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YSHAVER, Erwin Leander, clergyman; b. Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 1, 1890; s. Leander Shaver and Emma Isabel (Church) S .; ed. E. au Claire (Wis.) high sch .; A.B., Lawrence Coll., 1913, A.M., 1914; S.T.B., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1916; Union Theol. Sem., 1917-20; A.M., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1918; D.D., Northland Coll., 1933; m. Ellen Montgom- ery Griffiths of Rosendale, Wis., Aug. . 3, 1915; children-Doris Virginia, Robert Griffiths. Pas-
Leadership Tr. Pub. Assn. (chmn.); Greater Bos- ton Fed. Chs. (chmn., rel. edn. com.); tr. North- ern N.E. Sch. Rel. Edn. (chmn., edn. com.); dir. Ministers Mut. Life Ins. Co .; mem. Rel. Edn. Assn., N.E.A. (dept. of supervisors). Club: Bos- ton City. Travel: U.S. (extensive). Author: Teaching Adolescents in the Church School, 1923; The Project Principle in Religious Education, 1924; Young People's Projects, 1925, 1927; A Project Curriculum for Young People, 1927; Pres- ent-Day Trends in Religious Education, 1928; The Science of Leadership, 1931; Programs for Workers' Conferences, Series A and B, 1934; The Workers' Conference Manual, 1938; etc .; over 200 articles in field of rel. edn. Congrega- tionalist. Independent. Office: 14 Beacon St., Boston. llome: 15 Shirley Rd., Waltham.
SHAW, Adam E., physician, surgeon; b. Glasgow, Scot., Sept. 22, 1882; s. Adam Shaw and Mar- garetta (McClure) S .; ed. Lowell high sch .; M.D., Bowdoin Coll. Med. Sch., 1906; m. Matilda J. Anderson of East Pitpeswick, N.S., June 10, 1910; children-Lister Harvey, Marjorie Jeanie. House surg., Portland (Me.) Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1905- 06; med. interne, St. John's Hosp., Lowell, 1906-07; ambulance surg., Lowell; propr., supt., Shaw Hosp., Lowell, 1919 -; gen. practice, med. and surgery, Lowell, 1907 -; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Roentgen Ray Soe., Masons, I.O.O.F. Episcopalian. Republican and Socialist. Olliee: 384 Andover St., and 565 East Merrimack St., Lowell. Ilome: 386 Andover St., Lowell.
SHAW, Arthur Lassell, consulting engineer; b. Clinton, Sept. 10, 1887; s. Charles Edward Shaw and Caroline Ilaskell (Swan) S .; ed. Clinton high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1909; m. Helen Elizabeth Young of Clinton, Oct. 12, 1912; children-Rich- ard Lassell, Robert Stetson. Asst. instr. civ. engring., M.I.T., 1909-10; draftsman, B.&A. R.R., 1910-11; asst. engr., Barrows & Breed Cons. Engrs., Boston, 1911-14; res. engr., in charge Fall River office; II. K. Barrows, cons. engr., Boston, 1914-17; asst. engr., then designing engr., Metcalf & Eddy, cons. engrs., 1919-27, partner, 1927 -; capt., U.S. Engrs., 1917-19; with 301st Engrs., A. E.F., Fr. and Ger .; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.E., Am. and N.E. Water Works Assns., Engring. Soes. of N.E., Masons. Club: Auburndale. Author: many prof. papers, arti- eles in tech. press. Travel: Eng., Continent, 1930. Desc. early settlers, Mass. Bay Colony. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 1300 Statler BIdg., Boston. Home: 290 Central St., Auburndale.
SHAW, Charles Fletcher, business man; b. Water- town, Dec. 26, 1878; s. Oliver Shaw and Miranda (Atwood) S .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1901; m. Florence McN. Rand of Water- town, June 14, 1901 (d.); 1 son-Oliver; m. (2d) Grace Kellogg of Brookline, Oct. 30, 1936. In commercial dept., N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1910 -; chinn. bd. selectmen, Watertown, 1935-38; mem. Watertown Hist. Soe. Clubs: Unitarian, Middle- sex, Harvard. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 245 State St., Boston .. Home: 62 Langdon Av., Watertown.
SHAW, Earl Bennett, professor of geography; b. Monroe, la., Mar. 18, 1889; s. William Henry Shaw and Flora S. (Corr) S .; ed. Monroe (la. ) high sch .; D.S., Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1928, M.S., 1929; Ph.D. (geog.), Clark Univ., 1933; unmarried. In bus. after finishing high Sch., also 1919-23; asst. in geog., Washington Univ., 1929-31, Instr., 1931-32; field work, Virgin Islands, and prof. at Univ. Puerto Rico, 1932-33; prof. geog., Mass. State Teachers Coll., Worees- ter, 1933 -; sergt., U.S.A., on Mex. border, 2 yrs .; mem. Assn. Am. Geographers, Sigma Xi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Gamma. Author: some 25 articles In prof. mags. Office: State Teachers College, Worcester. Ilome: 7 Hlaw- thorne St., Worcester. Summers: travel.
tor, Rosendale, Wis., 1912-14, Genoa City, 1914- 16; dir. rel. edn., Decatur, Ill., 1916-17; pastor, East Rockaway, N.Y., 1917-20; prof. rel. edn., llendrix Coll., Conway, Ark., 1920-22; dist. sec. Cong. Edn. Soc., 1922-26; sec. Leadership Edn., Bd. Home Misslons, Cong. & Chr. Chs., 1926 -; inade survey of week-day rel. edu. for Rel. Edn. Assn., 1922; lecturer on Earle Foundation, Pacific Seh. Religion, 1926; instr., summer courses, Unlv. { SHAW, Edwin Adams, professor, head of depart- Chieago, Bangor Sem., Lancaster Sem., Auburn ment of education; b. Boston, May 8, 1876; s. Arthur Augustus Shaw and Mary M. (Chase) S .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1898; A.M. Harvard, 1916, Ph. D., Sch. Rel. Edn., Boston Univ .; mem. Internat. Council Rel. Edn. (exec. com., edn. cominn.);
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1918; m. Ethel H. Sparrow of Somerville, Aug. 27, 1906; children-Hester Marie, Edmund Chase. Civil engr. in r.r. work, 1898-1903; teacher and prin. high schs, in N.E., 1903-16; instr. and asst. prof., Tufts Coll., 1917-20; prof. psychol- ogy, sales and advertising, Babson Inst., 1919-20; asst. prof. and asst. dir., Psycho-Edn. Clinic, Ilarvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1920-27; prof. edn. and head dept. of edn., Tufts Coll., 1927 -; lec- turer on ednl. psychology, Perry Kindergarten Normal Sch., Boston, 1927 -; field of greatest interest is problem children and adults; mem. sch. bd., Somerville, 1921- (past chmn.); dir.
Somerville Y.M.C.A .; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. { SHAW, Irving R., lawyer; b. Palmer; s. Edward F.
Psychol. Assn., Am. Assn, Univ. Profs., N.E.A., Acacia, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa; Ma- son, I.O.O.F. Clubs: University (Boston), Mass. Schoolmasters (past pres.), Rotary of Somerville. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe, Cuba, Mex. Baptist. Republican. Home: 63 College Av., Somerville. SHAW, George Eleanor, teacher; b. Woburn, June 26, 1890; d. William George Shaw and Frances Eleanor (Alger) S .; ed. St. Mary's, Raleigh, N.C .; B.S. (edn.), Mass. Sch. Art, 1925; unmar- ried. Teacher and supervisor of art in various Mass. sch. systems, 1915 -; now head of art dept., Medford high sch .; Carnegie fellowship student, Harvard Summer Sch., 1936; del., Art Ednl. Conf., Prague, Czecho-slovakia, 1928; elected to N.Y. Soc. Arts & Sciences, 1935-36; mem. Eastern Arts Assn. Travel: Europe, all U.S. Protestant. Oflice: Art Department, Medford High School, Medford. Home: 276 Winthrop St., Medford.
V SHAW, Harold Eden, manufacturer of cotton tex- tiles; b. Ashaway, R.I., Apr. 3, 1893; s. Alvin Eden Shaw and Amy Lenore (Babcock) S .; ed. Ashaway pub. schs., 1900-07; Monson Acad., 1907-10; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1914; m. Mary Gertrude Schriver of Pinder, N.B., June 14, 1921; children-Margaret, Patricia, David. Asso, with Holliston Mills, Inc., mfrs. of bookcloths, shade cloths and pyroxylin coated and starch filled specialties, Norwood, continuously 1914-, em- ployed in mill, 1914, salesman, 1916-20, oflice mgr. N.Y. City, 1920-22, sales mgr., 1922, dir. of corp., March 31, 1925-, prcs. 1926 -; v.p. The Holliston Mills of Tenn., Inc., East Braintree Finishing Co., Inc .; p. dir. L. E. Carpenter & Co. (Newark, N.J.); pres. Boston Metrop. Airport, Inc. (Canton); served as pilot, 2d lt., R.M.A., U.S.A., 1917-19; 1st lt., Sr. Mil. Aviator, U.S.A. Res .; mem. Phi Kappa Psi, A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Amherst (N.Y.), University (Boston). Protestant. Republican. Office: The Holliston MIlls, Inc., Norwood. Home: 220 Walpole St., Norwood.
SHAW, Herman L., shoe manufacturer; b. Kovna, Lithuania, Feb. 15, 1902; brought to U.S., 1910; ed. Christopher Columbus sch., 1910-14; m. Sarah Orlikoff, Aug. 13, 1922; children-Graham N., Robert. V.p. in charge of sales, Boston Shoe Co., Everett, 1920-23; v.p. Dryzer & Rosenberg, 1923-28; pres. M. Shoe Co. and Shaw Shoe Co., 1928-36; vp. B. B. Shoe Co., Milwaukee, and Mayville Shoe Co., Mayville, Wis., 1931-36; in charge of sales, Iligh Shoe Co., 1936 -; pres, Universal Acceptance Corp .; served in Canadian and British Army on Eastern Front, 1916-19. Of- fice: 186 Lincoln St., Boston. Home: 5 Merrill Rd., Newton.
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(now Wollaston Fed. Sav. and Loan Assn.), 1933 -: pres, Boston Life Ins. and Trust Council, 1937-18; exempt Mass. St. service during World War, mem. M.V.M., 1898-1900; mem. Boston Soc. Nat 1list., Nat. Tax Assn., Quincy Chamber of Com." merce. Club: South Shore Country. Author: vari. ous newspaper and mag. arts. on taxation: Citi- zen's Primmer of Taxation, Trust lit. Travel: West to Utah, so. to Fla. and Havana and Ber- muda. Dese, one of orig. signers of covenant Town of Dedham-Jacob Shaw. Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 1400 Hancock St., Quincy. llomc: 101 No. Central Av., Wollaston.
Shaw and Alice Miriam (llolden) S .; ed. A.B. Tufts Coll., 1911; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law. 1914; m. Marion Hull Stevens of Great Barring. ton, Nov. 18, 1922. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1914 and since in gen, practice of law at Springfield; mem. Com. on Constit. and Canons, P.E. Diocese of Springfield; (vice-chancel. Christ Ch. Cathed, Springfield); mem. Am. Bar Assn., Assn. of Ina Counsel, Hampden Co. Bar Assn., Gamma Eta Gamma, Zeta Psi, Mass. Anclent and Honourable Arty. Assn., Masons (K.T., 32°). Clubs: Long Meadow Country, University. Episcopalian. Of- fice: 95 State St., Springfield. llome: 109 Piney- woods Av., Springfield.
Y SHAW, Jacob Kingsley, professor; b. Northfield, Vt., Aug. 5, 1877; s. William O. Shaw and Elisa- beth A. (Kingsley) S .; ed. S.B., Univ. Vt., 1899; student, Univ. Mo., 1905-06; M.S., Mass. Agrl. Coll., 1908, Ph.D., 1911; m. Bertha Thompson Simpson at White Plains, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1905; children-Mrs. Doris Shaw Parks, Mrs. Edna Shaw llanslick, Genevieve Elalne. Asst. in bot- any, N.J. Expt. Sta, 1904-05; acting asst. prof. hort., Univ. Mo., 1905-06; instr., N.H. Coll, 1906- 07; research pomologist, Mass. Expt. Sta., 1908-19; prof. hort., head of dept., W.Va. Univ. 1919-20; research prof. pomology, Mass. State Coll., Am- herst, 1920 -; rcc'd. gold medal from Mass. Dept. Agr .; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. (pres., 1938), Mass. Hort. Soc., Mass. 1ªruit Growers Assn. Author: many bulletins and journal articles, Desc. old Plymouth Co. family. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 47 Falrview Way, Amherst.
SHAW, Oscar Moore, lawyer; b. Portsmouth, O., Nov. 17, 1904; s. Edward llarrison Shaw and Fan Caldwell (Newman) S .; ed. B.S. (magna cum laude), llarvard, 1926; LL. B. (cum laude), Har- vard Law Sch., 1929; m. Margaret Curtis Pick- ering of Beverly, Nov. 2, 1929; children-Mar- garet Curtis, Edward McMichael. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1929; in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1929 -; specializing in corporation law; mem. law firm, Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Harvard (NY.). Episcopalian. Republican. Of-
fice: 50 Federal St., Boston. llome: 8 Wash- ington St., Beverly.
SHAW, Quincy Adams, corporation official (general mining) ; b. Boston, July 30, 1869; s. Quincy Adams Shaw and Pauline Elizabeth (Agassiz) S .; ed Mrs. Shaw's Sch., 1881-88; A.B., Harvard, 1891; m. Sarah Pemberton of Phila., Pa., May 12, 1896 ((.); I son-Quincy Adams. Began in civil en- gring. office, 1891-94; asso. with Calumet Cons. Copper Co., 1894 -; clk. to auditor, then 2d v.p. and pres., 1910-16; dir. Calumet & Hecla Cons. Copper Co .; pres. North American Mines, Inc., 1928 -. Clubs: Brook, Racquet and Tennis (N.Y.); Somerset, Tennis and Racquet (Boston); The Country (Brookline) ; Myopia. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., Aus, It., Algiers, Egypt, Can., Mex., W.I., Cuba. Office: 12 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: 11 Exeter St., Boston.
Y SHAW, Irving Lawrence, lawyer, trust banker; b. Weymouth, Sept. 11, 1879; s. Andrew J. Shaw and Eliza A. (Burrell) S .; ed. Weymouth pub. schs. and high sch .; spl. courses at M.I.T. and Ilarvard; Y.M.C.A .; Suffolk Law sch .; m. Leona E. Hayden of Quincy, Jan. 18, 1900; children- Ronald Hayden, Irving Lawrence, Jr. Began as civil engr. and draftsman, French and Bryant, and town engr.'s office, Brookline, 1896-1899; chief clerk, assessor's office, Brookline, 1900-1907; Y SHAW, Robert Kendall, librarian; b. Worcester, admitted to bar 1906; lectured on Taxatlon at Suffolk Law Sch. (offered L.L.B., but did not accept); mem. Mass. Inheritance Tax Dept., 1908-16, Income Tax Dept., 1916; dir. 1919-31; v.p. Granite Trust Co., 1931 -; dir. Common- wealth Coop. Bk., 1927-32, Wollaston Coop. Bk.
July 18, 1871; s. Joseph Alden Shaw and feliza Antoinette (Thompson) S .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894; B.L.S., N.Y. State Lib. Sch., 1901; m. Bertha Mower Brown of Eau Claire, Wis., Sept. 20, 1902. Teacher, 1Highland Mil. Acad., Worcester, 1894- 97; on staff, N.Y. State Llb., 1898-1901; Llb. Con-
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gress, 1901-04; lib., Brockton Pub. Llb., 1904-05; asst. lib., Worcester Free Pub. Lib., 1905-09, lib., 1909 -; mem. A.L. A., Am. Antiq. Soc., Worces- ter Ilist. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Mass. Ll- brary, Bay Path Library, Rotary, Shakespeare, Harvard (Worcester), Bohemian. Author: Sam- uel Swett Green, 1926; All Saints Church Cen- tennial, 1935. Office: 12 Elm St., Worcester. Hiome: 38 Monadnock Rd., Worcester.
SHAW, Samuel Parkman, banker; b. Boston, July 1. 1877; s. Samuel Parkman Shaw and Gertrude (Bramwell) S .; ed. Milton Acad .; A B., Harvard, 1899; m. Jane Stockton of Boston, Jan. 11, 1911; children-Eleanor Stockton, Samuel Parkman, Jr., Rosemary, Jane Stockton, Gertrude Bram- well, Howard Stockton. Worked up in banking business to present position as v.p., Old Colony Trust Co., Boston; mem. exec. com. Winsor Sch. Clubs: Somerset, Country (Brookline), Dedham Country & Polo, Delphic ( Harvard). Republican. Office: 17 Court St., Boston. Home: South St., Needham.
SHAW, Thomas Bond, physician; b. Worcester, Dec. 3, 1866; s. Thomas Asa Shaw and Maria Persis (Bond) S .; ed. Hartford (Conn.); Worces- ter Class. high schs .; A.B, Yale, 1890; M.D., Dartmouth Coll. Med. Sch., 1893; m. Carrie A. Bruso of Worcester, 1907; m. (2d) Effie M. Morse of Boston, 1927. At Kings Co. Hosp., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1893-94; surg., Cuba Mail S.S. Co., 1894; student, Vienna and Paris hosps., 1894-95; prac- ticed med , Worcester, 1897 -; examiner for vari- ous ins. cos .; at one time staff surg., 2d Regt. Inf., Mass. . Vol. Mil .; pres. N.E. Corset Co .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Assn. Mil. Surgeons U.S., Am. Acad. Med., Am. Hist. Soc., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. (N.Y.), Nat. Geog. Soc., Worcester Chamber of Commerce, Safety Council. Clubs: Republican, Country, Commonwealth, University, Yale, Bancroft Automobile (Worcester). Desc. Lt. Thomas Bond, Westboro, who was in Ed- mund Brigham's company of minute men in (N.Y.Y.) Gen. Ward's Regt. at Lexington, Apr. 19, 1775. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 24 Oxford St., Worcester. Home: 24 King St., Worcester.
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SHAWN, Edwin M. ("Ted Shawn"); dancer, teach- er, producer, writer; b. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 21, 1891; s. Ellsworth Shawn and Mary Lee (Booth) S .; ed. Kansas City high sch .; Denver Univ. Prep. Sch., 1908; A.B., Univ. Denver; M.P.E., Springfield Coll .; m. Ruth St. Denis, Aug. 13, 1914. Started own school and concert dance company in Los Angeles, Calif., 1912; with Ruth St. Denis formed the Denishawn Sch., 1915; toured U.S. and Eng. with the Denishawn Dancers, 1922- 25, the Orlent, 1925-26; toured Europe in solo performances, 1930-31; created title role "Orpheus- Dionysus", Third German Dance Congress, 1930; founded first company entirely of men dancers and sch. devoted exclusively to dancing for men, 1933; member of faculty of Springfield Coll., 1933; dir. Summer Sch. of Dance, Peabody Coll., Nashville, Tenn., 1937 -; on sixth trans- continental tour with company of men dancers, 1938-39; pres. Shawn Dancers, Inc .; 2d It Co. I, 32nd Inf., 1918. Author: Ruth St. Denis, Pioncer and Prophet (1920), American Ballet (1925), Gods Who Dance (1929), Fundamentals of a Dance Education (1937), and many magazine articles. Travel: Europe (9 times) ; No. Afr., ) 1922; Orient, 1925-26. Methodist. Independent. Office: Lee. Home: "Jacob's Pillow", Becket Township. Winter home: Eustis, Florida.
SHIRA, Michael J., editor, insurance executive; b. Ware; s. Michael E. Shea and Joanna ( Fitzgerald) S .; ed. Ware pub. schs .; unmarried. Newspaper reporter; salesman and mgr., department stores in Ware and Springfield; life ins. salesman; estab. Catholic Mirror 1920; estab. MacDonald and Shea Ins. Agency with W. D. MacDonald, 1921; treas. MacDonald & Shea, Inc., ins. agency; ed., Catholic Mirror; sec. and treas. Mirror Press, Inc., Springfield; tr. Mercy Hosp. (Springfield), Coll. of Our Lady of the Elins (Chicopee) ; mem. Cath. Press Assn., Nat. Committee of 1939,
Nat. Council Cath. Men, Irish Hist. Assn., Holy Name Soc., K.C. Club: Calvert. Co-author: A Century of Catholicism In Western Massachu- setts, 1931, Catholic. Office: 1387 Main St., Spring- field. Home: 45 Lincoln Park, Longmeadow.
SIIEA, Walter M., lawyer; b. Chicopee, Sept. 20, 1891; s. Patrick C. Shea and Mary (Shea) S .; ed. St. Patrick's sch., Chicopee Falls; Am. Sch., Chi- cago; Northeastern Univ. Law Sch .; m. Josephine K. Dowd of Chicopee, Sept. 20, 1927; children- Walter E., Francis J. Dir. Chicopee Falls Coop. Bk., Red Cross: incorporator, Chicopee Falls Sav. Bk .; alderman, 1921-22, registrar of voters, 1923-29, City 'Solicitor, 1930-31, Chicopee; pvt. 310th Inf., 78th Div., May 1918-June 1919, overseas (France) June 1918-May 1919; mem. Hampden Co., Mass. and Am. Bar Assns., Am. Red Cross, Am. Legion, V.F.W., K.C. Travel: all U.S., Eu- rope, Can., Islands along shore of N.B. and N.S. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 99 Main St., Chicopee Falls. Home: 64 Hendrick St., Chicopee Falls. Summer res .: Westbrook. Conn.
SHEAR, Murray Jacob, research chemist; b. Brook- lyn, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1899; s. Victor J. Shear and Henrietta (Robinson) S .; ed. Eastern DIst. high sch., Brooklyn, N.Y., B.S., Coll. City of N.Y., 1920; M.A., Columbia, 1922, Ph.D., 1925; m. Rose Roseman of N.Y. City, Aug. 14, 1935; 1 son- David Ben. Asst. in chem., Columbia, 1923-25; research chemist and administrative officer, Pedi- atric Labs., The Jewish Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1925-31; instr. pediatrics, Long Island Coll. Med., 1930-31; biochemist, Cancer Investigations, U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1931-38, sr. biochemist, 1938 -; research fellow, Harvard, 1931 -; pvt., S.A.T.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. Am. Soc. Biol. Chemists, Soc. Exptl. Blol. & Med. Club: Harvard (Boston), Author: articles on investi- gations in exptl. cancer in Am. Jour. of Cancer. Office: Gibbs Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 60 Harvard Av., Brookline.
SHEDD, Benjamin B., investment broker; b. Wal- tham, Dec. 27, 1873; s. Albert Howard Shedd and Clara Evelyn (Crocker) S .; ed. grad., Derby Acad., Ilingham; m. Louise Lounsbury of Medford, June 18, 1907; children-Albert Lounsbury, John Vassall. Surveying Wholesale drygoods bus., Chicago, Ill., 1891-94; in leather bus., Boston, 1895-1926, sec. Shedd Leather Co., till 1917, when closed bus. to enter World War; in leather bus. agaln, 1919-26; in investment bus., 1926 -; Arthur Perry & Co .; F. L. Putnam & Co .; dir. Shedd Family Assn., New Ch. Theol. Sch. (Cambridge); enlisted 1st Regt. Heavy Arty., Mass. N.G., 1899, and served through all grades; reorganized regt. into 241st Regt. Coast Arty., col. 1920-27; lt. col. 55th Arty., U.S.A., July 25, 1917-Mar. 31, 1919; in command of Ft. Andrews, Boston Harbor, Aug. 18, 1917-Mar. 15, 1918; in France, Mar. 25, 1918-Mar. 11, 1919, served on Reparations Div., of Peace Commn., Paris, Jan .- Feb. 1919; mem. A.F.&A.M. (Dalhousle Lodge), Am. Legion, Nat. Guard Assn. Clubs: Boston City, Medford Republican. Desc. Daniel Shed, Hough's Neck, Quincy, 1641 (monument erected by Shedd Family Assn.); ancestors fought in Colonial, Rev- olutionary, and Civil Wars. Swedenborgian (chmn. Church Com., Boston Soe. of New Jerusalem). Re- publican. Office: 77 Franklin St., Boston. Home: 6 Bradshaw St., Medford. Summer res .: 111 Hath- erly Rd., Scituate.
SHEDD, Charles Levi, consulting engineer (retired) ; b. Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 21, 1880; s. Albert Shedd and Jane Emily (Gray) S .; ed. Portsmouth (N.H.) high sch .; M.I.T., 1902; m. Clara L. Jones of Hills- boro, N.H., Aug. 15, 1914; children-Miriam S., Elizabeth, Nancy, Jeannette. Structural design of office blogs., etc., with Purdy & Henderson, Bos- ton and N.Y. City, 1902-09; also blogs. in Cuba and Formosa; with J. R. Worcester & Co., Boston, 1908; Peabody & Stearns, 1910-13 (incl. Boston Customs House); pvt. practice, incl. United Shoe Machinery bidg. (with Parker, Thomas & Rice) and alteration of So. Sta. (with Densmore, LeClare & Robbins), 1914-32; retired 1932; town meeting mem., chmn. Bldg. Com., etc., Arlington. Author: engring. articles for Archtl. Forum; various en-
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gring. tables. Desc. many early (17th century) \ SHELDON, Percy Ellsworth, merchant; b. Milton Mass. settlers, as Danicl Shedd, Samuel Walker, I''rances Wyman, Henry Baldwin, Samuel Rich- ardson, Ezekiel Richardson, Thomas Green, etc. Protestant. Republican. Home: 116 Jason St., Arlington.
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√ SHEDD, Guy Vaughn, clergyman; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1887; s. Gaius Adolphus Shedd and Ella May (Smith) S .; ed. A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1913; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1920; in. Sarah K. Redanz of Buffalo, N.Y., Junc 27, 1916; chil- dren-Guy Vaughn, Jr., Millison Kathryn, John Calvin, Mark Redanz. Ordained to M.C. ministry 1919; pastor, Evans and Brant, N.Y., 1914-17, So. Walpole, 1917-19, Quiney, 1919-28, 1st M.E. Clı., Newton, 1928 -; mem. Mayor's Unemployment Com., Newton, 1930 -; dir., Newton Family Wel- fare, 1934 -; Evangelistie Assn. N.E., 1937 -; Nor- umbega Dist. Sch. Rel. Edn .; pres. Greater Boston Meth. Preachers' Meeting, 1935; v.p. Greater Bos- ton Mcth. Social Union, 1935-36; N.E. Deaconess Assn .; dean, Lasell Epworth League Inst., 1934 -; mem. bd. examiners, N.E. Conf., 1929 -; Bd. Home Missions & Ch. Extension, N.E. Conf., 1937 -; exec. com., Mass. Council Chs., 1936 -; mem. Ma- sons. Club: Itinerants (Boston). Methodist. Re- publican. Home: 91 Iligh St., Newton.
Y SHEEDY, John Henry, lawyer; b. Newton, Aug. 13, 1872; s. Patrick J. Sheedy and Julia (Cunningham) S .; ed. Salem Class. high sch .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1900; m. Eleanor M. Sullivan of Salem, Y Apr. 24, 1905; children-Margaret J., Julia E., Mary K., Eleanor G., John P., Robert A., Richard A. Practiced law, Salem, 1899 -; postmaster, 1914- 23; dir. Salem Chamber of Commerce, 1916-22, v.p., 1920-22; mem. Salem Bar Assn. (pres. 1936-38), K.C., Mass. C.O.O.F., Y.M.C.A., Fr. Mathew Total Abstinence Soc. Club: Essex Co. Democratic (founder, pres., 1909-14). Catholic. Democrat.
Offlec: 81 Washington St., Salem.
Home: 38 Wal- ter St., Salem.
SHEFFIELD, Ada Eliot, social worker; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 30, 1869; d. Henry Ware Eliot and Charlotte (Stearns) E .; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo .; spl. student, Radcliffe Coll., 1891-94; student, Summer Sch. Philanthropy, N.Y., 1899; m. Alfred Dwight Sheffield of Springfield, May 16, 1905. Dist. sec. Boston Asso. Charities, 1897-1900; mem. Com. on Dependent Children, N. Y. City, 1900-01; probation officer, 1901-04; mem. bd., Union Relief Soc., Springfield, 1904-08, Mass. State Bd. Charity, 1909-14, Mass. Pub. Welfare Commn., 1920-35; dir. Rescarch Bur., Boston, 1919-27; ac- tive mem. of long succession of bds. and coms .; now mem. bd. Children's Mission of Boston; mem. Am. Assn. Social Workers, Am. Soclol. Soc., Eastern Sociol. Soc., Nat. Family Welfare Assn., Nat. Child Welfare Assn., League of Nations Assn., Nat. Conf. Social Workers, Mass. State Conf. Social Workers (pres., 1927). Clubs: Radcliffe (Boston), Cam- bridge Sewing. Author: The Social Case History, 1922; Case Study Possibilities, 1922; Social Insight in Case Situations, 1937; articles on case work topics. Unitarian. Non-partisan. Office and home: 31 Madison St., Cambridge.
SHEFFIELD, Alfred Dwight, professor of English composition; b. Tungehou, China, Dec. 17, 1871; s. Divello Z. Sheffield and Eleanor W. (Sherrill) S .; ed. Minneapolis (Minn.) cent. high sch .; A.B., Oberlin, 1895; A.M., Harvard, 1897; m. Ada Eliot of St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1905. Asst. in Eng., Harvard, 1897-99; teacher, Univ. Sch., Cleveland, O., 1899-1903; on ed. staff, Webster's New Internat. Dict., 1903-09; instr. rhetoric and composition, Wellesley Coll., 1911-16; asst. prof., 1916-21; asso. prof., 1921; now prof., Eng. composition and group leadership; mem. Nat. Counell Teachers of Eng., Am. Assn. Adult Edn. Author: Grammar and Thinking, 1912; Joining in Public Discussion, 1921; Creative Discussion, 1925; Training for Group Ex- perience, 1928; Command of Sentence l'atterns, 1928. Editor: The Old Testament Narrative, 1910; Soule's Synonyms, revised ed., 1938. Democrat (on nat. issues). Office: Wellesley College, Welles- ley. Home: 31 Madison St., Cambridge.
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