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1912-President, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Vice-President, Dr. R. D. Dean; Secretary, Dr. Elliott Washburn; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1913-1914-President, Dr. R. D. Dean; Vice-President, Dr. William H. Allen; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1915-1916-President, Dr. W. H. Allen, of Mansfield; Vice-President, Dr. Joseph B. Gerould, of North Attleboro; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1917-President, Dr. Sumner Coolidge, of Middleboro; Vice-President, Dr. Horace G. Ripley; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1918-President, Dr. W. H. Allen; Vice-President, Dr. Horace G. Ripley; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. W. Y. Fox.
1919-1920-President, Dr. H. G. Ripley; Vice-President, Dr. Sumner Coolidge; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. R. D. Dean.
1921-1922-President, Dr. Sumner Coolidge; Vice-President, Dr. William O. Hewitt, of Attleboro; Secretary, Dr. A. R. Crandell; Treasurer, Dr. R. D. Dean.
The two largest cities and many of the small towns of Bristol county are represented in the membership of the Bristol South District Medical Society, and they include not only some of the ablest practitioners in this part of the country, but also those who as directors of medicine and surgery in hospitals have attained more than local fame. Every May and November this group of doctors comes together, either in Fall River or New Bedford, to exchange ideas and talk over the results of a wide- spread practice. They have their speaker, either one of their own number or a leader in some special line of medical or surgical investigation, while the semi-annual gatherings are intended, both professionally and socially, to concentrate the society's aims, and to retain the organization in the enviable place the founders purposed for it.
This Bristol South District Medical Society has had its existence since the year 1839, its charter having been granted April 3 of that year by the Massachusetts Medical Councillors, thus:
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To Alexander Read, Andrew Mackie, Paul Spooner, Samuel Sawyer, Julius A. Mathew, William C. Westridge, fellows of said society, greeting: your application made in due form, (requesting a district or subordinate medical society, residing in the following towns in the county of Bristol, viz .: New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton, Freetown, Fairhaven, Dartmouth and Westport; in the county of Plymouth-Middle- boro, Rochester and Wareham, in Dukes county-Chilmark, Tisbury and Edgartown. and Nantucket) was duly considered at a meeting of the councillors held at Boston on the third day of April, 1839, A. D., and it was voted that your requests should be granted;
Be it therefore known, that, pursuant to an act of the Legislature of this com- monwealth, entitled an act in addition to an act entitled: "An act to incorporate certain persons by the name of the Massachusetts Medical Society," authorizing the councillors of said society thereunto, and a district or subordinate society by the name of the Southern District Medical Society is hereby established, to consist of those fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society now residents within the limits aforesaid, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as they shall deem expedient.
In testimony whereof, the president, pursuant to the aforesaid vote of the coun- cillors, has hereunto subscribed his name and affixed the seal of the corporation at Boston, this sixth day of April, A. D. 1839.
GEORGE C. SHATTUCK, President.
Attest, S. D. TOWNSEND, Recording Secretary.
Since those grants were made, the society's name has been changed to Bristol South District Medical Society, and it consists of all fellows of the Massachusetts Medical Society residing in New Bedford, Fall River, Westport, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Middleboro, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Wareham, Nantucket, Edgartown, Tisbury and Chilmark. Owing to the unfortunate loss of the early papers of the society, there is no list extant of the first officials of the organization. As is customary, papers have been read and discussed at the meetings of the society, that inevitably prove of practical value to the membership.
Within recent years, joint meetings with other medical societies have been a means of increasing interest and attendance, and have broadened the views of all the societies concerned. For example, a joint meeting of the Barnstable, Bristol North and South, and Plymouth District societies was held November 10, 1921, at Lakeville State Sanatorium, with such speakers as Drs. John W. Bartol, Walter P. Powers, Sumner H. Remick, Edward Reynolds and Hon. Loring B. Young. Again a joint meeting of all these societies was held at the same place November 9, 1922, with these speakers: Drs. John W. Bartol, George Chandler Whipple, Eugene R. Kelley, Richard P. Strong, and Benjamin White, Ph. D.
The following-named are the officers since 1883 :
Presidents -- 1883-84, Dr. F. A. Sawyer, Wareham; 1885-86, Dr. George T. Hough, New Bedford; 1887-88, Dr. Charles D. Prescott, New Bedford; 1889, Dr. George S. Eddy, Fall River; 1890-91, Dr. S. W. Hayes, New Bedford; 1892-93, Dr. John H. Jackson, New Bedford; 1894-95, Dr. A. M. Pierce, New Bedford; 1896, Dr. Seabury W. Bowen, Fall River; 1897, Dr. William N. Swift, New Bedford; 1898, Dr. John H. Abbott, Fall River; 1899, Dr. Amos P. Webber, New Bedford; 1900, Dr. William A. Dolan, Fall River; 1901, Dr. Milton Hall Leonard, New Bedford; 1902, Dr. John W. Coughlin, New Bedford; 1903, Dr. J. C. Pothier, New Bedford; 1904, Dr. Dwight E. Cone, Fall River; 1905, Dr. Charles E. Pratt, New Bedford; 1906, Dr. John H. Gifford, Fall River; 1907, Dr. Garry deN. Hough, New Bedford; 1908, Dr. William T. Learned, Fall River; 1909, Dr. A. H. Mandell, New Bedford; 1910, Dr. Augustus W. Buck, Fall River; 1911, Dr. H. D. Prescott, New Bedford; 1912, Dr. Michael Kelly, Fall River; 1913, Dr. Andrew B. Cushman, South Dartmouth;
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1914, Dr. Ralph W. Jackson, Fall River; 1915, Dr. C. A. Bonney, Jr., New Bedford; 1916, Dr. Arthur C. Lewis, Fall River; 1917, Dr. J. C. Pitta, New Bedford; 1918-19, Dr. J. A. Barre, Fall River; 1920, Dr. E. P. Gardner, New Bedford; 1921, Dr Arthur I. Connell, Fall River; 1922, Dr. H. C. Allen, New Bedford.
Secretaries-1883-84, Dr. A. Martin Pierce, New Bedford; 1885-88, Dr. William H. Taylor, New Bedford; 1889-1923, Dr. Alanson D. Abbe, Fall River.
SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT MASS. DENTAL SOCIETY .. ..
The doctors of dental surgery in this part of the State, in their county organization effected in 1895, have strengthened in city and town the field of the skilled dental operator. Their history here, eminently representa- tive of the present-day organizations, has been distinctive in fraternal meet- ings, for the instructive papers read by members and visitors, and for their generally live programme of effort throughout the year.
The secretary of the association, William W. Marvel, D. M. D., of Fall River, states that the Southeastern District is a component part of the Massachusetts State Dental Society, which in turn is a constituent of the American Dental Association, so that local members become mem- bers of the other two. According to the records, the first meeting was held in the office of Dr. Byron H. Strout, of Taunton, January 25, 1895, in response to a call by the State president, Dr. Joseph King Knight. At that time an organization was effected, and officers were elected as fol- lows: Secretary, Dr. Francis M. Kennedy, of New Bedford; treasurer, Dr. Edward S. Hathaway, of Middleboro; councillors: Dr. E. C. Hinckley, of Hyannis; Dr. Frederick S. Faxon, of Brockton; Dr. E. S. Hathaway, of Middleboro; Dr. Eugene V. Macleod, of New Bedford; Dr. B. H. Strout, of Taunton. The executive committee consisted of Dr. E. V. Macleod, chairman; Dr. B. H. Strout, Taunton, and Dr. C. Ernest Perkins of Brockton. The District comprises that part of the State south of and including Brockton and Attleboro. The membership at the present time, 1923, is 114, and the officers of the association are: Secretary, Dr. William W. Marvel, of Fall River; treasurer, Dr. Fred J. Sullivan, of Fall River; councillors: Drs. T. P. Sullivan, Fall River; B. H. Strout, Taunton; Ernest Greene, New Bedford; F. B. Hinckley, Fall River; E. J. McQuillan, New Bedford; executive committee: Drs. F. B. Hinckley, Fall River, chairman; A. F. McCann and H. L. Stover, of Fall River.
BRISTOL COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL
With the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital in one of the most accessible and healthful sections of this part of the State, the county to that extent has met many of the requirements of modern sanitation, while the people of the county are assured of a hospital headquarters well man- aged in every respect for remedial and safe-guarding agencies.
The hospital is situated on the north side of Oak Hill avenue, in Attleboro, on the former Talaquega park, the land comprising 89 acres -- 39 acres to the north, and 50 acres to the south of Oak Hill avenue. Twenty acres are under cultivation, 30 acres are in pasture, 39 acres are in woodland, and include a pond of about six acres. Vegetables are pro- duced from the hospital farm, while milk is supplied from the Bristol County Agricultural School.
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The hospital, which is as nearly modern and practical as possible, has its administration building with offices, trustees' rooms, dining rooms, dormitory, while the residence of the superintendent is near the adminis- tration building, and convenient to the hospital. The hospital building has a minimum capacity of sixty beds, with men's, women's and chil- dren's wards, diet kitchen, utility rooms and lavatories; also there are verandas on three sides. The ground floor is about 160 feet above mean sea level. Men are granted permission to work on the farm, and women to do kitchen and other work. The institution was opened to receive patients, November 15, 1919, and the first patient went there November 17, that year. By the legislative acts of 1916, Chapter 281, these cities and towns in Bristol county are furnished accommodations here: Acushnet, Attleboro, Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Easton, Fairhaven, Freetown, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Som- erset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport. There are now more than one hun- dred patients, the larger number coming from Taunton, a few cases hav- ing been admitted from outside the State. An entertainment committee, composed of department heads, has been organized to divert and please the patients ; choirs from churches and clubs have entertained; while Catholic and Protestant clergymen attend to the spiritual needs of the patients. The trustees consist of the county commissioners; the executive officers are Edgar L. Crossman, county treasurer, and Adam S. MacKnight. sec- retary. Dr. MacKnight is the resident physician.
BRISTOL COUNTY NURSES' ASSOCIATION
A Bristol county organization of practical value to the community, and to itself in its relationships to the various cities, hospitals and other institutions represented by its membership, is the Bristol County Nurses' Association, the facts of its history being as follows: A meeting of the graduate nurses of Bristol county was called at Taunton by Mary B. Williams, chairman of the Morton Hospital Training School, December 30, 1903. The meeting resulted in the formation of the Bristol County Nurses' Association, and the following-named officers were elected: Presi- dent, Miss Clara D. Noyes; Vice-Presidents: Mrs. Evelyn Tilden and Miss Ella Sears; Secretary, Miss Jessie Mariner; Treasurer, Miss Harriet Seaver; Board of Directors: Misses Mary C. McKenna, Agnes M. Tracy, Hilda Ward, Emily Robertson, Lilla B. Mack, Marianne Hirst. The names of the charter members have not been found. The officers in 1923 were: President, Mrs. F. B. Albert; vice-presidents: Misses Ursula B. Noyes, R. N., and Marion E. Seaver, R. N .; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Anna E. Duffy, R. N .; board of directors: Miss Estelle Evans, R. N .; Miss Rosella A. Wells, R. N .; Mrs. Averill, Taunton State Hospital; Miss Jane McAdams, R. N .; Miss Florence Thistlethwaite, R. N .; Miss Edith L. Meates, R. N.
Since the reorganization of the American Nurses' Association, in 1919, the Massachusetts State Association made the request that this association be called the Bristol County Branch of the Massachusetts State Nurses' Association, which request was granted.
BRISTOL COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, SEGREGANSET
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CHAPTER V.
EDUCATIONAL-TEMPERANCE
For nearly a half century the Bristol County Teachers' Association has been the means of centralizing educational interests of the county in all grades of schools, primary to academic, at its sessions in one or another of the cities of the county. Its annual gatherings are anticipated with great interest by hundreds of teachers in the county, when eminent college men and women and educators throughout the country who have spent their lives in the training of youth tell the story of their work and plans. Miss Elsie A. Salthouse, the secretary, has provided the material for this record, which thus for the first time brings the dates and places of the annual meetings within reach of the county educator in general :
The Association was organized through the efforts of Dr. William W. Water- man, superintendent of Taunton schools, and at the first meeting held in Taunton, April 16, 1879, Dr. Waterman was elected chairman and A. O. Burt secretary. The first county convention was held at the Cedar street chapel, now Historical Hall, May 10th, that year, Dr. Waterman presiding. The association was then formed upon this basis: Any teacher, member of school board, superintendent of schools, or school officer in Bristol county, or any other person, on the approval of the board of directors, may become a member by paying twenty-five cents, and signing the con- stitution. The first officers to be elected were: President, Charles P. Rugg, New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, Charles S. Moore, Taunton, and Julia A. Reed, Fall River; Secretary, A. O. Burt, Taunton; Treasurer, M. C. Lamprey, North Easton. Board of Directors: Allen F. Wood, New Bedford; William Connell, Jr., Fall River; F. M. Copeland, Mansfield. At that meeting, William Connell, Jr., superintendent of Fall River schools, read a paper on "Arithmetic," and Rev. J. Colver Wightman read a paper on "Orthoepy." On November 1, a second meeting was held at the Cedar street chapel, when A. B. Winch gave an address concerning teaching music in primary schools, and Rev. H. F. Harrington talked upon "Oral Instruction." The meeting of May 1, 1880, was held at the old Central Church, Fall River, when the former officers were re-elected.
Greater improvement in our English spelling was one of the leading topics for discussion at many of these first meetings. The North Congregational Church, New Bedford, was the place of meeting May 6 and 7, 1881, when papers were read by Miss Emily Richards of the Fall River Training School; Professor G. S. Hall, of Harvard, and C. S. Moore, of Taunton. The officers: President, C. S. Moore, Taun- ton; Vice-Presidents, William Connell, Jr., Fall River, and Miss B. B. Winslow, New Bedford; Secretary, C. F. Boyden, Taunton; Treasurer, F. M. Copeland, Mansfield.
The Broadway Congregational Church, Taunton, was the place of meeting, No- vember 5, 1881, when, to perfect the organization, these persons were chosen to repre- sent the various towns: Superintendent W. W. Waterman, Taunton; C. E. E. Mosher, New Bedford; J. M. Mckenzie, Fall River; L. R. Wentworth, Mansfield; Miss H. B. Paine, North Attleboro; M. C. Lamprey, North Easton; Thomas P. Paull, Berkley; Miss M. E. Chase, East Freetown; Miss E. S. Wardell, Fairhaven; Miss Radcliff, Somerset; Miss Chubbuck, Dartmouth; E. S. Shaw, Raynham. The same officers were elected, with the exception that George B. Buffinton, of Taunton, was elected secretary, and A. F. Wood, of New Bedford, treasurer.
Thenceforward, their times and places of meeting with reference to many of the most important of the speakers have been as follows: October 28, 1882, M. E. Church, Main street, Fall River; President, W. T. Leonard, of Fall River; Vice-Presi- dents, Miss Mary Hamer, Taunton; M. C. Lamprey, North Easton; Treasurer, A. F. Wood, New Bedford; Secretary, E. S. Thayer, Fall River. October 20, 1883, at Ames Memorial Hall, North Easton, when Miss Hamer of Taunton read a paper on "Busi- ness Men and the Public Schools." November 1, 1884, at the Universalist Church, Taunton, when A. W. Edson of Attleboro read a paper on "Teaching Pupils to Think." President, Allen F. Wood, of New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, A. W. Edson,
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Attleboro; Miss A. J. Borden, Fall River; Secretary, George H. Tripp, New Bedford; Treasurer, Miss Ellen F. Luscombe, Taunton. October 17, 1885, at the high school building, Taunton, when J. C. Bartlett read a paper on "Defects in Popular Educa- tion." New officers: Vice-President, J. C. Bartlett, Taunton; Treasurer, F. Arthur Walker, Taunton. October 16, 1886, high school building, Taunton. President, William Connell, Fall River; Vice-President, M. L. Lamprey, North Easton; Secre tary, H. D. Newton, Taunton; Treasurer, F. Arthur Walker, Taunton. October 22, 1887, B. M. C. Durfee high school building, Fall River. Vice-President, W. E. Hobbes, Attleboro; Secretary, George F. Chace, Taunton.
October 20, 1888, Taunton high school building. President, M. L. Lamprey, North Easton; Vice-President, William H. Lambert, Fall River. Resolutions were passed upon the death of Henry F. Farrington, nearly twenty-five years superin- tendent of New Bedford schools. October 19, 1889, Taunton high school building. Edwin D. Mead spoke upon "The Study of History." Vice-Presidents, Edwin S. Thayer, Fall River, and George C. Capron, Taunton. November 1, 1890, high school building, Taunton. President, John P. Swinerton, Taunton; Vice-President, William C. Bates, Canton; Treasurer, George H. Tripp, New Bedford. October 31, 1891, New Bedford high school building. President, Edwin S. Thayer, Fall River; Vice- Presidents, C. E. E. Mosher, New Bedford; Rev. J. H. Sears, Dighton; Secretary, James Wallis, Fall River. November 5, 1892, at B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River, when resolutions were passed upon the death of Dr. Robert F. Leighton, principal of that school. President, Charles C. Ramsey, Fall River; Treasurer, Henry W. Harrub, Taunton.
October 21, 1893, at the Unitarian church, Taunton, when President C. W. Eliot of Harvard gave an address on "Enlargement of the Curriculum of Grammar Schools." President, Charles C. Ramsey, Fall River; Vice-President, George H. Tripp, New Bedford; Secretary, O. L. Beverage, Attleboro.
November 10, 1894, Taunton Odd Fellows hall. President, George H. Tripp, New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, George F. Pope, Fall River, and V. V. Thompson, Attleboro; Secretary, Thomas H. Eckfeldt, New Bedford. November 9, 1895, Odd Fellows hall, Taunton. President, E. B. Andrews of Brown University, speaker. October 17, 1896, Odd Fellows hall, Taunton. President, George Sherman, Taunton; Vice-Presidents, S. P. H. Winslow, Fall River, and Edward B. Gray, Fairhaven; Secretary, Thomas H. Eckfeldt, New Bedford; Treasurer, Charles T. Bonney, New Bedford. November 6, 1898, Taunton Odd Fellows hall. There were nearly one thousand teachers in the public schools of the county at this time. President, W. C. Bates, Fall River. Address given by J. W. McDonald, Agent, State Board of Education.
November 11, 1899, meeting at Taunton. The organization met in different sec- tions for the first time-high school, grammar, primary, at three different halls. Vice- Presidents, Miss Henrietta Winchester, North Easton, and Arthur F. Gilbert, New Bedford; Secretary, Edward B. Gray, Fairhaven. October 27, 1899, Fairhaven Town Hall. President, William B. Hatch, New Bedford.
November 2, 1900, Taunton Odd Fellows hall, when President William DeWitt Hyde of Bowdoin College was the principal speaker. Vice-Presidents, Miss Lizzie Morse, North Easton, and Superintendent A. B. Cole, Plainville; Secretary, W. A. Charles, Fairhaven; Treasurer, Charles J. McCreery, Fall River.
November 9, 1901, Taunton Odd Fellows hall. Same officers. November 2, 1902, New Bedford Y. M. C. A. President, D. J. Miller, Taunton; Secretary, William E. Sargent, New Bedford. November 6, 1903, B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River, with prominent speakers for the different sections, notably, Frank M. McMurray, of the Teachers College, New York City. President, William E. Sargent, New Bedford; Vice-President, W. J. Kelley, Attleboro; Secretary, Osman C. Evans, North Easton. October 28, 1904, B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River. Vice-President, John R. Ferguson, Fall River. October 25, 1905, Trinitarian church, New Bedford. Presi- dent, Charles J. McCreery, New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, Frank S. Pope, Jr., Easton; H. L. Harrub, Taunton; Secretary, Elwyn G. Campbell, New Bedford; Treasurer, E. P. Carr, Dartmouth. October 29, 1906, B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River. Secretary, Charles A. Hathaway, Taunton; Treasurer, Charles E. Reed, Fall River. Among the leading speakers was Professor Paul H. Hanus of Harvard. October 26, . 1907, Fairhaven Town Hall. President, H. W. Harrub, Taunton; Vice-Presidents,
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Miss Margaret J. Berry, Fall River, and Edward R. Gray, New Bedford. October 31, 1908, Taunton, Winslow Congregational Church. President, Edward B. Gray, New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, Everett B. Durfee, Fall River, and Miss Hannah M. Turner, Taunton; Secretary, Miss Emma A. McAfee, New Bedford. President, W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown University, principal speaker. The meeting endorsed the new playground movement, and commended the action of the General Court in granting permission to towns and cities to establish pension funds for teachers, and endorsed the legislative enactment to encourage cities and towns to establish industrial or vocational schools.
October 23, 1909, at Trinitarian Church, New Bedford, when Charles S. Chapin, principal of State Normal School, Montclair, New Jersey, spoke upon "What the Public Schools Have a Right to Expect of the Public." President, Everett B. Durfee, Fall River; Vice-Presidents, Frederic S. Pope, North Easton, and Frank M. Marsh, Fairhaven; Secretary, Mrs. Candace Cook, Fall River. September 24, 1910, B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River. President, Allen P. Keith, New Bedford; Vice-Presi- dents, Fred U. Ward, Taunton, and Miss Anna M. Braley, Fall River; Secretary, Miss Cora A. Newton, New Bedford. Among the speakers were: Albert D. Mead, Ph. D., Brown University; Henry L. Holmes, A. M., of Harvard; Dr. Colin A. Scott, of Tufts; W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown; David Snedden, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education.
October 28, 1911, the association held their first meeting in Attleboro, at various halls, with Dr. Susan M. Kingsbury, of Simmons College, as principal speaker. Presi- dent, Robert J. Fuller, North Attleboro; Vice-Presidents, Fred U. Ward, Taunton, and Mrs. Julia L. Merry, Attleboro; Secretary, Miss Amelia R. Amos, North Attle- boro. October 26, 1912, at Taunton Odd Fellows building. President, Fred U. Ward, Taunton; Vice-Presidents, G. W. Williams, New Bedford, and Miss Anna W. Braley, Fall River; Secretary, Miss Pauline Fisk, Taunton. The topic of the day was "The Application and Efficiency of School Work in Life Occupations.". Among the speak- ers were: J. W. Dickinson, Secretary of the State Board of Education; A. G. Boyden, principal Bridgewater State Normal School; Blanche Hintz, Boston Normal School; Colonel F. W. Parker, Quincy; W. T. Leonard, Fall River high school.
October 24, 1913, at B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River. President, G. W. Williams, New Bedford; Vice-Presidents, H. L. Belisle, Fall River; W. H. Milling- ton, Westport, and Pearl B. Grant, Taunton; Secretary, Miss Mabel W. Cleveland, New Bedford. Dr. M. G. Perrin, of Boston University, was one of the principal speakers. November 13, 1914, at B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River. President, H. L. Belisle, Fall River; Vice-Presidents, P. B. Reid, Taunton, and H. P. Eaton, Attleboro; Secretary, Miss Helen M. Simmons, Somerset. Hamilton Holt, editor of the "Independent," spoke upon "The Federation of the World."
October 29, 1915, at halls in Taunton, with Frank V. Thompson, superintendent of Boston Public Schools, as the principal speaker. President, Lewis A. Fales, Attleboro; Vice-Presidents, Charles J. Peterson, North Attleboro, and William H. Dooley, Fall River, and Albert H. Cochrane, Taunton. October 27, 1916, at B. M. C. Durfee high school, Fall River, with principal speakers Dr. Lemuel H. Murlin of Boston University, and Arthur W. Dunn, specialist in civic education. Vice-Presi- dents, F. W. Plumer, Fall River, and Charles F. Prior, Fairhaven; Secretary, Mrs. F. A. Manter, North Attleboro. November 2, 1917, at B. M. C. Durfee high school and Technical high school buildings, Fall River. At this meeting it was voted that two-thirds of the nominating committee of the organization consist of women grade teachers, and that at least two-thirds of the offices of the association be held by women grade teachers. President, Dr. Fred W. Plumer, Fall River; Vice-Presidents, P. Byron Reid, Taunton; Miss Alice McNerney, Attleboro, and Miss Mary W. Hart, Fall River; Secretary, Miss Blanche A. Verder, Fall River. The programme had the longest list of speakers in the history of the association. No meeting was held in 1918.
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