Worcester county; a narrative history, Volume III, Part 8

Author: Nelson, John, 1866-1933
Publication date: 1934
Publisher: New York, American historical Society
Number of Pages: 700

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Mr. Bullock married, October 17, 1900, Mabel Richardson, like himself a native of Worcester. Mr. and Mrs. Bullock are the parents of four chil- dren: I. Margaret, who married Edward C. Thayer. 2. Rose, who married Roger W. Con- verse. 3. Noeline. 4. Vera. The family home is located at No. 41 Sever Street, Worcester, while Mr. Bullock's offices are at No. 340 Main Street, Worcester.

RICHARD CLARENCE GUEST-It is getting to be a well-known fact that many math- ematicians become associated with the great insur- ance companies of our country, principally in the actuarial departments. Richard Clarence Guest, of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Mas- sachusetts, and a resident of Worcester during the

whole of his business career, was born at London, Province of Ontario, Canada, April 9, 1897, the son of Richard L. and Margaret (Talbot) Guest. He was reared on a farm and, after receiving the preliminaries of his education in the public schools of London, he matriculated at the University of Toronto, and was graduated with the class of 1920, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He came to Worcester, the year his university studies had been completed, to accept a position with the State Mu- tual Assurance Company, in the actuarial depart- ment. Since that time he has been promoted until at the time of writing he is the assistant actuary. Mr. Guest is a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America, Fellow of the American Institute of Actuaries, and a member of the American Sta- tistical Association. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Blue Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Worcester Economic Club, Players Club of Worcester, vice-president of the Worcester Drama League and secretary-treasurer of the Worcester branch of the Dickens Fellowship. During the World War Mr. Guest served with the Canadian troops in an artillery corps. His church is All Saints Episcopal of Worcester.

Richard Clarence Guest married, in 1922, Mary Ann Hobbs, of Thorndale, Canada, and they are the parents of two children: I. Dorcas Hobbs, born July 2, 1924. 2. Ann Talbot, born June 4, 1928. Mr. and Mrs. Guest reside in Princeton, Mas- sachusetts.

PARKER TROWBRIDGE-Co-founder of the Bond Club of Worcester which he helped or- ganize, and of which he became the first president, Parker Trowbridge, one of the best known invest- ment banking executives in the county, is resident manager of the Worcester office of Paine, Webber and Company, of Boston, a house widely and fa- vorably known in its line.

Mr. Trowbridge was born in Framingham, Mas- sachusetts, October 31, 1890, the son of Dr. Edward H. and Carrie Louise (Parker) Trowbridge, the former a well-known surgeon in Worcester, and the latter a native of Boston. After passing through the public schools of his home community, the son Parker took a college preparatory course at Worcester Academy. He next entered Dart- mouth College, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1913.

Upon leaving college, Mr. Trowbridge was lo- cated in business in Chicago for a short time and then started on his career in the financial world, joining in the next year the sales organization of Paine, Webber and Company of Boston. During the two years that he was located there, he was quick to grasp the details of the business, and it was soon perceived by the firm that he possessed executive ability beyond that of many young men of his age and experience. In 1915, when Paine, Webber and Company opened their branch office in Worcester, he was sent to cover this territory and was made manager of the bond department in 1917. He succeeded Henry B. Wellington, in 1926, as resident manager of the entire Worcester office, the position he now holds. The first Worcester office of the firm was in the State Mutual Build- ing. In July, 1918, the office was removed to the Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank Building, where it occupied the second floor. By September,

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1926, the firm again found it necessary to expand and make a change in quarters, and it moved to the New Central Building, 332 Main Street, where the branch office employed about thirty-five per- sons. Mr. Trowbridge, as resident manager, has been instrumental in building up the volume of business, bringing many new and desirable clients to the Worcester office.

During the World War, he served on various boards and committees in connection with govern- ment loan drives and relief work. He is prom- inent in civic and social affairs of the city, a mem- ber of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, affil- iating with the Free and Accepted Masons, having advanced through the Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine, of the Scottish Rite, and with the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks. His clubs are the Tatnuck Country Club, the Worcester Coun- try Club, of which latter body he is one of the gov- ernors ; the University Club, Kiwanis, the Worces- ter Club, Dartmouth Club of Worcester, of which he is a past president; and the Quinsigamond Boat Club. He is a member of the Unitarian Church.

Mr. Trowbridge married, in 1920, Zylpha W. Dyke, who was born in this State, and their chil- dren are: I. Jean Parker, born June 2, 1921. 2. Nancy, born June 25, 1924. 3. Anthony Dyke, born March 30, 1928. Mr. Trowbridge and his family reside at 8 Westland Street, Worcester.

FRANK E. COLESWORTHY-An active figure in the business life of Worcester, Massa- chusetts, Frank E. Colesworthy is purchasing agent for the well-known Crompton and Knowles Loom Works, with which firm he had been asso- ciated for more than thirty years.

Mr. Colesworthy was born at Chelsea, Massa- chusetts, on April 7, 1875, a son of George E. and Ellen T. (Powers) Colesworthy, both of Chelsea. His father, who died in 1922, owned and operated the Colesworthy Book Store, Cornhill, Boston, which was established originally by his father in 1832 and which is still in existence. Ellen T. (Powers) Colesworthy died in 1930.

Frank E. Colesworthy received his education in Massachusetts public schools, and began his ac- tive career in the grocery business. After five years however, he joined the local organization of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with whom he remained until 1899. It was in that year that he first entered the employ of the Crompton and Knowles Loom Works as a clerk in the Stock Room. Mr. Colesworthy's industry and ambition to succeed attracted favorable attention and he was gradually advanced within the company, serving in various departments until he was appointed assist- ant purchasing agent. Finally, in 1920 he became purchasing agent, succeeding Thomas T. Booth who had filled that office since 1892. Mr. Coles- worthy's services have been of recognized value to his company. He is considered a very able busi- ness man and enjoys the respect of all his business associates.

In addition to his connection with the Crompton and Knowles Company, Mr. Colesworthy has been active in many other phases of Worcester life. He served for two years as a member of the City Council, and for three years as alderman of the Seventh Ward, discharging all obligations of these offices with conspicuous fidelity. He is asso-

ciated with many civic and benevolent enterprises of the city and has been for a number of years a trustee of Worcester City Hospital. Mr. Coles- worthy is a director of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, a director of the New England Purchasing Agents Association, the National As- sociation of Purchasing Agents and its representa- tion on the National Committee on Wool Utiliza- tion. He is affiliated fraternally with Ridgeley Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is Past Noble Grand and with Quinsiga- mond Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. At Worcester he is a member and past president of the Worcester Commercial Travelers Association, a member and past president of the Worcester County Purchasing Agents Association, and is now president of the Commonwealth Club and the Hill- crest Country Club. As a young man, in 1893, he was a member for a time of the old Wellington Rifles, 2d Regiment. Mr. Colseworthy is a mem- ber of Bethany Congregational Church and was formerly chairman of its board of trustees.

In 1896 Frank E. Colesworthy married Jennie L. Lewis, of Rahway, New Jersey. They are the parents of three children: I. Frances E., a graduate of Framingham Normal School. She was married to E. B. Myott, and they have one child, Frances S. 2. Edward H., a graduate of Worces- ter Polytechnic Institute, now with Robert Gair Company, Toronto, Canada. He married Zelda Mckenzie and has one child, Robert. 3. Chester L., a graduate of Cushing Academy, now associated with Groton and Knight Company, in the sales department. He married Madeline Hunt.

DR. EDSON W. GLIDDEN-Since he at- tained the age of twenty-five, Dr. Edson W. Glid- den has devoted his life and talents to the study of tuberculosis, its prevention, isolation and cure. He has a rich and extensive experience in this depart- ment of medicine and served at the head of other State institutions before he accepted his present responsible position as superintendent of the Worcester County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. This is one of the most modern institutions of its kind in the country and Dr. Glidden is ideally qualified to guide and direct its work.

He was born in Savannah, Georgia, on July 4, 1884, a son of Edson W. and Charlotte S. (O'Hanlon) Glidden. His father, who was a druggist, was born in New Hampshire and died on April 22, 1933. His mother, born in New York State, died in 1927. After completing his preliminary education, Dr. Glidden entered the University of Maryland to prepare for his profes- sional career. He was graduated after completing the full medical course with the centenary class of 1907, taking the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For two years thereafter he carried on post- graduate work at Baltimore and at the end of that time returned to Georgia, where he began active practice. Dr. Glidden had been attracted early to this branch of medicine and his special studies had given him an authoritative knowledge of its vari- ous aspects. He made rapid progress in his prac- 'ice and soon acquired a reputation which carried his name beyond the borders of his native State.

After a period of twelve years, Dr. Glidden came to Massachusetts and for nearly ten years

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served as assistant superintendent of the Lakeville State Sanatorium. At length, in August, 1930, he was called to Worcester to direct the building of the Worcester County Sanatorium, of which he was appointed superintendent. Dr. Glidden ac- cepted the responsibility. He personally superin- tended and directed the drawing up of all plans, and from 1931 onward devoted all his time to the ac- tive supervision of construction work, the equip- ping of the sanatorium and the choice of staff and personnel. The finished institution, which opened its doors on February I, 1933, reflects his influ- ence. His long experience and clear vision have been of great value to the county in the successful completion of this important undertaking and credit is due him for the fidelity and unselfishness with which he has given himself to his work. As a Worcester paper wrote of him:

"Dr. Glidden is proud of the institution, as well he might be. He is very modest and is averse to having very much said about himself. A man of culture, broad experience and of sympathetic na- ture, he gives the best he has to his work, and his keen observation and perception as to the needs and ministries of such an institution are reënforced by many years of experience. Dr. Glidden sees great possibilities in the plant, and believes that it should stand for a good many years to come, ac- complishing with marked efficiency the purpose for which it is erected."

The Worcester County Sanatorium for the care of tubercular patients is ideally equipped to meet the needs of those to whom it ministers. Located on a high point in Boylston, its construction was authorized in 1916 but it was deemed advisable to postpone its erection until a later date. Actual building was commenced on June 25, 1931, and finished in January, 1933, at a total cost, including equipment, of $1,617,000. There are almost five hundred acres of ground in the site, providing an ample and desirable setting for an institution of this kind. The building itself is architecturally impressive. It consists of three stories and a base- ment and has a capicity of 125 beds. Every room designed to house a patient has a southern exposure and is equipped with windows through which sun- light pours in abundance. There are many special rooms, completely equipped, providing for every possible medical and surgical need. In addition, there are "sun decks" for the use of convalescents, a library and various administration rooms. In every hospital room there is a radio. Besides the main building, a nurses' home, power plant, ten- car garage and the superintendent's residence com- plete the institution. There are three doctors and about thirty-five nurses in charge and every pro- vision has been made for the accommodation of the staff.

Dr. Glidden now devotes his entire time to the supervision of the sanatorium. His distinguished career has brought him honors in his profession and he enjoys the profound respect of all his asso- ciates. Dr. Glidden is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the National Tuberculosis Association, the Massachusetts Tuber- culosis Association, the American Medical Asso- ciation, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Hospital Association, the Southern Medical Association and the Worcester County Medical Society. He is affiliated fraternally with

the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of all higher bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scot- tish Rite, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree, and having served as Master of his Blue Lodge. Dr. Glidden is also a member of the Ki- wanis Club and the Economic Club at Worcester. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.

In 1913 Edson W. Glidden married Margaret von L. Windegger, of Missouri. They are the parents of one daughter, Margaret C., born Sep- tember 7, 1927.

JOHN W. ODLIN-It has been claimed that one of the most noteworthy developments of pres- ent-day business is the heights to which advertis- ing and its use have been brought. John W. Odlin, of Worcester, has been connected with the pub- licity and advertising business throughout all his mature life, and is the founder and the president of the John W. Odlin Company, Incorporated, whose specialty is advertising on a large scale in all parts of the world, the goods of manufacturing companies. His company has chosen a difficult field, but has met with a success that is remarkable. Credit for this goes to Mr. Odlin who has been the directing force behind the activities of the corporation.

John W. Odlin was born June 6, 1880, at Con- cord, New Hampshire, the son of John W. and Susan Frances (Goss) Odlin, natives of New Hampshire, both now deceased, the former in 1889, and the latter in 1927. Senior John W. Odlin was a musician and a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in the First New Hampshire Vol- unteers, and was wounded at the Battle of Bull Run. The son was educated in the public schools of Concord, and later took special courses in languages. As will be noted, his father died when he was but nine years old and the lad early started to contribute to the support of the family and himself. After several years in newspaper work, he took up advertising as his vocation, and later became advertising manager of the Wright Wire Company. When this concern was absorbed by the Wickwire-Spencer Company, Mr. Odlin was made the advertising manager of the Worcester division, a post he held for three years. Then, in 1922, he resigned to establish his own firm, the John W. Odlin Company, Incorporated, with headquarters in Worcester. General advertising was, and is, the base upon which this company operates, but it specializes in the placing of the advertising of wholesale products of manufacturing corporations in the United States and in many of the foreign countries.

Mr. Odlin has been generous in giving his abilities, time and energies to civic movements, and enterprises which make for the benefit of his com- munity. During the period of America's partici- pation in the World War, he served on all man- ner of committees and boards, was prominent in the drives for government loans and contributed to humanitarian and similar organizations. As was to be expected, his greatest contribution to the movements of that day were by way of advertising, he being, practically in charge of all the publicity work in Worcester. Mr. Odlin is fraternally affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, and holds all the degrees of Masonry up to and in- cluding the thirty-second degree. He is well known

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in the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce of Worcester. He finds recreation at the Hill- crest Country Club and at the Tatnuck Club. Mr. Odlin keeps in touch with his colleagues in advertising through membership in the Advertis- ing Club of the city. He is a particularly valued member of this organization, for his company is the only one in Worcester which covers the whole- sale manufacturers field. Mr. Odlin is the author of numerous articles which have appeared in maga- zines and periodicals on subjects allied to his pro- fession. He is a member of First Unitarian Church.

In 1916 John W. Odlin married Anne Cushing, a native of Massachusetts, and they are the parents of a daughter, born November 7, 1924.

CHARLES TAYLOR TATMAN-The city of Worcester gave a native son, Charles Taylor Tatman, to the profession of the law, and he has distinguished himself at the bar of this county, known throughout the Commonwealth and be- yond its borders for its learned and illustrious members, many of whom have graced the judiciary. Mr. Tatman, who has been in practice in this jurisdiction for nearly forty years, has also an ex- cellent political record, made up of service in the legislative chambers of his home city and the State and in an official capacity to the Republican party.

Born in Worcester, December 16, 1871, Charles Taylor Tatman is a son of Reuben James and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman. He is a lineal de- scendant of Daniel Gookin, founder of Worcester, and of his grandson, Daniel Gookin, first high sheriff of Worcester County. From the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he was a student in 1889-91, he entered Harvard University, gradu- ating from the Law School with his degree of Bachelor of Laws in the class of 1894. Admitted to the bar in the year of his graduation, he has since practiced in his native city, where he is known as one of the leaders of the legal fraternity, having the esteem of his colleagues and the con- fidence of the judiciary. His professional affilia- tions include the American Bar Association, Mas- sachusetts Bar Association and Worcester County Bar Association, of which latter body he served as president in 1920.

Active in politics from early manhood, he was elected chairman of the Republican City Commit- tee of Worcester in 1898. The following year, 1899, he was representative to the General Court at Boston and was reëlected and served also in 1900. He was elected to the board of aldermen of the city of Worcester in 1906; was made a mem- ber of the executive committee of the Republican State Committee in 1914 and served for three years. In 1917-18 he was a delegate-at-large to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He is a member of the American Society of Interna- tional Law, a director of the Worcester Free Public Library from 1907 to 1913, and president in 1912; a member of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, of which he was president in 1909-II.

He is a member of the Alliance Francaise, the Sons of the American Revolution, American Anti- quarian Society, American Numismatic Society, Worcester Historical Society, of which he was president in 1913; a member of the Sigma Alpha

Epsilon Fraternity and the Rotary Club of Worcester, of which he was president in 1927-28. He was one of the prominent founders of the American Numismatic Association and was its first secretary. For three years he served as a member of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (now the Massachusetts National Guard). He is a member of the Harvard Club of New York, the Worcester Club, Tatnuck Country Club, and the Cohasse Country Club. His religious preference is Unitarian. He does considerable writing on the subject of numismatics. During the World War period he served as government appeal agent under the Selective Service Act.

Among his business connections, which he also represents professionally, are the United Bancroft Hotel Company, of which he is director and clerk, the Eastern Bridge and Structural Company, which he serves in similar capacities; Burncoat Estates, Inc., of which he is treasurer and director. He has been a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court since 1902.

Mr. Tatman married, August 28, 1901, Anna C. Svedberg, daughter of Anders and Christina F. Svedberg. They have their home at 242 Salis- bury Street, and Mr. Tatman his law office in suite 900 Slater Building, Worcester.

JOHN E. WASHBURN-The Washburn name has been prominent among the industrial leaders of Worcester for nearly a century. The original John E. Washburn, grandfather of the John E. Washburn of this review, long before the latter's birth founded a business in the making of steam fittings. In 1872 he formed a partnership with a Mr. Barrett to establish the firm of Barrett and Washburn, to carry on the same line of trade and manufacturing. Still later, Silas Garfield re- placed Barrett as a partner and the concern be- came known as the Washburn-Garfield Company, a title under which the corporation has operated ever since. The grandson of the founder of the company was born at Worcester, March 15, 1878, the son of H. Henry and Louella (Harrington) Washburn. The latter mentioned was a native of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts who died in 1882. J. Henry Washburn was for many years the presi- dent of the Washburn-Garfield Company which under his direction expanded greatly. He died in 1924.

John E. Washburn, of this review, was educated in the public schools of his natal city and early in life became associated with the corporation of which his father was the head. It was then a comparatively small affair and had been incor- porated as recently as 1889 with J. E. Washburn, president; Silas Garfield, vice-president; and Charles S. Chapin, treasurer. There was nothing casy about the situation of the youthful John E., when he went into the plant, for his elders held the notion that only by working his way through every process and department of the concern could the boy be fitted to take his place alongside of the other members of the family. He learned the busi- ness and was with the company during its manu- facturing as well as the jobbing stage of its prog- ress. As jobbers the corporation has operated for about thirty years. In 1914 Mr. Washburn's father resigned from the presidency of the Wash-

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burn-Garfield Company, and the son was elected to succeed him. The senior Mr. Washburn lived for another decade but was relatively inactive in the affairs of the firm. He had the pleasure of seeing his son, however, prove capable of carrying on the traditions of the family and of the business so long in the control of the Washburns of three generations. The Washburn-Garfield Company is the oldest of its kind in Worcester and one of the pioneer concerns interested in the manufacturing and distribution of steam fittings in New England. In addition to his connection with the company, Mr. Washburn is a trustee of the Mechanics Sav- ings Bank and vice-president of the M. A. C. Plan Bank.

It is doubtful whether business, despite his achievement in this realm, is considered of the greatest importance by Mr. Washburn. A list of a few of the clubs and societies of which he is a member reflects something of the versatility of his interests. He is a member of the Worcester Club, the Commonwealth Club, of which he is a past president, the Chamber of Commerce, the Worcester Country and the Tatnuck Country clubs, the Worcester Agricultural Society, of which he is treasurer, and a number of other or- ganizations. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, a member of Knights Templar and of the Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has for years been prominent in civic and welfare movements, and like his forebears has contributed valuably to the progress and prosperity of the city. For many years he has been a communicant of the Episcopal Church.

In 1905 Mr. Washburn married Alice R. Weatherhead, a native of Massachusetts, and they are the parents of a daughter, Eloise, a graduate of the Bennett and Bancroft schools, now the wife of Bruce B. King.

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Worcester county; a narrative history, Volume III, Part 8

Author: Nelson, John, 1866-1933 Publication date: 1934 Publisher: New York, American historical Society Number of Pages: 700

Author: Nelson, John, 1866-1933
Publication date: 1934
Publisher: New York, American historical Society
Number of Pages: 700