. Blustein. He has always been keenly interested in the betterment of his employees in every way possible, a friend to whom they could come at any time, and whose advice was depended upon to aid in any crisis in their lives.
In 1914, Abraham Blustein married Lena Nicholson, a native of Massachusetts, and they are the parents of two children : Har- riet M., born March 1I, 1916, a student at Smith College; and Richard M., born No- vember 20, 1919, a student in the Haver- hill School.
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