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BATCHELDER, Mabel C., Republican officer; b. Worcester; d. Leonard Streeter and Caroline (Am- midown) S .; ed. Worcester high sch .; Vassar Coll., ('lass of 1895 (married and did not graduate) ; m. Frank R. Batchelder of Worcester, June 27, 1894; children-Roger, Aliee, Theron. Officer in anti- suffrage cause; mem. Rep. State Com. after pas- sage of 20th amendment; sec. Woman's Div., Rep. State Com., v. chinn, 5 yrs .; Nat. Com. Woman for Mass., 1932-36; dir. Worcester Pub. Lib., 6 yrs .; mem. City Planning Bd .; dir. and mein, Stations Com., Worcester Travelers Aid; mem. Cancer Clinte; Women's Advisory Council, Mass. State Coll .; dir. llome of Blind; mem. Mass. Com to Celebrate Am. Independence, Sesqui-Centennial, Phla., mem. Soldiers Families Com., for period of World War; mem. Daughters of Founders & P;(- triots Am., S.C.W., D.A.R. Clubs: Worcester Woman's (past pres.), Women's Republican of Mass., Business & Professional Women's Republi- can of Mass., Women's Republican of Worcester Co. (pres.). Unitarian. Republican. Office: Re- publiean State Committee, 6 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 11 Mass. Av., Boston. Summer res .: Saga- more Beael.
BATCHELDER, Samuel L., b. Medford, Oet. 23, 1908; s. George L. Batchelder and Louise (Lawrenec) B .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1931; m. Peggy W. Read of Cambridge June, 1931; children -Samuel L., Jr., Robert R. Sales and exec. work, Batchelder Whittemore Coal Co., 1931-36; now working on furthering television, Mass .; gave first pub, electronic television demonstration in N.E., Mass. Television Inst., 1938; tr. Mt. Auburn Cemetery. Clubs: A.D., Essex Co., Harvard. Travel: considerable. G.s. Gen. Samuel C. Law- rence, first mayor of Medford. Protestant. In- dependent. Office: 568 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton. Home: Beverly Farms.
BATCHELOR, George H., banker (retired); b. New Bedford, Aug. 13, 1855; s. Benjamin Solomon Batchelor and Mary Jane (Davis) B .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; Swain Free Seh. (evenings) ; m. Mary Gilbert of Peoria Ill., Dee. 18, 19.01. Asso. with New Bedford Instn. for Sav., 1873- treas. 1904-1923, v.p. (not active) and tr., 1923 -; retired from active work, 1923; dir. New Bedford Morris Plan Co .; hon. mem. Mass. Sav. Bk. Oflleers' Club; mem. New Bedford Port Soc., Old Dart- mouth Hist. Soc., New Bedford. Club: Wainsutta. Aneestors Eng. on father's side (father I yrs. old when brought to U.S.), early New Englanders on mother's side. Unitarian. Republican. Ilome: 193 Cottage St., New Bedford.
BATES, Esther Willard, teacher, writer; b. Bridge- water, Jan. 29, 1881; d. Andrew Bates and Eleanor Wright ( Freneh) B .; ed. West Roxbury high sch .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1906, A.M., 1912; Radcliffe, 1913-15; student of Prof. George Pierce Baker in his drama course, The Forty-Seven Workshop, 1919-22; unmarried. Teacher, Springheld central high sch., West Roxbury high sch., 1906-18; prof. play production, play and creative writing, Bos- ton Univ. 1920 -; writer of motion picture scena- rios, Div. of Films for Com. on Pub. Information, 1917-18; mem. MacDowell Colony (Peterborough,
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N.H.), Gamma Phi Beta, Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Authors, College (both of Boston) .. Author: Pageants and Pageantry, 1911; The Art of Pro- dueing Pageants, 1925; The Church Play and Its Production, 1938; 25 published plays. Travel: Europe, 1924. Desc. Lt. William French, Rev. Joseph Estabrook and Elder William Brewster. Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: Boston University School of Education, Boston. llome: 108 Forest St., Wellesley Hills.
BATES, George Eugene, educator; b. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 23, 1902; s. W. Scott Bates and Emyle Louise (Carlat) B .; ed. grad., Westport high sch., 1919; student, Culver Mil. Acad., 1917-18; A.B., Univ. Mo., 1923, A.M., 1924; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925; in. Dorothea Breed of Lynn, Apr. 11, 193]; children-George Preston, Nathaniel Breed, Asst .. Univ. of Mo., 1922-23: asst. dean, Harvard Grad, Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925-28, 1937, instr., 1928-29, tutor, 1929-31, asst. prof., 1929-34, asso. prof., 1934 -; Sterling research asso., Yale Univ. Sch. Law, 1930-35, lecturer in law, 1935 -; partner W. S. Bates & Son. Editor: Harvard Business Re- vlew; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Concord Country. Author: articles in bus. and legal publs. Independent Republican. Home: 86 Main St., Concord.
VBATES, George Joseph, congressman; b. Salem, Feb. 25, 1891; s. Thomas F. Bates and Annie (Burns) B .; od. pub. sehs., Salem; m. Nora Jennings of Salem, Oct. 31, 1911; Mom. Mass, Legislature, 1918- 24; mayor Salem, 1924-37; mem. 75th & 76th Con- gresses (1937-41), Gth Mass. Dist. Republican. llome: Salem.
BATES, Horace Freeman, superintendent of schools; b. Quiney, Dec. 21, 1875; s. Charles Freeman Bates and Mary Hall (Kimball) B .; ed. Adams Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1898; Id.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1927; m. Mary Amsden Sayward of Quincy, Jan. 23, 1901; children-Mary Amsden, John S. Teacher of High School Subjects, 22 yrs .; prin. small high schs .; supt. schs., Somerset, 1922 -; chmn. Pub. Safety Com., Maynard, 1918- 19; mem. Bates Famlly, Ine. (pres. ), N.E.A., Am. Assn. Seh, Administrators. Clubs: Schoolmasters of Mass., Old Colony Supts., Fall River Men's Glee (pres. 10 yrs.). Congregationalist (pres. of Ch.). Republlean. Office: Wood St., Somerset. Ilome: Somerset,
BATES, John Lewis, lawyer; b. North Easton, Sept. 18, 1859; s. Lewis Benton Bates and Loulsa D. (Fleld) B .; ed. Boston Latin school; A.B., Boston Univ., 1885; Boston Univ. Sch. Law; LL.D., Wes- leyan Univ., 1903; m. Clara Elizabeth Smith of Westfield, N.Y., July 12, 1887; children-Lewis Benton (d.), John Harold, Dorothy B. ( Holmberg). Mom. Boston Common Council, 1891, 1892; Mass. Ilo. of Rep .. 1894-1899, speaker, 1897-1899; Lt. Gov. of Mass., 1900-1902, Gov., 1903-1904; pres. Mass. Constnl. Conv., 1917-1919; pres. of Trustees, Bos- ton Univ., 1907-1927; mem. Odd Fellows, Masons (33°). Methodist. Republlean. Office: 10 Tre- mont Street, Boston. Home: 148 Strathmore Road, Boston. Summer res .: Gloucester.
BATES, Joseph Delaplaine, educational and mer- chandising counsel; b. Cranford, N.J., Sept. 28, 1876; s. Joseph Delaplaine Bates and Hanna M. (Lewis) B .; m. Josephine Avery, Oet. 1, 1901 ; chil- dren-Joseph D., Jr., Avery, Mary B. Graves. Co- founder, Bay Path Inst., treas., 1897-, gives college-grade bus. edn. to 1000 students a yr .; inventor of household articles sold nationally; treas. J. D. Bates Co., merchandising counselors, Merchants & Mgrs. Co., dealers in his inventions and patented articles. Club: N. Y. Advertising. Desc. early Mass. family on Mayflower. Congre- gatlonalist. Republiean. Office: 196 Bridge St., Springfield. ltomo: 213 Westfield St., West Springfield.
BATES, Philip Knight, blochemical research work- er; b. Cohasset, July 2, 1902; s. Edgar Wallace Bates and Minnle Franecs (Knight) B .; ed. Plymouth high sch .: S.B., M. I.T., 1921, Ph.D., 1929; in. Eleanor Johnson, July 9, 1929; children- Charles Johnson, Philip Knight, Jr., Bradford. Head, bacterlol. lab., Frigidaire Corp., Dayton,
O .; industrial research on antiseptics and re- frigeratlon, M.I.T .; vitamin products research, United Drug Co., at present; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soe. Am. Bacteriologists, Am. Pub. Health Assn. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: United Drug Co., Boston. Home: 156 Sehool St., Belmont. BATSON, Walter Vennard, electrical engineer; b. Danvers, July 20, 1872; s. Horace M. Batson and Ellen b. (Tarleton) B .; ed. Watertown high sch .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1894; m. J. Gertrude Sheri- dan of Newton, 1936. In employ Gen. Elec. Co., Lynn, 1894-98; assoc. with Mr. Hollis French and successors, elec. engrs., 1898-1937, practicing alone since 1937; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Illuminating Engring. Soc. Congregationalist. Republican. Address: 32 Loring St., Newton Centre.
BATY, James Marvin, physiclan, pediatrician; b. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 23, 1898; s. William Cope- land Baty and Birda (McCleskey) B .; ed. Simp- son Sch., Birmingham, Ala .; A.B., Birmingham Southern Coll., 1920; M.b., Harvard Med Sch., 1925; in. Josephine Richards of Cambridge, Aug. 15, 1925; children-Sara, James Marvin, Jr., Nancy. Asst. prof., Dept. Pediatrles, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch .; asst. physician-in-chief, Boston Floating Hosp .; physician, Boston Dispensary; Malden flosp .; mem. A.M.A., N.D. Pediatric Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Club: Harvard (Boston). Protestant. Ofliee: 1101 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 345 Marsh St., Belmont. Summer res .: Ilumarock Beach.
BAUER, Frederic Gilbert, lawyer; b. Jamaica Plain, Jan. 23, 1881; s. Charles Theodore Baner and Ada Marian (Shute) B .; ed. Boston Latin Sch .; A.B. (summa cum laude), Harvard Coll., 1900; LL. B. (cum laude), Harvard Univ. Law Sch., 1903; Univ. Paris; Army War Coll .; m. Mary Frances Wilbar, June 29, 1909; children-Frederie Gilbert, Jr., Richard Wingate. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1903; in gen. practlee, Boston, 1903 -; mem. exec. com., Law Soc. Mass .; counsel, Agency U.S., Mex. Claims Commn., 1928-29; town counsel, Wey- mouth, 1926-32; major, Judge Adv. Gen.'s Res., June 3, 1916; aetlve duty, July 25, 1917-July 15, 1920; promoted lt. col., Oct. 23, 1918; served on War Dept. Gen. Staff, 1927; comdr., Order Leo- pold II (Belg.); World War; Judge Advocate, regular army, 1920-22, now, col., Judge Adv. Gen.'s Res .; pres. gen., Gen. Soc. War 1812, Mass. Soc., S.A.R., (past pres.), Sons Union Vets. (lvll War (dept. comdr., Mass. Dept.), Assn. Judge Advo- cates, 1st Corps Area, (pres.), V.F.W. (sr. viee eomdr., John W. Murphy Post 675), A.L. (Oliver Ames Post, No. 117), Masons (York & Scottish Rite bodies; past officer various bodies). Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Army & Navy ( Wash., b.C.), Br. Officers' of N.E. (Boston). Author: Cromwell as a Cavalry Leader; Legal Aspects of the Span- ish Civil War; Cavalry In the American Revolu- tion; General von Steuben and His Work for the American Army. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. llome: 17 Seav- erns Av., Jamaica Plain. Summer res .: 23G Pleasant St., So. Weymouthi.
. BAUER, Louis Ernst, Industrial counselor; b. Springfield, O., May 19, 1880; s. Charles A. Bauer and Loulse (Ilaescler) B .; ed. Hogsett Acad .; Wittenberg Acad .; grad., O. State Univ., 1901; m. Nell Reeder Crain of Springfield, O., Oct. 2. 1901; children-Charles A., Louls E., Jr. (d.) William C., Nell C, Metallurgist, Internat. Harvester Co., 1901-02; gen. supt. Am. Seeding Machine Co., 1902-04; v.p. and gen. mgr., The Bauer Bros. Co., 1904-26; pres. Springfield Leather Products Co., 1921-26, Bauer-Stuart Co., 1921-26; asst. to pres., Servel, Inc., 1994-26; pres. Indian Motorcycle Co., 1926-29, llenry J. Perkins Co., 1930-31; present occupation industrial counsellor; served as Dist. Mgr. Produetion, Bur. Alrcraft Production, in charge production, Inspection and prodnetion en- gring. of all alreraft aetlvltles (exclusive of Llb- erty Motors) for Middle West, hdgrs. Dayton, O., 1917-18; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Soe. Automotive Engrs., Nat. Metal Trades Assn. (past pres., West- ern Mass.), Springfield Employers Assu., Spring- field Engrs. Assn., Mason (32°), Shrine. Club: Suffield Country (Suffield, Conn. ). Episcopalian.
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Republican. Office: 652 Main St., Springfield. Ilome: Springfield and Suffield, Conn.
" BAUER, Walter, physician; b. Crystal Falls, Mich., June 7, 1898 ; s. John Bauer and Caroline (Schmidt ) B .; ed. B.S., Univ. Mich., 1920; M.D., Univ. Mich. Med. Sch., 1922; in. Margaret Zeller of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 12, 1931. Interne, later resi- dent phys., L.I. Coll. llosp., 1922-24; faculty instr., Ilaryard Med. Sch., 1929-32, asst. prof. 1932-36, asso. prof. 1936 -; res. phys., Mass. Gen. IIosp., 1924-27, asst. in med., 1928-29, asst. phys., later asso. phys., 1929-37, phys. 1937 -; Nat. Research Council Fellowship, London, 1927-28; cons. phys., Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, Vineent Memorial Hosp .; mem. A.M.A., A.C.P., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Biol. Soc., Am. Physiol. Soe., Assn. for Study Internal Secretions, Am. Soe. Clin. Investi- gation, Assn. Am. Physicians, Am. Soc. for Study and Control Rheumatie Diseases. Club: Harvard (Boston). Office: Mass. General Hospital, Boston. Ilome: Waban.
. BAUSMAN, A. Linton, business executive; b. Min- neapolis, Minn., Oct. 27, 1883; s. Abner L. Baus- man and Rebecca Webster (Fenby) B .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Madeleine Wells, June 9, 1908; children -Wells Fenby, Mary Rebecca. Began as gen. helper, Nat. Equipment Co., mfrs. chocolate mak- ers and confectioners' machinery, Springfield, 1902, jr. engring., 1903, at St. Louis Expn., 1904, sales and engring, 1904-09, asst. to gen. mgr., 1910-15, v.p. in charge mfg. and engring. 1915 -; pres. Eastern Etching & Mfg. Co .; lt. col. U.S. Ordnance Res. and chief of procurement services, Ilartford Ordnance Dist .; mem. Masons, Shrine. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 3640 Main St., Springfield. Home: 54 Atwater Ter., Springfield. Y BAUSMAN, George Abraham, business man; b. MI- neapolis, Minn., Apr. 23, 1871; s. Abner Lacock Bausman and Fannie Rumsey (Abraham) B .; ed. Minneapolis central high sch .; m. Alice Walton Keller of Minneapolis, Minn., Apr. 28, 1903; chil- dren-Alice Keller, Charlotte Keller, Bertha Kel- ler. Wholesale glass bus., 6 yrs .; grain elevator bus., 2 yrs .; grain commn. bus., 9 yrs .; official Nat. Equipment Co., makers of candy and choco- late machinery, 27 yrs .; dir. Nat. Equipment Co., Springfield, Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Sentinel Fire Ins. Co., N.E. Fire Ins. Co., formerly treas. Ilampden Co. Chap., Am. Red Cross; chmn. Western Mass. Red Cross Roll Call; mem. War Chest Com .; past mem. exec. com., Asso. Industries Mass .; past .pres. Employers' Assn. Western Mass .; v.p. Nayasset Club, Community Welfare Assn .; tr. County Aid Agr .; v.p. Chamher of Com- merce, Springfield. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe, No. Africa. Baptist. Republican. Office: 3640
Main St., Springfield. Ilome: 78 Atwater Ter., Springfield. Summer
res .: "Moss Hill Farm,' Russell.
( BAVIS, Chester Swau, lawyer; b. Calais, Me., Nov. 22, 1882; s. Charles A. Bavis and Emma S. (Bishop) B .; ed. Calais (Me.) high sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1906; LI. B., Valparaiso Univ. Law Seh., 1910; m. Mertle L. Ball of Morgan, Minn., Sept. 4, 1912; children-Charlotte, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Patricia. Adm. Mass. Bar, 1910; asst. elk., Superior Ct., Worcester, 1916-23; registrar of deeds, 1923 -; mem. Masons, D. K.E. Clubs: Kiwanis, Maine, Congregational. Author: Making of a Citizen; Key to the Federal Income Tax. Congregational- Ist. Republican. Office: 2 Court House, Worces- ter. Home: 27 Brownell St., Worcester.
BAXTER, Gregory Pant, professor of chemistry; b. Somerville. Mar. 3, 1876; s. George Lewis Baxter and Ida Florence (Paul) B .; ed. Somerville high Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1896, A.M., 1897, Ph.D., 1899; S.D., (hon.) Univ. Mich., 1929; m. Amy Bailey Sylvester of Somerville, June 2, 1906; 1 dau .- Elizabeth Paul Baldwin. asst. and instr. chem- istry, Harvard, 1895-99; instr. chemistry, Haver- ford Coll., 1899-1900; asst. prof., Swarthmore Coll., 1900-02; instr., Harvard, 1902-05. asst. prof , 1905- 15, prof., 1915-25; Theodore William Richards Prof. Chemistry, 1925 -; chmn. Internat. Com. Atomie Weights, 1930; cons. chemist, War Dept., during World War; mem. Nat. Acad. Sei., Am.
Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S. ('lub: Harvard (Boston). Author: Researches on Atomie Weights, 1910: many sei, papers. Travel: Eng., Fr., It., Belg, Ilol. Dir. desc. Gregory Bax- ter, Roxbury, 1630. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: Harvard University, Cambridge. llome: 59 Francis Av., Cambridge. Summer res .: Cape Porpoise, Me.
BAXTER, James Phinney, III., college president; b. Portland, Me., Feb. 15, 1893; s. James Phinney Baxter, Jr., and Nelly Furbish (Carpenter) B .; ed. Portland (Me.) high sch., 1906-09; Phillips Andover Acad., 1909-10; A.B. (summa cum laude), Williams Col., 1914; A.M., 1921; A.M., Harvard, 1923; Ph.D., 1926; LL.D., 1938; LL.D., Amherst, 1938; m. Anne Holden Strang of Colorado Springs, Colo., Jnne 21, 1919; children-James Phinney, IV., Arthur Brown, Stephen Bartow. Instr. hist., Colorado Coll., 1921-22; Ilarvard, 1925-27; asst. prof., 1927- 31; asso. prof., 1931-36; prof., 1936-37; Master, Adams House, Harvard, 1931-37; lecturer, Lowell Instit., Boston, 1931; Cambridge Univ., 1936; Naval War Coll., Newport, R.I., 1932 -; pres. Williams Coll., Sept. 1, 1937 -; tr. Williams Coll., 1934-37, Radeliffe Coll., World Peace Foundation; no service in World War because of ill health 1915- 20; Fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Antiq. Soc., Colonial Soc. Mass., Am. Ilist. Assn. (chmn. Exec. Com., 1938), Am. Polit. Sci. Assn., Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Council on Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha. (lubs: Tavern, Harvard (Boston), Wil- liams (N.Y.). Author: The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship, 1933. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office and home: Williams College, Wil- liamstown.
BAXTER, Jesse Bunton, banker; b. Quincy, Oct. 10, 1872; s. William Quincy Baxter and Isadore Frances (Bunton) B .; ed. Milton pub. schs., Mass. Inst. Tech .; m. Katharine Woodbury of Oxford, June 29, 1909 ; . children-Katharine Frances, Mary Woodbury. Teacher dist. sch., Wyandott Co., Kan., 1892-93; employed in banking, Boston, 1893- 1911; ex-treas. Milton Savings Bank; v.p. and pres. Blue Hill Bank & Trust Co., Milton, since 1911; tr. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank; dir. Commonwealth Co-operative Bank, Boston; served as mem. Light Battery A, Boston, Mass. N.G., 1898- 1901; Commr. Waterways and Pub. Lands of Mass., 1916-19; asso. cominr. Dept. of Pub. Works of Mass., 1919-27; served town of Milton as select- man, treas., water commr., and mem. Planning Bd .; mem. Rep. Town Com. of Milton, 1895-1930; treas. Rep. State Com. of Mass., 1915-16; treas. and gen. mgr. Cunningham Foundation, Milton; treas. and dir. Milton Hosp. and Convalescent Home; treas, and tr. Swift Charity, Milton; mem. Loyal Legion, Soe. Colonial Wars, Mass. Soc. Founders and Patriots of America, Sons of the Revolution. Desc. Gregory Baxter, who caine to Boston, 1630, moved to Quiney, 1639. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Home: Milton.
BAYLIES, George Upham, sales manager; b. Boston, Apr. 28, 1902; s. Walter Cabot Baylies and Char- lotte (Upham) B .; ed. St. Mark's Seh., Southbar- ough; A.B., Harvard, 1924; Harvard Grad. Seh. Bus. Adm., 1924-26; m. Jacquelyn Hartford of Boston, Nov. 17, 1933. Left Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm. to take position in factories of Am. Can Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1926, entered sales dept., fall 1927, transferred to sales dept., Am. Can Co. of Mass., Feb. 1931., N.E. sales migr., Nov. 1936 -. Club: Harvard (N.Y.). Travel: Fr., Eng., Switz. Gt. gt. gt. g.s. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, who reed. Cornwallis' sword at Yorktown for Gen. Washington in Revolutionary War. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: American Can Co. of Mass., 31 Binford St., Boston. Home: 101 Chestnut St., Boston. Summer res .: Yarmouthport.
. BAYNE, William, investment banker; b. East Or- ange, N.J .; June 7, 1890; s. William Bayne and Sallie (Smith) B .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.Il .; B.S., Yale, 1911; m. Margaret Maegill of Baltimore, Md., Oct. 25, 1919; children-M. Patri- cia, Carroll M., William, Jr., Sarah Margaret. In advertising work with various publications, 1912- 17; with Bonbright & Co., N.Y. City, investment
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bankers, 1919-32, N.E. mgr., 1925-32; v.p., dir., Arthur Parry & Co., Inc., 1932 -; eapt., C.A.C .; overseas with A.E.F., Sept. 1917-Nov. . 1918, con- nected with Army Arty., 1st Am. Army, army Artillery 4th Fr. Army; mem. Delta Phi. Clubs: Dedham Country & Polo, Exchange, St. Elmo (New Haven), Mass. Republican. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 31 Milk St., Boston. Home: Sandy Valley Rd., Westwood.
BAYRD, Frank Arthur, editor; b. Lynn, Sept. 1, 1873; s. Capt. Arthur Bayrd and Adelaide (Breed) B .; ed. Boston Univ .; m. Lenore Blanche Simpson of Carr's Brook, N.S., Oct. 23, 1918. Treas. Malden Evening News, Inc .; Middlesex Securities Co .; dir. First Nat. Bk. of Malden, Malden Coop. Bk., Mal- den Morris Plan Bk .; tr. Malden Sav. Bk., Malden Coop. Bk .; mem. Mass. Legislature, 1906-08; Metrop. Dist. Commn., 1918-32; Mass. Civ. Service Commn., 1932-39; mem. Breed Family Assn. (pres. 2 yrs.), several local soes. (dir.). Travel: Europe (30 tours). Dese. Baird family, Valley of Shaw- sheen, 1672; Breed Family, Lynn, 1630. Repub- lican. Office: 22 Ferry St., Malden. Home: 158 Webster St., Maldon.
Y BEACH, Clarence Edward, directive signal and pat- ent engineer; b. Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 24, 1875; s. George Spencer Beach and Caroline Elizabeth (Lawyer) B .; ed. with special instructors in Bing- hamton (N.Y.), Paris (Fr.), and London (Eng.); m. Bessie Mabelle Sumner of Binghamton, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1902; ehildren-Elizabeth Blanche (Mrs. Alan Hlinman Rhodes), Margaret Estelle (Mrs. Lewis J. Saphar), Virginia Dickinson (Mrs. Rob- ert S. Stansfield, Jr.). Development engr., 1891- 96; chief engr., Star Electric Co., 1896-1915; gen. practice as cons. engr. and patent solicitor, Bing- hamton, N.Y., 1915-25; development and patent engr., The Gamewell Co., 1925-36; gen. practice, Brookline, 1936 -; instrumental in developing and introducing many improvements in fire alarm signaling, including minimizing chances for loss or mutilation of signals during both busy and defeetive circuit conditions, for which have been granted nearly 80 patents; sr. mem. Am. Assn. Engrs .; mem. Am. Soe. Safety Engrs., N.Y. Elec- trical Soc .. Internat. Municipal Signal Assn., Am. Standards Assn. (Building Exits Com.), Nat. Fire Protection Assn. (asso.), Am. Railway Assn. (Signal Div.) Pat. Off. Soc., Internat. Assn. Elec. Inspectors. Presbyterian.
Republican. Oflice: Brookline. Ilome: 23 Warwick Road, Brookline. BEACH, Joseph Wiekliff, minister; b. Cambridge, July 31, 1889; s. David Nelson Beach and Lilian (Tappan) B .; ed. Phillips Aead., 1907; B.A., Yale, 1911; B.1)., Bangor Theol. Sem., 1917; m. Blanche Stewart Easton of Ridgewood, N.J., July 12, 1921; 1 children-Dorothea, Alice Cary, Harlan Page, David Easton. Teacher, Harrisburg (Pa.) Acad., 1911-11; pastor, Cong. Ch., Bluehill, Me., 1917- 18; Y.M.C.A. war work, 1918; Near East Relief, overseas service, Turkey, 1919-23, Syria, 1923-25, Soviet Armenia, 1925-30, Albania, 1931-34, Emer- gency Relief Adminstrn., Newark, N.J., 1934-35; interim pastor, Union Cong. Ch., Worcester, 1935- 36; co-pastor, Chestnut St. Cong. Ch., Worcester, 1936-37; pastor, First Universalist Ch., Worcester, 1937- Office: 72 Pleasant St., Worcester. llome: 76 Sagamore Rd., Worcester.
BEACH, Reuel Williams, printer; b. Dedham, Oct. 9, 1884; s. Seth Curtis Beach and Frances Hall (Judd) B .; ed. Bangor (Me.) high sch .; Browne & Nichols Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1906; m. Ruth W. Stetson of Bangor, Me., Nov. 19, 1919; children- Curtis, Barbara. With The University Press, printers and publishers, Cambridge, 1906-31, from compositor advanced successively to asst. supt., salesman and v.p. and dir., 1909-31; pres. The Cosmos Press, Cambridge, 1931 -; tr. Cambridge Sav. Bk .; incorporator Canbridgeport Sav. Bk .; served as exce,, Office of Aide for Information, Ist Naval Dist., during World War; tr. The Avon Home; mem. Am. Inst. Graphic Arts (N.Y.), Soe. of Printers (Boston); Masons (Master). Clubs: Cambridge (see.), Cambridge Rotary (pres.). Con - gregationalist. Republican. Ollice: 99 Mt. Au- burn St., Cambridge, llome: 23 Prince St., West Newton.
BRAKES, William Edgar, radio engineer; b. N. Y. City, May 21, 1880; s. William B. Beakes and Claira (Embler) B .; ed. Newburgh (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Mary Idlizabeth Houston, Feb. 1926. Radlo transmis- sion between U.S. and Europe was developed, 1901- 07, and he studied engring. and worked under Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden, 1904-12, developing the 1st radio telegraph service between Cent. Am. and U.S .; did gen. clec. engring,, esp. radio en- gring., constru, and operation fortentire system, Tropical Radio Telegraph Co., 1912-, chief engr., 1923-30, v.p. and gen. mgr., 1930-38, pres., JJan. 1939 -; served in Sp .- Am. War, Hawaiian Islands, 1898-99; in Signal Corps, U.S.A., Phillippine cam- paign, 1901-01; It. comdr., U.S.N.R., 1930-35. Au- thor: Radio Transmission and Reception; Patents on Radio Devices, 1912-22. Travel: Cent. Am., Europe, Hawaii, P.L., Jap., China. Dir. dese. May- land Stacey, Ist gov. N.J. Methodist. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: Otis St., Hlingham. Winter res .: Miami, Fla.
: BEAL, Boylston Adams, lawyer; b. Boston, June 4, 1865; s. James llenry Beal and Louisa Jane (Ad- ams) B .; ed. G.W.C. Noble Sch., Boston; A.B., llarvard, 1886; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1892; m. Elizabeth S. Grew of Boston Oct. 4, 1893; 1 dau .- Elizabeth S. Admitted to Suffolk bar, 1892; prac- ticed law, 1892-1916; special asst., U.S. Embassy in Berlin, 1911; special asst., later hon. counsellor, U.S. Embassy in London, 1916-19, 1920-28; tr. Boston Athanaeum; v.p. Soe. for Preservation N.E. Antig. Clubs: Somerset (Boston); St. James's (London). Travel and study in Europe, 1886-89. Republican. Office: 60 State St., Boston. llome: 108 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Smith's Point, Manchester.
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