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bar, 1898; began practice at Boston, mem. firm Peabody, Brown, Rowley & Storey; ehmn. bd. dirs., Western Mass. Cos., United Electric Light Co. of Springfield, Pittsfield Electric Co .; pres. An. Sch. of Classical Studies at Athens; pres. Suncook Mills; exec. com. and bd. dirs., Merchants Nat. Bank, Boston & Me. R.R., Walworth Co., Boston Amoskeag Co .; mem. Mass. legislature about 1905; worked for Liberty Loan, World War. Clubs: Somerset, Milton, Thursday Evening, Harvard Travellers. Travel: U.S. (extensive), Europe. Mem. Weld family of West Roxbury. Interested in archealogy and bird-banding. Unitarian. Of- fice: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Brush Hill Rd., Milton.
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PEAKES, John E., lawyer; b. St. Albans, Me., Sept. 5, 1888; s. Alfred W. Peakes and Martha M. (Meryman) P .; ed. CorInna Union Acad .; A,B., Bates Coll., 1911; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1917; m. Verne Blake of Haverhill, Aug. 14, 1918. mem. Boston, Mass. State and Am. Bar Assns. Clubs: Union (Boston), Brae Burn Country. Unitarlan. Republican. Office: 220 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 129 Plymouth Road, Newton.
PEAR, William Hesseltine, social worker, trustee; b. Cambridge, Oct. 10, 1865; s. William Bacall Pear and Lucy Augusta ( flesseltine) P .; ed. Cam- bridge Latin seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1889; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Fanny Carleton Bradley of Cam- bridge, Oct. 22, 1890; 1 son-William Wesley. With Children's Aid Soc., asst. sec., 1889-1908; being first privately employed probation officer for juvenile offenders, 1889-1891; exec., Boston Provident Assn., 1908 -; relief work, Chelsea fire, 1908; rehabilitation, Salem fire, 1914; Red Cross, Halifax disaster, 1917; rellef study, Phila., 1926; adviser, com. Boston Chamber Commerce in favor of Community Chest for Boston, 1925; with Bos- ton Metropolitan Chap., Red Cross, World War; gen. agt., Boston Provident Assn .; pres., mgr., F.E. Weber Charities Corp .; v.p., Boston Council Social Agencies; dir. Community Feds., Boston and Cam- bridge; Coop. Workrooms; Boston Legal Aid Soc .; Y Industrial Aid Soc .; dir. budget com., Red Cross (Boston); tr. Cambridge Social Union, Prospect Unlon Ednl. Exchange, Cambridge Hosp, Homes for the Aged, Sav. Bank, Ministerial Funds (First Parish, Unitarian, Cambridge) ; mem. Parlsh Com., chmn. Paine Fund; chin. Social Service Index, Boston & Mass .; exec. and finance coms., Mass. Conf. Social Work; mem. adv. com., Simmons Coll. Sch. Social Work; mem. Am. Assn. Social Work- ers, Family Welfare Assn. Am., Am. Pub. Welfare Assn., Harvard Law Sch. Assn., N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc., Cambridge Hist. Soc., Mass. llort. Soe. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Boston City, Cambridge (pres., 1932), Unitarian (pres., 1932, 1933), Annlsquam Yacht (treas). Author: pamphlets, articles on social work, technique and philosophy, incl. The Philadelphia Relief Study; 1926. Travel: Europe, Bermuda, Calif., Fla. (annually). Desc. John ITaseltine, Rowley, 1638. Unitarian. Independent Republican. Office: Boston Provident Assn., 7 Water St., Boston. Home: 23 Francis Av., Cam- bridge. Summer res .: "Edgehill", Annisquam,
PEARL, Samuel Maurice, physician; b. Russia, Aug. 12, 1885; s. Maurice Pearl and Eva (Finkel) P .; ed. schs. in Rus .; M.D. (cum laude), Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1911; m. Gertrude Berger of Boston, May 4, 1912; children-Eva, Elfot Nathanlel. In- terne, Pawtucket Mem. Hosp .; connected with Milk & Baby Hygiene Assn .; dIst. phys., Boston Dispensary; sch. phys .; asst. visiting phys., dept. immunology and allergy, Boston City Hosp .; etc .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. and Greater Boston Med. Socs. Author: papers in med. jours. Travel: Can., Rus., Eng. Jewish. Democrat. Offlee: 27 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 686 Blue Ilill Av., Dorchester.
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PEARSALL, Harry Edgar, merehant; b. Coventry- V ville, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1882; s. Edgar Austin Pearsall and Mariette (Moon) P .; ed. Oxford (N.Y.) high sch .; grad., Phillips Andover Acad., 1902; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1907; m. Ursula llope Devenish of Providence, R.I., June 29, 1910; ehildren-Patricia,
(Mrs. Darrow A. Dutcher), Ilope, Rosamond. V.p. and dir. Guernsey-Westbrook Co., Smith-Pearsall Co .; dir. N.E. Wholesale Lumber Assn., Nat. Hard- wood Lumber Assn .; mein. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Charles River Country. Unitarian. Office: 93 Union St., Newton l'entre. lome: 91 Bishops- gate Rd., Chestnut Ilill.
Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Mutual Boiler Ins. Co., V PEARSON, Gardner W., lawyer; b, Lowell, Sept. 4,
1869; s. George Howard Pearson and Laura Wright (Ihildreth) P .; ed. Lowell pub. schs .; Mass. Inst. Tech .; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Alice F. Duckworth of Lowell, June 27, 1903; children-Whitman, Sa- rah 1I. (Mrs. Gerould MaeWane), John H., Mil- dreth. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1891; since in prac- tiee . of law at Lowell; mem. Commn. to Revise Election Laws of Mass., 1892; postmaster Lowell, 1891-98: mem. Bd. of Alderman, 1900-01; meni. Mass. State Senate, 1920-22; asst. dist. atty., 1923; treas. B. R. Butler Coop. Bk., Rox Supply Co .; enlisted in Co. C. 6th Inf., Mass. N.G., July 1897; served in Sp .- Am. War; elected 1st It. Co. C, 6th Inf., 1900, capt., 1905, adj .- gen. Mass., 1911-14 and 1916-17; mem. Masons. Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington and Boston). Episcopalian. Re- publlean. Office: 53 Central St. Ilome: 69 Clith- erol St., Lowell.
PEARSON, Helen Monosmith, geneticist; b. Cor- vallis, Ore., June 26, 1907; d. Albert Wilson Mono- smith and Edna Mildred Mabel (von Kleinsmid) M .; ed. Ft. Dodge (la.) high sch .; B.A., Univ. Ia., 1925; Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1928; m. Oscar Harris Pearson, Dec. 15, 1929; children-Robert Harris, David Waldron, Dorothy Ann Sylvia, Research asst., Unlv. Calif., Coll. Agr., 1926-28, 1930-32; Carnegie Inst. Wash, genetics div., Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, 1928-29; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, League Women Voters, Sigma Xi, Genetics Society America, Fellow of Am. Assn. for the Advancement of Science; Phi Sigma. Author: (co-author) Sex in the Plant World; miscellaneous papers on plant reproduction. Uni- tarian. Independent. Address: 117 Edgewood Av., Longmeadow.
PEARSON, Henry Greenleaf, professor of English and history (emeritus) ; b. Portland Me., Dec. 26, 1870; s. George Henry Pearson and Mary Franees ( Hitchcock) P .; cd. Portland (Me.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1893; m. Elizabeth Ware Winsor of Weston, Sept. 6, 1898; children-Anne Winsor ( (l.), Theodore, Mary (d.), Robert Winsor, Henry Greenleaf, Jr. Instr. Eng., M.I.T., 1893-98, asst. prof., 1898-1907, asso. prof., 1907-15, prof., head of dept., 1915-19, head of dept. Eng. and hist., 1919-1938; nem, Mass. Ilist. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Xl. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: Principles of Composition, 1897; John A. Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, 1905; An American Railroad Builder (John M. Forbes), 1911; James S. Wadsworth of Geneseo, 1913; William Howe Mc- Elwain, 1917; A Business Man In Uniform (Ray- nal C. Bolling), 1923; An American Soldier and Diplomat (Horace Porter-with Elsie Porter Mende), 1927; Son of New England (James J. Storrow), 1932; Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, 1937; two chaps. In Commonwealth Ilist. of Mass .; articles on Mass. men in Dict. Am. Bioy. Unitarian. Democrat. Home: 140 Dudley Rd., Newton Centre.
PEARSON, Horaee B., insurance agent; b. Boston, June 16, 1866; s. Charles L. Pearson and Mary E. P .; ed. Chauncey Hall Sch .; m. Edith Field Pear- son of Boston, Nov. 14, 1895; children-Robert Field, George Field. Engaged in writing gen. line · of insurance with large number of cus. in his agency. Desc. Capt. John H. Pearson who built first dwelling on Beacon llill and owned 42 ships In China and East India trade. Republican. Of- fice: 148 State St., Boston. Home: Kennebunkport, Me.
PEARSON, Marguerite Stuber, artist; b. Phlladel- phla, Pa .; d. Arthur G. Pearson and Ottilie M. (Stuber) P .; ed. Sch. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1921- 26; unmarried. Represented by paintings in Somerville City Hall, Medford City Hall, Leonard P. Chandler Jr. high sch., Charles Grimmon's Seh.
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(Somerville), Boston Trade Sch. for Girls, Wood- row Wilson Sch. (Dorchester), Dearborn Sch, Centre ( Roxbury), New Haven (Conn. ) Pub. Lib.,} Springville (Ut.) Art Gallery, Conn. State Agrl. Coll., pvt. collections; exhibited works at Nat. Acad. Design (N.Y.), Pa. Acad. Fine Arts (Phila.), Corcoran Gallery (Washington, D.C.); mem. Al- lied Artists Am. (N.Y.), Guild Boston Artists, No. Shore Arts Assn. (Gloucester), Rockport Art Assn., Am. Artists' Prof. League. Awards: Clay prize, No. Shore Arts Assn., 1930; purchase prize, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 1933; purchase prize, Springville, Ut., 1936. Studio and home: 401 Fenway Studios, 30 Ipswich St., Boston. Sum- mer res .: Rockport.
PEARSON, Marmaduke Pritchard, business man; b. Toronto, Ont., Can., May 14, 1894; s. Edwin Arthur Pearson and (Bowles) P .; ed. B.A., Unlv. Toronto, 1915; m. Constance Reld Bell of New- castle, Eng .; children-Marmaduke A. E., Fred- erick G. N., Pamela C., Hubert J. In leather business; executive position with Armour Leather Co .; It., Can. Field Art .; It., Royal Air Force, 1915- 19. Club: St. Botolph. Episcopallan. Office: 186 South St., Boston. Home: "Woodways", Mont- serrat Rd., Beverly.
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PEARSON, Maurice Wellesley, physiclan; b. New- bury (Byfield), Oct. 29, 1866; s. Henry E. Pear- son and Abbie C. (Poor) P .; ed. Gov. Dummer Acad., Byfield; Wilbraham Acad .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch .. 1891; ni. Emma F. Barney of So. Hadley Falls. Oct. 12, 1900; children-Rachel Frances, Paul Wellesley. Asst. phys., Worcester State llosp., 1891-95; Interne, Springfield Hosp., 1895-96; practiced med., Ware, 1896 -; pres. of staff, Mary Lane Hosp., Ware, 1933-36; asso. med. examiner, 4th Hampshire Dist., 1921-34; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (pres., Hampden Dist. Div., 1930), Masons (Eden Lodge). Author: Ran- dom Talks by an M D., 1926; papers, letters, etc. Travel: U.S. Protestant. Republican. Office and home: 19 Pleasant St., Ware.
PEARSON, Ralph M., artist, author, teacher, lec- turer; b. Angus, Ia., May 27, 1883; s. Arthur T. Pearson and Kate (Mosher) P .; ed. Chicago mb. schs .; grad. Chicago Art Inst., 1904; m. Louise llayes; children-Ronald H., Lorna B. Started a bus. which in 7 yrs. grew to a gross income of $60,000 a yr .; sold out to develop airplanes and motors designed by Thomas Preston Brooke, the first tractor biplane built in U.S. (1909), the engine far ahead of anything then known; turned to art, 1913, being already a successful etcher with dealers in 40 cities; one of earliest students of the modern movement In art in U.S .; began writing and lecturing on the movement after 8 yrs. of study; teacher in own school, the De- sign Workshop, held in summer at Gloucester on board the old ship Herbert; mem. Chicago
Soc. Etchers (one of founders), Am. Artists Congress, Am. Soc. Painters, Sculptors and En- gravers. Author: How to See Modern Pictures, 1925; Experiencing Pictures, 1933; series of arti- eles in Forum mag., 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939. Ad- dress: 288 Piermont Av., Nyack, N.Y. Summer address: E. Gloucester.
V PRASE, Arthur Stanley, professor; b. Somers, Conn., Sept. 22, 1881; s. Theodore Claudius Pease and Abby Frances (Cutter) P .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1902, A.M., 1903, Ph.D., 1905; Am. Sch. Class. Studies, Rome, It., · 1905- 06; Il .. 1)., Williams Coll., 1931, Amherst Coll., 1933; in. llenrietta Faxon of Boston, June 23, 1909; 1 dau .- Ilenrletta. Instr., Harvard, 1906- 09; asst. prof., then asso. prof., prof. classics, Univ. H., 1909-21, curator, Mus. Class. Art & Archaeology, 1911-24; prof. Latin, Amherst Coll., 1924-27, pres., 1927-32; prof. Latin, Harvard and Radcliffe Coll., 1932 -; tr. Radcliffe Coll., Andover Theol. Sem .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (v.p.), Am. Phillol. Assn. (v.p.); Archeol. Inst. Am .; Mediaeval Acad. Club: N.E. Botanical (past pres.). Author: several books and many articles, esp. on Greek, Latin, and botany. Travel: around world, Am., Europe. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Harvard
University, Cambridge. Home: 22 Divinity Av., Cambridge. Summer res .: Randolph, N.H.
PEASE, Howard Almeron, clergyman; b. Strykers- ville, N.Y., May 1, 1870; s. Wesley Pease and Ita (Stryker) P .; ed. East Aurora (N.Y.) high sch .; M.D., Univ. Buffalo, 1892; S.T.B., Harvard Div. Sch .. 1908; S.T.M., Newton Theol. Inst., 1910; m. Bertha May Wilcox of Perry, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1904; 1 son-Almeron Wilcox. Short experience in practice of med., Sardinia, N.Y .; ordained to Baptist ministry, 1893; pastor, Geneseo and Perry, N.Y .; entered Unitarian ministry, 1912; pastor, Wheeling, W. Va., 1912-15; Ithaca, N.Y., 1915-17; minister, 1st Parish, Fitchburg, 1917 -; tr. Fitch- burg Pub. Lib .; tr. and sec, bd., Lawrence Acad., Groton; mem. Fitchburg Hist. Soc., Art Center. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 97 Pleasant St., Fitchburg.
PECK, Charles Russell, clergyman; b. Boston, Feb. 21, 1889; s. Rev. llenry Porter Peck and Alice Wiswall (Russell) P .; ed. A.B., llarvard, 1911; B.D., Episc. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1914; m. Helen Arden Peabody of N.Y. City, June 26, 1919; children-Russell llastings, Jane dePeyster, George Peabody. Ordained to P.E. ministry by Bishop Lawrence, 1915; curate, Trinity Ch., New- port, R.I., 1911-17; vicar, Ch. of Redeemer, Bos- ton, 1918-21; Asst., later vicar, Cath. Ch. St. Paul, Boston, 1921-32; rector, Trinity Ch., Concord, 1932 -; chaplain, Hosp. Good Samaritan, Bos- ton, 1927 -; rector, St. Anne's Ch., Lincoln, 1935- 37; exchange preacher, Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, Eng., July-Aug., 1931; pilgrimage preacher, St. Botolph's Ch., Boston, Eng., July 1937; vol. chap- lain to soldiers and sailors, Newport, R. I., 1915-16. Clubs: Unlon, Clericus (Boston), Tatnuck (Worcester) ; Concord Country. Author: articles for church publications in Mass. First ancestors landed Salem, 1635, settled in Newtown (Cam- bridge) and Watertown; desc. orig. settlers of 10 17th century Mass. towns. Episcopalian. Re- publlean. Office: Trinity Church, Concord. lome: Trinity Rectory, Concord. Summer res .: Princeton.
YPECK, Martin William, physician; b. Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 14, 1880; s. Roswell K. Peck and Ada (Pettengill) P .; ed. Montpelier (Vt.) high sch .; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1902; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1915; m. Wilda Claire Strong of Cleveland, O., June 7, 1913 (div.); m. (2d) Abigail Schwab of Cincinnati, O., Oct. 14, 1930; 1 dau .- Wilda Claire. Asst. phys., Devereux Mansion, Marble- head, 1916-18, Sheppard Pratt Hosp., Townsend, Md., 1919-21; res. phys., Boston Psychopathic llosp., 1921-22, chlef of out-patient dept., 1923- 26; pvt. practice, specializing in psychiatry and psychoanalysis, 1922 -; instr. psychiatry, Ilar- vard Med. Sch., 1923-37; lec., Boston Psycho- analytic Inst., asst. psychiatrist, Mass. Gen. Hosp .; Ist It. M.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. Neuro- psychiatric Bd., 10 mos .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Psychiatric Assn., Am. Psychoanalytic Assn. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: The Meaning of Psychoanalysis, 1930. Unitarian. Independ- ent. Office: 37 Marlboro St., Boston. lome: 133 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
PECK, William Russell, school superintendent; b. llolyoke, July 17, 1894; s. Joseph Peck and Mar- garet T. (Gallagher) P .; ed. Holyoke high sch .; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1916, A.M., 1920; A.M., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1932; in. Mar- garet M. McGinty of Springfield, 1924 (d.); m. (2d) Elsie M. Ryan of Holyoke, Sept. 26, 193; 1 son -- William R., Jr. Teacher, Boston Coll. high seh., 1916-17, Holyoke high sch., 1917-20; supt. pub. schs., 1lolyoke, 1920 -; ensign, U.S.N.R.F., World War; mem. Mass. Sch. Supts. Assn. (past pres. ), Holyoke Community Welfare League (past pres.), K C., Elks. Club: Kiwanis. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 98 Suffolk St., Hol- yoke. Home: 269 Walnut St., Holyoke.
PECKHAM, Henry A. B., tax consultant; b. Dan- ielson, Conn., July 4, 1865; s. Amos Bliss Peck- ham and Ari (Spaulding) P .; ed. Holy Cross Coll., West Franham, P.Q., Can., 1880 (left before de- gree); m. Pauline R. Adams of Sutton, Aug. 16,
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1886; 1 dau. - Leila Bliss Wentworth. Book- keeper, B. B. & R. Knight at Manehaug Mills; asst. postmaster and mem. sch. com., Sutton; cashier, John Haneoek Mut. Life Ins. Co., Lynn, 1897-1906; agency. auditor, then asst. supt. of agencies, supt. of agencies, and sec., Boston Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1906-10; see. to Life & Acel- dent Co. on west coast, 1910-13; treas. Boston Casualty Co., 1913-14; Internal Revenue Agent, Boston, examining many of largest banks and industrial plants in N.E., 1914-19; Tax Consultant, City of Boston, 1919 -; originated idea of using Christmas lights for outdoor decorations, start- ing with 80 lights in 1922 and using 30,000 in 1930 on estate and Sunken Garden, Saugus; chmu. Saugus Cemetery Commns. 1929 -; pres. Community Fund of Greater Lynn, Bay Shore Council of Boy Seouts, Cliftondale Community House, Saugus Realty Co .; v.p. Saugus Trust Co., Saugus Coop. Bk., Saugus Welfare League; dir. Essex Co. llealth Assn., ehmn. Saugus Seal Sale. Club: Essex (Salen, eouneillor). Travel: Pacific Coast, 1910-13. Universallst. Repub-
liean. Office: 80 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 329 Central St., Saugus. Summer res .: 21 Little Nahant Rd., Nahant.
V PEEBLES, Roy Berton, jeweler, artist; b. Adams, Aug. 9, 1899; s. Berton E. Peebles and Katherine (Chapman) P; ed. Adams high sch., 1914-18; Berkshire Sch. of Art, 1918-22; mı. Vera E. Tet- low of Adams, June 7, 1931; 1 dau .- Carolyn Ann. Retail jeweler and artist, 1918 -; designer of jewelry and landscape painter; represented in exhbns. at Grand Central Art Galleries and Am. Anderson Galleries (N.Y.) and Williams College (Williamstown); mgr. Peebles Jewel Shop; mem., Berkshire Bus. Men's Art League (dir.), Salons of America and New York, Pitts- field Art League, Deerfield Valley Art Assn. Congregationalist. Republiean. Office: 34 Main St., North Adams. Home: 28 Summer St., Adams.
Y PEEBLES, Waldo Cutler, professor; b. Lutherville, Md., Apr. 24, 1895; s. Thomas Chaliner Peebles, M.D., and Mabel (Cutler) P .; ed. Brookline high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1917, A.M., 1927, Ph.D., 1932; A.M., Columbia, 1919; in. Elinore Jerome Cutting of Brookline, 1917; children-Robert Morris, Thomas Chalmers, Carolyn. Teacher, Horace
Mann Seh. for Boys, N.Y. City, 1917-19; Melrose high sch., 1919-20; Boston Univ., 1920-, instr., asst. prof., asso. prof., prof. and head Ger. Dept., Coll. Bus. Adm .; part-time teaching, Simmons Coll., Tufts Coll., Harvard, Northeastern Univ .; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Am. Assn. Teach- ers Ger. (pres., Boston chap. 3 yrs.), N.E. Mod-
ern Lang. Assn. Author: A Test on German Life and Culture, German Quarterly, Jan., 1937; Swedenborg's Influence upon Goethe, Germanic Rev., July, 1933; Democratie Tendencies in Span- ish Literature of the Golden Age, Hispania, Jan., 1933; other articles in lang. mags. Editor: Thomas Mann's Mario und der Zauberer, Harper Bros., 1937; Remarque's In Westen Nichts Neues, 1938. Travel: Europe, 1930. Desc. two Cutler bros., Watertown, 1630. Swedenborgian. Re- publiean. Office: 685 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 53 Morton St., Newton Centre.
YPEEL, Arthur James, advertising counselor and writer; b. London, Eng., Mar. 27, 1887; s. James Peel and Julia (Duruz) P .; came to U.S., 1920; ed. A.B., Kings Coll., London, 1906; m. Aime S. Monk of London, 1909; ehildren-Robert Ar- thur, Doris Anne. Engaged as pvt. see. and accountant, London, Eng., 1907-12; pub. account- ant, then chief accountant, Dept. Soldiers Civil Reestablishment, 1914-19; account and business engr., N.Y. City, 1920-26; in advertising bus., Bos- ton, 1928-34; engaged in bus. on own account as pres. Peel, Denton, Palmer, Ine., advertising coun- selors, Boston, 1934 -. Author: Simplified School Accounting, 1925; Sceretarial Bookkeeping and Accounting, Philosophie Treatise on Advertising; artieles in bus. publs., also poems, short stories, etc., to mags. and editorials to newspapers. Co- author: 'Pon My Sole! (for juveniles). Editor: House-organs. Office: 12 Pearl St., Boston. Home: 22 Howard St., Melrose.
PEET, Harriet E., author; b. Chatman, O., Jan. 8, 1871; d. Stephen Denison Peet and Olive Wal- worth (Cutler) P .; ed. Quiney (Ill.) high sch .; Radeliffe Coll .; S.B., Univ. Chicago, 1920; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Seh. Edn., 1921; unmarried. Teacher, Chicago pub. sehs., 1896-1906; State Nor- mal seh., Salem, Mass., 1907-19; writer, 1919 --. Travel: Eng., Fr., It., Greece, Russia. Co-author: (with Franklin S. Hoyt) The Everyday Arith- metie; (with Zenos E. Scott and Ralph T. Cong- don) The Open Door Language Serles (for ele- mentary sehs.) and How to Teach English; (with Gladys Bigelow and Gertrude Robinson) The Open Door English Series (for jr. high sch.). Dese., Ann Hutchinson of early Puritan fame; George Denison, famous Indian fighter, Conn .; Stephen Peet, early missionary and edueator, Wis .; father ed. Am. Antiquarian. Republican. Office and home: 8 Willard St., Cambridge.
YPEET, Martha Gertrude, eraft jeweler; b. Clinton, Wis., Sept. 27, 1880; d. Stephen Denison Peet and Olive Walworth (Cutler) P .; ed. Hyde Park high sch., Chicago, Ill .; spl. 'student in erafts, Sch. Edn., Univ. Chicago; Seh. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; unmarried. Apprenticeship in jewelry partly in studio of George J. Hunt, Boston, partly in that of Miss Adams, London, Eng .; teachers were men connected with the Sch. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, and with County Council Arts & Crafts, London, Eng .; also studied with René Robert, Paris, Fr .; made master craftsman by Soe. Arts & Crafts, Boston, 1920; has exhibited jewelry in leading eities throughout U.S .; brooch sent by Am. Fed. Arts to Paris Expn., 1938; teacher of jewelry and metal work, Camp Marbury, Vergennes, Vt., several summers; mem. Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts (1915-), Springfield Art League, Mass. lort. Soe., Am. Fed. Arts. Club: Boston Mineral. Awards: John Dee prize for best piece in gold at exhbns., Art Inst., Chicago, 1921, 1923; Libby-Lovejoy medal, Portland (Me.) Soc. Arts & Crafts, 1923; 2 medals for jewelry shown at Tercentenary Fine Arts Exhbn., 1930; prize for work in crafts, Members Exhbn., Spring- field Art League, 1938. Travel: Eng., Fr., It., Greece, Russia. Desc. Ann Hutchinson of early Puritan fame; George Denison, famous Indian fighter, Conn .; Stephen Peet, early missionary and educator, Wis .; 5 ancestors on Mayflower. Congregationalist. Republican. Studio and home: 8 Willard St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Camp Marbury, Vergennes, Vt.
V PEIRCE, Albion G., judge; b. Methuen, June 22, 1880; s. James Peirce and Ella L. (Gile) P .; ed. Methuen high sch. 1897; Phillips Andover Aead. 1898; A.B. Yale Coll. 1902; grad. Boston Univ. Law Sch. 1905; unmarried. Admitted to Mass. har, 1904; in gen. practice of law, 1904 -; spl. jus- tice, Dist. Court of Lawrence, 1924 -; pres. Meth- uen Nat. Bk .; mem. Methuen Sch. Com., 1904-11, moderator, Methuen, 1916 -; mem. Masons, Odd Fellows. Clubs: Home (Lawrence), Methuen (Methuen), Manchester Country (Manchester, N.H.), Andover Country. Baptist. Republican. Home: 15 Pleasant St., Methuen.
VPEIRCE, Harrie Winn, veterinarian; b. Arlington, Aug. 30, 1872; s. Leander Peirce and Sarah Caro- line (Winn) P .; ed. Arlington pub. schs. ; Bryant & Stratton Commercial Seh .; dept. of vet. med- ielne, Harvard; m. Josephine Davidson of Arling- ton, Oct. 26, 1908; 1 dau .- Barbara. In practice, Marlboro, 1900-03, Medford 1903 -; chief vet- erinarian health officer, Div. Live Stock Disease Control, State Dept. Agr., 1907 --; mem. Am, Vet. Assn., Mass. Vet. Assn., Masons. Dese. Solomon Peirce, who fought in Battle of Lexington. Uni- versalist. Republican. Office: 100 Nashua St., Boston. Home: 22 Gleason St., West Medford.
VPEIRSON, Edward Lawrence, urologieal surgeon; b. Salem, June 11, 1899; s. Edward Lawrence Peirson and Genevieve (Shreve) P .; ed. Middle- sex Seh., Concord; A.B., Harvard, 1921; M.D. (mag- na eum laude), Harvard Med. Sch., 1925; in. Marion Livingston Duane of Boston, Apr. 3, 1937. Began practice urology and urol. surgery, 1929; urologist, Salem and Lynn Ilosps .; cons.
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urologist, Danvers State Hosp .; fellow A.C.S .; inem. Am. Bd. Urology, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Aesculapian. Office and home: 374 Essex St., Salem.
YPELL, John L. E., author; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 16, 1876; s. Thomas Jefferson Pell and Einlley Jo- sephine (Everitt) P .; ed. Sedgwick prep. sch., Gt. Barrington; m. Ella Gretchen Tefft of N.Y. City, Apr. 30, 1901; 1 son-Everitt Hamilton. Broker on N.Y. Produce Exchange; partner, Ber- tine & Co., N.Y. Clty; gave up bus. to write; mem. S.A.R. Club: Wyantenuck Country (Gt. Bar- rington). 'Author: (withi Clay Perry) 2 novels, The Canada Doctor, 1932, and Hell's Acres, 1938; feature articles; stories for silent screen, incl. the epic whallng feature Down to the Sea in Ships (Nathan IIale); collaborated with Robert W. Chambers on D. W. Griffith's super feature pic- ture "America"; writer for radio, as Forty Fathom trawler series, George Washington, The Cross of Christ, etc .; speaker on hist. subjs. Episcopalian. Independent Republican. Office and home: Great Barrington.
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