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  • Collection: "Westborough: Your Town - Your History" Scanning Day, 2017

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This is the founding document for one of the earliest Councils of the Knights of Columbus. As of 2017, the Council was still going strong, with 145 members.

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This plaque describes the life of John Boyle O'Reilly, a poet, patriot, and prominent Catholic in 1880s Boston, for whom the Westborough Council of the Knights of Columbus (Number 85) was named.

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The Knights of Columbus Council No. 85 has been an integral and positive part of Westborough's history for more than 100 years. Among its many contributions of help and charity, it has also provided a meeting plce for town residents to use, both…

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This booklet highlights the leadership, membership, and the good works of the John Boyle O'Reilly Council No. 85 Knights of Columbus here in Westborough throughout its 100-year history. It is important as a way of remembering the benefits that the…

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Troop 4, Westborough Boy Scout Troop. Arnold Turner, Edward Turner, and Robert Tolles are represented. Edward Turner brought this to the 2017 scanning day.

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The high school diploma of Herbert Damon Berry (5-29-1908-3-28-1988), who was born in Westborough and whose family has lived there ever since. His daughter Nancy Gage brought the diploma to the 2017 scanning day.

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Bill from the Water Department to Hiram O. Berry, whose family has lived in Westborough ever since. His great granddaughter, Nancy Gage, brought the bill to the 2017 scanning day.

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A photograph of the Westborough Grammar School graduates clipped from the Worcester Sunday Telegram. Herbert Berry is in the photo; his daughter Nancy Gage brought this to the 2017 scanning day.

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A photograph of the Westborough High School Class of 1924, which included Bennett Berry. His Grandniece, Nancy Gage, brought this to the 2017 scanning day.

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A mounted oval studio photograph of Herbert Damon Berry, a lifelong resident of Westborough who was superintendent of an underwear factory. His daughter, Nancy Gage, brought this to the 2017 scanning day.
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