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After the death of L'Abbe Bédard came L'Abbe Laflamme. Some time after the arrival of Father Bédard, L'Abbé E. C. Norbert was ap- pointed curate of St. Joseph's Church at Bowenville, Father William Bric pastor. Father Norbert devoted himself to the establishment of the parish of St. Mathieu; he was active in the foundation of the mixed parish at Somerset, and he organized the French parish at Warren, R. I. The his- tory of Catholicism in this section has in high regard the name of this devoted benefactor of his parishes and his countrymen. Then came the Dominican Fathers to serve St. Anne parish, and the appointment of L'Abbé J. A. Payan to the new parish of St. Mathieu at Bowenville, in 1888.
The story of the beginnings and progress of the French newspapers is also the story of the progress of the people for whom they have been printed. L'Echo du Canada, founded in 1873, had for its first editors Alfred Mignault and H. Beaugrand, later mayor of Montreal, and founder of La Patrie in that city, who were succeeded by Charles de Gagne, and he by Messrs. Archambault and Boisseau; and in 1875 H. R. Benoit merged this paper with Ouvrier Canadien. The newspaper Le Charivari appeared in 1874, printed partly in French and partly in English. It had but a brief existence. H. R. Benoit was its founder. L'Ouvrier Canadien was pub- lished in 1875, but, like the former journal, was short-lived. Le Protecteur Canadien succeeded L'Echo du Canada in 1876, but after three years the plant was burned. The newspaper was revived, and in 1892 it was under the direction of M. H. Boisseau, and from 1892 to 1895 under that of M. A. Lafond. M. H. Beaugrand started the newspaper République here in 1877. The journal lived two years. Narcisse Cyr was the editor.
In 1882 appeared the sixth French newspaper here, namely Le Castor (The Beaver), A. E. Thivierge editor. In the following year, P. U. Vail- lant became the editor and co-proprietor with M. Boisseau. In 1885 this paper passed into the hands of Antoine Houdé and Company, when the name was changed to L'Independent, which today is the leading French newspaper in Fall River. In 1885 Rémi Tremblay became the editor. In 1889, the journal, was purchased by O. Thibault; and September 6, 1894, Godefroy de Tonnancour, the present postmaster, became the editor. Le Bulletin du Dimanche was published in this city in 1885, by Narcisse Cyr. After two years of existence it quit the scene. Le Citoyen, founded by P. U. Vaillant in 1886, lived three years. Henry Boisseau then started Le Bourdon, which lived one season. Le Foyer Canadien appeared in 1894, under the management of A. E. Lafond, but after a few months it was
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no more. Five years later, in 1899, Messrs. Gagnon and O'Reilly started Le Bulletin, that existed three years. Le Dimanche was started in 1889 by John Durand, the paper going out of existence in two years. Le Journal, Edmond Coté proprietor, and J. L. K. Laflamme editor, came into existence in 1901, but it passed along after a few months. L'Eclaireur starting out in 1902, M. Gagnon publisher, had a brief existence. Le Petit Courier, Charles de Gagne editor, has been in existence since 1902.
In 1873 a society for mutual aid was started that existed for a short time, and at about that year a French-speaking Chamber of Commerce was organized. In 1875 Le Société de Commis-Marchans was started by Charles de 'Gagne. The first French literary society was Cercle Montcalm, in 1877. In 1880, L'Union Commerciale was founded by French-Canadian merchants for mutual protection, and also at about this time L'Union Co- operative Franco-Canadien. In 1881, Charles de Gagne founded the literary and dramatic organization called Club Frechette, and later its membership formed Cercle Salaberry. In 1882 the French-Canadians started a natural- ization club which existed to the time of the organization of La Ligue des Patriotes, in 1885. Le Club Nationale was started September 1, 1886. The first of the French physicians here was Dr. Felix V. Marissal. Soon after- wards came Drs. Alfred Mignault, J. N. O. Provencher and others. The story of the organization of the many French convents and schools and orders is told elsewhere.
La Société St-Jean Baptiste was the first organization of the French- Canadians in this city; it preceded even the foundation of the first French parish, Ste. Anne; it is understood that it was established in 1868. Samuel P. Janson was the first president. The society was three times dissolved and reorganized. Officers in 1923: President, Hormisdas Rabouin; secre- tary, J. Hilair Richard; treasurer, Charles B. Fournier.
Following are a number of the principal French-speaking societies, clubs and fraternal organizations in Fall River:
Le Cercle Montcalm, founded November 11, 1877, the first officers being : President, H. Beaugrand; vice-president, Dr. A. Mignault; secretary, N. LeBoeuf; treasurer, Guillaume Corneau.
Le Ligue Des Patriotes, founded December, 1885, by Rémi Tremblay and Hugo A. Dubuque, incorporated as a society for mutual aid in 1888. Officers in 1923: President, Thomas Lavoie; recording secretary, Joseph E. Jalbert; treasurer, Albert C. Leclair; accountant, Cyprien Brouillet ; auditor, George T. Desjardins.
L'Union Canadienne St-Jean Baptiste, started in Bowenville, Septem- ber 4, 1886; P. F. Peloquin was president and A. E. Riopel secretary.
The Lafayette Club, founded in north part of the city in 1893; reor- ganized in 1906, with Edouard Gagne as president.
Les Artisans Canadiens Français, Court No. 19, founded September 9, 1897.
Cercle Montpellier, founded June 25, 1898, for dramatics and literature, its founders being Arthur Talbot, Benoit Cyr, Ernest Lavoie, Wilfred C. Gamache, Emile Lavoie, Oliver Marchand, Arthur Lebeau, Camille Mar- chand, Dolor Paradis, Joseph Lebeau, Albéric Ménard, Georges Parent, and Misses Valentine de Champlain and Julie De Champlain.
Club Jacques Cartier, started at Bowenville, May 2, 1904.
L'Union Medicale of Fall River, founded in 1905 by Doctors P. A.
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Collet, Napoléon Beaudet, J. E. Mercier, J. N. Landry, J. S. LeBoeuf, J. A. Barré, J. P. S. Garneau, P. T. Crispo, A. St. Georges, J. E. Huard, Adélard Fecteau, J. A. Archambault, F. de Bergeron, J. E. Lenoie, J. N. Normand, A. Maynard, Guillaume Blanchette.
L'Union St. Jean Baptiste D'Amerique, Council Graneau, No. 209, founded in 1907, the principal officers then being: President, Napoleon Gen- dreau; secretary, H. St. Denis; treasurer, Napoléon Beauparlant.
Council Bédard, No. 210, founded in 1907; H. B. Theriault was presi- dent in 1908, and Joseph Danis in 1909; W. Roy, secretary ; Rev. P. Jalbert, treasurer.
Council Bernadette, No. 227, founded in 1908, with these officers: President, Mrs. V. Cousineau ; secretary, Miss R. Bergeron; treasurer, Mrs. N. Gendreau. The officers in 1923: President, Mrs. Alma Landry ; secre- tary, Mrs. Letitia Morais; treasurer, Anna Tremblay.
Council Notre Dame de Lourdes No. 231, founded in 1908, with these officers : President, Miss M. L. Renaud; secretary, Miss Georgianna Gag- non; treasurer, Miss Louise Rioux.
Council St. Claire, No. 233, founded in 1908 with these officers: Presi- dent, Mrs. B. Bergeron; secretary, Miss M. L. Tétu; treasurer, Mrs. C. Surprenant. The officers in 1923: President, Mrs. Charles F. Bergeron; treasurer, Miss Cora Moran; secretary, Mrs. Emelia Arsenault. Recently founded organizations of this order here are Garde Napoléon Premier. President, Wilfred Marois; vice-president, Euchariste Rosseau; financial secretary, Arthur Dupuis. Also Bureau Generales Cercles Lacordaire, Louis Picard president, and George Tremblay corresponding secretary and treasurer.
Order of Catholic Foresters, Court Ste. Anne, No. 604, founded July 26, 1896, with C. J. Gagnon as chief ranger; Joseph Paradis, vice-chief ranger; C. E. Janson, secretary ; A. Thuot, financial secretary ; E. Dupont, treasurer. The chief ranger in 1923, Aldai Goyette; vice-chief ranger, Henri Charland ; financial secretary, Horace Ledoux; recording secretary, Napoléon Beau- parlant ; treasurer, Hugo Hebert.
Court Notre-Dame No. 1163, founded in 1902, with W. Roy as chief ranger ; N. Bibeau, secretary; A. R. Bélanger, financial secretary; O. Cor- riveau, treasurer.
Court Sauval, No. 1131, founded in 1903, with A. Letourneau as chief ranger; A. F. Lamontagne, secretary; R. Levault, treasurer. The officers in 1923: Chief Ranger, Victor Dionne; vice-chief ranger, David Gagnon; financial secretary, Joseph Pineau; recording secretary, Thomas Audette ; treasurer, George Pineau.
Court St. Mathieu had for its first officers in 1898: Chief Ranger, P. A. Brosseau; secretary, J. A. Boisclair; treasurer, J. C. Picard.
Council Péloquin No. 235, founded in 1908, with Alphonse Campbell as president; Dollard Paradis, secretary.
Council St. Roch, founded in 1909, with F. Francoeur as president ; Alfred Lebrecque, secretary ; Jules Bérube, treasurer.
Court Maisonneuve, No. 27, Franco-American Foresters, founded De- cember 16, 1907, with these officers: Chief Forester, W. Bonenfant; sub- chief forester, A. Fournier; financial secretary, A. Courville ; treasurer, J. Belisle. Chief, Joseph Tremblay; vice-chief, Onisphore L. Theroux; finan- cial secretary, Alfred Courville; recording secretary, Adélard Gagnon; treasurer, Napoléon Morin.
Many of the leading municipal offices of the city today are held by French-born residents or by those of French descent, such as the Mayor.
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Edmond P. Talbot; Aldermen Peter Girard, Octave O. Desmarais, George N. Bisaillon; Superintendent of Public Buildings Polycarpe L. Courchaine; Assessor E. O. Lemerise; Sinking Fund Commissioner T. Louis Gendron; School Committeeman F. F. Bergeron; Superintendent Hector L. Belisle; Watuppa Water Board Albert J. Brunelle; Public Library Trustee Hugo A. Dubuque; Registrar of Voters Alfred J. Lizotte; Board of Police, Isaie Laplante; Overseer of the Poor William H. Blanchette; Board of Health, Arthur L. Ledoux; Board of Hospital Trustees, Chairman Albert E. Per- ron, Eugene R. Coté; Postmaster Godefroy, DeTonnancour.
CHAPTER XVI. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS
Fall River, prosperous and progressive, has sustained loyally and pro- vided generously for those dependent institutions for whose up-keep every community cheerfully rallies. Whether in times of war, or during the reign of peace, the less fortunate have been remembered by the community that has given for all worthy purposes, and in an ungrudging manner. Though the active workers in the homes and the hospitals of the city are few compared with the rest of the population, the silent partners and allies are the citizens as a whole.
Fall River General Hospital .- The Fall River General Hospital was built in 1904 under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare, and operated under such auspices until 1913. Dr. John F. Cuttle was the first superintendent, and he was succeeded by Drs. A. J. Dolan and William A. Dolan. Dr. D. H. Fuller upon the retirement of Dr. Dolan became superintendent. He recounts the followings facts with regard to the Mu- nicipal Hospitals under which supervision the hospitals and dispensaries are conducted :
In the year 1913 an Act was introduced into the Legislature to estab- lish a Board of Trustees of Hospitals, which was signed March 19, 1913, and enacted into law. Previous to this Act, the municipal hospitals and dispensaries of Fall River were operated under different municipal boards, the City or General Hospital by the Board of Overseers of the Poor, the Contagious Hospital and Bay View Hospital for Consumptives and Tuber- culosis Dispensary by the Board of Health. By virtue of the Act, a board of five men were appointed, three by his Honor the Mayor, one by the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and one by the Board of Health, whose duties consisted of the management and control of all municipal hospitals and dispensaries then in force or thereafter inaugurated. At the time of the inauguration of the board, the hospitals were run by their superintend- ents, under a régime which they had followed under their respective boards. The policy of the newly created board was to place the institutions under one administrative head, who would be responsible to the board for the promulgation of the policy as adopted by the board for the management and service of the different institutions. In October, 1913, Dr. David H. Fuller was appointed general superintendent and medical and surgical director of the department.
In the transfer of the institutions to a board other than that of the
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Overseers of the Poor, the municipal hospitals were immediately removed from the pauper class, at the same time increasing materially the service to the public, confining same not to the pauper sick, but rendering service to any citizen of the city who cared to enter as far as accommodations would warrant. The board's work up to the present time, and probably for the remote future, has been principally constructive work to build up a municipal group to satisfy demands for service from the citizens of our city. Since 1913 many additions have been made to our general hospital to increase capacity and service, which necessitated increased personnel and the installation of modern equipment. At the present time our hospital capacity is 125 beds, giving service to private cases as well as to the de- pendent sick. The hospital is on the approved list of the American College of Surgeons.
In 1914, a Training School for Nurses was inaugurated, and approved by the State and National nursing organizations. At the present time we have a student body of thirty-one nurses. In addition to inaugurating an Out-Patient Department, a Social Service Department, a Dietetic Depart- ment, with personnel, an X-Ray Department with full time roentgenologist, and a Pathological Department with full time pathologist, we have motor- ized our ambulance service, installed a modern laundry for the entire de- partment, a switchboard with personnel for twenty-four hour service, a trained anesthetist, a historian and record clerk, and a medical library for the use of the Staff. In 1918 we established a school for academic and vocational training for tuberculosis children at Bay View Hospital; and a preventorium for pre-disposed and apparently arrested cases of tuberculosis among children attending school, the teaching personnel and transportation of children being furnished by the school committee. In 1913, contagious cases were housed in an old farmhouse located in the north end of the city. Increased demand for service made it imperative to secure additional ac- commodations. This was accomplished by the acquisition of a building formerly used as an Annex by the Overseers of the Poor. This building was entirely renovated and is serving as a Contagious Hospital with a forty-bed capacity.
In 1914, the Department, due to requests for service, inaugurated a Dental Dispensary which was at that time operated in conjunction with the Tuberculosis Dispensary and housed in the Fall River Globe building, North Main street. The increased demand for service made it imperative to seek other and more commodious quarters which were found on Pur- chase street. On completion of the new Police Department building, the structure located on Granite street, formerly used as a dormitory, became vacant. At the request of the board, it was turned over to the Hospital Department for clinic purposes, housing the Dental and Tuberculosis Dis- pensaries and the State Approved Clinic for Venereal Diseases. Con- structive work recently completed includes a service building housing the boiler room, engine room, laundry, sterilizing room, morgue, garage and seamstress' department. A Maternity and Out-Patient Department build- ing, the maternity division having a capacity of twenty-two beds, and the Out-Patient division housing all departments in separate units; a Tuber- culosis Hospital of one hundred beds, and an addition to the Nurses' Home, are now in the process of construction. The construction of an eighty-bed Contagious Hospital is contemplated in the near future. All buildings will be connected by corridors which have been completed.
Other Hospitals .- The Union Hospital, whose new building was opened in October, 1908, was formed by the merging in 1900 of the Fall
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River Hospital, founded in 1885, and situated on Prospect street, and the Emergency Hospital, established in 1895, in a building that stood where the Women's Union building now is. The Union Hospital received its charter October 1, 1900, and was at first situated in the Valentine house on Prospect street, formerly the headquarters of the Fall River Hospital. Fall River Hospital was founded September 17, 1885, and incorporated Oc- tober 10, that year, with John D. Flint as president; Frank S. Stevens, vice-president; Hugo A. Dubuque, clerk. In March, 1887, the Valentine estate, 72 Prospect street, was purchased for seven thousand dollars; and the Woman's Board was established February 11, 1888, the first patient at the hospital being received May 9 that year. A school for nurses was added to the hospital in 1888. A west wing was built to the hospital in 1891, and a maternity ward was added in 1897.
The Emergency Hospital was incorporated in June, 1896, though it had been started in December of the preceding year in a house on Rock street, as an outgrowth of the Home Training School for Nurses, the latter having begun its work the year previously, with Dr. John H. Gifford as the active leader. Dr. Gifford was the first president; Miss Jessie A. Gage, secretary ; Misses Elizabeth H. Brayton, Laura G. Shove and Elizabeth M. Borden were treasurers successively. The officers of Union Hospital in 1923: President, W. Frank Shove; clerk, B. Charles Chase; treasurer, Her- bert H. Read; superintendent, Lee C. Stillings.
The Highland Hospital was first established as the private hospital of Dr. P. E. Truesdale, on November 1, 1905, at 163 Winter street. The building had recently undergone reconstruction for the late Bishop Stang, and with its modern conveniences was well adapted for a small private hos- pital. There was a capacity for twelve patients, some rooms having two beds. The nurses in attendance consisted wholly of such graduates as were especially fitted for the care of surgical patients. Although the loca- tion of the building was on the car line and within a short distance from the center of the city, such a situation was early discovered to be a disad- vantage. Street traffic, especially trolley cars, proved a source of great annoyance to convalescents. The desirability of a more secluded environ- ment as well as a demand for larger accommodations prompted a careful search of the outlying sections of the city for a hospital site. The land now occupied on Highland avenue, consisting of about three acres, was found to be particularly desirable, having a considerable elevation above the surrounding country, an abundance of sunlight, freedom from disturbing noises, good drainage, and an outlook unsurpassed for beauty upon a scene of hills and river valley.
Parker Morse Hooper 'was selected as the architect, and ground was · broken by the building firm of Darling & Slade on September 15, 1909. In the detail construction, Mr. Hooper designed a building combining artistic beauty and utility, and thereby expressed a physician's ideal and interpre- tation of the best type of building for the care of the sick. The hospital fronts easterly on Highland avenue and is about three hundred feet from the road, with the west side overlooking the river. Its long axis is north and south, thus allowing for a maximum sunshine in all rooms. The build- ing is three stories and basement above ground. In January, 1913, a nurses'
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home providing accommodation for thirty nurses, was added to the hospital property. In 1914 an office and laboratory building was constructed on Rock street, a location near the center of the city, which made it convenient to the relationship of specialists and for the co-operative study of ambula- tory patients. The hospital since 1915 has maintained a training school for nurses. On May 12, 1923, a new wing was added on the south side of the hospital, making the capacity of the hospital one hundred.
During the mayoralty of Hon. John T. Coughlin, Ste. Anne's Hospital, one of the best known institutions in the State, was dedicated February 4, 1906, a hospital that had been founded by the Dominican Sisters of Charity, of Tours, France. The institution was the result of a suggestion that had been made by Rev. Father R. A. Grolleau, and it was through his efforts that the Sisters were brought from France and the work started. Land on Middle street was bought of Jonathan and James Chace, of Providence, and thereon the present building was constructed, four stories in height, and covering an area of eleven thousand eight hundred and twenty-four square feet. The lines throughout are simple, except that the gables of the building are in the Flemish style. There are five wards, two for men, and three for women, and there are also forty private rooms and some suites. The operating room is accounted one of the best appointed in the country. The sisters in charge are nurses of exceptional ability, and the corps of physicians and surgeons well selected.
A comfortable home with its prevailing good cheer is the Home for Aged People, which from its organization in 1891 to 1923 had sheltered and cared for one hundred and twenty-five aged men and women. From the first, the Home has been greatly favored financially, but the long list of applicants indicates the necessity for enlargement of the premises. The capacity of the home is for twenty-seven, if there are several couples- otherwise twenty-five, the number in 1912. The old Leland house on High street was rented for the uses of the first Home, in 1891, and those who interested themselves in the establishment of the institution were Hon. Milton Reed, John S. Brayton, John D. Flint, Mrs. David M. Anthony, Mrs. Hannah Almy, Mrs. Charles Durfee, Mrs. John H. Boone, Miss A. B. Wrightington, Mrs. Edward S. Adams, and others. The present building that was dedicated as a Home for Aged People in March, 1898, was secured first by the lot of land on Highland avenue donated by the late Robert Adams, and then by the gift of $15,000 by M. C. D. Borden. The structure was completed at a cost of $41,000, and the Home was furnished throughout by a number of churches and societies. Invested funds for its maintenance through the generous gifts of friends amount to about $60,000. The officers 1905-1907: President, John D. Flint; vice-presidents, Hon. Milton Reed and Mrs. D. M. Anthony ; secretary, Miss A. B. Wrightington ; treasurer, Edward S. Adams. In 1907, President John D. Flint died, and Miss Wright- ington resigned as secretary. The officers for 1908: President, Hon. Milton Reed ; "vice-presidents, George H. Hills and Mrs. D. M. Anthony ; secretary, Miss Louise L. Hathaway ; treasurer, Edward S. Adams. Mrs. D. M. An- thony died that year. Officers, 1908-1918: President, Hon. Milton Reed; vice-presidents, George H. Hills and Mrs. Joseph L. Buffinton; secretary, Miss Louise L. Hathaway ; treasurer, Edward S. Adams. George H. Hills
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died in 1917, and Miss Hathaway resigned as secretary. Officers, 1918- 1923: President, Hon. Milton Reed; vice-presidents, Dr. August W. Buck and Mrs. Joseph L. Buffinton; secretary, Mrs. Charles H. Carr; treasurer, Edward S. Adams.
The annual reports of Benjamin S. C. Gifford, president of the Chil- dren's Home of Fall River, read much like a story of and for children, as indeed they are, to every intent and purpose, as they relate the begin- nings and progress of an institution that has performed a wonderful work in the lives of thousands of children during fifty years, 1873-1923. The Home itself is a model care-taker and benevolent guide whose up-keep is planned well and directed nobly into channels that lead towards self-help for those who have come under the charge of the institution. The Home, at the corner of Walnut and Robeson streets, is a landmark of practical good-will in this section of the State. It was incorporated in April, 1873, when the Children's Friend Society and the Fall River Orphans' Asylum united in this one institution; and it was in February, 1874, that the land was purchased and the Home was constructed, at a cost of $10,018, the dedication of the building taking place February 27 that year. Eight years later, in 1882, through the leading efforts of Simeon B. Chase and George H. Hawes, the sum of $12,000 was raised, and the indebtedness of the Home was cancelled. As time passed, and the demands upon the Home became more insistent, and room had to be made for the children seeking admission, it became evident that a new and larger building was the one thing needful for the future success. Thus the board of managers and the friends of the institution rallied to the aid of Mrs. Edmund Chace, to bring about a larger structure. Mrs. Chace was the donor of the greater part of the sum of $23,000, the cost of the building, which was dedicated to its present use May 20, 1895. Mrs. Chace had been associated with the Home as a member of its first board of managers, and her efforts for its continued prosperity were unceasing. The first donation towards the present large permanent fund was that of John M. Bryan, who in 1883 gave one thousand dollars. The first president of the society was Thomas J. Borden ; vice-presidents, Thomas F. Eddy and J. L. Clarke, M. D .; secretary, John C. Haddock; treasurer, Samuel R. Buffinton. Thomas F. Eddy was elected president in October, 1874; Dr. James M. Aldrich in October, 1876; Na- thaniel P. Borden in 1889. The vice-presidents in 1905 were: Hon. Robert T. Davis, Charles B. Cook, Oliver S. Hawes, Mrs. William Beattie; treas- urer, Benjamin S. C. Gifford; corresponding secretary, Miss Lydia H. Read ; recording secretary, Miss Ellen M. Shove. The matron was Mrs. Lydia Marchant; the superintendent, Edwin R. Marchant. In 1907, V. W. Haugh- wout was elected a vice-president. That year Hon. Robert T. Davis, one of the vice-presidents, died; while he was mayor he donated one year of his salary to the Home. John D. Flint, a pioneer in the work, and Mrs. P. W. Lyman, one of the vice-presidents since 1900, died. Nathaniel B. Borden, president of the Home from 1889 to 1909, died January 9, 1909. In 1910, Benjamin S. C. Gifford was elected president, and Oliver K. Hawes treasurer ; matron, Miss Elizabeth T. Colburn. In 1912 occurred the deaths of Mrs. Daniel H. Cornell, Mrs. E. A. Tuttle and Mrs. William M. Hawes, of the board of managers; and in 1913, Mrs. Andrew Borden and Miss Maria R. Hicks, also members of the board, passed away. In 1916, Mrs.
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