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WASHBURN, Reginald, manufacturer; b. Worcester. Oct. 13, 1871; s. Charles Francis Washburn and Mary Elizabeth, ( Whiton.) W .; ed. Class. high sch. (Worcester) ; A.B., Harvard, 1894; m. Dorcas 1. Bradford of Springfield, Aug. 26, 1903; children- Mrs. Dorcas Lockwood, Mrs. Phoebe Barnes, Jr, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cragin. Engaged in mfg. of steel and wire products, 1894 -; mgr., The Wire Goods Co., 1900-23; ingr., The Washburn Co., 1923- 1928; pres. and .gen. mgr., 1928 -; dir. The Boys' Club of Am., Inc. (N.Y.), The Atlantic Monthly, (Boston), Worcester County Trust; tr. Worcester County Inst. for Sav .; tr. and treas. Groton Sch .; pres. Worcester Boys' Club; mem. Am. Antiquarian Soc., Nat. Inst. Social Sciences. Clubs: Union (Boston), Century, (N.Y.), Worcester, Tatnuck Country, (Worcester). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 28 Union St., Worcester. Home: 253 Salis- bury St., Worcester.
WASHBURN, Robert Morris, lawyer. journalist; b. Worcester, Jan. 4, 1868; s. Charles Francis Wash- burn and Mary Elizabeth (Whiton) W .; ed. Wor- cester high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1890; Harvard Law Sch., 1891-1892; m. Martha Ross Clark of Baltimore, (Md.), Aug. 15, 1916. Practice of law in Worcester, 1892-1916, Boston, 1916 -; mem., Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1908-1915; Mass. Senate, 1916; Republican nominee, U.S. Senate, 1934; campaign biographer for Calvin Coolidge for Pres., 1924, Ogden L. Mills for Gov., 1926, William M. Butler for U.S. Senate, 1930; mem. Harvard Law Assu., Inst, 1770 Clubs: llarvard, (Boston), T.R. of Boston, (founder, pres, and dir.) Author: Calvin Coolidge, his First Biography, 1923; Foot-Prints, 1923; Smith's Barn, 1923. Travel: Europe. Epis-
copalian. Republican. Office: 262 Washington St., Boston. Home: 31 Marlborough St., Boston.
WASHBURN, Roger Davenport, asst. professor; b. Ashmont, Dec. 25, 1898; s. Thomas George Wash- burn and Anna Barbara (Voetsch) W .; ed. Dor- chester high sch .; grad., Sch. Practical Art, Bos- ton, 1917; B.B.A., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1924; m. Lillian Ellen Groves of Allston, June 21, 1924; 1 dau .- Barbara Ann. With Burt Adv. Serv- ice and Henry A. Brown Real Estate Corp., Broek- ton, 1922-28; instr. adv. design, Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1924-, dir. real estate course, 1927-, supervisor of follow-up for vocational dept., 1924 -, asst. varsity football coach 4 yrs., head fresh- man football coach 5 yrs .; lecturer on adv. pro- cedure, Sch. Practical Art, 1925 -; mem. S.A.T.C., Boston Univ., 1918; mem. Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Delta Sigma, Skull (B.U.C.B.A.). Clubs: C.B.A. Alumni (Boston Univ.), B.U. Varsity. Author: Principles of Real Estate Practice, 1930. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: 685 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Home: 33 Manchester Rd., Newton Highlands.
WASHBURNE, Alva Courtenay, actuary; b. Mt. Auburn, (IIl.) Mar. 30, 1866; s. Samuel Sheppard Washburne and Lucy Belle (English) W .; ed. Purdue Univ. 1884-1888; U.S. Mil. Acad., West Pt., N.Y., 1888-1890; m. Fanny Young of Cornwall-on- the-lludson, (N.Y.), Dec. 22, 1892; children-Mrs. Evelyn Young Treanor, James Russell; Francis Courtenay. Asst. city civil engr., La Fayette, (Ind.), 1882-1884; prof. mathematics and mil. tactics, N. Y. Mil. Acad., Cheltenham Mil. Acad., St. John's (mit.) Sch., 1890-1893; prof. math., Mass. Agrl. Coll. (now Mass. State Coll.), 1893-1895; actuarial dept. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (N.Y. City ), 1895-1906; actuary, Hartford Life Ins. Co. (Hartford, Conn.), 1906-1910; asst. actuary, Berk- shire Life Ins. Co. (Pittsfield), 1910-1911, actuary, 1911-1938, actuary emeritus, 1938; assisted in es- tablishing Veterans' Ins. Bur., Washington, D.C., 1917; drilled recruits, Pittsfield 1917; insp,, mfg: ordinance, 1917-1918; mem. Actuarial Soc. Am., Am. Math. Soc, Math. Assn. Am. Chub: Berkshire Hunt & Country, (Lenox). Congregational. Of- fice: Berkshire Life Insurance Co., Pittsfield. . llome: 134 E. Ilousatonic St., Pittsfield.
WASS, Alfred Seldon, dentist; b Addison, Me., July 6, 1886; s. Alfred Wass and Elizabeth (Lowe) W .; ed. Rieker Classical Inst., Houlton, Me .; D.M.D., Tufts Coll., 1912; m. Dorothy Haskell of Somer- ville, Oct. 31, 1925; 1 dau .-- Joan. In general prac- tice, Somerville, 1912 -; elk., treas. Somerville Hosp. Corp .; chinn. standing com., First Ch., Som- erville; del. Rep. pre-primary convs. 1934 and 1936; pvt., to capt. in 2 yrs. service, World War; cited for conspicuous gallantry in action by Gen. John J. Pershing; mem. Masons (A.F. and A.M.). Club: Somerville Rotary. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 144 Highland Av., Somerville.
WATERHOUSE, George Booker, metallurgical en- gineer; b. Sheffield, Eng., May 25, 1883; s. Joseph J. Waterhouse and Mary E. ( Booker) W .; ed. B. Met., Univ. Sheffield, 1901, post-grad. work, 1901-03, Dr. Metallurgy, 1937; Ph. D., Columbia, 1907; in. Elea- nor k. Wood of Buffalo, N. Y., June 29, 1909 (d. Der. 16, 1935); in. (2nd) Germaine S. Souverain, June 15, 1938. Came to U.S. 1903, naturalized citizen, 1910; with Lackawanna Steel Co. as metallograph- ist, metallurgist and metall. and insp. engr. until 1922; prof. metallurgy, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1922 -; also consulting practice; mem, research adv. bd., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co .; dir. Belmont Trust Co .; mem. corp., Belmont Sav. Bk .; cons. engr., U.S. Bur. Mines; chmn. metallurg. advisory com. U.S. Bureau Standards; chmin. and dir. of research, iron alloys com. of Engineering Foundation, 1929 -; mnom. Belmont School Com. (chmn. 1934, 1936, 1937); served as mem. 74th Regt. N.Y.N.G., hon. discharged as Ist lt., May 1919; mem. Am. Iron and Steel Inst., Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs. (chin. iron and steel div., 1929; dir., 1933-), Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Am. Soc. for Metals (tr. 1934-, pres. 1937-38), Am. Foundrymen's Assn., Sigma Xi Masons, Scabbard and Blade; also Iron and Steel Inst , Inst. of Metals, and Cleveland
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Inst. Engrs. (all of Gt. Brit.). Author: numerous sei, papers and articles. Expert witness in suits relating to iron and steel. Republican. Office: 222 Charles River Rd., Cambridge. Home: 16 Fair- mont St., Belmont.
WATERHOUSE, George H., business executive; b. Boston, Feb. 20, 1862; s. Eli Leland Waterhouse and Martha Jane (Chapman) W .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; Bryant & Stratton Commercial Coll .; m. Mary W. Doane of Boston, Jan. 7, 1885; m. (2nd) Annie F. Emmons of Wakefield, May 31, 1899; ehildren-George Leland Mrs. Alberta W. Mills, Mrs. Olive W. Campbell. Clk., Henry W. Peabody & Co., Boston, 1881-90; bookkeeper, Alfred W. Otis & Co., 1890-94; sales agt., Automatic Fire Alarm & Extinguisher Co., 1894-30; treas., mgr., dir., Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Co. (former firm consolidated with U.S. Fire Signal Co.), 1930 -; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce. Club: Executives. Methodist. Republican. Office: 61 Batterymarch St., Boston. Home: Wakefield.
Y WATERHOUSE, William E., lawyer; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 10, 1876; s. William A. Waterhouse and Addie B. (Pillsbury) W .; ed. Melrose high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1898; Harvard Law Sch., 1900-1902. General practice of law, Boston, 1902 -; dir. Mel- rose Coop. Bk., 1904 -; Harrison Abrasive Corp .; mem. bd. aldermen, Melrose, 1909 and 1910; mein. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masonic bodies (Melrose). Universalist. Independent. Office: 10 State St., Boston. llome: 33 Newbury St., Boston.
WATERMAN, Charles Cutter, stock broker; b. Bos- ton, Mar. 17, 1887; s. George H. Waterman and Pamelia A. (Cutter) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin seh .; Phillips Andover Acad .; Yale; m. Amy C. Anders of West Newton, June 26, 1915: 1 dau .- Dorothy Amy (Mrs. J. Richard Bowen). With Bright Sears & Co., 1911, partner, 1935 -; mem. & gov. Boston Stock Exchange. Clubs: Yale, Exchange (Bos- ton), Wellesley Country, Yale (N.Y.). Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 8 Sumner Rd., Wellesley Ilills.
WATERMAN, Curtis Harvey, lawyer; b. Ravenna, O., Oct. 26, 1874; s. Harvey Waterman and Ellen Jane (Ilatch) W .; ed. Ravenna (O.) high sch .; Ph.B., Oberlin Coll., 1896; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1901; in. Mary Louise Cunningham of Salem, Sept. 3, 1913; children-Jame Katherine, Lawrence Harvey. Office: Pemberton BIdg., Boston, Home: 19 Jason St., Arlington. Summer res .: West Wil- ton, N.II.
WATERMAN, Frank Allan, professor of physics; b. Oswego (N.Y.), July 9, 1865; s. David Allen Water- man and Eliza Dunning (Van Vorst) W .; cd. Fal- ley Sem .; Fulton (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Prinee- ton, 1888, Ph.D., 1896; m. Florence Tower of Corn- wall-on-Iludson (N.Y.), Aug. 19, 1891; children -- Alan Tower, Mrs. Lesley Funkhouser, Ransom Instr. physies, Purdue Univ., 1891-92, prof., 1892- 93; instr. Princeton, 1893-97; prof., Smith Coll, 1897-1933, prof. emeritus, 1933 -; fellow Am. Physical Soe., A.A.A.S .; mem. Société Française de Physique, Sigma Xi. Author: Laboratory Ex- periments in Physies, 1892; contr. to seientific journals and reviews. Desc. of Robert Waterman who settled in Plymouth in 1638. Presbyterian. Republican. Offiee & Home: Northampton.
WATERMAN, Frank Sturtevant, business man; b. Boston, Sept. 12, 1889; s. Frank Sturtevant Water- man and Hattie Smith (Torrey) W .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad., 1906-09; Boston Univ. Sch. Bus., 1910; Sch. San. Sei. & Anatomy N.l., 1911; Bryant & Stratton Sch., Boston, 1912; m. Pearle Bowers Williams of Boston Apr. 24, 1918; children-Frank Sturtevant, III, Shirley Gay. With J. S. Waterman & Sons, funeral service (organized 1832), 1912 -- , now treas., dir .; tr. Waterman Trust; tr. and audi- tor, EHot Sav. Bk .; dir. Joseph Warren Coop. Bk .. Nat. Rockland Bk., Boston; mem. bd. overseers, Boys Club of Boston; mem. Ist Corps Cadets, Bos- ton, 1910-17, It. Q.M.C., U.S.A., 1918; mem. S.C.W., Masons (past Master). Clubs: Boston City, Uni- versity, Skating, Algonquin, Rotary, Brae Burn Country (Newton), Cohasset Golf, Hingham Yacht. Travel: I.S., Europe. Congregationalist. Repub- Office: 497 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
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Y WATERMAN, George Hall, merchant; b. Providence, R.I., May 31, 1877; s. Rufus Waterman and Helen Morris (Slater) W .; ed. pyt. schs., Providence, R.I .; grad. Univ. Gram. Sch .; m. Louise Foster of Provi- dence, R.I., June 1, 1903 (d.); children-Louise Priseilla; m. (2d) Anne Elizabeth Germain of Buť- falo, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1910; 1 son-George II., Jr. Salesman, eotton yarn dept., C. L. Baueher & Co., New York, N.Y., 1900-02; with William Whitman Co., textile inchts., Boston, 1902-27; pres. Water- man Currier & Co., Inc., cotton textiles, Boston, 1927 -; dir, Limerick (Me.) Mills, Watatic Spin- ning Co. (Fitchburg); mem. Boston Ch. of Com- merce, Masons, Clubs: Exchange (Boston), The Country ( Brookline), Dunes (Narragansett. Pier, R.I.). Office: 115 Chauncey St., Boston. Home: 352 Ilammond St., Chestnut Ilill, Newton.
WATERMAN, Nixon, author, editor; b. Newark, (111.) Nov. 12, 1859; s. Lyman Waterman and Mary Elizabeth ( Wakefield) W .; ed. Creston (Ia.) high sch .; Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ .; m. Nellie Has- kins of Menasha (Wis.), Mar. 14 1883. On edit. staff, Omaha World-llerald & Bee, 1887-1890; Chi- cago Herald & Post, 1890-1893; numerous public readings from his own vols, and lectures on hu- morous lit. and philos. topics ;. Clubs: Boston Authors' (pres.), Puddingstone (eharter mem.), The Limerick (Orange Park, Fla.). Author: A Book of Verses, 1900; In Merry Mood, 1902; Boy Wanted, 1906; Sonnets of a Budding Bard, 1907; The Girl Wanted, 1909; Sunshine Verses, 1913; For You and Me, poems, 1913; A Rose to the Liv- ing and Other Poems, 1919, 1929; The Seven Ages of Man and Woman, 1937; Author & composer; nat. anthem, The United States of America, 1935; O Flag of Our Land (The New Star Spangled Banner), 1937. Editor: Ben Kings Verse (for Chi- cago Press Club), 1894. Home: Fair Aeres, York Rd., Canton.
WATERS, Herbert Bentley, business exceutive; b. Somerville, Sept. 12, 1870; s. Reuel W. Waters and Emily A. (Bentley) W .; ed. Newton pub. sehs .; m. Isabel Weymouth of Somerville, Sept. 11, 189,9; 1 dau .- Evelyn Irene. In binding, addressing and mailing bus, with Boston Mailing Co., 1889 -; ad- vanced through various positions, pres., treas., 1903 -; mem. Boston Typothetac, Masons, Elks. Club: Craftsmen's. Office: 394 Atlantic Av., Bos- ton. Home: Bradford Court, Newton Centre.
WATERSTON, Alice Tucker Atkinson, painter, art teacher; b. Brookline, Dee. 10, 1905; d. Itobert Whitman Atkinson and Elizabeth Bispham (Page) A .; ed. Lee Sch., Boston; Art Students League, N.Y .; Fontainebleau Sch. Fine Arts, Fr .; m. George Chychele Waterston of Edinburgh, Scot., July 6, 1936; children-Roberta Page, George Chychele, Ir. Exhibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1936, Addison Gallery, Andover, 1939; one-man show in Paris, 1938, Grace Horne Gallery, Boston, 1939; included in Spring Salon of Beaux Arts, Paris, 1938; has been shown in travelling exhbns. sponsored by Coll. Art Assn., in group exhibitions in N. Y., Woodstock and Paris; paints under maiden name Alice Atkinson; teacher art, Lee Sch., Bos- ton, 1932-36, Brooks Sch., No. Andover, 1936-37; mem. Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, Fontainbleau Alumni Assn. Travel: Eng. Fr., Ger., It., Switz. Desc. John Atkinson, settled in Newbury, 1663; g.d. Edward Atkinson; b. Brook- line, Feb. 10, 1827. Episcopalian. Address: Brooks School, No. Andover. Sumer res .: Matta- poisett.
WATKINS, Charles Hadley, Insurance broker, agent; b. Boston, Dec. 1, 1886; s. Thomas Corwin Watkins and Emma Dale ( Hadley) W .; ed., Newton high sch .; Harvard, 1905-09; m. Lura Burgess Woodside of Malden, Feb. 2, 1910; 1 son-Charles Malcolm. Social service, I yr .; insurance, 28 yrs .; v.p. dir. Excelsior Ins. Co .; dir. Lantern League, Old North Ch., Inc .; mem. Corp., N.E. Deaconess Hosp. ; Com- mon Council, Malden, 1915-16; Chmn., Com. Ar- rangements, Harvard's Tercentenary Exhbn. Fur- niture & Decorative Arts; chief marshall, Asso. Harvard Clubs' Day, Tereentenary Celebration,
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pres. Winchester Art Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton, dir., chin. Entertainment Com .; N.Y.), Win- chester Country, Boston City. Unitarian. Repub- \ lican. Office: 112 Water St., Boston. Home: : Ridgefield Rd., Winchester. Summer res .: "Sweet- brier Cottage", Woodward Av., Gloucester.
WATKINS, Julian Lewis, advertising agent; b. In- dianapolis, Ind., Jan. 19, 1895; s. George T. Wat- kins and Georgia (Lewis) W .; ed. Indianapolis (Ind.) and Elmira (N.Y.) pub. schs .; m. Alida Wil- bur of Elmira, N.Y., July 2, 1921; children-Wil- bur L., Tedrowe, Sydney L. Engaged in adver- tising profession, 1919 -; with N. W. Ayer & Son, Phila., Pa., 1922-28, Young & Rubicam, N.Y. City, 1928-29, J. Walter Thompson, Inc., New York- Paris, 1929-32, HI. B. Ilumphrey Co., adv. agency, Boston, 1933 -- , 1st v.p. and dir., 1934 -; served in Air Service, U.S.N., 1917-19. Club: Weston Golf (dir.). Presbyterian. Republican. Otlice: 1235 Statler Bldg., Boston. Ilome: 313 Boston Post Road, Weston.
WATKINS, Lura Woodside, expert in American an- tiques; b. Boston, Feb. 8, 1887; d. Charles L. Wood- side and Annie L. (Thomas) W .; ed. Malden high sch .; 2 yrs. study of piano with Arthur Foote; m. Charles Hadley Watkins, Feb. 2, 1910; 1 son- Charles Malcolm. Study and actual research and investigation at sites of early glass and pottery works have made her an expert on Americau ceramics; Has worked with Boston Mus. of Fine Arts, Mass. Inst. Tech., and many antiquarian soes., mem. Winchester Art Assn., Early Am. In- dustries Assu. Clubs: Nat. Early Am. Glass, Rushlight. Author: Cambridge Glass, 1930; The Development of American Glassmaking, 1935; numerous articles in Antiques, The American Col- leetor, The N.Y. Sun, The Boston Evening Tran- script, The Christian Science Monitor, Leisure, etc. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 2 Ridgefield Rd., Winchester. Summer res .: Gloucester.
WATKINS, Royal Phillips, surgeon; b. Proctorsville, Vt., Oct. 2, 1867 ; s. Gardner Augustus Watkins and Eliza Tremain (Goodrich) W .; ed. Gardner high sel .; A B., Amherst, 1889; M.D., Coll. Phys, and Surg. of N.Y., 1892; m. Cora E. Nutting of Gardner, Dec. 23, 1895; children-Agnes, Olive, Gertrude. Two yrs. interneship, Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. City ; pvt. practice and surgery, Worcester, Nov. 1894 -; mein. State Bd. of Registration in Med .; cons. surg.,. Worcester City. Fairlawn, Worcester Hahnemann and Holden Dist. Hosps .; mem. N.E. Surg. Soc., A.C.S., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Tatunek Country, The Bohemians, University, Economic. Republican. Office: 332 Main St., Wor- cester. Home: 22 Westland St., Worcester.
WATKINS, Thomas Webb, educator; b Boston, Feb. 23, 1885; s. Thomas Corwin Watkins and Emma Dale (lladley) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1906; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1922; m. Mary Carlena Prescott of Manchester, N. H., Aug. 21, 1911; children-Thomas Prescott, Barbara. Prin., high sch., North Stratford, N.H., 1906-15; teacher, South high seh., Youngstown, (., 1915-18; asst. headmaster, Huntington Sch. for Boys, Boston, 1918-23; headmaster, Kents Hill Sch., Kents JHill, Me., 1923-29; headmaster, Tilton Sch. for Boys, Tilton, N. IL., 1929-35; prin., Arms Acad., Shelburne Falls, 1935 -; 1st It., Field Arty. Replacement troops, Camp Taylor, Ky., 1918; mem. Nat. Edn. Assn., Nat. Assn. Secondary Sch. Principals, N.E. Assn. Colls, and Secondary Schs., Masons, O.E.S., Phi Delta Kappa, Am. Legion. Methodist. Republican. Office: Shelburne Falls. Summer res .: Newport, N. II.
WATSON, Clifton Edwin, manufacturer; b. Leices- tor, July 25, 1898; s. Walter (. Watson and Lelia Blanche (Jordan) W .; ed. Leicester Acad .; South high sch., Worcester; Exoter (N.H.) Acad .; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1922; m. Madelaine Prentice llowe of Worcester, Aug. 5, 1922; children-Mar- ilyn llowe, Joan. V.p. and gen. mgr. Watson- Williams MIg. Co., 1923 -; gunnery serg., U.S. Marine Corps Res., 1918-19; mem. Masons, Phi Gamma Della. Clubs: Quinsigamond Boat, Dart- mouth, Worcester County Republican, Ward 10.
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WATSON, Donald Clarke, banker; b. Milton, Nov. 4, 1894; s. Paul Barron Watson and Katherine (Clarke) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1916; m. Mary W. Burgess, June 24, 1916; children -Mrs. John Bradford Millet, Donald Clarke Watson, Jr., Alexander Wadsworth, Katherine Clarke. With Saco Lowell Machine Shops, 1916- 17; v.p. Becker Co., 1917; Universal Boring Co., 1919-25; Brown Bros., Harriman & Co., 1925-34; Brown Harriman & Co., 1934 -; Ist It. U.S.A., 1917-19; dir. Wentworth Institute; tr. Wentworth Estate, Century Shares Trust. Clubs: Harvard, Brookline Country, Eastern Yacht. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 65 Bradlee Rd., Milton. Summer res .: Peaches' Point, Marblehead.
Y'WATSON, Edward Ashley, investment banker; b. St. Albans, Vt., Oct. 11, 1874; s. James R. Wat- son and Harriet ( Farrar) W .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Williams Coll., 1893-97; m. Irene Brown of Brookline, Oct. 6, 1910; children-Richard B., Robert B., Ilarriet, Edward. Clk., West Shore R.R., 1897; N.E. passenger agt., 1898-1910; N.E. rep., Engrs. Securities Corp., 1910-11; salesman, Parkinson & Burr, 1911-16; partner, E. A. Wat- son & Co., 1916 -; mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Club: Williams (N.Y.). Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fice: 100 Milk St., Boston, Home: 28 Bradford Itd., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: Jerusalem Rd., Cohasset.
WATSON, Elizabeth Vila Taylor, portrait painter; D. N.J., Jan .; d. John Watson Taylor and Mary Mlizabeth (MacDonald) T .; ed. pvt. schs .; grad. Boston Sch. Mus. Fine Arts; m. Albert Mortimer Watson of Plymouth. Portrait painter; has painted Prof. Henry Norris Russell, astronomer, Princeton Univ .; Pres. Neiborn, Smith Coll .; Prof. Fernand Baldensperger, Sorbonne, Paris and Har- vard Univ .; Judge Richard Anderson, Fed. Court Mass .; Judge Emma F. Schofield; Marchese de Al- phonse Pallavicini, Berne, Switzerland; Dr. George Leland, Harvard Univ .; Dr. Everett C. Fisk, Boston Univ .; Dr. George W. Coleman, Forum; Catherine Cunningham Gray; Mrs. Nelson Howard; has also exhibited at Pa. Acad., Conn. Acad., Corcoran Gallery Springfield, Wellesley Art Gallery, Men's City Club, Copley Soc., Art Mus. Boston, Art (lub Boston; one-man shows at 20th Century ('lub, Women's Rep. CIub, Vose Galleries, Copley Soc .; mem. Copley Soc. Club: Women's Republi- can. Travel: Belg., Holland, Eng., Fr., It., Gor. Desc. Col. George Watson, Revolutionary War; John Taylor, collector Port of Boston, Rev. War. French Roman Catholic. Republican. Address: Studio 4044, Fenway Studios, 30 Ipswich Place, Bos- ton. Summer res .: Clark's Island, Plymouth.
WATSON, Eva Bartlett Macey, reader, lecturer, Doct, pianist; b. Lynn, Ang. 17; d. James Macey and Mercie W. (Bartlett) M .; ed. Lynn pnb. schs. and high sch .; Emerson Coll .; m. Dr. Carl L. Watson of Boston, Apr. 25, 1915. Lecturer on all countries of the world; past pres. Boston City Fed. (75 clubs of Boston), played piano before 2000 people in Odd Fellows Hall, Lynn. at 4 years of age; has given more than 5000 concerts as dramatic reader in the 48 states; past pres. Professional Women's Club, past dir. 6th dist. Mass. State Fed. Women's Clubs; tr. Medfield State Hosp .; mem. Mayflower Descend- ants, Liberty Tree Chapt., D.A.R. Clubs: Wom- "'n's City ( Boston), Rep. Women's of Mass,, Pro- fessional Women's, Eastern Star ( Brookline). Author: many published poems on world travel. Travel: entire world. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Address: 585 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Falmouth Heights, Cape Cod.
WATSON, James, psychiatrist; b. Somersham, Eng., Feb. 8, 1881; s. William Watson and Fanny (Chap- man) W .; ed. B.A., Yankton (S.D.) Coll., 1912, hon. D.Sc., 1938; M.A., Univ. S.D., 1913, B.Sc., 1922; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1925; n. Alice Chapman of London, May 10, 1906. Interne, Gar- field Park Ilosp., June 1921-25; supt. and surg., Ryder Memt. Hosp., Puerto Rico, 1925-35; psychia-
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trist, Elgin State Hosp., Ill., 1935-37, Worcester State Hosp., 1937-38, in charge Family Care Dept. Woreester State Hosp, and dir. Worc. Mental Health Clinic, 1938 -; served in Y.M.C.A. edu- cational dept., Fr., May 1917-May 1918; fellow A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., A.C.S .; mem. Am. Psy- chiatric Assn., A.A.A.S. Author: Studies in Re- gression, (Elgin Collected Papers, Vol. H); The Psychopathic Personality (Ill. Attendants' Hand- book); Psychotherapy for the Poor (Mental Ily- giene, Oet. 1939). Congregationalist. Address: Worcester State Hosp., Worcester.
WATSON, Lester, banker; b. Boston, Apr. 8, 1889; S. Charles Herbert Watson and Georgiana Alice (Hathaway) W .; ed. Volkmann Sch., Boston; A.B., llarvard, 1910; in. Katharyn lloyt of Bos- ton, Mar. 20, 1911 (d.); children-Katharyn Watson Salstonstall, Lester Iloyt. In banking bus., 1910-17, 1919 --; partner, Hayden, Stone ) & Co., Gilehrist Co., Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., Economy Grocery Stores; Reece Button Hole Mach- ine Co .; Internat. Button Hole Sewing Machine Co .; capt. Air Service (acronautics), U.S.A., 11% yrs., World War, 1917-19. Clubs: Tennis & Raequet (Boston), The Country ( Brookline), Beverly Yacht. Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 100 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Yacht "Wanderer".
WATSON, Myrou E., insurance manager; b. Sanford, Me., l'eb. 3, 1897; s. Arthur C. Watson and Jennle R. (Dole) W .; ed. Sanford (Me.) high sch .; Univ. Ind .; S.B. (forestry), Univ. Me., 1922; m. Ida M. Collins of Caribou, Me., Feb. 22, 1922; children- Robert A., Ruth C. Maine State Extension For- ester, 1923-26; asst. mgr., Travelers Ins. Co., 1926-29; ingr., 1928-30; mgr., Life Dept., Boit, Daltou, Church & Hamilton. 1930-36; mgr. and gen. agent, Fidelity Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1936 -; Myron E. Watson Agency, 1936 -; p. mem. exec. eom. Life Trust Council; served in U.S.N., 2 years; mem. Alpha Tau Omega, Masons. Clubs: Ex- change, University (Boston), Wellesley Country Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 89 Broad St., Boston. Home: 38 Damien Rd., Wellesley Ilill.s.
WATSON, Paul Barron, author; b. Morristown, N.J., Mar. 25, 1861; S. Barron Crowell Watson and Julia ( Willis) W .; ed. A.B. Harvard, 1881; mı. Katherine II. Clarke of Boston, June 4, 1890; children-Paul Barron, Donald Clarke, John Whitman, Admitted to bar, 1885; since prac- ticed in Boston; treas, Wentworth Inst. Clubs: Union (Boston), University (N.Y.). Author: Bibliography of Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America, 1881; Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 1881; The Swedish Revolution under Gustavus Vasa, 1889; Tales of Normandie, 1930; Some Women of France, 1936. Ofliee: 50 State St., Boston. Home: 79 Marlborough St., Boston.
WATSON, Wallace Nelson, life insurance general agent; b. Royal Centre, Ind., June 19, 1890; S. Charles N. Watson and Dora ( Kistler) W .; ed., Logansport (Ind.) high sch .; Purdue Univ., 1909- 11; m. Marie Louise Dunn of Gascon, N.M., Sept. 17, 1914; children-Wallace N., Ir., Louise M., Lorraine P., Gloria C., Aun V. Tel. operator, train dispatcher, asst. chief dispatcher, A.T.&.S.F. Ry., 1912-20, city freight agt., A.T.&S.F.Ry., Pitts- burgh, Pa., 1920-25; entered life ins. bus., 1925; home office ageney exec., Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co., llartford, Conn., 1927-28; mgr., Boston, 1928-34; gon, agt., Conn. Mut, Life Ins. Co., Bos- ton, 1934 -; 2d lt., later 1st It., Engrs., A. E.F., railway operating, 1 yr., 1918-19; mem. Rescarch Agencies Group, Boston Life Underwriters' Assn. (pres.), Sigma Chi, Nat. Sales Execs. (dir.), Sigma Delta Chi (hon. journalistie) ; A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Sales Managers (dir., past pres.), Belmont Springs Country (dir.), University. Author: many mag. articles in trade publications; co-author, Slants on Supervision. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. Ilome: 11 Woodbine Rd., Belmont.
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