Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 59

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Publication date: 1940
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Introduction to Biology, 1933; articles in sel. journals on neurology, physiology, stalning tech- nique; articles on gen. biology in Volume Library, N.Y. Protestant. Republiean. Office: Williams College, Williamstown. Home: 7 Southworth St., Williamstown.


V COLE, George A, realtor; b. Boston, May 30, 1876; s. Charles Henry Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) C .; ed. Boston LatIn sch., 1887-91; Knapps Seh., Ply- mouth, 1891-92; llopkinson Seh., Boston; Harvard, 1895-99; m. Mary Elizabeth Wood of Brookline, Apr. 24, 1901; children-Elizabeth Lowell Han- cock (widow of Walter Amory), Morton, George A., Jr. Employee, Durable Wire Rope Co., Boston, 1901-02; A. J. Wright & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1902-03; Ryder Beit and Cordage Co., Buffalo, 1903-05; realtor, Hingham, 1905 -; mem. 1st Corps Cadets, Mass. Vol. Militia, 1897-1900; asst. assessor, lIng- ham, 1910-12, selectman, 1931 -; mem. Masons. Clubs: Rotary of Hingham (past pres.), Wompa- tuck-Hingham Yacht (past commodore). Uni- tarian. Democrat. Home: 71 Lineoln St., Hingham. COLE, Grace M., school director; b. Chleago, Ill., May 13, 1896; d. Arthur Wells Cole and Mary (Whitehead) C .; ed. Hyde Park high seh .; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1917; M.A., Bryn Mawr Coli., 1932. Teacher Faulkner Sch., Chicago, 1918-23, Beaver Country Day Sch., Chestnut Hill, 1923-26; head lower seh., Friends Central Seh., Overbrook, Phila., Pa., 1926-37; dir. Park Sch., Brookline, 1937 -. Travel: Europe. Presbyterian. Repub- lican. Office: 25 Kennard Ra., Brookline. Ilome: 21 Leighton Rd., Weilesley.


COLE, Herbert Milton, journalist; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 10, 1871; s. John B. Cole and Marla (Hart) C .; ed. Brooklyn hlgh sch .; m. Dorothy E. Snow of Me., Oct. 27, 1897; children-Richard Barton, Horace Wellington, John Milton. With Boston News Bureau, a financial periodical, Oct. 15, 1894 -, as reporter, editor, pres., chmn. bd .; dir. Nat. Rockland Bk., Boston; alderman, Newton, 4 yrs .; mem. Masons (32º). Club: Brae Burn Country (West Newton). Protestant. Republican. Office: 30 Kllby St., Boston. Home: 20 Somerset Rd., West Newton. Summer res .: Kennebunk Beach, Me.


Y COLE, Howard Ware, lawyer; b. Marblehead, June 27, 1898; s. Leiand H. Cole and Mary A. ( Roundy) C .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1919; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1922; m. Doris W. Emsiin of Beverly, Sept. 15, 1925; children- Rosamonde E., Natalie W., Roger E. Practiced law, Boston, 1922 -; various charitable and rei. activities; served in U.S.A., 3 mos., World War; mem. Am., Essex (o., and Boston Bar Assns., Boston Bapt. Social Unlon, Am. Bapt. For. Mission Soe., Mass. Y.M.C.A., Phi Gamma Delta, Dragon Senior Soc. (Dartmouth). Baptist. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 36 Washing- ton St., Beverly. Summer res .: Goodwin's Land- ing, Marblehead.


COLE, Irving S., librarian; b. Malden, Feb. 3, 1907; s. Walter Irving Cole and Harriet (Mitehell) C .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1930; in. Charlotte I. Serafin of Hartford, Conn., 1936. Library worker, City Lib. Assn., Springfield, 1931- 36; librarian, Pub. Llb., Newburyport, 1936 -; dir. Rotary, Hist. Soc. Old Newbury; mem. advisory com., N.E. Regional Planning Commn .; interested in first editions, Americana, national and local history; mem. Hist. Soc. Old Newbury, Mass. Lib. Assn., Harvard Alumni, Alpha Delta Sigma. Clubs: Rotary, Library (Boston). Travel: Europe. Con- gregationalist. Office: 94 State St., Newburyport. Home: 8 Parsons St., Newburyport. Summer res .: Plum Island.


COLE, Phillp Poor, business executive; b. Andover, Aug. 13, 1892; s. John N. Cole and Minnie (Poor) C .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Ph.B., Sheffield Sci. Sch., Yale, 1914; m. Marguerite S. Balch of New- buryport, June 1917; children-John Nelson, II, William Balch. Sugar mill engr., 1914-21; in printing bus., 1921 -; mgr. The Andover Press, Ltd .; dir. Andover Realty Co., Andover Press; mem. Masons. Club: Annisquam Yaeht (dr.). Re- publiean. Offlee: 62 Main St., Andover. Ilome: 35


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Morton St., Andover. Summer res .: 21 River Rd., Annlsquam.


V COLE, William Morse, professor of accounting (re- tired); b. Boston, Feb. 1, 1866; s. Albert Birney Cole and Elizabeth ( Morse) C .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1890, A.M., 1896; m. Fanny Dennett Rolfe of Con- cord, Aug. 31, 1898; children-Mrs. Catriona White, Mrs. Elizabeth Grinnell. Instr. polit. econ., Harvard, 1890-93; sec. Mass. Commn. on Unem- ployment, 1894-95; univ. extension lecturer, 1895- 98; teacher Eng. lit. and composition, Fall River high sch., 1898-1901, south high sch., Worcester, 1901-08; instr. principles of accounting, Harvard, 1900-08, asst. prof., 1908-13, asso. prof., 1913-16, prof., 1916-33; capt. Q.M.C., IJ.S.A., 1917-19. Au- thor: An Old Man's Romance (under pseudonym of "Christopher Craigie"), 1895; Accounts: Their Construction and Interpretation, 1908 (revised and enlarged, 1915); The American Hope, 1910; Ac- counting and Auditing, 1910; Cost Accounting for Institutions, 1913; Problems In the Principles of Accounting, 1915; Fundamentals of Accounting, 1921; Economie Success, 1926; articles In news- papers and mags. Desc. Gen. Jedediah Preble, comdr. all King's forces in Maine (then part of Mass.) before Revolution, father of Com. Preble of naval fame. Unitarian. Republican. IFome: 9 Middle St., Concord.


YCOLEMAN, Daniel Black, physician; b. Belcher- town, Nov. 3, 1895; s. George W. Coleman and Annie S. (Black) C .; ed. Belchertown pub. schs. and high sch .; Williston Prep. Sch., 1911-12; Union Univ., Schenectady, N.Y., 1912-14; M.D., Boston Univ. Med Sch., 1918; m. Mary Louise Grim of Beaver. Pa., Apr. 27, 1922; children-Patriela Anne, Robert Nell. After usual Interneships en- gaged in gen. practlee of med. at Wellesley; mem. staff, Newton Hosp .; sch. phys., Dana Hall Sch., Babson Inst .; served as Ist lt., M.C., U.S.A., 1917- 19, operations div. southern personnel br. of Gen. Staff, U.S. Gen. Hosp. Staffs; tr. Babson Inst., Wellesley Ilills; mem. A.M.A., Norfolk Co. Med. Assn., Newton Med. Soc., Masons. Clubs: Medleal (Newton); Wellesley (Wellesley). Congregation- alist. Republican. Ilome: 605 Washington St., Wellesley.


Y COLEMAN, George William, arbitrator; b. Boston, June 16, 1867; s. George Coleman and Mary (Car- ville) C .; ed. English high sch. (Franklin Medal), Boston, 1885; A.M. (hon.), Colby Coll., 1911; LID., Wake Forest and Frankiln Colls., 1922; m. Alice Blanchard Merriam, Boston, June 30, 1891. Asst. ed. "Jour. of Education", 1886-89; shlp- wrecked on voyage to Buenos Aires, S.A., as corr. various jours .; bus. mgr., New England Mag., 1890-92; publ. house organ, Walker-Stetson-Saw- yer Co, wholesale dry goods, Boston; adv. mgr. and publisher "The Golden Rule" (now "The Christian Endeavor World"), 1910-1915; dir. pub- licity, W. H. MeElwain Co., 1910-39; chmn. bd., Open Forum Speakers' Bur .; pres, Babson Inst., Wellesley Hills, 1921-35, pres. emeritus 1935 -; pres. Webber Coll., Babson Park, Fla .; impartlal arbitrator. Men's Clothing Trade, Boston region; mem. Boston City Council, 1914-17 (pres. 1915), del .- at-large, Rep. Nat. Conv., 1912, Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917; pres. and host of series of annual sociol. confs., meeting at Sagamore Beach, June 1907-17; originator and dir. of Sunday Evening Ford Hall Form, begun under auspices of Boston Bapt. Social Union, Boston, 1908; Chinn. Baptist War Commn., 1918, 3 mos. in war zone; v.p. N.E. Bapt. losp .; pres. Pilgrim Publicity Assn., 1909- 11; pres. Asso. Advertising Clubs Am., 1911-13; pres. Northern Baptist Conv., 1917-18. Clubs: Ad- vertising (New York), Advertising (Boston) , Bapt. Soclal Union (Boston), Twentieth Century (Boston), Boston City (bd. govs. 1914-17), Pud- dingstone. Author: Searchlights, 1909; The Peoples' Prayers, 1914; Democracy in the Making, 1915; This Business of Living (short essays), 1936. Oflice: Little Bldg., Boston. Home: 90 The Fenway, Boston. Summer res .: Sagamore Beach.


V COLEMAN, George William, chemist, metallurglst; b. Watertown, July 4, 1900; s. Wllllam P. Cole- man and Julia A. (Lucey) C .; ed. Watertown


high sch .; B.S. (in chem.), Tufts Coll., 1923; M.S. (in chem.), M.I.T., 1937; D.Sc., Temple Bar Coll., 1939; unmarried. Asst. chlef chemist and metal- lurgist, Waltham Watch Co., 1923-33; Cons. chem- ist and metallurgist, 1933-38. research asso., M.I.T., 1938-39; chief metallurgist and chemist, Parker Wire Goods Co., Worcester, 1939 -; mem. Am. Inst. Chemists, Am. Inst. Mining & Metal. Engrs., Am. Soc. Metals, A.A.A.S., Am. Chem. Soc., Elks. Author: sei. papers. Republican. Office: Parker Wire Goods Co., Worcester. Ifome: 28 Green St., Watertown.


COLES, Marion, moving picture executive; b. Colum- bia, S.C., Sept. 7, 1891; s. John Stricker Coles and Ilelen Iredell (Jones) C .; B.S., Clemson Agricul- tural and Mechanical Coll., 1913; m. Katherine Furman of Clemson Coll., S.C., Mar. 2, 1918; 1 son -Charles Furman. Employee, Southern Enter- prises, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., operators of theatres, 1919-23; Paramount Pictures, Inc., New York Clty, 1923-33; sec., treas. and dir. New Eng. Theatres, Inc., Boston, 1933 -; sec., treas, and dir., M. & P. Theaters Corp., Publix Netoco Theatres Corp. and subsidiarles; ist lt., Inf., U.S.A., 1917-19. Episcopalian. Office: 60 Scollay St., Boston. Ilome: 8 West Ilill Place, Boston.


COLES, WIliam F., lawyer; b. El Paso, Texas, Jan. 3, 1908; s. John Franklin Coles and Carrie Adele (Fewel) C .; ed. El Paso high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1929; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1932; m. Eleanor Ward of Swampscott, Sept. 5, 1936. Prac- tices law; mem. Bartlett, Jennings, and Bart- lett; dir. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co .; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Tedesco Country, University (Boston). Southern Methodist. Democrat. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 283 Dartmouth St., Boston. Summer res .: Tupelo Rd., Swampscott.


COLETTI, Joseph Arthur, sculptor; b. San Donato, Italy, Nov. 5, 1898; s. Dominick Coletti and Donata (Cardarelli) C .; ed, Quincy high sch .; North- eastern Prep. Sch .; A.A., Harvard, 1923; m. Miriam Whitney of Montclair, N.J., Sept. 28. 1929; children-Donata, Mirlam Whitney. Sachs fellow, Harvard, 1924-25; First Prize medal, Boston Ter- centenary Exhibition, 1932; sculptor St. George's Chapel, St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I .; made Tympanum for Chapel of Mercersburg, Mercers- burg, Pa .; Archibald Cary Coolidge Memorial, WIdener Library, Cambridge; memorial room, Harvard World War Mem. Chapel; one-man show, Fogg Art Mus., Cambridge, 1928; Klipspringer, Brookgreen Gardens, Georgetown, S.C .; mem. Medlaevel Acad. Am., Nat. Sculpture Soc., Archi- tect. League of N.Y. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), St. Botolph, Essex County. Oflice: 729 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 120 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Sea St., Manchester-by-the-Sea.


Y COLLENS, Charles, architect; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 14, 1873; s. Charles Terry Collens and Mary Abbey (Wood) C .; ed. B.A., Yale, 1896; student, Icole des Beaux Arts, Parls; m. Margaret Winsor of Brookline, May 20, 1903; children-Margaret Ly- man, Charles Terry, Linda. Mem. Allen & Collens, 1904 -; firm architects of Union Theol. Sem. bldgs. (N.Y.), Memorial Chapel (Williams Coll.), library bldg. and art bldg. ( Vassar Coll.), Ilbrary bldg. (Ohio State Unlv.), Mrs. Eddy's Ch. (Con- cord, N.Il.), Andover Theol. Sem. bldg. (Cam- bridge), Park Av. Baptist Ch. (N.Y.), Hartford Theol. Sem., Riverside Cl. (N.Y.); mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Boston Soc. Architects, Beaux Arts Soe., Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: St. Botolph, Brookline Country, Yale (N.Y.). Office: 75 Newbury St., Boston. Ilome: Newton Center.


COLLINS, Basil Sanford, banker; b. Somerville, July 23, 1894; s. J. Lincoln Collins and Annie Jane (MacDonald) C .; ed. Watertown high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1917; student, Harvard Law Sch .; LL.B., Northeastern Law Sch., 1921; in. Abbie Louise Wood of Pawtucket, R.I., Apr. 23, 1925; children- Barbara Ann, Gale Sanford. Exec. sec. Mass. Leather Mfrs. Assn., 1923-26; treas. Bell Leather Corp., 1925-26; treas. N.E. Bitumens Corp., v.p., Einerson Co., 1925-26; saies ingr., Wm. C. Mac- Connell Co., 1926; asso., law offices, George A.


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Kearsley, Esq., 1926-28; asst. v.p. Old Colony Trust Co., 1929 -; chartered Ilfe underwriter; dir. Tranzpyro, Inc .; tr., S.A.E. House, Harvard; dir. Boston Chap., Chartered Elfe Underwriters; past pres. Boston Lite Ins. and Trust Council; ensign, U.S.N.R.F., June 1917-July 1919; mem. Masons, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Club: Boston City. Author: A B C of Business Insurance Trusts, 1936; articles in banking, trust, Ins. mags. Travel: U.S. Baptist. Republican. Office: 17 Court St., Boston. Home: 17 Hammond Rd., Belinont. Sum- iner res .: No. Falmouth.


COLLINS, Bertrand Robson Torsey, mechanical en- gineer; b. York, Me., Nov. 10, 1866; s. John Collins, D.D. and Laura Smith (Horne) C .: B.S., Mass. Inst. Technology, 1888; m. Katharine Greer of Chicago, June 20, 1900; children-Dorothea, Katharine, Sallie. Instr. in mech. engring., M.I.T., 1888; mech. engr., Spray Engring. Co., 1912-, also v.p .; en- sign, U.S.N., Sp .- Am. War, 1898; gen. mgr., Teeh- nology steamship Cadet, on trip to the World's Fair, Chleago, 1893; It. comdg. U.S.S. Dorothea, crulse of 2800 miles from League Island Navy Yard, Phila. to Chicago, 1901; mem. Am. Soc. M.E .; charter mem., Naval and Mil. Order Sp .- Am. War. Clubs: Chestnut Hill Golf ( Brookline), Great Che- beague Golf of Me. (sec., treas., and dir.). Metho- (list. Progressive. Office: 114 Central St., Som- erville, Home: 16 Chauncy St., Cambridge.


\COLLINS, Charles Alexander, investment banker; b. Lynn, Oct. 10, 1872; s. Alexander Mitchell Col- lins and Helen Augusta (Baker) C .; ed. Lynn pub. schs .; m. Anna Louise Symonds of Lynn, Oct. 5, 1899; children-Mrs. Anna Collins Nickerson, Helen. Employed by Charles S. Purinton, invest- inent dealer, 1885-1900, partner, 1900-07, suc- ceeded to this bus. under name of Collins, Spald- ing & Co., 1907, now Collins, Breed & Co .; pres. Lynn Instn. for Sav., 1916 -; pres. Boston Stock Exchange, 1933-35; treas. Mut. Sav. Cent. Fund, Inc., Boston; dir., Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R.R. Co .; mem. Bd. Govs., Boston Stock Exchange; chmn. City of Lynn 3rd, 4th and 5th Liberty Loans, World War. Clubs: Merchants (Boston), Tedesco Country (Swampscott); Republican of Mass. G.s. Daniel Collins Baker, 2nd mayor of Lynn. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston, and 25 Exchange St., Lynn. Home: 8 Prescott Rd., Lynn.


COLLINS, Charles Frederick, agency secretary, N.E. Mutual Life Ins. Co .; b. Boston, May 26, 1888; s. James Parkman Collins and Annie Jones (Meser- vey) C .; ed. grad. Worcester Acad., 1908; A.B., Boston Univ., 1912; M.B.A., Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1914; C.L.U. (hon.), Am. Coll. Life Underwriters, 1937. Agency sec., N.I. Mu- tual Life Ins. Co., Boston; class orator, Boston Univ .; attended summer sch., Univ. Me., 1911, Plattsburg O.T.C., 1916; mem. educ. com., Boston Chapt., C.L.U .; mem. Boston Life Underwriters Assu. (C.L.U. chapt.), Harvard Bus. Sch. Alumini Assn. (past pres.), Sigma Alpha Epsilon (nat. pres.). Clubs: Exchange (Boston), Harvard (N.Y. and Boston), University (Boston). Author: nu- merous ins. articles; articles on coll. frats. Travel: U.S., Can., Mex., Europe. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 87 Milk St., Boston. Home: 17 Stults Rd., Belmont. Summer res. : Port Clyde, Me.


COLLINS, Richard, physician; b. Calais, Me., Dec. 6, 1874; s. Charles Bradbury Collins and Annie Young (Clapp) C .; cd. Calais (Me.) high sch .; A.B., Colby Coll., 1896; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1900; m. Edna Moffatt of East Machias, Me., Dec. 8, 1903; children-Richard, Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart. At Boston City Ilosp., 1900-02, res. surg., Relief Sta., 1902-03; private practice, Waltham, 1903 -; mem. staff, Waltham Ilosp., 1903 -; chlef of surg. service, 1919-37 (retired by age limit); tr. Waltham Sav. Bk .; examining surg., Wal- tham local bd., World War; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., F.A.C.S. Club: Kiwanis. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 826 Main St., Waltham, Home: 378 Bacon St., Waltham. Summer res .: Manomet. COLLINS, Samuel Cornette, educator; b. Democrat, Ky., Sept. 28, 1898; s. John Wesley Collins and


Rachel Ellen (Caudill) C .; ed. Sminner Co. high sch., Portland, Tenn .; B.S., Unlv. Tenn., 1920, M.S., 1924; Ph.D., Univ N.C., 1927; m. Lena Arbragine Masterson of Fountain City, Tenn. Prof. chem., Carson-Newman Coll., 1925-26; instr. physics, Univ. N.C., 1926-27; asso. prof. chem., Univ. Tenn. Jr. Coll., 1927-28; prof. chem., East Tenn. State Teachers Coll., 1928-30; research asso., M.I.T., 1930-36, asst. prof. chem., 1936 -; candidate officer F.A., Cent. O.T.C., Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., Nov .- Dec. 1918. Author: sci. articles on thermo- dynamic properties of gases and apparatus for studying such properties. Baptist. Independent. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 9 Cleveland St., Cambridge.


Y COLLINS, Thomas J., lawyer; b. Springfield, June 18, 1887; s. Dennis P. Collins and Annie Alberta (Malone) C .; ed. Central high sch., Springfield; B.A., Univ. Minn., 1910; LI.B, Harvard Law School, 1914; m. Doris Roane Adams of Spring- field, Aug. 3, 1929. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1914; gen. practice of law, Springfield, 1911 -; asso. justice, District Ct. of Springfield, 1925 -; mem. Bd. Incorporators, Springfield Instn. for Sav .; pvt. Gen. Staff Corps Detachmert, Oct. 5, 1918-JJan. 10, 1919; mem. llampden Co. Bar Assn. (v.p.), llar- vard Law School Assn. (N.E. v.p. ), Mass and Am. Bar Assns., K.C., Elks, Hibernians. Clubs: Conn. Valley, Harvard, Tuesday. Travel: No. and So. Anı., Europe, No. Africa, Asia. Catholic. Demo- crat. Office: 1387 Main St., Springfield. Home: 65 Leyfred Ter., Springfield.


V COLLINS, William !!. , shipbuilder, general manager; b. Wash., D.C., Jan. 8, 1893; s. William H. Collins and Loula (Shaw) C .; ed. mining engring., Lafay- ette Coll., 1915; m. Thelma Dawson of Chevy Chase, Md., July 30, 1915; 1 son-William Il., Jr. Ilelper, mold loft, Newport News Shipbldg., 1915, insp., 1916; asst. supt., hull constrn., Bethlehem- Harlan Plant, 1917, supt., 1921, gen. supt., 1923; supt., hull constrn., Fore River, 1927; gen. supt., Goodyear Zeppelin, 1929; asst. gen. mgr., Bethle- lem-Fore River Plant, 1933, gen. mgr., 1937; mem. Soc. Naval Architects & Marine Engrs., Chi Phi. Clubs: Algonquin, Wollaston Golf, Hingham Yacht, Neighborhood ( Quincy). Office: 97 E. How- ward St., Quincy. Home: 54 Sturtevant Rd, Quincy.


COLMAN, Blanche Emily, interior decorator, artist; b. Somerville, Apr. 4, 1874; d. George Amiel Col- man and Clara Panelia (Robinson) C .; ed. Bos- ton Museum of Fine Arts, 1891-93; Am. Aead., Rome, Italy, 1903-01; Boston Univ., 1932. De- signer, L. Ilaberstrob & Son, 1893; propr., own business, 1912 -; dir. and instr., Boston Univ. Art Sch., 1918-32; painter in oils and water col- ours; etcher; exhibited at Am. Water Color Club, N.Y. Water Color Soc., Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, Portland Soc. of Art, Boston Art Club, Springfield Art League, Allied Artists of America, Copley Soe., ete .; Master, Copley Soc .; mem., Nat. Assn. Women Painters and Sculptors, Washington Water Color Club, Gloucester Soc. of Artists, North Shore Art Assn., Rockport Art Assu. Clubs: Boston Art, Women's City (Boston). Republican. llome: 82 Chestnut St., Boston. Summer res .: Rockport.


COLPITTS, Edyth A., sales manager; b. Northamp- ton, July 5, 1881; d. Albert Hawkins and Ella F. (Robbins) H .; ed. Northampton high sch .; m. Stewart A. Colpitts of Allston, 1908; children- Helen E., Stewart A., Jr., Engaged in club and political work for many yrs .; sales mgr., Beauty Counselors, Inc., 1938 -; mem. Boston City Fed., Daniel Webster Imp. Clubs: Brighthelmstone, Presidents ( Mass.), Women's Republican (All- ston ), Past Directors of Mass., Past Presidents of Fourth District. Travel: Eng., Fr. Hlol., It., Switz., Bermuda, Tropics, U.S. (extensive). Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: 332 Little Bldg., Boston. Home 63 Woodstock Av., Allston. Sum- mer res .: Marshfield.


COLTON, William Wallace, hospital manager; b. Pittsfield, Dec. 25, 1883; s. Joseph E. Colton and Alice V. (Thomas) C .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; Mass. State Coll .; B.S., Harvard, 1907; m. Marion Ward of Malden, Nov. 5, 1907; 1 dau .- Thelma.


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Practiced forestry, 1907-21, eity forester and supt. parks, Fitchburg, 3 yrs., forest commr., Newton, 6 yrs., pvt. forestry work, consulting, lumbering; hosp. mgr., 1921 -; now mgr., Trumbull Hosp., Brookline, pres. and gen. mgr. The Hosp Corp .; tr. Hamilton Assos .; mem. State Constabulary, Pub. Safety Com., Newton, during World War; fellow Am. Aead. Arborists; mem. Am. Forestry Assn., Am. and N.f. Hosp. Assns., Masons. Club: Hunnewell. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Trumbull Hospital, Brookline. Home: 22 Hlowe Rd., Newton Centre.


COMBES, Lewis Swinnerton, asst. professor of physics; b. Scabrook, N.11., Aug. 22, 1896; S. Stephen E. Combes and Julia A. (Putney) C .; ed. Amesbury high sch .; Mt. Hermon Sch .; B.S., Wesleyich Univ., 1921; A.M., Boston Univ., 1928, Ph. D., 1939; m. Viola L. Grethe of Malden, Ang. 23, 1926; children-Frederick Lewis, Everett Tap- ley. Instr. physics, Simmons Coll., 1922-25, Tufts Coll., 1926-28; asst. prof. physics, Tufts Coll., 1928 -; served as 2d lt., F.A., U.S.A., 6 mos., World War. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Tufts Coll. Home: 157 Highland Av., Winchester. Y COMERFORD, Frank Dowd, pub. service executive; b. Worcester, July 31, 1893; s. Patrick Comerford and Mary Jane (Dowd) C .; ed. A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1914, LL.D), 1934; LL.B., Harvard, 1917; m. Mary Margaret MeLoughlin of Boston, June 17, 1929; children-Frank D., Mary, John. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1917; with Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1917-27, partner, 1925-27; chmn., Bd., Worcester Elec. Light Co., N.E. Power Assn .; Pres. Boston Edison Co. & member Exec. Commin., dir., first Nat. Bank of Boston, Narragansett Elee. Co. (Ex. Com.), State Mut. Life Assurance Co., Children's Hosp. (Boston); tr. Mass. Utilities Assos., Edison Elec. Inst., Mem, Corp. Mass. Gen. Hosp .; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Boston Chamber of Commerce; dir. Boys' Club (Boston). Clubs: Exchange, Engrs., University (Boston), Turks Head (Providence), Harvard (N.Y.), Algonquin. Framingham Country, Eastern Yacht, Boston Yacht. Catholic. Office: 182 Tremont St., Bostou. Home: Salem End Rd., Framingham.


V COMERFORD, John Thomas, lawyer; b. Brookline. June 8. 1887; 8. James Comerford and Bridget ( Leddy) C .; ed. Brookline high seh .; LL.B., North- eastern Univ. Sch. Law, 1914; spl. course, Harvard Law Seh .; unmarried. Assessor, Brookline, 1915. 1917, 1920-31; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1931-38; capt., World War, Apr. 6-Oct. 19, 1919. Distin- guished Service Cross, Silver Star with oak leaf, Purple Heart; mem. Norfolk Co. Bar Assn., Am. Legion, K.C., Foresters. Clubs: Mass. Republican, Norfolk County Republican. Catholic. Republi- ein. Oflice: 103 Francis St., Brookline. Home: 103 Francis St., Brookline.


V COMEY, Arthur Coleman, regional planner, teacher; b. Somerville, Sept. 6, 1886; s. Arthur Messinger Comey and Kate (Coleman) C .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907; Harvard Sch. Landscape Architecture, 1904-07; m. Eugenia Louise Jackson of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 2, 1915: in. (2nd) Janet I. Mowry of Chester, Pa., June 26, 1930; children-Katherine, Richard J. Supt. parks, Dixon, Ill. and Utica, N.Y., 1908-10; cons. city planner (Milwaukee, St. Paul, Boston, Detroit, ete.), 1911 -; lecturer, asst. prof., Harvard City Planning Seh., 1928-36, asso. prof., Harvard Dept. Regional Planning, 1937 -; mem. Mass. Home- steid Com .. 1913-19; Mass. Gov.'s Com. on Needs & Uses of Open Spaces; Town planner, U.S. Hlous- ing Corp., 1918-19; fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Architects; mem. Am. Inst. Planners, Am. Inst. Cons. Engrs., Am. Soc. C.E., etc. Clubs: Faculty (Harvard), Appalachian Mt., . Chocorua Mt., Ski (Gt. Brit.). Author: Regional Planning Theory; Transition Zoning (Harvard Planning Studies V); State Planning Analysis. Travel: Europe trips). Office: 5 Boylston St., Cambridge. Home: MIIl St., Lincoln. Summer res .: Gerrish Island. Kittery P't., Me.


COMINS, Danforth' WHfiam, lawyer; b. Malden, May 8. 1880; s. William Danforth Comins and Sarah A. (Marlow) C .; ed. Powder Point Sch .; Boston


Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1903; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1906; m. Marie Louise Foster of Pitts- ton, Pa., June 8, 1905; children-Mrs. Frances F. Kenerson, Margaret M., Danforth W., Jr., Peter C. Practiced law, Boston, 1906 -. Dir., v.p., clk., Avery & Saul Co .; dir., elk., C. C. Birchard & Co., Cock Horse Inn, Inc., Henry W. Savage, Inc., Standard Commonwealth Corp., Beacon Bldg. Corp., Beacon Participations, Ine .; clk., Beacon Bldg. Trust, Ine., Allen Shade Holder Co., Inc., Allen Sch. Costume Designing, Inc., Allied Com- monwealth Corp., Gen. Commonwealth Corp., The Georgian, Inc., Hoffman Conservatories, Inc., Hoffman, Inc., William E. Smith, Inc .; sec. Stand- ard Investing Corp .; tr. Medfield State Hosp., 18 yrs .; chmn. bd. health, sch. com., Winchester; chin. finance com., Concord, 7 yrs .; pres. Assn. Town Finance Coms. (E. Mass.); mem. Am., Mid- dlesex, Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), Concord Country. Author: various pianoforte pieces. Unitarian. Republican. Ollice: 31 State St., Boston. Ilome: Lowell Rd., Concord.




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