Lowell Technological Institute - Pickout Yearbook (Lowell, MA)

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grtijur apton $ollarb famiarp 5, 1843 — 3hme 4, 1930 Mr. Pollard was born in Plaistow. New Hampshire, on January 5, 1843, the son of Joseph S. and Luella Tucker Pollard. On October 14, 1869, he married Miss Martha M. Fuller, of Keesville. New York, who passed away on May 24, 1928. Four children were born to them, two of whom survive — a son, Harry G. Pollard, and a daughter, Mrs. William T. Sheppard. He is also survived by two grandsons, one granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Pollard received his education in the local schools of Plaistow and Lowell, but while still in his teens entered the employ of Hilton, Keyes, and Lewis. In 1861. he became a clerk in the dry goods store of Hocum Hasford of Lowell, and at the end of three years was admitted to partnership. About twenty years later, Mr. Hasford died. For the next five years, Mr. Pollard managed the business, and then acquired the Hasford interest and became the sole owner. Later, he admitted his son, Harry G. Pollard, and Harry Dunlap, to membership in the firm, and so came into existence the A. G. Pollard Company. Mr. Pollard was an ideal citizen, a model merchant, a man whose life should be an inspiration to young men, not particularly in the power to make money but in character, good will, civic pride, patriotism, and philanthropic instincts. His activities were numerous and varied. He was President of the Union National Bank of Lowell for a number of years but he resigned this office a few years ago, and then became chairman of its Board of Directors. He was President of the Stony Brook Railroad Company, Trustee of the Central Savings Bank, Chairman of the Trustees of the Lowell Textile Institute, Director of the Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co., President of the Trustees of the Lowell General Hospital, Trustee of the Old Ladies ' Home, Trustee of the Ayer Home for Children, Trustee of the Rogers Hall School, Trustee of the Lowell Young Men ' s Christian Association, and Trustee of the Massachusetts Agricul- tural College at Amherst. His gifts to charitable enterprises were always generous and numerous. His benefactions to the town of his birth were so great that he was called The Father of Plaistow . He stood very high in Masonic circles, having been elevated to the 33rd Degree of Masonry for his notable services and endeavors. He was a member of the Yorick Club and the Vesper Country Club of Lowell, and the Twentieth Century and the Middlesex Clubs of Boston. Mr. Pollard was made a Trustee of the school at its inception in 1895 and also served as Treasurer until the death of Mr. Alexander G. Cummock in 1919 when at that time, Mr. Pollard became chairman of the Board of Trustees. Until his death, he maintained an able and active interest in the affairs of the Institute. He is gone, but his memory liveth; He is dead, but his example is here; The sweetness and fragrance it giveth Will linger for many a year. Mn Appreciation The Pickout wishes to express its gratitude to President Eames and Mr. John F. Sawyer of Lowell, for the obituarv of Arthur Gavton Pollard.