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Com., Wash., D.C., engaged in organizing industries for cooperation with Govt. on war production, dur- Ing World War. Catholic. Democrat. Oflice: Fed- eral Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, D.C. Home: Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Summer res .: Little's Point, Swampscott.
FAINSOD, Merle, asst. professor; b. Mckees Rocks, Pa., May 2, 1907; s. Louis Fainsod and Frieda (Marcus) F .; ed. Cleveland high sch., St. Louis, Mo .; A.B., Washington Univ., 1928; Ph.D)., Harvard Univ., 1932; m. Elizabeth Stix of St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 27, 1933. Instr. govt., Harvard Univ., 1933- 38; asst. prof., 1938 -; mein. staff, President's Com. on Administrative management, 1936; mem. Am. Polit. Science Assn. Author: (with A. J. Lien) The American People and Their Government; (alone) International Socialism and the World War, 1935. Office: M29 Littauer Center, Harvard Univ., Cambridge. Home: 44 De Wolfe St., Cam- bridge.
Y FAIR, Gordon Maskew, professor of engineering; b. Union of South Africa, July 27, 1894; s. Charles A. Fair and Maria (Maskew) F .; ed. Werner Sie- mens Gymnasium, Berlin, Ger .; Technische Iloch- Shule, Charlottenburg, Ger .; S.B., Harvard, 1916, M.I.T., 1916; S.M. (Hon.), Tufts Coll., 1934; m. Esther Lansing Mead of Tenafly, N.J., Dec. 21 1918; children-Gordon Maskew, Jr., Cornelius Lansing. Research in water purification, 1917-18; asst. dir. sanitation, League of Red Cross Socs., Geneva, Switz., 1921; instr. to prof., Harvard, 1922-, now Abbott and James Lawrence prof. engring. and Gordon Mckay prof. san. engring., Harvard Grad. Sch. Engring .; with Univ. Toronto O.T.C., C.E.F., 1916-17; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Royal Soc. Arts .; mem. Sigma Chi, Tau Beta Pi, Delta Omega, and many other nat. and local prof. socs .; dir., v.p., pres. of some. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: several prof. books; many sci. publications. Editor: Journal of N. E. Water Works Assn. Office: Pierce Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge. Ilome: 7 Scott St., Cam- bridge.
FAIRBARRIN, Harold Williams, asst. professor of geology; b. Ottawa, Ont., Can., July 10, 1906; s. Arthur Edwin Fairbairn and Maria (Spratt) F .; ed. Lisgar Collegiate Inst., Ottawa, Ont .; B.Sc., Queen's Univ. (Can.), 1929; ed. Unlv. Wis., 1930; M.A., Harvard, 1931, Ph.D., 1932; travelling fellow, Royal Soc. Can, at Univs. Innsbruck, Göttingen and Berlin, Ger., 1932-34; m. Sheila May Sargent of Newbury, Eng., 1939. Geol. asst., Geol. Sur- vey of Can., 1926-32; instr. geology, Queen's Univ. (Can.), 1935-36, lecturer, 1937; asst. prof., M.I.T., 1937 -; geologist, Dept. Mines, Province of Ont., 1936 -; fellow Geol. Soc. Am., Mineral. Soc. Am. Author: Structural Petrology, 1937. Travel: Eu- rope, 1932-31; Russia, 1937. Protestant. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 50 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge.
FAIRCLOUGHI, Herbert S., business executive; b. Somerville, July 13, 1880; s. Joshua Fairclough and (Sherman) E .; ed. secondary schs .; m. Helen Moir of Quincy, June 29, 1901; children-Ruth M., Roger S., Herbert S., Jr., Mgr., Marble-Nye Co .; Wollas- ton Lodge, Mt. Wollaston R.A. Chap., Quincy Com- mandery, Boston Council. Club: Drysatters of N.E. Protestant. Republican. Office: 49 Stillings St., Boston. Home: 60 Albion Rd., Wollaston. Summer home: Tamworth, N.H.
V FAIRCLOUGH, William Richard, business man (re- tired; b. Fleetwood, Eng., June 7, 1861; s. William M. Falrclough and Sarah (Hayes) F .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .; unmarried. In dry goods dept., Jor- dan, Marsh Co., Boston, 1872-75; with Spaulding, Hay & Wales, 1875-80; with R. H. White Co., 1880- 85; with Houghton, Dutton Co., 1885-92; in dry goods commn. business for self, 1893-1902; mem. firm Fairclough & Gold, cotton goods converters and curtain nifrs., 1902-14, Incorporated 1914, pres., 1914-36. Clubs: Boston City, Woodland Golf. Travel: several trips around the world, to Europe. Catholic. Republican. Home: 35 Lockwood Rd., West Newton. Summer res .: Stow.
VFAIRFIELD, Howard Parker, prof. machine con- structlon (emeritus) ; b. Patten, Me., Nov. 14, 1858;
S. James Fairfield and Lucia E. (Parker) F .; ed. com. sehs .; lloulton Acad .; Boston Evening Draw- ing Sch .; under pvt. tutor and by spl. work; m. Kate Frances Coffin of Patten, Me., June 9, 1887; children-Frank (d.), Erle. With S. A. Woods Ma- chine Co., 1884-88; B.&A.R.R., 1888-89; Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co., 1889-91; teacher shop engring., Case Sch. Applied Sci., 1891-99; instr. machine con- struction, Worcester Poly. Inst., 1899-1911, asst. prof., 1914-19, prof., 1919-1935, prof. emeritus, 1935 -; mem. Am. Soe. M.E., Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega (hon.). Club: Economie ( Worcester). Au- thor: L. S. Starrett's Handbook; text books on machine shop practice, blue-print reading, etc .; various articles for Machinery and Am. Machinist. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Worcester Poly. Inst. Home: 30 Boynton St., Worcester.
Y FAIRFIELD, Wynn Cowan, clergyman; b. Tabor, la., Oct. 27, 1886; s. Frederic Wyett Fairfield and Harriet Louisa (Allen) F .; ed. prep. dept., Howard Univ., Wash., D.C .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1907, B.D., 1910, A.M., 1926, D.D., 1926; in. Daisie P. Gehman of East Greenville, Pa., July 19, 1910; children- Margaret Hull, Frederic Wyett, John Francis. Mis- sionary, Am. Bd., Taiku, Shansi, China, 1910-29; church and school work; asso. sec., Home Office, Am. Bd. Commrs. For. Missions, 1929-34, Sec. for Far East, 1934 -; dir., Church Com. China Relief, N.Y. City, 1938-39; tr. Cheeloo Univ., Fukien Chr. Univ., Yenching Univ., Willis F. Pierce Mem. Hosp .; dir. Agr. Missions Foundation; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Congregational (Boston), Every Saturday. Author: occasional articles. Travel: prof., to and from Far East. Desc. John Fairfield, Wenham, 10th generation. Congregationalist. In- dependent Republican. Office: 14 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Ilome: 359 Cabot St., Newtonville.
VFAIRMAN, Charles George, editorial writer; b. Cole- brook, N.H., Apr. 5, 1870; s. George Fairman and Mary J. ( Annis) F .; ed. Colby Acad., New London, N.H .; Amherst Coll., 1895-97; m. Myrtle M. Bruce of Greenfield, Apr. 22, 1903 (d.); children-Ruth E., Charles B., George W., Alonzo B., Warren II. Began as printer, then reporter, N.II. newspapers, 1889-95; reporter, Springfield. Republican, 1898-99; employed on various Phila, and New York papers, 1899-1903; with Springfield Union, 1903-, editorial writer, 1906 -; occasional contr. to other publs .; meni. N.C. Historic Geneal. Soc., Phil Gamma Delta. Republican. Office: 16 Fort St., Springfield. Honre: 3 Salem St., Springfield.
FALCONER, James A,, publisher: b. Elgin, Scot., Oct. 28, 1881; s. Alexander Falconer and Eliza (Clapperton) F .; brought to U.S., 1889, naturalized, 1902; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; student of cost accounting and auditing, evening classes, Columbia, 1909-10; student, Harvard, 1920-21; m. Norma R. Farnham of Weymouth, N.S., Oct. 8, 1919; chil- dren-James A., Jr., Thomas 12., Barbara D. Cashier, auditor, office mgr., 1901-17; traveling auditor, Ordnance Dept., U.S. Govt., 1917-19, In- ternal Revenue Dept., 1919-23; treas. Phelps Pub. Co., Springfield, 1923-, bus. mgr. and dir., 1925-, pres., 1938 -; treas. and dir. N. E. Homestead Co .; mem. Appropriations Com., Longmeadow; mem. Masons, Commerce. Clubs: Rotary, Springfield Country. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Myrick Bldg., Springfield. Home: 37 Lincoln Park, Longmeadow.
VRALES, Almon Lawrence, chemist, engineer; b. Medway, Jan. 6, 1876; s. James Emerson l'ales and Mary Clark (Ballou) F .; ed. Medway high sch .; S.B., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1898; m. Edna Mabel Norton of Medway, May 29, 1899 (d. Oct. 25, 1908) ; I dau .- Doris Edna; m. (2d) Clara Alice Blood of Worcester, Apr. 18, 1912; children-Virginla Blood, Marion Elizabeth. Asst. chemist, Sewer Dept., Worcester, 1898-1901, supervising chemist, 1901- 13; joined firm of Metcalf and Eddy, cons. engrs., Boston, May 1, 1913; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.F., Am. Pub. Health Assn., Am. Chem. Soc., Am. and N.E. Water Works Assns., etc. Clubs: Boston City, University. Desc. James F'ales, from Chester, Eng., who settled In Dedham, 163S. Congrega- tionalist. Office: 1300 Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 45 Westbourne Rd., Newton Centre.
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FALL, Henry Clinton, teacher (retired) ; b. Farm- ington, N.H., Dec. 25, 1862; s. Orrin T. Fall and Mary Ann (Hayes) F .; ed. Dover (N.F.) high school; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1884; Sc.D. (Hon.), 1929, teacher, 1884-1917; mem. Am. Entomol. Soc. (Phila.) fellow, Ent. Soc. of Am., A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences. Author: monographs, re- views, and shorter articles on American Coleopter- ology; collection of over 200,000 mounted specimens Incl. about 1,400 types. Travel: Alaska, Can., U.S. Desc. Gov. Thos. Dudley, Gov. Simon & Anne Brad- street, Elder Win. Wentworth. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: Tyngsboro.
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FALL, Paul Henry, asso, professor of chemistry; b. Fountain City, Ind., May 8, 1892; s. William L. Fall and Emma C. (Fisher) F .; ed. Carthage (Ind. ) high sch .; Houghton Coll .; Ind. Univ .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1914, A.M., 1918; Chicago Univ .; Ph.D., Cor- nell, 1925; m. Dorothy Jennings of Houghton, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1916; children-David J., William A. Teacher sci., high seh., St. Charles, Ill., 1914-15; Houghton (N.Y.) Coll., 1915-16; asst. and grad. stu- dent, Oberlin Coll., 1916-18; research chem., Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del., 1918-20; prof. chem. and head of dept., Hiram Coll., 1920-36; asso. prof. chem., Williams Coll., 1936 -; mayor of Hiram, O., 1934-36; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: Williams Faculty, Williams (N.Y.). Author: Reactions of the Metals and their Qualitative Detection. Prot- estant. Independent. Office: Williams College, Wil- liamstown. Home: 33 Southworth St., Williams- town.
V FALLON, John, surgeon; b. Worcester, Sept. . 17, 1901; S. Michael Francis Fallon and Ella Jane (Ford) F .; ed. A.B., Holy Cross, 1919; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1923; grad. work, Univ. Minn., 1927; m. Kathleen McCann of Bangor, Me., Oct. 6, 1928 (d.); m. (2d) Frances Helen Lohbauer of Madison, Wis., Dee. 26, 1934; children-Michael F., 2d, John, Jr., Frances Ella. Interne, St. Vincent (Worcester), Peter Bent Brigham ( Boston) Hosps .; res., St. Vincent's Hosp .; fellow (surg.), Mayo Clinic; surg., Fallon Clinic and St. Vincent Hosp., 1929 -; dir. Fallon Clinic, 1933 -; mem., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (councillor), A.C.S., Am. Urol. Assn. (N.E. Br.), N.E. Obstet. & Gynecol. Soc., other med. hist. soes. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: articles on surgery, med. hist. Catholic. Office: 390 Main St., Worcester. Home: Shrewsbury Center. Summer res .: Misery Island, Beverly Farms.
V FALVEY, Donald, insurance; b. Norwich, Conn., Feb. 22, 1896; s. T. J. Falvey and Mary E. (Cosgrove) F .; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover; A.B., Harvard, 1920; m. Lidwine A. Curran of Andover, June 6, 1925; children-Gail, Joan, Donald, Jr. In cotton bus., 2 yrs .; with Mass. Bonding & Ins. Co., investment end, 1922 -; now scc .- treas., dir .; U.S.N.R.F., 2 yrs., World War. Clubs: Exchange, Tedesco Country, Eastern Yacht, Harvard ( Bos- ton). Oflice: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 27 Tudor Rd., Chestnut Jfill. Summer res .: Swamp- scott.
V FALVEY, Timothy J., insurance executive; b. Leba- non, Conn., Jan. 17, 1868; s. John Falvey and Ellen (Neal) F .; ed. Norwich (Conn.) high sch .; m. Mary E. Cosgrove of Norwich, Conn., Oct. 26, 1892; chil- dren-Wallace J., Donald. Organized Mass. Bond & Ins. Co., 1907; pres., 1907 -. Clubs: Bankers of America, Exchange, University (Boston), East - ern Yacht, Tedesco Country. Offlee: 10 Post Of- fice Sq., Boston. Ilome: White Court, Little's Pt., Swampscott.
FANNING, Marshall Bryant, teacher; b. N. Man- chester, Ind., July 28, 1869; s. Bryant Fanning and Mary M. (Bonewitz) F .; ed. Otterbeln Prep. Sch .; Otterbein Coll .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; Litt.D., Ot- terbein Coll., 1928; m. Mary L. Murray of New Paris, O., Aug. 4, 1897. Master, Powder Pt. Sch., Duxbury,' 1895-97, head, 1897-1900; master, Volk- mann Sch., Boston, 1900-06; prof., tutor, 1906 -; dir. Benevolent Fraternity, North End Union; treas. Ist Ch., Boston, 1930 -; in Secret Service, U.S. Govt .; mem. Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, World War and police strike; vet., 1st Corps Cadets; mem. Boston Athenaeum. Clubs: Harvard, Un[-
tarian (Boston), Republican (Mass.). Travel: most European countries, Egypt, Near East, 1896, 1910, 1911. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 222 Marl- boro St., Boston. Summer res .: St. George St., Dux- bury.
FARLEY, James Edward, lawyer; b. Danvers, July 10, 1894; s. Thomas Francis Farley and Mary (Har- rington) F .; ed. A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1916; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1921; m. Jeanette Mc- Donald of Salem, Nov. 27, 1930; children-Richard l'aul, Robert Donald, Carol Ann. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1921; in office Peabody, Arnold, Batehelder & Luther, Boston, 1921-23; in practice at Peabody, 1923-24, at Salem, 1924 -; clk. and counsel, Salem Realty Co .; mem. bd. trs., Salem Hosp .; 2d It. Field Arty., U.S.A., 1917-18, instr. at Camp Taylor, Ky .; mem. Essex Co. Health Assn. (exec. bd.), Am., Es- sex and Salem Bar assns., Mil. Order World War, Am. Legion. Clubs: Harvard (No. Shore), Salem Country ( Peabody). Catholic. Republican. Office: 126 Washington St., Salem. Home: 43 Gardner St., Peabody.
FARLEY, John Wells, lawyer; b. Brookline, June 15, 1878; s. James P'. Farley and Mary Eliot ( Wells) F .; ed. Roxbury Latin Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Isabel S. Mc- Lennan of Montreal, Can., 1911; children -- Louise, Elizabeth, Isabel. In office of Alfred Hemenway, Boston, 1903-08; mem. Hentenway, Barnes and Farley, 1908-13; see. and asst. counsel, Boston Finance Com., 1909; treas. and pub., Boston Her- ald, 1911-13; partner, Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Neave, 1913-16, Herrick, Smith, Donald & Far- ley, 1916 -; dir. Byrndun Corp., Community Fed. Boston, Hat Corp. Am., State St. Trust Co., Ther- minsul Corp .; pres. and dir. The Industrial Comt- pany, Wm. Knowlton & Sons Co .; chin. dirs., Merrimac Hat Corp., Nashua Mig. Co., Thom- son-Gibb Elec. Welding Co., Thomson Elec. Weld- ing Co .; gen. chmn. Boston Emergency Relief Campaign (1934), Mass. Rep. Finance Com. (1936, 1937); major, Inf., 1917-19; pres. Needham Tax- payers Assn., 1932-35. Clubs: Somerset, Tavern, Dedham Country and Polo. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 898 South St., Necdham.
FARNSWORTH, Alice Hall, professor of astronomy; D. Williamstown, Oet. 19, 1893; d. Frederic T. Farns- worth and Anna Caroline (Tufts) F .; ed. Taunton high sch .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1916; M.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1917, Ph.D., 1920. Instr. prof. astronomy Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1920-25; instr., Univ. Chicago, 1925-26; Martin Kellogg fellow, Lick Obs., Univ. Cal., 1930-31; prof., Mt. Holyoke, Coll., 1931 -; mem. I'hi Beta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Variable Star Observers, Am. Astronom. Soe. (councillor). Author: articles on astronomy. Travel: Europe. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Mt. Hol- yoke Coll., S. Hadley. Home: 22 Brigham Hall, S. Hadley. Summer res .: 196 Highland St., Taun- ton.
IFARNSWORTH, Edward Miller, business man; b. Brookline, Apr. 18, 1883; s. Edward Miller Farns- worth and Esther C. ( Morse) I .; ed. Noble & Green- ough Seh., Boston; A. B., Harvard, 1906; B.S., Law- rence Sei. Sch., 1907; m. Margaret A. King of Bos- ton, Oct. 14, 1908; children-Margaret King, Mrs. Alice Andresen. With Stone & Webster, 1907-09; E. M. Farnsworth & Co., 1909-17; v.p. Old Colony Gas Co., 19II-29, pres., 1930 -; v.p., gen. mgr. Bos- ton Consolidated Gas Co., 1934-37, pres., 1937 -; dir. Old Colony, Boston Consolidated Gas Cos .; tr. and v.p. Brookline Sav. Bk. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Duxbury Yacht, Exchange, Harvard ( Boston). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 100 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 73 Middlesex Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: Duxbury.
FARNSWORTH, Harold Vincent, textile engineer; b. Revere, Oct. 5, 1894; s. Vincent Farnsworth and Alice Russell (Fenno) F .; ed. Winchester high sch .; Bachelor, Textile Engring., Lowell Textile Inst., 1916; m. Georgia Emma Young of Winchester, May II, 1918; children-Jean, Richard Miller. Pres., dir. Holliston Water Co .; dir. Alsatian Machine Works; with Atkinson Haserick & Co., Boston;
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ensign, U.S.N., 1917-19; selectman, Winchester, 1931-34; mem. A.I.&A.M. (Blue Lodge, Chap., Council), K.T., Omicron Pi, Town Rep. Com. Clubs: Winchester Country, Republican. Travel: Europe, West Indies, Can., U.S. Desc. Capt. John Parker, Lexington. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 152
Congress St., Boston. Homc: 4 Central Green, Winchester. Summer res .: Conomo Pt., Essex.
FARNSWORTH, Jerry, artist; b. Dalton, Ga., Dec. 31, 1895; s. Samuel Farnsworth and Lavinia (Pou) F .; ed. Corcoran Sch., Wash., D.C .; studied with Charles W. Hawthorne, Provincetown; m. Helen Alton Sawyer, Aug. 26, 1924. Exhibited in N.Y. City, Chicago, Washington, Phila., Toledo, St. Louis, Cleveland, etc .; represented in Delgado Mus., New Orleans, by "Helen," bought, 1925; Nat. Acad. Design, "Three Churches," bought by Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1929; Vanderpoel Art Mus., Chicago; Houston Mus. Fine Arts, Tex .; asso. Nat. Acad- emician, 1933, Nat. Academician, 1935; mem. Wash- ington Soc. Artists, Provincetown Art Assn. Clubs: Salmagundi, Nat. Arts (N.Y.). Awards: 2d prize, Washington So. Artists, 1924, 3rd Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1925 and 1927, Golden State prize, Grand Central Art Galleries, N.Y., 1928, hon. mention, 1929, 1930; Thomas B. Clarke prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1933, Thomas Procter prize, 1935, Isidor medal, 1936, Altman prize, 1938. Hoine: North Truro, Cape Cod.
FARNUM, George Rossiter, lawyer, author; b. Mel- rose, May 30, 1885; s. George P. Farnum and Mary Ellen (Rossiter) F .; ed. Melrose high sch .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law., 1907, LL.M. (summa cum laude), 1908; m. Ida Mae Demers of Springfield, June 19, 1912. Began law practice, Boston, 1907; asst. U.S. atty., Mass., 1925-26; acting U.S. atty., 1926; asst. atty, gen. U.S., 1927-30; past lecturer on admiralty law, fed. jurisdiction and practice, Boston Univ. Sch. Law .; hon. consul gen. of 'fur- kcy for N.D. States; spl. counsel, Fin. Commn., Boston, for investigation of mun. administration, 1934-35, 1937; mem. Am. Law Inst., Ami. Soc. In- ternat. Law, Am. Mass. Boston, and Fed. Bar Assns., Law Soc. Mass., Maritime Law Assn. Am., Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Boston City, Cosmos (Washington, D.C.). Author: many addresses, legal and hist. papers, biog, articles, etc. Travel: extensive. Gt. gt. g.s., Capt. of Continental forces, Bunker Ilill; gt. g.s., gunner on Frigate "Constitution," War of 1812. Republican. Office: 6 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 101 Chestnut St., Boston.
1 FARRAR, Lonnie Oliver, physician, psychiatrist; b. Chester, Vt., Jan. 12, 1885; s. George P. Farrar and Myrta D. (Fuller) F .; ed. Chester (Vt.) high sch .; M.D., Univ. Vt., 1911; m. Sara S. Bates of Chester, Vt., Dec. 16, 1912; children-Roland O., Elizabeth M., Richard B., Reginald G. Phys., N.II. State Hosp., July 1-Dec. 15, 1911, Bridgewater State Hosp., 1911-22, Gardner State Hosp., 1922-31, Wor- cester State Hosp. and Child Guidance Clinic, 1931- 34; res. phys. Worcester State Hosp., 1931 -; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am., N.E. and Mass. Psy- chiatric Socs., Am. Assn. for Study Feebleminded, Nat. com. for Mental Hygiene, Mass. Soc. for Men- tal Hygiene, Delta Mu. Desc. (maternal) Dr. Sam- uel Fuller, Mayflower physician. . Methodist. Re- publican. Office and Home: 166 Summer St., Wor- cester.
FARRELL, Alleen Mary, school principal; b. London, Eng., May 8, 1898; d. Richard Farrell and Mary (Reville) F .; ed. St. Mary's Priory, Princethorpe, Warwickshire, Eng .; B.A. (honors in Eng. Lang. & Lit.), Oxford, 1918, M.A., 1922; unmarried. Tutor in lit. and hist. at tutoring seli, for boys, Hays, Wiltshire, Eng .; teacher Eng., Foxcroft Sch., Mid- dleburg, Va .; founded Foxhollow Sch., Rhinebeck, N.Y., 1930, moved it to Holmwood, Lenox, summer 1939. Travel: Fr., Aus., It., W.I., Can. Catholic. Offiee and home: Foxhollow School, Lenox.
analyst U.S. Dept. Agr., 1908; chief chemist, Emer- son Lab., 1908-14; chemist and tech. dir., McLaurin- Jones Co., 1914-, now also dir. and cik. of bd .; tr. Merriam Pub. Lib .; mem. Tech. Assn. Pulp and Paper Industry, Masons (Past Master Hayden Lodge). Unitarian. Office: Brookfield. Home: Main St., West Brookfield.
FARRELL, Gabriel, director of education of blind; b. Boston, Jan. 30, 1886; s. Gabriel Farrell and Hannah (Cameron) F .; ed. Somerville high sch .; B.S., Dartmouth, 1911; B.D., Episc. Theol. Sch., 1915; D.D., Dartmouth Coll., 1935; m. Elsie C. Com- stock of Montclair, N.J., June 14, 1921; children- Gabriel, Jr., William Ranger, Naomi. Gen. See. Norwood Civic Assn., 1913-14; active in edul. wk. of Episc. Ch., 1915-30; ed., Episc. Ch. llome Quar- terly and writer of Bible Lessons for The Ch. Her- ald, printed in braille, 1926-30; 4th dir. Perkins Inst., 1931; dir. Am. Printing House, Mass. Assn. Promotion Int. Adult Blind, Nat. Braille Press; Chaplain 14th Inf., 1918-19; mem. Am. Assn. Instrn. of Blind, Am. Assn. Workers for Blind. Club: Dartmouth (N.Y.), University (Boston). Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Per- kins Inst. and Mass. Sch. for Blind. Ilome: Per- kins Inst., Watertown.
I+FARREN, Merritt Augustus, clergyman; b. East Haven, Conn., Nov. 13, 1867; s. Willis Henry Far- ren and Sarah Ann (Wrightson) F .; ed. grad., Ban- gor (Me.) Theol. Sem., 1897; Brown Univ., 1905- 06; m. Clara Louise Freeman of Providence, R. I., May 5, 1890 (d. 1934) ; children-Merritt Freeman, Ilerrick Wrightson. Pastor, Lyndon, Vt., 1898- 1903, Edgewood, R.I., 1904-07, South Acton, 1907- 10; retired to become lecturer, on children's read- ing & vocations, Young Folks Ednl. League, Bos- ton; sce. Mass. Council, George Washington Mem. Assn. of Washington, D.C., Boston office, 1911-14; corr. sec., Boston Scaman's Friend Soc., Inc., 1914- 34, exec. sec., 1934 -; mem. Suffolk North Assn. Chs. & Ministers, G.A. R. (asso. mem., Col, Isaac Davis Post, W. Acton), Mass. Hort. Soc., Mass. Audubon Soc., Soe. for Preservation of N.E. An- tiqulties, N.E. Wild Flower Preservation Soc., Ani- mal Rescue League, Masons. Clubs: Congrega- tional, Pilgrim, Fortnightly, Bond Astronomical (Harvard). Congregationalist. Office: 14 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 179 Larch Rd., Cambridge. Died Junc 23, 1939.
FARRINGTON, Curtis William, dentist, professor of clinical dentistry (Emeritus); b. Walden, Vt., Sept. 7, 1874; s. Sawyer Gould Farrington and Win- fred (McDowel) 1 .; ed. Walden (Vt.) pub. sch .; Hardwick (Vt.) Acad .; D. M.D., Tufts Dental Sch., 1903; m. Martha E. Hudson of Newburyport, Nov. 9, 1905; 1 son-Ralph Curtis. Practiced dentistry, Boston, 1903 -; prof. clin. dentistry, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1915-33; mem. Am. Acad. Dental Sci., N.E. and Mass. Dental Socs., Masons. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 375 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton. Home: 62 Henry St., Framingham.
FFARRINGTON, Edward Irving, editor, author; b. Manchester, N.H., Nov. 25, 1876; s. Edward T. Far- rington and Etta E. (Davison) F .; ed. Manchester high sch., 1893; m. Harriet R. Bachelder of Man- chester, June 12, 1898. Reporter, Manchester Mir- ror, 1895-97; corr., Boston Journal, 1897-98; city ed., Salem Gazette, 1898-1900; telegraph ed., Rome (N.Y.) Sentinel, 1900-03; ed., Suburban Magazine (Boston), 1903-05, Suburban Life (N.Y.), 1905-11, Horticulture (Boston), 1919 -; lecturer and pub- licity rep., Arnold Arboretum, 1913-18; sec. Mass. Hort. Soc. and ed. of its publs .; nem. Am. Rose Soc., Boston Hort, Club. Author: The Country Home, 1915; The Backyard Garden, 1918; Ernest II. Wilson, Plant Hunter, 1931; The Gardener's Travel Book, 1938; The Gardener's Omnibus, 1938; The Gardener's Almanac, 1939; articles in many mags. Travel: U.S. and Can. (extensive). Repub- lican. Office: 300 Mass. Av., Boston. Home: Wey- mouth lleights.
Y FARRELL. Frederick William, chemist; b. Stough- ton, June 28, 1882; s. Christopher Farrell and M. FARRINGTON, George Barker, business man (re- Frances (Drake) F .; ed. Stoughton high sch., 1900; tired); b. Salem, Aug. 4, 1867; s. George Pickman Farrington, Jr. and Henrictta Hoyt ( Barker) F .; ed. Salem high sch .; m. Flora Gertrude Peterson, Oct. 7, 1897; m. (2d) J. Beatrix Martin, Sept. 14, B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1904; m. Hclen Irma Gil- bert of Springfield, June 15, 1912; children-Lois, Frank Gilbert. Chemist, Emerson Lab., 1904-1907;
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1933; 1 dau .- Gertrude (d.). With Fobes Hay ward & Co. and N.E. Confectioncry Co., 1883 -; former- ly dir. and asst. treas. N.E. Confectionery Co., treas. & dir. Salem Masonic Temple Assn .; corp. clk. & dir. Roger Conant Coop. Bk .; pres. Salem Stor. Warehouse Co .; chmn. Salem Cemetery Com .; tr. N.E. Home for Deaf Mutes, Danvers; mem. Salem City Govt., 1923-26, Mass. Senate, 1927-28; mem. S.A.R., Ch. Commerce, Mass. 1lort. Soc., past master Starr King Lodge A.F.&A.M. (Past Master Starr King Lodge), Masons (32°, past comdr., P.D.D., G.M., 8th Dist. of Mass., Winslow Lewis Com., K.T., Salem). Club: Boston City. Univer- salist. Republican. llome: 32 Barr St., Salem.
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