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THE ORDER BRITH ABRAHAM, PAPER CITY LODGE NO. 203.
Founded May 26, 1896, and has a present total men- bership of 121. Meetings are held the second and fourth Sundays of each month in Zion Hall. The full list of offi- cers is as follows: President. Jacob Ruhin ; vice-president, Joseph Saltman; treasurer, Joseph Gerstein; secretary, Henry Levenson; trustees, Max Abrams, Hyman Postoff. Louis Greene.
THE TRAFFIC BUREAU OF THE HOLYOKE BOARD OF TRADE.
Founded April 1. 1012, and has a present total mem- bership of 43. The meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month in the Board of Trade Rooms. The full list of officers is as follows: President, Jesse E. Sheldon ; vice-president. R. F. McElwain; treasurer. A. R Root, traffic manager. P. J. Dowd ; Henry C. Avery. S. E Whiting
THE HOLYOKE MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSOCIATION.
Founded in 1899, and has a present membership of 19.
Meetings are held the second Friday of each month in the Board of Trade Rooms. The list of officers is as follows: President, Thomas J. Carmody ; vice-presi- dent, D. J. Bowler: treasurer, F. H. Revett ; secretary, Archihald Cuthbertson.
THE J. C. S. FRATERNITY OF THE WORLD, CHAPTER NO. 146.
Founded December 1. 1911, and has a present total membership of 0G. The meetings are held the first and last Tuesdays of each month in Rooms 711-719. Smith Building. The full list of officers is as follows: President, Walter L. Hamilton ; first vice-president. Ralph Beauchard; second vice-president. Andrew Gendron, treasurer, Ambross P. Brown; secretary, John W. Fogg: executive committee composed of the officers and following members: Henry Tessier, Thomas Smalley, George Battersby, George He- bert, William Lavey, Jr., Roy MacMenigall.
THE GLENWOOD REBEKAH LODGE.
Instituted November 4, 1891, and has a total member- ship of 220. The meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Odd Fellows Hall. The fitll list of officers is as follows: Noble grand, Mrs. Lily A Nobles; vice-grand. Mrs. Annie B. Vandeuhnrg: re- cording secretary. Mrs. Mary L. Metcalf; financial secre- tary, Mr -. Jennie F. Allen; treasurer. Mrs. Lillie M. Perry
THE TEUTONIA LODGE, NO. 1, O. D. H. S.
Founded November 14, 1589, and has a present total membership of 143. The meetings are held the first and third Thursdays ni each mouth at 629 Summer street. The full list nf officers is as follows . President, Frank Mar. len: vice-president, Henry Reiher. secretary, Ernest Brocker ; financial secretary, Emil Bilz; treasurer. August Lehmann; sergeant at arms, Max Peterhansel.
THE HOLYOKE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Founded November 14, 1900, and has a total member- ship of 33 The meetings are held the first Thes- day of each month in Marble Hall Hotel. The full list of officers is as follows: President, Dr. George L. Tay- lor ; secretary-treasurer. Dr. Fred H. Allen ; vice-president, Dr. F. A. Mead; executive committee, Dr. J. H. Potts, Dr. J. J. Carroll, Dr. E. J. Miller.
THE MT. TOM LODGE, F. & A. M.
Founded March 14, 1850. The present total member- ship is 550. Regular mectings are held every Friday in Masonic Hall, 280 High street. The full list of officers is as follows: W. M., Charles E. Alderman; S. W., Oliver W. Adams; J. W .. Robert Gillette ; treasurer, Archibald A. Brooks ; secretary, Herbert G. Rose; chaplain, Andrew Purvis; Mar., Joseph Collingwood; S. D., Daniel W. Wil- liamson ; J. D., Raymond W. Gero; S. S., George Barnett. Jr .; J. S. G. Edgar Bosworth: I. S., Robert W. Hunter ; organist, Thomas C. Auld ; tyler, Lewis M. Richards.
THE UNION ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE d'AMERIQUE. COUNCIL NO. 1.
Founded in 1887. It has a total membership of 360. The meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Monument Hall. The full list of officers is as follows: President, J. H. Fleury ; vice- president, L. Sabourin; secretary, Joseph H. Soutiere ; as- sistant secretary. A. Gregroire; finance, C. R. Moreau; treasurer, Joseph A. Beauchemin ; trustees, A. P. Barre and J. B. Lapointe ; physician, W. G. Deroin; doyen, E. Ca- dienx : H. P., O. Yoscan; Y. of C., F. Y. Monat ; 1st C. O., F. Dufras; 2d C O., P. Fournier ; S. N. M Gonlet : S. V .. A Lamson.
THE CLAN MACLAREN, NO. 144, ORDER OF SCOTTISH CLANS.
Founded January ta, toys, and has a total member. ship of 147. Meetings are held the first and third Fridays of each month in the American Order of Odd Fellows Hall. The full list of officers is as follows: Chief, David Contts; past chief, James Lees ; tanist, James Weir; chap- lain, James Pratt ; recording sceretary, Alexander D Pratt ; financial secretary, Alexander S. Williamson; treasurer. John McR. Henderson; senior henchman, Rob- ert Ironside ; junior henchman, Gardner Fletcher : senschal, Forbes Young; warden, James Young ; sentinel, Thomas Thompson.
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THE HOLYOKE AERIE NO. 400 OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
Founded June 10. 1003, and has a total member- ship of 325. The meetings are held the second and fourth Mondays of each month in Eagles Hall, Wakelin Building. The full list of officers is as follows : P. W. P., G. H. Ilamel; W. president, E. Mew; W. chap- lain, M. Cooper; secretary. D. F. Mullin ; treasurer, E. W. Kroepel ; inside guard, W. J. Hopwood; outside guard, M. M. Tanguay ; W. conductor, D. Clairmont ; trustees, R. D. Moore; P. W. P., W. H. McIntee, and J. F. Griffin, P. W. P .; Aerie physician, Dr. John Hughes.
THE SOREL CONCLAVE NO. 622 OF THE ORDER OF HEPTASOPHS
Founded January 18, 1899, and has a membership of 204. Meetings are held the first and third Wed- nesdays of each month in Monument National Hall. The list of officers is as follows: Archon, Yldege Lavoie ; provost, Joachim Quenneville : prelate, E. Chaput ; secretary, Joseph H. Sontiere; finaneier, C. R. Moreau; treasurer, O. Charbonneau; inspetor, D. Robidoux; senti- nel, M. Arbours; warden, F. Smith; trustees, A. J. La- brecque, F. Smith, and W. Lamagdelaine; sick visitors, H. Daigle and D. Robidoux ; physician, H. E. Chaput.
THE ISABELLA COURT, M. C. O. F., NO. 112.
Founded February 3, 1895, and has a present total membership of 286. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays of each month in Wakelin Hall. The full list of officers is as follows : Past chief ranger, Mary A. Greene ; chief ranger, Margaret Rockwood; viee chief ranger, R Maxine McCormick; treasurer, Margaret E. Clark; re- cording secretary, Emma S. Greene; financial secretary, Nellie T. McLean.
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THE ROBERT MORRIS CHAPTER EASTERN STAR.
Founded April 29, 1896. The present total membership is 208. Meetings are held the second Monday in the month in Masonic Hall, High street. The full list of offi- cers is as follows : Worthy matron, Susie Van Riper; worthy patron, Frank Murray; associate matron, Annie Sinclair ; secretary, Christiana Buchanan: treasurer, Mary Street; conductress, Elizabeth Cowie; assistant con- ductress, Henrietta Durant.
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HIBERNIAN HALL.
THE POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
Founded November 11, 1902, and has a total member- ship of 68. Meetings are held the first Wednes- day of each month in the Police Court Room, City Hall. The list of officers is as follows: President, Richard Peters; vice-president, James Malcolm; treasurer, Patrick F. Ryan; secretary. George W. O'Connell.
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THE CHRISTIAN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Founded May 12, 1595. The total membership is 120. The meetings are held on the first Wednesday of caclı month except July and August. The full list of officers is as follows: President, William A. Allyn ; vice-president, W. A. Pearson; treasurer, John B. Brouson; secretary, David McBride; assistant secretary. George S. Young; physician. Dr. A. R. Wethereil.
ST. JEROME'S F. A. M. B. AND L. SOCIETY.
Founded in 1869. The present total membership is 382. Meetings are held every Sunday at 6.30 p. m., in St. Jerome Hall. The full list of officers is as follows: Spir- itual director, Rev. Daniel T. Devine; president, Urban Fleming ; vice-president, James P. Rohan ; financial seere- tary, John P. Shea; treasurer, George Fitzgerald; record- ing secretary, John M. Shea ; corresponding secretary, Ed- ward La Brecque; marshal, P. A. Shea ; sergeant at arms, John Kane; board of government, James Long, Edward Greaney, P. O'Connor, Jobn Garvey, Thomas Scanlon ; physician, Dr. W. J. Teahan; librarian, Arthur John O'Leary; janitor, William F. Roche.
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THE HOLYOKE CALEDONIAN BENEFIT CLUB, INC.
Founded in 1873. It has a total membership of 400. The meetings are held the second and fourth Saturdays in the Caledonian Building, 189 High street. The full list of officers is as follows: President, Jolin Tait; vice-president. Alexander Craighead ; corresponding secre- tary, Daniel McDonald; financial secretary, William A. Robertson; treasurer, John Brown; property trustees, Dou- ald Cameron, William Wilson, and William Black; relief trustees, D. S. Atchison, John Aitken, Sr., John Aitken, Jr .; standard bearers, David Stewart, Walter Simpson ; warden, William McPherson ; henchman, George Cunningham ; chaplain, John Crowe; piper, James Robbie ; auditors, C. C. Hunter, R. P. Porteous, Alexander Ellis, Dr. Stanley Cox.
THE HOLYOKE WARD TWO INDEPENDENT CLUB.
Founded 1892, and incorporated April 20, 1893. The present total membership is 300. The meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 5471/2 South Bridge street. The full list of officers is as follows : President, William Bolduc; vice-president, Ulderic Blan- chard; recording secretary, Napoleon Meunier ; financial secretary, R. O. Lamagdelaine ; treasurer, E. A. Laplate ; trustees, Fortuna Labrecque, Frederic Hamelin, Rock Bou- tin; sergeant at arms, Edouard Robillard.
THE WILLIMANSETT CLUB.
Organized August 6, 1906, and has a present total membership of 322. The meetings are held at the corner of Bridge and Emerson streets. The full list of officers is as follows: D. C. Amnotte, president; James Thomson, vice-president ; T. Delude, treasurer ; Henry Lavallee, clerk.
BOAT LANDING
A HAPPY GROUP
INGLESIDE BOAT CLUB HOUSE
HOLYOKE'S SOCIETIES AND CLUBS
HULYOKE CANOE CLUB.
INGLESIDE BOAT CLUB ASSOCIATION.
Founded July 10. 1907. as Bey Club; name changed November 7, 1908 Incorporated May 17, 1910. Meetings held the second Monday of each month. The full list of officers is as follows: President. Leonard Eich- staedt ; vice-president, Hector R. Brouillet ; financial sec- retary, Paul E. Theilig ; recording secretary, George W. Sutcliffe; treasurer, Alfred Schenker; trustees, Leonard Eichstaedt, Charles W. Doerpholz, Max Kurth, and Emil Engelhardt. It has a membership of fifty.
THE SONS OF ST. GEORGE.
Founded June 10, 1876, and has a total membership of 183. The meetings are held the second and fourth Wed- nesdays of each month in Odd Fellows Hall, High street. The full list of officers is as follows: President, Frank Beardsell ; vice-president, Fred Wigglesworth; secretary,
George A. Sorton: treasurer, John H. Moxon; assistant secretary, Ernest Craven; messenger, James Partington ; assistant messenger, Oscar Priestley ; chaplain, Edmond Robinson; inside sentinel, Albert Faucett; outside sentinel. John Nelson; trustees. Robert Taylor, David Moxon. James Parfitt ..
THE MASSASOIT COMMANDERY NO. 273. A. AND 1. O. K. OF M.
Founded January 31, 1900, and has a present total membership of 145. The meetings are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month in Odd Fellows Hall. The full list of officers is as follows: Commander, John M. Prilay ; generalissimo, Lucius Person; captain general, Nelson Barrett; prelate, S. V. Fales; recorder, Thomas Halket : assistant recorder, George Cramer; treasurer, Ar- thur E. Snow; senior warden, H. F. Howard ; junior war- den. Gustaf Larson; sword bearer. Otto Hanson: stand-
ard bearer. William Clements: first guard. John Crowe; second guard. Edward Cramer; warden. John Baker; sen- tinel, Robert D Innes
THE G. A. R POST.
Founded November 25, 1868, and has a present total membership of $1. The meetings are held the sec- ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month in G. A. R. Hall, 283 High street. The full list of officers is as follows : Commander, Arthur M. Cain; S. V. C. W. H. Abbott ; J. V. C., H. C. Tenant ; agent, Charles Ely; R. M., Harry Crosby; surgeon. H. A. King; chaplain. Albert Loring; O. D., George E. Whitaker: O. G., P. A. Streeter; P. B., J. Howard Smith : S. M., J. Howard Smith ; Q. M. S., R. B. Corbett.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS.
DIVISION NUMBER 1.
Founded in February, 1872. The regular meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, first Sunday after the 20th, at A. O. H. Hall, corner of Front and John streets. The full list of officers is as follows: President. P. J. Dowd; recording secretary, Patrick Shea; financial secretary, John Mannix ; treasurer. James Joyce.
DIVISION NUMBER 9.
Founded February 19, 1899. The regular meetings are held the first Sunday and third Tuesday of each month at A. O. H. Hall, corner of Front and John streets. The full list of officers is as follows: President. James J. O'Brien ; recording secretary. Peter Moylan ; financial secretary, Gar- rett Bowler ; treasurer, Michael Neary.
DIVISION NUMBER 10.
Founded June 7, 1903. The regular meetings are held the first Tuesday and third Sunday of each month at A. O. H. Hall. The full list of officers is as follows: Presi- dent, John J. O'Donnell; treasurer, James M. Sullivan : financial secretary, James Ash; recording secretary, John D, Begley.
DIVISION NUMBER 11.
The regular meetings are held on the second Sunday and fourth Friday of each month at A. O. H. Hall, at the corner of Front and John streets. The full list of officers is as follows: President, John T. O'Donnell; recording secretary, Michael J. Fahey; financial secretary, John J. Ward; treasurer, John C. Moriarty.
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HOLYOKE'S CEMETERIES
It is not every city that can take pride in its ceme- teries, That Holyoke's cemeteries are of exceptional beauty and cared for in a manner that reflects high credit upon those in charge is witnessed to by every visitor who is given opportunity to view them.
Oldest in point of time is the Elmwood cemetery on Northampton street, which goes back to the early part of the eighteenth century when Holyoke was not on the man to any appreciable extent Among the eurious stones in this yard is one that relates how a young man was "killed casually" while hunting ; and through the stone is drilled a hole, which, presumably, typifies the bullet that caused his death.
FORESTDALE CEMETERY.
The most attractive cemetery is the Forestdale Ceme- 1ery. View, in this cemetery appear with this article and include the hne Whiting and Skinner memorials.
The Forestdale Cemetery Association was organized November 1, 1860. Soon after twenty-four and one-half aeres of land were purchased and the work of laying out the cemetery wais commeneed, being under the joint charge
of William Grover and the president of the association, Jones S. Davis, In 1862 the work was completed, and on the 22d of June the cemetery was dedicated. It is situated about a mile from the center of the city and is entered from Cabot street. The following are the officers of the Association : President, W. S. Loomis; secretary and treasurer, Charles W. Johnson, office, 201 High street: trustees, W. S. Loomis, L. F. Hayward, W. H. Abbott, S. S. Rogers, E, W. Chapin, M, W. Prentiss, Henry L. Russell, H. O. Hastings, J. A. Skinner, R. C. Winchester ; auditors, W. F. Bachelder, I. E. Sawyer ; superintendent, W. S. Loomis : sexton, F. G. Bartlett.
CALVARY CEMETERY.
This cemetery, located on Northampton street, adjoin- ing the ok Baptist Cemetery, was consecrated March 20, 1882, by Bishop O'Reilly, and the new part October 18, 1908, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Beaven. It contains fourteen acres, the grounds being laid out under the direction of A, B. Tower, civil engineer. There is no association in charge, it being held in fee simple by the Bishop of the Diocese. Superintendent, Rev. P. B. Phelan.
ST. JEROME'S CEMETERY.
This cemetery is located on St. Jerome avenue. There is no association connected with it, the property being held as a corporation sole by the Bishop of the Diocese, The cemetery contains twelve ;cres and was purchased in 1864. Superintendent, The Rt. Reverend Pastor of St. Jerome's Church; sexton, Timothy Connor.
FRENCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
'This cemetery, located on the Granby Plains, though properly not in Holyoke, is yet under the control of the church here, and may be called a Holyoke institution. It was opened for use in 1875. It contains four acres There is no association in charge, it being held in fec simple by the Bishop. Superintendent, Rev. Charles Crevier
VIEW IN ST, JEROME'S CEMETERY
VIEW OF FORESTDALE CEMETERY
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HOLYOKE'S LARGEST TAXPAYER
Holyoke was the first city in this region to develop the modern apartment house, and Louis A. LaFrance was the Inan who showed Holyoke and other cities about how to make it possible to live comfortably where the modern city presses in its demands for business. Mr. LaFrance lins also lind the heavy honor for the past ten years of paying the largest tary of any individual in Holyoke.
Not only is he an important factor in the life of Hol- yoke today, as the biggest builder and largest taxpayer, but he is one of the most interesting examples of the suc- cess of one of the most interesting races that has ever come to Holyoke-the French Canadian.
Mr. LaFrance was born in Chambly Basin, a small village a few miles out of Montreal, in 1866. He was three years old when his parents moved to Holyoke. They did not stay very long, and Mr. LaFrance's mother died. So it happened that he grew up in the family of Gilbert Pot- vin, one of the pioneer French-Canadian families that has honored Holyoke by living and doing things here. The measure of what Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Potvin have done for Holyoke and for their fellow Canadians will probably never be fully told.
As a boy, Mr. LaFrance attended the public schools of Holyoke and was under H. B. Lawrence in the Apple- ton Street school. Then he entered the employ of A. E. Dickieson, dry goods dealer. From there he went to A. L. Shumway's store, and then to Ferguson & Logan's store. at that time a leading Holyoke dry goods house. There he was head clerk and chief buyer, and was for some years the highest salaried clerk in Holyoke. He aspired to a partnership in that store and had the promise of an inter- est in it. But the firm held him off a year and lost him. In 1889 he went in with Gilbert Potvin in the contracting business. From the first he made a great success of build- ing. He was full of new ideas, somewhat ahead of his time, but Holyoke rose to him, Mr. Potvin retired, and for the past nineteen years Mr. LaFrance has been plung- ing ahead, no undertaking too great for him, no risk sear- ing him, because he lind au abiding faith in Holyoke and her future.
His first big tenement house was at the corner of Mosher and Bowers streets, where tumbling old buildings gave way to handsome, light fine buildings, arranged for
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comfortable hontes. He built the first modern apartment house up town, the Robinson, on Appleton street, which is
today, after a dozen years, one of the very best apartment houses in Holyoke. With modern heating and lighting, hot water equipment and so on, the Robinson attracted attention all over New England when it was hrst built. The Rutland, on Elm street, Carlton on Chestnut street, and all the big apartment houses on lower Elm street were built by Mr. LaFrance, some for himself, others as contract work for other meu.
The great LaFrance Hotel, ou High street, was built by Mr. LaFrance, and it is the handsomest building on the street.
For the past two years Mr. LaFrance has been tear- ing down old South Holyoke tenement quarters, of the darkest, most unsanitary type, and building in their places handsome, modern, sanitary apartment buildings. People said the residents of that section wouldn't want such nice homes. But they do; every apartment is taken as soon as ready.
For several seasons Mr. LaFrance has not been build- ing to hold, but to sell. His realty holdings are still so large, however, that his taxes lead all the others.
Summed up, since he has been rebuilding Holyoke, Mr. LaFrance has put up 126 blocks containing 1,796 apartments and thirty-two stores. Besides he has built the LaFrance Hotel, Immaculate Conception Church, Polish Church in Chicopee Falls, Jewish Synagogue, and a new school building. The total of his building ventures has reached the great value of $3,003,000. In the past ten years the taxes that he has paid in Holyoke have totalled $77,472,
Naturally, Mr. LaFrauce has been too busy to pay much attention to politics, though he is a staunch repub- lican. He is at present a member of the Holyoke Play- ground Commission, having been appointed to the origi- nal commission by Mayor Avery, Towards all the chari- ties and philanthropies of the city Mr. LaFrance is a very generous contributor.
One of the most important turning points in any man's life is his marriage. Mr. LaFrance's marriage to Miss Engenie LaRiviere, daughter of Octave LaRiviere of Indian Orchard, took place in June, 1893, and it was one of his great successes. Mr. and Mrs. LaFrance have three daughters and one son
WHITING MAUSOLEUM, FORESTDALE CEMETERY
SKINNER MONUMENT, FORE-IONE CEMETERY.
HOLYOKE'S MUNICIPAL LIGHTING
W H. SNOW.
There were once seven wonders in the world. Hol- yoke has the eighth-the successful municipal lighting plant. About every load that could be saddled upon a municipal venture to make its competition with private enterprises less striking was iniposed by a thoughtful and pious Legislature. But it succeeded in spite of those handi- caps, in a measure because of them, a very live witness
to the fact that a rightly conducted municipal venture of the sort can be made to pay and pay well. That Holyoke's municipal lighting venture paid well (up to the present writing) was due to two men-Mayor Arthur B. Chapin and General Manager William H. Snow.
Mr. Snow holds the city record for saying "no" more times to the would-be position fillers, petty politicians. place-hunters, and like hordes that immediately swooped down upon the department when it was organized, than any living man, Why, there were regular choruses of rage that used to waft ont from the City hall the first years of its history 1 The Board of Aldernien even refused for some time to vote ntoney for Mr. Show's salary; they were so peeved over his refusal to allow his department to be a picnic ground for political place-hunters. Several aldermen were reported as sure to "get" Mr. Snow's scalp -- but somehow they all came away without it, and Mr. Snow smiled that serene, inserutable smile and kept on saying "no." He would have been saying it yet only they got wind down in New Bedford that there was a man with a splendid record up in Holyoke they needed, and they put up a proposition that he could not resist. That's why Holyoke has no municipal lighting manager-just yet. Mayor Chapin backed up Mr. Snow to the limit. After a while people learned that the gas and electric departments were being run for the benefit of the city, not like the schools, for a department to furnish positions for politi- cians and their friends. So followed calmer days.
Politely aceeding to a request, the department, which is known familiarly the city over as the "G. & E." in- formed the writer that the total cost to the city of the plants, including litigation, was $8552,232. Rates on gas have been cut from $1.35 a thousand cubic feet, net, to $1.00 a thousand-and new apparatus being installed make it probable that this will be cut further-perhaps this year
ARTHUR B. CHAPIN.
The price of elvetricity for lighting and for manufacturing is extremely low. Lighting by electricity costs less than in any city in the country of its size. The plants have now been in the city's hands abont teit years-they were taken over December 15, 1902, and the department will have to go sonte to make as good a showing in comparison the next ten years of its history.
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN.
The women of Holyoke have done their city many splendid services Among them is the estab- lishment and maintenance of the Young Women's Christian Association, housed now in a fine home at 313 Maple street. Starting in a very small way in 1888, occupying small quarters in a High street building, with a volunteer working force, it has now grown to a great organization with a home that in- eludes a Boarding Home, that will care for sixty people : a large dining hall, and an educational and social side that has a staff of four salaried seere- taries besides a great number of volunteer workers and assisting teachers.
In April, 1888, a few women, who wanted to do something for the working girls of the eity, got to- gether and organized the Young Women's Associa- tion, pledging "The object of this Association shall he to provide amusement and instruction for the young women of the city,"
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