1882

Partridge reports that the lumber business is booming.

Webster—in the National CorporationReporter of Chicago, May 23, 1941, appeared the following:

We give the old wheel that goes round and round a turn for the name of a member of the bar who is one of our leaders and we are presented with that of Charles R. Webster, who was born May 12, 1862, at Hopkinton, Mass., the son of the Rev. John Calvin Webster, D.D., and Mrs. Elizabeth Ripley (Bouton) Webster. He is a descendant on the paternal side of the same ancestry as Daniel Webster and on the maternal side a direct descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He received his A. B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1882. He read law in various offices from 1882 to 1884 and was admitted to the bar during the latter year. He married Laura Ames Orcutt on December 20, 1893. Friend Webster was a member of the law firms of Tatham & Webster from 1885 to 1895, Bayley & Webster, Bayley, Merrick, Webster 8c Gregory and now is senior member of the law firm of Bayley, Webster, Gregory & Hunter. He served as chairman of the executive committee of the Evanston War Council during the World War and was a member of the Legal Advisory Board in Evanston. He was a member of the committee on character and fitness of applicants for admission to the bar in 1919, and chairman of this committee the following year. He is a member of the American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, Sons of the American Revolution, Chicago Association of Commerce, Dartmouth College Alumni Association, having been president general in 1912 and Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternities. Friend Webster was a delegate to the Re- publican state conventions in igoo and 1904. He is a member of the University, Law and Glenview clubs. We have been wondering for some time when the name of our old friend, Charles R. Webster, would come out of the wheel. What can anyone add that has not already been said of one of the most honored members of the legal profession? Our acquaintance with friend Charles dates back to the year 1885 when we were connected with the Legal Ad- viser, a weekly paper. He was a great deal younger in those days than he is now but not quite so well and favorably known. We also remember that in the year 1895 friend Charles was junior member of the law firm of Bayley and Webster and that their offi- ces were in the Association Building, Suite 1114, and that their telephone was Cen. 36. How about it, friend Charles? He is well known and has throughout his long years of practice retained in demeanor and habit of thought, the characteristics of his fore- fathers. He is endowed with a great legal mind and mental energy. He is one of the leaders of the bar and his courage, sin- cerity and intelligent grasp of legal prob- lems has won him the respect and confidence of the bench, the bar and his clients. The writer, friend Charles, wishes you many more years in your chosen profession—More Anon.

Secretary and TreasurerHERBERT L. Kennebunkport, Me.