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and also wished the Worcester society the greatest success in 

 their every undertaking. 



The speech-making was interspersed by the singing of the 

 Verdi quartette. 



The Light Infantry orchestra played classic and popular 

 music during the reception and for the dancing which followed 

 the dinner. The dance programme was opened by the Grand 

 March, led by President and Mrs. Edward W. Breed. The 

 programme was made up of the Waltz, Two-step, and Schot- 

 tische for the young people, with the Lancers, Virginia Reel, 

 and Portland Fancy for the older people. 



At the guest table were: Mr. and Mrs. McWilliam, of 

 Whitinsville; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Kinney, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Charles Greenwood; Prof. B. S. Pickett, Durham, N. H.; 

 Harold L. Frost, Arlington; Chief Justice and Mrs. Arthur P. 

 Rugg, President and Mrs. Edward W. Breed; Harry W. 

 Smith, Grafton; Rev. William J. Taylor, J. Lewis Ellsworth, 

 Boston; Joseph K. Greene, Secretary and Mrs, Leonard C. 

 Midgley, Gen. Charles C. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Mar- 

 ble, Mrs. Wilham S. Flint; J. B. Castner, Hood River, Ore; Miss 

 Lucy M. Coulson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Putnam, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Arthur E. Hartshorn, Myron F. Converse, G. N. Laird; Wilfred 

 Wheeler, Concord; Charles H. White, Northboro; Miss May 

 E. Robbins, Miss Elizabeth R. Clark, George Calvin Rice; 

 John W. Clark, Medway; Arthur H. Bellows, Burt W. Green- 

 wood; Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Watts, Leicester. 



May 2, 1912 



Trustees meeting. Fourteen present. The call for this meeting 

 was to consider what should be done relative to the Hadwen 

 Fund. 



Secretary read the following which he received from Court 

 House. 



Excerpt from the will of Obadiah B. Hadwen. 



"First I give and bequeath to the Worcester County Horti- 

 cultural Society the sum of one thousand dollars to be safely 



