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son, a graduate of the Boston Law School in 1899, and Philip Laforrest 
Thompson, B.S. Dartmouth ’08, and C.E. ’oo. 
He received the degree of B.A. in 1909 from Dartmouth College, where 
he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and of Sphinx Senior Society. 
He was married October 3, 1912, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., to Miss Hortense 
Peters of St. Johnsbury, Vt., daughter of Dr. George Frederick Cheney 
and Emma (Smith) Peters Cheney. 
Since July 1, 1911, Thompson has been employed in the United 
States Forest Service as forest assistant with headquarters in 
Washington, D. C. He has been engaged in the examination of 
land under the Weeks law in West Virginia and Virginia. 
In politics he is a National Progressive. 
Charles H. Watzek 
Business address, Crossett Western Lumber Company, Wauna, Ore. 
Home address, 1407 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa 
Charles Harlan Watzek was born July 3, 1887, in Davenport, Iowa, the 
son of John Wentzel Watzek and Helen Theresa (Harlan) Watzek. On 
his father’s side he is of Austrian, and on his mother’s of direct Puritan 
descent. He has two brothers: Aubrey Richardson Watzek, Yale ’oo, 
and John Whittier Watzek, Yale ’13 S. 
He was prepared at the high school in Davenport, Iowa, and at 
Andover, and in 1910 graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School at 
Yale, where he was a member of Sigma Xi, of the Executive Board of 
the Sheff Y. M. C. A. and of the City Government Club. He also 
received general honors in his Junior year, was Class Deacon and Presi- 
dent of the Iowa Club and engaged in industrial work. 
His engagement has been announced. 
Watzek held various minor positions in southern yellow pine 
manufacturing lumber plants during 1911-12. He spent three 
months in the summer of 1911 automobiling through England and 
Continental Europe. Since June 1, 1912, he has been connected 
with the Big Creek Logging Company of Portland, Ore., as secre- 
tary and treasurer. In addition to this he has recently become 
secretary and treasurer and assistant manager of the Crossett 
Western Lumber Company of Wauna, Ore. 
He is a member of the Episcopal church. He is Secretary 
of the Class of 1911, Yale Forest School. 
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