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day students and one hundred and forty evening members. The practical nature of the work accomplished in this institution is clearly revealed in the fact that the products of the students' work is for sale and gen- eral shoe repairing is done.
The success that this school has enjoyed is indeed a tribute to the sagacity of its founders and particularly to its director, Mr. Tracey, who has manifested a keen administrative ability and a thorough and practical knowledge of his subject.
PETER WILLIAM KASZETT, M. D. -Among prominent young physicians of Lynn is Dr. Peter William Kaszett, who, in pursuit of his professional activities, has established a substantial and lucrative prac- tice here as well as serving the General Electric Company Dispensary as Junior Surgeon. During his brief career in this city he has skillfully and successfully served his patients and has the gratitude of many Lynn families for his professional help.
Dr. Kaszett was born in Lawrence, Jan- uary 2, 1903, the son of Simon and Bernice (Berke) Kaszett, both natives of Poland. His father, who was born in that country in 1870, was an industrial chemist and for many years prior to his death in 1933 was prominently associated with the Arcadia Mills in Lawrence. In politics he was a Democrat and he attended the Roman Cath- olic Church. Dr. Kaszett's mother is also a native of Poland and resides in Lawrence.
Dr. Kaszett was educated in public schools of his native community and at- tended Georgetown University at Wash- ington, District of Columbia, for one year. He transferred to Tufts College, took a pre- medical course for a year and then entered the medical school of this institution grad- uating in 1927 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For six months he was an in-
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terne in the Lawrence General Hospital and he devoted another year in the same capac- ity at the St. John's Hospital in Lowell. Following this experience Dr. Kaszett be- came resident physician in the State In- firmary at Tewksbury, where he served for eighteen months. He then came to Lynn and became associated with the dispensary of the General Electric Company, a position he still maintains. He is also engaged in a general practice with offices at No. 103 Washington Street.
In his professional affiliations he is a member of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, the Lynn Medical Fraternity and the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. During the pe- riod he attended Georgetown University he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. His religious fellowship is with the Roman Catholic Church of Lynn.
On April 15, 1934, in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Lawrence, Dr. Kaszett married Mary P. Collins, a native of Law- rence and the daughter of John and Sarah (Danahy) Collins. Her father is foreman in one of the large textile manufacturing companies of this city. Mrs. Kaszett is a graduate of Lawrence High School and a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church of Lawrence. Dr. Kaszett has two sisters and one brother: I. Miss Anna of Lawrence. 2. Evelyn, associated with the New England Telephone Company at Law- rence. 3. Edmund, a high school student in Lawrence.
JOHN M. RAYMOND, attorney and member of the Boston law firm of Palmer, Dodge, Barstow, Wilkins & Davis, is emu- lating the legalistic success of his distin- guished father, who for many years occu- pied a prominent position as one of the foremost lawyers and public officials of his section of the State of Massachusetts.
Through his efforts and achievements John M. Raymond has gained the recognition of his colleagues and today enjoys a substan- tial and lucrative practice.
John M. Raymond was born in Salem August 5, 1894, the son of John M. and Jennie A. (Ward) Raymond. His father, who passed away in 1920, was one of the outstanding figures of his birthplace, hav- ing been one of the leading attorneys, mayor of the city for four years, a member of the Governor's Council under the admin- istration of Governor Long, a director of the Mercantile Bank a trustee of the Salem Public Library and prominent in the work of the Masonic Order, where he held a thirty-third degree and had served as an official to many of the bodies in this organi- zation.
Mr. Raymond received a general educa- tion in the public schools of his native com- munity and in 1911 entered Phillips An- dover Academy where he remained until 1912. The fall of the latter year he matric- ulated at Princeton University from which he was graduated in 1916 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Determined at this time to follow a legal career, Mr. Raymond enrolled as a member of the Harvard Law School. His legal training, however, was to be in- terrupted by the United States entrance into the World War. He enlisted early in 1917 as a member of the 302d Field Artil- lery, receiving the rank of first lieutenant and went overseas where he saw service in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne. After the Armistice was declared he was dis- patched to Germany as a member of the Army of Occupation. Shortly after joining this unit he was promoted to a captaincy and remained there until he returned to the United States during the late spring of 1919. In July of that year he received an honorable discharge from the army and re-
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turned to resume his legal activities. He foremost candy manufacturing businesses received his degree of Bachelor of Laws of the city of Lynn and in this capacity has come to be recognized as one of the out- standing business men of this community. from the Harvard Law School in 1921 and was admitted to the Massachusetts State Bar the same year. Directly after becom- ing eligible to practice he joined the law firm of Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, a title which changed in 1931 to Palmer, Dodge, Barstow, Wilkins & Davis.
Throughout his career in this section Mr. Raymond has evinced a keen and active in- terest in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings as well as the organizational work of his profession. As a lawyer he is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Since June, 1934, he has been president of the North Shore Country Day School at Beverly, in addition to holding memberships in the Union Club of Boston and the Salem Coun- try Club, where he is chairman of the horse- back riding committee. He fraternizes with the Masonic Order, holding a thirty- second degree, and is a member of the Es- sex Lodge of Salem as well as all the Scot- tish Rite bodies. Through his army ex- perience he has taken a great interest in military affairs and holds a commission as major in the Field Artillery Reserve. Throughout his life he has been a man who enjoys outdoor sports and in this connec- tion he is particularly fond of horseback riding.
John M. Raymond married January 23, 1923 Grace H. Teel of Salem, and they are the parents of three children: I. John M., Jr., born November 19, 1923. 2. Carol, born February 6, 1928. 3. Hope, born December II, 1929.
ALTON EVERETT JAQUES-For over seventeen years Alton Everett Jaques has directed the activities of one of the
Mr. Jaques was born in Boston, the son of Edwin S. and Caroline M. (Robinson) Jaques. His father, who was a native of West Newbury and was born March 4, 1837, was a machinist for many years and later engaged in farming. The elder Jaques died in Rowley in 1918. Mr. Jaques' mother, Caroline M. Robinson, was a daughter of Oliver and Mary Ann (Libbey) Robinson, both natives of the State of Maine. On the parental side Mr. Jaques' family trace their American ancestry to Henry Jaques who was born in England and came to this coun- try settling in Newbury, where he died Feb- ruary 24, 1668. He married Anne Knight and the lineage is traced through the great grandson, Samuel who was born in New- bury, November 20, 1728, and died in West Newbury June 4, 1824. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, having taken part in many of the engagements of that conflict. Samuel married Mary Noies and the ancestry is traced through their son, Stephen, who was born in West Newbury, March 31, 1759. He married Mary Bartlett, also a native of this place, having been born here September 3, 1763. Stephen died Jan- uary 15, 1827, and his wife passed away November 20, 1836. Among the children of this union was Giles M., who was born in West Newbury, April 25, 1801. His wife was born in Nottingham, England. June 24, 1806, and died in Dorchester, November 2, 1876. Giles M. also died in this place April 18, 1876. They were the parents of Edwin S., father of Alton.
Alton Everett Jaques was educated in the public schools of Newbury and came to Lynn in 1892, where he became associated with the firm of D. R. Jones Company,
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wholesale and retail butter and egg mer- chants. He remained with this concern for twenty years and in 1917 established a candy business at No. 17 Forest Street, which he actively directs and maintains. Mr. Jaques has become prominent in the social and civic life of the community, be- ing a member of the Ionic Club of Swamp- scott and fraternizing with the Masonic Order of which he is a member of the Golden Fleece Lodge. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. and Rowley Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Jaques in religious belief is a Congregationalist and worships at the church of that denomina- tion in Lynn. He has always enjoyed fish- ing and attending baseball games.
Mr. Jaques married Carrie May Whitt- ridge. a native of North Andover, and the daughter of Joseph H. and Mary (Pingree) Whittridge. Her father, who was a mason contractor, was born in Hamilton and died in Lynn as did her mother. Mrs. Jaques is a graduate of the public schools of Lynn and a member of the North Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Jaques are the par- ents of two daughters and of one son, who is deceased: I. Aroline Whittridge, born December 2, 1888, married to Lawrence R. Forest of South Orange, New Jersey, and the mother of three children, Robert, Law- rence, Jr., and Priscilla. 2. Theo Evelyn Jaques, born June 4, 1892, married to Ma- jor Philip R. Babcock of Marblehead. 3. Malcolm S., born December 17, 1899, died January 19, 1914.
ELMER J. WILSON-Following many years of experience as an electrical engi- neer, Elmer J. Wilson retired from that pro- fession to enter business independently as a retail florist at Lynn. He is a well-known figure in the life of this city both through
his business connections and his numerous civic interests. Mr. Wilson was born in Lynn on August 24, 1883, a son of J. C. and Addie (Eddy) Wilson and a grandson of Josiah and Malitia Wilson. Josiah Wilson was born in Maine and died at Lynn, where he was manager for sometime of the local branch of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Com- pany. His wife was born in Kittery, Maine, and died in this city. J. C. Wilson was also born in Kittery, Maine, in 1851, and is now living retired in Lynn. During his active career he was employed as a traveling sales- man for the Boston office of the Loose- Wiles Biscuit Company. Addie (Eddy) Wilson his wife, daughter of Dr. Chester and Judith (Rowe) Eddy, came of a Ver- mont family and was born at Chester in that State on July 3, 1866. She died in Lynn on March 19, 1934. Her father, a physician, practiced medicine at Chester prior to the Civil War. At the beginning of the war, he formed a company at Chester which was mustered into the Union Army and which he served as captain. He died at Libby Prison following his capture by Confederate forces. His wife, who survived him, died at Lynn.
Elmer J. Wilson received his education in the public schools of Lynn, graduating from grammar school in 1899 and from Lynn English High School in 1903. Subsequently he entered the University of Maine, at Or- ono, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1907 and the further degree of Electrical Engineer in 1909. He began his active career in 1907 with the General Electric Company at Lynn and continued this connection with brief interruptions until May, 1931. For one year during the World War he served in the Ordnance De- partment of the army on special duty in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War at Washington, District of Columbia, and for
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two years, 1927-29, was on leave of absence from his company to assume the duties of manager of the Welfare Federation of Lynn. He resigned this position in 1929 to return to the General Electric Company as assist- ant to the general manager, which office he held until 1931. In the latter year he began business as a retail florist at his present ad- dress, No. 148 Oxford Street, Lynn, and has since carried on this enterprise under his own name, building up a substantial trade.
Mr. Wilson is a member of the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society, the New Eng- land Gladiola Society and the New Eng- land Florists Association. He was also one of the incorporators of the Lynn Institute of Savings and retains his connection with the institution. In addition to his business connections, he has found time to partici- pate actively in many other phases of the life of the city and has given generously of his services to worthy civic and benevolent causes. He is now chairman of the Ad- visory Committee of the Salvation Army of Lynn and a member of the local Young Men's Christian Association. He is also a member of the Lynn Chamber of Com- merce and is prominent fraternally, being a member of Mt. Carmel Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Zebulon Council, Royal and Select Masters ; and Providence Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Lynn. He is affiliated with Myrtle Lodge, No. 38, Daughters of Rebekah at Lynn, with the Ionic Club at Swampscott, and is a member of the Sons of Union Veterans. Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics and attends the Lynn Universalist Church.
On August 21, 1925, in Lynn, he married Mrs. Charlotte Dorn of Lynn, who was educated in Chelsea grammar schools and the parochial schools of Marlboro. She is a member of Myrtle Lodge No. 38, Daughters
of Rebekah, and Daughters of Pocahontas, of Lynn. By a previous marriage, Mrs. Wilson has one son, Frank Dorn, now as- sociated with the J. B. Blood Company at Lynn.
FRANCIS A. SULLIVAN-The chief of the Lawrence, Massachusetts, Fire De- partment, Francis A. Sullivan has been in the service twenty-four years, during which time he has risen from the lowest rank to his present position, and has held several other offices more or less directly connected with fire prevention and control. His ca- reer is interesting and significant since his achievements are the direct results of well directed energies and native abilities. He is a native of Lawrence, born July 9, 1881, the son of Richard and Ellen (Sullivan) Sullivan, the former of Irish birth and the latter born in Lawrence.
After completing his education in the local parochial schools, Francis A. Sullivan entered the employ of A. W. Stearns, mer- chant, as an errand boy, and later worked in the Arlington Mills. While still hardly more than a youth he learned the bricklayer and plasterer's trade and set himself up in business in 1907, as a general mason and contractor. Three years later, however, he became a private in the Lawrence Fire De- partment. Slightly more than a year and a half later, or on November 2, 1911, he was promoted to lieutenant, and on January 4, 1932, he was appointed chief of the Fire Department. He is also forest warden, chief electrical inspector, and superintend- ent of the Fire Alarm Division. In the twenty-four years of his service, Chief Sul- livan has made a remarkably fine record as a fire fighter and official. He is a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the New England Association of Fire Chiefs, the Massachusetts Permanent
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Firemen's Association, the Massachusetts Firemen's Association, the Lawrence Fire Department Association, and the Fire Chief's Club of Massachusetts. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Irish National Foresters.
On June 28, 1905, Francis A. Sullivan married Helen Thornton, of Lawrence, and they are the parents of four children : I. Richard, graduate of Villa Nova College, of Pennsylvania, and agent for the American Oil Company. He married Mary Fleming, and resides in Worcester. 2. Marguerite, graduate of Lowell Normal School, and now secretary of the McIntosh School. 3. Grace, graduate of Boston University. 4. Frank, a student at Boston College.
ROMEO C. KING-Deputy Sheriff Ro- meo C. King, of Lawrence, is a native son of this city, born October 8, 1899. His par- ents were Joseph P. and Matilda M. (Bru- nette) King, who came from Montreal, Can- ada, to Lawrence, in 1897, where the father, now deceased, was engaged in the furniture business for a number of years.
Romeo C. King attended the public schools of Lawrence and the Evening High School, from which he was graduated in 1917. When the United States entered the World War and issued a call for men, Mr. King was the first of the high school stu- dents to enlist. This was in May, 1917, and as a member of the United States Regular Army he was sent to Fort Slogan, New York, for his training, and then was as- signed as an instructor to the camp at San Antonio, Texas. From the South he was transferred to the 16th Balloon Company, at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, and thence was ordered overseas to France, as a sergeant. Sergeant King experienced front line serv- ice with the 2d, 3d, and 5th divisions, par- ticipating in the thrust which took the fa-
mous St. Mihiel salient in the Aisne-Marne and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and the bat- tle of Briey, the last fighting of the war. He then was sent on into the enemy coun- try with the Army of Occupation, and after four months, was mustered out of the army at Camp Lee, Virginia, on July 2, 1919.
Upon his return to civilian life, Mr. King went back to Lawrence, and took up auc- tioneering as a business, one that he still continues. He is court auctioneer for the United States Federal Court, in Essex County. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1929, a popular appointment. Sheriff King is a member and former historian of the Lawrence Post, American Legion, member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a former senior vice-commander of the Franco-American War Veterans. Frater- nally he affiliates with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and is a member of the Merri- mack Country Club.
On April 27, 1927, Romeo C. King mar- ried Mary E. Hayes of Salem, and they have three sons: John Charles, Robert Albert, and Richard Charles King.
ANDREW R. RIDDERSTROM-The president and general manager of the Prime Manufacturing Company of Lynn, Massa- chusetts, Andrew R. Ridderstrom, has been for thirty-five years a resident and construc- tive factor in the city. He was born on July 19, 1874, at Linköping, Sweden, the son of Andrew and Annie Elizabeth (Johnson) Ridderstrom, the former of whom was a native of the northern part of Sweden; he with his family came to the United States in 1889 and for a number of years was engaged in the mercantile trade in Lynn. He died in the city on January 1, 1901 ; Mrs. Ridder- strom died at Nahant, Massachusetts, on April 20, 1918.
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Andrew R. Ridderstrom received his pre- liminary education in his native public schools and pursued mechanical and archi- tectural courses in the Karlskoga School of Technology, starting in 1889 and being graduated in 1894. In Lynn his first em- ployment was in the machine shop of the General Electric Company as a draftsman, and later he went with C. P. Stanbon and Company. Then followed years in which he was a designer and engineer with the United Shoe Company at Beverly. Mr. Ridder- strom withdrew from this firm to organize the Beacon Machinery Company, of which he was the president. This concern was sold to the United Shoe Machinery Com- pany in 1924, and he resigned his office to found the Rotary Machine Company, of which he is still a director and stockholder. In 1927 Mr. Ridderstrom organized the Prime Manufacturing Company, of which he has since been the president and general manager. The corporation specializes in making shoe machinery.
On October 2, 1901, in Lynn, Andrew R. Ridderstrom married Otelia N. Peterson, born in Sweden, the daughter of the late Peter Peterson, who was a native of Sweden and settled in Stockholm, Wisconsin. He came to America when he was about twenty- one years old, and was one of the "Forty- niners" who went to California during the gold rush. A gentleman farmer in Sweden, after coming to America he became inter- ested in banking and farming. Mr. and Mrs. Ridderstrom have a daughter, Helen Eliza- beth, who resides with her parents. She is a graduate of Lynn Classical High School, Framingham State College, and Essex Agri- cultural School, and is dietician at the Chil- dren's Hospital in Boston.
GEORGE J. McCARTHY-The Celtic people come to America with plenty of am- bition and energy and forge ahead rapidly
to places of importance in all walks of life. Best of all they seem able to endow their descendants to several generations with ad- mirable qualities. George J. McCarthy, treasurer of the Merrimac Cooperative Bank, and head of the John J. Hurley Insurance Company, of Lawrence, was born in this city on February 2, 1903, and has since con- tinued to be identified with its affairs. His parents, Cornelius A. and Georgiana V. (Sullivan) McCarthy, were natives of Ire- land, although long citizens of Massachu- setts. Cornelius A. McCarthy, was one of the founders of the Cooperative Bank, above mentioned, and for thirty-five years served as its treasurer. He was also treasurer of the Arlington Trust Company.
George J. McCarthy attended the local schools and was graduated from the Law- rence High School with the class of 1921. He became associated with his father in business and with former Mayor John J. Hurley. Upon the death of his father, in 1929, he was elected to succeed the elder man as treasurer of the Merrimac Coopera- tive Bank, and also is the owner of the John J. Hurley Insurance Agency. Fraternally Mr. McCarthy is affiliated with the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Colum- bus, and is a member of the Home Club and the Merrimac Valley Country Club, all of Lawrence.
On November 8, 1933, George J. McCar- thy married Bertha M. Gillen, of Methuen, Massachusetts.
JOHN J. HURLEY-It may be said of John J. Hurley, of Lawrence, Massachu- setts, that his measure of a citizen's respon- sibility is his capacity to serve his fellow- men. The qualities that have brought him success as a realtor and banker have been devoted to his city as its mayor and in other services rendered for the benefit of the com- munity. He is a native of Andover, Massa-
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chusetts, but since infancy has lived in Law- rence. He is the son of Michael and Bridget (Donovan) Hurley, both of whom were of Irish birth, but who in their youth came to New England.
John J. Hurley attended the public schools of Lawrence, and worked for a time in tex- tile mills and in the mercantile trade. Am- bition and the will to get ahead led to his entering the real estate and insurance busi- ness, and along these lines his career has continued. He also acts as agent for most of the important foreign and domestic steam- ship companies who do business in the Law- rence section. On April 7, 1911, he was elected president of the Merrimac Coopera- tive Bank, an institution of which he has since continued as head. Even with the re- cent years of financial depression included, he managed to double the assets of his com- pany.
Mr. Hurley has the gift of leadership com- bined with executive talents which eventu- ated to calls to public office. He was elected and served three terms of three years each as a member of the board of overseers of the poor for Ward Six, South Lawrence. In December, 1915, he was elected mayor of Lawrence, and reelected in 1917, thereby being at the head of the local government during the most difficult four years of the present century. These were war years, be- ginning with the placing of troops along the Mexican border, and ending with the World War, with its tremendous demands upon every phase of communal life and govern- ment. The plague of influenza which seized so many victims, was not the least of bur- dens. Mayor Hurley, with his sense of values, sound judgment, executive ability and fearless candor in public utterances and acts, won the respect and confidence of the people, and achieved miracles when only miracles would do. He is a member of numerous social and fraternal orders.
EDGAR CHENEY WRIGHT-The Hawthorne Hotel, of Salem, one of the dis- tinctive hotels of New England, is managed by Edgar Cheney Wright, a hotel executive of wide experience in several parts of the country, and one of the most respected and able citizens of Salem. He is a native of Plymouth, New Hampshire, born on August 16, 1895, a son of Charles C. and Mira Holden (Adams) Wright, natives of New Hampshire. His father, Charles C. Wright, is a former publisher of the Plymouth "Rec- ord," but left newspaper publishing to accept the position of secretary to former Governor Frank West Rollins. He has been secretary to important public men since then, serving in this capacity to Congressman Edward H. Wason, and is now secretary to United States Senator Henry W. Keyes, of New Hamp- shire.
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