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during Mr. Lynch's administration testifies
strongly to his value. The number of school
buildings has increased, their construction
and equipment brought into conformity with
modern school requirements, the courses of
study have been broadened and a higher
standard attained in both scholarship and
in teaching ability. He has under his leader-
ship an efficient teaching corps of twenty
teachers, giving instruction to eight hun-
dred pupils, in all branches, from kinder-
garten to high school, with special teachers
in music, drawing and other branches, the
public schools vieing in point of excel-
lence with private educational institutions
of the citv. Mr. Lynch is a Democrat in
political belief, and is one of the prominent
men of his city, interested in all that per-
tains to progress and aiding all good causes.
He married, April 19. 1887, Theresa B.,
daughter of William A. and Mary (Perry-
man) Ahern, of Martinsburg, \Vest \'ir-
ginia. Children : Harry Holliday, educated
in the public schools, Shenandoah \'alley
Academy, and the law department of the
Uni\ersity of Virginia, and admitted to the
bar in 1914; Mary Alargaret, \'era Anna.
Theresa Inez, Mavirice.
Aubrey Chesterman. The career of Au-
lirev Chesterman, of Roanoke, member of the firm of architects, Frye & Chesterman. has been one of consecutive progress and development, and his prestige as an archi- tect has been cumulative in character. His devotion to his profession is supreme, and to him no labor is too severe, no sacrifice too great, if thereby he can approach the ends he has in view more nearly. The fine results he has achieved have proved the wisdom of his methods. He is a son of the late Edwin Bruce Chesterman, the noted journalist. .A.ubrey Chesterman was born in Richmond, \'irginia, June 7, 1875. He received his earlier education in the primary, grammar and high schools of his native city. From his earliest years he had shown remarkable ability in drawing and design- ing, and upon the completion of his school studies, commenced his architectural studies in the studio of Captain M. J. Dimmock. where he remained five years, during this time making an exhaustive and comprehen- sive study of the history and principles of architecture. He then accepted a position in the offices of Noland & Baskervill, Rich-
mond, \'irginia, and at the end of two years,
1900, associated himself in a partnership
with E. G. Frye, forming the firm of Frye
(5\' Chesterman, They have designed and
erected some of the finest and most impor-
tant buildings in the state, a partial list
being as follows : City Hall. Roanoke : Ran-
dolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg,
Virginia; Hollins Institute, Hollins, Vir-
ginia ; several buildings for the Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia;
Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia ; the general office for the Norfolk &
^^'estern Railway Company, Roanoke, and
a number of depots for that road ; and were
associate architects for the Peojile's Na-
tional Bank building. Lynchburg, \'irginia ;
the Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank
building ; Loan and Trust Company build-
ing. Bedford, Virginia ; Farmers' and Mer-
chants' Bank, Winchester, Virginia ; Young
Men's Christian Association buildings,
Lynchburg and Danville ; State Normal
School, Farmville, and many others equally
important and beautiful. They were ap-
pointed as associate architects to draw plans
for the additions to the State Capitol build-
ing at Richmond. He is a member of Hill
City Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and
of Lynchburg Lodge, No. 321, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Chesterman married Hellena Hamp- ton Booker, a daughter of Captain John A. Booker, of Cumberland Court House, Vir- ginia, and to them have been born the fol- lowing named children : Aubrey, Jr., Cath- erine and \\"arren, Mrs. Chesterman is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and of the Methodist church. South, and is an active member of both in- stitutions. In all the work executed by Mr. Chesterman, there is at once apparent the result of earnest study and careful training. Furthermore there is that element of crea- tive power which must be inborn, and with- out which all mechanical and acquired abil- it\- is lifeless and lacking.
Zeno Leonidas Weaver, M. D. After thor- ough ]jreparation in medical college and hospital at Richmond, Virginia, and New York City, Dr, Weaver began practice in his native state, and in all that the word im- plies merits the title of successful. He comes from Madison county, \'irginia, fore- bears. Hood in that county the family seat.
