L. Joseph Theophile Decary, whose name introduces this record,
pursued a commercial course in St. Jerome, leaving the school
there in 1900. He afterward spent a year in a pharmaceutical
establishment and a year as a telegraph operator at St. Jerome
Junction on the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern of Quebec
Railroads. When nineteen years of age he left home, without
funds, to go to Boston, hoping there to find the opportunity
which would enable him to develop his latent talents in drawing.
From an early age he had displayed considerable ability in that
direction and believed that his line of life should be determined
thereby. After reaching Boston he secured a situation in an
architect’s office which brought him a salary of two dollars per
week. He learned quickly and won the confidence and assistance
of Guy Lowell, architect, who sent him to the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Boston in October, 1903. There he
followed a special course in architecture until 1905, and he now
holds a degree from the association of architects of the Province
of Quebec Architects’ Association. Following his return to Canada
he opened an office in Montreal, where he has since practiced
his profession, his ability gaining him a large clientage. He
made the architectural design and plans for the Ecole des Hautes
Etudes Commerciales of Montreal for Messrs. Gauthier and Daoust.
His talent has been further developed in the field of fine arts
as shown in his exhibitions in water colors at the season
exhibit of the Art Association of Montreal in 1910. He is a
member of the National Gallery of Ottawa.
[Illustration: L. J. T. DECARY]
On the 23d of April, 1906, at Point St. Charles, Montreal, Mr.
Decary was united in marriage to Hattie G. Blanchard, a daughter
of Captain J. B. Blanchard and widow of John Weatherburn. In his
political views Mr. Decary is a liberal and is without political
ambition or aspiration. He finds pleasant association with men
of similar professional talents in the Technology Club of Lower
Canada and interest and recreation through his membership in the
St. John Yacht Club, of which he was vice commodore in the year
1913.
ALEXANDER DRUMMOND STEWART, M. D.
Dr. Alexander Drummond Stewart, a successful physician and since
1903 connected with the department of the interior of the port
of Montreal, is a native of Toronto, Ontario, and acquired his
preliminary education in the public schools of that city. He
studied medicine in McGill University, graduating with the degree
of M. D. in 1888. Since that time he has been continuously in
practice.
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