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having been associated with this organiza- tion over twenty-five years. He was also a former member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the White Shrine.
On November 25, 1885, George Wood- worth Lougee, M. D., married (first) Edith L. Merrow, who died January 14, 1915. They have a surviving daughter, Louise M., who married Professor Charles O. Baird, Jr .; and a son, Hayes Lougee, both of Lynn. On February 21, 1921, Dr. Lougee married (second) Florence G. Morse, who was born in Lynn, daughter of Frank P. and Harriet Elizabeth (Calder) Morse, both of whom are members of old Essex County families.
Death came suddenly to Dr. Lougee on August 4, 1933, greatly to the shock and sorrow of his many friends and patients. He had spent his life in the service of others and time cannot dim the regard in which he was held, nor lessen the good that he had done as physician, benefactor and friend.
THOMAS EMERSON PROCTOR, II- In New England history, the name Proctor has been prominent since the seventeenth century. The family, originally, was seated in Yorkshire, England, but at the beginning of the sixteenth century was established at Shawdon, England. The American founders of the family were freemen of Dorchester, Dartmouth, Concord, Chelmsford and Bos- ton, Massachusetts, and their descendants were among the first settlers of the other New England States, and still later helped to bring civilization to what is now the Middle West.
Thomas Emerson Proctor, II, was born at Hamilton, Massachusetts, June 3. 1898. son of James H. and Martha (Riker) Proc tor. The father is a native or old South
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Danvers, Massachusetts, and resides at Ips- wich, in that State. He is trustee of the Proctor Estate, and an important figure in financial and industrial circles. During the World War he served, first, as subsistance officer of the 32d Division, which was re- cruited chiefly from Texas and Oklahoma. Overseas he was commissioned a major, with the Fourth French Army, under the command of General Gouraud. Thomas Emerson Proctor, II, has also a notable war record. After preparing for college in St. Georges School, at Newport, from which he was graduated in 1915, he matriculated at Harvard University, from which he received the degree Bachelor of Arts, with the class of 1919. In the meanwhile he had entered the United States Army service as a mem- ber of the famed IOIst Engineers, and was with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, with the Yankee or 26th Division, for about a year and a half. With the rank of sergeant his early military activities had to do with the inspection of gas masks, and the inspection and checking up on the con- ditions of the military roads. At Chateau Thierry he was wounded by a shell and spent six weeks in a base hospital, but con- tinued under arms until March, 1919, when he received his honorable discharge at Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
In February, 1920, Mr. Proctor entered the Boston office of the E. A. Abbott Com- pany, contractors. Three years later he was elected treasurer of the corporation, now one of the largest of its kind in the State. He is a member of the Somerset Club, of Boston, the Myopia Club, of Hamilton, the Union Club, of New York City, and the Country Club, of Brookline, Massachusetts.
On April 10, 1926, Thomas Emerson Proc- tor, II, married Margaret Olivia Flint, of New York City.
PERCIVAL ADELBERT SMITH-A representative citizen and substantial busi- ness man of Lynn, with residence in Win- chester, Percival Adelbert Smith has con- tributed in a large measure to the commer- cial development of his native city and is a constructive influence in its civic and commu- nity life. Mr. Smith was born in Winchester, September 15, 1897, a son of Wilmer E. and Elsie A. (Cox) Smith. Wilmer E. Smith is also a native of Winchester and is city salesman for the Jenney Manufacturing Company of Boston, and in his earlier life was a farmer. He is a Republican and a member of the Congregational Church. Per- cival A. Smith's grandfather, Josiah Locke Smith, was a native of Winchester, where he engaged in farming and was also a news- paper reporter for a Woburn, Massachusetts, weekly. Elsie A. (Cox) Smith was born in Cambridge, a daughter of the late Charles P. Cox, a designer at the Charlestown Navy Yard. He served in the Civil War in the Ist New Hampshire Field Artillery Regi- ment.
Percival Adelbert Smith was educated in the public schools of Winchester, and after being graduated from high school in 1915, went to Boston, where he was engaged as a clerk in the office of R. T. Lyman, who was then treasurer of the Waltham Bleachery and Dye Works, the Boston Manufacturing Company, and other firms. Mr. Smith had joined the Massachusetts National Guard, 6th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, in 1916, and when the United States entered the World War, his company was mustered into the service of the United States Army. His company was assigned to Fort Strong, Bos- ton Harbor, until February, 1918, when it became a part of the 55th Coast Artillery, and was sent to France, and, later, was transferred to the 119th Field Artillery, which was composed of Michigan and Wis-
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consin National Guard units. Mr. Smith served in one defensive and in three offen- sive sectors, and was honorably discharged on February 8, 1919, with the rank of cor- poral. He then returned to Mr. Lyman's office and remained there until 1921, when he became associated with a mill in Taun- ton, and spent a year learning the textile business. Thereupon he joined the firm of C. L. Hauthaway and Sons, of Boston, manu- facturers of leather finishes for the shoe and tannery trade, as sales manager, and re- mained with this firm until 1931. In that year he and Alfred J. Weber organized the company of Weber and Smith, formerly located at No. 218 Market Street, Lynn, and now at No. 589 Essex Street (1934), and manufactured leather finishes for the tan- nery trade. The partnership continued until the death of Mr. Weber, when the business was incorporated as Weber and Smith, of which Mr. Smith is president, treasurer and general manager. The company is showing a steady growth and under Mr. Smith's able management, will, no doubt, become one of the largest industries of its kind in that sec- tion of the State.
Mr. Smith is a member of the American Legion, Post No. 97, Winchester, and the Republican party, although in this connec- tion he is not bound by party prejudices, reserving the right to vote as his intelligence may direct. Worthy causes always find in him a staunch supporter. Hunting and fish- ing are his favorite sports.
Percival Adelbert Smith married, Febru- ary 2, 1929, in Manchester, New Hampshire, Mary Jennings, a native of Arlington, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Jennings, of Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Smith is a gradu- ate of Arlington High School and she and her husband are members of the Congrega- tional Church of Winchester. They are the parents of two sons : Bradford Adelbert,
born September 22, 1931, and Winthrop Jennings, born June 13, 1934. The family residence is in Winchester.
HENRY H. RICHARDSON-Among public institutions of Lynn which able man- agement has made a model of its kind in Massachusetts, stands the City Infirmary, an outgrowth of former institutions for the care of the poor and indigent of the city, the first of which was inaugurated over one hun- dred years ago. The original building, con- structed in 1819, was still in use, with modi- fications and additions until 1895, when it was replaced by the present institution, which is among the most modern of its kind in the country, and is under the supervision of Henry H. Richardson, who has occupied the position of superintendent since 1912. His record of nearly a quarter of a century in responsible charge of such a project is probably unexcelled, if indeed it has been equalled, in Massachusetts.
Mr. Richardson is a native of Wyoma, now a part of Lynn, and has spent his entire life in this city. He has taken an active part and interest in affairs of the municipality throughout his career and was formerly a member of the Common Council for three years and a member of the school committee for two years. He has served also on many important civic committees, among them the principal bodies formed to direct the cele- bration attending the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Lynn. Be- fore assuming his present position, Mr. Richardson was for fourteen years connected with the Post Office Department of Lynn. This post was awarded as the result of a civil service examination in which he stood very high. The merit of his services in previous capacities firmly establishing his reputation as an efficient public officer and,
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with his appointment to take charge of the years, there are one hundred and fifty-four poor farm and city home in 1912, he entered upon his new duties with the complete con- fidence of the city, a confidence more than justified by the record of the past twenty- three years.
The first Lynn home for the poor, or "poor farm," consisted of a building of the long barracks type, set in fifty acres of land, the cultivation of which provided tasks for its occupants who were capable of labor and furnished a supply of vegetables and farm produce for their use. This original build- ing stood until 1895, more than three-quar- ters of a century, when it was replaced by a new building known as the Lynn City Home. In addition to the original structure, a sepa- rate building was maintained where the in- sane of Lynn were housed until the State took over their care after the beginning of the present century. In addition, the local court used to sentence men to the work house for five, ten, or more days for drunken- ness, and these were also housed in the city home. As a result, the building erected in 1895 contained a number of cells. During the incumbency of Mr. Richardson, however, the cells and the building for the insane have all been torn down, and at the present time the function of the Lynn Infirmary, a name adopted by law in 1927, is principally to care for the poor and needy. Only in emergencies does the Infirmary take those cases that would otherwise come under the police department's jurisdiction, while some- what more frequently deserted or abandoned children are given temporary shelter. When Mr. Richardson first became superintendent of the home, eighty-nine inmates were liv- ing here and a staff of nine, including male and female nurses, cooks, farm hands, domes- tics, firemen and watchmen, was required to maintain them. Today, in consequence of the stringent economic conditions of recent
inmates and the attending staff has been in- creased to fourteen. Every possible step, with the funds available, is taken for the comfort of the inmates in order that their declining years may be as pleasant as possi- ble under the conditions which have to be faced. It is a remarkable fact that discord is practically unknown in the infirmary, a tribute to the wise and sympathetic guid- ance furnished by Mr. Richardson, as well as to the efficient administration which his whole record reveals.
In addition to his long public service both as superintendent of the infirmary and in other capacities, Mr. Richardson has been active for over a quarter of a century in the Free and Accepted Masons. He is also affili- ated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was one of the organizers of the Oxford Club of Lynn, and has been promi- nent in the Rotary Club for many years.
In 1894 he married Edith Miller of Win- terport, Maine, and they are the parents of four children : I. Raymond, a graduate of Bowdoin College, now a resident of Boston. 2. Tullia, a graduate of Radcliffe College, who married Bertram Jewett. She is now principal of a Maine high school. 3. Emory L., a graduate of Boston University, who is associated with his father. 4. Barbara, who married Merle Lamont, a local florist and they have two children: Bruce and Judith Ann.
GEORGE SNELL MANDELL-Be- cause of his diversified interests the name of George Snell Mandell recalls different phases of his career and character to differ- ent persons. His major business activity was in managing the affairs of the widely known "Boston-Transcript" as chairman of the board of directors. He formerly had been a thoroughly good journalist, having
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run the whole gamut of newspaperdom from cub reporter to managing editor and president. He was long a lover of horses, and was one of the early members of the Myopia Hunt Club. Civic and humanita- rian affairs engaged his attention, both in Boston and in Hamilton, Massachusetts, where he made his home.
Mr. Mandell was born July 25, 1867, in Boston, the son of Samuel Pierce Mandell, president of the Boston Transcript Com- pany before him, and Ann Edwards (Dut- ton) Mandell, whose father was Henry Worthington Dutton, founder of the "Bos- ton Transcript."' He attended Roxbury Latin School and entered Harvard College in 1885. As an undergraduate he was cap- tain of the Mott Haven team and was junior steward and later president of the Harvard Athletic Association. He was a member of the Crimson, the Canoe Club, Varsity Club, Art Club, Conference Francais, Institute of 1770 and Hasty Pudding Club.
Upon being graduated from Harvard Col- lege, a Bachelor of Arts, with the class of 1889, Mr. Mandell became associated with the "Boston Transcript" and, as has been indicated, he rose to be treasurer, manag- ing editor, president and chairman of the board of directors. In this field of opera- tions he was, as in all that he did, independ- ent, progressive, courageous, and effective. In 1923, when he was president and man- aging editor of the "Transcript," Mr. Man- dell carried a test case to the State Supreme Court to determine whether a newspaper could refuse advertising submitted by the minimum wage commission. Although he was found guilty and fined one hundred dollars in municipal court for refusing to publish an advertisement submitted by the commission, the Supreme Court ruled the following year that the "Transcript" execu- tive was within his rights in refusing to
publish the advertisement, overruling the lower court finding. In the same year he was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France for his work in journalism.
The principal recreation of Mr. Mandell was connected with the horse. He raised fine animals for diversion, was fond of polo and polo ponies, and was active in the Myopia Hunt Club. Numbered among other of his clubs were the Union, Massa- chusetts Automobile, Norfolk Hunt, and the Harvard clubs of New York and Bos- ton. His religious affiliations were with the Episcopal Church. His liberality in the sup- port of welfare and similar movements was as great as it was unostentatious. He was not spared some of the sorrows of life, and in Hamilton is a community house, pre- sented in 1920 by Mr. and Mrs. Mandell, as a World War soldier's memorial. It is also a memorial to a son who was killed in action less than a week prior to the signing of the Armistice.
On April 30, 1896, George Snell Mandell married Emily W. Proctor, of Boston, Mas- sachusetts, and the daughter of Thomas E. and Emma Esther (Howe) Proctor. Thomas E. Proctor was long active in the leather industry. Mr. and Mrs. Mandell were the parents of four children: I. Sam- uel P., a lieutenant in the 20th Aviation Squadron. He participated in most of the aerial offensives and bombardments of the American Expeditionary Forces on the French front, and was especially prominent in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne section. He received numerous citations, but, as has been mentioned, was killed a few days be- fore the World conflict came to an official end. 2. James P., who, when a senior in Harvard and twenty-three years of age, re- ceived injuries in a polo match at West- wood, which caused his death on July 24, 1929. 3. Thomas P., of Wenham, Massa-
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chusetts, who married Geraldine Clark, and they have three children. 4. Emma H., wife of Neil W. Rice of Hamilton, and the mother of three children.
The death of Mr. Mandell, on August 1I, 1934, occasioned great regret and was rec- ognized as a great loss to many groups of men and business. He had a wide range of interests and cherished the high standards of the industry and affairs in which he en- gaged. He was an efficient leader and left the imprint of that leadership upon the pages of the "Boston Transcript." He re- ยท ceived a notable tradition from a grand- father and father, and gave it new lustre and nobility.
GEORGE A. CORNET-A well-known architect of Lynn, and responsible for the design and construction of many of the notable public and private buildings in this part of Massachusetts, George A. Cornet comes of a noteworthy family and has done his full share in enhancing the family tradi- tion. He was born near Lexington, Ne- braska, March 6, 1880, son of Dr. Edward and Mary (Euell) Cornet. Dr. Cornet was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1846, and died in Mountville, Connecticut, in June, 1909. Dr. Cornet was the son of Adolph Cornet, a native of Belgium, who died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he had been for many years the professor of modern lan- guages at Rutgers College, a position he had held in the University of Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Edward Cornet was a graduate of the University of Brussels, and had studied in Paris, France; the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the University of Illinois. He also had served three years in Bellevue Hos- pital, New York City, and with his exten- sive training and experience went to Ne- braska, where he practiced medicine for a number of years, before coming to Connecti-
cut, where his eminent career was com- pleted. He married Mary Euell, born in Brooklyn, who is now a resident of New London, Connecticut. She was the daugh- ter of George and Barbara Euell, the former of whom was engaged in the realty and in- surance business in Brooklyn, and, for a number of years before his death, in Gutten- berg, New Jersey. He was a cavalry officer with the Union forces during the War Be- tween the States.
The public schools of Nebraska, and Bacon Academy, of Colchester, Connecticut, provided George A. Cornet with his prelimi- nary education, and he also attended the Norwich Free Academy. After being gradu- ated a member of the class of 1905, from Tufts College, he worked for a number of years with architects in New London, Con- necticut, and Lynn, Massachusetts. Eventu- ally he became associated with Holman K. Wheeler, of Lynn, and so continued for eight years. In 1911 Mr. Cornet established himself in business as an architect, and con- centrated his efforts on his professional career to the World War period. From 1913 to 1918 he was Commissioner of Public Property in Lynn, when the city was under the commission form of government. From 1918 to 1921 he represented the War De- partment Commission at Louisville, Ken- tucky, in relation to Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Henry Knox. Then he returned to Lynn and resumed his profession as an architect. During his residence in Lynn, he has designed and supervised the construc- tion of Hotel Edison, the Commonwealth Savings Bank, the Lynn English High School, the Eastern Junior High School, the Washington Community School, Stevens- Mader, Incorporated, Sales and Service Building, the Beaconfield Apartments. the Raleigh Apartments, and a number of thea- tre and educational buildings, the Town
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Hall, and many other buildings in and around Lynn. Mr. Cornet was a trustee of the Lynnfield Public Library and is a mem- ber of the First Universalist Church of Lynn.
In Newark, New Jersey, September 30, 1922, George A. Cornet married Florence K. Dall, native of Newark, and daughter of Albert E. and Caroline C. (Himmem) Dall. Mrs. Cornet is a graduate of Newark High School, and Mount Holyoke, Bachelor of Arts. She is a member of the Universalist Church, and active in the Parent-Teachers' Association work and in the North Shore Choral Society. Mr. and Mrs. Cornet are the parents of a daughter, Jean Cornet, born June 17, 1924.
S. FRANK SHEEHAN-In a career that has shown consistent progress, S. Frank Sheehan has become established as a repre- sentative business man and citizen of Lynn, and is well known as the proprietor of the Lynn Die Company. This branch of the Sheehan family have been residents of Lynn for three generations, Mr. Sheehan's grand- parents, John and Mary (Ellard) Sheehan, . leading position in its field.
having immigrated with their daughter Sarah from their home in County Cork, Ire- land, to the United States, and settling in Lynn, where eight sons were born. Sarah Sheehan married Cager Newhall. John Sheehan successfully engaged in business as a florist and landscape gardener and laid out many prominent estates in Nahant, Phillips Beach, Salem and Lynn. S. Frank Sheehan was born in Lynn, February 18, 1881, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Regan) Sheehan. His father was also a florist and landscape gar- dener and was a member of the Roman Catholic Church and a Republican. Mary (Regan) Sheehan was a native of New Brunswick, Canada, and died in Lynn, where she is buried with her husband.
S. Frank Sheehan attended public schools in Lynn, and, becoming a machinist, was employed by the David Knox Company, with which firm he remained for ten years. Then followed employment in various machine companies in Lynn, Brockton and Boston until 1916, when, having acquired valuable experience and being a master craftsman, he established his own enterprise, the Lynn Die Company, located at No. 51 Suffolk Street, Lynn. The Lynn Die Com- pany manufactures all kinds of machine products and cutting dies, having a patron- age that includes prominent companies in Lynn, such as the General Electric Com- pany, and extends throughout New Eng- land. Under Mr. Sheehan's direction the firm has made its name known most favor- ably for its superior products and also as a business concern of integrity, being well thought of by business circles of Lynn. Pride of craftsmanship has ever been evi- dent in the Lynn Die Company and has never been sacrificed for any reason or cause, a fact that, combined with Mr. Sheehan's business ability, has gained for the firm a
Mr. Sheehan was formerly active in sev- eral fraternal organizations, but due to in- creased business duties he has of recent years been obliged to discontinue these activities. With the spirit of true citizen- ship, however, he has taken a vigorous part in civic and community matters and gives his constant support to causes of a public nature and gladly cooperates in movements of a welfare and charitable nature. He is a Republican in politics. His favorite diver- sion is fishing.
In November, 1920, Mr. Sheehan married, in Lynn, Delia Henry, who is a native of Ireland and there received her education. Mr. and Mrs. Sheehan are communicants of St. John's Roman Catholic Church of
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Swampscott. Mr. Sheehan is a brother of John F. Sheehan, who is associated with the Martin Counter Company, of Lynn, and of Margaret Louise Sheehan, who resides in Lynn, and another brother, William J. Sheehan, is deceased.
WILLIAM THOMAS DINNEEN-As executive head of the construction com- pany which bears his name, William Thomas Dinneen, of Lynn, successfully di- rects a business which has reached substan- tial proportions under his guidance during the ten years of its existence. In choosing this field of activity it is interesting to note that he is following a tradition of his fam- ily extending back for more than three cen- turies and a half.
Mr. Dinneen was born in Lynn on May 3, 1893, a son of Dennis Joseph and Cath- erine (Connor) Dinneen. His father was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, in 1865, and is a son of Thomas Dinneen, an Irish contractor and builder, who spent his entire life in the country of his birth. Dennis Joseph Dinneen, however, came to the United States in early life and is now liv- ing in Lynn, where he is city superintend- ent of buildings. He is an active Democrat in politics and a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Catherine (Con- nor) Dinneen, his wife, was born in Doug- las, Massachusetts. She is a daughter of Timothy Connor, born in County Kerry, Ireland, died in Douglas, a farmer, and of Catherine (Murphy) Conner, born in County Cork, Ireland, died in Rockport, Maine.
William Thomas Dinneen received his preliminary education at St. Mary's Gram- mar School, Lynn, from which he was grad- uated in 1908, Boston College Preparatory School, which he attended two years, and Lynn English High School, from which he
was graduated in 1912. For two years he was a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, but at the end ot that time entered Tufts College, where he completed his college course. He began his active career in the employ of the Essex Aniline Dye Stuff Company at Middleton, Massachusetts, where he served as chemist for eighteen months. Subsequently he was associated for five years with the C. S. Cunningham and Sons Construction Com- pany of Boston, rising within that organi- zation from the bottom of the ladder to the position of superintendent. In 1924, with a proved record in this field and five years of valuable experience behind him, Mr. Din- neen entered business independently as a contractor and builder at Lynn, establish- ing the William Dinneen Construction Company, Inc., which later became the WVm. J. Dinneen Company, of which he has since been president, treasurer and general manager. His efforts in this field were suc- cessful from the beginning, and during the decade which followed the demands on his services steadily increased. Among the im- portant structures built by Mr. Dinneen in Lynn and neighboring cities may be men- tioned the Eastern Avenue Fire Station at Lynn, the Service Building for the City Water Department, St. Joseph's Convent in this city, St. Mary's Parochial School, the Tracey School, the Eastern Junior High School, the Lynn English High School, the Morris Plan Bank in Lynn, the Benz Kid Factory, the Out Falls Sewer Pumping Sta- tion, the New England Telephone Com- pany Building at Lynn, the John L. Carter Apartments in Cambridge, the West Pea- body School at West Peabody and the Water Filtration Plant in Chicopee. Mr. Dinneen has directed both the general busi- ness affairs of his company and the techni- cal details connected with its work, and the
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