Background
Towne, Charles Wayland was born on November 14, 1875 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of T!Charles A. and Alice (Jordan) Towne.
Towne, Charles Wayland was born on November 14, 1875 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of T!Charles A. and Alice (Jordan) Towne.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1897.
Newspaper correspondent and literary work, Boston, 1903. Owner public White Mountain Echo, Bethlehem, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1905-1908. Owner and editor Daily Evening Leader, Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Newburyport Morning Herald, 1909.
Editor public Cambridge Daily Standard, 1911.
Publicity work, 5 years, with Ivy L. Lee. Publicity director Anaconda Copper Mining Company and Montana Power Company, 1920-1941.
Later retired. Dramatic director 5 months at Camp Upton, New York, and 14 months in France, 1917-1919, World War. member American Legion, Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quarter Singing in American, Delta Phi.
Member American Legion, Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quarter Singing in American, Delta Phi. Clubs: Old Pueblo, Executives (pre.), Rotary. Epsicopalian. Has written books and magazine articles (humorous) under pen-name of “Gideon Wurdz”.
Married 3d, Priscilla Codner Sayre, December, 1938. Children: Betsy, Patricia, Richard South. Member of the staff of New York Times, 1897-1898, Boston Herald, 1898-1903.