Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-12

over ten years, died Sunday in St. Joseph's hospital, Providence, in his sixty eighth year. For the past tl1ir- teen years he was pastor of St. Pat riclz's church, Providence, and was a member of he corporation of the hos pitaI in which he died, and also of the council of Bishop Harkins. He was born in Ireland, arrived in Providence when quite young and received his first education in this country at La Salle academy, Providence. He prepared for the priesthood at St. Lawrence acad- eTay. Montreal, and was ordained at the Grand seminary in that city. Dec. the Maine dioccese and was assigned to Houlton in that state and subse- quentiY transferred to Taunton and to Fall River.
 He was appointed to the then new paStorate at Westerly and established the parish of the Church of the Inn
 macU1ate Conception. Prior to that time the Catholics Of Westerly were & part of the parish of St. Micfaei's church, Pawcatucl, Of the diocese of Hartford. When Father Pyne arrived there was no church ediflce and it
 was his duty to form a parish and erect a church, which he did in a most successful manner, building the
 present Church of the Immaculate 1 Conception and organizing 8 thriving parish. Mass was first celebrated by l Father Pyne in Westerly fin the old Hibernian hall, which was located in the building that stood on the site of the present Barber Memorial building soon. This hall was not large enough to accommodate the congregation and masses were celebrated in Wells hall, now occupied by the Westerly Business l college. Tn the course of two years the construction of the church was well under way and services were held TG0I1ll Tly in tho h<9Gpn1DT1t n1n nal 1 the church was completed and for mally dedicated.
 Father Pyne was a jealous priest and popular alike with his people and ] the citizenry of Westerly. Soon after 1 the opening Of the Westerly Public Ii- l brary. when contributioTIs of books were very acceptable, acting upon the | request of librarian Wilcox, Father l Pyne donated thirty volumes of stan 1 dard Catholic works.
 He was a staunch advocate of Cath 1 ollie total abstinence, organized the | Cal dinal Manning society, one of the l strongest total abstinence societies in 1 this section and Father Pyne honored l the Catholic Total Abstinence Union I of Rhode Island by serving as it's pres 1 ident for several years. He also rep resented the state union at several conventions of the Catholic Total Ab- ] stinence Union of America.
 He went from Westerly to Provi- ' H.. ElI wards church, and thirteen years ago was appointed pastor of St Patrick's l parish. The Providence Journal says: l "tatller Pyne was q zeaIous worker 1 beloved by members of his congrega- 1 tiona especially and by Catholics ! throughout the state. His one annbi- 1 ton was to construct a beautiful l church in his parish and had he lived i a few months longer he would have 1 seen the realization of his hopes, for 10 T1n AJJF H.. dedication,''
 ! Funeral services will he held this l (Tuesday) morning. The body was i removed from the rectory to St. Pat ! ricS,s church Monday afternoon and until the hour of the funeral members l of the Holy Name society will act as l q guard of honor. 4 special mass will ] be celebrated at S o'clock this morn ! ing at which the children of the parish will assist. Father Pyne paid espe- 1 cial attention to the care of the chil- l dren and was deeply interested in their welfare.
 Elisha c. Stiln1an, of Asf7away, has a collection of interesting documents, among them one that relates to the in vention of the double force uzlInp. The ! document recites that Levi Gray. a cit | izen of the state of New York, town 1 of Springfield, county of Otsigo. "is i the inventor of a new and useful inn 4 E'L U FSLllEIiL. DGIilE t4 tOuDlS AOfclnS l pump, never before known or used in l the United States of America. The 1 improvement was secured to him by ] letters paSent issued under the great l seal Of the United States bearing the 1 date Of the seventh day of March l 1811." NIT. Gray was given the ''exclu- l sive right and liberty of making, con- 1 structing, using and vending to others 1 to be used the said improvement dur ing the term of fourteen years from 1 the date of said letters patent" Levi FGray s patent pump rights were trans | ferred to others and among them .3 1 Elijah Woodward who in turn trans 1 ferred the rights to others, as shown in l the transfer document, q copy of which ! follows:
 sNow. know all men by these pres 1 ents that l. Elijah Woodward, oP the 1 town of Wilmington. county Of Holland l and state of Connecticut, in considera- 1 tion of the sum of ten dollars to me ] in hand paid by William Stillman, Jr., 1 of the toZ.n Of Westerly, Washinytor7 l county state of Rhode Island, who 1 fath fully viewed. contemplated and i considered the said improvement, have granted. sold aIrd conveyed, and by l these presents do grant, sell and con- ] vey to the said William Stillman, his 1 heirs, executors, administers and as l signs, the liberty of making, construct ] ing. using and vending to others to be | used, the said improvement, within the ] town of Westerly and not elsewhere 8 l This document was executed Sept. 18, 1 1915.
 The stockholders of the Washington ! Trust company held their annual
 meeting Monday afterneen and elected these direcors: Edgar 1T CottrelI,
 Charles Perry. Charles P. Cottrell, Ar l thur Perry, Edwin R. Allen, John Champ1in, C. Clarence Maxson. Will ] liam Segar. John T. Edmond, William
 D. Hoxie. Edward R. Bradley. Arthur l M. CottreIl, Charles E. Sherman, Ar | thur J. Perry, Si1as F. Richmond and ] Harry T. Miner. At a subsequent
 meeting Of the directors, these officers l were elected: Charles Perry. president; 1 Charles P. CottTeN, vice president; Ar 1 thur L. Perry, treasurer; Thomas Per- 1 ry, assistant treasurer.
 ! At 10 o'clock this morning 8 solemn 1 TJontiflcai mass at St. Patricfs church will be celebrated by Bishop Matthew l Harkins, assisted by the following: