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Dr. Tolman was born at Boston, Massa- chusetts, on October 15, 1879, son of Henry
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and Florence (Sears) Tolman, both natives of Boston. His father is a retired merchant. In the public and high schools of Newton, Massachusetts, Henry Tolman, Jr., of this review, received his early education and, after graduation from high school, became a student in the Harvard Medical School, being graduated in 1903, Doctor of Medi- cine. His interneship was served in Boston hospitals, one of which, the Boston City Hospital, he served as chief of the ear, nose and throat staff. In that institution he re- mained eighteen years, performing valuable work, then, in 1916, he came to Salem to en- gage in private practice. In 1917 he became nose and throat surgeon at Salem Hospital and also at Beverly Hospital, as well as con- sultant at Cable Memorial Hospital, Ipswich.
A member of several professional groups, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts State Medical Society. During the World War, he served as a member of the advisory draft board. He belongs to several civic and social groups, including the Harvard Club, of Boston ; the North Shore Harvard Club ; and others. In spare time, he enjoys par- ticularly shooting and fishing, though he is fond of all forms of outdoor life and recrea- tion.
On November 5, 1902, Dr. Tolman mar- ried Jessie S. Carter, of Newtonville, Massa- chusetts. They became the parents of two children: I. Leslie S. 2. Jessie C.
JOHN J. DALEY-The city clerk of Law- rence, Massachusetts, John J. Daley, is a native and lifelong resident of the munici- pality. He was born on April 20, 1883, the son of Patrick and Ann (Hart) Daley, both of whom came from Ireland to America in about 1868, and settled in Lawrence, where the father was connected with the textile
mills for many years. Both parents are de- ceased.
John J. Daley had his own way to make in life and his achievements are the direct result of the wise use of noteworthy quali- ties of mind and character. After attending the parochial schools, he was graduated from the Lawrence High School with the class of 1902, and supplemented his formal education with business college training. His first position of importance was in St. Mary's Parish office, where he remained from 1904 to 1919. In this latter named year he was ap- pointed assistant city clerk, and his faithful and efficient work in this office led to his election as city clerk in 1928, to succeed the late Edward J. Wade. Mr. Daley has con- tinued at his post in the City Hall, where he devotes his best energies and talents to the business of Lawrence. Fraternally he affiliates with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has taken a constructive interest in politics and civic problems since young manhood. In 1928 he was sent to the Na- tional Democratic Convention held at Hous- ton, Texas, as a delegate.
On May 10, 1915, John J. Daley married Rena Voyer, of Lawrence, and they are the parents of three children : John J., Jr .; Rita, and Rosemary.
JOHN ALLEN MURPHY-Well known in the professional life of Salem, John Allen Murphy has given his ability and assistance to many fraternal, civic and political affairs and is a factor in community life. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 15, 1902, he is the son of Patrick H. Murphy, a leather worker, born in Woburn, and Catharina A. (Burke) Murphy, a native of Ireland.
The family removed to Salem while Mr. Murphy was a boy and there he was edu- cated in the public schools. After graduat-
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ing from high school he attended Salem Commercial School, was graduated in 1922, and then entered Northeastern University of Law, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1926. In the same year he was ad- mitted to the bar and began to practice in Salem, continuing until the present in offices located at No. 181 Washington Street. He has shown himself a lawyer of ability and enjoys the confidence of a large clientele. Aside from his practice, Mr. Murphy is tak- ing an active part in civic affairs, serving as a member of the Salem school committee, to which he was elected in 1931, and reelected in 1933. His own thorough academic prepa- ration, combined with his professional ex- perience have been of large usefulness in this body. A member of the Knights of Co- lumbus, he has held the office of Advocate in Veraguay Council. He is also a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, holding the office of Chief Ranger, in St. Gabriel Court ; is a member of St. Vincent De Paul Society ; and, professionally, is a member of the Salem, Essex County, and Massachu- setts Bar associations. In politics he is a Democrat and is serving the party as vice- chairman of the city committee.
JAMES ELMER CALLAHAN-A prac- ticing attorney, James Elmer Callahan, of Salem, is also well known for his accom- plishments in the field of music as a violin- ist and orchestra leader. Faced with the choice of music or law, he decided upon a career in the latter, continuing, however, to accept engagements that would not conflict with his practice of law.
Descended of Scotch-Irish stock, Mr. Cal- lahan was born on November 13, 1903, at Salem, the son of James J. Callahan, asso- ciated with the United Shoe Machinery Cor- poration of Beverly, and Martha (Murray) Callahan, natives of Salem. On the paternal side Mr. Callahan's grandfather, William J.
Callahan, was one of four brothers who left their home in Ireland and came to America, settling in Salem, where William J. was one of the first machinists. Mr. Callahan's ma- ternal grandfather, Henry Murray, born in Salem, was the grandson of a Scotch Pres- byterian minister.
Mr. Callahan received his education in the public schools of Salem, at the same time studying the violin, in which he became an artist of considerable ability. Following his graduation from high school, he became a clerk in the United Shoe Machinery Cor- poration, continuing his studies in music and directing an orchestra that performed in theatres, concert halls and at private gather- ings. After several years with the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, he entered Suffolk Law School and was graduated in 1930 with the Bachelor of Laws degree. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in his native city, where he has established a satisfactory prac- tice. His interest in music has never waned and he still accepts concert engagements.
His interest in civic affairs resulted on De- cember 5, 1933, in his being elected a mem- ber of the Salem school board. As a boy, Mr. Callahan was a member of Farwell Associates, a boy's organization, and he now gives to that body a large part of his time and attention, helping to promote its serv- ices to its young members. Professionally he is a member of the Essex, Salem, and Massachusetts Bar associations. He is active in the affairs of the Salem Bar Association and is a member of the program committee.
EDWARD S. COGSWELL -- The Cogs- well family has been prominent in the life and affairs of Ipswich for nearly three cen- turies. One John, son of Edward, grandson of Robert, a manufacturer of woolens at Westbury, Lehigh, Wiltshire, England, was born in Westbury in 1592, came to New
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England in 1635 and was a freeman at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, a year later. He was the first settler of the name in Ipswich and had been granted three hundred acres of land in the Chebacco Parish, a part of Ips- wich, which has been occupied by some of the Cogswell family since that early date. John H. B. Cogswell, of the seventh genera- tion, was a merchant, lumber salesman, post- master of Ipswich for more than two dec- ades, who had served on the school board, as a selectman, and in the general court for many years. He married Frances Abbie Dodge, also of ancient American lineage, and they were the parents of Edward S. Cogswell, of this review, who was born in Ipswich, on April 5, 1871.
Edward S. Cogswell attended the schools of his birthplace and as a very young man went to Boston, where he was connected with a jobbing dry goods house for eight years. Then followed twelve years experi- ence in the stock brokerage business, also in Boston. Yachting was his chief recreation, and Ipswich was one of the places to which he came more often than any other. During the World War period, Mr. Cogswell re- turned to his native town to become identi- fied with the accounting department of the Ipswich Mills, and has since remained. He took his place in the community as one of its progressive citizens and member of one of its oldest families. In 1926 he was elected town clerk, an office to which he has been thrice elected.
On October 27, 1897, Edward S. Cogswell married Lizzie Damon, of Ipswich, and they are the parents of one daughter, Frances D. Cogswell.
MAX GOLDBERG-Numbered among leading professional men of Essex County is Max Goldberg, of Salem, who is a lawyer of broad experience and deep understand- ing in human affairs, and is widely known
as a leader of his race as well as for his writings on the Jew in America. Born in Russia, March 1, 1884, a son of Benjamin and Bessie (Karelitz) Goldberg, the family came to America in 1892, and settled in Salem, where his parents died.
Mr. Goldberg attended public school, was graduated from Salem High School in 1903, matriculated at Harvard College from which he was graduated in 1907 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and, deciding upon a career in law, entered Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the Salem bar in 1908, he began to prac- tice in Salem and now serves a large clien- tele which respects him as much for his per- sonal qualities as for his outstanding ability as a lawyer.
In 1928 Mr. Goldberg published a booklet of twenty-one pages entitled, "The Con- tributions of the Chosen Race to Civic Progress in America," in which he traces the history of the Jew in America from the date of the landing of Columbus, 1492, until the date of publication. The booklet has been largely commented upon as a schol- arly presentation of the subject and estab- lishes Mr. Goldberg as an authority on that subject. He is active in the religious life of his faith, serving as president of the Con- gregation Sons of Jacob, and is a director of the Young Men's Hebrew Association. He is trustee of the Goldberg Trust, and a member of the Essex County and Salem Bar associations.
September 17, 1913, Mr. Goldberg mar- ried Maude Sawyer, of New York City, and they are the parents of two children: I. Betty G., who was born March 15, 1918. 2. Alan B., who was born May 2, 1924.
ALPHONSE SYLVESTER BACHO- ROWSKI-Actively engaged in the prac- tice of law at Salem, Massachusetts, since
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September 16, 1919, Alphonse Sylvester Bachorowski is not only a popular member of the professional fraternity of the city, but prominent in its affairs. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, on June 20, 1898, a son of Zygmunt and Mary (Blendowski) Bachorowski, both natives of Poland, who came to America in 1893 and stayed for a time in Brooklyn, New York, before remov- ing to Newark, New Jersey. The father was a superintendent of a patent leather plant, and was engaged along similar lines in Peabody, Massachusetts, in later years.
Alphonse S. Bachorowski, after studying in the local public and parochial schools, finished his preparation for academic educa- tion in St. John's Preparatory College, Dan- vers, from which he was graduated in June, 1916. He then entered Boston University Law School and received his Bachelor's de- gree in Law with the class of 1919. In September of that same year he was ad- mitted to the bar and began to practice in Salem. A skilled attorney he has built up a large clientele and is a general practi- tioner rather than a specialist. Mr. Bacho- rowski is credited with being the first at- torney of Polish descent to be admitted to the bar in Essex County, Massachusetts.
During the period that the United States was engaged in the World War, Mr. Bach- orowski entered the service of his country, receiving his honorable discharge on De- cember II, 1918, as a member of the Offi- cers' Reserve Training Corps. He was ap- pointed by Governor Frank G. Allen to serve as a member of the Massachusetts George Washington Bi-Centennial Commis- sion. In April, 1934, he was elected a mem- ber of the Republican State Committee for the Second Essex Senatorial District, com- prising Salem, Beverly, Danvers, and Mar- blehead.
Mr. Bachorowski has taken a notable part in the organization of citizens of Polish
birth or extraction throughout the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts. He has been particularly active in getting them to or- ganize political societies and clubs, for their own better protection and to contribute more effectively to the political betterment of affairs in the city and State. He has twice served as vice-president of the Massa- chusetts Association of Polish-American Citizens' Clubs, incorporated in 1924, and was president of this organization from 1926 to 1929. He also served as president of the New England Federation of Polish- American Citizens' State Clubs, 1926-29. He is a member of the Polish-American Citi- zens' Club, the St. John's Polish Club, St. Joseph's Polish Club, Polish Falcons, the Knights of Columbus, Salem Chamber of Commerce, and Kiwanis Club of Salem. Among his professional affiliations are the Essex County Bar Association and the Salem Bar Association.
On June 16, 1926, he married Alice H. Kowalski, of Salem, and they have a son, Joseph Alphonse, born August 8, 1933.
JOSEPH W. SALHANICK-The career of Joseph W. Salhanick, manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in Lawrence, is full of color and interest and remarkable in its series of advances and suc- cessful achievements. He was born in Kiev, Russia, January 7, 1882, and spent the first nine years of his life in his native city. In 1891 he was brought by his parents to America, going from New York to Fall River, Massachusetts, where the father was engaged in the grocery business over a period of many years. The United States did not prove an Eldorado to the Salhanicks, and the son was compelled to forego after awhile the completion of his education begun abroad. For five years he was employed in one of the Fall River mills. He studied nights, attended
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night school and learned English. He also read law extensively, and received the more valuable part of his education in lawyers' offices.
At the beginning of the present century, Joseph W. Salhanick left the mills and went to Boston, where he secured a position with the National Furniture Company, as collec- tor. After two years he was assigned by the company to Portland, Maine, in a similar capacity. In 1903, however, he set himself up in business in Portland, selling furniture, clothing and some other articles on the in- stallment plan. It was not until December, 1915, that Mr. Salhanick sold out his busi- ness to become connected with the Metro- politan Life Insurance Company, as one of its agents. Two years of hard work brought him an assistant agency in Portland, and in 1921 he was made manager of the Wester- ville, Maine, office of the company. Within less than a year he was transferred to Bridgeport, Connecticut, as manager, and in June, 1922, he was elevated to the important post of manager of the Lawrence office.
Promotion in the insurance business comes only as the result of proved abilities. Mr. Salhanick had shown what he could do be- fore being sent to Lawrence, one of the larg- est and most difficult fields of the Metro- politan Life, chiefly because of the many nationalities represented in the large indus- trial population. The manager not only speaks four languages, but can make himself understood in numerous dialects. He em- ploys six nationalities in his office, and has representatives from eleven countries among his agents. The office, incidentally, is one of the finest and best equipped of its kind in New England. Eleven clerks are employed in taking care of the interests of forty-five thousand policyholders, and the territory of the agency comprises a population of about one hundred and sixty thousand people.
Mr. Salhanick is a director of the Arling- ton Trust Company, of Lawrence, and promi- nent in varied business circles. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and is a life member of the Free and Accepted Ma- sons, a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of Aleppo Temple, Boston, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past deputy grand chancellor, and was the first Royal Zier of Al Mania Temple, Knights of Korashan, Portland, Maine. He is a member of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and a director of the Home for the Aged, of Portland.
On February 13, 1907, Joseph W. Salha- nick married Ida Bernstein, who died on July 10, 1926.
MICHAEL A. SULLIVAN-A successful member of the Massachusetts bar, Michael A. Sullivan, of Lawrence, has at all times used the qualities that made for his personal achievement for the public good. He was born at Lawrence, August 13, 1879, the son of Michael and Catherine (Herlihy) Sulli- van, both natives of Ireland who came to America about 1870 and settled in Lawrence. The elder Mr. Sullivan was, among other things, truant officer of the city of his adop- tion.
After attending St. Mary's Parochial School in Lawrence, Michael A. Sullivan entered Phillips Academy, from which he was graduated in 1897, an honor man and Robinson debater; winner of a Cook prize in Greek, the Valpey and Draper prizes in Latin, and was commencement speaker. Matriculating at Harvard University, he was graduated magna cum laude in 1901 with the degree Bachelor of Arts; chosen for the key of Phi Beta Kappa as a junior ; and received
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from the Harvard Law School in 1903 the degree Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Sullivan was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and in 1905 to the United States courts, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession with offices in Lawrence and Bos- ton, Massachusetts. He was district attor- ney for the Eastern District of Massachu- setts in 1915; and delegate (1917-18) to the Massachusetts Constitutional Conven- tion. He is a member and former director of the Massachusetts Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and a delegate from that organization in 1924 to London, England.
Mr. Sullivan's public and political activi- ties have been numerous and constructive. In 1904 he was made a trustee of the Law- rence Public Library, serving to 1909. Dur- ing the World War period he was one of the favorite "Four-Minute Speakers" and promi- nent in the various drives made in the inter- est of Liberty Loans, the Red Cross Society and other humanitarian organizations. Dur- ing 1925-26 Mr. Sullivan was president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and in 1928 went to the National Democratic Con- vention, at Houston, Texas, as a delegate, and was also a delegate to the convention at Chicago in 1932. He is a director and coun- sel of the Merrimack Cooperative Bank, and other concerns. Fraternally he affiliates with the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of the Merrimac Valley Country Club, of Lawrence, and the Twentieth Cen- tury and Harvard clubs of Boston.
On September 19, 1911, Michael A. Sulli- van married Margaret A. Cornelie, of Law- rence, and they are the parents of a daugh- ter, Jane, a graduate of Lawrence High School, Abbott Academy, Andover, and Wheaton College. Mrs. Sullivan is an accom- plished musician, and a prominent member of several leading clubs.
Z. WILLIAM COLSON, M. D .- Though the World War interrupted his medical stud- ies when he unselfishly and patriotically offered his services to his country, Dr. Z. William Colson returned after the great con- flict to resume his professional pursuits and today occupies a prominent place in the medical realm of Lawrence, where he is de- voting his talents to specializing in the prac- tice of eye and ear diseases. His ability is widely recognized among his professional colleagues and the populace at large and in his social and civic life here he is promi- nently identified with some of the leading organizations.
Dr. Colson was born in Alachua County, Florida, November 6, 1894, the son of the Rev. Lemuel Wilson and Willie (Kennedy) Colson, both natives of that State. His father, a Methodist minister, today is chap- lain for the Oteen Hospital at Asheville, North Carolina. For a number of years he was presiding elder in the South Georgia Conference. Dr. Colson received a general education in the public schools of various sections of the State of Georgia and, after completing his elementary studies, entered Emory University at Oxford, Georgia, de- voted two years to academic study and then entered the medical school of this institution in 1916. In April, the following year, the United States entered the World War and Dr. Colson enlisted in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Fort McPherson, trans- ferring to the Aviation Corps in August of that year as a first class private. On Octo- ber 10, 1917, he sailed abroad for flight train- ing and was stationed at Issoudun, France, where he remained for three months, when he was dispatched to Foggia, Italy, for training with the Royal Italian Flying Corps. His commanding officer during this period was Captain Fiorello La Guardia, who since has become mayor of the city of New York,
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and the adjutant of the squadron was Albert Spaulding, the renowned American violinist.
After a short period at this place he was sent back to Issoudun, France, for advance pursuit flight training and then went to Cazeau, France, for final aerial gunnery. He was assigned to the 49th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, with the rank of first lieu- tenant and saw action over St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne, being part of the great Allied offensive that was launched at these points. During this period he was officially credited with bringing down two German planes and in connection with his service here he received a general army citation for gallantry on October 23, 1918. In February, 1919, he received an honorable discharge at Mitchell Field in New York and shortly afterward came to Lawrence, where he mar- ried. For a time he was sales representative for an automobile concern here, but, after a brief time, he resumed his medical studies and was graduated from the Tufts Medical School in Boston in 1923. The year follow- ing he served as an interne at the Lawrence General Hospital, and then established a general practice which he maintained until 1930, when he began specializing in the eye and ear field to which he has since devoted himself. In this connection he came under the guidance of Dr. William H. Merrill, of the Lawrence General Hospital, and since 1930 he has worked in this branch of the pro- fession at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. At present he is the eye and ear surgeon to the Lawrence General Hospital and holds the appointment as clinical assist- ant to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear In- firmary.
In his professional affiliations he is a mem- ber of the Lawrence Medical Club, the Greater Lawrence Medical Society, the Ca- duceus Club, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the New England Otological and Laryn-
gological Society and other organizations of a similar nature. Socially he is identified with the Lions' Club of Methuen and fra- ternizes with the Masonic Order, being a member of the lodge and chapter. He finds his greatest recreation and pleasure in motor boating, a hobby he indulges during his leisure moments.
In February, 1919, Dr. Colson married Elisabeth Hamer and they are the parents of three children: Z. William, Jr., Betty, and Jane. The family reside at No. 115 Law- rence Street, Methuen.
ARTHUR A. GAUTHIER-A compara- tively recent addition to the professional coterie of Salem, Massachusetts, Arthur A. Gauthier, attorney, has achieved a career full of color and experience in business, the American Navy and training in the law. He was born in Salem, October 13, 1898, son of Francois and Lumina (Tremblay ) Gauthier, both natives of the Province of Quebec, Canada. They came to Salem in 1896, and continue to make this city their place of residence. Mr. Gauthier, Sr., after three decades in business is now retired.
Arthur A. Gauthier attended the grade schools of his birthplace and was graduated from the Salem High School. He entered Northeastern University, and also read law in the office of Charles A. Green, being ad- mitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1928. Back in 1916, when a youth of eighteen, he was a member of the IOIst Artillery which was mobilized for service on the Mexican Border. A member of the United States Army forces which chased Pancho Villa into Mexico, Mr. Gauthier gained little more than experience as a soldier. On April . 26, 1917, he joined the United States Navy for service during the World War period, and was assigned to duty on the Transport "Orizaba," making fourteen round trips across the submarine ridden ocean. He
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