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ning was always an increasing business,until at the time of 

 his death it had become one of the largest of Lynn's in- 

 dustries. 



Mr. Towns always took an active interest in public 

 affairs and was a man of great influence in municipal and 

 State politics. He served the city five years as a member 

 of the Board of Aldermen and was five^years on Ihe Public 

 Water Board. Socially, Mr. Towns was an attractive 

 figure, interesting himself in many organizations. He was 

 prominent in the formation of the Oxford Club and was 

 two years its president. He was also the first president of 

 the Jefferson Club, an organization he had chiefly helped 

 to found. At the time of his death, he was a Free Mason, 

 an Odd Fellow, a member of the Lynn Yacht Club and 

 Bay State Club. 



He was one of the organizers and the first president of 

 the Belt Line Street R. R. Co. Religious work claimed 

 much of Mr. Towns' attention, he being an active member 

 of the Second Congregational Parish and for many years 

 chairman of the Parish Committee. 



Quincy A. Towns was a man of sterling integrity, sound 

 judgment, and a worthy citizen, in obtaining a thorough 

 knowledge of whatever he undertook. He was absolutely 

 tireless. Therein lay the secret of his success. Of him it 

 may well be said, his word is as good as his bond. His 

 death, hastened without doubt by an heroic act in saving- 

 two drowning children at Essex, Mass., left a void and yet 

 seems untimely. His death occurred Jan. 11th, 1894. 



William Low, of Rockport, died Jan. 24, 1894, 

 in the seventy-third year of his life, after an illness of a few 

 weeks. Mr. Low was a kind-hearted man of rather a 

 retiring disposition,and clung to some peculiar ideas of his 

 own, but it is said of him that he never refused to give to 

 any worthy object when asked, and was always ready to do 

 a favor when requested. He had held responsible p ositions 



