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V WHEELER, Heury, lawyer; b. Boston, Apr. 28, 1856; S. Alexander Strong and Augusta (Hurd) W .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1878; student, Harvard Law Sch .; m, Ellen Hayward of Boston, Oct. 18, 1888; children-Alexander, Eleanor (Mrs. Leon M. Little), Anna U. (Mrs. Wm. B. Snow, Ir.), Henry. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1882; practiced law, Boston, 1882 -; mem. firm of Hutchins & Wheeler (est. Jan. 1, 1844, by father and Henry C. Hutchins), 1882 -; pres, and dir. Nashua & Lowell R.R., Bacon Corp .; dir. Chandler & Co., Inc .; Pep- perell Mfg. Co .; tr. Mass. Bible Soc .; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Union (Boston). Of old NE. ancestry on both sides of family. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. Home: 183 Marlborough St., Boston.
WHEELER, Hetty Shepard, junior college dean; b Bridgeport, Conn,, June 18, 1880; d. Alexander Wheeler and Mary Lorena (Marks) W .; ed. Bridgeport high sch .; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1902, M.A., 1905. Teacher New Rochelle (N.Y.) high sch., 1902-03; grad. student, Wellesley Coll., 1903- 05; asst. and instr. musical theory, Wellesley Coll., 1905-18; asst. prin., Pine Manor Sch., 1918- 30, dean, Pine Manor Junior Coll., 1930 -; elected town meeting rep., Wellesley, Precinct 1, 4 years, 1937; mem. Nat. Child Labor Com., Nat. Edn. Assn., Mass. League Women Voters, For. Policy Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Nat. Assn. Deans of Women, Progressive Edn. Assn., Womens In-
ternat. League for Peace and Freedom. Club: Boston Wellesley College. Travel: Europe, Pacific Coast, Brit. Columbia. Desc. Timothy Wheeler, who came to Concord in 1638, then moved to Fairfield, Conn. Congregationalist. Progressive Republican. Interested in drama. Office: Pine Manor Junior Coll., Wellesley. Home: 24 Dover Rd., Wellesley.
WHEELER. James WIHard, banker, broker; b. Boston, Jan. 11, 1883; s. Edward Corydon Wheeler and Clara Belle (Huntoon) W .; ed. Noble and Greenough's Sch .; Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; m. Marion L. Wheeler of Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 21, 1908; children-Jane Howell (Mrs. G. Paschall Swift), Elizabeth Townsend (Mrs. Lawrence B. Damon). With N. W. Harris & Co., 1906-10, bo- ginning as office boy; with Burr, Gannett & Co., 1910-, becoming partner, 1917; chni. bd., Hous- ton Elec. Co .; treas. Boston Provident Assn. ; treas. Faulkner Hosp .; pres. North Texas Co. Republi- can. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 20 Chapel St., Brookline.
WHEELER, Leonard, Jr., lawyer; b. Worcester, July 20, 1901; s. Leonard Wheeler and Elizabeth Bancroft (Cheever) W .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1916-18; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1922; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1925; m. Cornelia Balch of Boston, Oct. 5, 1929; children-Cornelia R., . Leonard, III, Penelope, John B. Practiced law, Bos- ton, 1926 -; partner, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, 1932 -; dir., cik., Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R.R .; Harold Cabot Co., Inc .; dir. Bay Colony Book Shop; p. treas., mem. bd. mgrs., Caryl Peabody Nursery Sch., Cambridge; exec. bd., treas, Cam- bridge Boy Scouts; Jr. S.A.T.C., Harvard, 1918; mem. Battery A, 101st F.A., Mass. Nat. Guard, 1926-28; mem. Am., Boston and Cambridge Bar Assns., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union Boat, St. Botolph. Republican. Office: 81 State St., Boston. llome: 123 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge.
WHEELER, Sumner York, lawyer, law librarian; b. Gloucester, Oct. 13, 1884; s. lloward Wheeler and Rebecca F. (York) W .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; L.L.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1906; m. Helen Hamilton of Westbrook, Me., Sept., 1921. Ad- mitted to Mass. Bar, 1906; since then in gen. prac- tice of law in Rockport; v.p. Granite Sav. Bk., Rockport; chin. Essex County Retirement Bd .; chin. bd. trs., Rockport Public Lib .; mem. Mass. (exec. com.) and Essex (sec.), Bar Assns., Am. Law Lib. Assn. (past pres.), Masons (past Wor- shipful Master and pres. Past Masters Assn., Essex Co.). Club: Golf (Rockport), Republican. Office: Salem. Home: Rockport.
WWHEELER, Thorne L., chemical engineer; b. Chatham, N.Y., June 8, 1888; s, John Thorne Wheeler and Gertrude (Lake) W .; ed. Chatham (N. Y.) high sch .; Albany (N.Y.) Acad., 1905; A.B., Yale, 1909; B.S., M.I.T., 1911; m. Edna A. White of Chatham, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1914; children-Jean Louise, Nancy Bell (d.), Dorothy, Chem. engr., S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., 1911; chem, supt. of refinery works, supt., Southern Cotton Oil Co., Bayonne, N.J., 1911-17; partner, Wheeler & Wood- ruff, cons. chem. engrs., N.Y. City, 1919-25; chem. engr., Arthur D. Little, Ine., Cambridge, 1925-, v.D., 1936 -; capt. (.W.S., 1917-1918, major, 1918- 1919; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Inst. C.E., Oil Chemists Soc., Am. Ceramic Soc., The Ceramic Soc. ( British), Beta Theta Pi, Masons. Metho- dist. Republicau. Office: 30 Charles River Rd., Cambridge. Home: 981 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Summer res. : Chatham, N. Y.
WERELER, Wilfrid, farmer, in landscape and build- ing. service; b. Concord, Sept. 8, 1876; s. George Francis Wheeler and Alice (Rattray) W .; ed. Concord high scb .; student, Brown Univ .; Bussey Inst. (Harvard) ; m. Emily H. Lillie of Toronto, Can., Sept. 8, 1898; children-Wilfrid, Jr., Charles Lincoln, Richard P. Engaged in farming and landscape planting; formerly v.p. and see., Mass. State Bd. Agr .; tr. Mass. State Coll .; mem. Mass. Hort. Soc. (chmn. exhibn. com.). Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Falmouth.
V WHEELOCK, Louis Nason, manufacturer; b. Am- herst, Jan. 23, 1871; s. James Ilenry Nason
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Wheelock and Jeanette (Converse) W .; cd. Am- herst high sch .; Mass. Agr. Coll .; m. Emeline Della Shumway of Belchertown, Nov. 27, 1890; children-Mrs. Gladys Wheelock Bogue, Victor Shumway, Margaret Shumway. Electrician, mas- ter mechanic, Nonotuck Silk Co., 1889-93; ngr., Shelburne Falls & Colrain St. Ry. Co., 1893-95; Amherst & Sunderland St. Ry. Co., 1895-1903: treas,, ingr., Claremont Ry, & Lighting Co., Clare- mont Power Co., 1903-13; pres. Wheelock, Dean & Bogue Co., 1913-27; eons, engr. and dir. Opposed Piston Oil Engine Co., 1923-28; pres. Boiler Appli- ance Mig. Co., 1927-32; tr., treas., propr., mgr., Boiler Equipment Trust, mfrs. boiler tube clean- ers, Amherst, 1932 -; dir. Amherst Woodworking Co., Inc .; mem. Am. Soe. M.E., Masons; K.T., Shrine. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: North Amherst.
WHEELOCK, Lucy, teacher, lecturer; b. Cambridge, Vt., Feb. 1, 1859; d. Edwin Wheelock and Laura (Pieree) W .; ed. Reading high sch .; Channey Hall Sch., Boston; grad. Mrs. Hatch's Training Seh., 1897 (diploma signed by Elizabeth P. Pea- body ). Kindergartner in Chauncy Hall Sch., 1879- 89; founder and head of Wheeloek Kindergarten Training Sch., 1889 -; pres. Internat. Kindergar- ten Union, 1895-99, chmn. Com. of 19, 1905-09, and ehmn. com. un cooperation with N.E.A., 1911-19; chin. Com. for Froebel Pilgrimage, 1911; 2nd v.D. dept. of superintendence, N.E.A., 1916; dir. House of Good Will, Roxbury Neighborhood llouse; mem. Woman's Ednl. & Industrial Union, Civic League, Mass. State Kindergarten Assn., N. E.A .. Dept. of Sch. Administrators, Assn. for Childhood Edn., Wheelock Alumnae Assn. Clubs: Woman's Republican of Mass, Women's City. Author: Talks to Mothers, 1923. Editor: Pioneers of Kin- dergarten in America, 1923; The Kindergarten, 1923. 'Translator: Autobiography of Froebel: Unele Titus and Short Stories by Mme. Spyri. Congregationalist. Address: 162 Riverway, Bos- ton.
Y WHEELOCK, Stanley H., woolen manufacturer; b. Uxbridge, July 15, 1879; s. Arthur Wheelock and Emogenc (Atchinson) W .; ed. Uxbridge high sch .; Phillips Exeter Acad .; Lowell Textile Inst., 1905; A.Is., Williams Coll., 1902; m. Harriet F. Tohey of Boston, Dec. 18, 1915; children-Philip Stanley, Arthur Kingsland, Walter Tobey. Engaged in woolen mfg., 1905 -; pres. and treas. Stanley Woolen Co., 1927 -; pres. Blackstone Nat. Bk .. 1932; tr. Uxbridge Sav. Bk .; mem. Rep. State Com .. 1917-22; pres. Pub. Lib. Trs .; tr. Lowell Textile Inst .; pres. Prospect Hill Cemetery Assn .; men. Uxbridge Sch. Com., 18 years; chmu. Food Con- servation Com., Red Cross; mem. A.F.&A.M., Delta Upsilon, Omieron Pi. Clubs: Republiean (Mass. ). Williams (N.Y.), Whitinsville Country, Tatnuck Country (Worcester). Desc. Ralph Wheelock, who founded one of first schools in Medford in 1936; fourth generation of Wheclocks in nifg. of woolens. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: Uxbridge.
- WHEELWRIGHT, George William, paper manufac- turer; b. Roxbury, Sept. 23, 1868; s. George Wil- liam Wheelwright and Maria Louisa (Bond) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1890; m. Emily Greene Baleh of Boston, Oct. 26, 1897; ehil- dren-George William, III, Mrs., Anna Balch Cod- man, Joseph Balch. Agent in charge, Geo. W Wheelwright Paper Co., Wheelwright, 1890-1905; treas. and pres. Geo. W. Wheelwright Paper Co., Boston, 1906-31, eo-receiver for same, 1931-34; gen. ingr., Wheelwright Div., Mead Corp., Leominster, 1934 -; dir. Am. Mut. Liability Ins. Co., Am. Policyholders Ins. Co .; mem. Hardwick Sch. Com., 1894-1900; moderator at town meeting, 1902-1906: tr. Clinton Hosp .; Dem. candidate, Mass, llo. of Rep .; State Senate; U.S. Ilo. of Rep .; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Am. Forestry Assn. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), Fay (Fitchburg). Travel: U.S., Eng., Seot., Ire. Desc. of colonial clergymen. Unitarlan. Democratic Independent. Office: Paper Mill Pl., Leominster. Home: South Lan - caster.
WHELTON, Alfred Daniel, city editor; b. Boston, Dee. 11, 1896; s. John Whelton and Joanna (Ilal- loran) W .; ed. Dorchester high sch .; m. Katherine Skinner of Cambridge, Feb. 11, 1923; children- Alfred D., Jr., John Edward, Barbara Theresa. Govt, accountant (War Dept.), 1916-25; reporter, rewrite man, editor, Boston Evening American, 1925 -; served as pvt., Ist cl., 212th Field Signal En., World War; mem. K.C., Cath. Order Fores- ters (Mass.). Travel: Wash., D.C., N. Y., Chieago, West Coast. Catholic. Democrat, Olliee: 5 Win- throp Sq, Boston. Home: 51 Division St., No. Quincy. Summer res. : Brant Roek.
WHICHER, George Frisbie, prof .; b. Lawrenceville, N.J., Nov. 5, 1889; s. George Meason Whicher and Lillian H. (Frisbie) W .; ed. Polytechnic Prep. Sch., Brooklyn, N. Y .; A.B., Amherst, 1910; A.M., Columbia, 1911, Ph. D., 1915; in. Harriet R. Fox of N. Y. City, June 20, 1914; children-Stephen Em- erson, John Fox, Edward Fox (d.). Univ. fellow, Columbia, 1913;, instr. Eng., Univ. 111., 1913-15; asso. prof., Amherst, 1915-22, prof., 1922 -; prof., Frank L. Babbott Endowment, 1935 --; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Author: On the Tibur Road, poems, with Geo. M. Whicher, 1911; The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood, 1915; Roba D'Italia, with Geo. M. Whicher, 1930; This Was a Poet, a Criti- cal Biography of Emily Dickinson, 1938; ed., Am- herst Graduates' Quarterly, 1919-32; essays, verse, reviews for various periodieals; contributor, Cam- bridge History of American Literature; Dietion- ary of American Biography. Travel: Europe. Descendant of Thomas Whittier, carly settler in Iessex County. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. llome: 260 Amity St., Amherst.
WHICHER, Harriet Fox, associate professor; b. Bryn Mawr, Pa .; d. Edward B. Fox and Anita L. ( Futhey) F .; ed. A.B., Barnard Coll., Columbia, 1910, A.M., 1911; m. George 1. Whicher, 1911; children-Stephen E., John F. Instr., Barnard ('oll., 1910-13, Bread Loaf Sch. of Eng., 1922-23, 1927; asso. prof., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1925 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Anthor: book reviews. Travel: Fr., Eng., Ger., Sp., It. Desc. Samnel Jenings, Colonial Governor of New Jersey, 1680-84. Office: Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley, Home: 260 Amity St., Amherst.
VWHIDDEN, Robert A., building construction exeeu- tive; b. Newton Centre, May 14, 1889; s. Thomas Marvin Whidden and Anne (Avery) W .; ed. Hotch- kiss and Volkmann Schs .; A.B., Harvard, 1912; m. Elizabeth F. Drinkwater of West Newton, 1914; 1 son-Robert Gardiner. Pres. and dir. The Whidden Co., Rand Avery Printing Co .; dir. The Whitney Eng. Co .; tr. Franklin Sav. Bk., Newton Hosp .; mem. Planning Board, City of Newton; It. Field Arty., Sept. 1917- June 1919. Clubs: Brae Burn Country, Harvard (Boston). Travel: Eu- rope, U.S. Unitarian. Republiean. Ollice: 250 Stuart St., Boston. Home: 83 Bonad Rd, West Newton. Summer res .: West Falmouth.
WIRPPLE, Fred Lawrence, astronomer; b. Red Oak, Ja., Nov. 5, 1906; s. Harry Lawrence Whipple and Celestia (MacFarland) W .; ed. Long Beach (Calif.) high sch .; A.B., Occidental Coll., Univ. Calif. Los Angeles, 1927; Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1931; in. Dorothy Woods of Los Angeles, Calif., 1928 (div. 1935): 1 son-Earle Raymond. Teaching fellow, Univ. Calif., 1927-29, Liek Observatory fellow, 1930-31: instr., Stanford Unlv., summer 1929, Univ. Calif., summer 1931; on staff of far- vard Coll. Observatory, 1931-, instr., Harvard, 1932-38, lecturer, 1938 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Xi. Reed. 3 Donohoe medals for discovery of comets. Author: scientifie papers on orbits of comets, asteroids, and meteors; spee- tophotometry; variable stars, including novae and supernovae; external galaxies; planetary nebulae; earth's upper atmosphere. Office: 60 Garden St., Cambridge. Home: Cambridge. '
WHIPPLE, George Francis, educational director (retired) ; b. Ilinsdale, July 16, 1866; s. Alexander Whipple and Martha M. (Blush) W .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Charlotte W. Abbott of Providence, R.I., 1905. In publishing bus. 52 yrs .; edn. dir., Thomas
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Publishing Company; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Inst. of Industrial Research (pros.), The Whipple Tech, Libraries (founder), N.I.A.A. Club: Advertising ( Boston). Author: Whipple's Municipal Lighting; Whipple's Electrical Reports; Catalogue Studies in Indus- trial Engineering; Ponder, a Digest of Educa- tional Activities. Travel: extensive. Family in
Mass. 300 yrs. Protestant. Republican. Office: 50 Beacon St., Boston, Home: 79 Pleasant St., Brookline. Winter res .: St. Petersburg, Fla.
YWHIPPLE, Guy Montrose, psychologist; b. Danvers, June 12, 1876; s. John Francis Whipple and Cor- nelia k. (Hlood) W .; ed. A.B., Brown Univ., 1897; scholar and asst. in psychology, Clark Univ., 1897-98; grad. student, Cornell, 1898-1900, l'h.l., 1900; m. Clarice Johnson Rogers of Salem, Sept. 4, 1901; children -- Philip Montrose (d.), Richard Randolph, Guy Montrose; m. (2d) llelen Davis oť Los Angeles, Caliť., Oct. 13, 1925; 1 son-William Davis. Asst. in psych., Cornell, 1898-1902, lec- turer in sei, and art of edn., 1902-04, asst. prof., 1904-11, asst. prof. ednl. psychology, 1911-14; asst. prof. edn., Univ. III., 1914-15, prof., 1915-18; actg. dir., bur, of salesmanship, research, 1917-19; prof. applied psychology, Carnegie Inst. of Tech., Pittsburgh, 1918-19; prof. exptl. edu., Univ. Mich., 1915-25; ed. staff, D. C. Heath & Co., 1929-36; actg. prof. ednl. psychology, Univ. Mo., 1907-08; mem. bd. eds., Jour. Ednl. Research, Jour. Ap- plied Psychology; ed., Yearbooks of Nat. Soc. Study Edn., Edn. Problem Series; mem. com. on mental exam., Army cantonments; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Soc. Study Edn. (sec .- treas. ), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Club: Marblehead Yacht (charter mem.). Author: Guide to High School Observa- tion, 1908; Questions in General and Educational Psychology, 1908; Questions in School Hygiene, 1909; Manual of Mental and Physical Tests, 2nd ed .. 1914; How to Study Effectively, 1916, 1927; Classes for Gifted Children, 1919; Problems in Educa- tional Psychology, 1922; Problems in Mental Test- ing (with llelen Whipple), 1925; many articles in psychol. and ednl. mags. Translator: Mental Fatigue (from German of M. Offuer), 1911; The Psychological Methods of Testing Intelligence (from the German of W. Stern), 1914. See. and editor: Nat. Soc. Study Edn. Republican. Ilonie: Clifton.
WHIPPLE, Melville Conley, teacher; b. Olean, N. Y .; May 7, 1883; s. Herbert Cushman Whipple and Carrie C. (Ford) W .; ed. Olean (N.Y.) high sch .; Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1906; m. Dorothy C. Wake- field of Andover, Sept. 10, 1919; children-Melville Wakefield, Parker Cushman Sanitary chemist, Hazen & Whipple, N. Y. City, 1906-11; instr., sani- tary chemistry, Harvard Grad. Sch. Engring., then asst. prof .; consulting chemist, Cambridge Water Bd., 1922 -; mem. Am. Pub. Health Assn., Am. Water Works Assn., Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S., N.E. Water Works Assn., N.E. Sewage Works Assu .; served as eapt., Sanitary Corps, U.S.A., 14 mes., World War. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Faculty (Camb.). Author: (co-author) Micro- scopy of Drinking Water, Protestant. Republi- can. Office: 222 Pierce Hall, Cambridge. Home: 79 Larchwood Drive, Cambridge.
WHIPPLE, Sherman Leland, Jr., marine terminal operator; b. Brookline, Feb. 21, 1898; s. Sherman L. Whipple and Louise (Clough) W .; ed. West- minster Sch., Simsbury, Conn .; m. Margaret C. Jones of St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 15, 1919; children- Sherman 1., HI, Paul Jones, Margaret Louise. With Slater Mills, Webster, 1919-22; Am. Woolen Mills, 1922-24; in own mill, The Chilton Co., 1921-31; with .I. S. Bache, Boston, 1932-33; Piers Operating Co., Boston, 1933 -; pres. Bowdoin Sq. Garage, Puritan Lawn Cemetery; dir. Ist Nat. Bk., Web- ster; tr. Piers Operating Co., Lock Ober Co .; in Ain. Field Service, Fr., 9 mos., during World War; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Elks. Clubs: University, Boston City, Traffle, Plymouth Yacht, Del River Beach, Plymouth Country. Episeo- palian. Office: Piers Operating Co., Army Base, Boston. Home: Doten Rd., Plymouth.
WHISTLER, ROSS, publisher; b. Baltimore, Md., Oet. 30, 1891; s. Ross Winans Whistler and Theo Budd ( Robinson) W .; ed. Boys Latin sch., Baltimore, Md .; Laat Villa (Ouchy, Switz.), 1907-1909; St. Paul's Seh., Coneord, N. H., 1909-1912; A.B., Har- vard, 1916; in. Mary V. Murray of Boston, Apr. 17, 1926; m. (2d) Katherine M. Pinckney of Ando- ver, Oct. 5, 1935; 1 son-Ross, Jr. With White, Weld & Co., 1919-21; Little, Brown & Co., 1921-, treas, 1924-, dir. 1927 -; dir, Houston Elec. Co., 282 Bencon St., Inc .; Ist It., 302nd and 315th M.G. Bns., capt., maj., 211th C.A. (A.A.); awarded Sil- ver Star. Clubs: Somerset, Army & Navy, Re- publican, D. K.E. (Harvard), Fly, Hasty Pudding. Republican. Office: 34 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 52 fledge Rd., Brookline.
WHITCHER, Frank Weston, manufacturer; b. Til- ton, N.H., Nov. 10, 1855; s. William Warren Whit- cher and Frances Elizabeth ( White) W .; ed. Dor- chester high sch .; m. Maria Davenport Faxon of Boston, Oct. 11, 1883; 1 son-Warren Faxon Whit- tier (adopted orig. family name). Bookkeeper,
E. Y. Perry & Co., shoe nail and tack mfrs,, So. llanover, 1872-75; mfr. shoe goods, Boston, 1875 -; pres., Frank W. Whiteher Co .; Chandler Oil Cloth A Buckram Co. (12. Taunton and Bush Terminal, N.Y.); Am. Shoe Tip Co .; Parker Mfg. Co. (Rox- bury); v.p. Elliott-Heaton Peninsular Co. (Rox- bury), Chandler Oil Cloth Co. (E. Taunton ), Chandler Palruba Co. (Yardville, N.J., and IS. Taunton); dir. M. & T. Button Co. (Providence, R.l.); Petrolene MIg. Co. ( Whiting, Ind.) ; treas. Whitcher Realty Co. (Bridgeport, Alat.); mem. Mass. Com. of 100 on Pub. Safety, World War; past pres. Mass. State Bd. Trade (now Mass. Chamber of Commerce, Ist pres.); past chmin., Friction Plug Rubber Ileel Mfrs .; It. Ancient & lion, Arty. Co. (mus. & lib. com., membership com.); mem. Chamber of Commerce U.S.A. (past councilfor); N.E. Leather & Shoe Finders' Assi. (1st pres.), Nat. Leather & Shoo Finders Assn. (past treas.), N.E. Shoe & Leather Assn. (past chinn. exec. com.), N.E. Intercollegiate Golf Assu. (hon. pres.), Friends Boston Symphony Orchestra, N.E. Ilist. & Geneal. Soc., Soc. Preservation of N.I. Antiq., Whittier llome Assn., Bunker Hill Monument Assn., Mass. Charitable Mechanics Assn. (life mem .; tr. charity fund, mem. bd. govt., finance com.), Am. Unitarian Assn. (life mem.), Masons (32°), K.T. Clubs: Rubber llcel Am., Boston Boot & Shoe, Boston City, Apollo (asso. mem.), Mass. Republican, Oakley Country, Bos- ton Press (life mem.), Desc. Thomas Whittier, llaverhill, 1638. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 140 Federal St., Boston. Hômc: 390 Common- wealth Av., Boston.
WHITCOMB, Ernest Miller, banker; b. Worcester, Feb 28, 1882; s. George Henry Whitcomb and Abbie (Estabrook) W .; ed. A.B., Amherst Coll., 1904, A.M., 1907; student, Univ. Jena, Ger., 1904; Harvard Law Sch., 1904-05; married, Worked in banks, Boston and Chicago (111.), 1905-10; v.p., 1st Nat. Bk., Amherst, 1910-16, pres., 1916 -; pres. Wachusett Investment Co .; 2nd v.p., dir., U.S. Envelope Co .; treas., dir., Amherst Inn Co .; tr., elk., Jones Lib., Inc .; overseer, Charitable Fund of Amherst Coll .; mene Mass. Vol. Militia, 1905; N.Y.N.G., 1907-11; chimn., War Savings Stamps campaign, Ist, 2nd and 3rd Liberty Loan drives, llampshire Co., World War; with Am. Red Cross, Toul, Fr., 1918; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Colony (Springfield), Union League (N.Y.), University (Chicago), Laurentian (Can.), Mon- terey (Calif.), Peninsula Country (Del Monte). Congregationalist. Republican. Ollice: First Na- tional Bank, Amherst, Home: 76 Lincoln Av., Am- herst.
/WHITCOMB, Harry Estabrook, manufacturer (re- tired); b. Worcester, Aug. 18, 1871; s. George Henry Whitcomb and Abbie Miller (Estabrook) W .; ed. Worcester Acad .; Oberlin (O.) Coll. Prep. Sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1891; m. Gertrude Eloise Dowling of Newton Centre, June 20, 1895; ehil- dren-Henry Dowling, Francis, Douglas. With Whiteomb Envelope Co., 1894-98; div. mgr. after this Corp, became div. of U.S. Envelope Co., 1898- 1910; treas., Morgan Motor Truck Co., 1910-11;
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Greendale Lumber & Supply Co., box mfrs., 1911- 13, pres., dir., 1913-24, pres., 1924-34; in ins, real estate, banking, 1920 -; dir. Madras Marble Co. of Ala., Columbian Paper Co., 1917-, Chisholm Fisheries Co., 1918 -; pres., North Brookfield Nat. Bk., 1925-34; mem. Mass. Com. Necessaries of Life, 1918; v.chinn., later treas., Rep. City Com .; corpl. Co. H, 19th Regt., Mass. Nat. Guard, 1916-19; mem. Amherst Alumni Assn. of Cent. Mass. (past pres.); see. and treas., Coll. Class 1894, 44 yrs .; mem. Worcester High Sch. Alumni, Am. Red Cross (chap. chmn.), Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Tatnuck Country, Tatassit Canoe, Worcester Co. Republican; past mien. Worcester. Travel: U.S., Europe, Western Asia, Northern Africa. Desc. Thomas Fuller, founder of Dedham; Isaac Cummings, Ipswich; John Whit- comb, settler of Lancaster. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Rear, 6 Harvard St., Worces- ter. Home: 6 llarvard St., Worcester. Summer res .: Lashaway Lake, North Brookfield.
WHITCOMB, Warren Draper, research professor of entomology; b. Waltham, June 3, 1895; s. John Franklin Whitcomb and Eva Frances ( Draper) W .; ed. Waltham high sch .; B.S., Mass, State Coll., 1917; m. Neva Frances Owens of Dickinson, Tex., Dec. 29, 1921; children-Doris Mae, Frances Draper, Richard Owens, Susanne Florence. Sci. asst., U.S. Bur. of Entomology, 1917, sci, asst. & asst. entomologist, 1919-25; asst. res. prof., en- tomology, Mass. State Coll. Expt. Sta., 1925-35, res. prof., 1935 -; sergt. 1st class, Med. Corps, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S.C., 1918; mem. Am. Assn. Eeon. Entomologists, Entomol. Soc. Am, Masons, Am. Legion, Sigma Xi, Theta Chi. Au- thor: various buls. and papers on insects and their control. Connected with Fairbanks family. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Mass, Ag- ricultural Experiment Statlon, 240 Beaver St., Waltham. Ilome: 82 Plympton St., Waltham.
WHITCOMB, Willim Arthur, business executive; b. Clinton, Ind., Jan. 18, 1873; s. John Whitcomb and Lydia Amelia (Parks) W .; ed. Ph.B., De Pauw Univ., 1894; Sheffield Sci. Sch. (Yale), 1895; in. Grace E. Merrall of N.Y. City, Jan. 20, 1903; children-Merle, John Merrall, William Arthur, Jr. Mill supt., Glens Falls (N.Y.) Paper Mills, 1897- 98; with Internat. Paper Co., N.Y. City, 1898-1910; Great Northern Paper Co., Boston, 1910-, pres., 1928 -. Club: Yale (N.Y.). Republican. Office: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Common St., Dedham.
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WHITE, Benjamin Franklin, investment banker; b. Sanford, N.C., Feb. 23, 1883; s. Thompson E. White and Claudia V. (Bland) W .; ed. Sanford (N.C.) high sch .; Wharton Sch, of Finance; Eastman Business Coll., 1900; certified public accountant, Univ. Pa., 1905-1908; m. Marion L. Young of West Chester, Pa., Oct. 18, 1910; children-Mrs. D. Virginia Vachon, Barbara Louise. Public ac- eountant, Phila., Pa., 1907-1909; with Nat. City Co., (N.Y. City), 1909-, v.p., Nat. City Co. (Bos- ton), 1916-, manager in charge, N.E. district, 1916 -; established own firm, B. F. White & Co., Inc., 1923 -; past dir. Boston Chamber of Com- merce. Clubs: Bankers (N.Y.), Braeburn Coun- try (West Newton). Travel: U.S., Can., Mex. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 30 Fed- eral St., Boston. Ilome: 29 Furber Lane, Newton Centre.
WILITE, Bessie F., writer, lecturer; b. Austria; d. Charles Felstiner and Fannie F .; od. Haverhill high sch .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1914, M.A., 1915; m. Nathan I. White of Boston, Oct. 20, 1918: chil- dren-Ruth S., William H. Teacher of Eng., high school, 1 yr .; in children's social service, 212 yrs .; since marriage, has worked as a volunteer on various communal endeavors, on boards and com- mittees; since 1936 has withdrawn from communal activities in order to devote time to lecturing and writing, and Little Theatre work. Club: lladas- sah. Author: more than 12 one-act plays: Family; Life Begins at 8f; A Woman of Today; Manne- quins Night; ete .; also a volume of translations: Nino One-Act Plays from the Yiddish. Jewish.
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