Bristol County, Massachusetts - Chapter 17: Clubs and Mutual Improvement Organizations, 1924

Chapter 17: Clubs and Mutual Improvement Organizations

A leading aim of this history is to make due exploitation of today's various expressions of the social development within the community. This ingathering of the story of the clubs is a very necessary and significant chapter of the city's complete history. A token of modern social usage is the club, which among all sorts and conditions of people is exponent of their social aspirations and beliefs. Municipal betterment, city and _ sectional

Men's and Boys' Clubs. - The Quequechan Club is looked upon as the leading one in Fall River, with its location at the homelike headquarters, 306 North Main street. Succeeding the Commercial Club of an earlier day, it was formed in 1893, receiving its charter December 15, 1894. The names of the men who thus associated themselves for the purpose of forming a corporation were: William F. Hooper, Frederick O. Dodge, James T. Milne, William B. M. Chace, Daniel A. Babcock, Rufus W. Bassett, Charles B. Luther, Oliver S. Hawes, Edward B. Jennings, Stephen B. Ashley, Charles M. Shove, James F. Osborn, George A. Ballard, Benjamin §&. C. Gifford, David Beattie, Frank S. Stevens, George S. Hawes, Richard Borden, Charles C. Buffinton, James Marshall, James F. Jackson, Edward Barker, Rienzi W. Thurston, William W. Hawes, Simeon B. Chase. The incorporators and new members purchased the William Mason mansion on North Main street, and, making many improvements and additions, began to occupy it in 1895. Here have been welcomed most of the prominent military men of the World War who were visitors to the city and speakers before great audiences. The seal of the corporation is circular in form, with the words "Quequechan Club, Fall River, Mass.," around the circumference, and the words "Incorporated 1894" in the centre. The annual © meetings of the club are held on the second Friday of October in each year, for election of officers. Past officers: Presidents - William F. Hooper, 1894- 1919; James FE. Osborn, 1919. Vice-presidents - George A. Ballard, 1894- 96; James T. Milne, 1896-98; James E. Osborn, 1898-1919; Oliver S. Hawes, 1919. Secretaries - Richard P. Borden, 1894-96; Philip E. Tripp, 1896-99; Edward B. Varney, 1899-1902; P. Augustus Mathewson, 1902-09; Israel Brayton, 1909-12; Edward B. Varney, 1912-16; Thomas B. Bassett, 1916-20; Charles D. Davol, 1920 - .

The Fall River Country Club, which was originally known as the Fall River Golf Club, was founded June 26, 1899. These eight charter members signed the article of agreement: Spencer Borden, Jr., Edward B. Jennings, L. Elmer Wood, Nathan Durfee, Charles D. Burt, Charles L. Holmes, Roy H. Beattie, W. C. Wetherell. The first president was Nathan Durfee, who has continuously served the club as an officer from the time of its incorporation. L. Elmer Wood has been a member of the executive committee for the entire period, as has also Charles L. Holmes. N. B. Borden, Jr., was the first secretary of the club, as well as chairman of the Greens committee, and it was due to his untiring efforts and never-flagging interest that the club early gained a name in New England for its excellent course. The length of the course is 3,251 yards, and the par for the course is 37. The club numbered more than five hundred members in 1923, and had just completed a remodeled course considered one of the finest nine-hole courses in the country. It has entertained many prominent players, including the several-times world champion, Harry Vardon, who played the course in 1901. Its attractive clubhouse is the scene of many social gatherings, and the beauty of its location and surroundings is pronounced wonderful by all visitors.

The officers for the year 1923: Charles B. Chase, president; Nathan Durfee, vice-president; Thomas B. Bassett, treasurer; Albert A. Harrison, secretary and chairman of the Greens committee. The Executive Committee: Charles B. Chase, Nathan Durfee, L. Elmer Wood, Charles L. Holmes, James B. Kerr, Albert A. Harrison. George H. Emerson is assistant treasurer and secretary.

Well up in front of every forward movement instituted in the city of Fall River, is its Young Men's Christian Association, a captain among those Christian enterprises that are intended to direct the way to good citizenship; and all its plans, purposes and work indicate that it is here to stay. Housed in one of the finest of Y. M. C. A. buildings in the country, with its working force directed by a tireless secretaryship, its influence is an element in the progress of the city. As a live modern instance of what the "Y" performed during the World War, this one association served over 300,000 soldiers, sailors and marines in their building. Practically the first floor and basement were given over to those uniformed men for that period. Sleeping accommodations were provided, as well as baths, writing material, caring for their money and valuables, entertainments, personal advice, loaning small sums of money, etc - - in a word, the Fall River Association was an Army and Navy "Y" instead of a city "Y" during the years of the war. Thirty-four "Y" secretaries were sent overseas from Fall River. These men served in Scotland, England, France and Italy. Since the war, one of the secretaries has died as a result of the exposure he incurred with the Italian army. 'Twelve other men served as "Y" secretaries in home camps. The general secretary travelled twenty thousand miles in this country, visited fifty camps, and delivered one hundred and eighty-five addresses. In 1911 two stories were built over the gymnasium for dormitories, giving thirty-eight additional rooms. Other parts of the building were remodelled and all the building was thoroughly renovated. Because of the hard usage during the war, it was necessary to remodel and renovate the building, which was done in 1921, at a cost of $15,000.

It was in the spring of 1857 that such men of the time and the hour as John C. Milne and John D. Flint, Robert K. Remington, Walter Paine (3rd), Alexander T. Milne, Elihu Andrews, and Walter C. Durfee rallied to the support of a Y. M. C. A. in this city. Those early endeavors took root for the time being, surviving, however, only until the Civil War, when, as so many young men were leaving for the front, it was thought best to await a new opportunity. Robert K. Remington was the first president, Charles J. Holmes the secretary, and James B. Pearson the treasurer. With George B. Durfee as president, reorganization was brought about in 1868, and the presidents in succession were: E. C. Nason, 1870; Leroy Sargent, 1873; and Ray G. Huling and J. H. Pierce up to 1880, when "Y" work again halted for a space. Then, in 1883, with the rent-free donation of the Slade house, where now stands the Public Library building, the enterprise was resumed, to continue uninterruptedly to this hour. The officers at that time were: James F. Jackson, president; Andrew J. Jennings, vice-president; W. Frank Shove, recording secretary; and Enoch J. French, treasurer. To the generosity of Mrs. Mary B. Young is accorded the gratitude of the institution for much of its success at this period, Mrs. Young having provided the Slade house for the home of the "Y." But with the removal of that house, to make room for the library building, the Y. M. C. A. was given temporary quarters at the storeroom at the southeast corner of Main and Pine streets.

About the year 1892, the sum of $19,000 was raised for the purpose of building a new structure for the Y. M. C. A., the site of the present building was purchased therewith, and the house that stood there at the time was first occupied in the fall of 1896. Rev. Percy B. Grant succeeded Mr. Jackson as president from 1891 to 1893, and when the old building on the new site was first occupied, in 1896, W. D. Fellows, of Erie, Pennsylvania, became the secretary. From that time onwards, a new impetus was given every phase of "Y" work in Fall River, Mr. Fellows' active assistant being Arthur Redman, who in 1904 accepted an invitation from the International Y. M. C. A. headquarters to take up work in the Philippines. The fund for the present structure was started with 'a gift of $10,000, and a gymnasium was constructed in the old building at the time the organization resumed its work there, in 1896. With the building fund brought up to $77,000, work was started upon the present structure in 1901, and the cornerstone was laid September 21, that year. The building was dedicated April 19, 1903, with prominent Y. M. C. A. and city officials as speakers. Three years later, in 1906, the plant was entirely free of debt, the main structure, the gymnasium and the land having cost $125,000. A copy of the French renaissance in style, the fagade adds much to the general excellence of the structures on the entire street, with the North Main street frontage of ninety-six feet, and with a depth of seventy-five feet on Pine street, to eighty-seven feet on the north extension. The building is four stories in height, of Fail River granite and gray Roman brick. Remington Hall, so named in honor of Robert K. Remington, the first president of the association, whose widow gave generously to the building fund, is an auditorium with a seating capacity for more than five hundred people, and is located in the east half of the second and third floors, with its notable oil painting of Mr. Remington. 'The association has the largest boys' department in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the west half of the second floor of the building is devoted to that work. The third floor has kitchen, diningroom and. dormitories, and the basement has a swimming pool, bowling alleys, lavatories and locker room. Hon. A. J. Jennings was elected president in 1893, and he has held that office since; Leonard M. Slade was elected vice-president; Charles D. Buffinton, treasurer; Ralph B. Smith, recording secretary. The secretaries have been: George M. Stowell, 1889-91; A. N. Lowe, to 1896; W. D. Fellows, to 1905; D. M. Spence, to 1908; A. T. Stratton, to 1910; H. E. Dodge, 1910 - .

The Boys' Club of Fall River opened on February 1, 1890, and the officers were: President, Rev. E. A. Buck; vice-president, Geo. A. Chace; secretary, Miss Harriett H. Brayton; James W. Bence, treasurer; John D. Flint and Mrs. A. B. French. The first home was in an ordinary store on Third street, and Thomas Chew was chosen superintendent. The equipment consisted of an old piano, twelve tables with benches, a small library of two hundred volumes, and sixty-five games. The attendance the first evening was one hundred and forty-one boys. About October, 1890, the club was moved to a new building, the Vermont block, on Pocasset street The club grew in numbers and equipment. A start was made in manual training, classes in printing, carpentry and shoe repairing. In 1897 the organization moved into its new home on Anawan street. This new clubhouse, probably the first boys' club building designed for boys, was the gift of M. C. D. Borden, the owner of the American Printing Company, of Fall River. This clubhouse has a gymnasium, swimming pool, library, class rooms and a miniature theatre, with stage, and chairs for an audience of five hundred. It was formally given on Christmas Day, 1897, and dedicated with much ceremony on January 12, 1898. The cost of the building and all its furnishings was not less than $100,000. As the boys' club movement was comparatively new, the above sum was probably the largest amount given by any one person up to that time. With a new building finely equipped, the club membership grew, and many new forms of work for boys and with boys were attempted. It received much publicity, and many of its activities were commended and copied by others. One investigator from Stockholm, Sweden, carried the principles and methods to her own country, and started clubs patterned after the Fall River Club.

The activities of the club not only drew the boys to the club, but held them year after year, so that every room was fully occupied, and it became a question what to do with the older boys who had grown up in the club and refused to leave even when their privileges were curtailed. This was the pressing problem for several years. One afternoon, at a regular meeting of the directors, a start to raise a fund for a modest building for the older boys was made. The directors decided to confer with M. C. D. Borden before proceeding further, and sent the superintendent to explain their plans and needs to him. Mr. Borden listened to the messenger's outline of the hopes and plans for a modest building, to cost probably $15,000. He said: "The building you have is not big enough. Go back and tell your directors that I will make it big enough. Make arrangements to buy land, get an architect to draw up plans for the kind of building you want, and then come and see me again." 'This was done, and Mr. Borden erected the first and only building used exclusively for older boys, at a cost of about $150,000, on Pocasset street, in the year 1907. This new building is usually designated as the men's department of the Boys' Club. Only those who are employed can become members. It has a large gymnasium, shower baths, billiard rooms, bowling alleys and other recreation rooms. The locker accommodations are for seven hundred men. The two departments, boys' and men's, continued to flourish until the entrance of the United States into the great war, and then, through enlistments in the army and navy, the membership fell off to about two hundred. These were men who were exempted or youths too young to enlist. Some of the em- ' ployees were called away, and the finances were reduced so that the club activities were much curtailed. After the war it was felt that new members should be added to the board of directors. Up to this time, the directors had been a mixed board of men and women. 'The women thought it would be better if they retired, and an all-men directorate was chosen. This was done, but with an expression of appreciation of the work the women had done for the club in their years of service.

The new board of directors was composed of the leading men of the city, and they chose for president Bertram H. Borden, the son of the donor of the club buildings. Nathan Durfee was chosen vice-president and Edward B. Varney, treasurer. Under their administration the club activities were increased and the finances improved, so that the club regained its proper place in the city and the boys' club world. At the annual meeting in 1922 there was a membership of nearly four thousand men and boys.

The endowment fund had gradually increased to about $200,000, due to generous gifts by the American Printing Company. The Boys' Club has always received generous financial support from the citizens of Fall River. It has more than eleven hundred contributors; the spirit of the club has always been broad, and has won the commendation of all creeds and races. Many of its members are now in positions of trust and responsibility. There are lawyers and doctors, firemen and policemen, and merchants, who have risen from its ranks. The outstanding feature of the club has been its unselfishness and hospitality. It has endeavored to build up others and not itself.

The club has been fortunate in its presidents. Rev. E. A. Buck was president from the beginning until his death. He helped to start the club, and received the offer from Mr. Borden of $25,000 for a new building. He chose the building, and lived to see it dedicated and used to its limit. George A. Chace was the second president. He was a very generous man, and gave much personal attention to the club affairs. Under his leadership the beginning of the clubhouse for older boys was started and completed. He was always to be relied upon in time of need or emergencies, personal or in the club's work. R. J. Thompson, M.D., was the third president, and it was his task to carry the club through the depressing period of the war. He is still on the board of directors and helping to "carry on" the club's work. The present president, Bertram H. Borden, ably assisted by the vice-president, Nathan Durfee, are giving the club their personal attention, and have larger plans for the future than anything which has been done in the past. The Boys' Club of Fall River will never trail after any other club under their leadership. No account of the Boys' Club would be complete that did not gratefully acknowledge the faithful labors of its secretary for many years, Miss Harriet H. Brayton. She was untiring in her efforts for the club. She inspired and directed many of the notable conferences the club has held. She was always to be depended upon, from the beginning until she resigned; she was a loyal and enthusiastic friend of the club and its superintendent. Of the superintendent it is enough to say that he is still here and is the only known superintendent who has been in one club from the beginning. The present officials are: Bertram H. Borden, president; Nathan Durfee, vice-president; Edward B. Varney, treasurer; DeForest Anthony, secretary; Thomas Chew, superintendent; B. A. Reynolds, assistant superintendent; James F. Sullivan, superintendent Junior Department; Harry Broadbent, physical instructor.

With a membership of more than six hundred, the Fall River Boy Scouts of America have made a lasting place for themselves in this city and surrounding villages, fulfilling the rules of their order in a very workmanlike way in every emergency that has come to the city and community, as well as making themselves useful on scores of civic and social occasions. Their first organization was brought about at the Y. M. C. A. on April 24, 1913, when John Marshall was named as chief scout, and the followingnamed as council: W. C. Davol, James W. Bent, W. A. Hart, Thomas Chew, R. P. Borden, W. D. Wilmot, W. H. Dooley, Dr. J. J. Kerrigan, Dr. Stanley Towle, W. S. Solomon, H. E. Dodge, Dr. B. W. Jackson, Mayor James H. Kay, L. L. Grouse, Clinton G. Albert, Major F. W. Harrison, Marshall W. H. Medley, N. S. Easton, O. H. ae

John Marshall was elected the first president of the council; W. C. Davol, first vice-president; Stanley Towle, secretary. The first scout commissioner was Major F. W. Harrison, and Thomas R. Whipp was his successor; and the latter was elected scoutmaster of Troop 4, that was organized in 1913. In 1915 Dr. Towle was chosen president, Dr. R, W. Jackson, vice-president; Clinton G. Albert, secretary, and these served to 1923. The first meetings were held both at the Y. M. C. A. and at the Chamber of Commerce. Troop 3 was organized in 1913, Rev. Arthur Baldwin scoutmaster. A Boy Scouts' camp was started at Stafford Pond in 1915, and in 1921 the council purchased more than one hundred acres on Pine Hill road, in Westport, where Camp Noquochoke was established.

A troop was instituted in Pottersville in 1916, and Assonet and Swansea soon organized their own troops. Troop 7, with William B. Squire as scoutmaster, was started at the Union M. E. Church, Rev. Raymond Hibbard succeeding Mr. Squire. Most of the troops were organized in 1917, and the following years, thus: Troop 5, comprised of Jewish boys, Isodor Shogan scoutmaster, May 2, 1917; Troop 8, of the Boys' Club, James E. Sullivan, May 10; Troop 9, George T. Almy scoutmaster, May 9, 1917; Troop 10, at the same time, by Mark F. Lomond; Troop 11, in September, by Charles E. Montgomery; Troop 12, October 15, by John F. Johnson; Troop 14, June 18, by John Andrews; Troop 15, in June, at the United Presbyterian Church, George F. Nickerson leader, this troop now meeting in the Highland district. In 1918, Troop 13 was organized by Daniel J. Leary; Troop 18, by Harry Eyre; Troop 19, under the auspices of the King Philip Settlement House, Paul E. Dow scoutmaster; Troop 20, in the Stafford road district, in charge of William Abbott. In 1918 Troop 1 was organized, and reorganization took place in 1919. Troop 2, of boys of the Ascension Church parish, was led by A. E. Borden. Troop 16 was organized in December, 1919, at St. Mark's Church parish, Harrison F. Topliff scoutmaster; Troop 17 at first met at Steep Brook, now at the Unitarian Church, under the leadership of M. C. Fuller. Troop 6 was organized in February, 1923, consisting of junior high boys, in charge of Henry Lord; Troop 25 at the same time, Franklin J. Garney scoutmaster. The Boy Scouts performed a wonderful work during the World War, in the drives, and in the war savings stamps campaigns.

Women's and Girls' Clubs - On January 7, 1909, 135 women, called together by Mrs. James M. Swift, Miss Alice Brayton, and Mrs. Jonathan Thayer Lincoln, met at Music Hall to organize a Woman's Club. A constitution was submitted to them by Mrs. Lincoln, who was made temporary chairman, was accepted, and the meeting was adjourned to January 18, when the name "The Woman's Club of Fall River' was adopted and the following officers were elected for the first year: President, Mrs. Jonathan Thayer Lincoln; first vice-president, Mrs. Alanson J. Abbe; second vice-president, Mrs. Spencer Borden, Sr.; recording secretary, Mrs. Charles M. Shove; corresponding secretary, Mrs. James M. Swift; treasurer, Miss Bertha Borden; auditor, Miss Margaret Brayton. Board of Directors: Mrs. Arthur Anthony, Mrs. J. A. Barry, Mrs. Chauncey H. Blodgett, Mrs. O. Elton Borden, Mrs. H. A. Brayton, Mrs. John §. Brayton, Mrs. Robert C. Davis,.Mrs. Henry H. Eddy, Mrs. Samuel W. Gibbs, Mrs. B. S. C. Gifford, Mrs. George H. Hills, Mrs. James Marshall, Mrs. Harriet MacKenzie, Mrs. Frank Stevens, Miss Ellen Shove. The membership in the club was limited to three hundred, but later the number was increased to five hundred, and in 1923 there was a waiting list of one hundred and forty-four.

The object of the club, as stated in the constitution, is "To unite the women of Fall River in fostering an interest in music, art, literature, domes- 'tic science, and all things which make fuller and broader life for women." The policy of the club has been inclusive always; it was founded with the desire to have a club broad enough in interest and purpose to appeal to women in all parts of the city, and to be, in reality, a Fall River Woman's Club. Meetings are held regularly on the third Monday of each month from October to May inclusive, and the several departments of the club provide many extra meetings, all of which are opened to club members. There are five departments: Literature, music, art, civics, and home economics; and a dramatic committee, which has presented to the club the more interesting of the new dramas, read by club members in costumes, with proper stage settings. The first entertainment given by the club was on the evening of February 22, 1909, when about six hundred members and guests met in Music Hall to greet the officers of the new club, and to listen to a concert by the Hess Schroeder Quartet, of Boston. Professor Bliss Perry was the first lecturer to come to the club. Through its concert committee the organization has arranged a series of four concerts a season, through which it brings the really great artists to Fall River.

A partial list of the authors, lecturers and artists who have appeared before the club follows: Arthur Whiting, George Copeland, Harold Bauer, Rachmaninoff, Heifetz, Zimbalist, Anna Case, Sophie Braslau, Werrenrath, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Guy Maier, Lee Paterson, Mr. and Mrs. David Mannes, Amy Lowell, Dallas Lore Sharpe, W. L. George, Granville Barker, Alfred Noyes, Joseph Pennell, Ralph Adams Cram, Joseph Lindon Smith, Beatrice Hereford, Kitty Cheatham, Joseph C. Lincoln, Margaret Deland, Sarah Louise Arnold, Helen Louise Johnson, John Spargo, Charles - Zueblin, Katherine Bement Davis, Stephen Wise, Thornton Burgess, Cor- nelia James Cannon, Josephine Preston Peabody, Professor Charles Copeland, and George C. Baker. The club serves the community directly through its Civic Department. This department takes an active part in nearly every civic activity, and is responsible for, or an important factor in, the following work: Child welfare, work for the blind, playgrounds, school luncheons, school nutrition classes, better health week, Americanization, preservation of natural resources and wild flowers, legislation, more especially that affecting women and children. In 1913, during Mrs. Arthur Anthony's term as president, and largely through her interest and perseverance, the club was incorporated and the clubhouse on Walnut street was purchased. During the war the clubhouse was used for Red Cross work, and at present it furnishes quarters for a troup of girl scouts. The club joined the State Federation in June, 1910, and the General Federation in 1916. The following is a list of the presidents: Mrs. Jonathan Thayer Lincoln, 1909-11; Mrs. Spencer Borden, Jr., 1911-13; Mrs. Arthur Anthony, *1913-15; Mrs. Charles H. Warner, 1915-17; Miss Grace Lincoln, 1917-19; ' Mrs. Edgar Durfee, 1919-21; Miss Bertha Borden, 1921-22; Mrs. M. Richard Brown, 1922 - . ak The Fall River Girls' Club was organized in 1891, by two members of _ the board of directors of the Woman's Union, and although it has been a . self-governing body from the first, and largely self-supporting, it has always _._-had the free use of rooms given by the Woman's Union, and the club like- _- wise has had the benefit of the assistance of the Union's social worker. ~ There are a number of clubs now under the management of the Woman's _ Union, the Girls' Club (formerly called the Working Girls' Club) differing only in that it is a member of the National and the Massachusetts League of Girls' Clubs. This club, like the others, is organized on the basis of self- " government, self-reliance and self-support, and all are non-sectarian in management. There were in 1923 about one hundred and twenty-five members, and they pay monthly dues. The object of the organization, as stated in its constitution, has been to provide for the happiness and development of the membership, and to create a centre where enjoyment, friendship and opportunities of improvement may be had, and this object has been maintained with more or less success from the first. The organizers were Miss Harriet B. Hawes, now Mrs. F. T. Mathewson, and Miss Mary E. Shove. The latter was president twenty-four years, and Miss Hawes was the secretary. The officers in 1923: President, Miss Anna Rowley; first vice-president, Miss Margaret Arkinson; second vice-president, Miss Mary Grace; recording secretary, Miss Rose Rogan; corresponding secretary, Miss Irene Murphy; treasurer, Miss Jennie Rollinson; assistant treasurer, Miss Nora Fitzpatrick.

The Catholic Woman's Club of Fall River was founded in February, 1911, and in the twelve years of its existence has developed into one of the largest, most influential, and most variously active of such organizations in New England. Early in the year 1911 several representative Catholic women of the city, under the leadership of Miss Helen Leary, were granted an audience by the Right Rev. Daniel F. Feehan, Bishop of the Fall River diocese. 'They proposed the formation of a Catholic. Woman's Club similar in purpose and activities to the Providence Catholic Woman's Club, which was that year celebrating the tenth anniversary of its founding. The Right

Reverend Bishop gave his unqualified approval to the proposal, suggested that the tentative organization be placed under the especial patronage of Saint Catherine of Sienna, and immediately appointed Rev. William H. Curley as moderator. The constitution and by-laws were drafted by a committee composed of Mrs. Michael Kelly, Mrs. Charles P. Ryan, and Miss Annie G. Sullivan, and the first formal meeting of the club occurred on February 9, 1911, in Saints Peter and Paul's parish hall, with Rev. Father Curley presiding. The club began that night with a membership of one hundred and sixty-five, and proceeded to elect its first board of officers, headed by Mrs. William H. Butler, since deceased, as president. Mrs. Butler possessed distinct executive ability, born of the firmness and directness of her character, and an alert and ardent intellect, unparochial of horizon. Hers were the difficult tasks of the pioneer, and she acquitted herself of them adequately and competently. It will always be remembered that Mrs. Butler established the club with high standards, and, moreover, with standards that were durable as well as high.

The honors of the successful inauguration and development of the club were divided between Mrs. Butler, as first president, and Rev. William H. Curley, as first moderator. Father Curley's mellow wisdom and his knowledge of human nature adapted him admirably to the arduous post of director and guide to a nascent organization. For four years, indeed, until his death in 1915, he devoted his energies untiringly to the club's progress and welfare. His successor in office, as appointed by the Right Rev. Bishop, was Rev. Francis J. Bradley, D.D., who put his extraordinary erudition and fine cultural attainments at the club's service, to the universal appreciation of its members, until in 1919 continued ill-health compelled his resignation. To succeed him, the Right Rev. Bishop chose with a peculiar felicity Rev. Edward J. Carr, the present moderator, who, like a benevolent proconsul, directs the club's destinies wisely and well. Bringing to his task the exactly requisite qualities of mind and temperament, the ideal equipments, and giving of them with constant generosity, Father Carr has thoroughly identified himself with the club's interests. In 1923 the club had a membership of approximately seven hundred women. Its official yearly program includes eight regular monthly meetings, each meeting consisting of a brief business session, followed by a lecture, a reading, a concert, a recital, or some similar entertainment. This program is supplemented by numerous social and philanthropic activities, and by the various departmental undertakings. The Music Department assumes charge of all incidental musical numbers on the club program; plans occasional concerts in addition to that program; and produces musical talent among the members themselves. The Dramatic Department works similarly along dramatic lines, and has staged some modern one-act plays very cleverly. The Recreation Department, in which the younger members of the club are especially interested, arranges dances and assemblies and other social events, and is always prepared to serve as a sort of junior hospitality committee at all club affairs. The Community Service Department represents the club in all civic activities. It codperates with other clubs and other civic interests in all welfare work; and enlists the aid of all Catholic women of the city, even outside of the club membership, for all charitable purposes and undertakings approved by the Church.

No outline of the history of the Catholic Woman's Club would be adequate without some mention of the activities of its members in patriotic organizations during the two years of war. It is always proudly remembered that the Fall River Catholic Woman's Club, in buying its five hundred dollar Liberty Bond in the early months of the war, had the honor of being the first woman's club in Southern Massachusetts to subscribe. In the summer of 1917 a committee headed by Miss Mary Mugan did remarkable work in support of the Hoover food-saving campaign by demonstrating in all parts of the city the processes of conserving fruits and vegetables; recipes were printed and lectures given in five languages - English, French, Polish, Italian, and Portuguese, and over thirty-two hundred women were given instructions. In December, 1917, the club aided energetically in the big Red Cross campaign, and in addition to individual donations, the president, Mrs. M. F. Sullivan, was able to hand in an extremely generous check as the club's official contribution. In January, 1918, a committee of club members gave a series of demonstrations of war breads, meat substitutes, etc., in a well-equipped kitchen in a local department store, and stimulated interest in the subject by offering prizes to the grammar school pupils for the best essays on Hooverizing and food-conserving.

In February, 1918, another committee took part in the labors of the devastated France campaigners. During all the months of wartime, moreover, the club was affiliated with the Catholic Women's War Service Council of Massachusetts, an organization formed to coordinate all the Catholic women's war relief work of the State. In concluding, it will not be inappropriate to observe that the members of the Catholic Woman's Club of Fall River feel that much of the success of their club in the past, its happy security in the present, and its hopes for the future, including its plans for the dignity and satisfaction of a clubhouse, is due to the approval and assistance of the Right Reverend Bishop. The women who have served the club since its organization in the capacity of president are as follows: Mrs. William H. Butler, 1911-12; Mrs. James B. Kelley, 1912-13; Mrs. James E. O'Connor, 1913-15; Miss Elizabeth T. Higney, 1915-16; Mrs. Thomas E. Lahey, 1916-17; Mrs. Michael F. Sullivan, 1917-18; Mrs. Edward W. Cantwell, 1918-19; Miss Helen M. Leary, 1919-21; Mrs. William F. O'Reilly, 1921-22; Miss Minnie F. Cunneen, 1922-24.

The first Girl Scout Troop in Fall River, writes Commissioner Florence M. Root, was started in June, 1916, at the King Philip Settlement House, under the leadership of Miss Margaret Perry. There were fourteen girls in this troop, which was originally a sewing class. The second troop, which was formed soon afterwards, had its meeting place in the Pleasant street school, and was under the leadership of Miss Hester Gunning. Troop 1 soon grew so large that it had to be divided, and Troop 3 was formed, with Miss Edith Fyans as captain. During that first summer, Troop 1 held the first camping trip of two days in Assonet Village, twelve girls going on the trip. The following summer, 1917, Troops 1 and 3 had a week of camping in Tiverton. Through the efforts of Miss M. Guidetta Daly, the social worker for the King Philip Settlement House, the Girl Scout Council was formed in December, 1917, with the following officers: Commissioner, Mrs. Charles Durfee; secretary, Dr. Ester M. Sundeloff; treasurer, Mrs. Francis S. Root. With the establishment of a council, the work went steadily forward, new troops were formed, officers found, publicity and educational work carried on, and funds raised for the maintenance of the movement. Although the progress was slow at first, owing to our participation in the World War, it is now fairly well on its feet, and in 1923 we had an active, interested council of about thirty members, eight active troops, with twelve officers and about two hundred and fifty scouts. The scout membership is limited by our inability to get sufficient leaders, as we have constant requests to form troops in parts of the city which we have not yet been able to touch.

The first Girl Scout rally was held at the North Park on June 29, 1918, with seven troops participating, and in the fall of the same year the Scouts made their first public appearance in the Red Cross parade. During the summer of 1918, Mrs. Edith Boyd was engaged as a part time secretary, with desk room in the Red Cross rooms. She resigned in April, 1919, and in July of the same year Miss Grace Snow was secured as director, and headquarters were opened in the Woman's Union. The first camp under the supervision of the council was held in Tiverton, on the estate of Henry Durfee, during the summer of 1918, in codperation with the Campfire Girls. This camp was run for three weeks, with an average attendance of twenty scouts each week. In the spring of 1919, Miss Grace Lincoln was elected commissioner to succeed Mrs. Charles Durfee, resigned. In the summer of the same year a Girl Scout camp was established on the land of David Evans, in Assonet, and has been continued during the seasons of 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923, for a period of four weeks each year, with an increasing attendance until 1923, and our accommodations taxed to the limit, with the prospect of having to enlarge or run for a longer period in the future.

In the fall of 1919, Miss Snow resigned the directorship and was succeeded by Miss Mary Deane. In April, 1921, Miss Grace Lincoln resigned as commissioner, and the council was without a head until December of the same year, when Mrs. Francis S$. Root accepted the position, her place as treasurer being filled by Mrs. Randall Durfee. In October, 1921, Miss Sarah Allen was engaged as director to take the place of Miss Mary Deane, resigned. On June 10, 1922, an inter-city meet was held in the North Park, Fall River, with four cities participating - Newport, New Bedford, Providence and Fall River. The cup, presented by Mrs. Randall Durfee, was won by the Newport Scouts. The meet is to be an annual affair, the cup finally belonging to the city winning it twice in succession. In 1923 it was won by the Fall River Scouts. In the summer of 1922, the council, for the sake of economy, took over the work of the directorship, with the assistance of a part-time worker in the office, but expect to get a permanent director in the near future. This year has been one of great progress. The use of a room in the Public Library has been secured for the Scouts, - a troop has been put into the new Junior High School as part of the regular curriculum, training courses for officers have been held, an officers' association formed, a fine drum and bugle corps has been started, and a public court of awards established. The council has also met the new requirements for Girl Scout camps established by the State Camp Committee, and has been licensed as a standard Girl Scout camp, and now feels justified in claiming that the early days of struggling are over and the future of the Girl Scout movement in Fall River is assured. The 1923 officers of the

College, Historical, Social - The Fall River College Club was formed in 1896. In November, 1899, through the instrumentality of this club, the Fall River Civic Club was organized, this step being taken that the _ membership of the Civic Club might have a larger scope than graduates only. After many years of activity, the Civic Club became merged with the Civic Department of the Woman's Club. Later, about the year 1909, the College Club became affiliated with the Association of Collegiate Alumne, and membership with this organization required the performance of specific work, so that the Ninth Street Day Nursery was opened, and managed under this branch. The club was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in February, 1912. In 1920 the name of the national organization was changed to the American Association of University Women, so that at present the name of the organization is the Fall River Branch of the A. A. U. W. Besides managing the Day Nursery, this branch occasionally publishes a list of colleges open to women, and the approximate cost and opportunities at each, for the benefit of high school girls; and it maintains exhibits of buildings of the various colleges for the girls in high school. It also provides a scholarship for a high school girl each year. The official membership in the national organization today is fifty-seven; but the local membership makes a total of about ninety-seven. The officers for 1923: President, Mrs. Randall N. Durfee; vice-president, Miss Edith A. Farnham; secretary, Mrs. Harold R. Barker; branch treasurer, Miss Mary E. Nowell; nursery treasurer, Miss Ina F. Covel; chairman of board of managers of Ninth Street Day Nursery, Miss Carrie L. Borden.

The Fall River High School Alumni Association was organized in 1877, at which time all who had attended the High School were eligible for membership, inasmuch as for many years there was no regular graduation. The association holds an annual meeting, usually in May, at which officers are elected and a speaker or music, or both, are furnished for entertainment. Each class elects its own class secretary, which makes up the executive committee. 'The officers are: James Little, president; Myron F. Bullock, treasurer; Nathan Yamins, secretary. It is impossible to give the number of members, as class records have not been-accurately kept, but they would doubtless number several thousands.

The Harvard Club of Fall River was organized in 1890, and its first president was Hon. Milton Reed. The tenth anniversary was observed at the Quequechan Club, and the officers at that time were: President, Edward Higginson; vice-president, William C. Bates; secretary, William E. Fuller, Jr.; treasurer, Randall N. Durfee; chorister, Dr. S$. M. Gordon; member executive committee, Fred W. Harley. There were one hundred and twenty-five members in 1923. The Presidents: From 1903, Milton Reed; 1904, James M. Morton, Jr.; 1906, Charles R. Cummings; 1907, John B. W. Day; 1908, Dr. Hubert G. Wilbur; 1912, Spencer Borden, Jr.; 1914, Randall N. Durfee; 1916, William L. S. Brayton; 1918, William C. Gray; 1920, Harry P. Brown; 1922, Charles D. Davol.

An Intercollegiate Undergraduate Club of Fall River was founded during the Easter holidays of 1923 by students home for the vacation. They met as organizers, and formulated plans for the growth of an organization to codrdinate the Fall River clubs of the various colleges and universities, and bring about a closer feeling of relationship among the various members; and the organizers also decided that the club membership should include those members of the high school graduating classes who might not go away to college. The official list included the following-named: President, Louis E. Hathaway, Jr., Brown; first vice-president, John Madden, Holy Cross; second vice-president, Robert Sykes; secretary, Elizabeth MacIntyre, Miss Gibbs School; treasurer, Raymond Lynch, Holy Cross; and these, with the following-named, included the executive officers: William Hennessey, M. I. T.; Paul V. McDonough, Holy Cross; J. Raymond Coppinger, Boston University; Walter Kirby, Charles Morey, Worcester Tech; Miss Margaret Kennedy, Miss Clarissa Splaine, Miss Helen Crapo.

Good Fellowship, as evidenced through and by Rotary, was given a distinctive place in the social life of Fall River when the Rotary Club was established in this city, and the Rotary spirit was made manifest. The charter night of the Fall River Rotary Club was that of December 13, 1920, when nineteen men gathered at the Y. M. C. A. and started the movement that, in 1923, had eighty-one members. The first officers of the club were: President, Daniel F. Sullivan; vice-presidents, H. E. Dodge, Thomas Maguire; secretary, H. F. Dodge; treasurer, Everett N. Slade. The names of the first members follow: Frank H. Borden, Oliver H. Cherry, H. A. Davis, H. E. Dodge, George Dover, William FE. Fawcett, H. H. Hewitt, M. T. Hudner, Everett N. Slade, John T. Swift, Frank H. Kingsley, Thomas G. McGuire, Asa A. Mills, Robert W. Powers, W. Irving Peirce, Daniel F. Sullivan, Charles H. Warner, William T. Welch, W. D. Wilmot. 'The eighty-one members of today consist of seventy-nine active and two honorary members. The officers in 1923: President, Charles H. Warner; vicepresident, Robert W. Powers; secretary, H. E. Dodge; treasurer, Everett W. Slade.

A Lions Club was formed in Fall River on January 31, 1923, and its first regular luncheon was held at Hotel Mellen the same day. The field director for Southern New England presided, and about twenty clubs were present. This is a social and civic organization, composed of one representative from each line of business or profession, who get together once a week at noonday luncheon. They are non-sectarian and non-partisan. The following-named members were enrolled in Fall River: Preston H. Hood, Carl A. Terry, David H. Atwater, Madison F. Welsh, Thomas J. Hudner, Everett B. Mills, Frank B. Coolidge, George R. Ashworth, Frank E. Westgate, Ralph W. Thomas, Howard A. Stanley, Robert Kohlos, Jr., William Ridings, Richard G. Riley, Harold S. R. Buffinton, Howard H. Faweett, Bertram A. Reynolds, Stephen L. French, Newton R. Gifford, M. Richard Brown, Harold S. Borden and Adam W. Gifford.

The Fall River Musical Club, with its 1923 membership of two hundred and ten, stands well in the front with organizations of the same aims and purpose in this part of the State, its object being to promote musical interest in any way for the club membership, for the schools, and for the city as a whole. Under its auspices, also, a Junior and a Juvenile club have been formed of about sixty members. The older club was started in 1893 by Mrs. O. Elton Borden. The charter members of the Fall River Musical Club: Miss Anna Borden, Miss Carrie L. Borden, Mrs. Clarence Hathaway, Mrs. Rienzi Thurston, Mrs. Walter Slade, Miss Mary Brayton, Mrs. O. Elton Borden, Mrs. W. J. Titcomb, Mrs. J. H. Franklin, Mrs. Jefferson Borden, Mrs. Frank Dwelly, Mrs. Bernard 'Trafford, Mrs. Robert C. Davis, Miss Mary L. Holmes, Miss Fannie D. Learned. The past presidents of the club: Miss Mary Brayton, Miss Mary L. Hoimes, Mrs. Bernard Trafford, Mrs. Charles EK. Chace, Miss Mary V. Anthony, Miss Laura B. Aydelott, Mrs. M. W. Fisher, Miss Emily Winward, Miss Bessy Borden, Mrs. Edgar G. Durfee, Mrs. Elbridge C. Merrill, Mrs. William Ridings. Mrs. O. Elton Borden was the founder of the club. The officers in 1923: President, Mrs. Florence B. Cashman; vice-president, Mrs. Lillian S$. Merrill; secretary, Miss Angeline Crispo; treasurer, Miss Doris Titcomb.

The history of Fall River Historical Society, as related by its secretary, George H. Eddy, is as follows: A meeting of the subscribers to an agreement dated May 4, 1921, to form a corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was held in the lecture hall of the Fall River Public Library, North Main street, May 4. The meeting was called to order by George W. Rankin, librarian of the Public Library, who briefly stated its purpose. Randall Nelson Durfee was elected temporary chairman. George Grime was then elected by ballot temporary clerk, and was duly qualified by Israel Brayton, Esq. Hon. John W. Cummings, Hon. Andrew J. Jennings and Arba N. Lincoln, Esq., were appointed a committee on by-laws, and the following-named were elected as officers of the society: President, Randall N. Durfee; vice-presidents, James M. Morton and John W. Cummings; treasurer, George W. Rankin; clerk, George H. Eddy; directors: Leontine Lincoln, Benjamin Buffinton, Oliver $. Hawes, Philip D. Borden, Andrew J. Jennings, Caroline EK. Brayton, Edward S. Adams, Jerome C. Borden, William M. Emery, Theresa V. Cook, Benjamin S. C. Gifford, Joseph D. Milne, William C. Gray, Milton Reed, John T. Swift. A certificate of incorporation was issued to the society by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 10, 1921. The society now has a membership of 225. Monthly meetings of the directors are held, and meetings of the society are called in October, January, April and May.

Quequechan Chapter, D.A.R., was organized November 9, 1895, with twenty-four charter members, the first officers being as follows: Regent, Mary J. C. Neil (Mrs. Jos. O.); vice-regent, Cornelia W. Davol (Mrs. Bradford D.); recording secretary, Emily J. Coburn (Mrs.); assistant secretary, Annie Mason Hinds (Miss); registrar, Bethia Wixon (Miss); treasurer, Mary G. Deane (Mrs. John M.). The following have had the honor of serving as regent of the chapter: Mrs. J. O. Neil (the founder), Miss Mary L. Holmes, Mrs. J. C. McKenzie, Mrs. E. M. Hartley, Mrs. Marion H. Read, Mrs. Emily J. Coburn, Mrs. Annie B. Allen, Mrs. Amelia S$. Young, Mrs. Lucy A. Allen, Mrs. Peace G. Hambly, Mrs. Jennie L. Marr, Mrs. Winifred C. Richards, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Alderman, Mrs. Mary J. Brayton.

In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the chapter assisted the families of the men who were in the service of their country, by giving material aid and cheering visits. Contributions were sent to the hospital ship "Bay State," and magazines were sent to the Fall River boys stationed at Cuba, Guam and the Philippines. On May 25, 1899, the chapter marked the site of the battle of Fall River of the Revolutionary War, which took place on May 25, 1779. A bronze marker, suitably inscribed, was placed on the southwest corner of the City Hall. During the World War the chapter carried on the work laid out by the National Society and assisted the Red Cross Chapter in Fall River.

Quequechan Chapter has had four real daughters: Mrs. Sarah Hicks Brownell, Mrs. Priscilla Grinnell, Mrs. Abbie Manley, and Mrs. Amy Boss Eveleth. The 1923 membership of the chapter was ninety. The present officers are: Regent, Mrs. Mary J. Brayton; vice-regent, Mrs. Clarissa B. McAdams; corresponding secretary, Miss Florence H. Shove; treasurer, Mrs. Amelia S. Young; registrar, Mrs. W. E. Peckham; historian, Mrs. Winifred C. Richards; auditor, Mrs. Laura B. Grammer. The chapter has had the honor of having for the past seven years one of its members a State officer, Mrs. Amelia S. Young, who served as State auditor for four years and as State treasurer for three years.

The Fall River Congregational Club was organized March 25, 1892, with a membership of one hundred, the object of the organization being to' encourage among the members of the Congregational churches and parishes of Fall River and vicinity a more friendly and intimate acquaintance; to secure concert of action to promote the general interests of congregationalism; and to furnish an opportunity for the consideration of ecclesiastical, social and national topics of importance. The original membership was composed of men only, but in 1921 it was voted to admit ladies in full membership. The total number of members in the summer of 1923 was 135. The officers in 1923: President, Chester D. Borden; vice-presidents: Richard G. Riley and Dr. Augustus W. Buck; secretary, Benjamin B. Earl; treasurer, I. Edwin Sanford; auditor, Albion C. Cook; executive committee: Nathan Durfee, Mrs. Caroline E. Brayton, Everett N. Slade; reception committee: John §. Brayton, Jr., Miss Helen G. Mackay, Frank §. Akin, Mrs. Ella W. Albro, Mrs. Grace D. Munroe. :

A group of interested and enthusiastic men of Ascension Parish, Fall River, began to discuss the possibility of forming a church club in 1903, and on February 21 they assembled at the Parish Hall, and a constitution was formally adopted. The club was named in honor of Bishop Randall, Missionary Bishop of Colorado, and the pioneer rector of Ascension Parish, a man of high ideals and sterling character. To express the object of the club it was voted to adopt the motto of Ralph Waldo Emerson: "All are needed by each one - and nothing is fair or good alone."

The first officers were: President, George N. Durfee; first vice-president, Hon. David F. Slade; second vice-president, Hon. David W. Vander Burgh; secretary, Clarence Buffinton; treasurer, Robert T. D. Collins; executive committee: Squire S. Davis, Charles E. Hooper, Robert Hammerton, Stanley A. Aldrich, Oliver K. Hawes. There were twenty-five charter members. The purpose of the club was to extend sympathy and good will to all associates of the club - a hand of welcome to the stranger within our gates - and to encourage the men of the parish to better acquaint themselves with the work of the church, and so help in its uplift and the true spirit of the mission. The club at present has a membership of 165. The officers are as follows: President, John A. Brownell; first vice-president,

The Herrick Club was organized in 1914 by Dr. E. C. Herrick, when he became pastor of the First Baptist Church. It is, in other words, the Men's Bible Class of the church, and the Herrick Club is merely the name given to the social organization of this class. It maintains clubrooms in the parish house, which is open day and night to the men. All members of the Herrick Club are likewise members of the Men's Class. The clubrooms are comfortably and attractively furnished, one section being equipped with pool and billiard tables, another section taking the form of a lounging room and reading room, and another a writing room or small reception room. 'There are no regular dues. The club is supported by the honor and generosity of its members. The membership is about one thousand, making a very representative body of Protestant men in the city. The class or club has no written constitution, but is guided by the influence and codperation of the leader and officers. The original group forming the nucleus of this organization was about twenty-five or thirty in number. The class meets every Sunday noon, the pastor being the speaker. At present, the officers are as follows: President, Velona W. Haughwout; leader, Rev. FE. C. Herrick, D.D.; vice-presidents: William Crawford, Harry Smalley; secretary, Joseph W. Milne; treasurer, Samuel S. Read; executive committee: The officers, and Harry A. Skinner, L. W. McFarland, Clarence M. Niles; house committee: Clarence M. Niles, chairman; membership committee, Rev. E. C. Herrick, chairman; bowling committee, John Moss, chairman; chorister, John W. Norman. The club also promotes a bowling team and baseball team as two of its social functions. |

The leading yacht club in this section is the Fall River Yacht Club, with a membership of two hundred and seventy-five, and with the number of boats owned by the membership close to one hundred. The club was first organized on January 7, 1890, with the following-named officers: Commodore, Charles W. Anthony; vice-commodore, G. E. Wilbur; rear-commodore, Captain James Lawless; fleet captain, David J. Burdick; secretary, George B. Pierce; treasurer, William J. Arnzen; measurer, Peleg Borden. The officers and committees for 1923: President, William E. Fawcett; secretary and treasurer, Frank Rivers; commodore, Thomas B. Palmer; vicecommodore, Thomas E. Lahey; rear-commodore, David H. Atwater; directors: Frederick Webb, Charles H. Davis, John Dixon, Clarence E. Wood, Leonard S. Chace; regatta committee: J. R. Walmsley (chairman), Louis R. Morley, W. E. Pratt, Irving D. Humphrey, J. Westall Borden, Richard Knight, A. H. Hathaway, Elton Wood; membership committee: George H.

The Watuppa Boat Club was incorporated on February 25, 1907, the incorporators being William H. Seaman, Thomas E. Norman, Charles H. Buckley, Albert F. Howard, Herbert H. Maines, John Baer, John Harris. The object of the club is to encourage athletic exercises, boating and the like, and to promote recreative sports, as well as to provide a place for reading and a hall for social gatherings. In 1923, the club had approximately ninety members in good standing, with a fleet of boats numbering about thirty. The officers at that time (1923): President, Harry Ingham; vice-president, Frank Loftus; recording secretary, John King; corresponding secretary, Clifford C. Bradley; financial secretary, John Baer; treasurer, Herbert H. Maines.

The Weetamoe Yacht Club was organized at Fall River on December 7, 1893, with the following-named charter members: Charles Millward, John Oats, Frank Whitehead, James Whitehead, Frank Shakeshaft, John Beattie, Thomas Clark, John W. Robinson, John Feeney, Michael Considine, Jabez Wilkinson, Richard Millward, William Carroll. The purpose for which the club was instituted was to encourage athletic and aquatic sports, more particularly sailing and yachting; also the maintenance of rooms for reading and for the social meetings of the club. The club headquarters is on Taunton river, at the north end of Fall River. 'The officers for 1923: President, John Whitehead; treasurer, A. R. Parks; financial secretary, John Coyne; corresponding secretary, Joseph Considine; commodore, John Robinson; fleet captain, Joseph Clarkson; board of directors: Napoleon LaFlamme, William Whittaker, Raymond Carroll, James Robinson, Manuel Silvia, William Waldron. The number of launches owned by the club members is thirty.

It is pleasing to note that the first interest taken in the old game of cricket in the New England States was in Fall River. About the year 1860 the game was played by a few English people, and a club was organized by the late William Burgess and his brother Thomas. Ever since that date there has been a club in existence, and no doubt, with the exception of the > Staten Island Cricket Club of New York, it is the oldest active cricket or athletic club in the country. When the senior Burgess retired from the game, his sons, John H. and Frank M. Burgess, took an interest, and at the present time are inactive members of the club. The officers of the club for the year 1923: President, John Allinson; secretary, Albert Ward; treasurer, Frank M. Burgess; captain, John Entwistle.

The Steep Brook Social and Improvement Club was organized and built in November, 1907, by the young men of the community, and the committee in charge of the financing and building were as follows: Charles F, Winslow, chairman; James H. Wilson, Jr., Henry L. Winslow. The club house was established as a social and reading room, writes Secretary

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Charles T. Winslow, and it was also the purpose of the organizers that through the united efforts of our organization we might improve the community in which we lived, both as regards civic improvement and better social conditions. At the time the club was organized, we had forty charter members, but have only thirty members on our membership roll at the present time. The officers of the club in 1923: John Gibbons, president; Carl Forster, vice-president; Chas. F. Winslow, secretary and treasurer; Jas. H. Wilson, Jr., Howard Lothrop, Chas. F. Winslow, board of trustees.

Besides these there are such club activities as the following-named: The Fall River Burns Club, Thomas B. Marnoch, secretary; Fall River Bowling Green Club, James Taylor, secretary; East End Social Club, Arthur Allwood, recording secretary; Border City Social and Literary Club, Francois Belanger, secretary; "412" Club, Kenneth F. Remington, secretary and treasurer.