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successful organization which he has built reflects the quality of his executive talents and business acumen.
In addition to his building interests, he has been active in councils of the Demo- cratic party and in local Catholic circles. He is a member of St. Pius' parish and is affiliated fraternally with the Knights of Columbus, in which he has taken the third degree. Mr. Dinneen is also a member of the Lynn Chamber of Commerce, the Sa- lem Country Club and the Danvers Riding Club. He is fond of outdoor sports par- ticularly horseback riding, which is his favorite recreation.
On August 29, 1925, at Salem, Massachu- setts, William Thomas Dinneen married M. Gertrude Bresnahan, daughter of Daniel Bresnahan of Salem. He is a salesman associated with the Brown Durell Company, wholesale dry goods merchants of Boston. Mrs. Dinneen was born in Peabody, Mas- sachusetts, is a graduate of St. John's High School and attended the Boston Conserva- tory of Music. Like her husband she is a member of St. Pius' Roman Catholic Church at Lynn.
HARRY MITCHEL FROST-Among the leading advertising executives of the State of Massachusetts is Harry Mitchel Frost, who, for the better part of three decades, has devoted his life to the develop- ment of this business and today directs the activities of Harry M. Frost Company, Inc., of Boston and Lynn, as treasurer and gen- eral manager. In this business he has built up a wide acquaintanceship with the leading industrial enterprises of the State and has come to occupy a prominent position in the affairs of his surroundings.
Mr. Frost was born in Portland, Maine, July 6, 1866, son of Phineas and Carrie
(Chenery) Frost. His father, who was a dry goods merchant in Portland, was promi- nently identified with the Republican party and the Congregational Church there. He was born in Wells, Maine, son of Hannah (Morrill) and Jonathan Frost, who was a native of Wells and the son of the Rev. Amariah Frost, an early settler in this com- munity from England.
Mr. Frost was educated in the public schools of his native community, later attended Fryeburg Academy at Fryeburg, Maine, and completed his studies at Dart- mouth College, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Literature with the class of 1889. During his collegiate career he was very active in extra-curricula activities, being a member of the Sphinx, and the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. The year following his gradu- ation, he became principal of the public schools of Eastport, Maine, resigning in 1890 to become advertising manager of Shepard Norwell Company, of Boston. He remained with this firm for ten years and then accepted the position of advertising manager with the Thomas G. Plant Com- pany, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where he remained in their employ for about a year, resigning to take the New England representative's position of the New York "Commercial." January 1, 1901, he became advertising manager for the shoe manufac- turing firm of Faunce and Spinney, at Lynn. During his fourteen-year association here he conducted national advertising campaigns through the newspaper and magazine media, and the experience he gained here, coupled with the native ability he demonstrated in this field, eminently qualified him to organize and direct the Harry M. Frost Company, Incorporated, which he founded in 1915. Today this firm has offices at No. 260 Tremont Street, in Boston, and at No. 90 Exchange Street, in Lynn.
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Throughout his career he has been an active participant in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings, being a life mem- ber of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association and the Winthrop Yacht Club, and for many years a member of the Boston City Club and the Oxford Club of Lynn. He is a charter member of (Classification of Advertising) Rotary International of Lynn. A lover of the out of doors, his favorite recreation is motorboating and golf, which he indulges in during his leisure at his sum- mer home in Gilmanton, New Hampshire.
On June 1, 1896, Mr. Frost married Ida Agnes Cuthbertson and they are the parents of three children: 1. Karl Melvin, born March 27, 1897; married, June 17, 1923, to Marion Oaks Brown, of Swampscott. They are the parents of one daughter, Nancy, born April 29, 1932. 2. Doris, born July 6, 1905 ; married, June 8, 1927, to Walter Scott Gay, of Swampscott, and at present resides at Oak Park, Illinois. They have one child, Janice, born May 21, 1935. 3. Philip Mitchel, born August 17, 1908. Philip is single and engages in the manufacture of soap products in Cambridge, under the title of the New England Soap Company. Karl Melvin Frost is actively associated with his father in the Boston office of the Harry M. Frost Com- pany, Incorporated, of which he is president and a director.
MORRIS GREENSTEIN-A leader in the industrial circles of Haverhill and of the Hebrew residents of that city, Morris Greenstein has risen to his present promi- nence mainly as the result of his own na- tive abilities and determined efforts. He was born in Russia, son of Israel and Sarah (Greenstein) Greenstein, July 17, 1876, and was educated in the Russian schools. He came to the United States in 1893, and set- tled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where his
father was one of the first residents of his race to become intimately identified with the commercial affairs of the municipality.
Morris Greenstein, with characteristic energy, set to work making a living, trying his hand at several kinds of business such as the grocery trade, wholesale leather, real estate, and the like. In 1918 he began man- ufacturing shoes under his own name, the Greenstein Shoe Company, in a small rented shop on River Street, Haverhill. He evidently had found the occupation suited to his abilities and tastes, and he prospered greatly. Later the firm became the Green- Bell Shoe Company. His plant and busi- ness expanded, and in 1925 he took his sons, Philip and Max, as partners, they having been associated with him in his shoe manu- facturing business since its inception. In 1930 the firm of Phillips Shoe Company was organized for the making of the finer grades of shoes, and Morris Greenstein is president of the new company and retains interest in the Green-Bell Shoe Company, as a direc- tor. The two plants occupy a floor space of more than 50,000 square feet each, employ about seven hundred persons, and distribute their products in all parts of the globe. The Morrison Wood Heel Company was organized by Mr. Greenstein and his sons to supply their own factory needs.
Mr. Greenstein was one of the organizers of Isidore Strauss Lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Haverhill. He is president of the Jewish Synagogue of Haverhill, and most of his clubs and social organizations are connected with his race. He has great faith in Haverhill and is among the fore- most in the promotion of its better devel- opment.
In 1898 Morris Greenstein married Jennie Schiff, and they are the parents of four chil- dren : I. Philip, married Bessie Blotner, and has two children. 2. Ethel, married Morris
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Henkam, and is the mother of three chil- dren. 3. Lena, married Benjamin Cohen, and they have three children. 4. Max, mar- ried Clara Gilman, and has one child.
MURDOCH CAMPBELL SMITH, A. M., D. D. S., M. D., D. M. D .- In the annals of medicine and dentistry the name of Mur- doch Campbell Smith, A. M., D. D. S., M. D., D. M. D., of Lynn, is prominent not only for his long and successful career in pro- fessional practice, but for his cancer re- search. To quote: "The eminent medical man had devoted the best years of his life to research work and labored long in an effort to subdue cancer. Several of his bril- liant findings were published in nationally circulated scientific magazines and jour- nals." He practiced dentistry for forty years in Lee Hall, Lynn, and during this extensive period became noteworthy for his skill in surgery.
Born in Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, February 10, 1856, Dr. Smith was the son of Neil McMullen and Elizabeth (Bezanson) Smith. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Nova Scotia; his father's people, leaving Scotland in the period from 1755 to 1760, came to New York, where they lived for a short time and then removed to Boston. They had left Scotland for America during stormy times and did not find this country a bed of roses, for, soon afterwards, the outbreak of the Revolutionary War found them living in Halifax. Somewhat later his father took a government grant of land situated on Oak Island in Chester Basin, and on this grant were indications which induced excavation for the treasure of Captain Kidd, the same having been conducted at frequent intervals even to the present time. His mother's people settled with the German colony in Lunenburg County, soon after the settle-
ment of Halifax. They also saw stirring times with the Indians and then perils of the forest. Her people were descended from the French Huguenots, who were driven out of France during the religious wars and compelled to seek asylum on the American continent.
The early education of Dr. Smith was obtained in the public schools of his native country and at Acadia University, Wolf- ville, Nova Scotia, after which he entered Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1887. In the following year he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the same insti- tution. Years afterward, desiring to perfect his dental education, he matriculated at the dental department of Harvard University and received the degree of D. M. D. in 1898. In June, 1910, his alma mater, Acadia Uni- versity, conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
In 1910 Dr. Smith gained prominence while studying in Berlin, Germany, and later in the same year he attended the Inter- national Medical Congress in Budapest. He returned to the United States, but in 19II he went abroad to study at Paris and two years later he again attended the Inter- national Medical Congress, this time in Lon- don. Returning to London in 1914 to fur- ther pursue the study of dentistry, and can- cer of the mouth particularly, Dr. Smith, then fifty-eight years old, found himself in the midst of wartime activities. On that trip he was accompanied by Mrs. Smith, the journey being partly for scientific purposes and at the same time their wedding trip. Dr. Smith had an international reputation and had many loyal friends and acquaintances all over Continental Europe, many of whom Mrs. Smith had the pleasure of meeting at that time. Dr. Smith had planned to attend
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and address many scientific meetings, but as Sixteenth International Medical Congress a result of the outbreak of the World War these plans all had to be cancelled and Dr. and Mrs. Smith were obliged to return to the United States. When America entered the war in 1917, Dr. Smith was called to serve on the advisory board of the United States Medical Corps. This he did with great credit to himself and the city of Lynn. After the war he devoted his time to prac- tice and research work. Dr. Smith received many medals for his distinguished services during his professional career and his serv- ice on the Medical Advisory Board during the World War, as well as a medal from the Massachusetts Dental Society, because he was one of its oldest members and an ex- president.
Dr. Smith was a member of numerous clubs, and other organizations. He was Clinical Lecturer in the New Orleans Col- lege of Dentistry in 1900. He was a life member of the Harvard Dental Alumni Association and in 1900-0I was president of the New England Branch, Alumni of Acadia University; a member of the Dental Pro- tective Association of the United States, the Harvard Odontological Society, the North- eastern Dental Association, and the Ameri- can Academy of Dental Science. On June 8, 1893, he was elected to membership in the Massachusetts Dental Society, and on June 6, 1906, the society elected him its forty- second president. He was a councillor of the Metropolitan District of the Massachu- setts Dental Society ; member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society and of the National Dental Association, serving on the local committee of arrangements, when the asso- ciation met in Boston in 1908. Dr. Smith was a member of the Fourth International Dental Congress at St. Louis, Missouri, 1904; of the Fifth International Dental Con- gress at Berlin, Germany, 1909; and of the
at Budapest, Hungary, 1909. He was a member of the Association Stomatologique Internationale, the Lynn Dental and the Essex Dental societies, the Lynn Harvard Club, and a past member of the Canadian Medical and Canadian Dental associations. He was a member of the British Medical Association in Toronto, 1906; a member of the French Congress of Stomatology at Paris, 1911; a member of the American Association of Applied Science, the National Geographic Society, the Boston Scientific Society, the Intercolonial Club of Boston, and the Park Club of Lynn; and an asso- ciate member of the Boston Medical Library Association. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons and all York Rite bodies, including Mount Carmel Blue Lodge, the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the Council of Royal and Select Masters; Olivette Commandery, Knights Templar, Lynn; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston; and the Improved Order of Red Men.
Dr. Smith married, July 1I, 1914, Helen Emery Cruikshank, born in Boston, May 3, 1883. She comes of an old Scottish family, which, however, later moved to London. Her father was born in Aberfoyle, Scotland, but at the age of eight years he came with his family to Toronto, Canada, and later removed to Boston. He was by trade a baker and spent the remainder of his life in Boston, where he died at the age of fifty- eight years. Mrs. Smith had an uncle, William Cruikshank, who for many years taught art at the University of Toronto, Canada. Her father and her uncle were great-nephews of George Cruickshank, artist and cartoonist, of London, England. Mrs. Smith is a life member of Regis Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in Lynn. Her
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mother was Helen Stewart, who was born in Nova Scotia, February 24, 1840, and died in Lynn, December 3, 1913.
Dr. Murdoch Campbell Smith died at his home in Lynn, August 28, 1932, at the age of seventy-six years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen E. Smith. The foregoing brief record of his life and activities indi- cates how important a place he took in human affairs, especially those of the pro- fessional world. His was a career crowded with achievements and rich in useful service to humanity.
ALBERT B. CONSENTINO, M. D .-
Among the outstanding young physicians of Haverhill is Albert B. Consentino, who, in the pursuit of his profession, has come to assume a prominent position in the social and civic life of the community, particularly that phase dealing with the Italian-born population.
Dr. Consentino, a native of Italy, was born in Sicily, April 22, 1898, the son of Vincenzo and Maria (Ortoleva) Consentino, both natives of that country. He was educated in the public schools of this vicinity and entered Tufts College, which graduated him a Doctor of Medicine cum laude in 1923. For eighteen months he served as an interne in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Boston. His practice was begun at Lawrence and he re- mained there until 1927, when he came to Haverhill and began a practice which has been outstanding for its excellence. Dr. Consentino has taken extensive post-gradu- ate work, dealing with diseases of the heart.
The extent of his civic activity is reflected in the organizations he serves and the domi- nant part he assumes in each. He is the founder and president of the Italian Welfare Society and through this organization has originated a permanent trust fund, the in-
come of which will be used for charitable purposes. He is a member of the Garibaldi Club, the Sons of Italy, the Haverhill Cham- ber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, and fra- ternizes with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a corporator of the Five Cents Savings Bank. In his profession he belongs to the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety, the Pentucket Association of Physi- cians, the American Medical Association, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Con- sentino was the first physician in Haverhill to introduce the electrocardiogram con- junction with his practice. During the World War he served in the Students' Army Training Corps. He is physician for the public schools of this community and ad- heres to the Roman Catholic faith, wor- shipping at St. Rita Church of that denomi- nation.
In 1925 Dr. Consentino married Delia M. Araldo, of Brockton and they are the par- ents of two children: I. Eleanor A., born January I, 1926. 2. Albert B., Jr., born No- vember 20, 1927.
MERTON E. ROBERTS-In the estab- lishment of modern undertaking facilities at Georgetown, Merton E. Roberts has achieved a great public service, not only to this com- munity but to the territory within a ten- mile radius of this place. In the pursuit of his professional activities which he learned under the careful and expert tutelage of his father, he has gained wide recognition, and as a citizen of Georgetown he has come to occupy a prominent place in varied commu- nity activities.
Mr. Roberts was born in Wayne, Maine, January 16, 1898, the son of Frank H. and Ellen E. (Carver) Roberts. His father, who was a funeral director in this place for many years, died in 1916. Merton E. Roberts re-
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ceived a general education in the public schools of his native community and, after completing his studies, attended the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming, from which he was graduated. He returned to Wayne at the age of eighteen years and assisted his father until the latter's death. He then fell heir to this business and until 1923 operated there. The latter part of that year he came to Georgetown and established a business. Later he became associated with Fred Gates in a funeral home in Haverhill, but, in 1930, purchased his partner's interest and moved his establishment back to Georgetown, where he has since operated with success. Shortly after establishing himself here he completely reëquipped his funeral home and motorized all the equipment, so that today he is in a position to serve the environs of this community. Mr. Roberts also pos- sesses licenses from the States of New Hampshire and Maine.
Since his residence here, Mr. Roberts has taken a keen and active interest in social and civic affairs, being chairman of the school board for four years and prominently identified with many of the fraternal orders. In this connection he is a member of Charles C. Dame Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is a senior deacon; the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; the Grange, in which he is a Past Master; the Order of the Eastern Star, in which he is a Past Patron, and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, serving as treasurer. He worships at the First Congregational Church, Georgetown.
In 1918 Merton E. Roberts married Sadie M. Collins, a native of Chesterfield, Maine, and they are the parents of three sons: I. Frank S., born April 25, 1919. 2. Harold A., born July 20, 1922. 3. Merton E., Jr., born August 14, 1924.
CONSTANTINE POPOFF, M. D .- In the specialized field of the medical science, to which he has devoted his talents for nearly three decades, Dr. Constantine Popoff has come to occupy an outstanding position in Haverhill and in Essex County as a whole. Through his accomplishments in the field of X-ray and the Roentgen ray he has won the highly merited praise of his colleagues and the respect and admiration of the public at large, as is evidenced by the large and lucra- tive practice he enjoys today. As one of the leading medical men of this section he has also taken a keen and active interest in the social and civic affairs of his surroundings and, in this connection, has become identi- fied with many of the leading organizations and movements which appealed to him as worthy.
A native of Bulgaria, Dr. Popoff was born September 7, 1883, the son of the Rev. Peter and Sophia Popoff, both natives of that country. His father died in 1891, and his mother in 1931. Dr. Popoff was educated in the public schools of his native commu- nity and attended the gymnasium. After completing his studies there he came to America and matriculated at Harvard Medi- cal College, from which he was graduated in 1910 with a degree of Doctor of Medicine. Two years later he came to Haverhill and began a general practice which he followed until 1915, when he devoted his entire atten- tion to the X-ray and the Roentgen ray, a specialized branch of the medical science in which he has established an enviable reputa- tion, becoming the most noted man on this subject in Essex County. His services in this work are in constant demand and he has become identified with the staffs of many of the leading hospitals here, among them the Gale Hospital, the Amesbury Hospital at Amesbury, the St. John's Hospital of Lowell and the Benson Hospital of this city.
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The extent of his activity in the medical profession and the place he has come to assume in this science among his colleagues, is graphically revealed in the organizations he serves and the prominent position he has attained in many. He is a past president of the Pentucket Medical Society, a Fellow of the American College of Medicine, and holds memberships in the American Medical Soci- ety, the Haverhill Medical Association, the New England Roentgen Ray Society, the Roentgen Ray Society of North America, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physical Therapy.
Active socially, he has served as president of the Haverhill Rotary Club, and belongs to the Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, the Pentucket Club, and he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. During the World War he offered his serv- ices and was appointed an examining physi- cian, and he now holds the rank of major in the United States Medical Corps of the 389th Field Artillery.
In 1910 Dr. Popoff married Marjorie L. Brayton, of Swanton, Vermont, and they are the parents of two children : I. Constance Elain, born March 31, 1915. 2. Agatha, born October 21, 1922.
MAURICE C. STEIN-One of the young- er attorneys of Haverhill, Maurice C. Stein has made himself known in the legal realm of this community and through his ability and initiative has won recognition among
his colleagues and the populace at large. He has acted as counsel for some of the leading enterprises here and has built up a substan- tial and lucrative practice.
Mr. Stein is a native of this city, born July 22, 1906, the son of Hyman and Fannie (Chodes) Stein. For twenty-five years his father, now retired, operated one of the lead- ing contracting businesses of Haverhill. Mr. Stein received his early education in the Moody School and the Haverhill High School, graduating from the latter institu- tion in 1920. He then entered Suffolk Law School, which awarded him a degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1928. On June 1, 1929, he began to practice, establishing in Haver- hill a law office which he has maintained with great success since.
Though a young man he has already come into public prominence and is serving on the board of incorporators of the City Five Cent Bank. He is also a member of the Repub- lican city committee, is precinct warden, and is one of the organizers of the Lincoln Re- publican Club. In his social affiliations he is president of the Haverhill Racial Club ; is director of the Junior Order of the Aleph Zadick Aleph ; is master at arms of the Isi- dore Strauss Lodge, No. 41, of the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the B'nai B'rith and the Haverhill Jewish Brother- hood. He is also an honorary member of Post No. 52 of the Jewish War Veterans and is scout master of Troop No. 18. In religion he adheres to the Jewish faith and worships at the Beth Jacob Synagogue.
INDEX
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Abbot, Agnes M., 40 Caroline H., 40 Ezra, Dr., 40 George, 40 George E., 40 John R., 40 Abbott, Ellen M., 499 Gordon, Jr., 500 Gordon, Sr., 499 Jeremiah, 499 Katharine, 499
Abercrombie, John A., 1014 John E., Jr., 1014 John E., Sr., 1013, 1014 Mary, 1014 Phyllis, 1014 Adams, Edward, 614 Emma S., 923 Frank E., 751, 923 George A., 923 Helen E., 751 James L., Rev., 62 John Q., 922 Lewis E., 922 Margaret, 62 Susan E., 922
Alden, Mary, 857 Walter, 857 Allan, Susanna C., 250 Winckworth S., 250 Allen, Carrie E., 219 David, 777 Donald G., 219 Effie S., 1022
Frederick, Jr., 928 Frederick, Sr., 927
George H., Jr., 1022
George H .. Sr., 1021 Jacob A., 1021 Joseph. 927 Louise, 927 Luella. 1022 Lydia. 777 Mary F., 218 Mary L., 928 Prudence, 1021
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