General Notes

BIOGRAPHY: Herb was born in Paxton and died in the house where he wasborn at 627 Pleasant Street. He traveled in the merchant marine on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Virginia to San Francisco through the Panama Canal. He worked as a radio technician in his youth, and worked at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium on the sound system for the concerts of the big bands including Count Basie, The Dorsey brothers and others in the 1930's. He and his wife Ruth renovated the family home removing all the old lead paint in it from 1936 to about 1940 before their children were born. Herb's grandfather Resdau White raised the roof on the kitchen el of the house during that period. He worked independently as a television and radio repairman in the 1940's and '50's. For a time in the 1950's he was the Postmaster of the U. S. Post Office at Paxton, MA. He worked as a U. S. Census Enumerator in the 1950 U. S. Census. He was a member of the Town of Paxton Planning Board and was the Chairman for many years. He was active in the Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards until his death.