from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 203) p. XCVI. "JOHN A. LaPORTE - Born Waterville, Vt., Sept. 11, 1864; educated at Lamoille Central Academy, Hyde Park, Vt., and University of Vermont; began to learn printing in 1878 in Lamoille News office, Hyde Park, Vt., and worked in that office about seven years; foreman Vermont Union at Lyndon, Vt., in 1890, and in 1893 became its publisher; also owned The Temperance Herald and had a half-interest in the Lyndonville Journal; in 1880 devised a calendar blotting pad, said to be the first use of a calendar on a pad; also originated the assembled 'religious notes' column, and collaborated the country news under one general head, said to be the first classification of general news in country papers; in 1887 became a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in Morrisville, Vt. Mr. La Porte came to Providence in 1905; the next year he worked in Campello, Mass. FREDERICK L. MacCARTY - Born Michigan in 1866; began to learn printing in Sacramento in 1882; admitted to Providence Union by card August, 1907; now employed on Journal as linotype operator. F. J. McGARRITY - Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1860; learned printing in New York city, on the Irish World; worked in Providence at various times; now employed on Boston Globe. Civil War Veterans: James Allen, aeronaut for U. S. Army. Thomas Allen, Leiut., Co. 5th H. A. Lindsey Anderson, Corp., Co. A, 2d Inf. Lewis L. M. Arnold, Navy. Henry A. Barnes, 6th N. Y. Cavalry. Geo. W. Barry, Berdan's Sharpshooters. John Baxter, Co. H, 11th Inf. Adelbert M. Beers, Navy. James L. Bicknell, Corp Co. C, 5th H. A. W. P. Bittman. Robert P. Boss, Navy. Josiah B. Bowditch, 9th Vermont. Nelson Boyle, Co. I, 11th Inf. S. W. Burbank, Sergt., Co. B, 5th H. A. Joseph R. Burgess, Sergt., Co. C, 3d H. A. Edward A. Carter, 26th Illinois. Geo. F. Chapman, 150th and 177th Ohio. Franklin A. Chase, Capt. Co K, 4th Inf. William H. Chenery, Sergt., Co. D , 5th H.A.; Capt., Co. G, 14th Inf. Henry W. Christian, Co. B, 43d Mass. Inf. Rhodes T. W. Collins, Corp., Co. F, 4th Inf. William E Cook, 2d Mass. H. A. Michael Donnelly, Co. B, 2d Inf. P. J. Donovan, Mass. Vols. and U. S. Reg. James H. Elsbree, Co. D, 3d H. A. William F. Elsbree, Co. B, 11th Inf. J. H. Fairbrother, Corp. Bat. D, 1st L. A. George W. Ford, Sergt., Co. D, 5th H. A. E. C. Gardiner, Co. D, 2d; Co. C, 21st Inf. Benj. L. Glasby, Corp. Co. E, 5th H. A. Eben Gordon, Co. C, 2d Inf. Charles C. Gray, Lieut., Bat. D, 1st L. A. A. C. Greene, Capt. Co. G, 10th Inf. Nathaniel C. Greene, Co. H, 2d Inf. Benjamin L. Hall, Sergt., Co. A, 1st Inf.; Capt., Co. I, 5th H. A. Edward B. Hall, Co. K, 11th Inf. T. M. Harker, 79th N. Y. Highlanders. John B. Ingraham, Co. B, 2d Inf. C. E. Jillson, 1st Conn. Inf.; 1st Conn. Bat. Henry B. Ladd, Co. D, 2d Inf. Francis E. Kelly, Corp. Co. D, 2d Inf. George P. Lawrence, Corp., Co. C, 4th Inf. John B. Lincoln, Sergt., Co. D, 2d Inf. Edward P. Lothrop, 22d Mass., also Navy. William A. Luther, Co. G, 2d Inf. D. A. McCann, Co. F, 1st Inf.; Co. I, 7th Inf. James McGuinn, Co. B, 7th Inf. Charles T. McKinley. Joseph S. Milne, Lieut., Bat. B, 1st L. A. William O. Milne, Sergt., Bat. D, 1st L. A. James Moran, Capt. Co. D, 5th H. A. Elias S. Nickerson, Navy. George H. Pettis, Capt., 1st California. L. O. Phinney, 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles. Orrin Scott Pond, Co. B, 10th Inf. John H. Porthouse, Co. H, 3d H. A. Edward Quinn, Mass. Regt. Charles W. Rexford, Co. G, 15th U. S. Inf. Francis W. Rhodes, Bat. D, 1st L. A. Edward B. Rose, Navy. Marvin Ryan, Corp., Bat. H, 1st L. A. Thomas Simpson, Capt. Bat. F, 1st L. A. John Francis Smith, 14th Conn. Benoni Sweet, Sergt. Major, Co. H, 2d Inf. W. K. Sweet, 1st L. B.; Bat. A, 1st L. A. Charles Tillinghast, Capt. Co. H, 4th Inf. James A. Ward, 1st Sergt., Co. E, 2d Inf. E. V. Westcott, Co. L, 9th; Leiut., 12th Inf. Alvah Withee, 5th Maine." End.