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He began practice in Worcester, he and his brother, Dr. Merrick Lincoln, sharing offices at No. 2 Linden Street. In 1915 he took a nine months' post-graduate course at the Boston Lying-in Hospital and thereafter made obstetrics his spe- cialty. He was in the midst of a growing prac- tice, when, in April, 1918, he offered his services to the government as a medical officer in the World War. They were accepted and he was commis- sioned a first lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps, May 10, 1918. He sailed for France on July 28 and was stationed at Base Hos- pital No. 101 at St. Nazaire until February 28, 1919, when he was ordered to proceed to the Uni- versity of Toulouse for a course of instruction. He was commissioned a captain, September 2, 1918, and promoted to major, May 2, 1919. His honorable discharge was received at Camp Dix, New Jersey, June 13, 1919.
On his return to Worcester, he resumed his prac- tice and specialty, being appointed obstetrician of the Worcester Memorial Hospital. He is a mem- ber of the American Medical Association, Massa-
chusetts State Medical Society, Worcester District Medical Society, and New England Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. A number of articles from his pen have appeared in medical journals. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Tatnuck Country Club of Worcester, Harvard Club of Boston, Worcester Club, and the First Uni- tarian Church.
Dr. Lincoln married, June 8, 1921, Dorothy Hardy, daughter of Rufus Byam and Alice Lyndon (Bowen) Richardson, of Woodstock, Connecticut. They have their home at No. 51 Elm Street, and the doctor his offices at No. 36 Pleasant Street, Worcester. Mrs. Lincoln (then Dorothy Hardy Richardson) went to France in February, 1918, as assistant to Mrs. Winifred Holt Mather in her work among blinded French soldiers and was stationed in Paris and Vichy. In October, 1918, she was given charge of the reeducation of the blinded soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces at Base Hospital No. 8 at Savenay and remained there for five months. In March, 1919, she re- turned to America with the last contingent of blinded soldiers and then served for one year as hostess at "Evergreen," Red Cross Institute for the Blind, at Baltimore, Maryland. She is a mem- ber of the Players Club and L'Alliance Française.
WORCESTER WIRE WORKS, INC., was organized in 1918 by Charles O. Johnson as pres- ident, Nils Bjork (q. v.), as treasurer and Victor E. Runo as secretary, for the manufacture of steel wire. The company acquired a tract of land on South Ludlow Street, Worcester, adjoining the Jamesville Station on the Boston and Albany Rail- road, where it built a small manufacturing plant and began operations in 1919. As the business increased building additions were erected from time to time and adjoining land was acquired, so that the company now owns and operates a fac- tory with over 100,000 feet of floor space situated on a tract of twenty acres. The company makes steel wires in both high and low carbon which it sells to other manufacturers in the United States and abroad. All wire is made to customers' spe- cifications and considerable quantities are used by manufacturers of wire rope, automobile tire manu- facturers for reinforcement in tire beads, steel brush manufacturers, also by makers of card clothing which is used in the textile industry. This company serves over three hundred factories in various industries and has enjoyed a continuous growth since its foundation. The present officers are Nils Bjork, president and treasurer, and Vic- tor E. Runo, vice-president and secretary.
NILS BJORK-As president and treasurer of the Worcester Wire Works, Inc., Nils Bjork occupies an important position in the industrial life of this city. He has numerous other local connections, however, and for more than thirty years has played an active part in Worcester affairs.
Mr. Bjork was born at Rydsgard, Skane, Sweden, on March 13, 1871, a son of Pehr and Kjerstin (Nilsson) Bjork. He received his education in Swedish schools and in 1888 came to America. In 1889 he settled in Worcester where he has since made his home. In this city, Mr. Bjork was first employed by the Davis and Davis Company, clothiers, and subsequently by Gately and O'Gor.
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man, later the Fowler Furniture Company. In 1898, however, he entered the millinery business and with the aid of his wife opened a small store on Main Street, Worcester. With the growth of the business, this store was enlarged several times and in 1914, when the Worcester Bank and Trust Company building on Franklin Street was com- pleted, very attractive and spacious quarters were leased there. These were occupied until 1917, when the bank required more room and bought in the lease. Mr. Bjork then leased the present building Nos. 379-393 Main Street. Meanwhile the com- pany had grown steadily and in 1913 was incor- porated with Nils Bjork as president and treasurer ; Herman Bjork, secretary; and Hans Wickstrom, a director of the company with its officers. For many years, Bjork's Store was one of the largest stores devoted exclusively to millinery in New England. Both wholesale and retail departments were established and each enjoyed an extensive trade. In more recent years an operating company has been formed for the store.
Mr. Bjork was also a founder of the Worcester Wire Works, Inc. (q. v.), whose successful rec- ord is well known to Worcester industrialists. He has devoted most of his time to this company since its organization as president and treasurer. In addition, Mr. Bjork is a director and treasurer of the Skandia Bank and Trust Company and a mem- ber of its board of investment. He has been for many years a director of the Worcester County National Bank and is a trustee of the Five Cents Savings Bank. These enterprises have all benefited by his long business experience and soundness of judgment.
In spite of the pressure of his own affairs, Mr. Bjork has been active in many civic movements and has contributed generously to the support of community institutions. He was for several years a director of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, is prominent in the work of the First Swedish Baptist Church and is president of the Fairlawn Hospital, in which he is much interested. He is a member of the Worcester Country Club and is affiliated fraternally with the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of all higher bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second degree of the Consistory.
On August 14, 1892, Nils Bjork married Han- nah Elizabeth Dahlin, who was born at Falun, Sweden. They have one adopted daughter, Viola Dorothy, who married Paul R. Swan, and two grandchildren, Pauline Elizabeth and William Nel- son Swan.
ALFRED W. JORDAN-Engaged for many years in engineering and construction work, Alfred W. Jordan has been associated since 1921 in vary- ing capacities with Tucker and Rice, Inc., of Wor- cester. He is now vice-president and a director of this organization, one of the oldest and largest companies of its kind in New England.
Mr. Jordan was born August 9, 1895, at Plym- outh, Massachusetts, son of John E. and Alice F. (Blanchard) Jordan. Both his parents lived at Plymouth, the father dying in 1920 and the mother still making her home in that city. John E. Jordan was engaged in the hardware and plumbing busi- ness. In the public schools, Alfred W. Jordan, of this review, received his early education, later studying at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in
Worcester, though he never took any formal degree from this institution. Beginning his career ac. tively in association with the Samuel A. Herzog Company, of New York, he devoted his attention to engineering and construction work. With them he remained for two years, at the end of that period joining forces with the Aberthaw Company. Mean- while, he had also spent two years with the E. J. Cross Company. Then, in 1921, as noted above, he associated himself with Tucker and Rice, Inc., which he has since that time served in numerous departments and capacities, rising to the vice-pres- ident's chair and the directorship that he now holds.
No account of the life of Mr. Jordan would be complete without some record of the Tucker and Rice organization itself, in which he has played so prominent a part. The business was established first in 1838 by Nathaniel J. Tucker under the name of N. J. Tucker and Son, and its purpose was to make sanitary plumbing and ventilation de- vices. In 1891 the founder turned over the busi- ness to William F. Tucker, his son, who conducted it until 1908. Then the name of Tucker and Rice was adopted, with William F. Tucker and Walter C. Rice as partners. In 1914 Mr. Rice bought the interest of his partner, and since then he has con- ducted the business. In 1914 the plant was sit- uated at No. 165 Commercial Street, Worcester, but on March I, 1932, it was removed to No. II Garden Street, the present site. It does a general contracting business in plumbing and heating and in the sprinkler trade, also selling the "Quiet May" Oil Burner. As vice-president and director of the company, Mr. Jordan has participated materially in its development, and has been increasingly rec- ognized as a leader in Worcester life.
Here he has been in charge of heating construc- tion in some of the largest jobs done in the United States, and his opinions have been sought on in- numerable occasions by those who have come to regard him as an expert in his field. He has par- ticipated more and more extensively in civic and social affairs, affiliating himself with the Worces- ter Country Club, the Boston Engineers' Club, and the Kiwanis Club. In the Free and Accepted Masons, he is affiliated with Quinsigamond Lodge, and has taken all degrees in the order up to and including the eighteenth. Every organization and project with which Mr. Jordan has concerned him- self has in some definite way benefited by his con- structive efforts in its behalf, and, as a result, he is highly regarded and esteemed by all who know him in all walks of life. His warm enthusiasm for the best and most progressive movements in local civic life has won for him a reputation for understanding and forward-looking leadership.
Alfred W. Jordan married, in 1916, Madeline R. Townsend, a Massachusetts woman. By this mar- riage there has been born one child, a daughter, Barbara R. Jordan, on February 4, 1918. The Jordans live at No. 126 Coolidge Road.
RAYMOND C. ABBEY-Intensely inter- ested in the industrial situation in this county, Ray- mond C. Abbey, president of the Sherman Envelope Company, is making his contributions to the busi- ness advance and forward civic movements of the city. Born in Chester, Connecticut, September 15, 1888, he is the son of G. Myron Abbey, a manu- facturer, who died in 1922 and Ida (Conklin) Abbey. From the public schools of his native
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town Raymond C. Abbey entered Suffield Academy, Suffield, Connecticut, where he prepared for tak- ing higher courses. He was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut, in the class of 1910 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He was engaged in the paper manufacturing busi- ness from the time of leaving college until 1920 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He then became asso- ciated with the Marcus Ward Company of New York as superintendent of its factory. In 1932 he was elected president of the Sherman Envelope Company of Worcester, to succeed Charles St. Thomas and came to this city to reside.
During the World War he enlisted for service in the infantry, whence he was transferred to the ordnance department and given the commission of first lieutenant. His college fraternity is I. K. A. As president of the Sherman Envelope Company he has his office at No. 60 Prescott Street, Worcester.
E. WAYNE BOYD-Throughout his busi- ness career, E. Wayne Boyd has been identified with the envelope making industry, having become known as a master craftsman and an expert in office and executive management. From the hum- blest station he has advanced to vice-president, superintendent and office manager of the Sherman Envelope Company of Worcester and has helped make this concern one of the important units in this line.
Mr. Boyd was born in Worcester, October 19, 1883, the son of John A. and Maria Florence Boyd, forinerly of Milford; the father, who passed away in 1917, at one time followed the occupation of a salesman. Educated in the public schools of Wor- cester, E. Wayne Boyd was in his early youth, when he entered the employ of the Logan, Swift and Brigham Company, of this city, manufacturers of envelopes. In 1904 he transferred to the Sher- man Envelope Company. It was in this connec- tion that he actually obtained his intimate know- ledge of the industry. Making himself master of every process in the production of envelopes, he advanced grade by grade, filling positions of in- creasing responsibility as he endeavored to make himself indispensable to the concern's success. In 1922 he was promoted to superintendent of the entire factory as the successor of George A. Rogers. He next was made office manager, and this was followed by election as vice-president. All three of these offices he has since filled and he has become well known to the envelope trade through- out the country.
He is affiliated with the independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a Past Noble Grand of his local lodge, and with Mount Vernon Encampment. His chief interest is in his home and family and in the business of the Sherman Envelope Com- pany, having an especial pride in his long period of service for this concern.
Mr. Boyd married, in 1904, Florence P. Wood, a native of this State, and their children are: I. George W., born January 23, 1905, graduated at Boston University with the degree of Master in Business Administration. 2. Florence I., born September 14, 1915. 3. Earle K., born August I, 1918. Mr. Boyd and his family reside at No. 93 Eunice Avenue, and he has his business address at the Sherman Envelope Company, No. 60 Pre- scott Street, Worcester.
FRANK L. DAVIS-An accountant and auditor of long experience and distinguished record, Frank L. Davis is now a member of the firm of Cochran and Davis at Worcester. He has devoted his active career almost entirely to the New Eng- land textile industry and is thoroughly familiar with business practices and methods as they affect this industry, rising to responsible position through the merits of his services.
Mr. Davis was born in Vermont on May 2, 1880, a son of Frank M. and Ella A. (Todd) Davis. His father, who died in 1932, was a telegrapher by profession, making his home at Keene, New Hampshire, for many years. Ella A. (Todd) Davis, the mother, died in 1925.
Frank L. Davis received a public school educa- tion and on completing the high school course be- gan his business career as an accountant with the Wilton Woolen Mills at Wilton, New Hampshire. Later he served this organization in various other capacities until he rose to the highest executive office, that of agent in full charge of the mills. He was associated with this company altogether for some seventeen years. At the end of that time he removed to Millbury, Massachusetts, as office manager of the woolen mills in operation there, remaining until 1921. In the latter year he became connected with the Cochran interests at Worcester as accountant and auditor and in 1930 became a partner in the firm of Cochran and Davis. Mr. Davis is regarded as one of the leaders of his profession in this city and in addition to his regular connections is extensively employed by local cor- porations to check their books and prepare all necessary tax returns. His services in this ca- pacity are of recognized value.
Mr. Davis has never sought public office, but during the period of the World War he served efficiently as chairman of all the Liberty Loan drives in the town of Wilton, New Hampshire. He was also a member of the board of education there and capably filled several other similar posi- tions. Mr. Davis is a member of the Unitarian Church and is affiliated fraternally with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In the Masonic Order he is a Past Master of his Blue Lodge and a member of the Chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
In 1907, Frank L. Davis married Eva H. Put- nam. They are the parents of three children: I. Hamilton L., who attended Burdette Business Col- lege, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is now enter- ing upon a career of great promise. 2. Richard G. 3. Dorothy.
HASKELL TALAMO, M. D .- One of the well-known physicians of Worcester is Dr. Haskell Talamo, who has his offices at No. 27 Elm Street and makes a specialty of children's diseases.
Dr. Haskell Talamo was born in Worcester, April 15, 1896, son of Jacob D. Talamo, a native of Pennsylvania, and of Fanny E. (Feingold) Talamo, who was born in Rutland, Vermont. Dr. Talamo's father has for many years been a resident of Wor- cester, where he is proprietor of the Empire Woolen Company, which handles an extensive busi- ness as a jobber in woolens. Jacob D. and Fanny E. Talamo had four children, three of whom are still living. They are: I. Joseph Talamo, an attor.
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ney-at-law. 2. Abbee Winthrop, also an attorney. 3. Dr. Haskell Talamo, of this review. Dr. Talamo received his early education in the public schools of Worcester and then entered Clark University, in Worcester, from which he was graduated with the class of 1916. Some time later he began his professional training in Harvard Medical School, at Cambridge, where he completed his course with graduation in 1926. An interneship of two years in Worcester City Hospital greatly extended his knowledge and his practical experience, and he gave special attention to the care of children and to the treatment of children's diseases. After the completion of his interneship he went to Cornell University for a special course in pediatrics. In 1929 Dr. Talamo began practice in Worcester, making a specialty of children's diseases, and in that special field he has already built up a large and important practice and won a wide recognition. Though young in years of practice, Dr. Talamo has given much study to his special field of practice, and there are few physicians, even twice his age, who can equal him in skill in dealing with children's diseases. His patients come to him from all parts of Worcester and from a wide area surrounding that city, and each year brings a substantial in- crease to his already large practice.
Dr. Talamo is a member of the Worcester Dis- trict Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the New England Pediatric Society.
P. WALTER FAY-As treasurer and gen- eral manager of the Fay-Barry Motor Company at Worcester, P. Walter Fay directs the operation of an enterprise which he helped to build from small beginnings to its present position as one of the most important automobile companies in this section. The Fay-Barry Motor Company is the oldest and largest Ford Agency in the entire county and their garage and repair shops are among the largest in the city of Worcester.
Mr. Fay was born on August 10, 1882, in County Galway, Ireland, a son of Patrick and Ellen (Fahey) Fay, both natives of that county and both now deceased. The father was a merchant and farmer by occupation.
P. Walter Fay came to America in early life and settled at Worcester, where he received his educa- tion in the public schools. Later he also attended Hinman's Business College. From boyhood he was always interested in mechanics so it was natural that he should choose this field in beginning his active career. After a few years' work as a me- chanic, he started in business for himself with Daniel Higgins under the name of Fay and Hig- gins, opening a small garage and repair shop at No. 12 Vine Street, Worcester. This was in 1909. In the following year the name was changed to the Warren Garage and the company removed to larger quarters which they built at No. 33 Vine Street. In 1911 John J. Barry, the famous baseball player, became part owner of the company and the business was incorporated with Mr. Barry as pres- ident, Mr. Higgins as vice-president and Mr. Fay as treasurer. This arrangement was continued for about two years, when Mr. Barry and Mr. Fay bought out the interest of Mr. Higgins and changed the name of the company to its present form, the Fay-Barry Motor Company. In 1916 they were ap- pointed local agents for Ford automobiles and from
that time on their growth was very rapid. In 1929, because of the expansion of business, it be- came necessary to secure still larger quarters and at that time they removed to their present location, Nos. 6-8 Sever Street, Worcester, where they have some 20,000 square feet of floor space. Mr. Barry is still president of the company and Mr. Fay continues as treasurer and general manager. For more than twenty years, Mr. Fay has given his undivided attention to the development of his com- pany, which is unquestionably the most important of its kind in the county. He has very ably rep- resented the interests of the Ford Motor Company in this district and has supplied to the people of Worcester an efficient and necessary automobile service. The result of his efforts is apparent in the success of the company, in which he can take just pride.
Apart from his business connections, Mr. Fay has been active in many other fields. He has al- ways taken a keen interest in the progress of his city and has a wide circle of personal friends, busi- ness associates, fraternal brothers and fellow-clubs members. Mr. Fay is a member of the Massachu- setts Catholic Order of Foresters, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Exchange Club, the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and several smaller organizations. Prior to the entry of the United States into the World War he attended military training school and in 1916 did special patrol duty in Worcester County. He is a Cath- olic in religious faith, being a member of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Worcester.
In 1921, P. Walter Fay married Mary F. Sul- livan of Worcester. The two children of their marriage died in infancy.
ROY A. BARNARD-As part owner of the George A. Barnard Company, oldest and largest roofing enterprise in Worcester County, Roy A. Barnard directs the operations of a company which has been established at Worcester for almost eighty years. It was founded originally by his grand- father, John Barnard, in 1855 and is located today, as it has always been, on Prescott Street, Wor- cester.
Mr. Barnard is a son of George A. and Almira H. (Fuller) Barnard, the former of whom died in 1923 and the latter in 1920. He was educated in Worcester public schools and at Worcester Poly- technic Institute, from which he was graduated in 1897 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Shortly afterwards he entered the roofing business with which the family name has been so long con- nected. After the death of the founder of the com- pany in 1873, it was carried on by George A. Barnard, who was subsequently joined by his three sons, George F., Walter B. and Roy A. Barnard. They are now sole owners of the business, which has continued to expand with passing years. Their main plant at Worcester includes 16,000 square feet of floor space. The services of the company have been retained in the roofing of a great many buildings of importance in Worcester and the scope of their operations covers all the northeastern states. Among the larger jobs which they have successfully completed may be mentioned the roof- ing of the Boston Custom House, the State Mutual Building, nearly all the Massachusetts colleges, and all the major banks and schools. The growth of
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the company is a tribute to the high standards which its owners have always maintained.
In addition to his connection with the George A. Barnard Company, Mr. Barnard is the owner of considerable real estate in Worcester. He is a member of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, the Worcester Club, the Tatnuck Country Club, the Quinsigamond Boat Club and the University Club and has been associated with various civic enterprises. He is a member of the Unitarian Church.
In 1906, Roy A. Barnard married Ethel H. Davis who was born in Massachusetts. They are the par- ents of four children : Lawrence B., Sally E., Rich- ard D., and Walter B.
CREIGHTON P. MORTON-As associate general agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company at Worcester, Creighton P. Morton ranks on his record as one of the most successful insurance men of the county. He is a well-known figure in this city and has been active in many Worcester affairs.
Mr. Morton was born at Worcester, May 8, 1896, a son of Howard W. and Caroline (Fitts) Morton. His father, who was former manager of the Guy Furniture Company, was born in Nova Scotia and died in the year 1907. His mother was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died in 1923.
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