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WEED, Frederick Theodore, civil engineer and sur- veyor; b. Boston, Sept. 17, 1893; s. Charles M. Weed and Lulu F. (Sprague) W .; ed. grad., Lynn Eng. high sch., 1912; diploma in structural en- gring., Northeastern Univ., 1924; m. Evelyn Mac- Kenzie of Swampscott, 1922; 1 dau .- Shirley Edith. In active practice of civil engring. and surveying, 1912 -; served suceessively as chain- man, rodman, chief of party, asst. engr., to 1923; became mem. firm Bradford & Weed, civil engrs. and surveyors, Jan. 1, 1923; served with Army Engrs. on survey work, Merrimack River, Newburyport, 1917, pvt., corporal, sergt., Signal Corps, U.S. Army, 1918-19; in active practice of mun. engring., Lynn, 1919-, as mem. firm 1923 -; commd. 2nd It. Engrs. Ros., U.S. Army, 1926, 2nd It. 101st Engrs., Mass. N.G., 1929, capt. at Lynn, in command of Co. D), 1936 -; military engr. mem., The Soe. Am. Mil. Engrs. Clubs: lonie (Swampscott), Army & Navy of Boston. Protestant. Republican. Office: 38 Exchange St., Lynn. Home: 69 Magnolia Rd., Swampscott.
WEED, Lilla, asso. librarian, curator English poetry collection, Wellesley Coll. Library; b. Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; d. Alvah Weed and Sylvia Maria (Warren) W .; ed. Northfield Sem .; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1902, M.A., 1912; summer courses at Harvard Univ., Boston Univ., Univ. Chicago, Univ. Pa., Columbia Univ., Oxford Univ., Eng .; term course, Radcliffe Coll. Asso. librarian, ent- ator Eng. poetry collection, Wellesley Coll. Lib .; mem. Am. Lib. Assn,, Eng. Speaking Union, Friends of Canterbury Cath., Automobile Legal AAssn., Agora Soc. ( Wellesley ). Clubs: Nat. Travel, S.C.IL.C. Anthor: (with Katherine Lee Bates) Shakespeare-Selective Biography; also Several articles and poems. Travel: Russia, Ru- mania, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, It., Fr., Belg., Austria, U.S., Alaska, Colombia, Canal Zone, Den, Finland, Gr., Switz., Sp., Ger., Can., Gr. Br., No. Afr. Desc. Henry Adams, Boston, 1640; Nathaniel Dickinson, Boston, 1629; Levi Adams, corp. Rev. War; Joseph Warren, b. Chelms- ford, 1670. Interested in water color painting, writing, nature study, musie. Episcopalian. In- dependent. Office: Wellesley Coll. Lib , Wellesley. llome: 9 Roanoke Rd., Wellesley.
WEEKS, Edward Augustus, Jr., editor; b. Elizabeth, N.J., Feb. 19, 1898; s. Edward A. Weeks and Fred- erika (Suydam) W .; od. Pingry Sch., 1908-14; Battin high sch., 1914-15: Cornell, 1915-17; S.B., Harvard, 1922; grad. study, Cambridge Univ.,
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Eng., 1922-23; hon. Litt.D., Northeastern Univ., 1938, Lake Forest Univ., 1939; m. Frederica Wat- riss of N.Y. City, 1925; children-Sara Thomson, Edward Francis. MS reader, book salesman, Ilor- ace Liveright, Inc., N.Y., 1923; asso, ed., Atlantic Monthly, 1924-28; ed., Atlantic Monthly Press, 1928-, acting ed., Atlantic Monthly, 1937; ed., 1938 -; chin. Mass. Com. to Reform Book Censor- ship, 1929-30; field service, French Army, 1917, ambulance driver, 37th Div., U.S.A.A.C., Sept. 1917-May 1919, awarded Volunteers medal, Croix de Guerre. Clubs: St. Botolph, Harvard (Bos- ton), Century (N.Y.). Author: This Trade of
Writing, 1935; essays, articles, book revs. in mags. Episcopalian. Independent Democrat. Office: 8 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 53 Chest- nut St., Boston.
WEEKS, Joshua Franklin, physician; b. Dartmouth, Feb. 29, 1866; s. Joshua Weeks and Abble (Brown- ell) W .; ed. Dartmouth pub. schs .; Bryant & Stratton Commercial Seh., Boston; M.D., Univ. Vt. Med. Sch., 1890; m. Clara F. Smith of New Bedford, 1892; children-Mrs. Helen Weeks War- dell, Franklin 11. Practiced med., New Bedford, 1890 -; specialized in anesthesia research, 1926 -; mem. sch. com., New Bedford, 1898-1913; mem. A.M.A .; Bristol Co. and New Bedford Med. Socs., Anesthesia Research Soc., Masons. Club: Masonic (New Bedford). Republican. llome: New Bed- ford.
WEEKS, Paul Thorne, engineer; b. Clarksfield, O., Nov. 19, 1890; s. Frank E. Weeks and Cynthia (Judson) W .; ed. Oberlin (O.) high sch .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1913; Ph.D., Cornell, 1917; m. Joie Protheroe of Port Chester, N.Y., Dec. 6, 1919. Asst. physicist, U.S. Bur. Standards, 1917-18; engring. dept., Westinghouse Lamp Co., 1919-28; chief engr. Raytheon Production Corp., 1928 -; 1st It. development sect., U.S. Signal Corps, 1918- 19; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., Inst. Radio Engrs., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Wellesley Coun- try, Maugus, University. Unitarian, Republican. Office: 55 Chapel St., Newton. 1lome: 31 Edmunds Rd., Wellesley Hills,
IWEEKS, Robert S., investment banker; b. St. Al- bans, Vt., Oct. 19, 1877; s. Joseph S. Weeks and Mary E. (Farrar) W .; ed. pub. schs., St. Albans, Vi., and Omaha, Neb .; m. Marion P. Badger of Brookline, Oct. 28, 1903; children-Mrs. Katherine Weeks Andres, Robert S., Jr. With B. F. Sturte- vant Co., 1894-97; N. W. Ilarris & Co., 1897-1916; dir. in charge of sales, Harris, Forbes & Co., 1916-31; exec. v.p. Chase Harris, Forbes Corp., 1931-33; v.p. Whiting, Weeks & Stubbs, Inc., 1933 -; tr. The Bond Investment Trust, Bond Investment Trust of Am., Estate of Thomas B. Griggs; dir. Boston Garden Arena Corp .; mem. publicity com., all Liberty Loan campaigns in N.E., World War; mem. Boston Chamber of Con- merce (past dir.); Boston Better Bus, Bur. (dir.). Clubs: Country (Brookline), Eastern Yacht ( Mar- blehead), Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 36 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 15 Griggs Rd., Brook- line.
WEEKS, Sinelair, manufacturer; b. Newton, June 15, 1893; s. John Wingate Weeks and Martha (Sinclair) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., llar- vard, 1914; m. Beatrice Dowse of Newton, Dec. 4, 1915; children-Mrs. Frances W. Hallowell, John Wingate, Il, Martha Sinclair, Sinclair Wecks, Jr., William Dowse, Beatrice. With First Nat. Bank of Boston, 1914-23; pres. and treas. United Carr Fastener Corp .; pres. Reed & Barton; dir. Atlas Plywood Corp .; Champion Internat. Corp .; First Nat. Bank of Boston; West Point Mfg. Co. Mayor of Newton, 1930-35; chmn. Mass. Rep. State Com., 1936-38; 1st lt., capt., 101st Field Arty., 26th div., 1917-1919. Protestant. Repub- lican. Oflice: 1014 Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 97 Valentine St., West Newton. Summer res .: Cat Bow Farm, Lancaster (N.11.).
WEGNER, Walter Robert, neurosurgeon; b. Neb- raska, Jan. 8, 1901; s. Herman Wegner and Mary (Frei) W .; ed. Fremont (Neb.) and Loveland (Colo.) high schs .; Colo. Agrl. Coll .; B.A., North- Central Coll., 1922; M.D., Univ. Neb. Coll. Med.,
1926; m. lrene Clarke of Boston, 1935; 1 dau .- Gretchen. Post-grad, study in med., gen. sur- gery, and neurosurgery, 6 yrs .; ship surg., 16 mos .; asso. surg. for neurosurgery, Boston City Hosp .; cons. neurosurg., Framingham Unlon, Waltham, and Lynn Hosps., 1933 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Soc., Neu- rology & Psychiatry, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Chi. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: med. papers. Travel: Eng., Mediterranean countries, Near East. Protestant. Republican. Office: 818 Harrison Av., Boston. Home: Woodridge Rd.,
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WEINER, Nathan, chemical research; b. Boston, Aug. 11, 1910; s. Samuel J. Weiner and Rebecca (Meretsky) W .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1930, A.M., 1931, Ph.D., 1933; m. Fae Hamlin of Boston, June 16, 1935; 1 dau .- Roberta Grenna. Chemical research, Harvard Univ., 1933 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Assn. Harvard Chemists. Author: several scientific articles in journal of Am. Chem. Soc. and Journal of Organic Chemistry. Jewish. Office: Converse Memorial Laboratory, Cambridge. Home: 156 Line St., Cambridge.
WEINER, Sidney H., physician; b. Russia, July 22, 1894; s. Charles Weiner and Beatrice (Lunn) W .; ed. Boston Eng. high seh .; Tufts Coll .; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1920; in. Alice Marion Leavitt of Boston, Dec. 25, 1923; children-llerbert J., David B. Asst. in pediatrics, llarvard Med. Sch. 1924; asst. prof. in pediatrics, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1932 -; visiting phys., Boston Floating Ilosp .; asso. phys., Children's Hosp .; licentiate Am. Bd. Pediatries; mem. Mass. Med. Soc. (coun- cillor), A.M.A., N.E. Pediatric Soc .; B'nai B'rith (Amos Lodge). Club: 20th Century. Jewish. Oflice: 524 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 6 Wayne St., Roxbury.
WEINGARTNER, John, varnish manufacturer; b. Worcester (Pa.), Sept. 21, 1866; s. John Wein- gartner and Elizabeth (Spear) W .; ed. North Wales (Pa.) high seh .; m. Carrie A. Cavanaugh of Upper Sheffield, Sunbury Co. (N.B.), Dee. 24, 1863. Has been identified with mfg. and sale of varnishes since 1881; with Charles C. Phillips Co., Phila., Pa., and continued with this company and Its successors, Nassau & Kuhn; then James Nassau-successor to Nassau & Kuhn founded the Quaker. City Varnish Co., Boston, 1903, pres. and owner, 1903 -; mem. Masons. German Luth- eran. Republican, Office: 39 Hartford St., Boston. Home: 13 Mt. Pleasant Av., Boston.
WEIS, Frederick Lewis, clergyman; b. Cranston, R.I., Aug. 22, 1895; s. Jolin Peter Carl Weis and Georgina (Lewis) W .; ed. grad., U.S. Naval Acad., 1917; B.1)., Meadville Theol. Sch., 1922, S.T M., 1928; Th.1)., Univ. Strasbourg, Fr., 1930; m. Elizabeth Williams Stone of Taunton, Nov. 6, 1926; children-Robert Pomeroy, Virginia Stone. Midshipman, 1913-17; student, Meadville Theol. Sch. and Univ. Chicago, 1919-22; Cruft fellow, Univ. Strasbourg, Fr., 1922-24; minister (Uni- tarian), 3rd Rel. Soc., Dorchester, 1924-29, 1st Ch. of Christ, Lancaster, 1929 -; v.p., Clinton Hosp. Bd .; chmn. bd. trs., Lancaster Town Lib .; ensign and It., U.S.N .; asst. engr. officer, U.S.S. North Dakota, 1917-18; now retired; mem. Am. Antiq. Soc., Am. Soc. Ch. Hist., Soc. Mayflower Deses., Soc. Deses. Colonial Clergy (historian gen.), Narragansett Ilist. Soc. (Templeton, his- torian), Clinton Hist. Soc. (pres.), Gov. & Council Mass. Bay in N.E., Lancaster Post No. 96 of Am. Legion (Comdr.); past meni., S.C.W., S.A.R., R.I. Ilist. Soc., etc. Author: Johannes Denck, 1495- 1527, 1924; Ludwig Hetzer, 1500-1529, 1930; Colo- nial Clergy and Colonial Churches of New Eng- land, 1936; Colonlal Churches and Colonial Clergy of the Middle and Southern Colonies, 1938; etc. Unitarian. Republican. Office: First Church of Christ, Lancaster. Home: Main St., Lancaster.
WEISS, Soma, physician; b. Bestercze, Hungary, Jan. 27, 1899; s. Ignac Weiss and Leah (Kahan) W .; ed. Royal llungarian Univ., Budapest, 1916- 20; A.B., Columbia, 1921; M.D., Cornell Univ. Med. Sch., 1923; m. Elizabeth Sachs of Cambridge,
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Mass., 1928; children-Paul, Robert Hatcher, Louise. Demonstrator, instr. physiology, Royal Hungarian Univ., 1917-18, biochemistry, 1918-20; asst., dept. pharmacology, Cornell Univ. Med. Sch., 1920-23; interne, Bellevue llosp., N. Y. City, 1923-25; asst., Thorndike Mem. Lab., Boston City Hosp., 1925-29; asst. in med., Harvard Med. Sch., 1926-27, instr., 1927-29, asst. prof., 1929-32; asso. prof., 1932-39, llersey professor of theory and practice of physic, 1939 -; asso. phys., Thorn- dike Mem. Lab., Boston City Hosp., 1929-39, asst. dir., 1930-32; dir. 2nd and 4th med. services ( llar- vard), Boston City Hosp., 1932-39; phys .- in-chief, 4th med. service, 1936-39; phys .- in-chief, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., 1939 -; fellow A.C.P .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. and N.E. lleart Assns., Am. Soc. Pharmacol & Expth. Therap., Assn. Am. Phys., Assn. for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, Soc. Exptl. Biol. & Med., Boston Soc. Biol. Office: Boston. Home: 21 Bryant St., Cambridge.
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WEISSMAN, Simon David, consultant, estate plan - ning; b. New Haven (Conn.), Apr. 12, 1895; s. George Weissman and Elizabeth (Baker) W .; ed. New Haven (Conn.) high sch .; Yale, 1912- 1915; L.L. B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1927; C.L.U., Am. Coll. Life Underwriters, 1930; m. Frieda Cohen of Boston, May 22, 1918; 1 Son --- Richard Merritt. Life underwriter, Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S., 1926-, group super- visor, 1930-, cons. estate planning, 1933 -; part- ner, Financial Planning Co. Boston Life Under- writers (pres. 1931); C. L.U., Boston Chapter (pres., 1931-33); pres. Boston Life Ins. & Trust Council (exec. com., 1931-36); mem. Plattsburg, O.T.C., 1917, capt. U.S. Inf., 1918; major 301 Inf., U.S.A. Res., 1929; mem. Mass. Assn. of Life Under- writers (treas. 1938-39), Million Dollar Round Ta- ble of Nat. Assn. Life Underwriters (life mem.), Masons. Clubs: Yale (Boston) ; Boston City; Bond Astronomical (Cambridge). Travel: Cent. and So. Am .; Antilles. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 6 Marlborough St., Boston, Sum- mer res. : Humarock.
YWELCH, Edward Sohier, lawyer; b Boston, Jan 27, 1888; s Francis Clarke Welch and Edith ( Thayer) W; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1909; L.L. B., J.B., Boston Univ., 1911; m. Barbara Ilinkley, June 3, 1909 (div.); m. (2d) Margaret (Pearmain) Bowditch of Boston, Sept. 1, 1926; children-Mrs. Barbara W. Dane, Francis Clarke, Edward Sohier, Jr., Holmes 1linkley. Entered ollice of father, Francis Clarke Welch, splty., management trust estates, 1909; became succes- sor to father, 1919; pres. Lewis Wharf Co., Long Wharf Co., Metropolitan Storage Warehouse; v.p. Boston Coop. Bldg. Co., Boston & Providence R.R .; managing tr. Bradlee, Common Real Estate Trusts, No. 2 Park St. Trust; tr. Boston, Bryant, Francis Real Estate Trusts, Factory Bldgs., Tre- mont Bldg. Trusts; pres. Commercial Wharf Co., Vt. & Mass. R.R. Co .; dir. Essex Co., Fifty Asso- ciates, Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., Old Colony Trust Co., Otis Co., Pepperell Mfg. Co., State St. Trust Co., State St. Exchange, Union Freight R.R. Co., United Elastic Corp., president; mem. Corpn. Suffolk Sav. Bank; commd. It., U.S.N.R.F., June 28, 1917; Exec. Nav. Officer, U.S.S. Guinevere, attached U.S. Naval Base, Brest, Fr., Oct. 16, 1917, res. July 11, 1919; mem. Boston Real Estate Exchange, Bostonian Soc., Social Law Lib., Mass. Charitable Fire Soc., 250 Associates Harvard Bus. Seh., Mil. Order For. Wars, Lodge of St. Andrew, A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Somerset, Exchange, Essex Co., Corinthian Yacht, Eastern Yacht, Manchester Yacht, Millwood lunt, Boston Press. Author:
article, The Professional Trustee. Travel: Eu- rope (every year); around world, 1931. Desc. John Welch, Boston, 1682; Francis Welch, pres. Franklin Ins. Co. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 73 Tremont St., Boston, Home: 20 Louis- burg Sq., Boston. Summer res .: West Manches- ter.
V WELCH, Joseph Nye, lawyer; b. Primghar, Ia., Oct. 22, 1890; s. William Welch and Martha (Thayer) W .; ed. A.B., Grinnell Coll. (la.), 1914;
LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1917; m. Judith Lyndon of Washington, Ga., Sept. 20, 1917; children- Joseph N., Jr., Lyndon. With legal dept., U.S. Shipping Bd., 1917; now mem, of firm of llale & borr in charge of trials; pvt., O.T.S., Camp Zach- ary Taylor (Ky.), 1918; mem. Am. Bar Assu., Mass. Bar Assn., Bar Assu. of City of Boston, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Walpole Country. Re- publican. Office: Hale & Dorr, 60 State St., Boston. llome: 129 Plimpton St., Walpole.
WELCH, William Augustine, superintendent of schools; b. Lynn, June 16, 1895; s. Peter Joseph Welch and Catherine Agnes ( Donovan) W .; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; A.B., Boston Coll., M.A., Georgetown Univ, Law Sch .; L.L. B., Suffolk Univ. Law Sch .; m. Margaret Mary Giles of Peabody, June 28, 1922; children-Marguerite Alice, Wil- liam Augustine, Jr. Admitted to Mass. bar; supt. schs., Peabody; prof. edn., Boston Coll., Grad. Sch .; Fitchburg State Coll., summer 1938; senior auditor, War Dept., Wash., D.C .; mem. Library Con., Peabody, served as Sergt., Ist sergt., 2d It., Aug. 1917-July 2, 1919; mem. Red Cross, Shoe Fund, Temperance Soc., Am. Legion, V.F. W., K.C. Club: Rotary. Author: Mass. School Law & Finance. Catholic, Office: l'eabody. Home: 124 Lynn St., Peabody.
Y WELCH, William Michael, judge; b. Springfield, Sept. 20, 1880; s. William J. Welch and Mary ( Daley) W .; ed. Cathedral gram, and high schs., Springfield; A.B (cum laude), Holy Cross Coll., 1904; LI .. B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1907; m. Marguerite 2. lleaphy of Lee, Oct. 26, 1926; children-William leaphy, Rosemary, John T., Marguerite M. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1908; gen. practice of law, Athol and Northampton, to 1938; grad. mgr. athletics, Holy Cross Coll., 1901-06; city solicitor, Northampton, 1923-24; mayor of Northampton, 1926-27; spl. justice, Dist. Ct., Hampshire, 1927-35; collector internal reve- nue, Dist. of Mass., 1935-38; judge of probate, Hampshire Co., 1938 -; dir. Northampton Nat. Bk. & Trust Co .; pvt. O.T.C., 1918; Comdr. Am. Legion Post, 1923, dist. leader Dept. of Mass., Am. Legion, 1924; v.p., and tr. Cooley Dickinson Jlosp .; pres. and dir. Northampton Community Chest; mem. Mass, and Hampshire Co. Bar Assns., K.C. (Past Grand Knight Dist. Dept.), Elks. Catholic. Demoerat. llome: 377 Prospeet St., Northampton.
WELD, Bernard' C., merchant; b. West Roxbury, Mar. 12, 1868; s. A. Davis Weld and Annie W. (Coffin) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1889; m. Mabel Stephenson of Phila., Pa., Oct. 31, 1895; children -- George Stephenson, Mrs. Frances Emmons. In office A. D. Weld's Sons, Boston, 1889 -. Club: Somerset (Boston). Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 131 State St., Boston. llome: 70 Marlboro St., Boston. Summer res .: Beverly Farms.
IWELD, J. Linzee, manufacturer; b. Milton, Nov. 10, 1896; s. C. Minot Weld and Marian (Linzee) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; Evans Sch., Mesa, Ariz .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1920; m. Barbara Foster of Charles River, Oct. 31, 1925; children-Barbara, Jane. Learned mill bus, with Boston Mfg. Co., 1920-22; with Suncook Mills, mfrs. cotton and rayon piece goods, Boston, 1922-, treas, gen. mgr., 1932 -; 1st It. I.A., IT.S.A., 1917-18. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 199 Washington St., Boston. Home: Charles River.
WELD, Rudolph, cotton buyer (retired); b. Ded- ham, Aug. 22, 1883; s. Stephen Minot Weld and Eloise (Rodman) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; m. Sylvia Caroline Parsons of N. Y., Nov. 7, 1908: children-Mrs. Sylvia Bigelow, Mrs. Eloise Fleming, Mrs. Priscilla W. Grosjean. Cotton buyer, Stephen M. Weld & Co. of Boston, 1905 -; partner, 1908 -; retired, 1938; mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Harvard (Boston ), Country ( Brookline). Travel: Europe, U.S. Direct desc. of Joseph Weld who settled in this country in 1632. Republican, Ollice: 48 Franklin St., Boston. llome: 64 Holland Rd. Brookline. Summer res. : Bourne Cottage, Warcham.
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WELD, Walter Winsor, real estate and Insurance agent; b. Boston, Nov. 3, 1894; s. A. Winsor Weld and Theresa ( Davis) W .; ed. Volkmann Sch., 1906-12; A.B., Harvard, 1916; i. Elizabeth Bright of Cambridge, Apr. 2, 1932; children-Mary, Ed - ward. With Weld, Grew & Co., 1916-17, Hood Rubber Co., 1919-22, Poole & Seabury, real estate, Boston, 1922-31; men. tirm Weld and Hurd, real estate and ins., Boston, 1933 -; served in I.S.N.R.F., 1917-19. Episcopalian. Republican. Ollice: 85 Newbury St., Boston. Home: Ash St., Weston.
WELLES, Winthrop Selden; professor of educa- tion; b. Pentield, Ill., Jan. 1, 1875; s. Joseph House Welles and Sarah Ann (Jones) W .; (d. certificate from Ill. State Normal Univ .; B.S., Univ. 111., 1901; M.Ed., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1929; m. Anna Gertrude Hisel of Normal, Ill., Sept. 2, 1897; 1 dan .- Barbara. Farm life until 22, with normal school and 2 yrs. teaching rural schs. ; 3 yrs. teaching graded schs. and high schs., 5
yrs. Supt. Schs. Suburban Chicago, 12 yrs. teaching, State Normal Sch., River Falls, Wis .; 2 yrs. State Supervisor of vocational agr., Wis .; prof. edu. Mass. State Coll., 1919-, head of dept., 1923 -; mem. Phi Delta Kappa. Desc. Thomas Welles, tirst governor of Conn. Colony, and founder of Welles family in America. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Ollice: 307 Stock- bridge Hall, Mass. State College, Amherst. Ilome: 135 Lincoln Av., Amherst.
WELLMAN, Arthur Holbrook, lawyer; b. E. Ran- dolph (now Holbrook), Oet. 10, 1855; s. Joslma W. Wellman and Ellen M. ( Holbrook) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1878, A.M., 1881; Harvard Law Sch., 1880-81; LL. B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1882; m. Jennie L. Fanlk- ner of Malden, Oet. 11, 1887; children-Sargent Il., Katharine F. Practiced law, Boston, 1882 -; instr., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1886-91, prof. equity jurisprudence and equity pleading, 1891- 1902; tr. Topsfield Pub. Lib .; mem. com. council, 1885; eity solicitor, 1889-91, sch. com., 1902-05 (chmn. 1905), Malden; mem. Ho. of Rep., 1892-94, Mass. Senate, 1895-96; del., Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917-19; pres. Mass. Bd. Ministerial Aid; mem. Prison Commn., 1898-1913; orator, 250th anni- versary of Malden; chimn. Legal Adv. Bd., Mass. Div. 21, World War; mem. N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soe., Essex Inst., Bostonian Soc., Topsfield Hist. Soe. (dir.), Am. and Boston Bar Assus., Phi Beta Kappa, Masons. Clubs: University, Union, Boston Congregational. Desc. William Bradford and Elder Brewster of Plymouth. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Ollice: 150 Congress St., Boston. Home: Topsfield.
WELLMAN, Arthur O., business executive: b. Brookline, Oct. 31, 1894; s. Arthur G. Wellman and Celia M. W .; m. Ruth Kingman of White Plains, N.Y., Ort. 18, 1919; children-Marjorie R., Arthur O. Jr., John G. Pres., Nichols & Co., Inc., Boston: partner, Nichols & Co .; pres. Ware- house 12, Inc .; dir. N.Y. Wool Top Exchange, Wool Assos. of N. Y. Cotton Exchange, Ine .; mem. Nat. Assn. Wool Mfrs. (dir.), Masons. Clubs: University, Masonic (Boston); Charles River Country. Episcopalian. Office: 140 Federal St., Boston. Home: 75 Royce Rd., Newton Centre
WELLMAN, Gordon Boit, asso. professor of Biblical history; b. Malden, Mar. 1, 1887; s. Edward Wy- man Wellman and Enna Rebecca (Patch) W .; od. Malden high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; S.T.B., Andover Sem., 1916; S.T.M., Harvard Div. Sch., 1917, Th. D., 1919; student, Edinburgh Univ., 1910- 11; m. Helen lyde Upton of Malden, June 22, 1918. Lecturer on Bibl. hist., Wellesley Coll., 1919-22, asst. prof., 1922-29, asso. prof., 1929 -; mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Am. Ornithologists' Union, Soc. Bibl. Lit. & Exegesis, Mass. Audubon Soc. (past dir.), Am. Fuchsia Soc. Anthor: arti- cles in sei, and rel. jours. Travel: Europe (4 times-for travel and study). Dir. desc. Gov. Bradford and William Brewster of Plymouth Colony. Congregationalist. Republican. Otlice: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Home: 17 Mid- land Rd., Wellesley. Summer res .: Jaffrey, N.II.
WELLMAN, Hiller Crowell, librarian; b. Boston, Mar. 2, 1871; s. Joseph Hiller Wellman and Ellen Maria (Crowell) W .; ed. Brookline high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1894; m. Emily Andem Whiston of Newton, Sept. 20, 1900; children -- Bertram, Constance, Katharine (d.), Ellen. Asst., Boston Margaret,
1894-1896; Athenaeum, supervisor of branches, Boston Pub. Lib., 1896- 1898; lib., Brookline Pub. Lib., 1898-1902, Spring- field City Lib., 1902 -; mem. Springfield Soldiers' & Sailors' Mem. Commn .; mem. bd., Free. Publle Commn., 1909 -; mem. Mass. Lib. Assn. (sec., 1897- 1899; pres., 1901-1902); A.L.A. (pres., 1914-1915), New England Library Assu. (first pres., 1939-), Phi Beta, Kappa, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Saturday Night, Gladden, City. Independent. Author: articles in periodicals and addresses on library subjects. Odlice: City Library, Springfield. Home: 285 Rimmon Av., Springfield.
WELLMAN, Mary Lines, Girl Scout activities; b. N.Y. City, July 27, 1895; d. Ernest Howard Lines and Elizabeth Lindsay (James) L .; ed. Cours Fénelon, Paris: Sheldon-Nixon Sch., Florence, It .; Bachelier-ès-lettres, Univ. Paris, 1913; m. Sargent D. Wellman, 1919; children-Prudence H., Howard L., Bradford S. Interested in Girl Scouts since 1924, capt., then commissioner of local council, commissioner Mass. Girl Scouts, 1931-34, 1935-37. mem. Nat. Bd. Dirs., 1930-36, mem. bd. dirs. Mass. Girl Scouts, 1937 -; v. chmn. Rep. Town. Com .; served as nurses' aid in Secours aux Blessés Militaires, France, 1914-18, Medaille des Epidemies, Médaille de Reconnaissance; tr. Topsfield Pub. Lib .; mem. Mass. Hort. Soc., Herb Soc. of Am. Clubs: Women's City ( Boston), Women's Republican of Mass., Topsfield Com- munity, Topstield Garden. Travel: Europe, U.S. Protestant. Republican.
Address: Windridge, Topsfield.
WELLMANN. Sargent Holbrook, lawyer; b. Malden, May 8, 1892; s. Arthur Holbrook Wellman and Jennie L. (Faulkner) W .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1912; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1915; m. Mary Conover Lines of Paris, Fr., Oct. 1, 1919; children-Prudence HI., Howard Iz, Bradford S. Practiced law, Boston, 1915 -: Wellman & Gaskins 1915-1921; Wellman & Well- man, 1921 -; tr. Danvers Sav. Bk .; dir. Arthur W. Wood, Haverhill Gas Light Co., Am. Cong. Assn., etc .; mem. Mass. Ho. Rep., 1925-26; chn. Finance Com., Topsfield; 1st It. Inf., capt. A.S.I. Aug. 1917-July 1919. Travel: Europe (several times). Desc. Gov. William Bradford, Elder William Brewster ( Plymouth). Congregational- ist. Republican. Ollice: 150 Congress St., Bos- ton. lome: Topstield.
WELLS, Alfred Turner, manufacturer, optical goods; b. Southbridge, Apr. 7, 1903; s. Channing McG. Wells and Irene Burt (Kelly) W .; ed. Fay Sch., Southboro, 1912-16; St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N.H., 1916-22; Harvard, 1922-25; in. Celia Stowe Kreis of Wheaton, Ill., June 29, 1927; children-Alfred Turner, Jr., David Hardin, Janet MeGregory. Employed in optical goods factory, 1925-33; mgr., Canadian factory, Am. Optical Co .. 1933-35; tr. Am. Optical Co., trustee Quinebaug Forestry Co. Southbridge, 1935- (see. 1936 -- ), Harrington Memorial Hosp .; dir. Southbridge Nat. Bk., Russell-Harrington Cutlery Co .; served in Field Arty., Mass. N.G., 1922-25; mem. Masons. Club: Cohasse Country (Southbridge). Episco- palian. Republican. Home: Southbridge.
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