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He carly showed an interest in politics and was active in the affairs of the Demo- cratic party. His unusual aptitude for this work led to his being appointed, in 1922, assessor for a one-year term. His career in public life has been noteworthy since that time. For eight years he served as a mem- ber of the city council, directing the activi- ties of this body as president in 1929. For the past four years he has been employed by the Commonwealth as foreman of main- tenance with the division of Public Works. Mr. Boyle was elected to his present post of county commissioner November 6, 1934, and will serve a term of four years. He has been a member of the city Democratic com- mittee and in 1920 served as chairman. He has also been a member of the State Demo- cratic committee since 1925.
The same enthusiastic spirit that he gives to civic and political affairs in this vicinity is reflected in his social affiliations. He is a member of various organizations here among them the American Legion Peabody Post, No. 153, which he now heads as com- mander. He also belongs to the Foresters of America.
On September 6, 1931, Mr. Boyle married Helen C. Regan.
A. ALFRED HUGHES-As treasurer of the Hughes Garage Company of Salem, A. Alfred Hughes is listed among the pioneers of the motor storage business in this section of the State and today conducts one of the finest and most completely equipped estab- lishments of its type in this vicinity. During a period of nearly two decades he has not only pioneered this phase of the industry but is also listed among the first operators to conduct long distance moving facilities by motor. Apart from his business pursuits lie has taken a keen and active part in the affairs of this community and is widely known in fraternal circles.
Mr. Hughes was born in Rexton, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, July 18, 1869, the son of Adolphus and Sarah Ann (Warman) Hughes, both natives of the Dominion. He received a general educa- tion in the public schools of New Bruns- wick and from the time he was eleven years of age until he was eighteen he worked on a farm. He first came to Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1888, and worked for several months in a leather plant where he received a salary of eight dollars a week. Later he went to Beverly Cove and for about eight- een months worked on a gentleman's sum- mer estate. Directly after this he went to Lynn where he was a hostler for a time and then secured a position in a manufacturing plant at Charlestown where he remained for several years. Coming to Salem he en- gaged in a general teaming and trucking business and continued in this capacity until motor transportation began to replace the horse. Recognizing the trend of the times and being a man of progressive ten- dencies he formed a partnership with Wil- liam Kingston and together they estab- lished a motor truck and motor car business which operated under the firm name of Hughes and Kingston. This business alli- ance was maintained until 1917, when Mr. Kingston withdrew leaving Mr. Hughes the sole owner and manager. The firm title then became the Hughes Garage Company, with C. W. Wittneber as president, Mr. Hughes as treasurer and manager and V. Myrtle Hughes as secretary. Today this organization functions under this execu- tive managership. The site of operation is a brick building measuring ninety feet by one hundred and ninety feet, which houses from eighty to one hundred automobiles and trucks.
In his social and civic affiliations Mr. Hughes is a member of the Salem Rotary Club and fraternizes with the Masonic
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Order where he holds the eighteenth de- gree. He is also a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all the chairs and also belonging to the Encampment.
Mr. Hughes married (first) in April, 1889, Frances Ada Simpson, who died in 1898. There were two children by this union: I. Alma Grace, who died in 1920. 2. Viola Myrtle, now working in her father's estab- lishment. He married (second) January 10, 1900, Christian Jennie Kinney.
THOMAS F. GILROY-As superintend- ent of the Peabody Infirmary Thomas F. Gilroy has made valuable contributions to the welfare and happiness of this com- munity. Aware of his responsibilities he has conducted his professional affairs in a highly exemplary fashion and through his successful administration has won the esteem and respect of the citizenry. For well over a decade he has been directing the activities of this institution and the im- provements that have been made during this period can be traced directly to his initiative and intelligent management.
Thomas F. Gilroy was born in Peabody March 25, 1881, the son of John and Mar- garet (Johnson) Gilroy, the former a native of Nova Scotia and the latter of Ireland. His parents settled in this city in 1873, shortly after their marriage, and it was here that his father engaged in farming through- out his life. Mr. Gilroy received a general education in the public schools of his native community. Engaging in various pursuits, he was for one year a member of the fire department and in 1917, shortly after this community became a city and Howard Donnell was elected the first mayor, he was appointed by the chief executive as superin- tendent of the infirmary, a post he has oc- cupied with distinction and success since On September 28, 1910, Mr. Gilroy mar- that time. Mr. Gilroy assumed office No- ried Rita Cawley, who died October 1, 1931.
vember 5, 1917. Later he took and suc- cessfully passed the civil service examina- tions and by this action made his tenure of office permanent.
Ideally adapted for this work he has graphically demonstrated his capabilities as the directing head of the infirmary since he took this post. He has been responsible for many improvements. The original three- story building, which comprised the hous- ing facilities of the institution when it was built in 1844, has been modernized and im- proved under his direction. New laundries, baths, shower baths and like facilities have been added to better accommodate the seventy-five inmates. On the two hundred acres of land, which serves as the site for the infirmary, Mr. Gilroy has set seventy- five acres apart for tillage purposes, the re- mainder being woodland. The economy measures he has employed. through the use of every conceivable natural resource, has not only served to cut down the overhead of the institution but is also a tribute to Mr. Gilroy's efficiency as an administrator.
In addition to the improvements on the original building, which is three stories high and measures one hundred feet by forty feet, and has a wall twelve inches thick, an addition is now under construction which will be a smoker and dormitory for men. A new Frigidaire plant and breadmixer have also been installed. As superintendent of the infirmary he has not only won the rec- ognition of the citizens but has also been praised by many outstanding civic and po- litical leaders.
In a professional capacity he is a member of the Infirmary Superintendents Associa- tion and in his civic pursuits belongs to the Relief Association and the fire department. Socially he is a member of Father Math- ew's Catholic Temperance Society.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gilroy were the parents of one daughter, Katharine R., born November 5, 1916, who attended St. John's Parochial School, graduating in 1935.
A. JOHN GANEM-In the compara- tively few years that A. John Ganem, attor- ney-at-law, has been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession in Lawrence, he has shown himself possessed of the qualities and personality that make for success. His standing is unusually high among his colleagues, but his keen interest in civic affairs and in the advancement of move- ments started for the benefit of the com- munity has proven eminently useful. Mr. Ganem was born in Sagbeen, Lebanon, on July 25, 1889, the son of Joseph and Mary Ganem, who came to Lawrence in 1904, where the father is engaged in the mercan- tile trade, operating "Ganem's Market," the largest in the city, and of which A. John Ganem is a member.
A. John Ganem attended the public schools of Lawrence, Cannon's Commercial College, and the College of the Spoken Word. He was graduated from the Suffolk Preparatory School in 1921, and also from the Suffolk School of Law four years later, holding the degree Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the bar on October 27, 1926, he began the prac- tice of law in Lawrence, in the offices of Twomey, Moyes and Dow, later becoming associated with the law firm of Cregg and Cregg. Since 1928 he has been associated with Thomas J. Lane, member of the Legis- lature with offices in the Cregg Building, Lawrence. Mr. Ganem is licensed to prac- tice in the United States Courts and to ap- pear before the Treasury Department. He was town counsel for the town of Methuen during 1933 and 1934, and is at present coun- sel for the Community Savings Bank, and clerk of the corporation and a trustee. He is a popular figure in the Methuen Board of
Trade and a director of the Industrial Credit Corporation of Lawrence. He fraternizes with Lawrence Lodge, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. Among the clubs with which he is affiliated are: The Syrian National Club, of which he was president in 1933; the Syrian Republican Club of Massa- chusetts, of which he is vice-president; the Republican Club of Massachusetts; the Lions' Club of Methuen; the Essex Club, and the Methuen Club, He has been elected a member of the Republican State commit- tee from the Fifth Essex Senatorial District, comprising Lawrence and Methuen.
. On May 19, 1929, A. John Ganem married Elizabeth Tabah, of Montreal, Canada.
WILLIAM HENRY GLOVER, Phm. D. -Since the beginning of the present cen- tury, William Henry Glover, Phm. D., has been a pharmacist of Lawrence, and as such has been eminently successful. His reputa- tion and activities are far from local, for he ranks as one of the outstanding leaders in his profession in New England, being the president of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, and is a past president of the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association. For his outstanding contribu- tions to the advance and betterment of his profession, there was conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Pharmacy, an act genuinely approved by his col- leagues. He has also been honored with the thirty-third degree by the Masonic Order.
Dr. Glover was born at Springfield, Mas- sachusetts, on June 20, 1871, the son of Sampson B. and Maria Ellen (Blades) Glover. His father was a native of Eng- land, and his mother was born in Rhode Island. They were residents of Springfield for many years. William Henry Glover was educated in the public schools of Law- rence, and was graduated from the Massa-
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chusetts College of Pharmacy with the class of 1892. During the following eight years he was employed in various drug stores and he added to his technical knowledge prac- tical experience in a business which has ex- tensive ramifications. As indicated, Dr. Glover set up his own establishment in 1900, the place being the old Bay State Building, Lawrence. With the completion of the new structure that replaced the old, he continued his activities and has never changed his location. For thirty years he has been a member of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, in Boston, and is the president of the insti- tution. He is a past president of the Mas- sachusetts State Pharmaceutical Associa- tion, a member of the Boston Association of Retailers and the American Pharmaceutical Association.
Fraternally, Dr. Glover is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, and has passed through the chairs in many of the higher bodies of the Masonic Order. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is a trustee of the Essex Savings Bank, and the Lawrence Cooperative Bank. In poli- tics he is a Republican, but an advocate of public service rather than of party politics. Music, more especially vocal music, is both an interest and a source of recreative en- joyment.
Dr. Glover has one son, William Curtis Glover, Dartmouth College graduate, now in business in New York City.
EDWARD VINTON FRENCH is pres- ident of the Arkwright Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company of Boston and a resident of Andover. Born in Lynn, this State, March II, 1868, he is the son of Benjamin Vinton French and Eliza Ellen (Tufts) French.
Following early education in the public schools of Lynn, he was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the degree of Bachelor of Science in the class of 1889.
After three years in miscellaneous engi- neering work, in part as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he entered the Inspection Department of the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insur- ance Companies in Boston in 1892. During the fourteen years of this connection he had a varied experience in hydraulic testing, electrical engineering and special inspec- tions. In 1906 he became vice-president and engineer of the Arkwright Mutual Fire In- surance Company, and in 1920 was ad- vanced to the position of president, which office he still holds.
He has always been interested in public affairs, and while in Lynn spent several ac- tive years on the City Water Board. In Andover he has done similar work on vari- ous town committees, and he is at present a trustee of the Andover Savings Bank. During the World War he was commis- sioned major in the United States Army and spent a year in France as chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. He is a mem- ber of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Water Works Asso- ciation, New England Water Works Asso- ciation, and of the following clubs: Engi- neers, Exchange, Episcopalian of Boston, and North Andover Country. He is an Episcopalian.
Mr. French married October 26, 1892, Mary Olive Wentworth of Canton, this State, and their children are: Helen Went- worth (Mrs. Jerome C. Greene), and Mar- garet Vinton (Mrs. Margaret V. Brown). The family residence is at No. 20 School Street, Andover.
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ERNEST ELIAS OWENS-After a number of years association in various ca- pacities with the shoe manufacturing busi- ness, Ernest E. Owens organized the Owens Shoe Company, Inc., of Lynn, of which con- cern he is president and treasurer. This company's specialty, by which it has built up a large trade, is women's corrective arch shoes. But an accurate account of Mr. Owen's career shows that his activities were not given over wholly to his per- sonal affairs ; his efforts were also directed to civic, social and fraternal matters in Lynn.
This family of Owens originated in Mis- souri. Isaac Newton (1) Owens was born in Lexington County, Kentucky, died in Frankford, Missouri, a town largely settled by immigrants from Kentucky and named for the Frankford of the latter State. He was a farmer. His son, Isaac Newton (2) Owens, was born in Lincoln, Missouri, died in Hannibal, Missouri, in January, 1925, aged sixty-six years. He was a contractor and builder. In poltics he was a Democrat. He married Laura Bramblett who was born in Frankford, Missouri, and is living in Hannibal, daughter of Ashpy and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Bramblett. Her father, born in Kentucky, died in Frankford, Missouri, was a farmer, and her mother, a native of South Carolina, died in Frankford, Missouri.
Ernest Elias Owens, son of Isaac Newton (2) and Laura (Bramblett) Owens, was born in Frankford, Missouri, August 15, 1887, and received his education in the pub- lic schools of Hannibal, Missouri. His first formal employment was with the firm of Roberts, Johnson & Rand, of Hannibal, shoe manufacturers for whom he worked in their cutting room for two years. He then went to Springfield, Illinois, going from that city to Michigan, then to New York State, thence to Indiana, finally arriving in
Massachusetts, first working at the bench and later becoming a foreman.
He entered the shoe business as a manu- facturer and owner as a member of the firm of Anderson & Owens in Lynn in 1919. This firm became incorporated, having its factory on Washington Street, and he was treasurer and general manager for three years. At the end of that time he disposed of his interest and went back to work at the bench, being thus occupied in the employ of A. E. Little for eighteen months. It was in 1924 that he organized the present Owens Shoe Company, Inc., becoming its president and treasurer, the concern having its fac- tory and office at No. 589 Essex Street, Lynn. Its lines of women's corrective arch shoes, women's comfort shoes and men's house slippers find a ready demand in many parts of the country.
A resident of Lynn since 1907, he is a member of the Republican party and the Lynn Chamber of Commerce. His fraternal affiliations are with Peter Woodland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Lynn Lodge, Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Lynn Kiwanis Club. His chief recreations are fishing, hunting and golf.
Ernest Elias Owens married, October 15, 1910, at Lynn, Elfreda Beckett, born in Newfoundland, where she was educated in the public schools. She attends the Lynn Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are the parents of two daughters: I. Ruth L. Owens, a graduate of the Lynn English High School and of a secretarial school in Boston. She is associated with her father in his office. 2. Eva Mae Owens, a graduate of the Lynn English High School, and of the Southern Seminary at Buena Vista, Virginia. The Owens family home is at No. 17 Morton Road, Swamp- scott.
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ARTHUR PATRICK HARNEY-One of the leaders of the great shoe manufac- turing industry of Lynn and Essex County, Arthur Patrick Harney, of Lynn, is pro- prietor of the Munroe Shoe Company. Through his industrial achievements and his varied participation in civic affairs in his community, he has helped his contem- poraries in a variety of ways, and his posi- tion is one of leadership and high standing in the region where he lives and carries on his work.
Mr. Harney was born in Lynn on August 23, 1895, son of Patrick J. and Esther T. (Grady) Harney. His father was born in Ireland and lived there for a number of years until his advent to the New World. Taking up his residence in Lynn, he has since maintained his home here. He is now retired from the shoe manufacturig business in which he was for many years engaged, though he still retains a lively interest in the affairs of the great world around him. Politically he is a staunch Democrat, and his religious alignment is with St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, of Lynn.
In the schools of Lynn, Arthur Patrick Harney, of this review, received his first formal education. Graduated in 1905 from grammar school, he completed his work at Lynn Classical High School in 1909, and immediately afterward became associated with his father in the manufacture of shoes in Lynn. There came an interruption to his business career in 1917 with the entry of the United States into the World War. Enlisting in the Marine Corps, Mr. Harney was assigned to the 5th Regiment and was placed in training at Paris Island, South Carolina. There he remained for three months. Then he was in training for about a month at Quantico, Virginia, before he went to France with the first replacement battalion. Overseas he remained with the
United States Army of Occupation, in Ger- many, after the signing of the Armistice. During the war, he took part in five major engagements, and in July, 1919, at Quan- tico, Virginia, was honorably discharged from the service with the rank of corporal.
Returning to the business world, Mr. Harney became a traveling shoe salesman with his father, so continuing for five years until his father's retirement from business. He then traveled for Morse and Maloy, of Manchester, New Hampshire, until April, 1934, when he organized the Munroe Shoe Company, of Lynn. Remaining at the head of this enterprise since that time, he has gone forward with the good work that so richly began with his work in other con- nections. This company makes only men's shoes, and sells its products throughout the United States.
Mr. Harney deserves great credit for his labors in the building up of this business and for his useful participation in the indus- trial, civic and social life of his times. He is interested in many branches of Lynn and Massachusetts life and active in a number of organizations. Politically he holds to the views of the Democratic party. He is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, of Lynn, and he is one of the lead- ers in the work of the Knights of Columbus. His war-time experience and service en- titles him to membership in the American Legion, in whose affairs he is active in the Lynn community. In spare time he en- joys outdoor life and healthful recreations. Golf is a favorite pastime and hobby. Mr. Harney has always been fond of home and family. He has four sisters and one brother : Mrs. Esther (Harney) Harman, Florence Harney, Mrs. Charles H. Pinkham, and Mrs. Ruth (Harney) Cotter, all of Lynn, and Charles Harney, who is associated with the Gillespie Laboratory, of Lynn.
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Mr. Harney lives at No. 57 Breed Street, Lynn, and his business quarters are at No. 589 Essex Street this city.
HARRIS A. SMART-Among the able business men of Haverhill is Harris A. Smart, who, for a score of years was suc- cessfully engaged as a shoe manufacturer, but now is head of the Smart Oil Company, of Waltham, which he founded ten years ago. Mr. Smart has made his name respected among all circles not only for his successful business operations, but also for his fine spirit in doing all in his power to advance the welfare of the community, taking an active and constructive part in civic, reli- gious and fraternal affairs. He was born in Fryeburg, Maine, on October 21, 1880, the son of Elden C. Smart, born in Fryeburg, and died in 1933, and Etta E. (Hall) Smart, a native of Wilton, Maine, and her death occurred in 1916.
After receiving his education in public schools, Mr. Smart was employed in various positions that gave him broad and useful experience. In 1907 he started his own busi- ness as a shoe manufacturer in Haverhill and located first at No. 55 Wingate Street, re- moving later to No. 89 Washington Street, and as the business continued to prosper, was compelled to seek larger quarters at No. 218 River Street. He was ably prepared to engage in business on his own responsibility not only by reason of his experience, but as well by natural abilities that were convinc- ingly evidenced during his years as a shoe manufacturer. Starting with a few em- ployees, the continued expansion of the firm required the addition of more help, until Mr. Smart's employees numbered one hundred and twenty-five. In 1927, just twenty years after he founded the shoe manufactory, Mr. Smart liquidated his holdings in that con- cern to devote all his time to the Smart Oil Company, which he had established in 1924
and had managed along with his first enter- prise. The Smart Oil Company, with head- quarters at No. 809 Main Street, Waltham, is a distributor of petroleum products and serves a patronage of more than three thou- sand customers in the metropolitan area of Boston. This company is one of the most successful firms of its kind and is a substan- tial member of the commercial life of the city.
As a true citizen, Mr. Smart has engaged vigorously in municipal matters, serving on various boards and committees of the com- munity and is a member of the Masonic Order, holding membership in Saggahew Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Pentucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar ; has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a Noble of Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Boston. He also is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Pentucket Club. Religiously, he is a member of the Center Congregational Church and is a prominent layman.
In 1903 Mr. Smart married Florence Eaton, of Haverhill, daughter of Albert S. Eaton, who was born in Auburn, New Hampshire, and died in 1920, and Abbie E. (Dolber) Eaton, who was a native of Chester, New Hampshire, and died in 1934. The Haver- hill residence of Mr. and Mrs. Smart is No. 115 Brockton Avenue, and their summer home is at North Shapleigh, Maine.
CARROLL EDWIN HASELTINE- Carroll Edwin Haseltine, of Haverhill, is a well-known figure in business and civic cir- cles of his native city as well as in Newbury- port, because of his position as assistant manager of the Haverhill Electric Com- pany. His career is another evidence that character, willingness and ability are the foundations of progress and success in busi- ness as well as in other fields. His entire
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