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Patrick J. Hurley, Fire Chief, Holyoke; Robert M. Tappin, Fire Chief, Gardner; Arthur Mont- meny, Fire Chief, Chicopee ; Thomas H. Mahoney, Fire Chief, Westfield; John E. Saulnier, Fire Chief, North Adams.
Special mention is due Chief Patrick J. Hurley, of Holyoke, and Chief Thomas H. Mahoney, Westfield, who have completed fifty years of continuous service in the departments of their respective cities. Under them the departments have attained an enviable degree of efficiency.
City Officials-Ours is an age of commissions. Much of the beauty of our public buildings and parks, much of the efficiency of many a depart- ment, is due to the conscientious labors of those who accept membership on commissions as a civic trust. Among the Catholics thus honored and those holding other positions of trust in the cities of the diocese are :
John M. Sullivan, Springfield. Park Commis- sioner ; President, M. J. O'Malley Printing Com- pany; Past Grand Knight, Knights of Colum- bus; Past District Deputy, Knights of Columbus ; Past Exalted Ruler, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Treasurer, Mercy Hospital Pa- trons Society; Past President, Mater Dolorosa Laymen's Retreat League. John J. Duggan, Springfield, Fire Commissioner; Mr. Duggan is treasurer of both the Chapman Valve Company and the Perkins Machine and Gear Company. Dr. James A. Redden, Springfield, Police Commission- er, Chairman. Walter J. Hanley, Springfield, Chairman of Board, License Commissioners ; Past Grand Knight, former District Deputy, Knights of Columbus ; Treasurer, Springfield Public Market. John J. Lynch, Springfield, Police Commissioner ; Sales Manager, Springfield Buick Co. Aimé H. Cote, Springfield, Park Commissioner; former Alderman. Rev. George F. Flynn, Worcester, Park Commissioner; pastor and founder of St. Bernard's Parish, Worcester. Dr. A. J. Harpin, Worcester, Park Commissioner. Capt. George Jones, Worcester, License Commis- sioner ; manager, Horace Partridge Co .. Athletic
Supply Store. Thomas J. Carmody, Chairman, Holyoke Board Water Commissioners ; President. Holyoke Country Club; active in civic affairs of Holyoke for fifty years, as member of school board. alderman, and member of city council.
Philip V. Erard, Chairman, Board of Health, Springfield; Joseph F. Griffin, President, Board of Aldermen, Holyoke; Pierre Bonvouloir, City Treasurer, Holyoke (thirty-eight years), also Permanent Treasurer, Holyoke Knights of Columbus, and Director, Hadley Falls Trust Co .; John F. Sheehan, City Clerk, Holyoke (thirty years) ; Michael F. Walsh, Chairman, Board of Public Works, Holyoke ; James M. Ken- ney, Tax Collector, Holyoke (thirty-six years) ; J. Hermas Fleury, Chairman, Board of Registrars, Holyoke; Michael J. Rowan, Chairman, Board of Health, Holyoke; James F. Burns, Chairman, School Board, Holyoke; John T. McDonald, Chairman, School Board, Pittsfield; Harold F. Goggin. City Clerk, Pittsfield, and clerk of Board of Aldermen; Charles J. McMorrow, member of School Board, Springfield ; Humphrey J. Coughlin, City Treasurer, North Adams.
ATTORNEYS-The list of prominent attorneys is legion. We present only those few who have been chosen for positions of public service as illus- trative of what Catholic lay ability is achieving in this honorable profession of Solon and Cicero, in addition to those already mentioned elsewhere as court justices, mayors, or representatives at Washington or Boston :
George F. Leary, Springfield, City Solicitor ; John D. Ross, Holyoke, City Solicitor ; William P. Hayes, Springfield, Ex-Mayor, former State Senator, prominent worker in Catholic Forestry ; Francis McMahon. Pittsfield. City Solicitor ; Jo- seph McMahon, Pittsfield, former City Solicitor ; Walter M. Shea, Chicopee, City Solicitor ; William A. Loughlin, Gardner, City Solici- tor; A. Andre Gelinas, Fitchburg, City Solicitor ; James H. P. Dyer, Leominster. City Solicitor ; Florence W. Burke, Westfield, City Solicitor and District Court Judge ; John E. Swift, Milford, Supreme Director, Knights of Columbus, and former State Deputy, Knights of Columbus ; John H. Sullivan, Worcester. President, Bay State Savings Bank ; Owen A. Hoban, Gardner, Assist- ant District Attorney ; Patrick Courtney, Register of Deeds, Hampden County, former President of Board of Aldermen, Springfield; Edward J.
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JOHN E. SAULNIER Fire Chief, North Adams
ARTHUR MONTMENY Fire Chief, Chicopee
PATRICK J. HURLEY Fire Chief, Holyoke
THOMAS H. MAHONEY Fire Chief, Westfield
FOUR CITIES OF OUR DIOCESE HAVE CATHOLIC FIRE CHIEFS
Stapleton. Holyoke, Chairman. Hampden County Commissioners : James O'Brien, Holyoke. Regis- ter of Probate ; Thomas J. Moriarty. Springfield, District Attorney ; John Noonan. Springfield. As- sistant District Attorney ; James E. Hafey, Chico- pee. Master in Chancery. Hampden County ; Telesphore Leboeuf, Webster, Assistant United States Attorney for Massachusetts. National Su- preme Chief, L'Ordre des Forestiers; United States Commissioner Louis W. Doherty, Spring- field.
PHYSICIANS-In view of the large number of Catholics who have made their mark in medicine and surgery, it is not surprising to find that many of our cities have selected Catholics as city phy- sicians. For instance :
Dr. A. P. Desautels. City Physician. Pittsfield ; Dr. John E. Greaney, City Physician, Springfield : Dr. Armand O. Metevier, City Physician, Chico- pee ; Dr. Louis J. Rudiger. City Physician, Hol- yoke; Dr. John M. Murphy, City Physician, Northampton; Dr. Jeremiah Donohue, City Phy- sician, Worcester.
Though the district medical examiners appoint- ed by the State are overwhelmingly non-Catho- lic, many Catholics are found among their num- ber. Of the forty-four in our five western counties. only seven are Catholics : Dr. George S. Wickham. of Lee, Dr. P. M. Moriarty, of Chicopee. Dr. James B. Ryan, of Easthampton, Dr. H. E. Doonan, of South Hadley Falls, Dr. James F. Cuddy. of Athol. Dr. George F. Curley, of Mil- ford, and Dr. James C. Austin, of Spencer.
Catholic Hospital Surgeons-As our Catholic hospitals. year by year. achieve results which win the golden opinions of patients, Catholic and non- Catholic alike, we append the Catholic personnel of their various surgical staffs, whose medical knowledge and surgical skill have nobly seconded the gentle ministrations of the Sisters of Provi- dence in making our Catholic hospitals a synonym for efficiency and sympathetic relief of humanity's ills.
Farren Memorial Hospital, Montague City: Dr. R. A. McGillicuddy, Turners Falls, Dr. Frederick J. Barnard, Dr. Arthur W. Hayes.
Mercy Hospital, Springfield: Dr. Charles F. Lynch, Senior Surgeon; Dr. M. J. Dillon, Dr. G. B. Corcoran, Dr. R. A. Rochford, Dr. J. A. Byrnes, Dr. C. L. Furcolo. Dr. F. P. Boyd, Dr. A. H. Riordan.
St. Vincent's Hospital, Il'orcester: Dr. Michael F. Fallon, Chief of Staff ; Dr. William F. Lynch, Dr. John Fallon, Dr. J. Arthur Barnes.
St. Luke's Hospital, Pittsfield: Dr. T. P. Hen- nelly. President of Staff : Dr. John A. Sullivan. Dr. John C. Roe.
House of Providence Hospital, Holyoke: Dr. William F. Brady, President of Staff; Dr. James Byrnes, Dr. S. A. Mahoney. Dr. E. F. Sullivan, Dr. E. P. Hand, Dr. J. B. Bigelow, Dr. A. Franz, Senior.
EDUCATION-In the educational world, Catholic laymen have forged their way to the front. though in many places they have been denied the only thing they ever ask-a fair field and no favor. Many of
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JOHN M. SULLIVAN Springfield Past Pres. Mater Dolorosa Laymen's Retreat League Treasurer Mercy Hospital Patrons Society
JOHN M. SWIFT Milford Supreme Director and Past State Deputy Knights of Columbus
LEWIS A. TWITCHELL Springfield President Mater Dolorosa Laymen's Retreat League
WILLIAM B. BELLI Springfield President Mercy Hospital Patrons Society District Deputy Knights of Columbus
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our teaching bodies in our larger cities and towns are, in major part, Catholic, and they have risen by merit alone. They not only receive no special favors, but are often handicapped in their legiti- mate ambitions for recognition by "the faith once delivered to the saints." If some rumors have any foundation, religious tests for positions in our public schools are not a thing of the past in many of our communities, and that in spite of a state law which forbids such a test. Our teaching profession, especially in primary and grammar grades, is over- crowded. This congestion would be largely relieved if teachers from beyond our borders were no longer engaged. There are those who suggest that, oftentimes, the teacher from Maine or New Hamp- shire receives the preference because she is not
WILLIAM F. BOYLE Springfield Supreme Scribe Order of the Alhambra
HON. TELESPHORE LEBOEUF Webster National Supreme Chief, L'Ordre des Forestiers
rendered ineligible by the Catholic faith of her Massachusetts rival.
We see, too, the phenomena of able Catholic assistant principals, who serve under several suc- cessive principals, but never seem eligible for pro- motion. It appears to be an unwritten law of some of our school boards and superintendents that no Catholic must be absolute head of a school, though he is often placed second in command, with the compensating privilege of doing all the work. In- stances of this kind are becoming rarer, but we have heard too many within a year to believe that they are entirely extinct and fossilized.
Hundreds of the teachers who are making our public schools a success are fervent Catholics. Not only have they found no conflict between their religious creed and their patriotic beliefs, but no one else has. We have yet to hear of a Catholic teacher being dropped for teaching anything un- patriotic. Aye, more : hundreds of teachers in our public schools, occupying every position from the superintendency to the kindergarten, are con- tributing their part to the success of public educa- tion. We have heard of more than one who was refused a position because of his faith; we have yet to hear of one who was dropped on charges because a square test in the classroom proved him unfit to train future American citizens. There is no difference between the citizenship of the Catholic classroom and that of any other class-
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room, except that in the religious atmosphere of the Catholic classroom there is no room for com- munism or any other anti-American and anti- Christian propaganda. This fact explains why, for instance, of the seven hundred citizens of Webster who answered the call to the colors at the outbreak of the World War, nearly six hundred graduated from Catholic schools. We have not the figures for other cities and towns, but we are morally certain that, if we had, the story would be similar.
Despite the difficulties which beset the path of the Catholic educator in modern public life, we have culled the names of a few who have attained leadership :
William R. Peck, Superintendent of Holyoke Schools: James M. McNamara, Superintendent of Fitchburg Schools ; Dr. John F. Gannon, Super- intendent of Pittsfield Schools, President of State Association of School Superintendents; William R. Barry, Superintendent of Ware Schools, Dis- trict Deputy. Knights of Columbus; Thomas F. Gibbons. Superintendent of Clinton Schools ; John J. Desmond, Superintendent of Chicopee Schools ; Joseph J. Reilly, Ph.D., Head of English Depart- ment and Librarian, Hunter College, New York, formerly chief examiner of Massachusetts Civil Service Commission and Superintendent of Ware Schools; author of several volumes dealing with Newman, the short story, etc.
We add a word of recognition, too, for the Worcester laymen, now deceased, who did so much to make the Law School at the Catholic University the success that it has become : Thomas C. Carrigan and Peter F. McLoughlin.
POSTMASTERS AND UNITED STATES GOVERN- MENT OFFICERS-Possibly because so many Catholics cast their political lot with the Democratic Party, while the Republican forces are so uni- formly victorious in these western counties, our representation among postmasters is not large at the present time. J. T. Healy, of Worcester, is the most prominent incumbent, while Springfield and Pittsfield have Catholic assistant postmasters in James H. Benson and Patrick O'Donnell. Among those holding important positions with the United States government are : Louis W. Doherty, Spring- field, U. S. Commissioner ; William J. Mckeown, Deputy Collector in charge of U. S. Custom House at Springfield ; Telesphore Leboeuf, Webster, As- sistant U. S. District Attorney for Massachusetts ; Daniel C. Leary, Springfield, United States In-
ternal Revenue Agent, in charge of central and western Massachusetts offices at Springfield, Pitts- field and Worcester.
NEWSPAPERMEN-The modern newspaper, with its wide field of activity, covering every aspect of public life, has proved a magnet for many Catho- lics, and many of its most eminent workers are members of the old Church. The reportorial posi- tions are crowded with energetic Catholic news- gatherers, whose originality and alertness are flashed in the columns of the daily press, but whose names, as far as the public is concerned, are "un- honored and unsung." However, they are going higher, and many of them will appear on some future roll of prominent editors. Catholics who at present occupy editorial and administrative chairs in the field of new journalism include :
John B. Callaghan, Managing Editor, Spring- field Daily News, Springfield; Arthur Ryan, Man- aging Editor, Holyoke Transcript, Holyoke; Thomas Flynn, Managing Editor, Gardner News, Gardner; Dennis J. Haylon, Managing Editor, Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield; Lawrence J. Daly. Managing Editor, Webster Times, Webster; Michael J. Shea, Editor and Founder of The Catholic Mirror, official organ of the Diocese of Springfield; Joseph Lussier, Editor and Publisher, La Justice, Holyoke; William H. Walsh, City Editor, Springfield Republican, Springfield; Elmer E. Monroe, City Editor, Springfield Daily News, Springfield; Thomas J. O'Neil. Night News Editor, Springfield Union, Springfield; William J. Larkin, City Editor. Worcester Post, Worcester; Dennis Mulcahy. City Editor, Fitchburg Sentinel; J. C. Doyle, City Editor, Holyoke Transcript; William Heffernan. Editor and Publisher, Spencer Leader; William F. Holland, City Editor, Worcester Evening Gazette; Patrick J. Ryan, City Editor, North Adams Transcript; Thomas P. Murphy, City Editor, Worcester Telegram; Clifford Welsh, Managing Editor, Westfield Valley Herald; James L. Conroy, General Business Manager, Worcester Evening Post; Edward D. Delahanty. Circulation Manager. Worcester Telegram and Gasette; Thomas F. Murphy, Circulation Man- ager, Springfield Daily News.
NATIVE SONS WHO ARE WINNING PROMI- NENCE IN OTHER FIELDS-Beyond the present borders of our diocese, but natives of our Spring- field fold, are many who are making a name for
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themselves in their chosen walks of life. Among these are :
Frank A. Comerford, Boston attorney, for- merly of Worcester, Holy Cross Graduate, Presi- dent New England Power Company. Michael A. Morrissey, President, Union News Co. and Gen- eral Manager, American News Company, New York City, formerly of Springfield. J. L. Truden. formerly of Pittsfield, General Superin- tendent of the Boston & Albany Railroad. Dr. Joseph J. Reilly, Hunter College, New York, a native of Springfield, and graduate of Holy Cross College, one time chief examiner of the Massa- chusetts Civil Service Board and later Superin- tendent of Schools in Ware. Author of many volumes. Maurice J. Lacey, native of Worcester. graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Headmaster of Jamaica Plain High School, Boston. Richard Reid of Atlanta, Ga., formerly of Worcester, graduate of Holy Cross College; Secretary Georgia Laymen's League. Edward Donnellan, District Attorney, Denver, Colorado. Stephen S. Jackson, native of Springfield, graduate of Cathedral High School and Holy Cross College. Judge of Industrial Accident Board, member of law firm of Jackson & Ryan, New York City; lecturer at Fordham University School of Soci- ology and legal adviser on legislative matters, Catholic Charities, New York. Harry C. Mc- Donald, Boston, a native of Springfield, Director New England Division, Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation Theatres. Cornelius McGillicuddy (Connie Mack), baseball magnate of Philadelphia, a native of East Brookfield. Thomas B. Lawler, New York City, a native of Worcester, member of publishing firm of Ginn and Company, New York, Boston and Chicago. John P. O'Brien, New York City, a native of Worcester, Surrogate, County of New York; a former member of Congress from New York, and a former corporation counsel, City of New York.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICIALS-Our cham- bers of commerce are not precisely famous for any proclivity to appoint Catholic officials. Hence, the rare Catholic who becomes the president of a chamber of commerce, or secretary, deserves a place among the prominent men of our faith. We know of only three Catholics of our diocese who have been honored by election as presidents of the chambers of commerce in any of our cities : John F. Tinsley, of Worcester, Hugh C. McLean, of
Holyoke, and John L. Mclaughlin. of Pittsfield; and only three have been appointed full-time cham- ber of commerce secretaries : Conrad Hemond, of Holyoke, Robert P. Dolan, of Greenfield, who are now doing excellent work as secretaries of the chambers of commerce in their communities, and Michael J. McCarrin, who served for a brief term in Northampton, resigning the office to become secretary to Governor Allen. He is now Assistant . Secretary of the Massachusetts Industrial Acci- dent Board. We are informed, too, that there are only two other cities in all New England where a Catholic has been appointed as full-time cham- ber of commerce secretary. Attorney James E. Hafey, of Chicopee, carries on the duties of this office in Chicopee in connection with his law prac- tice. He is the only Catholic part-time chamber of commerce secretary that we know of in any of the cities of the Springfield Diocese. Mr. Hafey is also State Advocate of the Knights of Columbus.
ARCHITECTS-As architects, Catholic laymen have won their spurs. Where, in the earlier days of our diocese, most of our churches and institu- tions were planned and designed by those from outside, such as Patrick C. Kieley and Patrick W. Ford, of Boston, or James Murphy, of Provi- dence, our own architects are now not merely do- ing the major part of our work in the diocese, but are in demand elsewhere. Prominent among our successful Catholic architects are :
John William Donohue: Diocesan architect, member of Boston Society of Architects, Archi- tectural League, of New York, and the Ameri- can Institute of Architects; architect of Holy Cross Church, Holyoke; St. Bridget's Church, Amherst ; St. Bernard's Church, Worcester; St. Mark's, Pittsfield; St. Joseph's High School, North Adams; Sacred Heart High School, Springfield ; St. Mary's High School, Milford; St. John's High School, Worcester; St. Michael's High School, Northampton; our new hospital ad- ditions ; the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Provi- dence, at Brightside ; O'Leary Hall Dormitory and the Administration and Liberal Arts Building, College of Our Lady of The Elms, Chicopee, and many more of our recent churches, convents, schools and rectories. Mr. Donohue is also de- signer of the splendid La Salle School, in Provi- dence.
O. E. Nault, Worcester: Worcester-St. Joseph's Church, School, Rectory and Convent ;
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JAMES E. WALL North Adams President and Treasurer, Wall-Streeter Shoe Co.
DR. JOHN F. GANNON Pittsfield Superintendent, Pittsfield Schools President, State Association of School Superintendents
NAPOLEON A. CAMPBELL Pittsfield President and Treasurer Hotel Wendell Corporation
JOHN F. DEELY Lee President, Lee Lime Corporation
THOMAS E. KELLY Pittsfield Proprietor, Rice & Kelly Furniture Co.
JEREMIAH P. WALL North Adams Treasurer, Wall-Keller-McKee Co.
FRANK A. CARROLL Pittsfield Manager, Pittsfield Milk Exchange
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DR. JOSEPH J. REILLY New York Formerly of Springfield Head of English Department and Librarian, Hunter College, New York. Author
MICHAEL A. MORRISSEY New York Formerly of Springfield President, Union News Company, Vice President and General Manager, American News Company
THOMAS B. LAWLER New York Formerly of Worcester Member of Book Publishing Firm of Ginn & Company of New York, Boston, Chicago, Etc.
CORNELIUS MCGILLICUDDY Philadelphia Formerly of East Brookfield Baseball Magnate. Manager, World Champion Philadelphia "Athletics"
FRANK A. COMERFORD Boston Formerly of Worcester President, New England Power Company
STEPHEN S. JACKSON New York Formerly of Springfield Judge, State Industrial Accident Legal Adviser, Catholic Charities Board
RICHARD REID Augusta, Georgia Formerly of Worcester Secretary, Georgia Laymen's Association
HARRY C. MCDONALD Boston Formerly of Springfield New England Director, Radio-Keith- Orpheum Theatres
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J. B. KENNEDY Greenfield Business and Political Leader of Franklin County
FRANK J. LAWLER Greenfield First Catholic admitted Franklin County Bar
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HON. ROLAND H. P. JACOBUS Turners Falls Justice, Franklin County Probate Court
FRANK A. SMITH Greenfield Comptroller Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation
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Holy Name of Jesus Church, School, Rectory and Convent; Gardner-Our Lady of the Rosary Church, School, -Rectory; Webster-St. Ann's School, Sacred Heart Parish; Holyoke-Im- maculate Conception School and Convent ; Worces- ter-Assumption College, St. Francis' Home; Fitchburg-St. Francis of Assisi Church, Im- maculate Conception Church.
D. R. Baribault, Springfield : Architect of Im- maculate Conception Church and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Rectory and Convent. Holyoke; Our Lady of Czestochowa Convent, School and Rectory, Turners Falls; Notre Dame Church, Worcester; proposed new St. Cecelia's Church, Leominster.
Raymond C. Gorrani, Worcester: Architect, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Worcester.
G. E. Haynes, Pittsfield : Architect, Our Lady of the Angels Church, Worcester.
Morris W. Maloney, Springfield : Architect of many public school buildings in Springfield and vicinity.
George P. Dion, Chicopee: Architect of As- sumption Church, Chicopee, and St. Stanislaus School, Chicopee.
Peter F. Mclaughlin, Pittsfield: Designer of many public schools and institutions.
GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS-General building contractors are numerous among Catho-
lics and many have been aided to success materi- ally by winning bids for the erection of our own churches, schools, convents and hospitals. Among our successful individuals and firms, eminent in the world of builders, are :
J. M. & C. J. Buckley, Worcester : Builder of St. Vincent's Hospital, St. Agnes' Guild, St. Ste- phen's School, St. Peter's School addition, St. Peter's Church addition. St. Casimir's School, Sa- cred Heart School, Our Lady of Vilna Church, all in Worcester; St. Bridget's Church, Amherst; St. Louis' School, Webster.
Casper Ranger Company, Holyoke: Builder of Bowers Hall, Yale University ; new Boston Herald and Traveler Building. Boston; new Chemistry Building, Amherst College; new Sanatorium Building. Riggs Foundation, Stockbridge.
Daniel J. Donahue, Springfield : Builder of the
Conrad Hemond, Secretary, Holyoke Chamber of Com- merce, and Robert P. Dolan, Secretary, Greenfield Chamber of Commerce.
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new Motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence, at Brightside; the new college building, College of Our Lady of The Elms, Chicopee; St. Francis' School, North Adams.
J. P. Keating, of Westboro: Builder of St. Mary's High School, Milford; St. Michael's High School, Northampton; Mercy Hospital and Nurses' Home, Springfield; St. Stephen's Con- vent, Worcester; St. Luke's Church, Westboro.
Louis La France, Holyoke: Builder of St. Mary's Church, Ware; O'Leary Hall Dormitory, College of Our Lady of The Elms, Chicopee.
P. J. Mahoney, Westfield: Builder of Holy Trinity Church, Westfield; Holy Rosary School, Clinton; Holy Family Church, Springfield; St. Bernard's Church, Worcester; St. Stanislaus' School, Adams; foundation, Motherhouse, Sisters of Providence.
McDermott Brothers, Worcester: St. John's School, St. Peter's Church, new interior, St. John's Church, Notre Dame Convent, St. Vin- cent's Home for Aged Women, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame Normal Institute, St. Mary's Church, Rectory, School, St. Paul's School, St. Gabriel's Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, St. Stephen's Church, Loyola Hall, Holy Cross College, St. Vincent's Hospital Nurses' Home, St. Stephen's Convent, St. John's High School and Gymnasium, Dinand Library at Holy Cross College, St. Joseph's Home for Working Girls, St. Paul's Rectory, Our Lady of Vilna Rec- tory -- all in Worcester; St. John's School, Clin- ton ; St. Peter's School, Northbridge.
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