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NELSON, HI. Bristol, physician, obstetrician, gyne- cologist; b. Lavergne, Tenn., Feb. 7, 1901; s. George D. Neison and Cora (Bristol) N .; ed. Castle Heights Mil. Acad., Tenn .; A.B., Colgate Univ., 1923; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1927; m. Edith Woodman of Westboro, Apr. 7, 1933; 1 dau. -Nancy Ann. Surg. service, Boston City Hosp., 3 yrs .; res. phys., Boston Lying-in Ilosp., 18 mos .; pvt. practice, Boston, 1932 -; Instr. obstetrics, Harvard Med. Sch., 1932-, in charge of post-grad. teaching in obstetrics; teacher, Boston Lving-in Ilosp .; dir., Phillips House, Richardson House, Baker Memorlai, Mass. Gen. Hosp., Wyman House, N.E. Hosp .; A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Ob- stet. Soc. Club: Harvard (Boston). Family owns and runs only sch. of its kind in the South, a sch. for feeble-minded and backward children, The Bristol Nelson Sch., Murfreesboro. Tenn. Prot- (stant. Office: 19 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 116 Arnold Rd., Newton Centre.
NELSON, William, lawyer; b. Worcester, Aug. 14, 1871; s. Thomas L. Nelson and Louisa A. (Slocum) N .; ed. Worcester Acad .; high sch .; S.B., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1892; IL B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1918; unmarried. Practiced law, Boston, 1907 -; deputy, U.S. Dist. Ct., Mass., 1898-1913, clk., 1913-17; partner, Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1917 ---. Clubs: Unlon, Boston City, Oakley Country. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 50 Federal St., Boston. Home: 5 Arlington St., Cambridge.
NELSON, William W., business executive; b. Goffrey, N.H., Jan. 27, 1903; s. Carl L. W. Nelson and Signe (Von Berdroth) N .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Bos- ton Univ., 1924; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1927; in. Dorothy H. Larsen, Belmont, Sept. 12, 1936. With The
Vega Co., mfrs. musical instruments, Boston, 1924-, adv. mgr., 1924-26, treas. 1926-33, pres. 1933 -; mem. Nat. Assn. Musical Merchandise Mfrs., Masons, K T., Shrine, Acoustical Soc. Am. Club: Commonwealth Country. Protestant. Of- fice: The Vega Co., 155 Columbus Av., Boston. Ilome: 80 Rutledge Rd., Belmont.
NESBETT, Norman Beverly, asst. professor dental prosthetics; b. New Bedford, Apr. 28, 1876; S. Frederle B. Nesbett and Eunice Bunker (Kelley) N .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; Swaln Seh, New Bedford; D.M.D., Harvard Dental Sch., 1899; in. Florence E. MacDonald of St. Louis, Mo., 1902; 1 dau .- Frances Beverly. In gen. practlee dentistry, New Bedford, 1899-1913; Boston, 1913-29; Bel- mont, 1929 -; asst. in dental ceramies, Harvard Dental Sch., 1910-16; instr. inlay, 1916-22; asst. prof. dental prosthetics, 1922 -; did volunteer work for Preparedness League Am. Dentists, World War; originator Nesbett Cast Clasp Bridge in dentistry, Aug. 1916, and many other processes useful In dentistry; mem. Am. and Mass. Dental Socs., Am. Acad. Dental Science, Delta Sigma Delta. Clubs: llarvard (Belmont), Harvard Fac- ulty. Author: numerous articles on dental sub- jects. Travel: Ger, Eng. Wife desc. Samuel Ful- ler, Plymouth, 1620. Interested in dental metals and materials, promotion of dental prosthetics. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 106 Concord Av., Belmont. llome: 35 Stone Rd., Belmont.
V NESMITH, Fisher Hildreth, lawyer; b. Lowell, Aug. 17, 1885; s. Thomas Nesmith and Florence ( Hil- dreth) N .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H .; A B., Harvard, 1906; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908: m. Elizabeth F. Nash of Boston, June 3, 1911; chill- dren-Fisher II., Jr., Mary B., John. With Hill, Barlow & Homans, 1908-10; asst. atty., Bur. Jus- tice, Govt. of Philippine Islands, then asst. pros. atty., City Atty. for Manila, 1910-13; with Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Neave, Boston, 1913-16; Nesmith, Stone & Grant, 1916-26; engaged inde- pendently in practice of law, 1926 -. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. llome: 6 Rledesel Av., Cambridge.
NESTOR, N. G. Veniopoulos, editor, organizer; b. Sparta, Gr., Nov. 25, 1886; s. Rev. George Venlo- poulos Nestor and Mary George ( Venioponios) N .; ed. grad. law sch., bus. adm., parliamentary law sch., sch. journalism, sch. arts; LL.B., Amer. Law Sch., 1920; m. Christine A. Paul, May 15, 1915; 1 dau .- Penelope V. (foster-father to Pvt. Constan- tine V. Nestor, killed with A.E.F., Fr., 1918). Pres. Nestor Realty & Brokerage Co .; pres. and ed., For. Lang. Press, National Union, The World in Pictures Mag., Nat. Union Newspaper Syndi- cate; first Greck notary pub., justice of peace, newspaper ed. and pub. in Mass .; first Greek-Am. to win nomination for State Rep., Mass., 1928; mem. Rep. City Com .; del. State Conv .; Rep. nomi- nee for State Legislature, 1928, for Gov.'s Council, 1930; expert in naturalization, Americanization, immigration; sometimes advisor to Gr. ministers in Washington, the Gr. Diocese In Am., Gr. consul in Boston; speaks Eng., Gr., Fr., It., Arabic; mem. Ger .- Am. Nat. Polit. Union (past Supreme Pres. ), Pan-Anı. Order of A.H.E.P.A. (past Supreme War- den), Order of G.A.P.A. in Am. (past Grand Dist. Gov.), Am. Merchants Protective Assn. (See. Springfield), Ain. Hellenic Nat. Union (pres.), Gr .- Am. Ch. Commerce (founder), Nestor's Gr .- Am. Bus. Directory. Club: Hellenic Republican (pres. ). Author: Nestor's Parliamentary Rules of Order; Citizens' Manual; Amerlean Philhellenism; The Foreign Language Press In America; Nestor Says column in Hellenic World; short stories, cartoons, ete. Editor: Who's Who Among the Greek-Amer- icans; Atlantis (nat. Gr. daily newspaper), The National Union. Travel: Gr., the Balkans, It., FF'r., Sp., Egypt, Soudan, U.S. Greek Orthodox. Repub- lican. Office and home: 691 State St., Springfield. -
VNEWBOLD, Thomas Jefferson, electrical engineer, trustee; b. New York, N.Y., Mar. 26, 1886; S. Thomas Newbold and Sarah Lawrence ( Coolidge) N ; student Groton Sch., 1899-1904, Harvard Univ., 1906-10; m. Katherine Hubbard, of Boston, Jan. 21, 1914; children-Thomas Jefferson, Thomas,
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Katherine, Sarah Hubbard, IIerman Le Roy. Em- ployed by N.Y. Trust Co., 1911-12; with Interna- tional Cotton Mills, 1912-13; with Lockwood, Greene & Co., 1913-15; with Old Colony Trust Co., 1915-17; with Nat. City Co., 1917-22; pres. G. & N. Engring. Co. since 1929. Clubs: Harvard (New York), Somerset. Mass. Auto (treas.), Odd Vol- umes (Boston), The Country (Brookline). Epls- copalian. Republican. Office: 10 State St., Boston. Home: Santa Clara, Franklin Co., N.Y.
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NEWCOMB, Robert Everett, mechanical engineer, Inventor; b. Holyoke, Sept. 11, 1884; s. Charles Leonard Newcomb and Inez Louise (Kendal) N .; ed. Holyoke high sch., 1899-1903; M.E., Sibley Coll. of Cornell Univ., 1907; m. Dorothy England of London, Eng., June 27, 1911. Employed in various capacities from apprentice to supt., Deane Works, Worthington Pump and Machine Co., 1907-19, had charge of layout design of three million dollar extension to Deane Steam Pump Co., 1916-17, and transfer of Blake & Knowls Pump Shop from East Cambridge to Holyoke, since 1928; Sanren Co., since 1929; mem. corp. Peoples Sav. Bk .; former chmn and mem. Hol- yoke Bd. of Fire Commrs .; past pres. N.E. Foun- drymen's Assn .; mem. council, Nat. Foundry Assn., Nat. Metal Trades Assn .; mem. Am. Soc.
M. E. (mem. management com.); life mem. Engring. Soc. Western Mass. Inventor many things related to pumps, oll burners and foundry and machine shop equipment. Republican. Bap- tist. Office: Puritan Gasoline Co., 1600 North- ampton St. Home: 272 Pleasant St., Holyoke.
NEWELL, Charles Edward, art supervisor; b. Fall River, Mar. 13, 1880; s. Charles Parker Newell and Lu Zetta (Shaw) N .; ed. Mass. Sch. of Art, 1898-1902, grad. student, 1902-03; Boston Univ., 1902-04; m, Edith Clark, June 30, 1908; chil- dren-Edward Temple, Eugene Parker. Super- visor of art at schs. of seven Mass. towns; then supervisor for three Mass. towns; mem. faculty, State Normal Sch., Salem; has been art dir. at Springfield; dir. of fine and industrial arts schs., City of Boston; now State dir. art edn., Mass. Dept. Edn .; pres. Mass. Sch. of Art; lecturer, author, illustrator. Office: 364 Brookline Av., Boston. Home: 11 Manchester Rd., Winchester. NEWELL, E. Raymond, contractor; b. Uxbridge, June 16. 1886; s. Stillman Clark Newell and Nellie (Carpenter) N .; cd. Uxbridge high sch .; Bryant & Stratton Bus. Coll .; m. Nellie M. Look of Addison, Sept. 20, 1913; children-Roger E., Dorothy, Gordon L. Began as bundle boy, Am. Textile Co., lace mfrs., advancing to shipping clerk, 1906-08; seet. foreman of construction work, Newell & Snowling Constrn. Co., N.Y. City, 1908-12; supt., R. 11. Newell Co., Fitchburg, 1912, gen. mgr., 1924-, now also treas .; pres. N.R. Road Builders Assn .; tr., v.p. and mem. in- vestment bd. Uxbridge Sav Bk .; dir. Blackstone Nat. Bk .; mem. Masons (32º), Shrine, Elks. Unl- tarlan. Home: 96 S. Main St., Uxbridge.
NEWELL, Frank A., banker; b. Boston; s. Asa M. Newell and Martha H. (llorn) N .; ed. Boston pub. schs. and high sch .; m. Nettie A. Wessells; 1 dau .- Mildred (Mrs. J. Belden Sly). V.p. and dir. National Shawmut Bk. of Boston; dir. Wildey Sav. Bk. of Boston; mem. Boston Bank Officers Assn., Masons (32°), K.T., Shrine. Club: City (Boston). Unitarian. Office: National Shawmut Bank. Home: Medford, also Duxbury.
NEWELL, Franklin Spihnan, obstetrician; b. Rox- bury, Apr. 30, 1871; s. James W. Newell and Elizabeth (Spilman) N .; ed A.B., Harvard, 1892; M.1)., Harvard Med Sch., 1896; unmarried. Prac- ticed in Boston, 1897 -; with Harvard Med. Sch., 1897-1930, prof. clin. obstetrics emeritus, 1930 -; cons. obstetrician, Boston Lying-in Hospital; mem. bd. of consultation, Mass. Gen. Hosp .; fel- low A.CS .; mem. Am. Gynecol Soc., A.M.A., Mass. Med Soc., Obstet. Soc. of Boston, Boston Med. Lib. Assn. Clubs: Harvard, Somerset, Ten- nis and Racquet, The Country. Desc. Abraham Newell, Roxbury, 1636. Unitarian. Office: 221 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: 925 Boylston St., Boston.
VNEWELL, James Montgomery, lawyer; b. Rox- bury, May 22, 1867; s. James W. Newell and Elizabeth E. (Spilman) N .; ed. grad., Roxbury Latin sch., 1885; A.B., Harvard, 1889; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1893; m. Alice Norton Blake of Boston, June 6, 1901; children-James M., Jr., Alice B. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1893; engaged in gen. practice of law at Boston, 1893 -; asso. with James D. Colt, 1906-36; in practice on indi- vidual account, 1936 -; mem. Mass. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of City of Boston. Clubs: Harvard, Union (Boston) ; The Country (Brookline). Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 196 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
I NEWELL, Joseph Shipley, aero-structural engl- neer; b. Springfield, Aug. 10, 1897; s. Frederick William Newell and Emma Freeman (Shipley) N .; BS. (civ. engring.), Mass. Inst. Tech., 1918; m. Lena M. Dwelley of East Machias, Me., Aug. 29, 1922; children-Joseph Shipley, Jr., Naomi, Frederick Dwelley, Charles William. . Employed as draftsman, Frigorifico, Armour, La Plata, Ar- gentina, 1919-20; asst., dept. civil engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1920-21; asst. engr., structures br., McCook Field, Dayton, O., 1922-26; instr. aero- structural engring., then asst. prof. and asso. prof., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1927 -; mem. Com. on Alreraft Structures, Nat. Advisory Com. for Aeronauties; fellow Inst. of Aero Sciences; mem. Sigma Xi. Club: Engineers (Dayton, O.). Re- publican. Home: Trapelo Rd., Lincoln.
NEWHALL, Charles Boardman, lawyer; b. Lynn, June 8, 1902; s. John Breed Newhall and Gertrude (Cutler) N .; ed. Lynn Class, high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1923; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1926; m. Mary M. Nason of Salem, Jan. 30, 1932; chil- dren --- John Breed, II, David Nason. With Nut- ter, McClennen & Fish, 1927-, partner, 1934 -; tr. Lynn Inst. for Sav .; mem. Bd. Mgrs., Lynn Home for Aged Women; mem. Am, and Boston Bar' Assns., S.A.R., Lynn Illst. Soc. Clubs: Whiting, Reading (Lynn), Harvard (Lynn), Tavern Play- ers (dir.), Gut'n Feathers Beach, Badminton & Health, Am. Alpine, Appalachian Mt. Travel: Europe, U.S., Can. DIr. desc. first whlte child born in Lynn. Universalist. Republican. Of- fice: 220 Devonshire St., Boston. llome: Fort Glover, Marblehead.
NEWHIALL, Guy, lawyer; b. Lynn, June 17, 1877; s. Edgar Prescott Newhall and Elizabeth Phillips ' (Viekary) N; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1898; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1901; m. Ethel Mary Newhall of Lynn, May 29, 1907; children-Mrs. Rosalind Newhall O'Brien, Edward Bradford. Practleed law, Lynn, 1901 -; instr. law of future estates, Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1905-20, Ilarvard Law Sch., 1918-19; Pub. Ad- ministrator, Essex Co., 1908 -; mem. City Coun- eil, Lynn, 2 yrs .; chmn. Legal Advisory Bd., Lynn, most of World War; mem. Mass., Essex Co., and Lynn Bar Assns., S.A. R., Lynn Hist. Soc., A.F.&A.M. (Damascus Lodge). Clubs: Lynn Rotary, Colonial Golf & Country, Inc. (Lynn- field). Author: Settlement of Estates & Fidu- ciary Law in Massachusetts (3 eds.); Future Estates and Rules Against Perpetuities in Mas- sachusetts. Travel: Europe, U.S. Universalist. Republican. Office: 38 Exchange St., Lynn. Ilome: 21 Atlantic Ter., Lynn.
NEWHALL, Richard Ager, professor; b. MInneap- olis, Minn., June 12, 1888; s. Harry Frank New- hall and Elizabeth (Barrett) N .; ed. Minneapolis (Minn.) Cent. high sch .; A.B., Univ. Minn., 1910, A.M., 1911; A.M., Harvard, 1914, Ph.D., 1917; m. Elizabeth lowe Bliss of Worcester, June 21, 1919; children-Roger lowe, Jane, Daniel Law- rence. Instr., tutor, Harvard, 1915-17, 1919; instr. hist., Yale, 1919-20, asst. prof., 1920-24; prof., Williams Coll., 1924-, William Dwight Whit- ney prof. European hist., 1934-, chmn. hist. dept .; 2d lt. 28th Inf., 1st Div .. A.E.F .; served May 1917-lune 1919; overseas, Sept. 1917-Sept. 1918; severely wounded at Cantigny, May 28, 1918; 2 citations in divisional orders; silver star dec- oration with oak leaf, order of the Purple Heart; mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Mediaeval Acad. Am., Am.
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· Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Vets. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Phl Gamma Delta, Société de l'Histoire de Normandie (Rouen) ; Guggenheim fellow, 1930- 31. Author: The English Conquest of Normandy, 1924; The Crusades, 1927; articles and revs. Ed- itor: (with L. B. & S. R. Packard) Berkshire studies in European History; proceedings, Inst. of Politics, Williamstown, 1927-29. G.s. Ben- jamin Fiske Barrett and of Harrison Newhall, Conway. Swedenborgian. Democrat. Offee: Williams College, Williamstown. llome: Grace Ct., Williamstown.
NEWHOUSE, Walter HI., asso. professor of econ. geol .; b. Fisher, Pa., Dec. 13, 1897; s. Edward Newhouse and Flattie (Elder) N .; ed. Fisher (Pa.) high sch .; B.S., Pa. State Coll., 1921; Ph.l., M.I.T., 1926; m. Grace E. Brown of Mt. Pleasant, Pa., 1923; 1 son-Jan. Instr. geology, M.I.T., 1923-27, asst. prof., 1927-30, asso. prof. econ. geol., 1930 -; chin. Com. on Ore Deposits, Nat. Ro- search Council; mem, Am. Aead. Arts & Sciences, Geol. Soe. Am., Soc. Eeon. Geol., Mineral Soc. Am. Author: papers on ore deposits. Travel: Europe, Venezuela, Newfoundland, Can., U.S., Mex. Of- fice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 109 Conant Rd., Melrose.
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NEWLIN, William Jesse, professor of philosophy; b. Port Carbon, Pa., Aug. 28, 1878; s. Jesse Now- lin and Ellen Davis (MeCool) N .; ed. Pottsville (Pa.) high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1899, A.M., 1903; S.B., M.I.T., 1901; A.M., Harvard, 1906; stu- dent, Yale, summer 1906; Oxford, Eng., 1912-13; m. Margaret Baird Randal, Sept. 4, 1907 (d. 1918); m. (2d) Marie Hibbard, Aug. 29, 1923. Walker instr., math., Amherst Coll., 1902-05; Shattuck scholar, math., Harvard, 1905-06; asso. prof. math, and philosophy, Amherst Coll., 1906- 07, asso. prof., philosophy, 1907-09, prof., 1909-, see. student activities, 1917-18, see. faculty, 1922; prof., philosophy, Mass. State Coll., summer 1931, Univ. Calif .. summer 1938; nat. ednl. recruiting sec., War Personnel Bd., Y.M.C.A., 1918; chief, govt. div., citizenship dept., Army Ednl. Corps, A.E.F., France, 1919; dir. of extension, Serbian Relief Commn., Tehatchak, Serbia, 1919-20; awarded eross of St. Sava (Serbian), 1920; mem. Am. Philos. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Masons. Club: Rotary. Editor: Amherst Coll. Biog. Record, 1938. Travel: Europe, 1899, 1910, 1912-13, 1918-20; No. Africa, 1929; 20,000 mile tour of U.S., 1938. Office: Am- herst College, Amherst. Home: 52 Hitchcock Rd., Amherst.
NEWSOME, Mary Esther, librarian; b. Coffeen, Ill., Aug. 4, 1908; d. William Edward Newsome and Isadora (Stokes) N .; od. Lorain (O.) high sch .; Northwestern Univ .; Ilarvard Summer Sch .; Suffolk Univ .; B.A.O., Staley Coll. of Spoken Word, 1937; unmarried. With Modern Map Co., Chicago, Ill .; librarian, Suffolk Coll. of Liberal Arts, 1936-37, Suffolk Univ. Boston, 1937 -; foun- der and former dir., Suffolk Players; mem. A L.A., Spl. Libs. Assn., Am. Assn. Law Librarians. Congregationalist. Republican. OHlice: Suffolk University, 20 Derne St., Boston. Ilome: 241 Davis Av., Brookline.
NEWTON, Allison Lewis, lawyer; b. Somerville, Jan. 10, 1891; s. Frank L. Newton and Josephine I. (Lewis) N .; ed. Somerville Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1913; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1915; m. Gertrude S. Mitchell of Somerville, July 8, 1916. Practiced law, Boston, 1915-18; atty., Ien- forcement Div., U.S. Food Administration 1918-19: spl. asst. to Atty. Gen. of U.S., 1919-20; practiced law. 1920-30; asso. with Dunbar, Nutter and Me- Clennen (Boston) 1930 -; mem. Nutter, MeClen - nen and Fish, successors to above; mem. Am. and Mass, Bar Assns., Bar Assn. of City of Bos- ton. Olliee: 220 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 39 Grove Hill Park, Newtonville. Summer res .: Southport, Me.
NEWTON, Clarence Lucian, lawyer; b. Eden, Vt., July 31, 1877; s. Oliver E. Newton and Anna H. (Cleveland ) N .; ed. Montpelier (Vt ) Som .; Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1902; 1.L. B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1905; m. Alice Mclennan of Chicago, Ill.,
June 8, 1909; 1 dau .- Dorothy. Practiced law. Boston, 1905 -; prof. corpns, and wills, North- eastern Univ. Law Sch., 1905-22; lecturer on bankruptey, Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1906-10; bank- ing and commercial law, Boston Chap., Am. Inst. Banking, 1907-12; dir. Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co .; elk. A. Stowell & Co., Inc., A. W. MeAdam Co., Boston Burial Case Co., Inc., Chauncy Hall Sch., Arthur Coombs Co .; clk. and dir., C. B. Swift Co., Dorntee Casket Co., Inc., Gentles Baking Co., Kennedy & Co., Inc .. S. K. Ames, Inc., Seamans & Cobb Co., White Bros. Milk Co., LaTouraine Coffee Co., Cohasset Hardware Co .; dir. Tuells llat Co., Davidson Rubber Co., Iludson Co., R. S. Brine Transporta- tion Co., Win. A. Mehaffey Co., Mass. Bonding & Ins. Co .; tr. Wesleyan Univ .; mem. Beta Theta Pi (pres., nat. frat.), Phi Delta Phi, Bostonia. Clubs: Union, Exchange, University, Boston City, Brae Burn Country, Buck's Harbor Yacht. Meth- odist. Republican. Office: 60 State St., Boston. llome: 96 Lenox St., West Newton.
NEWTON, Elbridge Ward; b. Wilmington, VI., Mar. 9, 1864; s. Willard Newton and Martha ( White) N .; grad. Goddard Sem., Barre, Vt., 1886; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1890, also A.M .; m. Adelalde 1. Veazie, of Somerville, Mass., Oet. 15, 1894; 1 son-Carl Elbridge. With Ginn & Co. since 1892. for 20 years editorial head of the music dept .; writer of sch. music; mem. Soe. of Mayflower Descendants; Mason tShriner). Clubs: Univer- sity, Boston City, Puddingstone. Author: Intro- duetory Sight Singing Melodies, 1907; Music in the Public Schools, 1909; Primary Melodies. 12d- itor: Musical Art Series, Music Education Series. Music Appreciation in the Schoolroom, 51 double-faced records; supervising editor of the World of Music, consisting of 8 series, 81 books. Travel: extensively in United States and Europe. Dese. of Peregrine White, Retired in 1938. 1lome: 8 Westwood Rd., Somerville.
Y NEWTON, Harian Fay, surgeon; b. Winchester, feb. 8, 1895; s. D). Augustine Newton and Marion Chandler (Stone) N .: ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Yale, 1916; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1920; m. Barbara Wolcott Iledges of Reading, Oct. 2, 1926; children-Seth Wolcott, Mary Fay, Judith. Res. in pathology, Boston City llosp., 1920-21; surg. house officer, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp .. 1921-23, asst. res. surg., 1923-24, chief res. surg., 1924-26; traveling fellow in surgery (Peter Bent Brigham Hosp, and Harvard Med. Sch.), Europe, 1927-28; asst. surg., Clinie Hamburg-Eppendorf, Ger., 1927-28; visiting surg., Peter Bent Brigham Hosp .; chief surg., Middlesex Co. Sanatorium, Waltham; cons. surg., Brookline, Chelsea Marino and Burbank ( Fitchburg) flosps .; asso. in surg., Harvard Med. Sch .; pvt. M.C., U.S.A., July 1917- Dee. 1918; mem. A.C.S., Am. Bd. Surg., Am. Assn. Thoracic Surg., N.E. Surg. Soc., Boston Surg. Soc., Inc., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton), Faculty ( Harvard). Author: sei. papers. Travel: Europe, 112 yrs., 1927-28. Desc., Richard Newton, 1706. Congregationalist. Republican Office: 319 Longwood Av., Boston. llome: 10 Griggs Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Menauhant, East Falmouth.
YNEWTON, Herbert Boyden, business man; b. Iloly- oke, Dec. 31, 1874; s. Moses Newton and Maria B. (Arms) N .; ed. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; m. Katherine S. Ware of Wilmington, Vt., Oct. 10, 1905; children-William Ware, Alice Richardson. Bookkeeper, 1899-1903, Newton Paper Co., treas., 1903-35, pres., 1935 -; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Newton Paper Co., Holyoke. Home: 214 Oak St., Iloly- oke. Summer res .: Wilmington, Vt.
YNEYLAND, Harry, artist; b. Mckean, Erie Co., Pa., Aug. 9, 1877; s. George W. Neyland and Aletta F. (Wood) N .; ed. Pa. State Normal Coll., Edin- boro; art edn., Zanerian Art Coll., Columbus, O., Art Students League, N.Y. City, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, Julian Acad, and Colossari Acad., Paris; m. Jeanette Vermorel of Boston, Aug. 5, 1909 (d. 1932); 1 son-Eugene. Painter and sculptor; dir. Swain Free Sch. of Design, 1911-30; has exhib-
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ited at Nat. Acad. Design (N.Y.), Pa. Acad. Fine Arts (Phila.), Royal Canadian Acad., Montreal Art Assn., Ontario Soc. of Artists, ete .; repre- sented in. collections of Pratt Inst., Boston Art Club, New Bedford Country Club, "Whaling En- shrined," Gosnold Memorial, Mariners Museum, Newport News, Va., and in many private col- leetlons; active in whaling; organized the Whale- man's Club, Inc., New Bedford; purchased the "Charles W. Morgan" (oldest whaleship in world) and interested others in forming "Whaling En- shrined, Ine." located at Round Hill, So. Dart- mouth, where whaling relies and ship are on view; ship visited in 1929 by 189,000 persons; mem. Author's League Am., R.I. Ship Model Soe. Clubs: Boston Art, Providence Art, Whale- man's, New Bedford Yacht, etc. Illustrator: "Cap'n George Fred," 1928; '"The Log of the Lina," 1928; "The Isles of the Volean," 1929. Author: articles in Internat. Studio, Arts and Decorations, Am. Mag. of Art, Harpers, Scrib- ners, Sea Breeze, ete. Studio: New Bedford. Home: Padararam, So. Darthmouth.
NICHOLAS, Alonzo D., business man; b. Allouez, Mich., Oct. 24, 1880; s. John Nicholas and Mary . E. (Matters) N .; ed. Calumet (Mieh.) high seh .; in. Nellie A. Dawe of Kearsarge, Mich., June 23, 1904 (d.); m. Winifred H. Bent of Winchester, May 4, 1929; children-Alonzo D., Jr. (d.), Lorna G. (d.). Began as warehouse clk., Calumet & Hecla Consolidated Copper Co., 1899, worked up through various positions to present position of sec. and treas., 1921 -; sec. and treas., Cliff Mining Co., 1921 -; Lake Milling, Smelting & Refining Co., 1921 -; treas. Eastern Exploration Co., 1936 -; mem. Masons .. Clubs: Boston City, Miscowaubik (Calumet, Mich.). Methodist. Re- publiean. Office: 12 Ashburton l'l., Boston. Home: 59 Yale St., Winchester.
VNICHOLS, Arthur Burr, corporation official; b. Ber- nardston, Aug. 28, 1876; S. Walter Edmund Nichols and Emma Frances (Albee) N .; ed.
Powers Inst., Bernardston, 1889-93; m. Eva (. Mitchell, of Boston, May 25, 1899; 1 dau .- Dor- othy. In employ Boston & Maine R.R. continu- ously, 1894-, stenographer, then see. in presi- dent's office, 1894-1912, elk. of corp. and dirs., 1912-, asst. to pres., 1914-16, asst. to temporary receiver, 1916-18, treas. of corp. under Federal Adminstrn., 1918-20; v.p., 1929-, also represents that co. as dir., and officer of numerous affiliated corps. and subsidiaries. Unitarian. Republican. Office: North Station, Boston. Home: 98 Walton Park, Melrose.
V NICHOLS, Charles Eliot, consulting structural en- gineer; b. Somerville, Oet. 25, 1884; s. John Lor- ing Nichols and Emma A. (Taylor) N .; ed. grad., Somerville Latin sch., 1903; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1907; student, Harvard Grad. Sch. Engring., 1907-09; m. Vera M. Bunker of Franklin, Me., Oct. 25, 1909 (divorced, 1931) ; chil- dren-Charles E. Jr., John Loring, II, Ruth B .; m. (2d) Helen J. Seasley of Boston, Dec. 4, 1931. Structural engr. with Stone & Webster Engring. Corp., Seattle, Wash., and Boston, 1909-32; eons. engr., Boston, 1932-37; contracts engr., Tenn. Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., 1937 -; pros. Merchants Warehouse Co., Boston, 1934 -; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Concrete Inst., Am. Inst. E. E., Am. Warehouseman's Assn., Foreign Commerce Club of Boston, Boston Soc. C.E., Pi Eta Soc. of Harvard, Masons. Travel: Eng., 1899, all states of U.S. Unitarian. Office: Arnstein Bldg., Knox- ville, Tenn., also 453 Commercial St., Boston. Home: 305 Emoriland Blvd., Knoxville, Tenn., also Boston.
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