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Eng., Fr., Ger., Den., Gr., It., Rus., 1903-1912; Fr., It., 1913; Eng., 1928; It., 1934. Republican, Home: 1039 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge.
VPOND, Clarence Haendel, piano manufacturer, trus- tee; b. Winchester, Sept. 24, 1878; s. Handel Pond and Amelia Ripley (Herrick) I' .; ed., A.B., Har- vard, 1899; grad. student Univ. of Berlin, Germany, Univ. of Nancy, France. In employ Ivers & Pond Piano Co., Boston, since 1900, pres. since 1920; tr. several estates. Clubs: Harvard (New York), Boston Yacht (ex-vice commodore), University (ex- vice pres.), Harvard (Boston). Office: 530 Main St., Cambridge. Home: Winchester.
Y POND, Clarence Strong, clergyman, teacher; b. Bos- ton, Jan. 30, 1879; s. Stephen Holmes Pond and Mary Rachel (Glenn) P .; ed. Litt.B., Boston Univ., 1900; student, Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1900-01; grad., Newton Andover Theol. Sch., 1903; S.T.B., Harvard Div. Sch., 1908; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1925; m. Flora M. Barlow of Boston, Sept. 14, 1903. Ordained, Baptist Ch., 1903; min- ister, Pocasset, 1901-03, Beverly Farms Baptist Ch., 1903 -; teacher, hist., Civics, economics, pub. schs. of Beverly, 1922 -; teacher and prin. Fed. Govt., Berkeley Prevocational Sch. Boston, 1918- 19; writer, North Shore Breeze 1907-30; mem. Alumni exec. com., Harvard Div. Sch., chmn. Fed. Govt. Ednl. Bd. of Beverly Exemption Bd .; World War investigator, Protective Assn. of War Dept., recd. medal for service; executor and tr. various estates 1905-37, dir. Beverly Pub. Lib., Beverly Improvement Soc .; mem. Mass. S.P.C.C. (treas. Beverly Farm Br.), Hon. Mem. G.A.R. (tr. Relief Funds, 1900-1935); mem. Sons Union Vets. (chap- lain State and local), Phi Delta Kappa, Free Masons (chaplain, Liberty Lodge, 1930-). Clubs: North Shore University (organizer, Ist pres.), North Shore Harvard. Desc. of: Robert and Mary Pond, Bev- erly, 1630, Arbella passengers. Baptist. Repub- lican. Ilome: 17 High St., Beverly Farms.
POND, Cordelia Caroline, director of art museum; b. Gardner, July 25, 1885; d. Albert Willis Sargent and Catherine Jane (Grigg) S .; m. John Dudley Pond of Agawam, Jan. 1, 1932; children (stepsons) -Howard W., Ralph D., Kenneth M., Emerson H., Clifford D., Everett H .; (stepdaughters)-Mrs. Ber- nice Merrell, Mrs. Gladys Havens, Mrs. Grace Cavicchi, Mrs. Esther Faulkner. Volunteer worker, Pub. Lib., Meriden, Conn., 1903; with City Library Assn., Springfield; asst. in Art Museum, 1904, then asst. curator, curator and dir., 1930-(Museum's name changed to The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery) ; mem. Am. Assn. Museums, Coll. Art\/ Assn., Japan Soc. (corr.), Springfield Art League (hon.), Chicago Soc. Etchers (asso.), Springfield Fed. Women's Clubs (past pres.). Clubs: Women's, Hampden County Women's, Forum, Presidents' of 14th Mass. District. Editor: Bulletin of Springfield Women's Club. Office: The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, Springfield. Home: 845 Main St., Agawam.
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Y POND, Preston C., banker; b. Chicopee, Sept. 20, 1860; s. Levi Forrester Pond and Ellen (Crosby) P .; ed. grad., Chieopee high sch., 1878. Manager in gen. merchandise store and mgr. telegraph office in store, 1874-1912, propr. store, 1912-18; v.p. Cabot Trust Co., Chicopee, 1918-33, treas., 1925-33, pres., 1933 -; tr. and mem. exec. com., Chicopee Sav. Bk .; dir. Chicopee Coop. Bk .; tr. Page Scholarship Fund; treas. Chicopee Chamber of Commerce, Hampden County Tuberculosis Assn .; pres. Spring- field Coin Club; mem. Masons. Office: 35 Center St., Chicopee. llome: 81 Fairview Av., Chicopee. POND, Shepard, piano manufacturer; b. Winehester, Feb. 18, 1889; s. Ilandel Pond and Amelia Ripley (Herrick) P .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; m. June Anne Thornton of Boston, June 4, 1936; 1 dau .- Susan Shepard. With Hayden, Stone & Co., bankers, 1910-23; treas. Ivers & Pond Piano Co., 1923 -; dir. Poole Piano Co., Ivers & Pond Piano Co .; at 2d Plattsburg Camp; capt., U.S.A., Nov. 1917-Dec. 1918; mem. Boston Numis. Soc. (pres.), Am. Numis. Soc. N.Y., (mem. council), Royal Numis. Soc. London, (fellow), Société Fran- çaise de Numismatique, Société Royale de Numis- matique de Belgique. Clubs: Harvard (Boston,
N.Y.). Author: many articles on numismatics. Travel: Europe (often), W.I. Specialist in and authority on coins and medals of French Revolu- tion and Napoleon. Independent Republican. Home: 141 Longwood Av., Brookline.
PONTE, George Perry, lawyer; b. New Bedford, May 24, 1905; s. Joseph P. Ponte and Maria R. (Freitas) P .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; Tufts Coll., 1923- 24; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1924-27; mn. Theresa Simmons of New Bedford, May 20, 1930; children-George P., Jr., Barbara T. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1927; in gen, practice law, New Bed- ford, 1927 -; mem. City Council, New Bedford, 1929-30, 1939-40; mem. Mass., Bristol Co., and New Bedford Bar Assns. Club: New Bedford Country. Catholic. Republican. Office: Room 406, First Nat. Bank Bldg., New Bedford. Home: 151 Rockland St., New Bedford. Summer res .: Island View, l'air- haven.
POOLE, Ava W, insurance broker; b. East Wey- mouth, May 26, 1891; s. William Harrison Poole and Fannie Louise (Holbrook) P .; ed. Belmont high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1914; m. Agnese J. Peckham of Watertown, Oct. 21, 1916; children-1. Harri- son, Nancy Virginia. Piano mfg. bus., 1914, pres., dir. Poole Piano Co., 1917 -; gen. ins. broker, 1932 -; 2nd It., Ord. Dept., U.S.A., 1918; pres., dir. Kendall Sq. Garage, Inc .; treas., tr. Kendall Sq. Bldg. Trust. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Rotary (Cambridge), Eastern Point Yacht (Gloucester). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 40 Broad St., Boston. Home: Eastern Pt. Blvd., Gloucester. ·POOLE, Margaret Matheson, osteopathic physician ; b. Stoke, Que., Can., Mar. 9, 1880; d. Alan Mathe- son and Clara (Andrews) M .; ed. Littleton (N.H.) high sch .; student, Middlebury (Vt.) Coll., 1899- 1901; D.O., Am. Sch. Osteopathy, 1903; m. Dr. 1. Chester Poole of Dartmouth, Feb. 22, 1904; children -- Mrs. Rachel Poole Pratt, Mrs. Clara Poole Cox, Alan Matheson, Mrs. Margaret Poole Ellis. Prac- ticed osteopathy, Littleton, N.H., 1903-04, Fall River, 1904 -; lecturer on health and inspirational subjs .; mem. Am. and Mass. Osteopathic Assns., W.C.T.U. (pres.), Nat. Women's Party, N.E. Wom- en's Press Assn., Nat. and Internat. Feds. Bus. & Prof. Women's Clubs, Mass. Fed. Bus. & Prof. Women's Clubs (past pres.). Clubs: Business & Professional Women's of Fall River (past pres.), Professional Women's (Boston). Author: Health Suggestions, food articles, children's stories. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office and home: Pleasant St., Dighton. Summer res .: Littleton, N.H.
POOR, Edward J., industrial executive; b. Peabody, July 15, 1882; s. Joseph Il. Poor and Margaret (Linehan) P .; ed. Salem high sch .; M.I.T., 3 yrs. with class of 1905; m. Louise Fuller of Salem, De. 29, 1915; m. (2d) Grace Hebor of Brookline, Aug. 10, 1938; children-David E., Marie L., Leon- ard F., Raymond J. Partner, Bay State Lamp Co., 1904-08, pres., 1908-17; pres. Ilygrade Lamp Co., Salem, 1917-31; chmn. bd. dirs., Hygrade Sylvania · Corp., 1931 -. Clubs: Salem Country (pres.), Corin- thian Yacht, Exchange, University, Boston Garden, Lake Sunapee Country, Lake Sunapee Yacht. Oť- fice: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 210 Lowell St., Peabody. Summer res .: New London, N. H.
V POORE, Benjamin Andrew, army officer; b. Centre, Ala., June 22, 1863; s. Andrew Poore and Keziah (Brooks) P .; ed. B.S., U.S. Mil. Acad., 1886; In- fantry and Cavalry Sch., 1893; Army War Coll., 1909; m. Miss Carleton of Salem, June 20, 1888 (d. Feb. 13, 1929) ; ehildren-Katharine Hale, Priscilla Carleton, Adelaide Carleton; m. (2d) Mrs. Flora B. Bullock, Oct. 22, 1930. Commd. 2d lt. 12th Inf., July 1, 1886, promoted through grades to col. 8th Inf., July 1, 1916, brig. gen., N.A., Aug. 5, 1917, brig. gen., regular army, Dec. 21, 1921, maj. gen., Oct. 11, 1925; instructor, U.S. Mil. Acad., 1893-95; engaged at Guanica, P.R., July 25, 1898, and at Hormigueros, P.R. Aug. 10, 1898; q.m. of regt. and regtl. adj., 1899-1903; in Philippines, 1899-1902; comdr. detachment of 6th Inf. in fight at Guin- Tabuan, Negros, Oct. 1, 1899, also various expdns .; served in field in Samar, 1905, in Alaska, 1909-10; duty, Gen. Staff, Washington, D.C., 1912-14, 1914- 16; in Philippine Islands and China, 1916-17; comdr.
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162nd Depot Brigade, Camp Pke, Little Rock, Ark., Sept .- Dec. 1917; comdr. 14th Inf. Brig., El Paso, Tex., Dec. 1917; comdr. 7th Inf. Brig., 1th Div., Apr. 3, 1918-Aug. 1, 1919; arrived in France, May 23, 1918; engaged in Aisne-Marne offensive and defensive, St. Mlhiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne of- fensive, July 18-Nov. 11, 1918; in Army of Occupa- tion, Ger., Dec. 1918-July 1919; returned to U.S., Aug. 1919; assigned to comd. Ft. D. A. Russell, Wyo., comd. Camp Lewis and Vancouver barracks, Wash., Fcb .- Sept. 1920; comd. 1st Inf. and Ith Inf. Brig. 2nd Div., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., Oct. 1920- Nov. 1924; comd. Ft. Sheridan, Ill., and 12th Inf. Brig., Nov. 1924-Oct. 1925; comd. 7th Corps Area, Omaha, Neb., 1925-27; retired June 22, 1927; awarded D.S.M., D.S.C., 2 War Dept. citations (U.S.); Officer Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with palm (French); Croce di Guerra al Merito (Italian); mem. Soc. War of 1812. Clubs: Army and Navy, Army-Navy Country (Washington), Oak Hill Country (Fitchburg). Unitarian. Address: 30 Prospect St., Fitchburg.
V POPE, Alton Stackpole, physician; b. Manchester, Me., Apr. 26, 1886; s. Charles S. Pope and Mary E. (Carpenter) P .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1910; C.P.H., Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1920, D.P.H., 1925; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1924; m. Elinor S. Pedley, June 27, 1927. Employed as dist. healtlı officer, Me. Dept. Health, 1920; asst. prof. epidemiology, Coll. Phys. and Surgs., Columbia, 1925-26; chief, Bur. Communicable Diseases, Chicago Health Dept., 1926-29; instr. in vital statistics, Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1929-30; lecturer in pub. health administrn., 1937 -; lecturer in preventive medicine, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1932 -; dir. div. of tuberculosis, Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, 1930-, dep. commr. pub. health, 1937; mem. A.M.A., Am. Pub. Health Assn., Am. Soc. Epidemiologists, Mass. Med. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard, Boston City (Boston). Unitarian. Office: State House, Boston. Home: 35 Fair Oaks Av., Newtonville.
POPE, Arthur, professor of fine arts, artist; b. Cleveland, O., Jan. 31, 1880; s. John Lang Pope and Frances Emily (Whipple) P .; ed. Cleveland (O.) Cent. high sch., 1892-96; A.B., Harvard, 1901; stu- dent, Harvard Grad. Sch., 1901-02; m. Mysie Black Bell of Roxburghshire, Scotland, June 9, 1906; chil- dren-Mary Bell (wife of Dr. Benjamin F. Corn- wall), Hugh, Murray. Austin teaching fellow, Har- vard, 1901-06, instr., 1906-09, asst. prof., 1909-19, prof. fine arts, 1919 -; has exhibited his paintings occasionally in Boston and N.Y. City; tr. Isabella Stewart Gardner Mus., Boston. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), The Country (Brookline). Author: Intro- duction to Language of Drawing and Painting- Vol. I, The Painter's Terms, 1929, Vol. II, The Painter's Modes of Expression, 1931; Art, Artist and Layman, 1937. Home: 11 Lowell St., Cam- bridge.
POPE, Arthur Edward, public utilities official; b. Burlington, Vt., Aug. 31, 1883; s. Edward Allen Pope and Anna Maria (Root) P .; ed. grad. Burling- ton (Vt.) high sch., 1900; B.S. (in E.E.), Univ. Vt., 1904, E.E., 1929; m. Elizabeth Kellogg of Platts- burgh, N.Y., June 19, 1909; children-Patricia, Richard Warren. Engr., Gen. Elec. Co., Schenec- tady, N.Y., 1904-06; inspection and constru. engr., J.G. White, N.Y. City, 1906-11; elec. engr., asst. gen. mgr., then acct. to pres., N.E. Power Co., Worcester and Boston, 1911-28, v.p. in charge of operations for wholesale cos., N.E. Power Assn., Boston, 1928 -; pres. Bellows Falls Hydro-Elec. Corp .; v.p. and dir., N.E. Power Co., Conn. River Power Co., Green Mt. Power Corp., R.I. Power Trans- mission Co., N.E. Power Service Co .; mem. Sigma Phi. Clubs: Wellesley Country, Wellesley Hills, University (Boston). Republican. Office: 441 Stuart St., Boston. Home: Greenwood Rd., Welles- ley Hills.
POPE, Ralph Linder, merchant; b. Boston, Mar. 23, 1887; s. Col. Albert A. Pope and Abby (Linder) P .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; M.I.T. 1910; m. Elizabeth Wightman of Brookline, May 23, 1908; children-Mrs. Paul Agassiz Shaw, Ralph Linder, Jr., Lucy Linder. Office boy, Northwestern Leather Co., 1908; progressed, elected v.p., 1916; reorgan-
ized company for bankers, 1920-22, pres. 1922 -; capt. Ist Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, com- mandant 1st Motor Corps Service Sch., 1917-18; 1st lt., Signal Corps, McCook Field, Dayton, O., 1918; discharged, capt. Air Service, Nov., 1918; v. chmn. bd. trs., Northwestern Leather Co .; tr., dir. Willlam Brooks Shoe Co .; nicm. Com. of Eight, Tanners' Council of Am .; mem. Boston Leather Trade Benevolent Soc. (v.p.), Delta Psi. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Tennis & Racquet, St. Bo- tolph, Essex County, Eastern Yacht, Badminton & Tennis, St. Anthony, Manchester Yacht. S. Col. Albert A. Pope, 35th Mass Regt .; nephew, Col. George Pope, 54th Mass. Regt. Episcopalian. In- dependent Republican. Office: 93 Lincoln St., Bos- ton. Home: 16 Moninouth St., Brookline. Summer res .: School St., Manchester-by-the-Sea.
POPE, Sarah Elizabeth, college dean; b. Dorchester, Apr. 13, 1889; d. Stephen Augustus Pope and Jessie (Maclsaac) P .; ed. Dorchester high sch .; grad. Framingham State Normal Sch., 1912; B.S., Co- Iunibia, 1927, M.A., 1928; unmarried. Teacher prevocational class, Quincy, 1912-14; critic teacher, Bridgewater State Teachers Coll., 1914-19, dean of women, 1919 -; mem. N.E.A., Nat. Assn. Deans of Women, Mass. State Teachers Coll. Assn., Mass. Deans Assn. Clubs: Women's City (Boston), Ousamequin (Bridgewater). Travel. Calif., Brit. Columbia, Europe, Bermuda, Congregationalist. Republican. Office: State Teachers College, Bridge- water. Home: 15 Spring Hill Av., Bridgewater. VPOPPEN, James L., neurosurgeon; b. Drenthe, Mich., Feb. 27, 1903; s. John Poppen and Ann (Slotman) P .; ed. grad., Hope Prep. Sch., 1920; A.B., Hope Coll., 1936; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1930; m. Nancy High of Sheridan, Wyo., Apr. 10, 1933. Interne, St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1930-31; res. surg., Ill. Research and Ednl. Hosp., 1931-33; neurosurg., Lahey Clinic, N.E. Baptist and N.E. Deaconess Hosps .; cons. neurosurg., Boston Psychopathic Hosp .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Harvey Cushing Soc., Soc. Neurol. Surgeons, A.C.S., A.M.A., Boston Soc. Neurology & Psychiatry, Nu Sigma Nu, Fraternal Soc. (Hope Coll.). Presbyterian. Republican. Of- fice: 605 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 37 Englewood Av., Brookline.
POROSKY, Matthew, corporation executive; b. Bos- ton, Apr. 8, 1887; s. Louis Porosky and Deborah (Brodie) P .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; B.S. (elec. engring.), M.I.T., 1909; m. Harriet Isaacson, Jan. 10, 1911; children-Mrs. Janice P. Olins, Stanley M. Served successively as engr., head of cost and planning depts., factory ingr., acting treas., asst. to pres., clk. of Corp., pres. Holtzer-Cabot Elec. Co., 1909-29; lloltzer-Cabot was sold to The Gamewell Co., 1929, became v.p. and gen. mgr. Holtzer-Cabot Elec. Co., later v.p. Gamewell Co .; Instr., spl. lecturer, Northeastern Unlv., 1919 -; mem. Corp. Northeastern Univ .; past mem. Advi- sory Com., Town of Brookline; mem. Nat. Elec. Mfrs. Assn. (v.p., dir.), Boston Soc. Industrial Engrs., A.F.&A.M. (32º), Shrine. Club: Rotary (Boston). Author: Practical Factory Administra- tion and other papers read before Cost Account- ants Assn, and Boston Soc. Industrial Engrs. Reform Jewish. Republican. Office: 1002 Park
Sq. Bldg., Boston. Home: 23 Parkman St., Brook- Ilne.
PORTER, Charles Huntington, professor; b. Provi- dence, R.I., pr. 14, 1879; s. George Whipple Porter and Emma Loulse (Hoyt) P .; cd. A.B., Brown Univ., 1900; S.B., M.I.T., 1903; m. Emily Martin Richardson of Belmont, Sept. 6, 1912; children- Mrs. Anna Porter Garber, Mrs. Jean Porter Rog- erson, Huntington. Instr., M.I.T., 1904-09; comp- troller, W. I1. McElwain Co., 1909-21; asst treas. President Suspender Co., 1921-24; comptroller, Cambridge Gas Light Co., 1925-27; asst. prof. accounting, M.I.T., 1927-30, prof., 1930 -; tr. Tam- worth Foundation; mein. exec. com., Soc. Protec- tion of N.H. Forests; mem. Mass. Forestry Assn., Proportional Representation League, Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants. Club: Appalachian Mt. Au- thor: Accounting (with Wyman P. Fiske), 1935. Oflice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
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Home: 39 Kirkland St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Tamworth, N.H.
Y PORTER, Charles Scott, dean; b. Hatfield, Sept. 23, 1897; s. Charles Porter and Lucy Ann (Scott) P .; ed. Northampton high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1919; A.M., Clark Unlv., 1922; student, Univ. Chi- cago; m. Mildred Linscott of Woburn, June 27, 1923; children-John Worthington, Arthur Lins- cott. Instr. math., Worcester Poly. Inst., Worces- ter, 1919-24; instr. math. Amherst Coll., 1924-27, asst. prof., 1927-29, asso. prof., 1929-35, dean, 1931 -; tr. Diekinson Hosp., Northampton; gov., Am- herst Boys Club; mem. Amherst Coll. S.A.T.C., Oct-Dee. 1918; mem Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kap- pa, Sigma Xi Club: Amherst Faculty. Travel: Eng., Ger., Aus., Fr., July-Dec., 1936. Episcopa- lian. Republiean. Office: Johnson Chapel, Am- herst College, Amherst. Home: 29 Hitchcock Rd., Amherst.
PORTER, Edward Colllus, clergyman; b. Charles- town, Nov. 10, 1855; s. Samuel Armstrong Porter and Mary Esther ( Hathon) P .; ed. Somerville high sch .; A.B., (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1881; grad., Andover Theol. Sem., 1884; m. Zetta M. Mallard of Boston, Sept. 24, 1885. Sucessor to Rev. George A. Gordon as minister of 2nd .Cong. Ch., Greenwich, Conn., 1884-87; pastor, Phillips Cong. Ch., Watertown, 1889-1905; tr. under will of Leonard B. Hathon and writer for various con- servative rel. mags., 1905 -. Travel: Europe. Desc. Richard Porter, Weymouth, 1635. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Home: 24 Randolph St., Arlington.
PORTER, F. Addison, teacher, composer; b. E. Dix- mont, Me., Sept. 3, 1859; s. Albert O. Porter and Susan (Farnham) Porter; ed. grad., N.E. Conserv- atory of Music, 1884; post-grad. study at Leipzig, Ger .; m. Lillian Mead of Walton, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1890 (d.); children-Albert Ogden, Allegra Lucille (dee.); m. (2nd) Laura Huxtable of Boston, Nov. 29, 1907. Teacher of pianoforte since 1884; or- ganizer and supt. normal dept., N.E. Conservatory of Music, 1892-1922; mem. Harvard Mus. Assn .; supreme pres. Kappa Gamma Psi Fraternity. Club: Boston Art. Author: N.E. Conservatory Course for Piano. Composer: preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, sonatinas, etc., for pianoforte. Ad- dress: 12 Hastings Road, Belmont.
PORTER, Frederick Wadsworth, II, superintendent of schools; b. Springfield, May 24, 1891; s. Frank Farrington Porter and Jessie A. (Woods) P .; ed. Cent. (Class.) high sch., Springfield; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1914; student, Yale, Boston Univ .; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1927; m. Millie With- ington Smith of Dorchester, Aug. 18, 1917. Teaeh- er, Ipswich high seh., 1914-15; prin., Northboro high sch., 1915-16; teacher, Natick high sch., 1916-17, St. Johnsbury ( Vt.) Acad., 1917-19; agt., Conn. State Dept. Edn., 1919-21; supt. schs., Stone- ham, 1921-29, Greenfield, 1929 -; prof. psychology, reading and Eng., State Teachers Coll., No. Ad- ams, summers 1927-33; bn. sergt., major Inf., U.S.A., June-Dec. 1918; mem. Merrimae Valley Sch. Supts. Assn. (past pres.), N.E.A., Mass. and N.E. Supts. Assns., Masons, K.T., Grange, Am. Legion, etc. Club: Greenfield Kiwanis (past pres. ). Au- thor: mag. articles on edn. Travel: U.S., Can. V Desc. early settlers; several ancestors in Revo- lutionary War. Congregationalist. Republican. Offiee: Greenfield. Home: 23 Franklin St., Green- field. Summer res .: Wilmington, Vt.
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PORTER, Heury Whiteomb, insurance agent; b. Quincy, July 3, 1875; s. Charles Ilunt Porter and Hannah Almeda (French) P .; ed. Adams Acad., Quiney; A.B., Harvard, 1896; m. S. Alice Bigelow, Lexington, Aug. 15, 1910; 1 son-Richard Porter. Sub-master, Quincy high sch .; headmaster, Abing- ton high seh .; supt. schs., Lexington, 1902-05; teacher, Penn. Charter Sch .; teacher, Volkmann Sch., Boston, 1908-11; propr., Ins. Ageney, W. Por- ter & Co., 1911 -; tr. Quincy Savings Bk., Adams Fund, Adams Temple and Sch. Fund; mem. Boston Bd. Fire Underwriters; sergt. Mass. State Guard during World War; avocation is hist. studies and rel. edueation; mem. Bd. Mgrs., Norfolk House Centre (community house) ; mem. Pi Eta, Trustees
of Pub. Reservations; Loyal Legion of U.S., Quin- cy Hist. Soc. (v.p.), Scituate Hist. Society, Bay State Hist. League. Clubs: Unitarian, (Boston), Harvard (Quincy, v.p.) South Shore Nature (v.p.). Protestant. Republican. Office: 101 Milk St., Boston. Home: 133 Presidents Lane, Quincy.
PORTER, Herbert Gleason, printer; b. Boston, July 22, 1871; s. Herbert Porter and Ann Maria ( Morse) P .; ed. Malden high sch .; m. Annie Foster Mayo of Provincetown, Oct. 26, 1904 (d.); 1 dau .- Dorcas. Engaged in printing bus., Boston, 1899 -; propr., Smith & Porter Press; served as mate, U.S.N. in Sp .- Am. War; Printers Bd. of Trade of N.E. (past treas.), Boston Typothetae (past treas.), Soc. of Printers (past pres.), Advertising Club of Boston (past pres.); mem. Boston Marine Soc., Malden Hist. Soc. (treas.); Masons (K.T.). Club: City (Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fiee: 530 Atlantic Av., Boston. Home: 20 Arling- ton St., Malden.
PORTER, JJames Burnham, eivil engineer; b. Clare- mont, N.H., May 23, 1878; s. James Edward Porter and Jennie Stanhope (Lovell) P .; ed. Rutland (Vt.) pub. schs .; Vermont Acad .; A.B., Univ. Vt., 1901; m. Esther J. Landon of Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 19, 1927. Asst. city engr., Burlington, Vt., 1901- 04; engr .- supt., E. F. Moore, contractor, Burling- ton, Vt., 1905-06; concrete insp., U.S.R.S., Willis- ton, N.D., 1907; asst. supt., Chas. Clarke & Co. on sea wall at Fort Morgan, Ala., and asst. engr., city Engr.'s office, Edmonton, Alberta, Can., 1908; res. engr., Borden Brook Dam and Reservoir, Spring- field Water Works, 1909; asst. engr. in charge of preliminary work, Farnham Dam and Reservoir, Pittsfield, 1910; with McIntosh & Crandall, eiv. engrs., Burlington, Vt., 1911-12; investigated ir- rigation project, Napa Valley, Calif., for San Fran- eisco and Oakland parties, 1913; with W. B. Saun- ders, gen. practice, Minneapolis, Minn., 1914; with Melntosh & Crandall, elv. engrs., Burlington, Vt .; pvt. practice and design and supervision of con- strn. for Vt. State Engr., 1915-17; cost. engr., Camp Merritt, N.J., 1918; with McIntosh & Crandall and pvt. practice, 1919-23; asst. chief engr., Springfield Water Works, 1923 -; mem. Vt. Soc. Engrs., West- ern Mass. Soc. Engrs., Melha Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Protestant. Republican. Office: Room 425, City Hall, Springfield. Home: Provin Mt., Feeding Ilills.
YPORTER, Laura Huxtable, literary interpreter and pianist; b. Richfield Springs, N.Y .; d. James Hux- table and Helen ES. (Young) H .; ed. Girls Latin seh., Boston; N.E. Conservatory of Music; m. F. Addison Porter of Boston, Nov. 29, 1907. Engaged as teacher pianoforte, N.E. Conservatory of Music, 1905-1922; original recitals of drama, poetry and music, 1922 -; pres. Alumni Assn. of N.E. Con- servatory of Music, 1936-38; mem. Pi Kappa Lamb- da, Sigma Alpha lota. Clubs: Boston Browning Society (mcm. exec. council), Zonta (dir.), Profes- sional Women's ( Boston). Co-author: (with F. Addison Porter) Porter pianoforte Course. Trav- el: conducted musie tour through Europe, recital tour to Pacific Coast. Desc. Roger Williams. Uni- tarian. Republican. Home: 12 Hastings Rd., Belmont.
PORTER, Raymond Averill, sculptor; b. Hermon, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1883; s. James Porter and Meriam (Stokes) P .; ed. pub. schs .; studied at Sch. of Art Inst., Chicago, 1902-04. Head of dept. of modelling and sculpture, Mass. Sch. of Art, 1915 -; repre- Sented by "Green Mountain Boy" statue (Rutland, Vt.), monument to Pres. John Tyler (Richmond, Va.), Civil War monument (Auburn, N.Y.), World War Victory monument (Salem), World War mon- ument (Leominster), statue of Henry Cabot Lodge (State House, Boston). Author and dir. of hist. pageants. Home: 368 Longwood Av., Boston.
PORTER, Reginald, merehandizing agent; b. Med- ford, May 22, 1905; s. George J. Porter and Julia (Marvin) P .; ed. St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I .; A.B., Harvard, 1927; m. Eleanor Stearns, June, 1933; 1 son-William S. With Lee, Higginson & Co., Boston, 1927-31; with Suffolk Sav. Bk., Boston, 1931-35; mem. Hartwell Pond, Inc., a firm en- gaged in merchandizing, 1935-36; with Birdseye
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PORTER, Robert Brastow, physician; b. Quincy, Oct. 17, 1876; s. Charles Hunt Porter and Hannah Almeda (French) P .; ed. Adams Acad., Quincy; A.B., Harvard, 1897; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; m. Kate Leland Lincoln of Quincy, June 1, 1905. House officer, Boston Children's HIosp., 1902-03; post-grad. work in many hosps., 1903-05; prac- ticed gen. med., North Easton, 1905 -; former dir. Wollaston Foundry Co .; dir. North Easton Coop. Bk .; sch. phys., Easton; mem, Bd. Health; men. Bd. Examiners, Bristol Co., Vol. Med. Service Corps, World War; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Club: Lions (Easton). Desc. John and Priscilla Alden on father's side. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 3 Day St., North Easton.
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