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VPEMBERTON, Frank Arthur, surgeon; b. Newton, May 7, 1884; s. Henry Augustus Pemberton and Martha (Baldwin) P .; ed. Newton high sch .; S.B., Lawrence Sei. Sch., Harvard, 1906; M.D., llar- vard Med. Sch., 1909; in. Mary Hardy of Welles- ley Hills, 1916; children-Ann, Frank Arthur, Jr. Interne, Free Hosp. for Women, Brookline, (6 mos.), 1909-10; Mass. Gen. Hosp. (1% yrs.), 1910-11; surg. to out-patients, Free Hosp. for Women, 1911-15, asst. surg., 1915-33, surg .- in- chief, 1933 -; clin. prof. gynecology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1932 -; holds courtesy staff appoint- ments to N.E. Deaconess, Palmer Mem., N.I .. Baptist, and Cambridge Hosps .; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Gynecol. Soc., A.M.A., N.E. and Bos- ton Surg. Socs .; Obstet. Soc. Boston. Clubs: Algonquin, St. Botolph, Harvard (Boston), Coun- try (Brookline), Maugus (Wellesley). Author: med. articles. Protestant. Republican. Office: 330 Dartmouth St., Boston. Home: 97 Laurel Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: The Moors, Falmouth.
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PENFIELD, Edward Walter, financial editor; b. Springfield, Sept. 15, 1872; s. Ilenry Norton Pen- field and Katherine Matilda (Beecher) P .; ed. Springfield high sch. Reporter, later asst. ed., Phelps Pub. Co., 1891-95; spl. writing for various publications, 1895-1901; corr., N.Y. World, 1901- 14; financial ed., Springfield Union, 1914 -. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: Springfield Union, Springfield. Home: 24 Mattoon St., Spring- field.
V PENGRA, Charles Oliver, lawyer; b. Boston, Mar. 20, 1891; s. Dr. Charles Philip Pengra and Isa- bel Marie (Martin) P .; ed. A.B., Harvard Univ., 1912; LL.B., llarvard Law Sch., 1914; m. Phyllis Evelyn Ericson of London, Eng., June 30, 1924. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1914; since in practice at Boston, specializing in corp. law; partner, Choate, Ilall & Stewart, 1920 -; served as arty. officer, U.S.A., 1918-19, with A.E.F. In France; tr. N.I. Deaconess llosp. Clubs: Union, Tennis and Rac- quet (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.). Office: 30 State St., . Boston. Ilome: 38 Lime St., Boston.
PENNELL, Henry Bodge, architect and decorator; b. Portland, Me., Dec. 9, 1869; s. William Henry and Lucinda Appleton (Bodge) P .; ed. Mass. Instit. Tech., 1887-90; American Acad., Rome, Italy, 1897- 99; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1897- 99; m. Grace Jewett, of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1902; children-Ilenry Bodge, Jr., Richard Jewett. Has followed profession of arch. and decoration since 1891; pres. corp. Pennell, Gibbs & Quiring Co., Boston, since 1908; served as 1st serg. 1st Corps Cadets, capt. Cohasset Mass. State Guard, 1916-19; mem. Boston Soc. of Archs., Delta Tau Delta. Club: Architects' (Boston). Office: 169 Newbury St., Boston. Home: Cohasset.
PENNER, Albert J., clergyman; b. Mountain Lake, Minn., Sept. 1, 1901; s. Abraham A. Penner and Agnes (Balzer) P .; ed. Mountain Lake (Minn.) high sch .; A.B., Bethel Coll., 1926; student, Univ. Minn., summer, 1925; B.D., Hartford Theol. Sem.,
1929; student, Univ. Marburg, Ger., 1930-31, Univ. Heidelberg, 1931-32; m. Bernice Haskin of Olathe, Kan., June 11, 1929; children-Lois Bernice, Allan Dwight. Pastor, 1st Cong. Ch., Stockbridge, 1929-30, Edwards Cong. Ch., Northampton, 1932- 39, 2nd Cong. Ch., Holyoke, Feb. 1, 1939 -; tr. Hartford Sem. Foundation, Hartford, Conn. Clubs: Kiwanis, Conn. River Valley Theol. (tr.). Travel: Europe, 1928, 1930-32. Congregational- ist. Republican. Home: 231 Oak St., Holyoke. YPENNEY, Hugh, clergyman; b. Belfast, Ire., Oct. 11, 1888; s. Robert Penney and Jane (Morrow) P .; ed. Belfast (Ire.) Acad .; Presbyn. Coll., Mont- real, Can .; McGill Univ .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1921; B.D., Bangor (Me.) Theol. Sem., 1922; grad. work, Brown and Harvard Unlvs .; D.D., Am. Internat. Coll., 1938; in. Marcia Burrill of Ded- ham, Me., June 5, 1918; children-llugh Burrill, Ruth Marcia, Ella Mae, Jean Roberta. Preached at Mille Isles Ch., Que., 1912-14; at Beloeil, 1914-15; pastor, Holden and Dedham, Me., 1917- 19, Sharon, Vt., 1919-21, Georgetown, 1921-23, Plymouth-Union Cong. Ch., Providence, R.I., 1923- 28, Eliot Union Ch., Lowell, 1928 --; tr. R.I.
State Conf., 1925-28, Mass. State Conf., 1934-37 (chmn. 1937); chmn. State Missionary Com., 1935- 37, tr. Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield, 1939; asso. sec., N.I. region Debt of Honor Commn., 1938; chaplain, William North A.F.&A.M .; mem. R.I. Union Ministers Assn. (sec., 1925-28), Lowell Ministers Assn. (pres.). Clubs: Lowell Congre- gational (pres., 1936), Pilgrim. Congregational- ist. Office: Eliot Union Church, Lowell. Home: 17 Belmont St., Lowell. Summer res .: Cousins Island, Me.
V PENNINGTON, Leslie Talbot, clergyman; b. Spice- land, Ind., Oct. 30, 1899; s. Levi T. Pennington and Mary (Brown) P .; ed. Spiceland (Ind.) Acad ; Moses Brown Sch .; A.B., Earlham Coll., 1922; S.T.B., Harvard Div. Sch., 1926; m. Elizabeth E. Daniels of Saxonville, Sept. 17, 1928; chil- dren-Mary E., Antoinette E. Minister Lincoln Unitarian-Cong. Soc., 1925-28; All Souls Ch., Braintree, 1928-32; 1st Unitarlan Soc., Ithaca, N.Y., 1932-35; 1st Parish, Cambridge, 1935 -; dir. Am. Unitarian Assn .; mem. Bd. Visitors, Har- vard Div. Sch .; tr. Ch. Peace Union. Unitarian. Independent. Office: 3 Church St., Cambridge. Home: 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Moretown, Vt.
V PENNOYER, Charles Huntington, social engineer and religious leader; born at Waterville, Eastern Township, Que., Canada, June 8, 1878; s. Henry Jesse Blossom Pennoyer and Mary Emma (llovey ) Huntington Pennoyer; ed. St. Francis Coll., Me- Gill, 1893-96; grad. Tufts Div. Sch., 1899; sph. and grad. studies, Harvard, 1900-01, Columbia, 1902-03; D.J., Tufts Coll., 1937; m. Emma llindley (Ph.B., A.M., Brown Univ., Phi Beta Kappa) of Valley Falls, R. I., July 27, 1905, one time on faculty R.I. Coll. of Edn., dau. of John Surman and Clarissa Ann (Stott) Hovey. Social worker, leader in dramatics, youth counsellor, student preacher, 1900-03; achieved place on "black list" of Bay State Conv. office for initiating, 1900, one of 1st federated churches in country at Braintree; Universalist ministry, Springfield, Vt., 1904-07, Halifax, N.S., Can., 1907-14, Attleboro, 1914-24; Official del. State of Vt. to World's Peace Congress, 1904; founded New Voters' Rec- ognition Festivals, 1904; Pilgrim Tercentenary leader, Provincetown; formed and led largest boys' club in denomination, 1914-21, co-teacher largest men's class, 1921-24, helped S.S. become largest in Mass., and obtained most ch. mem- bers in denominational drive (230) 1919-23; re- vived old and started new chs .; held regular personality confs., social clinies and civic reviv- als; pres. Interdenominational Ministerial Assn., 1916-18; dir. Chamber of Commerce and of Com- munity Chest; co-founder and 1st chmn. local Council of social Agencies, founder and dir., Community Fellowship, 1916-24; nem. Red Cross Exec. Com., Attleboro; initiated 1st Memorial Avenue for Gold Star Vets., 1918; leader Lib- erty Bond, 4 Minute Men, War Camp Community Service, Americanization, Liberty Chorus, etc.,
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in World War; pres. Vt. & Que. Y.P.C.U., 1904-07, later see., supt. of Vt. and Que. Univ. Unitarlan Conv .; exec. com. of Mass, Conf. of Social Work, 1919-28; chmn. Mass. Univ. Soclal Service Commn., 1920-24; initiated Affiliated Fellowship of Cong. Conf. and Univ. Unit. Conv. in Vt., 1932; recog- nized pioneer in adult continuation edn .; char- ter mem. Boston Chap, A.A.S.W., Boston Ethical Soe .; hon. mem. Meth. Men's Club (evangelist), Mass. Soc. S.A.R., Vt. Y.M.C.A. Bd .; mem. N.E. Trail Conf., 1920-24, building trails in Mass. and RI .; speaker in Chamber of Commerce drives and Labor meetings; lecturer N.E. and other colls., summer schs., clubs, leagues, forums; contbg. editor, 1908-14, and daily columnist, 1933-37. Author: book and brochure discussions. Travel: Europe, Eng., the Continent, summers 1926, 1928. Of N.E. Pilgrim ancestry. Oflice: 16 and 25 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 159 Grove St., Rutland, Vt.
PENNYPACKER, Thomas Ruston, schoolmaster; b. Boston, Dec. 20, 1894; s. Henry Pennypacker and Anna H. (Carpenter) P .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1916, A.M., 1930; m. Ilelene M. Locher of Kanton, Bern, Switz., Oct. 10, 1930; children-Nancy Henriette. Master, St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I., Sept. 1916-May 1917; asst. headmaster, Pinehurst Sch., Pine- hurst, N.C., Feb. 1919-June 1920; 'instr. French and German, Boston Pub. Latin Sch., 1922 -; chief petty officer, U.S. Naval Res., May 1917- May 1918, ensign, May 1918-Jan. 1919; mem.
A.F.&A.M. Travel: Europe (frequently for study); Cent. and So. Am. (in employ of United Fruit Co.) 1920-22. Family from Pa. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Boston Public Latin School, Av. Louis Pasteur, Boston. Home: 19 Brentwood Av., Newton Centre. Summer res .: Chatham.
VPEPPER, Benjamin Ward, engineer, insurance ex- ecutive; b. Boston, June 27, 1887; s. Roderick A. Pepper and Ella Frances (Lanning) P .; ed. S.B., M.I.T., 1909; in. Esther H. Barbour of Cambridge, Apr. 5, 1913; children-Edward L., John B. V.p., treas., dir. Shawmut Engring. Co., 1930 -; sec., dir. Dewick & Flanders, Inc .; pres. Franklin S. Phelps & Co .; dlr. Leno Elas- tic Web Co .; mem. A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Brae Burn Country, University. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 148 State St., Boston. Home: 30 Cheswick Rd., Auburndale.
V PEPPER, Charles Hovey, artist; b. Waterville, Me., Aug. 27, 1864; s. George Dana Boardman Pepper and Annie (Grassie) P .; ed. So. Jersey Inst., Coburn Class. Inst., Waterville, Me .; A B., Colby Coll., 1889, A.M., 1892, L.I.D., 1918; studied under Currier (Augusta, Me.), Chase, Mowbry and Cox (Art League, N.Y.), Constant, Laurens, Aman- Jean (Paris, Fr.); in, Frances Coburn of Skow- hegan, Me., July 16, 1889; children-Stephen C., Eunice G. Held one-man shows in Paris, Lon- don, Boston, New York; represented, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Fogg Art Mus. (Cambridge), Newark (N.J.) Mus., R.I. Sch. Design, Mills Coll. Mus., pvt. collections; mem. Concord Social Circle; fellow Am. Geographic Soc. Clubs: Boston Art, Boston City. Travel: Europe, Japan (painting and studying the old art of xylographs), Java, India. Author: Japanese Paints. Republican. Office: Fenway Studios, 30 Ipswich St., Boston. Home: 66 Griggs Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Attcan Lake, Jackman, Me.
ers Coll., Fitchburg, 1928-, chmn. Com. on Grad. Studies, 1937 -; lecturer on psychology, Bur- bank Hosp., Fitchburg; bugler Co. K, 353 Inf., 89th Div., U.S.A., Apr. 1918-June 1919, overseas 11 mos. with Army of Occupation, Ger., 5 mos .; 2nd lt. Inf., Res., 353rd Inf., 89th Dlv., 1923-28; mem. Am. Legion (Fitchburg Post #10), Phi Delta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (Fitchburg), Gro- ton Golf. Author: A Study of High School Fail- ures (A.M. thesis); An Experimental Study of Teachers' Marks (Ed.D. thesis). Travel: U.S., Can. (extensive). Protestant. Usually votes for liberal men and measures. Office: State Teach- ers Coll., Fitchburg. Home: 112 East St., Fitch- burg.
YPERCY, Atlee Lane, educator; b. Doylestown, Pa., Nov. 24, 1880; s. Frank Percy and Sara E. (Haga- man) P .; ed. Newtown (Bucks County, Pa.) high school; A.B., Taylor Univ., Upland, Ind., 1902; Chicago Law School, 1902-03; Bennett Account- ing Inst. (Phila.), 1911-14; Temple Unlv., 1914-15; B.B.A., Boston Univ., 1917, M.B.A., 1927; C.P.A. Massachusetts and New Hampshire; m. Clara E. Pittenger of Marion, Ind., June 4, 1902; 1 dau. -Beatrice (Whitworth). Admitted to Ind. bar, 1902; in practice of law and accounting, Marion, 1902-04; Instr., pub. and pvt. schs., 1904-06; head dept. accounting, Spencerian College, Cleveland, O., 1906-08, 1909-12; instr. accounting, tech. high school, Springfield, 1908-09; head dept. accounting, Banks Coll., Phila., 1912-15; instr., Boston Cler- ical Sch., 1915-17, head Instr., 1917-19; mem. fac- ulty Boston Univ., 1917-, prof. accounting and head dept. commercial edn., also dir. of teachers' courses Coll. Bus. Adm., 1921 -; chmn. div. com- mercial edn., 1933-, dir. Boston Univ. Summer Session 1934 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Mass. Soc. C.P.A.'s (past chmn. edn. com.), East- ern Commercial Teachers Assn., (past pres. ) N.E. High School Commercial Teachers Fed. (past pres.) Nat. Commercial Teachers Federation, N.E.A. (commercial edn. dept.), National Assn. Commercial Teacher-Training Institutions, A.F. and A.M. (Eliot Lodge), Boston Univ. A.F. and A.M., Quinobequin Lodge of Odd Fellows, Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psl, Gamma Rho Tau, Beta Alpha Psi, Bones. Clubs: University, Eliot, Central (Boston). Au- thor: Accounting Problems-Intermediate, 1922, 1931; Accounting Problems-Elementary, Accounting , Problems-Advanced, 1924; Principles 1924; of Bookkeeping and Business-Elementary, 1926; Principles of Bookkeeping-Advanced, 1927; Fun- damentals of Bookkeeping and Business, 1933; Fundamentals of Bookkeeping and Business-Ad- vanced, 1935; editor of commercial series, Stu- dents Outlines for Home Study; has contributed to educational magazines. Travel: Brit. Isles (as guest of Brit. Speaking Union to study busi- ness education). Methodist. Independent. Of- fice: 525 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 18 Bon- wood St., Newtonville.
VPERCY, Karlton Goodsell, physician; b. Brookline, Nov. 11, 1886; s. Frederick B. Percy and Ada Lieber (Goodsell) P .; ed. Westminster Sch., Sims- bury, Conn .; A.B, Yale, 1907; M.D., Harvard Med. . Sch., 1911; m. Margret Eno of Simsbury, Conn., Sept. 10, 1914; children-George Eno, Elinor. Interne, Boston Floating Hosp., 1911, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1911-12, Children's Hosp., 1914; practiced pediatrics, Boston, 1914 -; visiting phys., Infants and Children's Ilosps., Boston, 1914-26, Boston Baby Hygiene, 1913-16; eons. pediatrician, Symmes Arlington, Chelsea Mem., and Woburn Hosps .; capt. Children's Bur., Am. Red Cross, France, 1917-18; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Ami. Acad. Pediatrics. Clubs: Yale, Harvard. Author: med. papers. Unitarian. Republican. 520 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 16 Circuit Rd., Chestnut Hill.
PERCIVAL, Harry Fariam, professor; b. Arkansas City, Kan., May 30, 1895; s. Albert Farlamı Per- eival and Margaret Elizabeth (Brown) P .; ed. Arkansas City (Kan.) high seh., 1909-13; Beth- any Coll., Lindsborg, Kan., 1913-14; Univ. Kan., 1914-16, summers, 1922-25, A.M., 1925; A.B., Ot- Office: tawa (Kan.) Univ., 1917; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1926, Ed.D., 1933; m. Gladys Spencer Burckhardt of Greensburg, Kan., Sept. 27, 1919; V PERERA, Gino Lorenzo, artist; b. Siena, Italy, children-Allen Clare, Harold Douglas, Roy Burckhardt. Teacher hist. and math., high sehs., Kan. and Ariz., 1917-25; tutor in employ of H. M. Jewett, Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., 1926-27; prin., Glenbrook Schs., Stamford, Conn .. 1927-28; prof. psychology and head of dept., State Teach-
Aug. 2, 1872; s. Alesander Perera and llelen (Gallichi) P .; ed. Royal Acad., Rome 1898-1900; m. Caroline Thacher of Boston, May 22, 1901; 1 son-Guido Rinaldo. Came to U.S., 1892, natur- alized, 1900. Works shown in major exhibitions in N.Y. City, Phlla. (Pa.), and Boston; maj. and
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dir. gen. purchasing dept., Am. Red Cross, Italy, 1918-19; decorated Knight Order of Crown of Italy, 1912; mem. Copley Soc. of Boston (v.p.). Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Country (Brook- line). Catholic. Republican. Home: 382 Com- monwealth Av., Boston.
PERKINS, Agnes Frances, professor of English; b. Oxford, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1875; d. Gerrit Henry Perkins and Frances (Wilcox) P .; ed. Oxford (N.Y.) Acad .; A.B., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898, A.M., 1899; S.M., Columbia, 1930; unmarried. Teacher, Baldwin Sch., Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1898-1901; instr., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1900; teacher, Holman Sch., Phila., 1902-06; instr., Wellesley Coll., 1906-11, asso. prof., Eng., 1911-26, prof., 1926-, chmŕ. dept. Eng. composition, 1935 -; prof. Eng., Constantinople Coll. for Women, 1912-14;
mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Nat. Assn. Teachers Eng., N.E. Assn. Teachers Eng., Am. Assn. Unlv. Profs., Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Clubs: Bryn Mawr (Boston, N.Y.). Author: In- troduction to Study of Rhetorie, 1903, 1907, 1926. Editor: Vocations for the Trained Woman, 1911. Travel: Eng., Ger., It., Fr., Turk., Rus., Swed. Episcopallan. Independent. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Home: 15 Roanoke Rd., Wel- leslcy. Summer res .: Rensselaerville, Albany Co., N.Y.
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PERKINS, Charles Franklin, judge; b. Plymouth, May 6, 1855; s. Charles Anderson Simon Per- kins and Ann Eliza (Brown) P .; ed. grad., Ply- mouth high sch., 1872; Bryant & Stratton Com- mercial Sch., 1872; LL.B., Boston Unlv. Sch. Law, 1877; m. Cynthia Livingston Hopkinson of Brookline, May 28. 1879; children-Carroll Livingston (d.), Linwood Russell (d.), Paul Frank- lin. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1877; in gen. prac- tlce, Boston, 1877 -; spl. justice, 1882-1904, pre- siding justice, Mun. Ct. of Brookline, 1904-25, jus- ticc, Appellate Div., Dist. Cts. of Mass., 1924-25; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Boston Patent Law Assn., Bar Assn. of Norfolk Co., Brookline Law Library (founder and pres.), Founders and Patriots of America, Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs., Sons of the Revolution, Pilgrim Society, Unitarian Laymen's League. Club: First Parish Club of Brookline. Republican. Office: 161 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 503 Boylston St., Brookline.
VPERKINS, Clarence Edwin, business executive; b.
Boston, Feb. 22, 1872; s. Henry Johnson Perkins and Helen Mary (Dustin) P .; ed. Somerville high sch .; Mass. Nautical sch., 1894-95; m. Olivia Harrict Shuttleworth of Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 27, 1899. With Andersen Coal Co., 1896-1905; Lec, Higginson & Co., 1905-22; v.p., B. J. Baker & Co., 1922 -; now also treas., clk., sec., dir .; dir. Batehelder & Snyder Co., Inc .; Consolidated Ma- chine Tool Corp .; Everlastik Incorporated; pres., dir., Family Products Corp., Dr. Gross Labs., Inc., Homestead Country Club, Inc., Internat, Pro- prietaries, Inc., Tanlac Co., Inc .; v.p., dir., Tanlac Co., Ltd., W. E. Welch Co .; chinn. Mass. Naut. Sch. Commrs. (commr., 1915-); sec. Liberty Loan Com. N.E. during entire World War. Clubs: Homestead Country (pres.), Cottage Park Yacht (past Com.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 209 Washington St., Boston. Home: 56 Lowell Rd., Winthrop.
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PERKINS, Clifton Todd, physician; b. Auburn, Me., Jan. 20, 1901; s. Everett C. Perkins and Louise M. (Todd) P .; ed. Farmington and Rochester (N.I1.) high schs .; A.B., Bates Coll., 1922; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1926; m. Annie M. Jack- son of Amesbury and Salisbury, Feb. 5, 1928; 1 dan .- Agnes Anne. Interne, Mass. Mem, Hosps., Boston, 1926-27, res. phys., 1927-28; sr. phys., Worcester State Hosp., 1928-30, acting asst. supt., 1930-32, asst. supt., 1932-35; asst. to Cominr., Dept. Mental Diseases, State House, Boston, 1935- 37; state expert for examining insanc criminals, Dec. 1936-July 1937; Asst. Cominr., May 1937- Oct. 1938, Commr., Mass. Dept. Mental Health, Oct., 1938 -; instr. therapeutics, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1931-36, clin. psychiatry, 1932-36. For- merly mem. Council for clin. tr. of theol. stu- dents; active for Community Chest, 1932-36, Cam-
paign Fund, Boston, 1936; capt., Co. D, 101st Med. Regt., 26th Div., Mass. N.G .; fellow Am. Psychiatric Assn .; mem. A.M.A., Mass, and Nor- folk Co. Med. Socs., Mass. Psychiatric Soc., N.E. Soc. Psychiatry, Am. Assn. on Mental Deficiency, Worcester Co. Bates Alumni Assn. (pres.); diplo- mate, Nat. Bd. Med. Examiners, 1927; Am. Bd. Psychol. & Neurol., Inc., 1936. Clubs: Worces- ter Rotary (chmn., pub. health com., 1935), Bos- ton City. Author: Articles on sci. and tech. med. subjs. G.s. Abigail and Daniel Todd, Row- ley. Methodist. Office: 100 Nashua St., Boston. Home: 10 Bellevue Rd., Melrose. Summer res .: Plaice Cove, Hampton Beach, N.H.
VPERKINS, David, business man; b. Bridgewater, Aug. 10, 1873; s. Aaron Perkins and Ellen (Pope) P .; ed. Brockton high sch .; m. Ruth Carr Loth- rop of Easton, June 12, 1901; children-Amity Ruth, Ellen, Virginia, (Dr.) David Lothrop. In shoe bus, in many capacitles; with W. L. Doug- las Shoe Co., then with Geo. E. Keith Co., 1892- 1931, dlr., 1921-1931; clk., 1930-31; tr., v.p., bd. investment, People's Sav. Bk .; dir. Security Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn .; alderman, Brockton, 1912- 13; fuel administrator, Brockton, during World War; mem. Chamber of Commerce (pres. 3 yrs.), S.A.R., Masons (has held Important offices). Travel: Calif., 1926; Mediterranean, Egypt, Holy Land, Europe, 1927. Desc. John Alden, David Perkins, an original propr., Town of Bridgewater. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 104 Mar- ket St., Brockton. Summer res .: Pocasset (Town of Bourne).
PERKINS, Elizabeth Ward, author; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 7, 1873; d. Thomas Wren and Sophia How- ard (Ward) W .; ed. Brearlcy Sch., N.Y. City; took entrance exam., Bryn Mawr Coll .; student music in Europe 2 yrs .; studied art under Charles HI. Woodbury, N.A., of Boston; m. Charles Bruen Perkins, of Boston, Sept. 8, 1896; children- Francis D., Dr. Anna W., Elinor C. (Mrs. Lewis P. Mansfield), Mary E. Collaborated with Charles Il. Woodbury in originating a course in observa- tion-mental training through drawing; ini- tlated application of the system in kindergar- tens, schs., museums, etc .; a founder, Woodbury Training Sch. in Applied Observation, 1928; lec- turer on ednl. subjs .; Children's Art Centre, Bos- ton; tr. Children's mus., Boston; mem. corp. Perkins Inst. for the Blind, Watertown; chmn. women's war socs. for Brookline and Suffolk County, World War; pres. Am. Fed. of Arts, Guild Boston Artists. Club: Women's City (Bos- ton). Author: Observation, 1919; The Art of Seeing (with Charles H. Woodbury), 1925; also articles in mags. and translations from the French and German. Hoinc: Catholic. 231 Perkins St., Jamaica Plain, Boston.
PERKINS, Florence Tobey, home-maker; b. Bos- ton, Aug. 23, 1873; d. James W. Tobey and Lydia Catherine (Morrill) T .; cd pvt. sch .; Boston Girls' Latin sch .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1894; m. George Winslow Perkins of Malden, Jan. 28, 1903. Exec. sec., Mass. Suffrage Assn., 1917-19, Mass. League of Women Voters, 1919- 22; sec., Women's Rep. Club of Mass., Inc., 1922-, mgr., 1922-26; home-maker, volunteer worker in clubs and charities, 1926 -; pres. Mass. State Fed. Women's Clubs, 1913-16; founder, pres., Boston City Fed., 1912-13, 1916-17, dir., Gen. Fed., 1916-20; dir., Prendergast Preventorium Com .; mem. Rep. State Com., 1920-22; trcas. War Victory Commn., Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, dur- ing World War (sending 100 girls overseas to work under Y.W.C.A.); mem. Women's Mun. League (Boston treas., 1932-), Am. Assn. Unlv. Women (pres., 1911-15), Women's Ednl. & In- dustrlal Union, Boston Tuberculosis Assn., etc. Clubs: Women's Republican of Mass., Boston College, Boston City. Travel: U.S., Can. Epis- copalian. Republican. Home: 25 Parkman St., Brookline.
PERKINS, James Albion, manufacturer; b. Bridge- water, Vt .; s. Charles A. Perkins and Eliza (Densmore) P .; ed. Woodstock and Rutland (Vt.) high schs .; m. Flossic McCloud, Apr. 9, 1918.
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LARKIN, ROOSEVELT & LARKIN'S
Photo-engraver, 1900-08; partner with brother, Perkins Appliance Co., later Perkins Machine & Gear Co., 1908-, v.p., 1916 -; mem. Elks. Clubs: Newton (Ia.), Country, Lions. Office: Perkins Machine & Gear Co., West Springfield. Home: 158 Wenonah Rd., Longmeadow,.
VPERKINS, JJennette Eloise, editor, writer; b. Grand Island, Neb., Mar. 30, 1887; d. Arthur B. Perkins and May S. (Valentine) P .; ed. Bennington (Vt.) high sch .; Bradford Acad. (Jr. Coll.), 1907; stu- dent, Auburn Sch. Rel. Edn., Yale; Teachers Coll. (Columbia); Union Theol. Sem. (N.Y.); m. Edward B. Brown of N.Y. City, Dec. 24, 1933. Vol. community and church worker, 1907-17; travel, study, writing, 1919-29; mem. ed. staff, Cong. Pub. Soc. (Pilgrim Press), 1926 -; teacher, writer, supervisor in church sch. and summer schs., 1929-38; on staff, Riverside Church Sch., N.Y. City, 1929 -; now Children's Ed., Pilgrini Press, Boston; asso. ed., Pilgrim Elementary Teacher; supervisor of primary work, Riverside Ch. Sch., N.Y .; did recreational Y.W.C.A. work, World War, 1918-19; mem. Internat. Council Rel. Edn. Club: National. Author: Adventures of Sauey Rabbit, 1920; At School with the Great Teacher, 1924; The Amateur Poster Mak- er, 1924; Primary Worship Guide; Knights of Anytown; The Rest of the Family; God's Friendly World; Others Call It God, 1934; As Children Worship, 1936; While the Earth Remaineth, 1937; Children's Worship in the Church School, 1939; Caterpillar Caterpillar, 1939. Travel: extensive in U.S., Europe, No. Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey (1907-25). Protestant. Office: 14 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Home: 420 West 118 St., New York, N.Y.
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PERKINS, John Carroll, clergyman; b. Auburn, Me., June 6, 1862; s. John William Perkins and Martha (McKenney) P .; ed. Nichols Latin Sch., Lewiston, Me .; A.B., Bates Coll., 1882, A.M., 1885, D.D., 1932; student, Berlin and Marburg Univs., Ger .; B.D., Harvard Div. Seh., 1891, A.M., Harvard, 1891; D.D., Bowdoin Coll., 1904; m. Edith Burnside Milliken of Boston, June 28, 1892. Teacher, West Lebanon Acad., 1882-83, Roxbury Latin sch., 1883-86; in Ger., 1886-87; or- dained to Unitarian ministry, 1891; pastor, 1st Parish, Portland, Me., 1891-1913, Univ. Uni- tarian Ch., Seattle, Wash., 1914-26; King's Chapel, Boston, 1927-33; emeritus 1933 --; naval chap- lain, World War; mem, Colonial Soc. Mass., S.C.W., Mayflower Soc. (Me.), Pacific Unitarian Conf. (1st v.p.), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Rossini, Sat- urday Evening Fraternity (Portland, Me.); Cos- mos, Clerical Study (Seattle, Wash.); Union (Bos- ton). Mayflower desc. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 27 Marlboro St., Boston.
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