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VIVICLAS, Charles Edwin, engineer; b. N. Adams, Apr. 27, 1858; s. Daniel M. Wells and Mary M. (Sly) W .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1880; m. Katherine Belden of Galesburg, Ill., Feb. 19, 1891; children-Katherine Zeruah (Mrs. Leon R. Whipple), Mareus Belden (d.), Sarah Frances, Margaret Adams. Asst. engr., Troy & Green- field, R.R, and Hoosac Tunnel, 1880-85, C.B.& N.R.R., 1886; div. engr., Chicago, Santa Fe & Calif. R.R., 1887-88; locating engr., Saulte Ste. Marie & Southwestern Ry., 1888; asst. engr., C.&N.W. Ry., 1889-90; engr. and supt. constrn., MacArthur Bros. Co., Chicago, 1891-91; pvt. practice, Davenport, la., 1894; supt. water works,
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Galesburg, Ill., Apr .- Aug. 1895; div. engr., Metrop. Water and Sewerage Bd. of Mass., 1895-1903, engr., reservoir dept., 1903-01; supervising engr. I.S. Reclamation Service for Southern Wyo., Neb., and S.D., 1905-07; div. engr., Bd. Water Supply, City of N.Y., 1907-17; res. engr. constrn., U.S. Embarkation Camp, Merritt, N.J., 1917; supervisor plant engr., U.S. Shipping Bd., constrn. of concrete shipyard plant, San Diego, Calif., 1918-19; consulting engr., 1919 -; mem. Ami. and Boston Socs. C.E. Home: North Adams. WELLS, David Washburn, physician; b. W. Now- ton, July 9, 1862; s, Samuel Wells and Martha Ann (Washburn) W .; od. M.D, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1897; Sc.D., Boston Univ., 1930; stu- dent, London and Paris, 1901, Vienna, 1907; m. Ida Taylor of Natick, July 29, 1881 (d. 1920) ; m. (2d) Mrs. Nellie T. Cope of W. Newton, Dec. 26, 1921; children-Carl S., Ralph A. Practiced med., Boston, 1897 -; lecturer on mental phys- iology, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1903-06, prof., ophthalmology, 1913-23; ophthalmic surg., Mass. Mem. llosp., 1907-23; oculist, Newton Hosp., 1904- 34; pyt. practice, 1921 -; advocate of stereo- scopic treatment of heterophoria, 1904 -; demon- strated method, U.S., Montreal, Amsterdam In- ternat. Congress Ophthalmology (1929); fellow A.C.S .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Ophthal- mol. Soc. (past pres.), Acad. Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology. Club: Brae Burn Country. Au- thor: Psychology Applied to Medicine, 1907; The Stereoscope in Ophthalmology, 1912, 4th edit., 1928. Office: Hotel Westminster, Boston, Home: 50 Putnam St., West Newton.
Y WELLS, Frederle Lyman, psychologist; b. Boston, Apr. 22, 1884; s. Benjamin Willis Wells and Lena (Lyman) W .; ed. A.B., Columbia, 1903, A.M., 1901, Ph.D., 1906; m. F. Gertrude Smart, Sept. 21, 1915; children -John Corson, Walter Good- win. Lecturer in psychology, Columbia, 1907; asst. in pathol. psychology, Psychiatric Inst., Wards Island, N.Y., 1910-11; chief of psychol. lab., Boston Psychopathie Hosp., 1921-38; mem. Nat. Research Council, 1925-28; mem. com. on orgn. and exce. com., Ist Internat. Congress of Mental llygiene, 1930; instr., asst. prof , Harvard Med. Sch .; psychologist, Dept. Hygiene, Harvard Univ., 1938 --; staff, Boston City Hosp., 1935 -; commd. capt. Signal R.O.C., Sept. 1917-18; fellow Am. Acad. of Arts and Sciences, mom. Acad. of Polit. Sci., Soc. for Research in Child Devel- opment, Personnel Research Fed., Am. Psychol. Assn., Nat. Com. for Mental Hygiene, Am. Psychopathol. Assn., N.E. Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, Am. Assn. on Mental Deficiency, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Masons. Clubs: Appalachian Mt., Harvard (Boston). Au- thor: Mental Adjustments, 1917; Mental Tests in Clinical Practice, 1927, and numerous technical articles. Office: 13 Holyoke St., Cambridge. Home: 19 Bowdoln St., Newton Highlands.
WELLS, George Burnham, optical goods manu- facturer; b. Southbridge, Oct. 10, 1902; s. Albert Bacheller Wells and Ethel (Burnham) W .; ed. Fay Sch., 1915-17; St. Paul's Sch., 1917-18; Phil- lips Andover Acad., 1918-20; A.B., Harvard, 1921; in. Ruth A. Dyer of Boston, Nov. 10, 1928; children -Frances, Joel, Albert B. Asso, with Am. Optical Co., Southbridge, 1924-, pres., 1936 -; dir. First Nat. Bk. of Boston, 1937 -; pres. Southbridge Water Supply Co .; v.p. Southbridge Nat. Bk .; dir. Russell Harrington Cutlery Co. Clubs: The Country ( Brookline), Harvard (N.Y.), Cohasse Country (Southbridge). Address: Southbridge.
WELLS, Henry Gordon, lawyer; b. Bridgeport. Conn., Oct. 12, 1879; s. George Henry Wells and 11. Ada (Taylor) W .; ed. Tilton (N.IL.) Sch., 1891-98; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1902; 1I. B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1905; m. Edith W. Burke of Middletown, Conn., Apr. 18, 1906; children- Chester Taylor (d.), Elizabeth Whiting ( Mrs. llenry 'T. Fourneaux), Archer, Gordon, Eleanor Lawrence ( Mrs. Elbridge Taylor), Henry Gor- don, dr. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1905; engaged in gen. practice of law, Haverhill, 1905 -; mom. City Council, Haverhill, 1907; mem. Mass. 11o.
of Rep., 1910-12, Mass. Senate, 1913-18, pres. 1916-18; dist. atty Eastern Dist. Mass., 1918-19; commr. Mass. Dept. Pub. Utilities, 1919-35; legal consultant, Brazilian Traction Light & Power Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1936-37; liquidating tr., Internat. Ilydro-Elec. System, 1939; tr. Tilton Sch .; pres. Nat. Assn. of R.R. and Utilities Cominrs., 1928; mem. Am. Bar Assn. (ehmn. pub. utility law section, 1933-34), Mass. Bar Assn., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Masons, Grange. Methodist. Republican. Ilome: 4 Arlington Place, Haverhill.
WELLS, Joel Cheney, manufacturer; b. South- bridge, Nov. 11, 1871; s. George Washington Wells and Mary Eliza (McGregory) W .; ed. Southbridge high sch .; Worcester Acad., 1892; m. Florence Winifred Morse of North Easton, Nov. 20, 1901; children-lohn Morse, Florence (d.), Gertrude Alice. Engaged in manufacture of optical goods, 1893 --; sec. Am. Optical Co., 1903- 08, dir., 1908, tr., 1912, v.p., 1913-1930; exec. v.p., 1930-37; had 17 patents granted relating to im- provements in eyeglasses of various types and bifocal lenses; dir. Southbridge Nat. Bk., Russell Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge Water Sup- ply Co., Old Colony Trust Co., 1934-1936; mein. Nat. Industrial Conf. Bd .; mem. Masons, Mass. Soc. S.A R., Southbridge Merchants & Migrs. Assn. ('lubs: Cohasse Country (Southbridge), Southbridge, Union, Republican (Boston), Coun- try (Brookline), Fishers Island (N.Y.), Cloud. Baptist. Republican. Office: 14 Mechanic St., Southbridge. Ilome: 156 Main St., Southbridge.
WELLS, John Morse, manufacturer; b. Southbridge, Jan. 14, 1903; s. Joel Cheney Wells and Florence Winifred (Morse) W .; ed. Fay Sch., Southboro; St. Paul Prep. Sch., Concord, N.II., 1915-21; A.B., llarvard, 1925; grad, student, Harvard Grad. Seh. Bus. Adın, 1925-26; m. Sylvia Shippen of Bos- ton, May 19, 1928; children-lohn Shippen, Flor- ence, Natalie. Asst. to gen. mgr. of metal work- ing div., American Optical Co., 1925-27, standards dept., helped install Bedeaux System of wage payment, 1927, mgr. standards dept., 1929, mgr. research dept., 1930, asst. to v.p., in charge of mfg., 1931, sec., 1931-1935, v.p. in charge of re- search lab., 1936 -; tr. Am. Optical Co .; dir. Spencer Lens Co., Southbridge Nat. Bk., Russell Harrington Cutlery Co .; dir. and v.p. Southbridge Water Supply Co .; commd. It. in U.S.N.R .; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Army Ordnance Assn., U.S. Naval Inst., U.S. Naval Res. Assn., Western Mass. Chap. of U.S.N.R.O.A., Nat. Aero. Assn., Inst. of Radio Engrs,, Am. Radio Relay League, Optical Soc. Am., Masons. Clubs: Union (Bos- ton); University; Harvard (N. Y. ) ; Cohasse Southbridge); Southbridge; Megantic Fish & Game Corp .; Army & Navy ( Washington, D.C.). Travel: U.S., Mex., Eng., Can, Europe. Protes- tant. Republican. Office: 14 Mechanic St., South- bridge. lome: Eastford Rd., Southbridge.
YWELks, Ralph Gent, professor, management engi- neer; b. Lawrenceburg, Ind., July 15, 1879; S. Martin Lemuel Wells (D.D.) and Mattie Wil- derson (Gent) W .; ed. manual tr. high sch., Indianapolis, Ind .; pvt. tutors; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Fanny Lareom Abbot of Cambridge, Apr. 18, 1904; children-Winifred (d ), Katherine Abbot, Dane Ellingwood. Traveling salesman, Globe-Wernicke Co., Cincinnati, O .; spl. orgn. and research work, Arkwright Club Commercial Agency, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Employ- ment Mgrs. Assn., Boston Rotary Club, etc., 1906- 16; with I2. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., Wil- mington, Del., 1916-19: instr., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1919 -; head of management dept., 1921-, asst. to pres., 1926-28; dir. Bur. Bus. Re- search, 1928 -; mem. Am. Management Assn., Am. Marketing Assn., Soc. Advancement of Man- agement, Am. Trade Assn. Executives, Masons. ('lub: Boston City. Unitarian. Republican. lome: 220 Dedham Av., Needham.
WELLS, Valney Hunter, professor of mathematics; D. Dowagiac, Mich., June 18, 1889; s. Fred Bever- Stock Wells and Ina Gertrude (Ilunter) W .; ed. high sch., Dowagine, Mich .; A.B., Olivet Coll.,
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Mich., 1909; Ph.D., Univ. Mich., 1916; m. Dorothea Maxwell Ilile of N.Y. City, Apr. 1938; children- Charles Warrick, Barbara Jayne. Prof. math., Hastings Coll., 1909-13; instr. math., Univ. Mieh., 1913-16; prof. math., Univ. Pittsburgh, 1916-17; served as It., A.S., U.S.A., 1917-19; statistician, Vets. Bur., Wash., D.C., 1919-20; prof. math., Carleton Coll., Minn., 1920-22; Williams Coll., 1922 -; asst. editor, Am. Math, Monthly, 1924-26; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Math. Assn. Am. Author: U.S. Theory and Use of Airplane Bomb-Sights; U.S. Statistical Analysis of Compensation and Insurance Act; Trigonometry; Mathematical Analysis; several math. articles. Travel: Eng., Fr. Office: Williams Coll., Williamstown. Home: 3 Chapin Court, Williamstown.
WELLS, Wellington, lawyer; b. Arlington, Apr. 18, 1868; s. Ilenry Jackson Wells and Marie Ade- laide (Goodnow) W .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1890; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1893; m. Grace Elizabeth Ewart; m. (2d) Eliza- beth Brewer; children-Elizabeth Dana, llenri- etta, Wellington, Jr., Virginia. Mem, Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1919, Senate 1920-28 (pres. 1921-28); dir. Link Belt Co .; asst. clerk of Superior (t. for Civil Bus., Suffolk Co., 1896-1903; coindr. Centen- nial Legion, 1930-1932; mem. S.C.W., S.R. (past pres. Mass. Soe.), Harvard Alumni Assn (V.D. 1921-23), Soe. Am. Wars. Author: chapter on Political Events after Civil War in Prof. A. B. Hart's Commonwealth Ilistory of Mass. Travel: Europe, Egypt, Hawaii, Alaska. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union, Country (Brookline), Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington), Address: Union Club, 8 Park St., Boston. Ilome: Wellscroft Rd., Ches- ham, N.Il.
WELSH, JJohn Henry, Jr., educator; b. Boothbay, Me., Aug. 25, 1901; s. John 11. Welsh and Alnia H. (Tibbetts) W .; ed. Portland high sch .; A.B., Berea Coll., 1922; A.M., Harvard, 1928,, Ph. D., 1929; m. Martha S. Findlay of Parkville, Mo., June 8, 1931; 1 dau .- Isabel Sue. Asst. in chem., Berea Coll., 1920-22; prin., high sch., Boothbay, Mc., 1922-23; grad. student, Harvard, 1923-24, 1927-29; instr. biol. and chem., Berkshire Sch., Sheffield, 1924-27; instr. biol., The Lesley Sch., Cambridge, 1928-31; tutor biol., Harvard, 1928; instr. zoology, Harvard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., 1929 -; instr. Harvard Univ. Summer Sch., 1934, 1936; see. Bermuda Biol. Sta. for Research, Inc .; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Zoologists, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. Author: 30 scientific papers. Travel: Eng. Research interests: physiology of the lower animals. Protestant. Republican. Office: Biological Laboratories, Harvard Univer- sity, Cambridge. Home: 1 Hillside Place, Cam- bridge.
V WELSH, Robert Aloysius, lawyer, judge; b. Ever- ett, May 7, 1903; s. Walter Welsh and Annie (Cook) W .; ed. Provincetown high sch .; Ph. B. (cum laude), Iloly Cross Coll., 1925; LE.B. (cum laude), Boston Unlv. Sch. Law, 1928; m. Alma M. Danforth of Belmont, Apr. 17, 1937. Clk. of et., 1921-30; admitted to bar 1928; gen, practice of law, Provincetown, 1928 -; presiding justice (youngest in State), 2d Dist. Ct., Barnstable, 1933 -; Misdemeanor Sessions, Superior ('t., 1938 -; mem. bd. investment, dir., Seamen's Sav. Bk., 1930 -; dir. Hyannis Coop. Bk .; Cape Cod S.S. Co .; v.p. Peek & Young, Inc., hotel; mem. Am., Mass., and Barnstable Bar Assns., Mass. Law Soe., Assn. Dist. Ct. Justices, Judges Nat. Probation Assn., Provincetown Bd. Trade, Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, Provincetown Schol- arship Fund for Higher Edn. (pres.), Irish Charitable Soe., K.C. Clubs: Holy Cross, City (Boston), Cape Cod Charles F. Hurley (chinn.). Id .: Boston Univ. Law Rev. Catholic. Demo- crat. Ollice: Court House, Provincetown. Home: 554 Commercial St., Provincetown.
WELTMAN, Janie Gordon, instructor, leeturer, edi- tor; b. Chleago, Ill, Aug. 20, 1898; d. Jacob Gordon and Sara Julia (Kahan) G .; ed, grade, junior and high sch .; Univ. Chicago; Harvard Summer Sch .; Boston Univ .; m. Leon Weltman, Thanksgiving
Day, 1913. Co-founder, dir. Weltman Conserva- tory of Music, Boston and Malden; pres. N.E. Woman's Press Assn., 3 yrs .; cor. sec. National League of Am. Pen Women, Boston Branch, drama chin .; Radio and Publicity at intervals; interested in books and music; mem. The Copley Art Soc., Nat. League Am. Pen Women, N.E. Woman's Press Assu. Clubs: Professional Wom- man's of Boston, Business and Professional Wom- an's ( Boston and State), Malden Old and New, Boston Browning Soc., Manuscript of Boston, 20th Century, Malden Woman's Republican, The Hub Club of Boston (pres.), Florence Crittendon League of Compassion, The Woman's Charity of Boston, The Malden Philharmonic Soc., The Char- lotte Cushman. Author: Our First Fifty Years, a history of the N.R. Woman's Press Assn .; On the Air with Massachusetts Composers; Cremona; Per- sonality Plus, a text book. Editor: The Bay
State News. Travel: So. Am. (gruest of late Pres. Gomez of Venezuella). llome: North-On Main St., Malden. Summer res .: abroad.
V*WENDELL, George Blunt, business man; b. Quincy, Feb. 6, 1874; s. George Blunt Wendell and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) W .; ed. Prince Sch., Eng. high sch., Boston; m. Lucy Seward 'Eaton of Mil- ton, Sept. 17, 1901 (d. 1910); children-George Blunt, Edward Eaton. In Exptl. dept., Germanla Elec. Co., 1891-92; Boston Incandescent Lamp Co., 1892-95; Quiney Quarry R.R. Co., 1895-99; Granite Ry. Co., 1899-1905; dir., asst. treas., asst. sec. Wheatena Corp., Rahway, N.J., 1905 -; mem. Ancient & llonorable Arty, Co., St. Nicholas and Ilolland Socs. (N.Y.), Founders & Patriots Am., S.C.W., S.A.R., Masons. Club: Boston City. Uni- tarian. Republican. Olliee: 88 Broad St., Boston. Home: 124 Otis St .. Milton. Summer res .: Owl's llead, Me. Died July 1, 1939.
WENRICH, George Franklin, lawyer; b. Werners- ville, Pa., Jan. 29, 1886; s. Samuel E. Wenrich and Sarah R. (llain) W .; ed. Wernersville (Pa.) and Boston high schs .; LL.B., Northeastern Univ., 1915; LL.M., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1919; spl. courses on bus. subjs., Harvard, 1935-38; in. Amelia Hammerle of Malden, Aug. 29, 1913; 1 son-lomar Franklin. Gen, practice of law, Bos- ton, 1917 -; dir. and atty. for several Credit Unions; atty. for Labor Unions; mom. MacKu- sick & Wenrich; on Housing Commin., Malden, 1921-22; on Legal Adv. Bd., Boston, 1 yr., during World .War; pres. Deliberative Assembly, Malden (oldest continuing debating soc. in Am.), Wen- rich Family Assn. Am., Hain Family Assn., mem. Am., Mass,, and Boston Bar Assns., Masons, K.T., Shrine, 1.O.O.F., S.A.R., Pa. Ger. Soc. Clubs: Bos- ton City, Kernwood, Woodland Tennis. Editor: Wenrich Family Bulletin, 1924-38. Travel: U.S. (extensive), ('an., Mex., W.b., Bahamas, Jamaica, Brit. Isles, Europe. Desc. Matthias Wenrich of 4th battalion, Col. Lotz's 6th Co., 1877, in Revolu- tion. Office: 6 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 745 Highland Av., Malden.
(WENTWORTH, Franklin Harcourt, author, editor; b. Chicago, Il., Mar. 27, 1866; s. Charles Roberts Powers Wentworth and Marilla (Brunton) W .; ed. Oakland high sch., Chicago, Ill .; m. Marion Jean Craig of St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 31, 1900; m. (2d) Alice Chapman of Portland, Me., Nov. 6, 1912. With 1.C.R.R., Chicago, 1882-93; traveled, studied social and polit, economy, 1894; asst. sec. and corr., Underwriters' Labs., Chicago, 1895- 1900; ed., pub., The Socialist Spirit, 1900-03; Wash- ington press corr., 1904-05; ed., quarterly mag., Nat. Fire Protection Assn., 1909 -; mem. City Council, Salem, 1910; mem. Poetry Soc. Am .; hon. mem. Internat. Assn. Fire Chiefs, Institut Français de la Prévention du Feu (Paris). Clubs: Chicago Singletax (pres., 1897-98), Appala- chian Mt. Author: The Pride of Intellect, 1901; Forgings of the New, 1907; Wendell Phillips, 1908; The Woman's Portion, 1910; Factories and their Fire Protection, 1910; Syllabus for Publie Instruc- tion in Fire Prevention, 1912; Decreasing the Fire Hazard, 1930; Automatic Sprinklers in Apart- ment llouses, 1935. Travel: It., Fr., Ger., Ilol., Belg., Switz., Eng. (study of social conditions), 1903. Home: 30 Garden Rd., Wellesley Hills,
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WENTWORTH, Henry A., trustee; b. Boston, Feb. 22, 1884; s. James HI. Wentworth and Alice C. (Keith) W .; ed. Classical high sch., Lynn; B.S., M.I.T., 1905; m. Edith Z. Ellis of Lynn, 1906; children-Nathan Il., Vincent E., Gordon K. Asst., M.I.T., 1 yr .; cons. engr., mining machinery busi- ness, exam. work in mining and metallurgy, sev- eral yrs .; tech. dir., then v.p. Am. Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co., 10 yrs .; cons. engr. and mining operator; v.p. Am. Powder Co .; pres, Farrington Mfg. Co., Jamaica Plain; executor, tr., dir., A. S. Campbell Co., Warren Bros. Co .; v.p., dir. ex. com., Newton Nat. Bank; dir., chimn. finance com., Au- burndale Coop. Bk .; tr. Newton Hosp .; mem. Mining & Metall. Soc. Am., Am. Inst. Mining & Metall., Canadian Inst. Mining & Metall., Mass. Golf Assn. (sec .- treas., 3 yrs. ), N.E. Golf Assu. (v.p., 2 yrs., pres., 2 yrs.). Clubs: University, Al- gonquin (Boston), Engineers (N.Y.), Brae Burn Country, Plymouth Country, Scott Fish and Game (Quebec). Office: 24 Federal St., Boston. Home: 221 Woodland Rd., Auburndale. Summer res .: Briar Knoll, Bournedale.
WENTWORTH, John, lawyer; b. Harrison, Me., Apr. 27, 1880; s: John S. Wentworth and Almedia E. (Lakin) W .; ed. Bridgton Acad., No. Bridgton, (Me.); A.B., Cornell, 1903; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1905; m. Alice M. Nicholson of Boston, Apr. 30, 1913; J son-John, Jr. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1905; in general practice of law, Boston, 1905 -; mem. Newton, Brickett & Wentworth; dir. Gentles Baking Co .; mem. town meeting, Need- ham, 1934 -; mem. Masons. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: 38 Norfolk St., Needham. Summer res .: Newbury, N.H.
WENTWORTH, John Prescott, civil engineer; b. Malden, Sept. 4, 1887; s. Joseph Hill Wentworth and Abbie Dickman (Pool) W .; ed. grad., Malden high. sch., 1906; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; m. Marian Frances Williams of Thorndike, Apr. 12, 1916 (d.); 1 dau .- Helen Bancroft. Asst. instr., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; asst. engr., Metcalf & Eddy, cons. engrs., 1911-17, 1919-23, partner, 1921 -; mom. City Planning Bd., Malden; served as It., later capt., Sanitary Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.E., Am. and N.F. Water Works Assn., N.E. Sewage Works Assu. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 569 Fellsway East, Malden. WENTWORTH, Joseph, lawyer; b. Sandwich, N.H., Jan. 29, 1877; 8. Paul Wentworth and Ellen T. (Dunklee) W .; ed. Holderness Sch., 1890-93; An- dover Acad., 1893-96; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1900; LI. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Alice M. Smith of Brookline, Sept. 20, 1924. General practice of law, Boston, 1903 -; asso. with Choate, Hall & Stewart, 1903-09; mem. firm, 1909 -; dir. Old' Colony R.R .; mem. Sandwich (N.H.) Hist. Soc. (pres.), Alpha Delta Phi, Sphinx. Club: Union (Boston). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 61 Longwood Av., Brook- line. Summer res .: Sandwich, N. Il.
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1 WENTWORTH, Mark II., physician; b. Portsmouth, N.II., Apr. 5, 1879; s. Charles E. Wentworth and Elizabeth H. (Ladd) W .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge, 1889-1897; A.B., Harvard, 1901; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905; graduate study, Vienna and Germany, 1 yr .; neuro-psychiatric studies in Vienna, Germany and London, 1925-27; m. Lucy Cushing Swan of Boston, June 22, 1922; children- Elizabeth, Marcia. Gen. practice in Boston, 1907-15; instr., Harvard Med. Sch., 1908- 16; neuro-psychiatrie practico, Boston, 1927 -; ass(. neurologist, nerve stuff, Boston City losp., 1927 -; 14. Am. Psychiatric Assn., mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 416 Marlborough St., Boston. Home: 2. Elm St., Concord.
WENTWORTH, Royal Sumner, banker; b. Chelsea, Nov. 14, 1874; s. Henry N. Wentworth and Mar- garet (Ilill) W .; m. Elizabeth Thurston of Or- land, Me., June 26, 1907; children-Dorothy, Bar- bara, Paul Thurston. Pres. County Sav. Bk .; dir. Chelsea Trust Co., Chelsea Hosp. Desc. Elder William Wentworth. Congregationalist. Repub-
lican. Office: 435 Broadway, Chelsea. Home: 1 Calumet Rd., Winchester.
WERLY, Charles Milford, investment manager; b. Gorham, N.Y., Dec. 31, 1906; s. Charles Werly and Elizabeth (Mcintyre) W .; ed. Ithaca (N.Y.) high sch .; S.B., Cornell, 1927; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın., 1929; m. Jane E. Woods of Shel- burne Falls, Apr. 10, 1932. With Clark, Dodge & Co., N.Y. City, 1929-31; Incorporated Investors, Boston, 1931-37, asst. treas., 1936-37; treas., dir. Consolidated Equities, Inc., 1936-37; tr. George Putnam Fund, Boston, 1937 -; on faculty, North- eastern Univ., 1935-37; mem. Beta Theta Pi. Presbyterian. Republican. Office: 50 State St., Boston. Home: 124 Forest St., Winchester.
\WERNAER, Robert Maximillan, author; b. Jena, Ger., May 13, 1865; s. Anton Ottomar Wernaer and Alvine (Peisker) W .; ed. prep. schs. and gymnasia in Germany; came to U.S., 1881; LL. B., Albany Law Sch. (Union Univ.), 1887; A.B., Har- vard, 1899, A.M., 1900, Ph.D., 1903; studied Univs. Leipzig, Heidelberg, Geneva, Berlin; m. Esther Upham Farr of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1891; m. (2d) Maud May Parker of New Orleans, June 7, 1930. Admitted to bar, 1889; practiced at Brook- lyn and N.Y. City, 1889-96; instr. German, Har- vard, 1901-03, Univ. Wis., 1904-05; instr. Harvard, 1905-06, lecturer on German lit., 1908; asst. prof. German, Simmons Coll., 1920-21; mem. Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., Am. Acad. Pol. and Social Science. Club: Boston Authors. Author: The Aesthetic Sym- bol, 1906; Romanticism and the Romantic School in Germany, 1910; The Soul of America, 1917; ed- itor and translator; contr. to mags. and scientific jours. Travel: Cent. Am, to study Maya Civiliza- tion. Home: 20 Prescott St .. Cambridge.
WESSELHOEFT, Conrad, physician; b. Cambridge, June 23, 1884: s. Walter Wesselhoeft and Mary Sarah (Fraser) W .; ed., Brown and Nichols Sch .; Harvard, 1908; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911; m. Frances Gordon Kittredge of Cambridge, June 14, 1919; children-William, Conrad, Jr., Frances. Asso. in communicable diseases, Harvard Med. Sch. and Harvard Sch. Pub. Health; asso. prof. theory and practice, Boston Univ. Sch. Med .; phys., Haynes Memorial of Mass. Memorial llosps .; consulting phys., Cambridge Hosp., Burbank Hosp. (Fitchburg), Ring Sanatorium; surg. to 102nd Inf., capt. Medical Corps, World War, D).S.C. with gold leaf cluster, Croix de Guerre, Purple Heart, Silver Star with oak leaf cluster; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., A.C.P., N.E. Pedia- tric Soc. Clubs: St. Botolph, Harvard ( Boston), Country (Brookline ). Unitarian. Oflice and home: 315 Marlborough St., Boston. Republican. Summer res .: Barnstable.
WESSON, Douglas Bertram, manufacturer; Springfield, Oct. 23, 1881; s. Joseph Hawes Wesson and Florence May (Stebbins) W .; ed. Springfield high sch .; Sibley Coll. of Cornell, 1902-06; m. Elba Brown Cotten of Greenville, N.C., Nov. 21, 1907; children-Mrs. Sallie Wesson Hale, Joseph Hawes, Richard Sims, Nancy Bell. With Union Trust Co., Springfield, 1906-08; Smith & Wesson, Inc., 1908-, v.p., dir., 1920 -; spl. sheriff, Hampden Co .; pvt., Tank Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; 1st It. to major, Mass. State Guard, capt. 104th Regt., Mass, Nat. Guard; lt. col., Ordnance Res., U.S.A .; mem. Internat. Assn. Identification; S.A.R., Artists & Writers Golf Assn., Am. Legion, Delta Upsilon, Masons. Clubs: Colony (Springfield), Country (Long- meadow), Camp Fire Am. (N.Y.), Author: I'll Never be Cured; Bullet Holes, Derailing a One Track Mind; Burning Powder; Big Game with a Six Gun; etc. Episcopalion. Republican. Office: Smith & Wesson, me., Springfield. Ilome: 109 Forest Glen Rd., Longmeadow.
WEST, Cutler DeLong, chemist; b. Glens Falls, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1903; s. Charles F(rancis) West and Mary (Delong) W .; ed. Glens Falls high sch .; A.B., Wesleyan Univ. (Conn.), 1924; Ph. D., Harvard, 1934. Research chemist, Polaroid Corp., 1935 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Author: papers in the chemical literature. Office: Polaroid Corp., Bos- fon. Home: H Irving St., Cambridge.
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WEST, Herbert Thomas, business executive; b. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 26, 1875; s. Alonzo Minor West and Alice H. (Thomas) W .; ed. Savannah (Ga.) high sch .; tutors; m. Gretchen Huegin of Mil- waukee, 1911; children-Kenneth ()t. J.G., U.S.N.), Daniel Thomas (artist, d.). Corp. mgr. in St. Louis (Mo.), N.Y. City, Boston, Hamburg (Ger.), and Savannah (Ga.), 1904-12; estab. Il. T. West Co., 1913, and later The West Co., Boston and Chelsea, now distributors of pine tree and petro- leum derivatives and chemicals and mirs .; life mem. Bostonian Soe. Club: Boston Camera. Travel: Europe (residence in Hamburg, 1910). Desc. De La Warr family through Capt. Francis West, commd. Admiral of N.E., 1622, elected gov. of Va., 1627. Baptist (mem. Ist Baptist Ch., Bos- ton). Republican. Office: 132 Library St., Chel- sea. Ilome: 24 Mason St., Winchester.
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