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The Bristol County Academy of Sciences was incorporated May 7, 1909, for the purpose of promoting knowledge and public interest in the natural sciences, and the liberal and useful arts, and the conservation of natural resources, and to establish and maintain a museum, library and laboratory for such purposes. The Academy had for its first membership the following-named: A. Cleveland Bent, William C. Davenport, William Reed, Walter C. Baylies, Henry F. Bassett, Arthur R. Sharp, John C. Sharp, jr., H. W. Harrub, Rev. Malcolm Taylor, Nathan Newbury, Fred T. Hersom, Frederick H. Carpenter, Joshua E. Crane, Dr. Arthur V. Goss, Julius Rockwell, Henry P. Copeland, L. M. Witherell, Bradford A. Scud- der, Charles A. Hathaway, jr., Dr. Frank A. Hubbard, Edgar L. Cross- man, Edwin A. Tetlow, Charles L. Phillips, Morton L. Church, Rev. Joel H. Metcalf. The society has promoted the work of divisions of photo- graphy, its herbarium and its ornithological department. The officers in 1923: President, A. Cleveland Bent; vice-presidents: Henry F. Bassett, Joshua E. Crane; secretary, Miss Flora L. Mason; treasurer, Miss Lucy B. Bliss; curator, F. Seymour Hersey; directors: the above-named and Wil- liam C. Davenport, Dr. Arthur V. Goss, Mrs. Franklin D. Williams.
Miscellaneous .- The Taunton Winthrop Club was formed by an associ- ation of Taunton men who held a meeting for that purpose at 16 Main street, August 12, 1892, the meeting being called by Col. Frederick Mason. A constitution and by-laws were adopted at that time. At a meeting held October 18, 1892, the following-named officers were elected: President, Col. Frederick Mason; vice-president, James C. Sproat; clerk and treas- urer, James R. Tallman; executive committee: Henry J. Fuller, John S. Bassett, A. E. Swasey, Edward Lovering, George W. Colby. At the meeting of June, 1894, Frederick H. Bent was elected secretary and treasurer, and Col. Mason, Mr. Sproat and Mr. Bent were reelected in 1895. Hon. Edgar L. Crossman was elected secretary in 1896; and in 1897 Dr. Thomas J. Robinson was elected vice-president. The same offi- cials held office in 1897 and 1898. In 1899 James C. Sproat was chosen secretary and treasurer. There was no change in office in 1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903. Albert Fuller was elected vice-president in 1904. In 1906, Al- bert Fuller was president, Frederick Ludlam vice-president, James C.
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Sproat secretary and treasurer. The offices remained unchanged until 1912, when Henry F. Bassett was chosen president, Hon. Silas Dean Reed, vice-president, Frank P. Canedy secretary and treasurer. In 1915, William O. Kingman was appointed secretary and treasurer, and in 1916, William Hughes was president; in 1917, Amos L. Richards, vice-president. W. Frank Sampson was elected secretary and treasurer in 1918. In 1920 Richard Wastcoat was vice-president. The present clubhouse was opened Monday evening, January 1, 1894. On September 14, 1900, a reception was given His Honor, Mayor Wrenn of Taunton, England. The officers in 1923: President, H. H. Shumway; vice-president, Richard Wastcoat; secre- tary and treasurer, W. Frank Sampson.
The Segreganset Country Club, with the most desirable and attractive location and grounds in this part of the county, was instituted in 1899, the first officers being: President, A. Cleveland Bent; secretary and treasurer, George T. Hartshorn. The Gulliver estate at Wade's Corners, with its buildings, was purchased in 1908, and the golf course of three thousand yards and nine holes was laid out. Nathan Newbury succeeded A. Cleveland Bent as president of the club; James Greenwood succeeded Mr. Hartshorn as the secretary, and Merle T. Barker was treasurer and secretary in 1923. The board of governors that year consisted of Merle T. Barker, R. Frank Brooks, jr., Mrs. R. Frank Brooks, jr., Mrs. Harry Carlow, Charles W. Davol, William Hughes, Nathan Newbury, Ira L. Newcomb, William H. Reed. The membership in 1923 was approximately three hundred.
The Taunton Shooting Club and the Nimrod Club were two sports and gunning organizations that existed here in the early seventies. They combined on May 8, 1874, for the formation of the Sportsman Club, with the following-named as officers: President, Silas Dean Presbrey, M.D .; vice-president, Henry D. Atwood; secretary, Jason W. Hayward, M.D .; treasurer, James Cushman, esq .; executive committee: William H. Burt, J. L. Merigold, J. Sampson. The Sportsman Club was reorganized April 1, 1886, as the Bristol Club, with the following-named officers: President, Henry D. Atwood; vice-president, Jason W. Hayward, M. D .; secretary, Henry G. Brownell; treasurer, E. M. Walker; executive committee: Hon. William H. Fox, A. B. Hodges, N. S. Williams. Meetings have been held at the Fayette building, from the first. The club in 1923 had ninety-eight resident members and six non-resident members, and the officers were as follows: President, W. S. Pepler; vice-president, Fred Dary; treasurer, Herbert E. Pierce; secretary, Harold S. Hall; executive committee : A. R. Taylor, C. F. Baylies, Ernest K. Vanderwarker.
The Taunton Rotary Club was given its start in Taunton, March 22, 1921, when prominent rotarians from Brockton, Providence, Pawtucket and New Bedford came to Taunton, to the number of seventy, to assist the local club at its institution and the presentation of its charter. Dis- trict Governor Forrest Perkins presented the charter, and President James P. Whitters of the Taunton club took charge of it, the local charter being No. 833, and the club starting with twenty-one members. Mr. Perkins placed before the members of the new club the high principles of rotary --- the doctrine of service in a non-political, non-sectarian and friendly way; and Hon. Leo H. Coughlin, the mayor, extended a welcome to the city.
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The first officers consisted of: President, James P. Whitters; vice-president, Hon. Leo H. Coughlin; secretary, Raymond H. Pierce; treasurer, Bion C. Pierce. The officers for 1923 were: President, William R. Park, jr .; secretary, Raymond H. Pierce; treasurer, Bion C. Pierce; directors : James P. Whitters, H. H. Shumway, Arthur R. Crandell, M. D.
The Taunton Automobile Club was organized in 1911 as a social and protective club of all persons interested in the use, manufacture or sale of motor vehicles. Its objects are the protection of such persons from un- just legislation or unreasonable enforcement of laws and ordinances, and the enactment of rational legislation affecting the use of such vehicles. There were sixty charter members. The general management and control of the affairs of the club is vested in a board of seven members known as the board of governors, consisting of the president, vice-president, the secretary and treasurer, and four governors. The club, which is affiliated with the Massachusetts State Automobile Association and the American Automobile Association, had for its officers in 1923: President, Arthur R. Crandell, M.D .; vice-president, William H. Reed; secretary and treasurer, A. C. Lewis.
The Taunton College Club was organized January 18, 1902, with twelve members, the officers at that time being: President, Miss Blanche C. Grant; vice-president, Mrs. Frank A. Hubbard; secretary, Miss Bertha J. Southwick; treasurer, Miss Pearl B. Grant. Women who had been enrolled as students at colleges, and who were approved by the member- ship committee, were eligible for membership, and monthly meetings were held. The club was disbanded in 1912. The club was reorganized in 1921, and since that time held four meetings a year. Only members who are college graduates are eligible for office. The club, with its membership of fifty-two in 1923, had the following officers: President, Mrs. Chester S. Godfrey; vice-president, Mrs. Samuel V. Cole; secretary, Miss Madeline Handy; treasurer, Mrs. Julius Rockwell.
The Taunton Harvard Club was organized November 16, 1914, with thirty-five charter members, the officers at that time being: President, Frank A. Hubbard, M. D .; vice-president, Judge Frederick S. Hall; secre- tary and treasurer, Arthur R. Crandell, M. D. Meetings are held once or twice a year. There were in 1923 fifty-one members. Judge Frederick S. Hall was the second president of the club; Joseph K. Milliken, third; and the officers in 1923 were: President, Arthur R. Crandell, M. D .; vice-presi- dent, William H. Reed; secretary, Joseph L. Murphy, M. D .; treasurer, Herbert Baldwin.
Taunton Alumni of Massachusetts Institute of Technology held their first meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association, April 12, 1923, when permanent officers were elected and a constitution adopted. John L. Barry, treasurer of the Whittenton Hosiery Corporation, was elected president; R. Loring Hayward, vice-president; Edward F. Brennan, secretary-treasurer; A. Loring Swasey, member of the board of governors.
Holy Cross College Club in Taunton has twenty-five members. The club is affiliated with the Bristol County Alumni Association of Holy Cross College, that was organized in 1900.
The Taunton Lions Club was organized in 1923 for civic betterment and philanthropic purposes. The officers were: President, Russell Park; secretary and treasurer, Louis T. Wood. The membership was twenty-two.
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The Taunton Rod and Gun Club was the live sportsman organization of 1923, it having originated in 1921 as the Taunton Trap-shooting Club, their first shoot being held on Thanksgiving Day of that year. Arthur A. Scudder and a number of other men of Taunton and nearby places gave an impetus to the movement, and the officers elected at the first business meet- ing consisted of: President, A. Cleveland Bent, one of the leading ethnolo- gists in the country; secretary, A. H. Shumway; treasurer, Walter N. Smith. An organization known as the Taunton Gun Club was started in 1888, and members were such well known local sportsmen as J. G. Smith, G. L. Smith, Charles Snow, George Davis, Jacob Davis, Enoch Bowen, J. Tyler Hall. In 1900 a Taunton Rod and Gun Club was originated by Arthur A. Scudder, and continued an annual interest for nine years. Among those who made the club a success were the following-named: Sheriff Ed- win H. Evans, Charles W. Davol, William H. Cushman, Maurice Lott, Henry Allen, Charles Allen, George Thorndike, Albert Atwood, Fred Scud- der, Frederick Hill, A. Cleveland Bent.
The Taunton Boat Club corporation had its beginning in 1892, when William T. Donnelly, a marine engineer and a man much interested in boating, called a number of men together to subscribe to an agreement to constitute a corporation to be known as the Taunton Boat Club Corpora- tion. Thirty-eight men were present, a constitution was drawn up and officers elected. The thirty-eight subscribers were as follows: Alfred C. Place, Charles H. Buffington, William T. Donnelly, Albert Fuller, Frederick M. Atwood, E. H. Waldron, Charles G. Trefethen, Edward L. Sargent, George D. Chace, Frederick H. Bent, William O. Kingman, Frederick S. Hall, Clinton V. Sanders, George W. Tew, Charles H. Worthen, Randall Dean, Frederick E. White, Chester E. Walker, Orville A. Barker, Gilbert H. Padelford, Allen P. Hoard, Edward Lovering, Charles M. Mason, Alfred B. Sproat, James E. Lewis, W. T. Emery, Joseph B. Murphy, Charles T. Hubbard, H. H. Townsend, Charles L. Macomber, William H. Carpenter, H. P. Copeland, Silas D. Presbrey, D. Frank Wright, H. P. Guillo, B. H. Strout, S. G. Beers and J. L. Guthrie. The first president was Alfred S. Place, who served from 1893 to 1901; Albert Fuller, from 1901 to 1907; Ar- thur R. Crandell, 1907 to 1916; Ralph E. Barker, 1916 to 1919; William O. Kingman, 1919 -. During this time there have been two clerks, the first, George D. Chace, until 1895, and Alfred B. Sproat, from 1895 to the present time. The first treasurer was H. H. Townsend, until 1896; Frank P. Canedy, 1896 to 1908; Louis E. Brownell, 1908 to 1912; Louis T. Wood, 1912 to 1916; Frank F. Baker, 1916 to 1920; Esther Kingman, 1920 -. Land on Dean street was purchased from Timothy Gordon, and a clubhouse erected to be held and managed for the use of the Taunton Boat Club. Forty boats are owned by individual members, and four by the club as an organization.
The Taunton Yacht Club was not in active operation as a club in 1923, though it still possessed its charter. It was one of the wide-awake yacht clubs at the beginning of the present century. The club was organized July 1, 1895, and the incorporators were the following-named: George E. Wilbur, Everett H. Waldron, Clinton V. Sanders, John H. Eldridge, Harry S. Williams, Edwin N. Clark, Luther Dean, William S. Palmer, Charles S.
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Simmons, William Wakely, Harry B. Baker, Charles F. Park, Harry H. Townsend.
CHAPTER XIX. TAUNTON MILITARY-SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
A popular regard has always been cherished in society in behalf of those organizations and their affiliations that have become banded to- gether for patriotic purposes, and to keep green the memory of the par- ticipation of a community and its delegated men of war in the martial events of its story. These Taunton societies, while not maintaining the spirit and purpose of war, hold fast their traditions of their country's de- fence and honor as remembered in the part they and their comrades took in former battles against a country's foe.
G. A. R .- The present generation salutes William H. Bartlett Post, No. 3, of Taunton, third post to be established in Massachusetts. The post was organized December 26, 1866, and adopted the name William H. Bartlett in memory of a Taunton soldier who in the first days of the Civil War was most active in recruiting in this city (then a town), and who fell in the assault on Port Hudson, June 14, 1863. The members of the post have always been among the leaders in the community. Their gift in the Civil War is unforgettable. They have given of influence and money for all civic and patriotic occasions.
The first meetings of the post were held at the old G. A. R. Hall on Weir street, but in April, 1913, the organization came into possession of the building on Washington street, formerly a Presbyterian church, now known as the Cyrus Lothrop Memorial Hall, the gift of the late Cyrus Lothrop. The Soldiers' Monument at Mayflower Hill Cemetery was dedicated under the post auspices, September 5, 1887, the cost of the monument being $2453. The memorial tablet in City Hall was erected in 1888. The post commanders from the first have been as follows: Robert Crossman, 1866; Mason W. Burt, 1867; Edgar R. Sprague, and Alfred M. Williams, 1868; Harrie A. Cushman, 1869; Abner Coleman, 1870; George E. Dean, 1872; Charles H. Orchard and Henry D. White, 1873; George H. Babbitt, 1874; William Watts, 1875; Daniel H. Cahoon, 1876; Alfred B. Hodges, 1877; Charles S. Anthony, 1879; Timothy C. Lucas, 1881; Joshua W. Brewer, 1883; Gustavus T. Fisher, 1884; Albert M. Clark, 1885; Lewis B. Hodges, 1886; Alden H. Blake, 1887; James A. Tinkham, 1891; Alanson Pratt, 1893; Henry N. Hopkins, 1895; William Park, 1898; Benjamin F. Cunningham, 1899; Ichabod Tillson, 1900; John C. Chace, 1901; Duncan S. Elliott, 1902; Alonzo M. Shaw, 1903; Gilman Q. Leavitt, 1906; Caleb F. Hunt, 1907; James Glover, 1908; Albert C. Carpenter, 1909; Edward Gilroy, 1913; Franklin Bosworth, 1914; Silas W. Wood, 1915; George F. Read, 1916; Oscar A. Hillard, 1917. The officers in 1923 were: Commander, Oscar A. Hillard; S. V. C., Edward Gilroy; J. V. C., Preston Burt; adjutant, Clark Borden; Q. M., Franklin Bosworth; surgeon, John Chace; chaplain, Henry N. Hopkins; officer of the day, George T. Burt; officer of the guard, Rollin H. Babbitt; S. M., George F. Read; Q. M. S., Silas Wood.
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In the early part of the year 1889, through the efforts of Mrs. Eliza J. Blake, a petition was started among the loyal and patriotic women of Taunton for the formation of a Woman's Relief Corps, and on March 21, 1889, the William H. Bartlett Woman's Relief Corps, No. 120, was instituted, and fifty-one charter members were received by Depart- ment President Mrs. Mary E. Knowles of Somerville, and Mrs. Eva T. Cook of Gloucester. The officers elected at that time were: President, Mrs. Harriet Howard; senior vice-president, Mrs. Eliza Brown; junior vice-president, Mrs. Annie E. Tinkham; chaplain, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Con- verse; conductor, Mrs. C. Isabel Hubbard; treasurer, Mrs. Mary J. Swan; secretary, Miss Maria Baylies; guard, Mrs. Emma Coleman. The meet- ings were held at G. A. R. Hall, on Weir street; later, in 1913, at the Lothrop Memorial Hall on Washington street. Of the fifty-one charter members, but nine remained in 1923, they being Mrs. Lydia Blake, Mrs. M. Ella Baker, Mrs. Emma E. Coleman, Mrs. Harriet Fisher, Mrs. Mary L. Paige, Mrs. Louise M. Mason, Mrs. Octavia Pickens, Mrs. Annie E. Tinkham, Mrs. Augusta M. West. Mrs. Annie E. Tinkham was elected department chaplain, April 10, 1923. Mrs. A. M. West was appointed secretary in 1890, holding that office ten years. Mrs. Mary J. Swan, a .charter member, held the office of treasurer from 1889 to 1899. Mrs. Tinkham was elected treasurer in 1901. Since the time of organization, the corps has turned over for the uses of the Post about $3000; nearly $1500 was spent in relief work since 1912. The corps has had 315 mem- bers. The officers in 1923: President, Mrs. Sylvia J. Barry; S. V. P., Mrs. Carrie C. Hillard; J. V. P., Mrs. Martha D. Wood; secretary, Mrs. Margaret V. Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Annie Tinkham; chaplain, Mrs. Mary E. Brown; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Rebecca Brewer; guide, Mrs. Mar- garet Woodland; assistant guide, Mrs. Ella Wood; press correspondent, Mrs. Maggie Monroe; musician, Mrs. Maud Tillson; color bearers: first, Mrs. Mulverda Germond; second, Mrs. Elnora Simmons; third, Mrs. Emma Allen; fourth, Mrs. Martha Meinhardt.
Sons of Veterans .- The General D. N. Couch Camp, No. 26, was or- ganized in Taunton, October 1, 1886, with thirty charter members. The camp was named for Darius N. Couch, a graduate of West Point in 1846, a lieutenant in the Mexican War, 1846-48, in Indian hostilities, 1849-50; a general in the Union Army in the Civil War; first colonel of the Seventh Massachusetts Infantry; brigadier-general of United States Volunteers, in 1861; major-general in 1862. He was for years a resi- dent of Taunton, where members of his family reside. Charter members of the camp living in 1923 were Edward P. Coleman, Leonard C. Couch, Louis A. Hodges, Edward L. Surgens. Leonard C. Couch, a son of General Couch, was commander of the camp from 1886 to 1888. The past commanders since Mr. Couch: Fred P. Plummer, 1889; Edgar B. Blandin, 1890; Horace E. Crowell, 1891; Albert L. Fuller, 1892; Frank A. D. Bul- lard, 1893; George Twoomey, 1894; George T. Horton, 1895; Leonard C. Couch, 1896; Clarence G. Hathaway, 1897; Fred A. Boardman, 1898-9; M. Frank Sampson, 1900; Frank E. Wellman, 1901-2; Mason E. Marvel, 1903-5; Daniel J. Lawlor, 1906; William W. Tillson, 1907; Ralph L. Woodward, 1908; Ernest A. Read, 1909; Marcus A. Harnden, 1910; Ralph F. Peck, 1911; H. Walter Francis, 1912-1913; Lester B. Wilbur, 1914-1915;
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Guy E. Marvel, 1916; Louis T. Macomber, 1917; Fred E. Fuller, 1918; Raymond T. Lincoln, 1919; Kenneth F. Richardson, 1920; Charles A. Allen, 1921-1922. John K. Germond, 1923. Leonard C. Couch has been the only officer of the local camp to serve as Massachusetts Division commander.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, No. 49, was instituted May 4, 1916, by Past Division President Margaret V. Waters, of Watertown, in G. A. R. Hall, with forty charter members. Mrs. Margaret V. Smith, of Chartley, was the first president, serving from 1916 to 1918, and since then the following-named have presided: Mrs. Florence E. Fuller, to 1920; Miss Florence Cordner to 1922; Miss Edith Germond to 1923; Miss Lillian Scanlon, 1923 -. The object of the auxiliary is to carry forward the work of G. A. R. and S. of V. From 1916 the meetings were held at Red Men's Hall; since that time at G. A. R. Hall. The total member- ship in 1923 was fifty-three. Past President Margaret V. Smith held the office of division inspector from April, 1922, to April, 1923.
Spanish-American War Veterans .- After the Spanish-American War, the Taunton veterans formed a local roganization for the care of the graves of departed comrades. A charter for a camp was issued March 21, 1905, effective from April 18, 1904, and the camp was then formed, and named Henry A. Williams Camp, No. 2, U. S. W. V., with the follow- ing-named as charter members: Frank O. Dean, Henry W. Roby, Maurice Powers, Sinaire Beaulieu, Michael J. Littleton, Hugh A. Murray, James Broadhurst, William S. Parlow, William N. Potter, Michael L. Dor- gan, James A. Welch, Ferdinand H. Phillips, James W. Brown, Samuel P. Totten, Charles H. Seekell, Alton L. Dean, Norris O. Danforth, George Grigor, Frank A. D. Bullard, John J. Bagge, Thomas F. Gibbons, Allan David, Herbert E. Tuttle, James D. King, Alonzo K. Crowell, Norman H. Pidgeon, Joseph Scanlon, Edward King, Martin W. Claffin, Charles H. Borden, Fred C. Chandler, William D. Thacher, Martin W. Smith, William A. Cobbett. The officers for 1923: Commander, George T. Seekell; senior vice-commander, Frederick Gadway; junior vice-com- mander, William D. Thacher; adjutant, Frank O. Dean; quartermaster, James Broadhurst; officer of the day, Fred Costello; officer of the guard, William Cobbett; color sergeant, Maurice Powers; chaplain, Louis Patten; historian, Norris O. Danforth.
The auxiliary of Henry A. Williams Camp, No. 29, U. S. W. V., was mustered at Clan Gordon Hall, April 17, 1913, by a delegation of officers from the Alice Clark Auxiliary of Attleboro, and was given the name of Lulu M. Plant, a Red Cross nurse, formerly of Taunton, who died of fever while caring for our soldiers in Cuba. There were eighteen charter members. The first president was Mrs. Gertrude B. Carey, who served to September 1, 1913. The next in order were: Mrs. Ellen A. Seekell, to January 1, 1915; Mrs. Alice Seekell, to January 1, 1917; Mrs. Jennie Seekell, to January 1, 1919; Mrs. Margaret Scanlon, to January 1, 1921; Mrs. Adaline Davis to 1923. During ten years eight members died, two of them, charter members. The officers for 1923: President, Adaline Davis; senior vice-president, Annie Rogerson; junior vice-president, Martha Williams; secretary, Eleanor Scanlon; treasurer, Jennie M. Seekell; con-
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ductress, Lena F. Noia; assistant conductress, Augustina Gadway; Chap- lain, Margaret Scanlon; historian, Grace Patten; patriotic instructor, Florence Brune; musician, Clara Carvalho. .
American Legion .- On June 17, 1919, Frank A. D. Bullard, Thomas F. Theriault, George O. Mansfield, Harry Burt and Stanton Peck met at the office of the Taunton "Daily Gazette," and through that newspaper issued a call to all ex-service men of the district to meet at the State Armory, North Pleasant street, July 1, for the purpose of organizing a post of the American Legion. On that date there were seventy ex-service men present, the meeting being called to order by Frank A. D. Bullard, and George O. Mansfield acting as temporary secretary. Dr. William Y. Fox was chosen temporary chairman and George O. Mansfield temporary secretary. The following-named were the charter members of the post: Dr. A. J. McGraw, Dr. William Y. Fox, E. G. Hopkins, Frank A. D. Bullard, Dr. Frank Murphy, Dr. D. F. MacDonald, L. B. King, Herbert Baldwin, Gorge O. Mansfield, Harry Burt, J. L. Burns, Clifford Ma- comber, Salvator Colino, Harry L. Foster, Louis M. David, John A. Mc- Isaac, Frank A. Moran, Edwin E. Pierce, Edward S. Haynes, Milton W. Harlow, Charles McCarthy, J. Carleton Grady, Lawrence B. Scudder, Clarence W. Boyden, Wendell H. McKenney, Ralph C. Sanford, George C. White, George F. Littleton, T. Joseph Galligan, George F. Hoye, William E. Cornell, John A. Carnes, Thomas F. Theriault, Charles E. Frink, Edson F. Cornell, Frederick A. Newton, John W. Hutchinson, Albert P. Brown, Clifton R. Moore, Elisha F. Williams, Gil. A. Betten- court, Henry J. Casey, Roland B. Tweedy, Joseph Labranche, John V. Cavanaugh, Henry S. Williams, Robert Auld, John F. Murphy, Jeremiah T. Wade, Ralph E. Carr, Harry Lee, Horace R. Crowell, Milton W. Lewis, Abiathar White, Joseph Gribbon, Manton W. Chambers, Irving Duffy, Antone Vieira, Charles A. Seekell, Frank O'Connell, Bowen Hall.
August 4, the post elected Dr. A. J. McGraw as commander; Joseph L. Burns, vice-commander; Frank A. Smith, adjutant; Clifford Macomber, finance officer; Rev. Father Charles C. Conaty, chaplain; George O. Mans- field, historian; Joseph Lincoln, Edwin G. Hopkins, Louis B. King, Dr. William Y. Fox and Manton W. Chambers as executive committee. On November 11, the post gave a "Victory Ball" at the armory, with the 101st Engineers Band rendering the music for the occasion. A year before, many had started the day in the mud in France, or on the North Shore, with the reaper close beside them. At about this time, the remains of Daniel Leahy were returned from Siberia and buried with honors. Co- lumbia Hall was selected as the meeting place of the post. Officers elected for 1920 were as follows: Commander, Wallace F. Preston; vice-com- mander, John A. McIsaac; adjutant, George O. Mansfield; finance officer, Stanton Peck; historian, Louis M. David; chaplain, Rev. Father Charles C. Conaty ; Executive Committee : Frank A. D. Bullard, Joseph L. Lincoln, Dr. A. J. McGraw, A. Loring Swasey. This year the name of Columbia Hall was changed to American Legion Hall, and the latter was fitted up for social purposes. The officers elected for 1921 were: Commander, A. Loring Swasey; vice-commander, Eugene J. Sullivan; adjutant, Frank A. Moran; historian, John A. McIsaac; finance officer, William A. Lyons; chaplain, Rev. Father James F. Dolan; executive committee: Wallace F.
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