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YEMERY, William Morrell, writer, lecturer; b. Bruns- wick, Me., Oct. 2, 1866; s. Edwin Emery and Louisa F. (Wing) E .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1889, A.M., 1892; m. Margaret Calhoun Donaghy of New Bedford, Mar. 24, 1894. Mom. ed. staff, Lowell Citizen, 1889; Providence (R.I.) Telegram, 1890; New Bedford Journal, 1890-95, Mercury, 1895-99; Fall River Evening News, 1899-1926; Boston Evening Transcript, 1926- 33; writer on biog. and hist. topics; mem. bd. over- seers, Bowdoin Coll., 1915 -; gencalogist for Syl- vin Ann lowland Trs., 1916-18; pres. Bowdoin Alumni Assn. of Boston, 2 yrs .; pres. Channing Conf. Unitarian Chs., 1937-39; mem. Phl Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Author: Chad-
bourne Genealogy, 1904; The Flowland Heirs, 1919; Ancestry of the Grinnell Family, 1931; llon- orable Peleg Talhnan, 1935; The Salters of. Ports- mouth, N.HI., 1936; many manuscript family genealogies; contbr. Dict. Am. Biog. Co-author and ed., llistory of Sanford, Maine, 1901. Dese. several Mayflower passengers, many settlers of 1630's. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 182 Cot- tage St., New Bedford.
EMMONS, Alfred Page, banker; b. Roxbury, Jan 19, 1867; s. llenry Emmons and Olive E. (Page) E .; grad. Boston Latin sch., 1886; A.B., Harvard, 1890; m. Helen C. Bradlee of Boston, Oct. 28, 1897; 1 son-Alfred Bradlee. Employed in office rr., bank and commission merchant; then v.p., tr. and mem. investment com., Eliot Sav. Bk. Clubs; Har- vard (Boston), Brae Burn Country (West New- ton). Unitarian (elk, and mem. standing con. Second Ch., Boston), Republican. Office: Eliot Savings Bank, Roxbury. Home: 89 Carlton St., Brookline.
EMMONS, Arthur Brewster, II., physician; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 9, 1875; s. George Beal Emmons and Martha (Davis) E .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N.F .; A.B., llarvard, 1898; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; m. Louise Hickok of Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 15, 1909; children-Arthur B., Jr., Orville Ilickok. Practiced med., Boston, 1902-18; dlr. Harvard Mercantile Health work, 1919-25; asso. sec. Am. Pub. llealth Assn .; leader of research group; Am. Child Health Assn .; exee. dir, Boston Metrop. Chap., Am. Red Cross, 1929-35; capt. M.C., U.S.A., chief of staff, Evacuation llosp. #2, World War; 13 mos. for. service; former sec. Harvard Med. Alumni Assn. Club: Appalachian Mt. Au- thor: Health Control in Mercantile Life; many sci. articles. Travel: Europe (3 times), U.S. Desc. Nathaniel llenry Emmons, who as partner in T. B. Wales Co. furnished ships in Civil War; student in Tales of a Wayside Inn was gt. uncle. Protes- tant. Republican. Home: Dover.
VEMMONS, Dorothy Stanley, artist; b. Boston, June 14, 1891; d. James Nathaniel Whitman Emmons and Chansonetta (Stanley) E .; od. Newton high sch., 1906-10; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1914; student, New York Art League; pupil of George Elmer Brown, Aldro llibbard, Charles H. Woodbury. bir. occupational therapy, Boston Sanatorium, 1919-22; represented in permanent collection of New Haven Paint and Clay Club in New Haven Pub. Lib .; three paintings owned by Mass. Fed. of Women's Clubs; served as Reconstruction Aid in Occupational Therapy, U.S. Gen. Hosp., New Haven, 1918-19; mem. Am. Prof. Artists League, Copley Soc. of Boston, Am. Legion, D.A.R., Tau Zeta Epsilon. Unitarian. Republican. llome: 337 Waverley Av., Newton.
ENDICOTT, Henry, lawyer; b. Beverly, Apr. 6. 1875; s. lenry Endicott and Mary H. (llowe) E .; ed. Hopkinson Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1897; L.I.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1900; m. Katharine Sears; children-Ellen B., William, II. Entered law office of Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall, 1900; later mem. of the firm; now mem. of successor lirm, Gaston, Snow, Hunt, Rice & Boyd; v.p. dir. Warwick Mills. Club: Union. Desc. Gov. John
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VENDICOTT, Henry Wendell, trustee; b. Dedham, Nov. 1, 1880; s. Henry B. Endicott and Caroline Williams (Russell) E .; ed. Dedham high sch .; Hale Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1903; m. Martha Waldron Barron of Boston, Oet. 2, 1911 (d.); m. (2nd) Priscilla Maxwell of Rockville, Conn., Sept. 12, 1915; children-Mrs. Martha Endicott Gannett, Bradford Maxwell, Priscilla. Asso. with Endicott Johnson Corp. (v.p.), 1903-22; now tr. N.E. Mus. Nat. Hist., various interests; dir. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, R. II. Macy & Co., N.Y., Boston Wharf Co., Boston; Geo. E. Keith Co., Brockton; tr. N.I. Conservatory of Music, Boston; chinn. Boston Opera Assn .; major Q.M.C .; retired lt. col .; served 1918 to end of World War; mem. spl. commn., Q.M.C., Fr. and Eng., summer 1918. Clubs: Dedham Country & Polo, Country (Brook - line); llarvard, Algonquin, Exchange (Boston), Swan Island (N.C.), Moisie Salmon (Can.). Au- thor: hunting and fishing books (Stokes & Co., N.Y.). Travel: U.S., Europe, Can., Alaska. Desc. Endicott and Fairbanks familles of early Mass .; Fairbanks house, Dedham, built 1636. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 831 Shawmut Bank Bldg., Boston. Home: 80 Ilaven St., Dedham.
Y ENDICOTT, Willlam, banker; s. William Endicott and Annie Thorndike (Rand) E .; ed. A.B., Ilar- vard, 1887; m. Helen Southworth Shaw, June 11, 1889 ((.); m. (2d) Ellice Mack of London, Mar. 27, 1919. Connected with Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, 1887-1929, mem. of firm, 1897-1929; pres. B.&A. R.R .; chmn. bd. N.E. Trust Co .; dir. Bige- low-Hartford Carpet Co .; Overseer Harvard Coll., 1907-13, 1914-17; Am. Red Cross commr. for Great Britain, Oct. 1916-Mar. 1919; dir. Employers' Group Assn .; mem, finance com., Employers' Lia- billty & Assurance Corp. Clubs: Somerset, Har- vard (Boston). Desc. Gov. Endicott, 1628 (gov. of Mass. 1629-30). Office: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 274 Clarendon St., Boston.
ENGELBACH, Albert George, physiclan; b. Johns- town, Pa., July 4, 1901; s. Otto Engelbach and Emma (Ansler) E .; ed. Daleborough high sch .; Johnstown, Pa .; B.S., Pa. State Coll., 1923; M.D., Univ. Mich. Sch. Med., 1927. Asst. phys., Kala- mazoo State Hosp., Kalamazoo, Mich., 1928-29; asst. dir. Mass. . Gen. Hosp., 1929-37, Cambridge Hosp., 1937 -; mem. N.F. (see., 1930-) and Am. Ilosp. Assns., Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Theta Kappa Psi (grand sec, and Ireas.). Clubs: Uni- Versity (Boston), Cambridge Boat. Office: 330 MI. Auburn St., Cambridge. Home: 330 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge.
ENGLAND, Albert Charles, physiclan; b. Pittsfield, Oct. 30, 1877; s. Moses England and Rosa ( Rosen- thal) Is .; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover; Harvard, 1897-99; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1903; m. Aida Seiferth of Natchez, Miss., June 6, 1911; children- Albert C., Jr. (M.D.), Jonathan S., Helen (God- chaux), Richard. Pres. Pittsfield Anti-Tuberculo- sls Hosp .; chief of med. staff, Ilouse of Mercy llosp .; past pres. Berkshire Co. Med. Soc., four county med. socs .; medical examiner Berkshire Co .; mem. Masons ( Mystic Lodge). Clubs: Pitts- field Country, Park. Travel: Europe, So. Am., Mex., Callf. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 7 North St., Pittsfield. Ilome: 159 Wendell Av., Pittsfield. ENGLAND, Simon, merchant; b. Pittsfield; s. Moses England and Rosa (Rosenthal) E .; ed, Pittsfield high sch., 1879-82; m. Frances Straus, Nov. 8, 1905 (d.); children-Rose (Mrs. Alan J. Blau), Simon. Began as clerk and partner England Bros. Dept. Store, 1886-1927; v.p. England Bros. Inc., 1927-36, pres. 1936 -; dir. Agricultural Nat. Bk .; v.p. Community Chest, Sch. for Crippled Children; dir. Y.M.C.A. Clubs: Rotary, Park, Pittsfield Country, Berkshire Hills Country, Pon- toosic Country. Jewish (v.D. Jewish Synagogue). Home: Pittsfield.
ENGLE, Melvin Darke, mechanical and electrical engineer; b. Forest Glen, Md., July 29, 1896; s. James Melvin Engle and Lavinia Ilannah ( Hauke) E .; ed. cent. high sch., Wash., D.C .; Mckinley
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manual tr. sch., Wash., D.C .; B.S. (in engring.), Univ. Mich., 1918; m. Carolyn J. Benedict of Katonah, N.Y., July 14, 1923; 1 dau .- Elizabeth Benedict. Engr., Consolidated Gas, Elec. Light, & Power Co., Baltimore, Md., 1919-21; Mcclellan & Junkersfeld, Inc., N.Y. City, 1921-25; Boston Edi- son Co., Boston, 1925-, now asst. supt. engring .; pvt. U.S. Signal Corps, Officers Training Camp, Camp Mead, Md., World War, 6 mos .; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Inst. E.E., Nat. Dist. lleating Assn., A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Engineers (Boston), Winchester Country. Author: many tech. papers presented before nat, engring. socs .; articles in tech. mags. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: Care of Boston Edison Co., Boston. Home: 33 Allen Rd., Winchester.
Y ENGLISH, Fred Charles, superintendent of schools; b. Blaine, Me., July 25, 1893; s. William E. Eng- lish and Famicha (Robinson) E .; ed. Aroostook Cent. Inst., Mars Ifill, Me .; Colby Coll., 1916; Columbia; m. Cora Bell Jewett of Fredericton, N.B., 1925; children-Fred C., Jr., Eleanor P., Ronald R. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1916-17; U.S. Vets. Bur., 1919-20; teacher, Blaine, Me., 1920- 21; supt. schs., Mars Ilill (Me.), 1921-29, Calais (Me.), 1929-34, Amesbury, 1934 -; 2d lt., O.R.C., 1st lt., Inf., U.S.A., May 1917-Dec. 1918; mem. State and Nat. ednl. assns., A.F.&A.M. (past Mas- ter), Am. Legion (past Comdr., Mars Ilill, Calais), Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Rotary. Travel: Europe, 1927. Protestant. Republican. Office: Town Ilall, Amesbury. Home: 15 Moody St., Amesbury.
ENGLISH, Willlam Frye, clergyman; b. Essex Junc- tion, Vt., July 13, 1886; s. William Frye English and Janet Smith (MeCrone) E .; ed. Monson Acad .; A B., Dartmouth Coll., 1908; B.1)., llartford Theol. Sem., 1911; m. Elizabeth Dickinson of Glaston- bury, Conn., Sept. 6, 1911; 1 dau .- Elizabeth Dick- inson. Ordained to Congl. ministry, 1911; minis- ter, Westbrook, Conn., 1911-13, Saco, Me., 1913-16, Lowell, 1916-19; dir. (Mass.) Near East Relief, 1919-20; dist. sec. Am. Bd. Commrs. For. Missions, Chicago, Il., 1920-26; central div. mgr. Near East Coll. Assn., 1926-29; v.p. Rockford Coll., Rockford, Ill., 1929-32; minister, 1st Cong. Ch., Norwood, 1932 -; corporate mem. Am. Bd. of Commrs. for l'or. Missions; dir. Mass. Council of Chs .; tr. Internat. Coll., Beirut, Syria; medal from U.S. Govt. for proficiency in War Drives; speaker at Army Cantonments; mem. S.A.R., Sigma Nu, Ma-
Clubs: Ministers' Fortnightly ( Boston),
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Norwood Literary. Desc. original settlers of Lyme, N.IL .; direct desc. Ensign James English, 12th Regt. Foot, Revolutionary Army. Travel: boyhood in Sivas, Turkey (parents missionaries at that time). Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: First Congregational Church, Norwood. Home: 49 Walpole St., Norwood.
ENO, Arthur L., lawyer, speclal judge; b. Lowell, Mar. 20, 1892; s. William Eno and Odile (Chenail) 13 .; ed. Lowell high sch .; Harvard; m. Claire B. Lamoureux of Lowell, May 1, 1923; children- Arthur Louis Eno, Jr., Jacqueline, Paul A. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, Feb. 20, 1914, to U.S. Dist. Ct., Apr. 13, 1915, to Supreme Ct. of U.S., Oct. 21, 1918; spl. justice, Dist. Ct. of Lowell, Aug. 17, 1927; v.p., Jeanne d'Arc Credit Union; tr. Merri- mack River Sav. Bk .; arbitrator, Nat. Arbitration Assn .; sec. Franco-Am. Orphanage, Lowell Men. Auditorium Bldg. Commu .; enlisted, pvt., U.S.A., Dec. 11, 1917, 2d lt. Q.M.C., Aug. 9, 1918, discharged Dec. 20, 1918; mem. Am., Mass, and Middlesex Co. Bar Assns., Law Soc. of Mass. (v.p.), Franco-Am. Ilist. Soc. (treas.), Boy Scouts Amn. (exec. com., Greater Lowell Council). Catholic. Republican. Office: 219 Hildreth Bldg., Loweil. Ilome: 780 Andover St., Lowell.
ENSER, John F., artist, painter; b. Ennis, Tex., July 17, 1898; s. John Adams Enser and Katherine (McCabe) E .; ed. Ennis (Tex.) hlgh sch .; Acad. lfine Arts, Chicago, Ill .; unmarried. Newspaper cartoonist, illustrator, etcher, first part of career, at one time regular contbr. to Fun Book, etc .; artist, painter, teacher, 1929 -; instr. painting and drawing, Middlesex Sch., Concord; represented by paintings in Carey Mem. Lib. (Lexington), Brock-
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ton City Hall, Boston Post Office, in many pvt. collections; mem. Southern States Art League, Guild Boston Artists, Texas Fine Arts Assn. (Aus- tin, Tex.). Travel: Fr., Eng., Belg,, Hol., Mex., the tropies. Catholic. Independent. Office and home: 12 Summit Rd., Lexington.
ENSMINGER, Marion Eugene, professor of animal husbandry; b. Stover, Mo., May 23, 1908; s. Jacob Ensminger and Ella (Belt) E .; ed. Belton high sch., Belton, Mo .; B.S., Univ. Mo., 1931, M.A., 1932; unmarried. In Govt. service, 6 yrs .; professor animal husbandry, Mass, State Coll., Amherst, 1938 -. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 484 No. Pleasant St., Amherst.
V EPSTEIN, Louis M., rabbi; b. Onixt, Lithuania, Oct. 19, 1887; s. Ezriel Epstein and Rebecca (Mehler) E .; came to U.S., 1904, naturalized, 1907; ed. B.S., Columbia, 1911, A.M., 1915; A.M., Harvard, 1921; rabbi, Jewish Theol, Sem., 1913, D.H.L., 1921, D.D., 1937; m. Minnie Hannah Winer of N. Y. City, Aug.
5, 1914. Rabbi Dallas, Tex., 1913-15, Toledo, O., 1915-18; instr. in philosophy, Toledo Univ., 1915- 18; rabbi, Roxbury, 1918-25, Brookline, 1925 -; dir. Rabbinical Assembly of Am. (pres. 1918-22), Am. Acad. of Jewish Research, Jewish Acad. of Arts and Sciences. Author: The Jewish Marriage Contract, 1927. Home: 28 Littell Rd., Brookline. EPSTEIN, Nathan J., physician, chemist; b. Russia, Oct. 13, 1901; s. Louis Epstein and Rachel (Sokarya) E .; ed. Salem high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1922; Ph. D., Columbia, 1928; student, Univs, Paris (Fr.), Berlin (Ger.), Freiburg, Vienna (Aus.); . M.D., Munich, Ger., 1934; m. Edith Hillman, Aug. 21, 1939. Asst. instr., dept. biochemistry, Colum- bia, 1925-28; research chem., New Rochelle, N. Y., 1928-29; Charlton fellow in pediatries, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1935-38, instr. pediatrics, 1938-39; asst. phys., dept. pediatrics, Boston Dispensary; mem. A.A.A.S. Author: sei. papers, chiefly on med. subjs. Travel: Europe, 5 yrs., 1929-34. Jewish. Office: Boston Floating Hospital, 20 Ash St., Bos- ton. Home: 60 Broad St., Lynn.
YERHARD, Henry Alker, Investment banker, trustee; b. Elizabeth, N.J., Aug. 4, 1887; s. George Pierre Erhard and Lizzie (Alker) E .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Dartmouth, 1905-06; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Helen Weber of Brookline, 1913; chil- (Iren-Pierre B., John W., Henry E. Investment banking bus, 1909-, with Warner, Tucker & Co., 1909-15; formed Pearson, Erhard & Co., 1918-, incorporated, 1929, treas., v.p., and dir,; dir. United Pub. Utilities Corp., People's Light & Power Co., Miss. Pub. Service Co., la. Water Service Co .; mem. For. Policy Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Boston ), D. K.IC. ( N.Y.), Essex County. Catholic. Repub- lican. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: Cherry St., Wenham.
ERICKSON, Harry August, teacher of English; b. Brockton, Feb. 4, 1895; s. Andrew A, Erickson; ed. Mount Hermon Sch .; A.B., Yale Coll., 1921; A.M., Harvard Unlv., 1928; m. Rachel M. Hodous of Hartford, Conn., Oct. 18, 1930; children-Richard August, Mary Anne. Teacher English, Lake Forest Acad., Lake Forest, Ill .; Moses Brown Sch .; Mount Hermon School, 1929 -; chmn. Seh. Com., Gill; served in army World War. Protes- tant, Address: Mount Hermon.
ERICKSON, Joseph Austin, banker; b. Lynn, Jan. 8, IS96; s. Emil S. Erickson and Anna C. (Jacobson) I .; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1917 (as of 1918); Harvard Grad, Sch. Bus. Adm., 1919- 20; m. Esther R. Stevens of Boston, 1923; children -Joseph Austin, Jr., Naney Stevens, Carolyn. Credit investigator, Nat. Shawmut Bk., Boston, 1920-25, asst. cashler, 1925-27, asst. v.p., 1927, v.p., 1928 -; tr., mem, bd. investment, Boston Five' Cent Sav. Bk .; dir. County Bk. & Trust Co., Cam- bridge; v.p., dir. Devonshire Financial Service Corp .; dir. Nevada Mass, Co .; tr. Northwestern Leather Co. Trust; v.p. Shawmut Corp .; 1st lt., U.S.A., 1917-19; overseas with 55th Arty., C.A.C .; with Reparations Seet., Am. Peace Commn,; mem. Newcomen Soc. Clubs: Charles River Country, Duxbury Yacht. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fice: 40 Water St., Boston. Ilome: 50 Ledgeways, Wellesley Hills.
ERMILIO, Pompeo, banker; b. Anzi, Potenza, It., Oct. 1, 1888; s. Frank P. Ermilio and Carmela (Miranda) E .; ed. pub, schs. in U.S., to which he came in 1898; diplomas, Mitchell and Croonborg Sehs, Design; m. Catherine M. Laraia, June 25, 1917; children-Carmelina, Rosemary, Glorla, Francis, Designer, Phila., and Pittsburgh, Pa .; came to Worcester, 1915; started banking bus, of Laraia & Ermilio, now treas. and gen. mgr .; also insurance, for. exchange, and travel service; or- ganized Italian Finance Corp. of Worcester, now treas, and gen, mgr .; mem. A.F.&A.M. (E. Copee Mitchell Lodge No. 605, Worcester Chap., Worces- ter Aletheia Grotto), Sons of Italy in Am., Worcester Ch. Commerce. Club: Worcester Ital- ian Country. Travel: It., 1931. Republican. Of- fice: 157 Shrewsbury St., Worcester. Home: 491 Shrewsbury St., Worcester.
VERNST, Clayton Holt, editor, publisher; b. Fran - conia, N.H., Dec. 29, 1886; s. Frederick William Ernst and Hattie Emeline (Holt) E .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1910; m. Dorothy Haynes Puffer of West Newton, Sept. 20, 1924; children-Eleanor Holt, Dorothy Wynkoop. Asst. ed., The Youth's Com- panion, 1911-19; ed., part owner The Open Road for Boys, 1919 -; pres. Outdoor Publications, Inc., 1939 -; pres. The Open Road Pub. Co., 1928 -; dir. Torbell Co., Open Road Pub. Co. Clubs: Harvard, Boston Authors', Laurel Brook, Author: First Aid for Boys (with Norman B. Cole, M.D.); Blind Trails; The Mark of the Knife; The Secret of Coffin Cove; What Shall I Be? ed .; Opportunity Ahead (with Trentwell Mason White). Travel: Scandinavia. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 729 BoyIston St., Boston. Home: 38 Chest- nnt St., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: Meredith, N.11.
ERNST, Roger, lawyer; b. Jamaica Plain, Feb. 2, 1881; s. George Alexander Otis Ernst and Jeanie C. (Bynner) E .; ed. Roxbury Latin seh .; A.B., Har- vard, 1903, A.M., 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1906; m. Ruth Graves of Brookline, Aug. 19, 1926. Admitted Mass. bar, 1906; with Ropes, Gray, & Gorham, 1906-11, partner 1911-, with name changed to Ropes, Gray, Boyden, & Perkins; dir. Webster & Atlas Nat. Bank of Boston; pres. bd. of tr., Roxbury Latin sch .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. City of Boston, Am. Law Inst. Clubs: Union (Boston), Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Travel: Europe (several times), Unitarian. Republican. Office: 50 Federal St., Boston. Home: 170 Sargent Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Manomet.
I ERSKINE, Kenneth Howard, fire insurance com- pany official; b. Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1894; s. George Elgin Erskine and Anna (Cunningham) E .; ed. Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) high sch .; B.S., Syracuse Univ., 1917; m. Doris Leake of Lockport, N.Y., June 10, 1923; children-Patricia, Sallie Mcintosh, Linda Curtis. Employed as insp., Underwriters Assn, of N.Y. State, 1918; spl. agt., Northern As- surance Co., 1918-23; local mgr. of Boston Branch Office, Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co., 1923 -; pvt. aerial photography Signal Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. in France; dir. Ins. Soc. Mass., Ins. Library Assn. Boston; chmn. Fire Pre- vention Com. of Boston, Ch. Commerce; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: University. Methodist. Republican. Office: 55 Batterymarch St., Boston. Home: 91 Common St., Watertown. Suminer res .: Hedding, N.H.
FERSKINE, Linwood Mandeville, lawyer, trustee; b. Jefferson, Me., Apr. 1, 1885; s. George Boardman Erskine and Myra L. (Poland) E .; ed. Lincoln Acad., Newcastle, Me .; Bath (Me.) hlgh sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1907; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1910; m. Katharine M. Forbes of Worcester, June 29, 1918; children- Harriette M., Louise T., Lin- wood M., Jr., Christopher F. Gen. practice of law, Worcester, 1910 -; dir. Coppus Engring. Corp., Ilobbs Mfg. Co., Sheppard Envelope Co., Worcester Film Corp., Home for Aged Men, Worcester Animal Rescue League; pres., dir., Mem. Homes for Blind; tr. Chestnut Cong. Ch., Leicester Acad .; mem. Rep. City Com. several yrs., mem. Am., Mass., Worcester Co. Bar Assns., Masons, Odd Fellows. Clubs: Uni- versity, Tatnuck Country, Economic, For. Policy,
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Worcester Rotary (pres., dir.), Rotary Internat. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 390 Main St., Worcester. Home: 5 Trowbridge Rd., Worces- ter. Summer res .: Paxton.
ESENWEIN, Joseph Berg, editor, literary critic; b. Phila., Pa., May 15, 1867; s. Augustus Esenwein
and Katherine (Angelo) E .; ed. Cooper Sch., Read- V ESTABROOK, Charles Taylor, Doctor of Medicine; ing, Pa .; B.S., Albright Coll., 1884; A.M., Lafayette b. Worcester, Jan. 23, 1873; s. Charles W. Estabrook and Helen A. (Carr) E .; ed. pub. schs., Worcester; M.D., Long Island (N.Y.) Coll. Med. Hosp., 1897; m. Edith Tourtellotte of Worcester, Oct., 1901; 1 dau .- Helen (Mrs. Robert W. Stoddard). Prac- ticed medicine in Worcester, 1898 -; specializing in treatment of eye, car, nose and throat; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Ophthal. Soc., N.E. Otol. & Laryngol. Soc., N.D. Ophthal. Soc. Clubs: Worcester, Tatnuck Country. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 10 Algonquin Rd., Worcester. Coll., 1894; Ph.D., Richmond Coll., 1896; Litt.D., Univ. Omaha, 1896; M.H., Springfield Coll., 1937; m. Caroline Deats Miller of l'ine Grove, Pa., Mar. 21, 1889; children-Joseph Harold (d.), Annetta Ruth (d.), Karl Wilhelin (d.). Pres. Albright Col- legiate Inst., 1895-96; ednl. dir., Washington Heights Y.M.C.A., N.Y. City, 1897; head dept. Eng., Pa. Mil. Coll., 1899-1903; mgr., Booklovers Mag., 1903-05; ed., mgr., Lippincott's Mag., Phila., 1905- 14; lit. adviser to J. B. Lippincott Co., 1908-14; ed., Writer's Monthly, Springfield, 1915 -; prof. pub. speaking and journalism, Springfield Coll., 1920-37; ESTABROOK, Harold M., special agent; b. Arling- ton, Feb. 9, 1899; s. J. R. Estabrook and Amana J. E .; ed. Arlington high sch .; Chauncy Hall Sch .; M.I.T., 1921; n. Mary Saloman of Arlington, Sept. 1920; children-Priscilla, Lois, Harold M., Jr. In ins. engring., 1921 -; special agt .; mem. sch. bldg. com., chmn. lin. com., mem. bd. Selectmen, 6 yrs., Town of Arlington; treas. Bay State Club; dir. Arlington Coop. Bk .; tr. Symmes Arlington Hosp .; mem. Rep. Town Com., N.E. Ins. Exchange, Lambda Chi Alpha. Club: Bay State. Interested in politics. Protestant. Republican. Office: 40 Broad St., Bos- ton. Home: 10 Inverness Rd., Arlington. pres., llome Corr. sch., 1939 -; inem. Council, Nar- berth, Pa .; sec. sch. com., Longmeadow; mem. Soc. Arts & Letters (past pres.), Browning Soc. (past pres.), Royal Soc. Arts (London), Masons (P.M.), Periodical Pubs. Assn. Am. (past dir.), etc. Club: Kiwanis (past pres. ) Author: Songs for Reapers, 1895; Modern Agnosticism, 1896; Feathers for Shafts, 1897; How to Attract and Hold an Audience, 1901; Writing the Short Story, 1909; Studying the Short Story, 1912; Short Short Masterpieces, 1912; Writing the Photoplay (with Arthur Leeds), 1913; Art of Versification, 1913; Writing for the Maga- zines, 1916; Children's Stories and How to Tell Thein (with Marietta Stockard), 1917; etc. Com- piled 6 vols. juvenile fiction, 1937. Travel: 15 trips abroad to over 40 countries. Desc. 1st soldier to enlist under Gen. Hiester, Am. Revolution. Pres- byterian. Republican. Office: Myrick Bldg., Springfield. Home:
108 Edgewood Av., Long- meadow.
ESPOVICH, Walter M., lawyer; b. Haverhill, Jan. .. 8, 1902; s. Joseph B. Espovich and Sara (Ralby) E .; ed. Haverhill high sch .; LL.B. (magna cum laude), Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1923; m. llelen Halpern of Haverhill, May 12, 1933; 1 dau .- Sybil. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1923-25, Haverhill, 1925 -; mem. Boston, Haverhill and Essex County Bar Assns., B'nai B'rith (past pres.). Jewish. Of- fice: 3 Washington Sq., Haverhill. Home: 41 East- land Ter., Haverhill.
Y ESSELEN, Gustavus J., research chemist; b. Rox- bury, June 30, 1888; s. Gustavus J. Esselen and Joanna (Blyleven) E .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1909, Austin teaching fellow chemistry, Harvard, 1910-11, A.M., 1911, I'h.D., 1912; in. Henrietta W. Locke of Lex- ington, Sept. 18, 1912; children-Rosamond, Jose- phine, Gustavus, III. Mem. research staff, Gen. Elec. Co., Lynn, 1912-14; asst. mgr., later mgr., Chem. Products Co., ifrs. cellulose acetate and derived products, 1914-17; research staff, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, 1917-21; v.p., dir. re- search, Skinner, Sherman & Esselen, Inc., 1921-30; pres., treas., dir., Gustavus J. Esselen, Inc., 1930 -; has worked extensively in fields of cellulose chen. and of synthetic resins; studies led to improved process for manufacture of sheet material from cellulose-ester plastics; holds many patents in U.S. and abroad; John Howard Appleton lecturer, Brown Univ., 1926; tr. Swampscott Pub. Lib .; mem. Lynn Council Rel. Edn. (past pres. ); del. Nat. Acad. Selences to Internat. Union of Chemistry, Liege, 1930, Lucerne 1936; major C.W.S. (Res.); fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, A.A.A.S., Am. Inst. Chemists; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (dir., tr., Per- manent Trust Fund, Northeastern Sect.), Assn. Cons. Chemists & Chem. Engrs. (dir.), Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. (dir., 1931-33, 1934-36), Nat. Re- search Council, Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Am. Inst. Cons. Engrs., Inc., Electrochemical Soc., Asso. Industries Mass., Dechema (Ger.), Engring. Socs. N.E., Soc. Chem. Industry (Gt. Brit. ), Mass. Charitable Mechanics Assn., Tech. Assn. Pulp & Paper Industry, Alpha Chi Sigma, Boston Ch. Conimerce. Clubs: Chemists' (N.Y.), Harvard, . Union, Rotary (pres., 1937-38), Congregational (past pres.), Appalachian Mt. (Boston). Author:
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