Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 36

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BRISTOL, Edgar Hiel, president of The Foxboro Co .; b. Naugatuck, Conn., Mar. 7, 1871; s. Benjamin liel Bristol and Pauline (Phelps) B .; ed. Naugatuck and Waterbury (Conn.), high schs .; m. May Clar- inda Roxford of Winsted, Conn., Aug. 29, 1895; children -Benjamin lliel, Marion R. (Mrs. Robert HI. Lawson), Eleanor R. ( Mrs. Thomas P. Jones), Gertrude R. (Mrs. Percival B. Crocker), Justice R. (Mrs. Kingsley A. Perry). Machinist, Cross & Spears, 1887-90, toolmaker and production mgr., The Bristol Co., 1890-93, v.p. and dir., 1893-1907; pres., dir., The Foxboro Co., 1907 -; dir. The First Nat. Bank, Mansfield, The Foxboro Nat. Bank, The Service Co .; founder and chinn., Partners iu Liv- iug; founder People's Fair Tax League; founder of health center "Highfields", Falmouth, Mass. Author: Taxation and Sound Money. Travel: South America, once around the world. Congre- gationalist. Independent. Office: 38 Neponset Ave., l'oxboro. flome: 67 Central St., Foxboro. Summer res .: Falmouth.


BROADHURST, Edward Thomas, judge; b. Spring- field, Sept. 2, 1879; s. William Broadhurst and lda 14. (Tapley) B .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1901; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; m. Bertha Louisa Bassett of Springfield Feb. 17, 1917; children-Austin, Edward T. Jr. Admitted Mass. Bar, Aug., 1904; practiced law, Springfield, 1904-1923; asso. Justice, Mass. Supe- rior Ct., Oct. 1923 -; mem. Common Council, Springfield, 1910-16 (pres. 1914-16), city solicitor, 1919-20; mem. Mass. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: The Club (Springfield), St. Botolph (Boston), Williams (N.Y.). Travel: Europe, 1925, 1938; W.I., 1934, 1935, 1936. Baptist. Republican. Home: 165 Buckingham St., Springfield.


VBROCK, Elbert H., insurance agent; b. Fitzwilliam, N.H., Dec. 29, 1865; s. Orville L. Brock and Abble (llill) B .; ed. country sehs .; m. Carolyn Lyon of Boston, Mar. 4, 1933. With John Haneock Mutual Life Ins. Co. Mar. 1887-, elk. in Home Offlee, asst. supt. of Boston Weekly Premlum Br., supt. Boston


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Ageney, 1893-1903, Asst. Supt. of Agencies, Home Office, then Supt., 1903-20, v.p., 1920-, dir., 1925 -. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Algonquin (Boston). Episcopalian. Republiean. Ollice: 197 Clarendon St., Boston. Home: 90 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton. Sunimer res .: Tuftonboro, N.H.


VBROCK, Henry Matthias, clergyman, educator; b. Boston, May 8, 1876; s. Matthias Brock and Jose- phine (Lubke) B .; ed. Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Boston Coll., 1897; B.S., M.IT., 1900; Ore Sem., Hastings, Eng .; A.M., Woodstock Coll., 1922. Entered Soe. of Jesus, 1900; ordained priest, fast- ings, Ing., 1912; teacher phys, and astron,, Holy Cross Coll., 1905-09, phys. and math., Boston Coll., phys. and astron., Woodstock Coll., 1915-24; teacher phys., Weston Coll., 1924 -; some work in Cath, ministry ; former ed., Jesuit Science Bull .; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Mc- . teorol. Soc., Am. Assn. Physics Teachers, Assn. Jesuit Scientists (past pres.). Author: articles in Cath. Eney., America, Jesuit Science . Bull., Am. Cath. Quarterly; book revs, in Cath. World. Travel: Europe; Eng. (study), 4 yrs. Catholic. Independent. Office and home: Weston College, Weston.


VBRODIISAD, John Cappelle, asst. superintendent of schools (retired); h. New York City, Dee. 4, 1870; s. John Avery Brodhead and Clemence (Cappelle) B .; ed. Chicago mannal tr. sch. (now prep. sch. for Chicago Univ.); m. Sibyl Marcan Grlines of Bos- ton, Apr. 8, 1909; children-Dorothy, Gladys. Mech. draftsman, 1889-93; supt., Benjamin Ma- chine Co., Evanston, Ill., 1893-944; real estate and architecture, Boston, 1891-96; teacher manual training, 1897-1906; asst. to dir. of manual arts, 1906-10. asst. dir., 1910-15, asso. dir., 1915-18; asst. supt. schs., Boston, 1918-38; summer camp coun- selor, 1901-09; mem. party studying industrial can. in Ger., 1914; Corp., Franklin Sav. Bk .; chief of Training Div., Q.M.C., U.S.A., Camp Jos. E. Johnstone, Fla., 1918; Mem. Boston Pub. Celebra- tions Assu. (past pres. ), N. B.A., Am. Assn. Sch. Administrators, Eastern Manual Arts Assn. (past pres.), Mass. Sch. Supts. Assu., Handel & Haydn Soc. (since 1891, past v.p.), Boy Scouts of Am. (dir., Boston Council), Red Cross (many offices in Boston Metro. Chap.), Junior Red Cross (past chmu.), Mass. Industrial Idn. Soc. (1st pres.), Eastern Art Assn., Boy Scouts Am. (court of honor, W. Roxbury and Roslindale, many yrs.), Longfellow Home & Sch. Assn. (past chinn. schol- arship award com.). Clubs: Mass. Schoolmasters', Boston City (past miem. exec. and, house coms. ). Travel: Europe (44 times). lome: 38 Montclair Av., Roslindale.


BRODY, Herman, surgeon-dentist; b. Ansonia, Conn., Sept. 8, 1896; s. Morris Brody and Ida (Greenfield) B .; ed. Ansonia (Conn.) highi sch .; D.M.D., Harvard Dentai Sch., 1917; unmarried. On staff Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, 1917-18; dental ollicer, U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1919-21; dental surgeon, Polyclinic Hosp., N.Y: City; Whipple Barracks, Arizona; chief, Dental Service, William Wirt Winchester Ilosp., New Haven, Conn .; now in practice of oral surgery and gen. Dentistry; dental surgeon, Springfield Armory, Springfield; in World War, mem. Exam. Bd., Camp Dix, N.J .; 1st lt., Dental Corps; now major. O.R.C .; mem. Mass., Valley, Dental Socs .; Am. Dental Assn .. Assn. Mil. Surgeons, Res. Officers Assn., Nat. Sojourners, Masons (32º), Shrine, Bela Grotto; mem. Western Mass. Mobilization Group, U.S.A. Res: Corps. Club: Springfield Army Ofli- eers. Author: treatises on Trench Mouth, Oral Surgery, Mouth Hygiene, Relationship of Oral Sepsis to Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Travel: U.S. Ollice: 1597 Main St., Springfield. Home: 96 Elliot St., Springfield.


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BRODY, Paul Ward, lawyer, publisher; b. Hartford, Conn., June 6, 1903; s. I. Brody and Jennle Amelia (Ward) B .; ed. Berkeley Prep. Sch., Boston; Tufts Coll .; Yale; Boston Univ. Law Sch .; m. Stella Ann Levenson of Lawrenee, Feb. 17, 1927; children- Marilyn Joan Ward, Constanee Straus Ward. Lawyer; partner, Brody & Everett; newspaper gen. mgr .; pub., Eve Mag. (nat. woman's mag.);


adv. dlr., Army-Navy Jour .; pub., Medford Rce- ord; pres. Eve Pub. Co .; radio commentator on bus. advert, and merchandising; mgr. William M. Butler's campaign for IL.S. Senator, 1930; mem. Masons, Kappa Epsilon Phi, Lambda Phi Alpha. Author: Henry Jones, Esq. (novel on negro life) ; 1931; Kaleidoscope (syndicated column), articles on bus, advert. and merchandising. Travel: world cruise; Europe. Jewish. Republican. Of- fire: 11 Riverside Av., Medford. Home: 14 Egmont St., Brookline.


BROGNA, Vincent, judge; b. Montefalcione, It., May 141, 1887; s. Raffaele Brogna and Filomena (Sel- vitella) B .; came to U.S. with parents, 1893; ed. grad. Eliot Grammar sch., Boston, 1902; English high sch., 1905; LL.B. (cum lande), Boston Unlv. Law Sch., 1908; m. Mora Fopiano of Boston, May, 1916 (d. 1920); m. (2nd) Louise M Grillin of Mel- rose, May 15, 1922; children -- Vincent R., Gioria L., Arthur, Virginia, Victor. Began practice of law in Boston, 1908, mem. firm, Brogna & Garre, 1908- 12; in gen. practice, 1912-31, apptd. judge Sup. Ct. of Mass., 1934; mem. Dem. State Com, of Mass., 1911, mem. Mass. No of Rep., 1912-14 and 1916-17, mem. Am. and Boston bar assus .; awarded Chev- alier Crown of It., 1931. Club: City (Boston). Catholie. Democrat. Home: 45 Ilyde Av., Newton. V BRONNER, Augusta F., psychologist; b. Louisville, Ky., July 22, 1881; d. Gustave Bronner and Han- nah (Fox) B .; ed. girls high sch., Louisville, Ky .; S.B., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1906, A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1914; . m. Dr. William Ilealy of Boston, Sept. 5, 1932. Teacher, Lonisville (Ky. ) high sch .; instr. Columbia; psychologist, Juvenile Psychopathic Inst., Chicago; asst. dir., now dir., Judge Baker Guidance Center, Boston; lecturer, Simmons Coll. Sch. Edn., Boston Univ .; mem. Am. Orthopsychiat- ric Assn., Am. Psychol. Assn., Nat. Conf. Social Work. Club: Women's City. Author: Compara- tive Study of the Intelligence of Delinquent Girls, 1911; Psychology of Special Abilities and Disabili- ties, 1917; ( with William Healy) Delinquents and Criminals, 1926; (with William Healy, Gladys Lowe and Myra Shimberg) Manual of Individual Mental Tests and Testing, 1927; (with William llealy and J. Prentice Murphy) Reconstructing Behavior in Youth, a Study of Problem Children in Faster Families, 1929; (with William Healy and Anna Mae Bowers) Structure and Meaning of Psychoanalysis as related to Personality and Be- havior, 1930; (with William Healy) New Light on Delinquency and its Treatment, 1936; many papers and pamphlets. Travel: frequent trips to Europe, partly for study. Office: 3816 Beacon St., Boston. llome: Ilotel Bracmore, Boston. Summer res .: Natick.


/BROOKS, Addison Gott, adhesive manufacturer; b. Gloucester, Aug. 24, 1885; s. Reuben Brooks and Martha A. (Lakeman) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1906; m. Marguerite A. Eames of Framingham, Oct. 7, 1908; children- Laurence F., Richard L. With Russia Coment Co., 1906-, treas,, asst. gen. mgr., and dir., 1929 -; served in GlQueester Chamber of Commerce, on Civic coms., etc .; dir. Cape Ann Nat. Bk., Service Mut. Liability Ins. Co .; mem. Chi Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Masons (32º), K.T., Shrine, Gloucester Y.M.C.A. (v.D.). Club: Rotary (Gloucester). Father's family resident In Sandy Bay (now Rock- port) since Colonial days. Congregationalist. Rc- publican. Office: Russla Cement Co., Gloucester. Home: 86 Prospect St., Gloucester. Summer res .: Wolf Hill, Gloucester.


BROOKS, Arthur T., clergyman; b. Brighton, Eng., dan. 21, 1881; s. Charles Jonas Brooks and Cor- delia (Frances) B .; ed. Peddie Inst., Ilightstown, N.J .; Colgate; N.Y. Univ .; D.D., No. Bapt. Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1934; m. Olive King Sullivan of N.Y. City, 1904; children-Oliver K., Anna F. Came to U.S. at 8 yrs .; studied architecture, bldg. contracting, then for ministry; ordained, 1904; pastor, Grace Bapt. Ch., N. Y. City, 6 yrs., Tarry- town Bapt. Ch, 6 yrs., where became friend of J. 1). Rockefeller; field sec., Judson Mem., 2 yrs .; rel. work dir., Y.M.C.A., 3rd Naval Dist., during World War; asso, pastor, Bapt. Temple, Brooklyn,


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N.Y., and Madison Av. Bapt. Ch., N.Y. City; pas- tor, Dudley St. Bapt. Ch., Boston, 1920 -; re- signed all direetorships and clubs, 1937; Pastor, the Singing Ch .; known internat. as Singing Preaeher; prof. church administration, Gordon Coll. of Theol. and Missions, Boston. Author: The Practical and Profitable In Church Adminis- tration. Travel: world traveler and lecturer on world conditions. Protestant. Republiean. Of- fice: 139 Dudley St., Boston. Home: 60 Waverly St., Roxbury. Summer res .: 22 W. Coast, Thou- sand Island Park, N.Y.


VBROOKS, Benjamin, liability insurance company of- ficial; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1862; s. Simon Brooks and Ruby Louise (Pomeroy) B .; ed. Holy- oke high seh .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1885; m. Isa- bel A. Hagerty of Providence, R.I., Apr. 2, 1907. In employ William H. Brooks, law office, 1894- 1903; adm. to Mass. bar, 1889; gen. elaims mgr., Maryland Casualty Co., 1903-12; asso. with Am. Mutual Liability Ins. Co., 1912-, mgr. Philadel- phia ofliee, 1912-14, elaims mgr., N.Y., N.J. and Conn., 1914-19, gen. clains mgr., Boston, 1919-23, gen. atty., 1923-, v.p. 1921 -; mem. Internat. Assn. Ins. Counsel, S.A.R., Am., Bar Assn. Of- fice: 142 Berkeley St., Boston. Ilome: 1705 Com- monwealth Av., Boston.


Y BROOKS, Charles Franklin, professor of meteorol- ogy; b. St. Paul, Minn., May 2, 1891; s. Morgan Brooks and Frona Marie (Brooks) B .; ed. Urbana (Ili.) high seh .; Cuiver Mil. Acad .; Univ. Ill .; A.B., Harvard, 1911 (1912); A.M., 1912; Ph.D., 1914; in. Eleanor Merritt Stabler of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 4, 1914; ehildren-Edward Morgan, : Margaret, Syl- via, Barbara, Edith Herrick, Norman Herriek, Frona. Research asst., Blue Hiil Obs., 1912-13; asst. meteorol., physiography, Harvard, physiog- raphy, Radcliffe Coll., 1913-14; asst. or coilab- orator, farm management, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1914- 18; instr., geog., Yale, 1915-18; meteorol., ed., Mon. Weather Rev., U.S. Weather Bur., Washing- ton, D.C., 1918-21; asso. prof. meteorology and elimatology, Clark Univ., 1921-26, prof., 1926-32; prof. meteorology, dir., Blue IIIII Obs., Harvard, 1931 -; pres. Mt. Washington Obs .; mem. inter- hat. eomnins. of elimatology, clouds, snow, eli- matic variations; eivilian instr. meteorology, Sig- nal Corps, U.S.A., May-Nov., 1918; mem. Am. Me- teorol. Soe. (organizer, 1919; see., 1919 -; treas., 1921-22; ed., 1920-1926, 1927-36), Assn. Am. Geog- graphers, Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Geophys. Union (chmn. meteorol. seet., 1935-38), Ger., Ilungarian (hon. mem.), Royal Meteorol. Soes., A.A.A.S .; Sonnblick Verein, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Mass. Clvie League, Am. Social Ilygiene Assn., Nat. Child Labor Com., Nat. Popular Govt. League, Nat. Council for Prevention of War. Club: Ap- palaehian Mt. Travel: extensive, No. Am., Carlb- bean region, Europe. Author: Why the Weather? (2 eds., also daily syndieated notes, newspapers, 1923-27); co-author, Climatology of the West Indles; Climates of North America; Climatic Maps of North America; many papers In sci. jours. 1st paternal ancestor in Mass. reached Salem 1630. Quaker. Independent (gen. Republican in State politics). Offiee: Blue Hili Observatory, Milton. Home: 1793 Canton Av., Milton. Summer res .: Silver Lake, N.H.


BROOKS, Clarence Rlehard, lawyer; b. Detroit, Mieh., Apr. 17, 1901; s. Riehard Brooks and Ellen (Walters) B .; ed. pub. sehs., Taeoma, Wash .; B.S., Harvard, 1926; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1931; in. Virginia M. Jerguson, May 14, 1927; children -Philip Alanson, Alan Fletcher, Ellen Walters. In real estate bus., 1926-28; engaged in legal re- seareh in Boston, 1931-32; asso. with Harold P. Small of Springfield under firm name of Small & Brooks, 1932 -; mem. Springfield Charter Revision Com., 1935-36, 1937-38; instr. law, Springfield Div., Northeastern Univ., 1933 -; mem. Springfield Com- mon Council, 1935-, mem. Springfield Republiean City Com. Clubs: Harvard (Conn. Valley), Uni- versity (Springfield). Methodist. Republican. Of- fiee: 1387 Main St., Springfield. Home: 81 Rock- land St., Springfield. Summer res .: Capital Island, Me.


VBROOKS, Clayton K., insurance broker; b. West Haven, Conn .; July 15, 1874; s. William E. Brooks (elergyman) and Angie R. (Wilson) B .; ed. Hle- bron Aead., 189-94; A.B., Colby Coll., 1898; in. Edith Grace Harlow of Paris, Me., May 15, 1900; children-Gertrude (Mrs. Robert C. Wilson), WII- iiam, Barbara (Mrs. Theodore R. Rideout). Ad- mitted to Me. bar, 1900; practicing atty., 1900-03; spl. agt. London Assurance Co., 1903-14; broker and adjuster, 1914 -; partner firm Clayton K. Brooks & Son; tr. Hebron Aead., North Av. Sav. Bk .; mem. Zeta Psi, Blue Goose, Masons, K.T., Shrine. Clubs: Cambridge Economy, Paris Ilill Country (pres.), Oakley Country. Congregation- alist (treas. North Av. Orthodox Congl. Soc.). Republican. Office: 89 Broad St., Boston. Home: 14 Linnean St., Cambridge.


ABROOKS, Earie Amos, professor of biology; b. Freneh Creek, W.Va., Apr. 20, 1871; s. Adolphus Brooks and Josephine (Phillips) B .; ed. A.B., W. Va. Univ., 1897; S.T.B., Western Theol. Sem., 1900; D.D., Davis & Elkins Coll., 1917; m. Mary McCuskey of Cameron, W.Va., Sept. 20, 1900; m. (2nd) Ora M. MeCuskey, Mar. 24, 1924. Ordained to Presbn. ministry, 1900; Sunday Sch. mission- ary, Clay County, W.Va., 1900-01; eity missionary, Charleston, W.Va., 1901-02; pastor, Waverly, W.Va., 1902-06, Weston, W.Va., 1906-17, Everett, 1917-27; asso. prof. biology, Boston Univ., 1925 -; mem. Am. Ornithologists Unlon, Am. Soe. Mam- mologists, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, etc .; hon. mem. Bd. of Nat. MIs- sions (Presbyn. Ch.), Masons, Odd Fellows. Club: Nuttall Ornithological (Cambridge). Presbyter- ian. Republiean. Office: 84 Exeter St., Boston. Home: 166 Plymouth Rd., Newton Highlands.


BROOKS, Edwin Deering, trustee; b. Dedham, Nov. 16, 1877; s. Edwin A. Brooks and Franees E. (Deering) B .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1899; m. Gladys Wells of Brookline, Sept. 1911; ehildren-Edwin 1)., Jr., Elizabeth Livermoor. Dir. Mass. Hosp. Life Ins. Co., Boston Wharf Co .; mem. bd. Invest- ment, Franklin Sav. Bk., Boston; tr. various real estate trusts and fiduciary trusts; v.p. Minot, Williams & Bangs, Inc. Offiee: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: Coneord.


YBROOKS, George M., business man; b. East Boston, Sept. 10, 1863; s. William F. Brooks and Mary A. (Snow) B .; ed. pub, schs., E. Boston; m. Annie B. Brown of Brookline, Nov. 11, 1896. With Bas- set Whitney & Co. & Wm. Basset, stoeks and bonds, 1893-1903, investment broker, 1903-1909; dir., treas., Meredith Linen Mills, 1909 -; treas. Handel & Hadyn Soc., 1909 -. Club: Winchester Country. Dese. Thomas Snow (S. S. Ann), who married Constance Hopkins, girl in 'teens on May- flower. Untiarian. Democrat. Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Home: 27 Wyman St., Arlington.


YBROOKS, Ilenry Gilbert, eotton merehant; b. Mil- ton, Jan. 16, 1875; s. John Ilenry Brooks and Lu- cretia (Gilbert) B .; ed. student, Milton Acad., 1887-90, Hopkinson Sch., Boston, 1890-94; A.B., Harvard, 1898; m. Raehel Worthington Roberts of Milton, Sept. 28, 1905; children-Rachel Worth- ington, Lueretia Gilbert, Henry Gilbert. Salesman 1898-1903, partner 1903-20, E. A. Shaw & Co., eot- ton mchts., upon incorporation, 1920, became treas .; partner Charles Storrow & Co., cotton mchts., since 1933; dir. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co .; tr. Franklin Savings Bank of Boston; pres. N.E. Cotton Buyers Assn .; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Owl, Delphie. Desc. on paternal side from Thomas Brooks, who came from Lon- don in 1636, settling in Coneord, and Walter Dean of Chard, Eng., born about 1617, who settled at Taunton; on maternal side from John Gilbert of Eng. and Hon. Seth Sprague of Dorsetshire, Eng., who came to America in 1629. Episcopalian. (sr. warden St. Michael's Episc. Ch., Milton). Republican. Offlee: 60 Batterymarch St., Boston. Hoine: 1015 Brook Rd., Milton.


VBROOKS, Herbert Euelld, business executive; b. Gardner, May 12, 1898; s. Charles Conant Brooks and Elva Lizette (Powers) B .; ed. Gardner high sch .; B.S., Woreester Poly. Inst., 1920; m. Adah May Keyworth of Gardner, Oct. 7, 1922; children-


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Herbert E., Jr., Martha, Stephen A., Nan. Asso. with Conant Ball Co. (bus. founded 1856), furnl- ture mfrs. Gardner, 1921-, asst. supt., 1920-21, supt., 1921-33, asst. treas., 1933-36, pres. and asst. treas., 1936 -; pvt. Inf., U.S.A., 1918; dir. Gardner Chamber of Commerce, tr. Gardner Home for Elderly People; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masons. Club: Gardner Boat. Congregationalist. Republiean. Office: 60 West Lynde St., Gardner. Home: 114 Pearl St., Gardner.


Y BROOKS, (Joshua) boring, Jr., business executive; b. Springfield, May 29, 1906; s. Joshua Loring Brooks and Margaret Lilian (Robinson) B .; ed. Class. high sch., Springfield, 1919-23; Harvard, 1923-26; m. Barbara Evelyn Talt, Oct. 10, 1930; 1 dau .- Grace Chapin. Bookkeeper, Brooks Bank Note Co., 1927-28, produetion ingr., 1928-30, asst. to pres .. 1930-31; v.p., gen. mgr., asst. treas. and dir., 1931 -; mgr. (summers) Newagen Inn, New- agen, Me., 1925 -; tr. and mem. exec. eom., East- ern States Exposition; dir. Springfield Y.M.C.A .; del. to Mass. Rep. Conv., 1936; chmn. Wilbraham Town Com. 1934-38; chin. 2nd Hampden Legis- lative Dist. Com., 1936; mem. Folding Paper Box Assn. Am. (dir. 1934-36), N.E. Folding Paper Box Assn. (dlr. 1934-), N.IS. Hotel Assn., Lithograph- ers Nat. Assn., Alpha Sigma Phi, Clubs: Harvard, University (Springfield). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Oflice: 140 Wilbraham Av., Springfield. Home: "Brookmont", Wilbraham.


Y BROOKS, John Cummings, manufacturer; b. West- field, Apr. 7, 1886; s. John C. Brooks and Abby (Phelps) B .; ed. Westfield high seh .; B S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1908; m. Marie L. Jensen of Denmark, Aug. 2, 1927; children-Loulse Phelps, Diane. With Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Pittsburgh, 1908-09; mech. engr., Indianapolis Water Co., 1909- 10; Industrial engr., 1910-12; asst. mgr., Watrous Dlv., International Silver Co., 1912-17; mgr. of mfg., Goodell Pratt Co., 1917-22; pres. the Fiber- loid Corp., 1922-Apr., 1938; v.p. and dir., Monsanto Chemical Co., Springfield, Apr. 1938 -; pres. and dir. Shawinigan Resins Corp .; dir. Union Trust Co .; mem, Masons, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Colony (Springfield), Longmeadow Country. Dese. Wil- liam Brooks, Springfield, 1639. Protestant. Re- publican. Oflice: Care Monsanto Chemical Co., Springfield. Home: Park Drive and Laurei St., Longmeadow.


yBROOKS, Joshua Loring, business executive; b. Brookline, Jan. 16, 1868; s. Lyman Brooks and Maria Cordelia (Loring) B .; ed. Boston Univ., 1886-90; in. Margaret Robinson of Gardiner, Me., June 6, 1894; children-Lawrence, Robert Pear- maln, Joshua Loring, John Dudley, Founder, 1889, and since pres. and treas. Brooks Bank Note Co., Springfield; dir. Springfield Street Ry. Co., Third Nat. Bk. and Trust Co. (Springfield); owner, Newagen (Me.) Inn and Cottages; active in war service during Great War; Founder Eastern States Expn., Springfield, 1914, since pres .; incorporator Springfield Hosp .; dir. and former chinn.N.E. Couneil; mem. and dir. Springfield Y.M.C.A .; mem, and on original exec. com. in founding Associated Industries of Mass .; del. Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1932; mem. Llthographers' Nat. Assn., Me. State Chamber of Commerce, Me. Hotel Assn., Mayflower Deses., S.A.R., Theta Delta Chi. Awards: William Pynchon Medal, "for distin- guished publlc servlee", 1916; Mass. State Medal, "for outstanding service to agriculture," 1999. Dese. Jolin Alden and Priscilla Mullen of the May- flower. Club: Colony (Springfield). Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: 140 Wilbraham Av., Springfield. Ilome: 27 Mulberry St., Springfield.


BROOKS, Lawrence Graham, judge; b. Boston, Feb. 21, 1881; s. John Graham Brooks and Helen Law- rence (Appleton) B .; ed. Freiburg Gymnasium, Ger .; high sch., Oxford, Eng .; Browne and Nichols Sch., Cambridge; Rindge Manual Training Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1902, A.M., 1903; LL.B, Harvard Law Sch., 1905; m. Susan Morris Ilallowell of West Medford, Oet. 12, 1912; ehildren-John Graham, Ann, Charlotte Hallowell, Catharine Lawrenee, llelen Lawrenee (d.). Began practice of law, 1905; mem. Cambridge Sch. Com., 1906-09,


Medford Water and Sewer Bd., 1913-15; mem. U.S. Employment Serviee, 1919; counsel, U.S. Rail- road Bd., 1920-21; city so:ieltor, Medford, 1923-27; spl. justice, First Dist. Ct. of Eastern Middlesex, 1929 -; pres. Prentiss Brooks & Co., Inc .; dir. First Nat. Bk. Medford; mem. Amn. (see. War Serviee Com., 1918-19) and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, D.C.), Harvard Mus. Assoc., Boston City. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 53 State St., Boston. Ilome: 45 Mystle St., West Medford. Summer res .: So. Orleans.


BROOKS, Robert Romano Ravl, asst. professor of ceonomies; b. Rome, Italy, Dec. 5, 1905; s. James Brooks and Rubina (Ravi) B .; ed. Burr & Bur- tan Sem., Vt .; Rollins Coll. Acad., Fla .; Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1996; B.A., Oxford, 1929; Ph.D., Yale, 1935; m. Mary Elizabeth Storer of New York, May 30, 1929; children-Mary Patricia, Rob- ert Bruce Stirling. Instr. economics, Wesleyan Univ., 1929-33; instr. industrial relations, Yale, 1933-37; asst, prof. economies, Williams Coll., 1937 -; instr., St. Joseph's Coll. (summer session), 1934; instr., Bryn Mawr Summer Sch. for Workers, 1936; Rhodes Scholar, Connecticut to Worcester Coll., Oxford, 1926-29; mem. Labor's Non-Parti- san League, Am. Fed. Teachers, Am. Assn. Unlv. Profs. Author: When Labor Organizes, 1937; Unions of Their Own Choosing, 1938; book revs. and articles in many mags. Father a member of Mayflower Soc. Address: Williams Coll., Wil- liamstown. Home: Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown. Sununer res .: Lucerne-in-Maine, Me.


YBROOKS, Seth Rogers, clergyman; b. New York ('ity, June 21, 1901; s. John 1. Brooks and Sarah Colwell (Spencer) B .; ed. Boys' high sch., Brook- lyn, N.Y .; S.B., St. Lawrence Unlv., 1922; B.D., Canton Theol. Sch., 1924; D.D., St. Lawrence Univ, 1936; m. Corinne H. Ilellstrom, Oct. 14, 1925. Minister, St. Paul's Universalist Ch., Little Falls, N.Y., 1924-28; First Parish, Universalist, Malden, 1928 -; lecturer to women's clubs, men's orgis., young people's groups, Y.M.C.A., older boys' confs., etc .; tr. St. Lawrence Univ .; dir. Lend-a-Hand Soc., Girl Scout Council, Boy Scout Council, Anti-Tuberculosis and Health Assn., Mal- den; tr., Universalist Pub. House; v.p. Univer- salist Gen. Conv., Bethany Union; mem, Beta Theta PI (nat, alumni counselor), Tau Kappa Alpha. Travel: Europe, Canada, U.S. Universal- ist. Republiean. Oflice: Pleasant and Elm Sts., Malden.' Home: 50 Concord St., Malden.


HROOME, Lloyd Wesley, artist and musician; b. Columbia, Pa., Jan. 16, 1907; s. Charles Wesley Broome and Lillian May ( McBride) B .; ed. Colum- bia (Pa.) high sch .; Pa. Acad .; N.E. Conservatory of Music, 1927; ummarried. Instr. pianoforte and theory, 1929 -; specialist in landscape and por- traiture; mem. Pa. Art Soc. Club: Boston Art (painting mem.). Travel: So. and Cent. Am., W.I. Protestant. Democrat. Business address: Boston Art Club, Boston. res. : Home: 17 Day St., Cambridge. Summer 657 Chestnut




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