Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 80

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DURELL, Albert Benjamin, financial broker; b. St. Charles, Mo., Sept. 6, 1880; s. Charles Albert Durell and Fanny (Alderson) D .; ed. Reading (Pa.) high sch., 1898; m. Katherine Van Tine of Pittsburgh, Pa. Real estate and ins., Pittsburgh (Pa.); in- surance, N. Y.C., 1901-1906; security salesman, Pittsburgh, 1906-1910, Boston, 1910-1911; Durell, George & Co., 1914-1919; A. B. Durell & Co., 1919- 1931; Durell & Durell, 1931 -; dir. Business Build- ings, Ine .; dir. C. A. Nichols Publ. Co .; v.p. and dir. Industrial Development Corp. Christian Seien- tist. Independent Republican. Office: 211 Con- gress St., Boston. llome: 457 Marlborough St., Boston.


DURFEE, Nathan, banker; b. Fall River, Sept. 11, 1867; s. Holder Borden Durfee and Sylvia (Bor- den) D .; ed. Fall River high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1889; m. Helena Woodrow Brown, June 2, 1897; chil- dren-Dorothy (Mrs. Azariah T. Buffington), N. Barry. Began as cotton and cloth broker; v.p. in charge of mig., Am. Printing Co., 1912; v.p. Fall River Iron Works Co. (cotton mills), Borden Mills, Inc., Kingsport, Tenn., to 1935; now v.p. Fall River Five Cent Sav. Bk .; dir. Fall River Elec. Light Co., Fall River Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co .; mem. Theta Xi (Delta chap.). Clubs: Quequechan, Rhode Island Country, Kittansett, Fall River Country (Fall River); Union, Wardroom (Bos- ton ). Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 503 Highland Av., Fall River.


DURFEE, Walter Chaloner, engineer, manufactur- er; b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1883; s. Winthrop Carver Durfee and Sylvie (Whitney) D .; ed. Roxbury Latin seh .; A.B. (field of applied sci.) Harvard, 1904, A.M., 1905; m. Elizabeth Wilson Davidson of Beaver, Pa., 1911; children-Margaret David- son, Sylvie Marie, Anna Elizabeth. Conduet and continuation of father's business in chemical tex- tlle manufacturers' supplies connected with dye- ing, preceded by some engineering work, a teach- ing fellowship, and education in arts and sciences; officer W. C. Durfee Co .; mem. Am. Assn. Textile Chemists and Colorists (mein. Research Com.), Am. Assn. Textile Chemists & Colorists. Club: Eliot (J.P .- men's). Maker of: Crockmeter, tex- tile crock test machine. Travel: U.S. and Western Europe, 1910. Desc .: Fall River Durfees and Whitneys of Pawtucket, R. I. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 114 Federal St., Boston. Home: 8 Parley Vale St., Jamaica Plain.


DURGIN, Lawrence Newton, physician; b. Pitts- field, May 17, 1896; s. Herbert H. Durgin and Kate E. (Willey) D .; ed. M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 1920; m. Marlon Montgomery of Hadley, Sept. 1, 1926. Began practice of medicine, 1921; sr. mem. med. staff, Cooley Dickinson Hosp .; cons. physician, Amherst Coll .; chmn. Amherst Bd. of Health; med. examiner, Third Hampshire Dist .; capt. Res. Officers Med. Corps; fellow A.C.P .; mem. Am. Heart Assn., Am. Pub. Health Assn., A.M.A., New England Med. Assn., Hampshire County Med. Assn. (pres. 1937), Ancient and Hon- orable Arty. Co. of Mass., Alpha Kappa Kappa, Masons. Club: Amherst Rotary (pres. 1936-37). Episcopalian. Republican. Office and Home: 66 Amity St., Amherst.


DURKEE, Frank Williams, professor of chemistry; b. North Tunbridge, Vt., Oct. 5, 1861; s. Simeon P. Durkee and Mary E. (Smith) D .; ed. A.B., Tufts Coll., 1888. A.M., 1889, D.Sc. (hon.), 1921; m. Hen- rietta N. Brown of Tufts Coll., Feb. 21, 1895; chil- dren-Margaret, Robert B., Benjamin G. B. Instr. chemistry, Tufts Coll., 1889, prof. and head of dept., 1907 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soe., Soc. Chem. Industry, Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., A.A.A.S., Am. Electrochem. Soc., S.A.R., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Mass. Republican. Universalist. Republican. Office: Tufts Coll., Medford.


DURRELL, Donald DeWitt, professor of education ; b. French, Minn., Dec. 18, 1903; s. William Ben- more Durrell and Fanny (Richardson) D .; ed. A.B., Univ. Ia., 1926, A.M., 1927: Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1929, Ed.D., 1930; in. Katherine Burgess Moore of Berlin, N.H .; children-Diana Mary, Suzanne Loulse. Teacher math. & sci., 1921-1922; asst. prin., Univ. Ia. high sch., 1923-


1925; psychologist, Rockefeller Foundation men- tal hygiene elinle and Ia. Psych. llosp., 1925- 1927; instr. edn., Harvard, 1927-1930; asst. prof., Boston Univ., 1930-1933, asso. prof., 1933-1935, prof. edn., and dir. ednl. clinic, Boston Univ., 1935 -; dir. Ashburnham Sch. for Boys, Mass. Soc. for Mental Hygiene; mem. Phl Delta Kappa, Nat. Soe. for Study of Idn., A.A.A.S., Am. Edn. Re- search Assn., Nat. Conf. for Research in Eng. Clubs: Wellesley, Maugus, Lake Placid. Author: various articles, monographs, and tests in fleld of reading and language. Desc. Philip Durrell, Kennebunk, Me., 1662. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Boston University, Boston. Home: 17 Col- burn Rd., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: York Ilarbor, Me.


DURRELL, Harold Clarke, editor; b. Cambridge, Dec. 3, 1882; s. Oliver Ileber Durrell and Sophia Gertrude (Eaton) D .; ed. grad., Cambridge Latin sch., 1901; A.B., Harvard, 1906 (1905); studied geology and mining engring., Harvard Grad. Sch. Applied Sei., 1907-10; m. Ilelen Burroughs Johnson of Somerville, Oct. 14, 1913. Clk. in grocery store of Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, Malden, later Causeway St., Boston, . 1911; messenger, then advanced through various positions, Beacon Trust Co., Bos- ton, 1912-28; asso. ed., N.E. Ilist. Geneal. Soc., 1929-37, ed., 1937-, asso. historian, 1929, his- torian, 1929-, corr. see., 1937 -; inem. sch. com., Kennebunkport, Me., 1930-1933; tr. Louis T. Graves Mem. Lib., Kennebunkport, Me., 1930-33, curator, 1929-, sec. gov. bd., 1936 -; corpl. Co. G, 11th Inf., Mass. State Guard, July 2, 1917-June 20, 1919, supply sergt. Co. L., 12th Inf., Sept. 22, 1919- June 20, 1920; mem. The Gov. & Co. of Mass. Bay in N.IC. (sec., 1932-), S.C.W. (dep. treas. gen. 1936-39), S.C.W. in State of N.IL., S.C.W. in Com- monwealth of Mass. (dep. sec. 1929-33, sec. 1933 -), Soc. S.A.R. (N. H. Soc., Mass. Soc .; mem. bd. mgrs., 1936-39; mem. Boston and Mystle Valley Chaps.), Soe. S.R. (Mass. Soc .; mem. bd. mgrs., 1939-, asst. registrar, 1939-), Bunker Hill Mon- ument Assn. (see., 1933-), Conn. Hist. Soc., Me. Hist. Soe., N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc. (life), Bostonian Soc., Cambridge Hist. Soc., Medford Ilist. Soe., N.E. Methodist Hist. Soc., Piscataqua Pioneers (v.D., 1937-), A.A.A.S., N.ES. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bank Officers Assn. of Boston, Dickens Fellowship (Boston Br.). Clubs: Boston City, The Railroad Enthusiasts,' Ine. Travel: Europe, U.S. Father was mem. Gov.'s Conneil, 1900. Methodist. Re- publican. Office: 9 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: Kennebunkport, Me.


DURRELL, Josephine Thorpe, violinist; b. Melrose, Oct. 12; d. J. Franklin Durrell and Emma F. (Thorpe) D .; ed. pub. schs., Melrose; spl. diploma In ensemble, N.E. Conservatory of Music, Boston, 1911; studied in Paris, summer 1931; musicianship, 4 summers with Stanley Chapple, London; Made musical debut with Lee Pattison, pianist, in sonata recital, Boston; founder of Durrell String Quar- tet, which holds record (as far as is known) for continuous partnership, only quartet of long standing never subsidized; teacher violin and viola, Wells College, Aurora, N.Y., 1917-19; violin, Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, 1922- 27; in charge of nursery sch, music, Robert Gould Shaw House for a time; 2 yrs. of same at (no longer functioning) Brattle St. Nursery School, Cambridge; in charge musie programs (string quartet in particular) for 10 summers at Camp Quinibeck, Ely, Vt .; music and finger-painting counselor, 1935-38, summers at Camp Robin Ilood's Barn (for crippled children), Ascutney, Vt .; In charge of music, Chestnut HIN Sch., Chest- nut Hill, kindergarten, intermediate and first grade, Feb. 1936-June 1939; teacher finger-paint- ing (faculty), Boston School Occupational Ther- apy; interested in writing; put on first public exhbn. in Boston of finger-painting, Boston Pub. Lib., 1937; dir. Durrell String Quartet; mem. Alpha Chi Omega. Clubs: MacDowell ( Boston ), Community Associates (Melrose), Melrose Wom- en's Republican, National Travel. Travei: Dele- gate for Alpha Chi Omega to nat. convens., Long Beach, Cal., 1915, Lake Louise, 1926; Europe, sun-


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mer 1927. "Truth" student. Republican. Home: 53 Porter St., Melrose.


D'URSO, John Joseph, physician and surgeon; b. Lawrence, Mar. 11, 1908; s. Stephen D'Urso and Antonia (Mangeri) D'U .; ed. St. John's Prep. Sch., Danvers; B.S., Villanova Coll., 1929; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1933; m. Vera Shannon of Phila., Pa., July 11, 1934; children-Veronica An- tonia, Marie Stephana, Antoinette Mildred. In gen. practice of med., Lawrence, 1933 -; char- ter mem., dermatologist, Lawrence Clinic; mem. K.C. (council 67), B.P.O.E. (Lawrence Lodge 65). Clubs: Lawrence Lions, Italian College. Cath- olic. Office: 87 Summer St., Lawrence. Ilome: 493 Prospect St., Methuen.


DURYEA, Nina Larrey, author; b. Cohasset, Aug. 11. 1874; d. Franklin Waldo Smith and Laura (Bevan) S .; ed. MIss Hubbard's Sch., Boston; Mme. Lang's Sch., Brussels, Belg .; in. Chester B. Duryea, June 1, 1898; 1 son-Chester B. Founder, pres. Duryea War Relief, 1914-18; Awards: Legion of Honor, Medaille d'Or, medal of Pas de Calais, Dames Françaises Croix Rouge (all of France) ; Queen Elizabeth Order (Belg.); Order of Valor (Italy); Order of St. Anne ( Russia); mil. medal (Montenegro) ; given hist. trees, with letters of dedication, by King Albert of Belgium, the Duchesse de Vendome, Marshal Foch, Marshal Joffre, Clemenceau, Gen. Pershing, II. M. Queen Elena of Italy, 1911-18 (cuttings to be planted near Lincoln Mem., Wash., D.C., in 1939) ; hon. mem. Nat. Inst. Social Sciences. Club: Garden (Lenox). Author: The House of Seven Gabblers, 1908; A Sentimental Dragon, 1911; The Voice Unheard, 1913; Mallorca the Magnificent, 1927, 1931; The Pride of Maura, 1932; mag. articles. Episco- palian. Republican. Home: "The Mill", Stock- bridge.


VDUTCH, Charles Frederick, lawyer; b. St. Paul. Minn., Jan. 19, 1880; s. Marshall Holley Dutch and Charlotte Herriek (Ilill) D) .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1901; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1905; m. Faith B. Sturtevant of Chicago, June 20, 1911 (d.); (2d) Illa T. Arnold of Cambridge, Apr. 6, 1929; chil- dren-Elizabeth, Marjorie Hayward. Gen. prac- tice of law, 1905 -; lecturer on admiralty, Har- vard Law Sch., 1905-1918, on equity, 1906-1908, on property, 1914-1917; mem. firm Putnam, Bell, Dutch & Santry; gov. Maritime Assn. (Boston) ; town counsel Winchester, 1912-1918; mem. Mass. Const. Conv., 1917-1918; ehmn. Minimum Wage Conimn. of Mass., 1918-1919; Admiralty counsel and gen. solicitor, U.S. Shipping Bd., 1919-1920; mom. Am, and Boston Bar Assus., Phi Beta Kappa. ('lubs: Propeller, (U.S.), Port of Boston (pres. ). Unitarian. Republican, Office: 60 State St., Bos- ton. Home: Winchester. Summer res .: Barn- stead, N.I.


VDUTTON, Richard, doctor of medicine; D. Tyngs- borough, Apr. 30, 1875; s. Charles Dutton and Caroline Augusta (Parkhurst) D .; ed. A.B., Har- vard, 1898; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1901; m. Ethel F. King, of Brockton; children-Richard King (deceased), Robert, David Parkhurst. Prac- ticed med., Wakefield, 1901 -; tr. Lucius Beche Mem. Lib .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A. Home: 33 Avon St., Wakefield.


DVILNSKY, Beatrice, kindergarten teacher; b. Chelsea, Nov. 2, 1908; d. Annie (Kalınan) Dviln- sky; ed. Roxbury High school; B.S. in Ed., Bos- ton Teachers' College, 1935; courses at Mass. School of Art; Boston Univ. Interested in Art- Book illustrations for little children; illustrated "The Three Bears" with script by Miriam Kallen, pub. by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard; while still teaching registered at Columbia Univ. to con- tinue study of art, book illustratlon trends of to- day, etc., working toward M.A. degree; also in- terested in needlepoint ereations, crafts; "The Three Bears" was selected by Am. Inst. of Graphic Arts as one of best Illustrated volumes of 1934; needlepoint exhibited In exhibn. at Jor- dan Marsh Co .; mem. B'nai Brith. Club: Boston Teachers'. Travel: Europe, So. Am., Can., Calif. Jewish. Republican. Office: William Lloyd Gar- rison School, Hutchings St., Rox. Home: 1626 Commonwealth Av., Brighton.


YDWIGGINS, Willlam Addison, artist; b. Martins- ville, O., June 19, 1880; s. Moses Frazer Dwiggins and Eva S. (Siegfried) D .; ed. Cambridge (O.) high sch .; m. Mabel J. Hoyle. Design in con- nection with printing: lettering, ornament, Il- lustration, type faces, etc .; hon. mem. Soc. Print- ers (Boston), Am. Inst. Graphic Arts (N.Y.), Soc. of Typographic Arts (Chic.). Club: Double Crown (London, hon. mem.). Author: Paraphs (under pseud. H. Puterschein). Office and Home: 30 Leavitt St., Hingham.


VDWIGHT, Henry Williams, banker; b. Brookline, Jan. 12, 1896; s. Richard lenry Winslow Dwight and Caroline (March) D .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B. (for War service), Williams Coll., 1918; m. Margaret Cooper of Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 17. 1920; 1 dau .- Caroline Bush. Asst. to treas., U.S. Worsted Corp., 1921-25; mem. Dwight & Skerry, 1926-29; with 2nd Nat. Bk., Boston, 1930- 33; pres., dir., Housatonic Nat. Bk., Stockbridge, 1935 -; dir. Berkshire Hills Conf .; pres., Laurel Hill Assn., Inc .; dir., Berkshire Co. Br., S.P.C.C .; dir. and treas., Berkshire Symphonic Festival, Inc .; treas. Three Arts Soc., Inc .; dir., Austen Fox Riggs Foundation; tr. Ascension Farm sch .; sec., Stockbridge Appropriating Com .; 2nd It. Air Service, U.S.A., 12th Aero Squadron, A.E.F., Apr. 6, 1917-May 10, 1919; mem. Am. Legion (Comdr., Stockbridge), Berkshire Co. Clearing House Assn. (pres ), Nat. Grange, Alpha Delta Phi, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Rotary (pres., Lee), Stock- bridge Golf (dir.). Dir. Desc. Gen. Joseph Dwight, early settler, Berkshire Co .: lineal desc., Col. Ephraim Williams, founder Williams Coll. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Stock- bridge. Home: Main St., Stockbridge.


DWIGHT, Herbert Bristol, professor of electrical machinery; b. Geneva, Ill., Sept. 8, 1885; s. Wil- liam Cecil Dwight and Ruth Augusta (Bristol) D) .; ed. prep. high school, Picton and Toronto, Ont .; student, Toronto Univ., 2 yrs .; B.Sc., Me- Gill Univ., 1909, D.Sc., 1924; m. Violet Constance Beryl Marshall, 1916; children-Julia Constance, Barbara Bristol, Margaret Ruth, Edith Louise, Beryl Cecilia Marshall. Elec. engr., Can. West- inghouse Co., Hamilton, Ont., 1909-25; cons. engr., New Brunswick Power Commn., 1925; prof. elec. machinery, M. I. T., 1925 -; fellow Am. Inst. E. E. Author: Transmission Line Formulas, 1913; Con- stant-Voltage Transmission, 1915; Tables of In- tegrals and other Mathematical Data, 1934; also various papers publ. by tech. socs. Desc. John Dwight, Dedham, 1635; Timothy Dwight, pres. Yale Coll., 1795-1817. Congregationalist. Office: Dept. Electrical Engineering, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. lome: 18 Vernon St., Newton.


Y DWIGHT, Minnie Ryan, editor, publisher; b. Had- ley, June 22, 1873; d. Patrick Ryan and Catherine (Reilley) R .; ed. grad., Ilopkins Acad., Hadley, 1889; Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1895-96; m. William G. Dwight of Ilolyoke, Nov. 5, 1896; children-Mrs. llelen Schoeffler, Mrs. Laura Lewis, William. Connected with Holyoke Daily Transcript, 1891 -; ed .- in-chief, publ., 1930 -; pres., treas. Holyoke Transcript Ine., Transcript-Telegram Pub. Co .; treas. Hampden Hampshire Co .; tr. Holyoke Hosp, Pub. Lib .; men. bd. mgrs, Home for Aged People; dir. Nurse Assn., Holyoke Chap. of Am. Red Cross; a founder, dir. Community Chest; dir. Tuberculosis Assn., 31 yrs .; deputy comnr. Girl Scouts; mem., Holyoke Parks & Recreation Commn., 1910-28, Child Welfare Cominn., 1913-, Mass. Old Age Pension Commu., 1922-24, Holyoke Soldiers Mem. Commn., bd. trs., Hampden Co. Aid to Agr .; pres. Home Bur., Hampden Co. Ex- tension Service, 1917 -; mem. Mass. Rep. State Com., 1920-34; del., Progressive Conv., Chicago, 1916, Rep. Nat. Conv., Kansas City, 1928; mem. advisory council, women's dept , Mass. State Coll .; Hampden Co. chin. for women, Liberty Loan and War Savings campaigns, during World War; honored by French Govt. for war relief work; mem., Acad. Polit. Sci., Women's Roosevelt Mem. Assn. (charter). Clubs: Holyoke Women's (found- or, Ist pres. ), Ilampden Co. Women's (a founder, pres.), Holyoke Bus. & Prof. Women's (charter),


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Quota (charter), Delphian (charter), Garden, Mass. Women's Republican (charter), Leesburg (Fla.) Women's, Leesburg Garden. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 180 High St., Holyoke. Home: 387 Appleton St., Ilolyoke. Winter res .: Fruit- land Park, Fla.


YDWINELL, James Fisher, educational administra- tor; b. Winchester, Mar. 29, 1880; s. James Her- bert Dwinell and Alice Brimmer (Magec) D .; cd. Winchester high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1902; m. Florence Smith of Lancaster, P.A., Apr. 28, 1908; children-James Fisher, Jr., John. In employ N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co., Boston, 1904-1929; dir. placement, Harvard Univ., 1929 -; dir. Dwincll-Wright, Win- chester Trust Co .; tr. Winchester Sav. Bk. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Faculty (Harvard). Of- fice: University Hall, Cambridge. Home: 11 Pros- pect St., Winchester.


DWYER, Francis Xavier, librarian and lawyer; b. Willimantic, Conn., Mar. 9, 1902; s. Francis O. Dwyer and B. Theresa (McNamara) D .: ed. Rog- er's high school, Newport, R.I .; W. Roxbury high sch .; Melrose high school; A.B., Ilarvard, 1923, A.M., 1924; LL .. B., Northeastern Univ. Sch. Law, 1934; attended Fordham Univ., 1929-30. Asst. in charge of Ilist. Lib., Harvard, 1924-26; asst. in hist., Harvard, 1926-28; asst. lib., Assn. of Bar of City of N. Y., 1928-30; reference lib., Harvard Law School, 1930-31, asst. lib., 1931 -; admitted to Mass. Bar, 1933, to Fed. Bar of Dist. of Mass., 1935; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Assn. of Boston, Am. Legal Hist. Soc., Am. Cath. Phil. Assn., Riccobono Seminar of Roman Law in Am., Am., Boston, and Cambridge Bar Assns., Assn. of Bar of City of N.Y., A.L.A., Cath. Lib. Assn., Am. Assn. of Law Libraries. Clubs: Harvard Faculty, Catholic of N.Y. City, Charitable Irish Soc. of Boston. Au- thor: Visual Outline of Legal Research. 1936. Catholic. Democrat. Office: Harvard Law School. Home: 162 Lake View Av., Cambridge.


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DYER, John Palmer, banker; b. Sutton, Q.P., Can., Mar. 13, 1891; s. Volney Nicholas Dyer and Har- riet (Hamilton) D .; ed. Sutton (Q.P.) Acad .; Coll.


St. Joseph, St. Guillaume, Q.P., Can .; N.Y. Univ., 1912; in. Frances C. Safford of Sutton, Q.P., Sept. 15, 1920; children-Alice Safford. Robert Hamll- ton. Clk., Irving Nat. Bk., N.Y. City, 1917-22; asst. cashler, Nat. Shawmut Bk., Boston, 1923- 26, asst. v.p., 1926-28, v.p., 1930-32; v.p., City Nat. Bk., Bridgeport, Coun., 1928-29; pres., dir., Bris- tol Co. Trust Co., Taunton, 1932 -; mem. S.A.R., Soc. Mayflower Deses., Delta Chi, Masons. Epis- copalian. Republican. Ollice: 43 Taunton Green, Taunton. Ilome: 25 Cotton St., Newton. Summer res .; Sutton, Quebec, Can.


DYER, Walter Alden, author, editor; b. Roslindale, Oct. 10, 1878; s. E. Porter Dyer and Martha Au- gusta (FearIng) D .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1900; m. Muriel Worthington Childs of East Orange, N.J., June 1, 1907. News- paper work, Springfield and N.Y. City, 1900-05; mem. ed. staff, mng. ed., Country Life in Am., 1905-14; free lance writer, 1914-32; ed., Amherst Grads. Quarterly, dir. Amherst Coll. Press, 1932 -; dir. East Hampshire Br., Mass. S.P.C.C .; mem. Am- herst Hist. Soc. (past pres.); Phi Kappa Psi. Club: Amherst Faculty. Author: The Lure of the Antique, 1910; The Richer Life, 1911; Pierrot, Dog of Belgium, 1915; Barly American Craftsmen, 1915; Gulliver the Great, and Other Dog Stories, 1916; The Humble Annals of a Back Yard, 1916; Creators of Decorative Styles, 1917; The Five Babbitts of Bonnyacres, 1917; The Dogs of Boy- town, 1918; Handbook of Furniture Styles, 1918; Ben the Battle Horse, 1919; With the Help of God and a Few Marines (with Brig. Gen. A. W. Cat- lin), 1919; Sons of Liberty, 1920; Many Dogs There Be, 1924; All Around Robin Hood's Barn, 1926; The Breakwater, 1927; Country Cousins, 1927; The Rocking Chair (with Esther S. Fraser), 1928; The Chronicles of a Countryman, 1928; Sprigs of llem- lock, 1931; many mag. stories and articles. Trav- cl: U.S. Desc. Peregrine White, 1st child of Plym- outh Colony; William Dyer, Sheepscott, Me., massacred by Indians. Congregationalist. Inde- pendent. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: Rock Walls Farm, Pelhamn.


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. EADES, Marion Fletcher, obstetrician and gyne- cologist; b. Goss, Mo., May 26, 1898; s. Fletcher B. Eades and Nora Leland (Guire) E .; ed. Paris (Mo.) high school, 1912-16; A.B., Univ. Mo., 1920; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1922; m. Charlotte Pellett of Hamburg, N.J., Aug. 3, 1929; children-Charles Fletcher, Susan. Interne in surgery, Boston City Hosp., 1922-24, Boston Lying-in Hosp., 1924; surg .- in-chief, Franklin Hosp., Franklin, N.J., 1924-26; res. obstetrician, Boston Lying-in Hosp., 1926-27; asst. instr. obstetrics, Harvard Univ. Med. Scli., 1927-10; asst. obstetrician, Boston Lving-in, Mass. Gen. and Newton Hosps .; consultant in gynecology, Newton Hosp., Adams Med. Asylum, S.A.T.C., World War, 6 mos., 1918; Diplomate Am. Bd. Ob- stetrics and Gynecology; fellow A.C.S .; mem. N.E. Soc. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston Obstet. Soc., Masons. Club: Harvard ( Boston). Metho- dist. Republican. Office: 19 Bay State Rd., Bos- ton. llome: 183 MIll St., Newtonville.


EAGER, Marey, consulting radio engincer; b. Brook- line, Apr. 16, 1898; s. Charles Eldridge Eager and Caroline C. (Marcy) E .; ed. Country Day Sch .; B.S., Harvard, 1921; m. Dorothea N. Blake of Yoko- hama, Jap., June 12, 1923; 1 dau .- Deborah C. Mem. staff of chief engr., N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1922-29, cons. engr. (radio), asso. with Glenn D. Gillett of Wash., D.C., 1932 -; dir. Stenger Broad-


casting Corp., Wilkes-Barre, Pa .; mem. Inst. Radio Engrs. Author: technical papers on radio broad- casting. Republican. Office: Nat. Press Bldg., Washington, D.C. Home: 75 Abbott Rd., Wellesley Hills. Summer home: Searsport, Me.


Y EAMES, Burton Edward, lawyer; b. Upton, Sept. 25, 1875; s. Stephen Hall Eames and Flora Estella (Rockwood) E .; cd. S.B., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1897; A.B., Harvard, 1900; LI.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Edith F. McAdams of Boston, June 3, 1907. Adın. to Mass. bar. 1903; practiced law, Boston, 1903 -; sr. partner Tyler, Eames and Rey- nolds; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Union, University, llarvard (Boston). Office:


Ames Bldg., Boston. Home: Wellesley.


EAMES, Edward Williams, educator; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1900; s. Edward A. Eames and Isabel (Morey) E .; ed. Nichols Sch., Buffalo, N.Y .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1922; A.M., Ilarvard, 1929; m. Elea- nor Lazelle Kimball of Burlington, Vt., June 23, 1926; children-Elizabeth Tower, Edward Ashley. Teacher, Deerfield Acad., with one year out for grad. study at Harvard, 1923-30; headmaster, Gov- crnor Dummer Acad., 1930 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Ould Newbury Golf, Oldtown Country. Travel: France. Congregationalist. Office and home: Governor Dummer Academy, South Byfield.


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V EAMES, Owen Whitman, clergyman; b. Everett, Apr. 16, 1900; s. Owen Abel Eames and Jane Ellen (Peel) E .; ed. grad. Everett high seh., 1919; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1925; S.T.B., Tufts Coll. Div. Sch., 1925; D.D., Am. Internat, Coll., 1936; S.T.D., Uni- tarian Paeifie Seh. for the Ministry, 1936; m. Ella- mae Flynn of Winthrop, Aug. 10, 1925; children- Joan Ellamac, Elaine Seott, Richard Whitman. Ordained to Universalist ministry, 1924; pastor, 1st Universalist Ch., Taunton, 1923-24; Rochester, Minn., 1925-27; St. Paul's Ch., Springfield, 1927-28; Ch. of the Unity (merger of Unlv. and Unitarian clis.), Springfield, 1928 -; pres. Springfield Council of Chs .; dir. Am. Unitarian Assn .; mem. Springfield Fish and Game Assn., Springfield Player's Guild, Delta Tau Delta, Masons. Clubs: Longmeadow Country, Conn. River Valley Theol., Springfield City. Home: 689 Laurel St., Longmeadow.


EARLE, Charles Brown, real estate; b. Worcester, July 18, 1871; s. Stephen C. Darle and Mary L. (Brown) IS .; ed. Worcester high school; A.B., Harvard, 1894; m. Mary Archer Doe, Sept., 1917. Instr. Latin and Greek, Milton Aead., 1894-1903; real estate, 1905 -; during war served at Platts- burg, 1916, and with Mass. Motor Corps. Club: Oakley Country. Travel: Eng., Seot., fre., Ger., It., Gr. and Gibraltar. Unitarian. Demoerat. Office: 92 State St., Boston. llome: 370 Common- wealth Av. Summer res .: Earle Ridge, Leicester (built 1771).


EARLE, Mabel Lavinia, retired; b. Lynn, Sept. 1, 1873; d. Anthony Earle, and Julia Ann (Snow) E .; ed. Lynn Class. high seh .; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1896. Teacher in private sch., N.Y. City, 1896-97; sei. teacher, later head sci, dept., Winsor Sch., Bos- ton, 1897-1914; writer of abstracts and asst. in edi- torial work, Eugenies Record Offlee, Dept. of Ge- netics, Carnegie Instn. of Washington, 1914-35; re- tired, 1935; dir. Boston Guild for the Hard of Hear- ing; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Am. Soe. for the Ilard of Hearing, Am. Forestry Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Radeliffe (Boston), Col- lege (Boston), Lynn Woman's. Editor: prepared material for and edited Bibliographla Eugenica, 2 vols., 1927-34. Travel: Europe, No. Africa, U.S. Dese. Anthony Earle who fought throughout Civil War as 1st It .; Ralph Earl, the colonial painter. Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Ad-V dress: 27 Deer Cove, Lynn. Summer home: No. Lovell, Me.




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