Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 92

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Publication date: 1940
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for Oratory of Wyndham House, N.Y .; Lunette for St. Francis Chapel, Merrywood, Marlboro, NH .; mem. Women's Auxiliary of N.E. llosp. for Women and Children, Copley Society of Bos- ton. Club: Durant Gymnasium. Author: Jeremy Mouse and His Friends. Desc. John Coolidge of Watertown, on mother's side, Samuel Fuller of Plymouth; ancestors in Revolutionary War, King Philip's, Civil War; on father's side, John Atwood of Sanderstead, Surrey Co., Eng. Episcopalian. Independent. Home: 40 Linwood St., Roxbury.


FITTS, Frederic Whitney, clergyman; b. Lowell, Apr. 11, 1872; s. Frank Eugene Fitts and Char- lotte Isadora (Whitney) F .; ed. grad., Bell Sch., Somerville, 1886; grad., Somerville high sch., 1890; M.I.'T., 1890-93; Harvard 1898-99; B.D., Epis- copal Theol. Sch., 1901; in. Clara Eliza Atwood of Boston, July 4, 1917. Draftsman, Loring & Phipps, Boston, 1893-94, Winslow & Wetherell, 1894-97; ordained to Episc. ministry, 1901; asst., Calvary Ch., N.Y. City, 1901-02; ordained priest 1902; asso. priest, St. Stephen's Ch., Boston, 1902- 07, St. John's Ch., Roxbury, 1907-08, rector, 1908 -; mem. Standing Com., Diocese of Mass., 1916-, pres. 1923-33; represented Diocese as deputy, Gen. Convs., 1928, 1931, and 1931. Clubs: Clericus, Catholic Club of Mass. Home: 40 Linwood St., Roxbury.


VRIETZ, Austin Hervey, educator; b. Westboro, Dec. 22, 1875; s. Herbert Rogene Fittz and Ellen La - vina (Underwood) F .; ed. Ph. B., Brown Univ., 1900; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1906; m. Jean Boyd Sharp of Boston, June 26, 1907; children- Paul Herbert, Austin Hervey, Ronald Morton. Prin,, gram. sch., Keene, N.H., 1900-03; instr. English, So. Boston evening high sch., 1903-06; supt. sehs., Troy, Fitzwilliam and Rindge, N.H., 1907-09, and Norwood, 1909-19; dir. div. finance, Babson Inst., Wellesley Hills, 1919 -; pres. Web- ber Coll, Babson Park, Flat., 1927-29; Sec. and tr. Am. Public Welfare Trust; sec. and dir. Hygienic Supplies Corp .; clerk, dir. Poor's Pub. Co., Poor's Printing Co., Wellesley Community Playhouse, Inc .; mem. sch. com., Natiek, 1921-27 (chairman 1923-27); mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Congregation- alist. Republican. Home: Natick.


V' FITZ, Charles Everett, real estate dealer; b. Som- erville, Mar. 19, 1868; s. N. Everett Fitz and Har- riet (Magoun) M .; ed. Somerville high sch .; m. Cara F. Mullin of Somerville, Oct. 22, 1895. With Nat. Bk. of Republic, Boston, 1886-89; Nathan Tufts & Sons, grain dealers, 1889-1913; real os- tate bus. of own, Boston, 1913 -; sr. mem., Charles E. Fitz & Co .; Overseer, Stonleigh Coll., Rye Beach, N.IL .; treas., Rye Beach (NH.) Precinct, 1923 -; mem. Boston Ch. Commerce. Club: Boston ('Ity. G.s. John C. Magonn, Capt. of local militia, at dedication of Bunker Hill monument. Uni- tarian. Republican. Ollice: 50 State St., Boston. Ilome: Rye Beach, N.H.


V FITZ, Reginald, physician; b. Boston, Feb. 28, 1885; S. Reginald Heber Fitz and Elizabeth Loring (Clark) F .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1906; M.D), Har- vard Med. Sch., 1909; m. Phoebe Marion Wright, June 28, 1918; children-Phoebe Marion, Regi- nald Heber, Elizabeth dean, William Richard Wright, Edith. House officer, Mass. Gen. llosp., 1909-11; vol. asst. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1911-13; house officer and asst. res. phys., Peter Bent Brig- ham Hosp., Boston, 1913-15; asst. res. phys., Rocke- feller Hosp., N.Y., 1915-17; on staff Mayo Clinic, 1920-22; assoc. prof. med., Harvard Med. Sch., 1922-36, lecturer, history of medicine, 1936 -; visiting phys., Peter Bent Brigham llosp., 1922- 36; dir. Evans Mem., 1936 -; Wade prof, medi- cine, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1936 --: capt.


and maj. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. A.M.A. (council on med. edn. and hosps.), A.C.S., Am. Bd. Internal Medicine, Soc. Clin. Investigation, Am. Acad Arts and Sciences, Colonial Soe. Mass. Clubs: Harvard, . Tavern (Boston), Country ( Brookline). Office: 78 E. Concord St., Boston. Home: 56 Walnut Pl., Brookline.


FITZGERALD, Gerald Arthur, chemist; b. Lynn, Dec. 12, 1899: s. Matthew William Fitzgerald and Mary Jane (Mlangan) F .; ed. Lynn Class.


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high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1923; George Washing- ton Univ., Wash., D.C .; m. Regina Marceline Ford of Newport, R.I., June 27, 1928; children- Geraid A., Ir., David Ford, T. Richard. With Gen. Elec. Co. (ceramics), 1921-22; asst. In bac- terloiogy, M.I.T., 1923-24; asst. technologist, U.S. Bur. Fisheries, 1924-28; research chemist, Gen. Foods Co., 1928-29, The Birds Eye Labs. 1929-34; chief chemist and dir. of quality control, The Birds Eye Labs., 1934 -; mem. adv. com., N.E. Regional Planning Com .; mem. agrl. com., N.E. Council; served in S.A.T.C., Tufts Coll., World War; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (sec. agr. and food div., 1937-), Soc. Chem. Industry, Inst. Internat. du Froid (see. fifth cominn.), Am. Soc. Refrig- erating Engrs. (hon.), Am. Pub, Health Assu. Author: articles in sci. and semi-sci. jours. Co- author: New England's Prospect, 1933 (by Am. Geog. Soc.), Engineering Opportunities, 1939. Travel: U.S. Catholic.


Republican. Office: 3 Commercial St., Boston. Home: 51 Sheffield Rd., Meirose.


YFITZGERALD, John Francis, ex-mayor; b. Boston, Feb. 11, 1863; s. Thomas Fitzgerald and Rosanna F .; ed. Eliot Gram. and Boston Latin schs .; short course, llarvard; LL.D., Univ. Notre Dame, 1915; m. Josephine Mary Hannon of S. Acton, Sep. 18, 1889; six children. Mem. Boston Common Coun- cil, 1892; Mass. Senate, 1893-94, 54th-56th Con- gresses, 1895-1901; mayor of Boston, 1906-07, 1910- 14; mem. Boston Port Authority, 1934-39; Dem. candidate for U.S. Senate, 1916, for gov., 1922; pres. Mass. Electoral Coll., 1933. Home: Hotel Bellevue, Boston.


V FITZGERALD, Maurice Edward Palne, physician, urologist; b. Boston, Sept. 22, 1876; s. Maurice Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Paine) F .; ed. Boston Eng. high school; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1898; m. Mary Etta Corcoran Bennett of N.Y., May 3, 1905. Mem, staff, Boston City Hosp., Bos- ton Dispensary, Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1898-1903; (O.P.D.), St. Mary's Lying-in Hosp., 1903; urolo- gist 1902 -; med. examiner Vulcan Lodge, No. 129, A.O.U.W .; mem. Elks, K.C., Foresters, Royal Arcanum, A.O.U.W., Charitable Irish Soe. of Bos- ton, Catholic Union of Boston, F.O. Eagles. Clubs: Nat. Travel, Holden, Elks Glee, Concord, A.O.H. Travel: U.S., Can. Catholic. Independent. Of- fice: 37 West Newton St., Boston. Home: 37 West Newton St., Boston. Summer res .: Green Har- bor, Marshfield.


V FITZGERALD, Susan Walker; b. Cambridge, May 9, 1871; d. John ' Grimes Walker and Rebecca White (Pickering) W .; ed. pvt. sch., Wash., D.C., Switz., Ger .; A.B., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1893; m. Richard Y. FitzGerald of Calif., Aug. 3, 1901; children-Anne, Rebecca, Susan, Richard Leigh. Sec. to dean, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1893-94, sec. to pres., 1894-95; head of Fiske Hall, Barnard Coll. (Columbia), 1898-01; head worker, West Side Branch, N.Y.U. Settlement (later Richmond Ilill House), 1901-04; mem. N.Y. Child Labor Comm., 1902-04; truant ollicer, N.Y., 1903-04; sec. Boston Equal Suffrage Assn., 1907-10, Sch. Voters' League, 1910-18; tr. Women's Ednl. and Indus. Union, 1908-11; sec. Mass. Woman Suffrage Assn., 1911- 12; rec. sec. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Assn., 1911-15; sec. Mass. Poiit. Equality Union, 1912-16; mem. exec. com., Women's Trade Union League, 1913-20; chin. Mass. League for Progressive Democracy, 1916-18; alternate dei .- at-large from Mass. to Dem. Nat. Conv., San Francisco, 1920, del .- at-large, same, N.Y. City, 1924; mem. Mass. Legislature, 1923, 1924; mem. State Spl. Commin. on Necessaries of Life, 1926-30. Ciub: Bryn Mawr ( Boston). Dir. desc. Timothy Pickering, of Wash- ington's Staff, Senator, Seey. of State, etc. Home: 19 Dunster Rd., Jamaica Plain.


Y FITZGERALD, William Thomas Aloysins, lawyer, register of deeds; b. Boston, Dec. 19, 1871; s. Henry Fitzgerald and Bridget M. (Walsh) F .; ed. Bos- ton Eng. high seh .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1897; in. Eiien T. Butler of Boston, Nov. 21, 1900; children-Eleanor, Ruth, Miriam, Wil- liam B., Paul H., James B. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1897; past mem. City Council, Mass. Ho. of


Rep., Mass. Senate; pres. Dem. City Com., Bos- ton; dei. to Nat. Dem. Conv., 1904; now register deeds, Suffolk County; pres., Volunteer Coop. Bk .; dir. Coop. Centrai Bk., Mass. Real Estate Exchange, Boston-Nantasket Steamboat Co .; mem. Charitable Irish Soc. (past pres.), K.C. (P.G.K., St. James Council), Elks (Boston Lodge), A.O.H., M.C.O.F., Cathoile Unlon, Am .- Irish Ilist. Soc., Y.M. Cath. Assn., Boston Univ. Law Sch. Assn. (past pres.). Author: act to simplify real estate conveyances; 50 Years in Review (hist. of Mass. Coop. Bks.). Catholic. Democrat. Office: Court House, Boston. Home: 43 Buswell St., Boston. Summer res. : Hull.


FITZPATRICK, Arthur Clinton, veterinarlan; b. Boston, Aug. 24, 1877; s. Edmund Il. Fitzpatrick and Sarah J. (Langdon) F .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; M.D.V., Ilarvard Veterinary Sch., 1900; un- married. Veterinary Inst., Bur. Animal Indus- try, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1900 -; mem. Mass. Veteri- nary Assn., Am. Veterinary Med. Assn., Bur. Ani- mal Industry Veterinary Assn. Father mem. 9th Regt. (now 101st Mass. Regt.), Civil War. Cath- olic. Democrat. Ilome: 8 Forest St., Cambridge. FITZPATRICK, Frank Gleason, merchant; b. New- ton, Apr. 28, 1878; s. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick and Sara M. (Gleason) F .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1904; m. Mary E. Murphy of Boston, July 28, 1908; children-Evelyn M. (Mrs. John G. Merrick), Sara Katherine, Thomas B., Aidan, Raymond F. Instr. fine arts dept., Harvard, 1906-12; dir. Brown Durrell Co., Bos- ton; tr. Union Savings Bank, Boston. Club: Uni- versity. Travel: Europe (extensive). Catholic. Independent. Office: Brown Durrell Co., 104 King- ston St., Boston. Home: 18i Dean Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: 25 Mostyn St., Beach Bluff.


VFITZPATRICK, Pani Edward, merchant; b. West Newton, Sept. 2, 1879; s. Thomas Bernard Fitz- patrick and Sarah Mary (Gleason ) F .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1902; m. Alice Marie Wilcox, Oct. 22, 1907; children-Paul Wiicox, Elizabeth Ilyland, Donald Gleason. With Brown, Durrell Co., whole- sale dry goods (of which father was pres.), 1902-, now pres .; dir. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co .; mem. corp., Peter Bent Brigham Hosp .; mem. Boston Ch. Commerce. Office: 104 Kingston St., Boston. Home: 219 Gardiner Rd., Brook- line.


V FITZSIMMONS, Cortland, author; b. Richmond Hill, L.I., N.Y., June 19, 1893; s. Simon Michael Fitz- simmons and Martha Emma (Gritman) F .; ed. grad., manual training high sch., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1912; Miner's Bus. Aead., Brooklyn, 1912-13; N.Y. Univ., 1916-17; Coil. City of New York, 1923-24; in. Menie Murlel Simpson of Aberdeen, Scot., Apr. 30, 1927. Clk., later export ingr., Mckesson & Robbins, N. Y. City, 1916-18; owner of bookshop, 1918-19; salesman, Baker & Taylor, pubs., N.Y. City, 1920-21, Am. News Co., N.Y. City, 1924-29; sales mgr., Viking Press, Inc., N.Y. City, 1929-34; writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver Clty, Calif., 1934, Paramount Studios, Hollywood, 1934-35, 20th Century-Fox Studios, 1935, R.K.O. Studios, 1936, Republic Studios, 1937, Paramount Studios, 1939;


mem, Masons. Author: Better Bridge, 1928; Bainbridge Murder, 1929; Manviile Murders, 1930; 70,000 Witnesses, 1931; No Wit- ness, 1932; Red Rhapsody, 1933; Death on the Diamond, 1934; Crimson Ice, 1935: Whispering Window, 1936; Moving Finger, 1937; Sudden Si- lence, 1938; Mystery at Hidden Harbor, 1938; The Girl in the Cage, 1939; fiction .in mags. Re- publican. Home: Harwich.


Y FLAGG, Barton Sanderson, insurance official; b. Littleton, Nov. 10, 1873; s. Charles Francis Flagg and Elizabeth Webster (Sanderson) 12 .; ed. grad., Worcester Acad., 1892; A.B., Brown Unlv., 1896; nı. Anne Francis of Fitchburg, Sept. 19, 1901; children-Dorothea (Mrs. Wallace E. Richmond, Jr.), Elizabeth (Mrs. Sterling Dow), Frances (Mrs. George Knight Sanborn). Began in ins. bus., Fitchburg, 1897; pres. and treas., Merrimac Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (chmn. fin. com.), Mut. Fire Ius. Co. (Reading, Pa.) ; pres, and gov., Fed. Mut. Fire Ins. Cos .; pres. Lynn Mfrs. & Mehts. Mut. Fire


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Ins. Co., Cambridge Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Andover Sav. Bk. (chmn. investment bd.), Smart & Flagg, Inc .; dir. Andover Co., Andover Nat. Bk., Salem Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Boston Protective Dept .; tr. of personal estates, Memorial Hall Lib. (ehmn. fin. com.), South Parish Funds, Inc., Mass. Cong. Conf., Abbot Acad. (treas.), Mut. ReInsurance Bur. (Chicago), Mut. Adjustment Bur., Minis- terial Funds South Parish; dir. Cong. Bd. Pas- toral Supply; mem. sch. bd, and fin. com., Ando- ver; chiinn. assessors, South Parish; chmn. Ando- ver Liberty Bond issue, World War; meni. A.A.A.S., Andover Guild (pres.), Nat. Assn. Mut. Fire Ins. Cos. (pres.), Mut. Fire Ins. Assn. N.E. (pres.), Nat. Assn. Automotive Ins. Cos. (coun- cillor), U.S. Ch. Commeree (councillor), Delta Upsilon, Masons (32º), K.T., Shrine. Clubs: Square & Compass, Appalachian Mt., Andover Country, Twentieth Century (Boston), Arundel Golf (Kennebunkport, Me.). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Bank Bldg., Andover. Home: 22 School St., Andover.


V FLAGG, Frederick Potter, consulting chemist and metallurgist; b. Waltham, July 16, 1894; s. Mario A. Flagg and Annie R. (Kirwin) F .; ed. Waltham High Sch .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1916; m. Olive C. Davis of Waltham, 1926; 1 dau .- Jane Rebecca. Instr. cheni., Tufts Coll., 1915-16; chief chemist and metallurgist, Waltham Watch Co., 1916-1938; mem. Waltham Sch. Com., Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soe. Metals (elimn.), A.A.A.S., Am. Inst. Mining & Metal Engrs., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Wal- tham Musical, Appalachian Mt. Protestant. Re- publlean. Home: 65 Fairmont Av., Waltham.


FLAGG, Harry Wyatt, lawyer; b. Ridgeville, Mun- roe Co., Wis., Aug. 19, 1860; s. Samuel II. Flagg and Lydia M. (Wyatt) F .; ed. high sch., Provi- denee. R.1 .; m. Katharine E. Miner of Weston, Vi., May 6, 1891; I son-Richard. Taught sch., Sioux Co., la., 1880-81; examiner of titles, Sioux City, Sioux Co., la., Los Angeles, Calif .; admit- ted to Mass. bar, Nov. 22, 1897; practiced law, Brockton, 1897 -; Clerk of Court, Brockton, 1894-1914; 1st 1t. Mass. State Guard, 4 yrs. Re- publican. Oflice: 153 Main St., Brockton. Home: 151 Ilighland St., Brockton.


Y FLAGG, Mildred Buchanan, writer, editor, lec- turer; b. Moravia, N.Y., May 1, 1886; d. B. Frank Buchanan and Julia (McCormick) B .; ed. Mora- via high sch .; A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1908; A.M., Boston Univ., 1927; m. Francis John Flagg of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1914; children-David Bil- chanan (d.), Julia Buchanan, Nancy Ferard. llead Eng. dept., high sch., Palmyra, N.Y., 1911- 13, Watertown, N.Y., 1913-14; engaged in ednl. work, lecturing, writing, 1914 -; dir. Am. Stu- dents abroad, 1929-33; pres. Newton Motion Pic- ture Council, 1933 -; v D. Boston City Federation, 1938-40; dir. Flaggstaff Radio lour (Sta. WCOP), 1935-37; dir. Newton Community Forum 1935- 39, Newton llosp. Aid Assn., 1928-, Boston Univ. Women's Council, 1931-31; mem. N.EC. Woman's Press (pres. Assn. 1931-33), Am. Assn. Univ. Women (State pres. 1930-32), Phi Beta Kappa, Boston Univ. Grad. Sch. Alumni Assn. (pres. 1935-37). Clubs: Boar's Head, New- tonville Woman's, Professional Women's (pres. 1931-33), Boston Authors', Presidents' of Mass. (pres. 1937-38). Author: Community English, 1921; Theories of Literary Genius, 1927; Camera Adventures in Africa, 1935; Plymouth Maid, 1937; A Boy of Salem, 1939; artieles in newspapers and mags. Editor: (6 books) Study Outlines in Pocket Classics, 1921-23; A Certain Rich Man (by Wm. Allen White), 1923 and 1930. Travel: Six trips to Europe, Northern Africa, Near East. Desc. Robert Hicks of Southwark, London, Eng., who came to Plymouth Colony Nov., 1621 on ship Fortune. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 54 Oakwood Rd., Newtonville.


VFLANDERS, Charles Ephraim, business executive; b. Brentwood, N.H., Mar. 8, 1894; s. Charles Flan- ders and Grace E. (Tucker) F .; ed. Sanborn Sem- Inary, Kingston (N.II.); Wentworth Inst., 1918; m. Ruth Olive Wilkins of Cambridge, Mar. 8, 1919; 1 dau .- Ruth Elizabeth. Operating steam engr., 1918-


20; instr. steam engring. dept., Wentworth Inst., 1920-27; service engr., Anthracite Inst., 1927-34; pres. and mgr. Marey Bros. & Co., Ine., fuel merehants, 1934-36; v.p. and mgr. Stetson Fuel Corp., 1936 -; mem. Town Meeting, Belmont, 1927 -; mem. Town Planning Bd., Republican Town Comm .; mem. Masons, Eastern Star, Grange. Club: Rotary. Protestant. Republican. Ofliee: 675 Concord Av., Cambridge. llome: 130 Waver- ley St., Belmont. Summer res. : Cliff Island, Me. VFLATHER, Frederick Arthur, textile manufacturer; b. Nashua, N.IL, Mar. 21, 1867; s. Joseph Flather and Caroline Drusilla (Drake) F .; ed. Bryant & Stratton Commercial Coll .; Lowell Textile Inst .; m. Mary Sutherland Prichard of Nashua, N.H., June 1, 1891; 1 dau .- Mary Drusilla (Mrs. George Courtenay Riley); m. (2nd) Alice Poor Rogers of Lowell, Apr. 27, 1898; children-John Rogers, Frederick. Apprentice, draftsman, foreman, Flather & Co., Nashua, Machine Works, Newton Upper Falls, 1887-93;


1883-87; supt. Pettee asst. to mgr., Lowell Machine Shop, 1893-1900; supt., McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Chi- cago, 1901; mgr. of works, Internat. Harvester . Co., 1902-05; treas. and mgr. Boott Mills, Lowell, 1905 -; pres. Proprietors of Locks and Canals on Merrimack River, Lowell Industrial Develop- ment Co .; v.p. Mechanics Sav. Bk .; dir. Stony Brook R.R., Merchants Nat. Bk., Boston, Am. Mut. Liability Ins. Co., Allied Am. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Union Old Lowell Nat. Bk .; mem. Lowell Div., U.S. War Labor Bd., World War; tr. Lowell Y.M.C.A., Lowell Y.W.C.A .; mem. Am. Soc. M.E .; Nat. Assn. Cotton Mfrs., Soc. for Advancement of Management (N.Y.), Masons. Clubs: Yorick, Vesper Country (Lowell), University, Exchange (Boston), Union League (N.Y.). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Home: 68 Mansur St., Lowell.


Y FLATHIER, John Rogers, manufacturer; b. Lowell, Mar. 6, 1899; s. Frederick A. Flather and Alice Poor (Rogers) F .; ed. Lowell high sch .; Phillips Acad., Andover; A.B., Harvard, 1923; student, Ilarvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın .; cotton mfg. di- ploma, Lowell Textile Inst., 1925; m. Elizabeth Newell of Brookline, Sept. 19, 1928; children- Katherine Ilall, John Rogers, Jr., Alice Rogers, II., Newell. With Boott Mills, Lowell, 1923-, dir., 1928-, asst. trcas., 1933 -; dir. Stony Brook R.R., Traders & Mechanics Ins. Co., Lowell Boys' Club, Social Service League, Ministry at Large; tr. Moses Greeley Parker Lectures; v.p., tr., Low- ell Five Cents Sav. Bk., Andover Acad .; mem. S.A.T.C., 1917-18; C.A.C., U.S.A., 1918; Mass. Nat. Guard, 1920; mem. Soc. Cincinnati (N.II.), Nat. Assn. Cotton Mfrs., Soc. Advancement Manage- ment. Club: Harvard ( Boston). Congregation-


alist. Republican. Office: Boott Mills, Lowell. Honic: 52 Mansur St., Lowell.


FLETCHER, Caroline Rebecca, professor of Latin (retired); b. Cambridge, Sept. 23, 1867; d. Ruel Ilasseltine Fletcher and Rebecca Caroline (Wy- man) F .; ed. Cambridge high and Latin sch .; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1889; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1899; Am. Sch. Class. Studies in Rome; unmar- ried. Tutor Latin, Wellesley Coll., 1889-90; teacher, The Western, Oxford, O., 1890-93: Ab- bot Acad., Andover, 1893-95; instr., Wellesley Coll., 1895-1907, asso. prof., 1907-32, prof. 1932- 1936, prof. emeritus, 1936 -; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Philol. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Horton House (Wellesley), College , (Boston), Classical of New England and of Greater Bos- ton. Travel: Europe, 1905-06, 1913, 1914; So. Am., 1915; Egypt, 1923; It., 1923-24, 1930. Desc. (9th generation) Robert Fletcher, Concord, 1630. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Ilome: 19 Appleby Rd., Wellesley. Summer res .: Chamberlaln, Me.


VI FLETCHER, Francls Richmond, management engl- neer; b. Waterbury, Conn., July 22, 1872; s. W11- liam I. Fletcher and Annie LeBaron (Richmond) F .; ed. Amherst high sch., 1890; Amherst Coll., 1891; in. Jessie B. Underhill of Somerville, Apr. 10, 1895; children-Virginia C., Sara G. (Mrs. George H. Johnson), Frances R. (Mrs. Frank C. Learned). With Lib. Bur., Boston, 1893-1910;


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pres. Cutter, Fletcher Co., industrial engrs., 1910- 16; partner, Seovell-Wellington & Co., account- ants, engrs., 1916-35; partner, Mckinsey, Weiling- ton & Co., management engrs., 1935 -; mem. Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants (pres.), Assn. Cons. Management Engrs. (dir.), Am. Inst. Account- ants, Am. Soc. M.E. Clubs: Exchange, City ( Bos- ton), Maugus, Country (Wellesley Ilills). Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. lome: 12 Greenwood Rd., Wellesley Ilills.


V FLETCHER, Herbert E., engineer; b. Westford, May 10, 1862; s. Andrew Fletcher and Martha M. (Gould) F .; ed. Westford Acad .; m. Carrie D. Hill of Sunderland, Vt., Sept. 14, 1887; chil- dren-Harold H., Ralph A., Hazel. Engaged in engring., gen. constrn., quarrying and manuf. of granite and slate; rep. Gen. Ct., 1900; Mass. Senator, 1901-03; mem. Mass. Exee. Council, 1910-12; Presidential Elector, 1916; Moderator, Westford, 20 years; pres. and dir. Monson Maine Slate Co .; v.p. and dir. I. E. Fletcher Co. (gran- Ite); served on various civic coms., World War; mem. Masons (33º). Clubs: Mass. Republican, Middlesex, Vesper Country. Author: Occasional Verse, 1934. Travel: Europe, No. and Cont.


Am. Protestant. Republican.


Office: West Cheimsford. Ilome: Westford.


FLETCHER, Herbert Hervey, journalist (retired) ; b. Granby, Aug. 10, 1855; s. Erastus Fletcher and Eimira (llervey) F .; ed. Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham; Betts Mil. Acad., Stamford, Conn .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1879; A.M. (hon.), 1920; LL.D., Norwich Univ., 1931; m. Alice S. Kellogg of Granby, 1880; 1 son-Harold Hervey (d. ). N.E. ed., Springfield Union, 1879-80; mgr., United Press in N.E., 1882-87; ed., N.E. Asso. Press, 1887- 89, mgr., 1889-97; asso. mng. ed., Boston Tran- script, 1897-1933; retired, 1933; the pres. Norwich Univ. said of him (1931): "In persistence a re- porter, in judgment an editor, in vision a poet, pioneer in the wide dissemination of New Eng- land doings, discoverer of news values in edu- cational and religious matters, a life-long friend and advocate of the best things in journalism"; pres. N.R. br. Am. Tract Soc .; past mem., Boston City, Mass. Reform, Boston Press and Boston Art Clubs, N.E. Tariff Reform League. Author: History of the Church of Our Savior, Longwood, Mass .; The Christian's God and his Family; ad- dresses; newspaper articies. Travel: Europe, 190G. Two brothers, George N., Charles W., in Civil War. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 5 Winchester St., Brookline.


FLETCHER, Hewitt G., lawyer; b. Castine, Me., Aug. 20, 1875; s. Grenville T. Fletcher and Clara (Fiske) F .; ed. Williston Sem., Easthampton; Northampton high sch .; B.S., Amherst Coll., 1897; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1901; m. Frances Mit- chell of Watertown, Sept. 1916; 1 son-Hewitt G., Jr. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1901; in gen. practice law, Boston, 1901 -; mem. Masons (Vie- tory Lodge, Watertown). Clubs: Boston City, Middlesex. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: 84 State St., Boston. Home: 30 Stoneleigi Circle, Watertown. Summer res .: llull.


VFLETCHER, Laurence Brown; b. Boston, Feb. 17, 1877; s. John Ware Fietcher and Mary (Gould) F .; ed. pub. schs .; Chauncy Hall Seh. Began as bank clerk; later partner in N.Y. and Boston stock exchange house; fornier mem. Boston Stock Exchange; sec. Trs. Public Reservations, 1927-, Federation of Bird Clubs of N.E., Inc .; pres. South Shore Nature ('Inb, Northeastern Bird Banding Assn .: dir. Mass. Audubon So .; dir. Nat. Assn. Audubon Socs., N.Y .; tr. Soc. for Preservation of N.E. Fiowers, Soc. for Preservation of N.E. An- tiquities; mem. Provisional Cavalry Troop of Mass., 1st Corps Cadets of Mass. Clubs: Uni- versity (life mem.), Harvard Musical, Horticul- tural Club, Bostonian Society, Mass. Agriculturai (Boston), Nuttall Ornithological (Cambridge), Essex County Ornithological (Salem). Olllce: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: Cohasset.


FLETCHER, Orville Theodore, clergyman; b. Pieas- ant Mount, Pa., Jan. 12. 1869; s. James Monroe Fletcher and Laura (Wheeler) I .; ed. Deposit


Acad., Deposit, N.Y .; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1892, A.M., 1895; Union Sem, 1895; M.R.ES., Ilartford Sem., 1927, Ph.D., 1929; in. Natalie Willmott of Jersey City, Mar. 29, 1897; children-Norman Willmott, Kelth Falconer, Doris Miriam. Pastor Presbyn. Ch., Weehawken, N.J., 1894-96; Altamont, N.Y., Reformed Ch., 1896-1904; Broad Av. Pres- byn. Ch., Binghamton, NY., 1901-08; Coner. ('h., Sidney, N.Y., 1908-18; Park Congr., Springfield, 1919-35; Fed. Ch., Charlemont, 1936-38; Wachogue Community Ch., 1938 -; head math. dept. Boys Sch., Suffield, Conn., 1918-19. Moderator of Hamp- den Co. Assn. of Congr. Ministers & Churches; pres. Springfield Congr. Union, Ministers Assn. and Ministers Club (1926-29) ; mem. S.A.R. Au- thor: treatise on Adult Religious edn. (unpubi. ), 500 sonnets, hymns and pocms. Travel: U.S., Can. Congregationalist. Republican. llome: Springfield. Summer res .: Shutesbury.




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