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Keith Car & Mfg. Co., Sagamore, 1917-30; treas. County of Barnstable, 1930-, term expires 1942; chmn. sch. com., Town of Barnstable. Club : Barnstable Comedy ( Barnstable). Unitarian. Re- publican. Home: Barnstable.
JEWITT, Amos Everett, book dealer; h. Ipswich, June 16, 1862; s. Amos Grenville Jewett and Mary Eveline (Rust) J .; ed. common schs .; m. Ada Louisa Forbes of Argyle, N.S., Oct. 22, 1887; chil- dren-Lillian Tilson (Jewett) Peabody, Grenville, Emily Pearson (Jewett) Thomas, Laura Postina (Jewett) Hunt, Hope Douglas (Jewett) Morrill, Everett Douglas, Phoebe Hortense ( Jewett) Graves, Alfred Tilson (d.); m. (2d) Emily Mabel Adams of Rowley, June 1, 1938 Book dealer; sec. and treas. The Jewett Family of A.m., Inc .; pres. Ipswich llist. Soc .; dir. Rowley Ilist. Soc .; mem. Essex Inst. (Salem), Boxford Hist. Soc., Sons & Daughters First Settlers Newbury. Au- thor: (co-author) Early settlers of Rowley, Mass. (also publisher), 1933. Dese. Joseph Jewett, Row- lev. 1639. Baptist ( Deacon 40 yrs.). Republican. Address: Rowley.
JEWETT, James Richard, university professor; b. Westport, Mo., Mar. 14. 1862; s. George Wash- ington lowett and Ann Maria (Greenleaf) J. ; A.B., Harvard, 1881; holder of Harvard fellowship, 1884- 87, spending time in Syria and Egypt; Ph. D., Univ. Strassburg, 1891; m. Margaret Weyerhacus- er of St. Paul, Minn, June 28, 1891; I son-George Frederick. Instr. Somitie langs, Harvard, 1887- 88, Brown Univ .. 1890-91; asso. prof. Semitic langs. and Oriental hist., Brown, 1891-95; prof. same, Univ. of Minn., 1895-1902; prof. Arabic lang, and lit., Univ. Chicago, 1902-11; prof. Arabic, Har- vard, 1911-33, prof. emeritus, 1933 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis, contributing mem. Mediaeval Acad. of Am. Clubs: Harvard, Boston Yacht ( Boston), Harvard (New York), Faculty (Cambridge), Woods Hole Yacht, Woods Hole Golf, Edgartown (Mass. ) Yacht, Crags Coun- try (los Angeles Co., Cal); Cliff Dwellers (Chi- cago). Home: 44 Francis Av., Cambridge. Sum- mer res .: Woods llole.
JEWETT, John Vernon, educator; b. Danvers, Feb. 22. 1886; s. John Wilson Jewett and Mary Alice (Baker) J .; ed. Holten high sch .; student, Dart- mouth Coll .; A.B., Harvard, 1907, Ed.M., 1928; 11. Frances Irene Johnston of Perry, la., 1907; chil- dren-Alice Irene, Gertrude May, John Wilson, II, Vernon Louis. Prin. high sch., supervisor of grades, Rutland, 1907-09, Belcherstown, 1909-11; head of sei, dept., New Britain (Conn.) high sch., 1911-12; chemist, Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain, Conn., 1912-15; prin. high sch., Green- field, 1915-18; in bus, with Braunfels, Browning Co., N.Y. City, 1918-21; teacher, sub-master, di- rector of guidance, Brookline Sch. Dept., 1921 -; pres. Chestnut Ilill Village Assn .; mem. N.E.A., Masons, Phi Delta Kappa (ed. hon.). Club: Ki- wanis (sec., past pres.). Author: newspaper and mag. articles, prose and poetry. Desc. Maximil- lian and Edouard Jewett, brothers, of Ipswich and Rowley, from whom the lewett clan originated. Methodist. Office: 115 Greenough St., Brookline. Home: 19 Craftsland Rd., Chestnut Ilill. Sum- mer res. : South Rd., Rutland.
V JOB, Philip Adams, clergyman; b. Boston, Aug. 6, 1877; 8. Daniel Ward Job and Susan Gray (Adams) J .; ed. St. JJohnsbury ( Vt.) Acad., 1896; B.A., Am- herst Coll., 1900; Hartford Theol, Sem., 1903; m. Sarah Catherine Campbell of Providence, R. L., Sept. 8, 1920; 1 dau .- Barbara Catherine. Or- dained to Cong. ministry, 1901; pastor, No. Fal- mouth, 1904-07, Carlisle, 1907-15; asst. pastor, Fall River, 1915-18; pastor, Providence, R.1., 1919-22; asst. pastor, Adams, 1922-25; pastor, Lis- bon, N.H., 1925-30, Orleans, 1930-23, South Wil- lianistown, 1934-36, Tyringham, 1937 -; mem. Phi Kappa Psi. G.s. Rev. Nehemiah Adams, D.D. Re- publican. Home: Tyringham.
V JOBES, Harold Dean, investment counsel; b. Prince Bay, N.Y., Feb. 26, 1897; s. Thomas Luster Jobes and Laura Dean ( Bedell) J .; ed. Prince Bay (N. Y.) pub. schs .; Stuyvesant high seb., 1910-14; Pratt
Inst., 1914-16; m. Eleanor Spruill of North Adams, Feb. 26. 1925: 1 dau .- Carolyn. Elec. engr., Crocker, Wheeler Elec. Mfg. Co., Ampere, N J., 1916-17, sales mgr., 1918-28; salesman, Mass. Mut Life Ins. Co., 1928-36; v.p. and dir. Win. Albert Gallup, Inc., investment counsel, 1936 -; ensign and dirigible pilot, U.S.N.R.F., 1918-19; mem. Boston Ch. Commerce, Boston Life Underwriters Assn. Club: Neighborhood (W. Newton). Con- gregationalist. Republican. Ollice: 80 Federal St., Boston. Home: 107 Atwood Av., Newton- ville.
JOHNDROE, S(aindage Gordon, educational director; b. Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 29, 1885; s. Henry John- droe and Mary Elizabeth (Standage) J .; ed. Bran- don (Vt.) high sch .; Ph.B., Univ. Vt., 1909; Ed.M., Harvard Grad Sch. Edn., 1924; m. Mary Elizabeth O'Brien of Appomattox, Va,, 1911; children-Mary Elizabeth, Ada Louise, Standage Gordon, Jr. Prin., Pittsford (Vt.) high sch., 1909-10; instr. math., Burlington (Vt.) high sch., 1910-13; prin., Bellows Free Acad., Fairfax, Vt., 1913-16; Barre high sch., 1916-18; instr. math, and evening sch. dir., Wentworth Inst., Boston, 1918-27; ednl. dir., Mass. Reformatory, Concord, 1927 -: well known by younger criminal class, whom he tries to help and with whom he keeps in touch; mem. Commn. Pub. Safety, Boston, during World War; mem. Soc Promotion Engring. Edn. (1918-27), Masons. ('lub: Harvard (Concord). Author: The Over- timers (Industrial Arts Mag., Nov. 1925); Select- ing Men for a Trade Education (same, Apr. 1926). Travel: U.S. (occasional trips). Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: Massachusetts Reforma- tory, Concord. Home: 15 Fairhaven Rd., Concord. VJOHNSON, AHen Sheppard, physician; b. Grinnell, In., Nov. 11, 1901; s. Allen Johnson and Helen (Ross) 1 .; ed. Choate Sch., Wallingford, Conn .; A.B., Yale, 1922; B A., Oxford (Eng. ), 1925; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1927; m. Elizabeth Slocum of Boston, June 24, 1927: children-Helen Louise, Elizabeth. Interne, Lakeside Hosp., Cleveland, O., 1927-28, asst. res., 1928-30; practiced med., Springfield, 1930 -; asst, visiting phys., Spring- field Hosp .; visiting phys., Westfield State Hosp. ; cons. phys., llealth Dept. Hosp., Springfield;
cardiologist, Wesson Maternity Hosp .; fellow A.C.P., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc .; mem. Springhield Arad. Med., Travelers Aid Soc. (dir.), Legal Aid Soe. (dir,, Springfield Rescue Mission (dir.), Council of Social Agencies, Delta Kappa Epsl- lon, Phi Beta Kappa; diplomate, Nat. Bd. Med. Examiners. Club: Exchange (Springfield). Of- lice: 121 Chestnut St., Springfield. llome: 36 Farmington Av., Springfield.
V JOHNSON, Arthur Clark, artist; b. Hyde Park, Bos- ton, Sept. 5, 1897; s. Frederick Lord Johnson and Sarah (Perkins) J .; ed. llyde Park high sch .; student, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1916-19, 1921-23; student, Corcoran Sch. of Art, Corcoran Gallery, Wash,, 1919-21. Portrait painter, 1923 -; dir. Springfield (11.) Art Assn, and Sch. of Art, 1926-29; represented in collections of Farnsworth Museum (Wellesley), 111. State Lib, and Spring- lipid Art Assn. (Springfield, III.) ; life mem, Spring- Hold (111.) Art Assn .; mem. III. Acad. Fine Arts, Junior Executives Club of Boston Ch. Commerce. Dir. desc. Rev. Stephen Bachelder; family lived in Hampton, N.Il since 1638. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Home: Hyde Park, Boston. Summer ros. : Hampton, N. IL.
YJOHNSON, Arthur Stoddard, trustee; b. Boston, June 4, 1863; s. Samuel Johnson and Mary (Stoddard) J .; ed. Noble Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1885; m. Jennie Blake; children-Mary Talcott, A. Stoddard, Jr., G. Blake, Devotes time to trustee- ships, charitable orgns .; pres, Boston Y.M.C.A., 33 vrs .; still chinn. bd. dirs., N.E. Ilome for Little Wanderers; treas., tr. Andover Sem., Home for Aged Women; Y.M.C.A. war service, World War. Clubs: Duion, Harvard (Boston), University, Bos- ton City. Travel: Australia on square-rigged Great Admiral, 1887; then around world; etc. Stoddard family had important positions in ednl. life of Harvard, etc. Congregationalist. Re- publiean. Ollice: 812 Tremont Bldg., 73 Tremont
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St., Boston. Home: 253 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton. Summer res. : Nahant.
JOHNSON, Chandler Winslow, executive director and research; b. Cambridge, Nov. 24, 1902; S. Lewis Jerome Johnson (q.v.) and Grace Allen' (Fitch) J. (q.v.); ed. grad., Deerfield Acad., 1922; student, Harvard Coll., 1922-21, Boston Univ. Sch. of Law, 1924-26, Rollins Coll., 1932-33, Black Mountain Coll., 1933-34, Swarthmore Coll., 1931- 35. Dir. Cambridge Taxpayers' Assn,, Inc .; Mas- cot, Mass. delegation, Progressive Party Conv., 1912; vol. worker, Woman Suffrage Movement, 1915, 1918; Grenfell Mission vol. (Wop) worker,, St. Anthony, Newfoundland, summer 1918, Indian Harbor, Labrador, suminer 1919; a founder, Wood- row Wilson Foundation, 1922; Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm. (inspection and study of industrial enterprises in Middle West), summer trip. 1923; pilgrimage to League of Nations, Geneva, Switz., summer 1926; with Cyclone Fence Co., Waukegan and Evanston, Ill., and Detroit, Mich., 1926-28; helped organize Mich. Br. of League of Nations Assn., 1927; with Colonial Air Transport Co., Inc., and N.E. & Western Air Transportation Co., Inc., Boston, 1928-30; sponsor and collaborator in an aeronautical survey of State of Maine and in that connection attended Nat. Air Races nr. Chicago, 1930, as a result of which Boston-Maine Airways Inc. service was later estab .; with Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. Co., Boston, 1931; asst. to headmaster, Gov. Dummer Acad, 1931-32; leader in amend- ing constitution of student govt. at Rollins Coll., Winter Park, Fla., to provide for "New Student" representation in Student Council and elections in accordance with single transferable vote system of proportional representation, by which he was elected to Student Council, 1932-33; a founder and an organizer of Black Mountain Coll., Black Mountain, N.C., 1933-34, helped draft Charter of Coll. making provision for student representa- tion with a vote on Bd. of Fellows, attendance of student officers at all regular meetings of Faculty but without vote, and student elections in ac- cordance with single transferable vote system of proportional representation; under auspices of Friends Service Com. while student at Swarth- more Coll. addressed audiences in each of Shelters for Homeless Men (Phila.) on "introducing De- moeraey into Local Government", with demon- stration election using single transferable vote system of proportional representation, 1931-35; witnessed official proportional representation election counts, Hamilton and Cincinnati, (., 1935; launched movement for adoption of Cin- cinnati Plan of city govt. in Mass. and was joint- author with Robert Henderson Smith of Poor's Pub. Co., Wellesley, of Plan E (the Cincinnati or P.R .- City Manager form of city charter) statute of Gen. Laws of Mass., 1935; engineered Plan E bill through both branches of Gen. Ct., 1938, Gov. signed bill June 1, 1938, it became Inw July 1, 1938; organized The Cambridge Com. for Plan E. which is sponsoring movement for adoption of Plan E charter in Cambridge, July 1938; observed and assisted in movement for adoption of Cin- cinnați plan in Waterbury, Conn., and in that connection secured endorsement of Mayor Fiorel- lo H. LaGuardia for Cincinnati plan, 1939; Exec. Dir., Cambridge Com. for Plan E and consultant in preparation of similar charters and movements in many cities in New England and elsewhere, 1938 -; ) mem. League of Nations Assn., Nat. Mun. League, (Am.) Proportional Representation Soc., Nat. Cont. of Christians & Jews (Mass. com.), Cambridge Taxpayers Assn. Clubs: Kex (Har- vard), Harvard Instrumental, The Wranglers. Author: The Plan E statute of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (chap. 378 of Acts of 1938). Travel: Europe (twice); Newfoundland, Labrador, Canada (several times) ; eastern U.S. (extensive). Desc. Mayflower ances- try. Mem. Wider Quaker Fellowship. Inde- pendent anti-"New Deal." Ilome: 90 Raymond St., Cambridge.
JOHNSON, Charles Isaac, otolaryngologist; b. Rut- ledge, Ala., June 1, 1898; s. Wm. Abner Johnson
and Lena (Sykes) J .; ed. B.S., Unlv. Ala., 1918; M.D., Univ. Va. Med. Sch., 1923; m. Mildred Lillian Rusher of Salisbury, N.C., June 8, 1923; 1 son-Charles Robert. Interne, Univ. Va. Hosp., 1922-23; gen. practice at Jenkins, Ky., 1923-27; interne, Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1927-29; asst. in laryngology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1930 -; on visiting staff, Mass. Gen. losp .; asst. surg., Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary; asso. otolaryn- gologist, Children's Hosp .; otolaryngologist, N.E. Peabody Home for Crippled Children; asst. bronchoscopist, Faulkner llosp .; served as apprentice seaman, U.S.N., 1918; It. comdr. Med. Corps, U.S.N. Res., 1934 -; mem. A.M.A., Am. Bd. Otolaryngology, N.E. Otolaryngol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masons. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country (Brookline). Oflice: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 127 Crafts St., Chestnut Ilill.
VJOHNSON, Clifton, author, artist and farmer; b. Hadley, Jan. 25, 1865; s. Chester L. Johnson and Jennette (Reynolds) J .; ed. Hopkins Acad., Had- ley; m. Anna Tweed MaeQueston of Hadley, May 25, 1896; children-Margaret Burroughs, Arthur Stephen, Roger Charles, Oliver (d.), irving Me- Clure, Catherine Reynolds. Worked in bookstore at 15 yrs, of age; attended Art Students' League, N.Y. City; became interested in photography and started writing to sell his pictures; affiliated with Johnson's Bookstore, Springfield, Author: The New England Country, 1892; What They Say in New England, 1896; The Country School, 1907; The Farmer's Boy, 1907; The Tale of a Black Cat; The Story of Johnny Cake; Among English Iledgerons, 1899; Along French Byways. 1900; The Isle of the Shamrock, 1901; New Eng- land and Its Neighbors, 1902; The Land of Heath- er, 1903; Old Time Schools and Schoolbooks, 1904; American Highways and Byways, 12 vols .; The Picturesque iludson, 1909; The Picturesque St. Lawrence, 1910; New England, 1917; llighways and Byways of Florida, 1918, What to See in America, 1919; Battleground Adventures in the Civil War, 1915; Fairy-Tale Bears; Fairy-Tale Foxes; John Burroughs' Talks, 1922; Hudson Maxim-A Biography; The Rise of An American Inventor, 1924; The Parson's Devil, 1926; Ilis- torie Hampshire in the Connecticut Valley, 1932. Has edited and illustrated about 50 juvenile schoolbooks and other works. Travel: 4 trips abroad, covered United States thoroughly, Can- ada. Unitarian. Republican. Office: R.F. D., South Hadley. Home: Hadley.
JOHNSON, Edith Christina, professor English, writ- or; b. Quincy, Jan. 10, 1894; d. John L. John- son and Charlotte M. (Almquist) J .; ed. Wood- ward inst., Quiney; Milton high sch .; Bridge- water Normal Sch., 1914; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1916, A.M., 1923, Ph. D., 1930; M.R.E., Boston Univ., 1919. Teacher Eng. and science, Keene (N.H.) high sch., 1916-17; teacher Eng, and hist., Quincy high sch., 1917-18; instr. psych. and edn., Chi- engo Training Sch., Chicago, III., 1919-22; instr. Eng, Wellesley Coll., 1923-26, asst. prof., 1926- 30, dir. publicity, 1925-34, assoc. prof., 1930-39, prof., 1939 -; del. to Internat. Conf., Internat. Fed. Univ. Women, Edinburgh, 1932; Stockholm, 1939; lecturer literary and educational subjects; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., Radcliffe Alumnae Assn., Charles Lamb Soc. (London), English Assn. (London), Friends Boston Symphony Oreh., Am. Scandinavian Foun- dation, Soc. Advancement Scandinavian Study, Phi Beta Kappa (pres. Iota Chapt.). Club: Bos- ton Authors'. Author: Lamb Always Ilia, 1935, 1936; number of articles in literary and profes- sional mags. Travel: Brit. Isles, Europe. Inter- ested in writing, theatre, music, travel. Liberal Baptist. Republican. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Home: 18 Washington St., Milton.
JOHNSON, Edwin Clifford, business executive: D. Chelsea, May 1, 1882; s. Henry Augustus John- son and lielen Bertha (Campbell) J .; od. A.B., Harvard, 1903; student, Harvard Law Sch., 1903- 01; m. Evn Gertrude Stickney of Boston, June 25, 1906; 1 son-Edwin Clifford. Salesipan, H. A. Johnson Co., Boston, 1901-09, v.p., 1909-20,
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pres., 1920 -; pres. N.E. Foods, Ine., 1930-36; chmn. food div., Boston Community Fed .; chmn., Boston Unemployment Campaign, 1931, 1938; mem. Boston Ch. Commerce (v.p., dir., mem. exec. com., 1926-31), Nat. Assn. Bakers' Supply Houses (pres., 1928-30), N.E. Bakers' Assn. (dir., 1928-30, 1937-), Masons. Clubs: Boston Execs. (pres.,
1921-22, 1926-27, 1937-), N.E. Export (pres., 1925), Jr. Exees. (pres., 1931), Exchange, City, University, Sales Managers (pres., 1910-12), Epi- curean ( Boston), Brae Burn Country (W. Newton). Christian Scientist. Republican. Ollice: 221 State St., Boston, Home: 43 Carver Rd., Newton High- lands.
JOHNSON, Eldon V., envelope manufacturer; b. Gowanda, N.Y., May 11, 1889; s. Augustus Theo. Johnson and Jane Olivia (Topman) J .; ed. Go- wanda (N.Y.) pub, schs .; Browns Bus, Coll., Rockford, Ill .; m. Ethel Jane Santmyers of Evans- ton, Ill., June 25, 1913 (div.); children-Betty Jane, Eldon Theo., Nancy Olivia, Barbara Louise; m. (2d) Eva Ware Beckwith of New York, N. Y., Oet. 18, 1935. In employ Internat. Harvester Co. (Roekford, Ill.), C.,M.&St.P.Ry. Co. (Savanna, Ill.), 1905-06; Nat. Envelope Co., Waukegan, Ill., 1906-20; Ist v.p. and dir. U.S. Envelope Co., at Springfield, 1923 -. Clubs: Union League (N.Y.), Colony (Springfield ). Episcopalian. Republican.
Office: 21 Cypress St., Springfield. llome: 110 Norwood Rd., West Hartford, Conn.
JOHNSON, Esther Caroline, librarian; b. Wayland, Apr. 14, 1887; d. Elmer Clapp Johnson and Kath- erine Sarah ( Wilson) J .; ed. Needham high sch., 1902-06; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1910; eert, lib. sci., Simmons Coll., 1912; eert. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1913. Teacher, Holiss (N.H.) high sch., 1911-12; librarian, Needham Pub. Lib., 1912-18; Welles- ley Pub. Lib., 1919-21; Chelsea Pub. Lib., 1921 -. Author: three mms. in preparation. Interested in mod. lit .; Old English; restoring Colonial llome. Episcopalian: Republican. Office: Publie Library, Chelsea. llome: 827 Main St., Woburn.
VJOHNSON, Ethel M., economist; b. Brownfield, Me .; d. James Warren Johnson and Emily E. ( Mcbean) J .; ed. Parsonsfield (Me.) Sem .; Western State Normal Sch., Gorham, Me .; S.B., Simmons Coll., 1910; I.Il.B., Boston Univ., 1918; student, Bos- ton Univ. Sch. Bus. Adm .; unmarried. Teacher, pub. schs., Me. and N.Il .; organized spl. lib. and legislative reference service for Women's Ednl. & Industrial Union, Boston; sec. Congression- al Com., Mass. Women's Suffrage Assn .; exec. see. Mass. Minimum Wage Commn., 1918-19; Asst. Commnr., Mass. Dept. Labor & Industry, 1919-32; economist, Calif. State Unemployment Commn., 1932-33; organized minimum wage, N.H .; administrator of N.1l. minimum wage law, 1933- 35; dir. cost of living service, N. H .; mem. N.Il. Commun. on Interstate Compacts Affecting Labor and Industries; N.I. Commn. on Unemployment Reserves; mem. Sect. on Conditions of Employ- ment, Internat. Labor Office, Geneva, Switz., 1935; economist, Washington Br., Internat. Labor Of- fice, 1936-39, acting dir. Washington Br., 1939 --; former v. chinn., Internat. Assn. Govt. Labor Off- Y cials (chmin. minimum wage com., 1934-35) ; chmn. com. on minimum wage, Interstate Conf. on Labor Compacts, 1934-35; mem. White House Conf. on Child Welfare, 1930; rep. Gov. of Mass. at Eastern Interstate Conf. on Labor Legisla- tion, Harrisburg, Pa., 1931; rep. Gov. of N .. H. at Nat. Conf. of States on Labor Legislation, Washington, 1934 and at Conf. of Govs, at Biloxi, Miss., 1935; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Am. Assn. Labor Legislators, Am. Assu. International Law, International Assn. Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Nat. Geog. Soc., League of Women Voters (Wash., D.C.), Consumers' League. Clubs: College (Boston), Women's City, Women's University (Wash., D.C.). Author: chapter on labor, Memorial History of Boston, pub. by Tercentenary Commn .; monograph on minimum wage legislation in the United States; in the Minimum Wage, an international survey; articles on economie subjeets and labor legisla- tion; short stories, essays. Travel: Can., 1921, 1928; Panama, 1933; Fr., Switz., 1935; Eng., Fr.,
Switz., 1938. Protestant. Republican. Office :
International Labor Washington, D.C. Home: Women's City Club, Washington, D.C.
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JOHNSON, Frederick, archaeologist; b. Everett, Jan. 16, 1904; s. Harry W. Johnson and Martina (Han- cock) J .; ed, Everett high sch .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1929; Univ. Pa .; Harvard; m. Dorothy Murfitt of Milton, 1933. Mem. ethnological expdn. to Can., Newfoundland, N.S., 1925-32; archaeological and ethnolog. expdns. to Panama, 1931-33; two yrs. research on Cent. Am. Indians; investigat- ing N.E. archaeology, dept. archaeology, Phillips Aead., Andover, 1936 -; mem. Delta Tau Delta. Author: several sci. papers. Travel: No. Am., Cent. Am., Caribbean Islands. Office: Dept. Ar- chaeology, Phillips Acad., Andover. Home: Al- dover.
JOHNSON, Frederick, philologist; b. Boston, Apr. 21, 1883; s. Frederick William Johnson and Ella Frances ( Kimball) J .; ed. Stone's Sch., Boston; St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.Il .; Harvard Coll., Class of 1905; Univ. Hawaii, 1920-22. Engaged in philology for private interests; mem. of an expan. sent by Mus. Am. Indian of N.Y. City, Island of San Miguel, 1919; served as pvt., U.S.A., at Pomona, Calif., World War. Author: co- translator from Japanese: Reminiscences of Laf- cadio Hearn; short articles in various pubs. Travel: Europe, Far East, U.S. (all extensively). Temporary address: 135 Langley Rd., Newton Centre.
V JOHNSON, Grace Allen, educator; b. Maples, Allen Co., Ind., Sept. 29, 1871; d. Appleton llowe Fitch and Elizabeth Harriet (Bennett) F .; ed. grad., Pratt Inst. Lib. Sch., 1891; studied at North- western Univ. and in Switzerland; m. Lewis Je- rome Johnson (q.v.) June 27, 1893; ch .- Jerome Al- len, Chandler Winslow (q.v.). State congressional chmin., Mass., and mem. Nat. Council, Nat. Woman Suffrage Assn., 1915-17; chin. bd. Mass. Woman Suffrage Assn., 1917; exec. see. Mass. Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 1922; mem. council, Mass. Foreign Policy Assn., 1923 -; chmn. edn. com. for Mass, League of Nations Asso., 1926-33; pres. Garland Sch. of Home Making, 1930-37; lec- turer, Boston Univ., 1929-30, also Garland Sch. of Home Making, Wheelock Kindergarten Train- ing Sch., Mass. Dept. of Edn. Div. Univ. Exten- sion, and other instns .; Public Forum Leader under U.S. Dept. of Interior Ollice of Edn., Man- chester, 1937; testified before Congressional Com. in favor of Prohibition, 1930; del. to Progressive Party Nat. Conv., 1912; name entered on honor rolls of Nat. Woman Suffrage Assn., 1920, Suf- frage Pioneers of Cambridge, 1930. Author: Dramatizations of The Dispute Between Bolivia and Paraguay; The Case of the S.S. Lotus; (with Sir Herbert B. Ames, Kt.) The Case of China and Japan before the League of Nations; ( with Mary P. Sleeper) A Citizen's Guide Collaborator in securing authorization of Plan E Charter for Mass. cities. Travel: across U.S. and Can., Europe (twice), W.I. llome: 90 Raymond St., Cambridge. JOHNSON, Herbert Spencer, clergyman; b. MeMinn- ville, Ore., Oet. 4, 1866; s. John Wesley Johnson and ffelen Elizabeth (Adams) J .; ed. A.B., Univ. Ore., 1887; A.B., llarvard, 1891; grad. Rochester Theol. Sem., 1893; Army War Coll., 1923; In- fantry Sch., U.S.A., Ft. Benning, 1924; D. D., Berea (Ky.) Coll., 1911; LL.D., Franklin Coll., 1918; m. Mary Crane of Dalton, June 21, 1900; children -Elizabeth (d.), Mary, Helen, Herbert S. Or- dained Baptist ministry, 1893; pastor, Pittsfield, 1893-99, Warren Av. Ch., Boston, 1899-1922, Tem- ple Baptist Ch., Los Angeles, 1934-36, Euclid Av. Bapt. Ch., Cleveland, 1936-37; acting pastor, First Baptist Church, Boston, 1938; delivered addresses throughout U.S., 1905-06, in interest of Congo reform, also lobbied in U.S. Senate to secure ae- tion by Govt .; so-called Congo resolution passed by Senate, 1907, and later the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium; spl. Held rep., Bapt. Five Year Program, 1915-16; speaker on Lay- men's Missionary Movement programs through- out the country, 1917-18; joined Am. Red Cross, Sopt. 16, 1918; became first commr. to Czecho-
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LARKIN, ROOSEVELT & LARKIN'S
Slovakia, Apr. 1919, with mil. rank of maj .; commd. maj. Inf. O.R.C., Jan. 11, 1922; tr. Berea Coll .; speaker for Nat. Economy League, 1932- 33. Club: Harvard. Baptist. Republican, Home: 59 Windsor Rd., Brookline.
VJOHNSON, Irving MeClure, Captain of "Yankee" world cruiser, leeturer and author; b. Hadley, July 4, 1905; s. Clifton Johnson and Anna Tweed (MacQueston) J .; ed. Hopkins Acad., Hadley, 1919-23; m. Electa Search, of Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1932; children-Arthur Cook, Robert Parkin. Began as sailor on yacht, 1923; capt. of yacht of Newcomb Carleton; pres. Western Union Telegraph Co., 1926-30; took voyage on largest sailing ship in world around Cape Horn to get movies and material for book and lectures; mate of Lipton's Shamrock V on return voyage to Eng .; propr. schooner yacht "Yankee" for round the world cruising, takes amateur young men and women on world cruises in 90 ft. schooner; discovered five islands in Pacific Ocean, charted and named them, 1934, discovered and named Yankee Falls, 810 ft. high in Brit. Guiana, 1935; mem. Boston Marine Soc. Clubs: Royal Ocean Racing of England, The Adventure of Chicago. Author: Around the Horn in a Square Rigger, 1931; Shamrock V's Wild Voyage Home, 1933; (with Eleeta Johnson) Westward Bound in the Schooner Yankee, 1936. Independent. Office: 1379 Main St., Springfield. Ilome: Schooner "Yankee," Gloucester and Hadley.
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