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RECEPTION TO FR. POWERS. 
Manchester Pastor Given Big Farewell Recep- 
tion in Town Hall Last Evening. 
As a tribute of the love and esteem in 
which Rev. Fr. William F. Powers, 
P.._R., is held by his former parishoners 
at Manchester, a farewell reception was 
tendered in his honor last evening in the 
Town hall, on which occasion more than 
350 of the Sacred Heart church parish- 
oners and townspeople were present. 
The reception was in charge of a com- 
mittee of which Dr. Wm. J. Dougherty 
was chairman. A pleasing program, 
consisting of musical selections inter- 
spersed with remarks, was brought to a 
fitting climax by the presentation to Fr. 
Powers of a beautiful solid gold chalice. 
The reception, thoroughly informal in 
its essential details, was an occasion that 
will long be remembered by the members 
of the parish. Coming among them as 
he did when the church had just been set 
aside as a separate parish, and remaining 
here long enough to see the construction 
of what has rightly been called the most 
beautiful church in the county, and with 
a new parochial home almost completed, 
—all in the short space of a little over 
three years, the testimonial last night was 
a sincere appreciation of the honest and 
faithful work done by Fr. Powers and an 
approbation of the sentiment: ‘* Well 
done, thou good and faithful servant.’’ 
The progam carried out was in brief 
as follows: Selection, Long’s orchestra; 
remarks, P. H. Boyle, representing the 
K. of C.; remarks, Fred K. Swett, rep- 
resenting the town, and solos—‘* Off to 
Philadelphia,’ and ‘*‘Down in the 
Mines;’’ orchestra; piano duet, ‘‘ Qui 
Vive’’ galop, Misses Evelyn Guinnivan 
and Frances Hennessey of Beverly; re- 
marks, Austin Morley, representing the 
Foresters; orchestra; remarks, Rev. Jos. 
Brandlev; vocal solo, ‘“ Take Me With 
You in Your Dreams,’’ and ‘‘ You Re- 
member Me,’’ from the Bohemian 
Girl, Miss Marie McDonough of Bev- 
erly; remarks, Rev. Fr. Sullivan; piano 
duet, “‘ Sleighride,’’ Misses Guinnivan 
and Hennessey; presentation, John Des- 
mond; response, Rev. Fr. Powers. 
In his presentation Mr. Desmond paid 
tribute to the work of Fr. Powers in 
~ Manchester, of his up-building of the 
parish. In concluding his remarks, he 
said ‘“ And so, dear Fr. Powers, in order 
that the gratitude of the parishoners may 
never be forgotten by you, and that every 
day on which you stand at God’s altar 
you may be reminded of our appreciation 
of your labors amongst us, we ask you 
to accept this little tribute which we offer 
you tonight. With it, we assure you, go 
the love and good wishes of every man, 
woman and child of the parish of Man- 
chester.’ 
Fr. Powers responded in the same 
kindly spirit which has predominated his 
life and actions during his stay here. He 
thanked his parishioners, the townspeo- 
ple, and the shore people for the kind 
way they had received him and for their 
generosity in helping to build the church 
andthe parochial residence. Members 
of the summer colony of whom he made 
special mention were H. S. Grew, Maj. 
H. L. Higginson, G. M. Lane and 
George L. White. He alluded to Mr. 
Desmond as the best Catholic in the 
county, and.as the best friend of the 
Manchester church. He said that some 
day the Sacred Heart church would be 
beneficiary to the full extent of Mr. Des- 
mond’s estate. He intimated, too, that 
some day he (Fr. Powers) would present 
a memorial to the church as an ernest of 
his endeavors here. 
The reception came to a close by all 
joining in singing “‘ Auld Lang Syne.’’ 
Then the 350 or more persons present 
passed in the front of the hall and shook 
hands with Fr. Powers, wishing him 
every success in his new field,—at Chel- 
sea. 
Republican Caucus. 
The Republican caucus in Manchester 
Tuesday evening was attended by about 
twenty-five voters. E. P. Stanley was 
made permanent chairman and Lyman 
W. Floyd, permanent secretary. The 
ticket presented by the town committee 
went through in its entirety, not one 
change being made. The delegates to 
the various conventions were elected as 
follows: 
State convention— Walter R. Bell, 
John W. Campbell and Edwin P. 
Stanley. 
Councillor convention—Jeffrey T. 
Stanley, Percy A. Wheaton and Patrick 
H. Boyle. . 
County convention—Edwin P. Stan- 
ley, Patrick H. Boyle and Lyman W. 
Floyd. 
Senatorial convention—Raymond C. 
Allen, Horace Standley and George S. 
Sinnicks. 
Representative convention (delegates 
favorable to R. C. Allen)—William 
W. Hoare, George S. _ Sinnicks, 
Duncan T. Beaton, Alfred C. Hooper, 
Thomas Baker and Horace Standley. 
Republican town committee for 
1910-—-Jeffrey T. stanley, Walter R. 
Bell. John W. Campbell, Edwin P. 
Stanley, Patrick H. Boyle, Raymond C. 
Allen, Alfred C. Hooper, Horace 
Standley and William W. Hoare. 
No discussion was made on any point, 
and no ‘‘ issues’’ were raised. 
Democratic Caucus. 
The Democratic caucus was held 
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, ten of 
the faithful supporters of the party being 
present. Frank A. Foster was elected 
permanent chairman of the caucus, and 
C. C. Dodge was elected secretary. 
Clarence W. Morgan, James Hoare and 
Edward Crowell were appointed tellers. 
The present year’s town committee was 
re-elected, as follows: 
James Hoare, Clarence W. Morgan, 
Benj. H. Corliss, C C. Dodge, Frank 
A. Foster, Chas. Danforth, Theodore 
= Rowe, C. L. Hoyt and Curtis Stan- 
ey. 
The following delegates to the con- 
ventions were elected: 
State, Benj. H. Corliss. 
Councillor, Edward Crowell. 
County, Edward Crowell. 
Senatorial, James Hoare. 
Representative, Benj. H. Corliss, . 
Theodore C. Rowe and Frank A. 
Foster. 
_, Our assertion of two weeks ago that 
it is understood the democrats will not 
put a candidate for representative in the 
field this year,’’ is not just right. A 
candidate will be put in the field, —if not 
from Manchester, then from one of the 
wards in Gloucester. The convention 
will elect a candidate to be placed before 
the voters of the district. 
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