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ARMSTRONG, George Robert, president of the Arm- strong Co .; b. Brookline, Dec. 10, 1888; s. George . Washington Armstrong and Flora (Greene) A .; ed. Volkmann Seh., Boston, 1902-08; Harvard, 1908-09; m. Anna C. McPherson of Boston, May 31, 1921; Op- erator of Concessions on Railroads since 1922; pres., treas., and dir. the Armstrong Co. sinee 1930; dir. Armstrong Transfer Express Co. Club: Algonquin (Boston). Republican. Office: North Station, Boston. Home: 100 Beaeon St., Boston.
ARMSTRONG, Irene Strobridge, exceutive; b. Al- mont, Mich., Aug. 17, 1880; d. William Ripley Arm- strong and Emily Edith (Strobridge) A .; ed. Al- mont lligh Sch .; diploma from Detroit Business Coll., 1898; courses at Harvard and Oxford Sum- mer Schs .; unmarried. Deputy Clerk in U.S. Cir- cuit Court; see. firm of attys., Emmons & Webster, Portland, Ore .; see. to Editor, The Christian Sci- enee Monitor, 10 yrs .; dir. Leagne of Nations Assn., Boston; mem. Nat. Woman's Party, For- eign Policy Assn., Twentieth Cent. Assn., Civic Liberties Com. of Mass. Club: Women's City (Boston), Author many artieles and short stories. Travel: Europe (2 summers) ; extensively in U.S. Christian Scientist. Independent Republican.
Office: 40 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Ilome: 80 Not- tinghill Rd., Brighton.
ARMSTRONG, Robert W,, importer tweeds, yarns; D. Winchester, Aug. 26, 1879; s. Robert M. Arm- strong and Marilla ( Weeks) A .; ed. Winchester pub, sch. and high sch .; m. Edith Creighton of Lynn, 1911; children-Mary Elizabeth ( Mrs. Rich- ard Wilder), Edith Priscilla, E la Joy, Robert W., Jr., John Creighton. Engaged in mfg. line sweat- ers since 1912; also importing and selling fine hard-knit yarns and tweeds; pres., treas, and dir. Armstrong Knitting Mills since 1916. Methodist. Republican. Office: West Roxbury. llome: 37 Wedgemere Av., Winchester.
ARNOLD, Fred Sanborn, credit manager; b. Mason, N.H., Aug. 28, 1891; s. George Cunnings Arnold and Emma Elizabeth (Sanborn) A .; ed. Appleton Acad., New Ipswich, N.Il .; B.B.A., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1928; in. Ethel Virginia Phillips of Phila., Pa., Nov. 12, 1913; 1 dau .- Margery Eleanor. Draftsman and designer with mfr. of marine equipment, Middletown, Conn .; salesman for Boston mfr. of trunks and leather goods; credit mgr., Ludlow Mfg. and Sales Co., Boston, 1928 -; treas. Boston Credit Mens' Assu., N. I .. Credit Mens' Interchange Bureau, Inc .; mem. Mass. Hort. Soc. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: 211 Congress St., Boston. Home: Jamaica Plain.
ARNOLD, Glenn, business man; b. Harrison Valley, Pa., Nov. 17, 1893; s. Will Requay Arnold and Mary (White) A .; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y .; A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1914; m. Viola B. Sehimpf of New York City, Oct. 11, 1919; children -Margaret Jane, Nancy Dyer. Clerk Standard Oil Co. of N.Y., 1914; real estate, Detroit, Mich., 1916; clk. Peck & Ilills Furniture Co., N.Y.C., 1919; salesman Fess Rotary Oil Burner Co., Bos- ton, 1919; mgr. Petroleum Heat & Power Co., Providence, R.l., 1920, Boston, 1923; v.p. since 1926; dir. Boston Harbor Oil Co .; v.p. East Coast Fuel Oil Co .; in U.S.M.C. during World War. Club: University (Boston), Travel: So. Am., Eur- ope. Protestant. Republican. Office: 419 Boyl-
ston St., Boston. Home: 18 Tappan Rd., Welles- ley.
ARNOLD, John Alanson, insurance executive; t Lake Geneva, Wis., Oct. 2, 1890; s. Clifton S. Ar- nold and Anna E. (Alfred) A .; ed. St. Albans (Vt.) high sch .; student Middlebury Coll., 1913; in. Lucy M. Kelley of Fitchburg, Dec. 22, 1917; 1 son -John A., Jr. With Simonds Mfg. Co., Fitchburg, 1913-15; Fitchburg Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1915-17; Mut. Fire Inspection Bur., Salem, 1917-18; Mut. Ins. Ageney, Inc., Fitchburg, 1918-21; Fitchburg Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1921-23; sec. Merrimack Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Andover, 1923-32; sec. Fed. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Boston, 1932-36, v.p., 1936 -; v.p. Glen- cove (N.Y.) Mut. Ins. Co., 1936 -; dir. Asso. Mu- tuals, Inc., Boston, Fed. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Glen- cove (N.Y.) Mut. Ins. Co .; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Box 52 Assn. (Boston), Delta Kappa Epsilon, Masons, K.T. (32º), Shrine. Club: Uni- versity (Boston). Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: 260 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 6 Blackstone Ter., Newton.
ARNOLD, Mabel Warren, secretary, clerk, asst. bookkeeper; b. Rochester, N.Y., Apr. 22, 1889; d. William Franklin Arnold and Ella (Warren) A .; ed. grad., Fairport (N.Y.) high sch., 1907; Fairport Training Class; Oswego (N. Y.) Normal Sch .; Bos- ton Univ .; Univ. Extension. Teacher, 1 yr .; worked in Newton Lib., 2 yrs .; oflice worker, newspaper worker; now engaged in gen. olliee work; writer of poetry. Clubs: Travel (Brook- line), South Shore Nature. Author: many poems in "The Town Crier," "Newton Circuit" (both Newton), "The Chronicle" (Brookline), and in following books: American Lyric Poetry, 1935, 1936; The Yearbook of Contemporary Poetry, 1937; Biographical Dietionary of Contemporary Poets, 1938; Modern American Poetry, 1938; The World's Fair Anthology of Verse, 1938; Important Ameri- can Poets, 1938; The Caravan of Verse, 1938. Travel: Toronto, Bermuda. Protestant. Republi- can. Desc. Arthur Warren, who emigrated to Weymouth before 1638; Edward Jackson, second settler of Newton; Gov. Roger Conant. Business address: 51 Waverly St., Cambridge. Home: 52 So. Crescent Circuit, Brighton.
ARNOLD, Margaret Garwood, educator; b. Phila., Pa., Oct. 29, 1891; d. Edward G. Ashbrook and Gertrude Anne (McGee) A .; ed. B.S. (Edn.), Univ. .Pa., 1919; m. Nathan Pratt Arnold, May 29, 1920; children-Barbara G., Graham A., Merklee L. Teacher, The Arnold Sch., East Pembroke. 1926 -; mem, Mass. Civic League, Sentinels of Republic, North River Players, P.T.A. (Pembroke, past pres.), Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Lambda Theta, Sphinx & Key. Travel: Europe. Desc. James MoGee, New York. Christian. Independent in politics. Office and home: The Arnold School, East Pembroke.
ARNOLD, Nason Henry, newspaper editor, author; b. North Adams, Feb. 23, 1874; s. Nason Henry Ar- nold and Mary Elizabeth (Newman) A .; ed. Ver- mont Episc. Inst., Burlington, Vt .; m. Jennie Bronson flarvie of North Adams, 1896; children; Harriet I. Noel, Jean Margaret (d.). Worked in store, Boston; newspaper reporter and editor, No. Adams, Brattleboro, Vt., Fitchburg, Springfield, Worcester, Gardner; now ed. writer, Gardner News; dir. Gardner Airport Co .; sch. com., Holden, 3 yrs .; civilian balloon instr., World War, Author: Tinker of Stone Bluff, Rusty, Rusty's Travels (juveniles). Lecturer on "Benedict Arnold, The Man Who Lived Too Long" and "Forgotten Heroes of 1776." Travel: Germany. Holds Aero Club of Am. balloon pilot's license #14; competed nat. races; internat., Germany, 1908, Desc. John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians"; William Arnold, a founder of R.I. Episcopalian. Republican.
Home: Mountain Rd., Princeton.
VARNOLD, Nathan Pratt, headmaster; b. Short Hills, N.J., Sept. 11. 1896; s. Alfred C. Arnold and Margaret (Pratt) A .; ed. Phillips Brooks Acad., Phila., Pa .; p.g. Cent. high sch., Phila. ; A. B., Univ. of Pa., 1917; in. Margaret Garwood Ash- brook of Phila., Pa., May 29, 1920; children-Bar- bara Garwood, Graham Allan, Merklee Lockwood. Social Service, Hudson Guild, N.Y., 1917-18; served
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in Tank Corps, Raleigh, N.C .; O.T.C., World War, 1918; Dist. sales mgr., Scott Paper Co., at Min- neapolis, DesMoines, Cleveland, 1918-21; sales agent, own bus., Boston, 1921-24; public sch. prin- cipal and asst., 1924-27; salesman, sales mgr., v.p., Founders Securities Trust, Boston, 1927-30; ins. salesman, 1930-32; founded Arnold Sch., June 1932, headmaster, 1932 -; mem. fin. bd., sch. com., Pem- broke; moderator, town meeting, Pembroke, 1930 -. Travel: U.S. Desc. John Hines Arnold, grand- father. Episcopalian. Independent. Interested in money and its theory; also history, Ilteraturc, philosophy, economics and living in the country. Office: The Arnold School, East Pembroke. Ilome: East Pembroke.
ARNOLD, Seth Fenelon, physician; b. Westminster, Vt., Dec. 21, 1878; s. Fenelon Arnold and Emily Augusta (Marsh) A .; ed. Westminster (Vt.) pub. schs .; Walpole (N.II.) high sch .; Kimball Union Acad., 1896; Vermont Acad., 1899; Rose Poly. Inst. (non-grad.), 1903; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1908; m. Bessie Maude Johnson of Portland, Me., Jan. 1, 1917; children-Constance, Richard Fene- lon. Pvt. practice, Boston, 1908 -; supervising med. examiner, Royal Arcanum; mem. Boston Rep. City Com., 1906-07, 1914-17, 1920-26, 1934-38; City Council, 1908-09, 1926-32; Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1910, 1918-20; del. Rep. pre-primary State Conv., 1936; candidate for Gov.'s Council, primary elec- tion, 1938, It. (j.g.), U.S.N.R.F., 1918-22; mcm. Bos- ton Med. Lib., Elks, Masons (32°), K.T., Shrine, Nat. Lancers, U.S. Naval Reserve Officers Assn., Mil. Order World War, S.A.R., Royal Arcanum (past Grand Regent), Sigma Nu, Chi Phi. Clubs: Republican (Mass.), University (Boston), Sigma Nu (N.Y.). Travel: Europe; all U.S. but 6 states; all Can. but 1 province. First Am. ancestor had grant from crown, No. Hadam, Conn., 1640; all 4 gt. grandparents served in Am. Revolution. Congregationallst. Republican. Office: 92 Hunt- ington Av., Boston. Home: 24 Washington St., Belmont. Summer res .: Lake Boone, Gleasondale.
ARNZEN, Frank Emil, vice-president, Lincoln Bleachcry; b. Fall River, July 23, 1888; s. Emil C. Arnzen and Alberta B3. (Snell) A .; ed. Fall River high sch .; Bradford Durfee Textile Sch .; m. Annle M. Johnston of Fall River, June 28, 1913: chil- dren-Dorothy L., Richard. With Fall River Bleachery, bleaching, dyeing, and finishing cotton goods, 1910-, chemist, 1910-12, foreman, 1912-13, asst. supt., 1913-18, .supt., 1918-33; v.p. and dir., 1933-1938; v.p. Lincoln Bleachery, Jan. 1938 -; 1st lt., Mass. State Guard, 1917-20; v.p. and dir. People's Coop. Bk .; tr. Bradford Durfee Textile Sch .; mem. Phi Psl, Masons, (32°), K.T. Clubs: Quequechan (Fail River), Fall River Country, Chemists (N.Y.), Wool (N.Y.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Lincoln Bleachery, Lounsdale, R.I. Home: 458 Madison St., Fall River. Sun- mer res .: Westport Polnt.
ARVIN, Newton, writer, teacher; b. Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 23, 1900; s. Frederic Newton Arvin and Jes- sie (llawkins) A .; ed: Valparaiso (Ind.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1921; m. Mary Jordan Garrison of Hartford, Conn., 1932. Instr. Eng., Smith Coll., 1922-25; asso. ed., Living Age, 1925-26; instr. Eng., Smith Coll., 1926-28, asst. prof., 1928-33, asso. prof., 1933 -; dir. Corp. Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, N.Y .; mem. Modern Lang. Assn., Authors' League, League Am. Writers, Am. Fed. Teachers. Author: Hawthorne, 1929; Whitman, 1938; mag. articles. Editor: The Heart of Hawthorne's Jour- nals, 1929. Desc. James Cole, Plymouth, 1637. Office: College Hall, Northampton. Home: 43 West St., Northampton.
ASH, Horace W., engineer; b. Coatesville, Pa., Jan. 25, 1875; s. William Rambo Ash and Julia (Cook) A .; ed. Cent. Manual Tr. high sch., Phila., Pa .; S.B., Univ. Pa., 1895, M.E., 1896; m. Dorothy R. Little of Cambridge, June 30, 1898; children-Nor- man Il., Dorothy (A.) Butler, Donald W. Forc- man, Warren Scharf Asphalt Co., 1896-98, supt., 1898-1900; mech. engr., Warren Bros. Co., 1900-21, v.p. in charge of operations, 1921 -; in charge constrn., Cent. Highway, Cuba, (cost $74,000,000), 1927-31; Pres. Middle West Roads Co .; dir. Warren Bros. Co., Warren Financial Corp., Warren Bros.
Co. of Guatemala, Tiger Placers Co. Club: Win- chester Country. Desc. Brewsters and Cooks, Mayflower settlers. Inventor: many Improve- ments in asphalt machinery. Congregationallst. Republican. Office: 38 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Home: 14 Fairview Ter., Winchester.
ASHBURN, Frank Davis, teacher; b. Batavia, O., Feb. 2, 1903; s. Percy M. Ashburn and Agnes (Davis) A .; ed. Groton Sch .; B.A., Yale, 1925; m. Phyllis Batcheller of N.Y. City, June 12, 1926; chil- dren-Phyllis, Nancy. Attended Columbla Law Sch., 1925-26; teacher, St. Bernard's Sch., N.Y. City, 1926-27; founded Brooks Sch., 1927, headmaster since; tr. Winsor Sch., Brookline; mem. Psi Upsi- lon. Clubs: Century Assn. (N.Y.), Skuil and Bones. Author: Fifty Years On-A Short His- tory of Groton School. Episcopalian. Indepen- dent. Address: Brooks School, North Andover.
ASIIDOWN, Avery Allen, asst. professor of chem- istry; b. No. Collins, N.Y., Oct. 28, 1891; s. James Albert Ashdown and Clara Kimball (Avery) A .; ed. No. Collins (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Roch- ester, 1914, A.M., 1916; Ph.D., M.I.T., 1924; student, Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switz., 1924-25; unmarried. Asst. in biol., Univ. Rochester, 1915- 16, instr. chem., 1916-20; asst. in organic chem., M.I.T., 1921-23, Moore fellow to Switz., 1924-25, research asso. in organic chem., 1925-30, Instr., 1930-34, asst. prof., 1934-, master of Grad. Housc, 1933 -; acting city chemist, Rochester, N.Y., 1919- 20; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S., Hist. Sci. Soc., Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft. Author: pa- pers on organic chem. and hist. of chem. Travel : U.S., Europe. Protestant. Independent. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: The Graduate House, 305 Memorial Dr., Cam- bridge.
\ASHENDEN, RIchard C., business executive; b. Boston, Sept. 16, 1884; s. Alfred Ashenden and Ida (Chesley) A .; ed. Newton high sch .; S.B., M.I.T, 1907; m. Grace E. Chadwick of Newton, Oct. 25, 1908; children-Richard Chadwick, Marjorie. Roadmaster, engring. dept., B.&A.R.R., 1907-18; N.E. sales mgr., Detroit Graphite Co., 1918-28; pres. L. L. Rowe Co., 1928 -; pres. Boston Nickel Plating Co., 1935 -; alderman, Newton, 1938; miem. Am. Electroplaters Soc. Clubs: Brae Burn Coun- try, Menauhant Yacht. Travel: Europe, Porto Rico, Bermuda. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 160 Portland St., Boston. Home: 95 Fair Oaks Av., Newtonville. Summer res .: East Fal- mouth.
ASHER, Jacob, lawyer, special justice; b. Worces- ter, Dec. 21, 1887; s. Abraham I. Asher and Mary (Edelman) A .; ed. Class. high sch., Worcester; A.B. (summa cum laude), Clark Univ., 1907; LL. B., Columbia Law Sch., 1910; m. Dorothy V. Rogin of New Britain, Conn., Sept. 1924; children-Nor- man B., Margery J. Practiced law, Worcester, 1910 -; spl, justice, Cent. Dist. Ct., Worcester (life tenure), 1917 -; formed partnership (now dis- solved) of Goldstein & Asher, 1921; chmn., dir. many local campaigns, Worcester Jewish War Re- lief Com .; speaker for various Jewish causes for 25 yrs .; mem. Asso. Y.M.H.A. of N.E. (past v.p.), I.O.B.A. (past mem. exec. bd.), B'naith B'rith (past pres., Worcester Lodge; now 2nd v.p. Dist. 1, Grand Lodge), United Jewish Charities (mem. bd. (irs.), Temple Emanuel Brotherhood (past pres.), Nat. Fed. Temple Brotherhoods (exec. com.), Zlon- ist Orgn. Am. (mem. Council Joint Distribution Com.), Rep. State Com. Mass., Clark Unlv. and Columbia Law Sch. Alumni Assns., Clark Univ. Scholarship Soc., Worcester Chamber of Commerce (past (Ik.), Masons (32°, Isalah Thomas Lodge), Temple Emanu-El of Worcester. Club: Republi- can of Mass. Jewish. Republican Office: 390 Main St., Worcester. Home: 99 Coolidge Rd., Wor- cester.
ASHLEY, Charles Sumner, insurance agent, realtor; b. New Bedford, Sept. 5, 1858; s. Joshua Bishop Ashley and Susan (Sanderson) A .; ed., Friends Acad., New Bedford; m. Annie B. Lucc of New Bedford, Nov. 13, 1879; children-Hannah B., R. Eugene, Charles S .; m. (2nd) Julia A. Purrington of New Bedford, Feb. 17, 1892. Partner, Charles S. Ashley & Sons Co., insurance; v.p. Safe Deposit
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Nat. Banks (49 yrs.); mem, city council, New Bed- ford, 1884-87, alderman, 1887-88, postmaster, 1892- 96, mayor, 1891-92, 1897-07, 1910-14, 1917-20, 1927- 36; mem, Jap. Soc. (Boston), Masons, Elks, Royal Arcanum, Moose, Red Men, Eagles, Odd Fellows, Eng. Odd Fellows, Board of Trade (New Bed- ford), Ancient & Ilonorable Arty., N.B. Port Soc., Mass. Highway Assn., Mass. Real Estate Ex- change, Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc. Clubs: Wam- sutta (past pres.), Country, Yacht, Kennel, Square & Compass, Rotary, City (Boston), Mayors' (Mass.). Travel: U.S .; world cruise, 1924. Deco- rated by Emperor of Japan, 1918. Congregation- alist. Democrat. Office: 11-15 No. Sixth St., New Bedford. Home: 93 State St., New Bedford. Sum- mer res. : Lakeville.
Y ASHLEY, Clifford Warren, marine and landscape painter, author; b. New Bedford, Dec. 18, 1881; s. A(biel) Davis Ashley and Caroline (Morse) A .; ed. pub. schs., New Bedford; studled art under Howard Pyle, George L. Noyes, and Erle Pape; m. Sarah Rodman Scudder of Washington, D.C., Mar. 16, 1932; children-Pauline Clark, Phoebe Warren, Jane Rodman. Works in public collections: Pratt Bldg., M.I.T., Cambridge, Brook- lyn (N.Y.) Mus., New Bedford pub. Ilb., Whal- ing Mus., Wilmington (Del.), Soc. Fine Arts, Canajoharie (N.Y.) Art Mus., Mariners' Mus. (New- port News, Va.), etc .; tr. Swain Sch. of Design, New Bedford; Fellow Am. Geog. Soc., N.Y .; mem. Authors' League Am., N.Y., Soc, for Nautical Re- search (London). Clubs: New Bedford Yacht, Wamsutta (New Bedford), Explorers, Century (N.Y.), St. Botolph (Boston). Author: The Yan- kee Whaler (illustrated by author), 1926 and 1938; Whaleships of New Bedford (illus, by au- thor), 1929; articles on nautical subjs., antiq. furniture, knot tying. Ency. of vocational as well as practical and decorative knots in preparation. Studio and home: "Maskasach." Driftway, West- port, Mass.
ASHLEY, May, librarian; b. Windsor Locks, Conn., Dec. 20, 1868; d. Willlam Mandell Ashley and Romelia Antoinette (Charter) A .; ed. pvt. schs .; for. travel; lib. tr. class, Springfield City Lib., 1898-99; unmarried. Asst. in delivery room, branches, Springfield (ty Lib., 1899-1901; lib., Greenfield Pub. Llb., 1901 -; dir. small tr. class, lib. work, 1901 -; mem. Am, and Mass. Lib. Assns. Clubs: Grenfield Woman's, Franklin Co. Bus. & Prof., Western Mass. Lib., Conn. Valley Lib., Drama. Author: library papers. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe. Desc., colonial settlers, Spring- field, Boston, etc. Unltarlan. Democrat. Office: Public Library, 402 Main St., Grenfield. llome: 32 Union St., Greenfield. Retired December 1938.
VÍASHTON, Joseph Nickerson, musiclan, educator; b. Salem, Sept. 7, 1868; s. William F. Ashton and Mary L. (Dwyer) A .; ed. A.B., Brown Univ., 1891; A.M., Harvard, 1893; m. Harriet Page Richards of Danvers, Dec. 14, 1910. Instr. musical theory and hist., Brown Univ., 1895-98, asso, prof., 1898-1904; acting asso. prof. music, Wellesley Coll., 1907- 08, lecturer, 1922-23; head, dept. music, Abbot Acad., Andover, 1907-22; dir. music, Phillips An- dover Acad., 1908-12; organist, North Ch., Salem, 1896-1904, 1st. Bapt. Ch., Newton Centre, 1904-05, 1st. Parish, Brookline, 1905-27; tr. Salem Athen- acum; dir. Gen. Theol. Lib., Boston, mem. Am. Guild Organists, Hymn Soe. Am., Harvard Musical Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phl. Club: Brook- line First Parlsh (hon. mem.). Author: The His- tory of the Salem Athenaeum, 1810-1910; Music in Worship; articles on church musle and musical edn. Writer of music for women's voices, men's voices, organ. Co-editor; Hymn Book for Schools and Colleges; faculty ed., Brown Alumni Monthly, 1900-04. Home: 7 Puneliard Av., Andover.
ASPINWALL, William Billings, college president; b. Loudonville, N.Y., Nov. 13, 1874; s. William Frothingham Aspinwall and Sarah Marina (Ster- ry) A .; ed. Albany (N.Y.) Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1896; Pd.B., N.Y. State Coll. for Teachers, 1900, Pd.M., 1901; A.M., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1901, Ph.D., 1902; Docteur de l' Université, Univ. Paris (Fr.), 1904; n. Aurelia Hyde (anthor, llyde's Primer) of Albany, N.Y., Apr. 8, 1903. Publisher ednl. text-
books, Boston, 1896-97; pvt. tutor, Mayslick, Ky., 1897-98; asst. prin., Union Female Coll., Eufaula, Ala., 1898-99; student, N. Y. State Coll. for Teach- ers, Albany, N. Y., 1899-1900; asst. prin., then prln., State Normal high sch., 1900-06, dean and prof. edn., 1906-12; prin., State Normal Sch., Worces- ter, 1912-32; pres. State Teachers Coll., Worces- ter, 1932 -; teacher, summer sch., Unlv. Vt., 1915, 1916; v.p. bd. try., Leicester Acad .; moderator, Mass. Cong. Conf., 1918; del. from State Conf. to Nat. Council Cong. Ch., 1923-27; pres. Worcester City Missionary Soc., 1918-26; past mem. Com. Relations with Secondary Schs., N.E. Fed. Har- vard Clubs; mem. Nat. Ednl. Assn. (over 30 yrs.), Mass. State Teachers Coll. Assn. (pres., 1926), N.I. Supts. Assn., N.E. Teachers Tr. Assn., Worces- ter Pub. Edn. Assn. (past pres.), Child Guidance Clinic (mem. advisory bd.), Delta Upsllon. Clubs: Mass. Schoolmasters (pres., 1923), Worcester Co. Supts., Mass. State Supts., Harvard, Economic (pres., 1928), Rotary (pres., 1926), Shakespeare (pres., 1929), Bohemian (pres., 1932). Author: Outlines of the History of Education; contribut- ing ed., The Practical Reference Library (6 vols.) ; ed., Monographs on Pedagogy, Literature and Scl- ence, pub. by N.Y. State Coll. for Teachers; artl- eles in ednl. journals. Desc. Dr. William Aspin- wall, who came to Mass. on Arbela, 1630; Peter AS- pinwall of Brookline, 1645, for whom Aspinwall Av. and Hill were named; Francis Lewis, slgner of Declaration of Independence; Dr. David Budd, surgeon in Revolutionary War. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: 486 Chandler St., Wor- cester. Home: 1 Normal St., Worcester.
VATHERTON, Harry, accountant; b. Lancashire, Eng., D)ec. 17, 1879; s. Ebenezer Atherton and Mary Anne (Pratt) A .; came to U.S. 1921, naturalized citizen 1926; student grammar and higher grade schs., Barrow-in-Furness, Eng., 1886-94; Union of Lan- cashire and Cheshire Insts. (evenings), Barrow- in-Furness, Eng., m. Annie Stringer of Barrow-in - Furness, Eng., Oct. 22, 1902: children-Doris Annie (Mrs. Ernest G. Colon), Frederick William. With Steamship Owners, Barrow-in-Furness, Eng., 1894-1900; with British Bd. Trade, London, 1900-1904; sec. Public Companies, London, 1905- 15; with C. JJ. Riley Co., textile machinery, Bos- ton, 1926-, now dir. and treas .; dir. and sec. HI. & B. American Machine Co .; dir. Greenhalgh Mills, Lynn Products Co. ; pres. and treas. Palmetto Cotton Mills, Inc .; pres. Boston Machine Works Co .; mem. Masons. Club: University (Boston). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 161 Devon- shire St., Boston. Home: 9 Willow St., Wollas- ton.
V ATHERTON, Louls M., stock broker; b. Saugus, Dec. 15, 1878; s. Horace H. Atherton and Hannah P. (Oliver) A .; ed. Saugus high sch .; Lynn class. high sch .; Boston Eng. high sch .; m. Marlon C. Porter of Lynn, June 2, 1904; children-Charles P., Marion O. Worked in bank, 1897-1907; with Boston News Bur., 1907-16; stock broker, with Schirmer, Atherton & Co., 1916 -; dir. B.&M. R.R., C.,M., St.P.&P.R.R., Manhattan Ry. of N.Y .; tr. and mem. Investment Bd., Lynn Five Cents Sav. Bk. Clubs: Algonquin, Union, Exchange (Bos- ton), Tedesco Country, Beach (Swampscott), Eastern Yacht. Travel: Europe, Asia, Africa, So. Am. Protestant. Republican. Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Home: Little's Pt., Swampscott. Summer res .: Boxford.
ATHERTON, Percy Arad, lawyer; b. Harvard, June 24, 1877; s. Charles Philemon Atherton and Sarah (Sawyer) A .; ed. Bromflekdi School, Harvard; A. B., Harvard, 1900; LIA.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Louise Valpoy, June 4, 1910; children-llenry Valpey, Sarah Sawyer, Nancy. Practiced law with firm now known as Friedman, Atherton, King and Turner, Boston, 1903 -; served continu- ously on two selective service draft boards dur- ing World War; mem. Mass. Bar, Bar of U.S. Dist. Ct. for Dist. of Mass., Circuit Ct. of Ap- peals for first Circuit, Supreme Ct. of U.S .; in- terested in several Ilist. Socs. Travel: Europe (extensive). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 7 Charles River Sq., Boston.
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ATHERTON, Walter, architeet; b. Stoughton, Mar. 18, 1863; s. James Atherton and Phebe (Reed) A .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; C.E, Harvard, 1885; M.IT., 1886; student, Atalier Ginian, Paris, Fr., 1894-95; m. Helen Grace (Thorndike) Ilackett of Boston, Apr. 7, 1934. Practiced architecture, Bos- ton, 1895 -; designed many pub. and seml-pub. bidgs., also pyt. residences, mostly in Mass., N.H., R.I., Conn., N. Y., N.J., etc., as Y.M.C.A. blogs. in Orange (N.J.), Pawtucket (R.I.), Beverly, Chelsea, and Norwich (Conn.), Christopher Co- Jumbns sch. (Medford), Pub. Llb. in Stoughton, etc .; Instr., mil, mapping, Harvard S.A.T.C., 1918; mem. S.C.W., Am. Inst. Architects, Boston Soc. Architects, N.Y. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects. Clubs: Union, St. Botolph (Boston), Ilarvard (Bos- ton, N.Y.). Travel: Europe (frequent trips), U.S. (extensive), etc. Desc., Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton, 1661, comdr. all early Colonial forces; collateral braneh-families, Adams, Wentworth, Pope, Withington, etc. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 148 State St., Boston. Home: 130 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Ilighwood, Windsor.
ATKINS, Albert Henry, seulptor; b. Milwaukee, Wis,; s. Ilenry L. Atkins and Ida Maria (Harri- son) A .; ed. Cowles Art Sch., Boston, 1896-98; Academie Colarossi and Academie Julian, Paris, 1898-1900; m. Louise Allen (Hobbs), 1927. Mem. faculty, R.1. Sch. of Design, Dept. of Sculpture, 1909-26; prin. works: Stations of the Cross (Trin- ity Chapel, Washington, D.C.), Copenhagen Me- morial Fountain (Boston), World War Memorial, Boston Univ. (Boston), Lapham Memorial (Mil- waukee, Wis.), architectural sculptures in Christ Ch. (Ansonia, Conn.), All Saints Ch. (Dorches- ter), Nazareth Hall (St. Paul, Minn.), seven bronze chancel grilles and four marble chapel statues (St. Panl Cathedral, St. Paul, Minn.), bap- tismal font (Cathedral of St. John the Divine, N.Y. City), 13 statues and bronze gate for altar rail (St. Patrick's Cathedral, N.Y. City), altar decorations (St. Paul's Ch., Chestnut Hill, Phila.), many portraits, ideal sculptures, etc .; exhibited at Nat. Acad. Design (N.Y. City), Pa. Acad. Fine Arts (Phila.), Albright Galleries (Buffalo), Art Inst. (Milwaukee), Mus. R.I. Sch. Design (Provi- dence), Carnegie Inst. (Pittsburgh), etc. ; perma- nently represented at Mus. R.I. Sch. of Design and Toledo Mus. Fine Arts; awarded silver medal (Art Inst., Milwaukee), North Shore Art Assn. Purchase Prize, gold medal of Garden Club of America, gold medal at Boston Tercentenary Fine Arts Exhibit; men. Nat. Sculpture So., Archt. League of N.Y., Copley Soc. (Boston), American Art Assu. (Paris), N. Shore Arts Assn. (Glouces- ter). Clubs: Providence Art, Salamagundi (N.Y.). Travel: Ing., Fr., U.S., Can., Mex. Studio: 11 Lincoln St., West Gloucester.
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