Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-12


with the national colors, red, white and
blue, and the background was covered
with a pink netting dotted with ever
green. Mirrors were placed on the
sides of the hall, and everything fixed
for the comfort and enjoyment of the
dancers.
The reception committee consisted of
Roland Hatch, John Brosnihan, LeVeritt
Pierce, Charles Dickinson and Henry w.
Simonds. General directors, Chief A.
c. Foster; first assistant, Roland Hatch;
second assistant, Michael Noonan; floor
director, Capt. W. e. French; aids, Geo.
Deane, Bert Kent, George TwisS Ed
ward Smith, Fred Gates, Charles Dick
inson, John Brosnihan and Frank Con-
ger.
From s to o'clock Doyle's Orchestra
of eight pieces gave an excellent con-
cert. The concert program was as fol~
lows:
1. March, "Reevesonian" ........ Reeves
2. Overture, Morning, noon and
night" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..Suppe
Hartman
Mr. Pilet.
4. Selection, '"Tone pictures of the
north and south.''
5, Piccolo solo, 'The turtle dove"
Mr. Aelin. Il
6. Finale, 'Coffee blossoms
At O'Clock the grand march filed into
the hail. to the merry strains of the mI-
sic. About 80 couples were in the grand
march.
The ball was a grand success socially
and financially. Many tickets were
sold, many buying tickets for the good
cause and to help the efficient fire de-
partment to enlarge their treasury.
l,lof+
served at the Batcheller House by
Landlord Patrick Hartnett. AT l o'clock
the dancers returned to the hall to re-
sumo their pleasure. The ball was end
ed at O'Clock, and the concert and ball
OF the firemen Of '98 will go down in
social history as one of the most sue
cessful and pleasing affairs ever held
in the town hall
Among those present were:
Bert Kent and wife, William French
and wife, George Deane and Miss Flor
ence Gilbert, John Bresnahan and wife,
Charles Dickinson and Miss Susie
Thompson, William Cary and Miss
Maud Moulton, Miss Jennie and Mary
Cary, William Hill and wife, John Con-
day and Miss Maria Goddard, Frank
Canger and wife, Fred Raymore and
wife, L. S. Woods and wife, Summer
Holmes and wife, Harry Lytle and wife,
Anson Pollard and wife, Samuel Kitchen
and wife. Harry Davis and wife, Charles
Maxwell and wife, c. Henry Scully and
Miss Eleanor Twirl, Eugene Adams and
wife, George Buck and wife, Charles
Stowe and wife, Frank Harris and wife,
John l.. Cooke and wife, Maurice Long
ley and Misses Coughlin, Misses Katie
and Lizzie Downey, Harry Foster. John
O'Hearn and wife, Mrs. Julia Gleason,
Miss Carrie Brown and Miss Carrie
Knight, Irwin Webb, Ward Smith and
Brooks Maxwell, James Flanney and
Thomas Humphrey, Mrs. Edward Ches-
ly and Mrs. Edith Chesley, Lucius
Tucker and wife, Charles Clapp and
Miss Grace Dodge, Fred Clapp and wife,
Frank Ivers and Misses Daisy and An
ME Ivers, Arthur Boyd and wife, Ed
ward Snow and wife, George Howe and
wife, Charles Coolidge and Mrs. Ella
Slayton, Frank Lanison and wife, Geo.
Jones and wife, George Kemp, Jr., and
wife, H. J. Lawrence, Martin McCartS
and Miss Minnie McCarty, A. N. Part
ridge and wife, Samuel A. Clark, Alex
Recot, Prof. W. H. Quigley, Miss Alice
and Mrs. DR.. G.. w. Holden, Martin
Boyle and Miss Josie Leary, P. ]. Dan
lels and Andrew Crowley, Brainerd n
Smith, Allen Jones, Edward Dave, Ja-
son B. HILL William O'Brien, Michael
Nonan. Patrick Conroy, Daniel Thurs
ton, d. 9. Reed and wife William Hobbs
and wife, Charles Barnes, William
Welch, Leon Bush and wife, William
Mathews and wife, Charles Gray and
wife, Leverett Pierce and wife, Daniel
Foster and wife, Herbert Maynard and
wife, Jerry Costigan.