The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
NO ARM Y.
The Clinton
Branch
HAS DISBANDED.


Clinton, Dec. 17.-Clinton's corps of
the Salvation Army is thing Of the
past. The dozen or more of the faithful
who joined in the parades, are hope
less because they see no chance of re-
organizing
Early in the summer Captain and
Mrs. r. J. Chart came from Boston to
take charge OF the corps They led the
meetings that We're held in the hall over
O'Toole Brothers store on Water
street until about a month ago. Then
Mrs. Chart was called to Boston and
Captain Chart decided to go with her.
This left the army in the hands of
local people, who have done their best
since to keep the meetings going, even
after the Order to disband the corps
was received from headquarters. II
was thought by David Gilmore, Frank
Munzcr, and Others that if the meet
ings could he continued, the organiza-
ton might soon be strong enough again
to warrant regular officers being or
dered here from headquarters.
Various devices were tried to keep the
little band together, Mr. Gilmore and
Mr.. MenZer tried to share the rent OF
ehe hall by using it in common with a
few Swedish worshippers, who have no
church of y cir own. The deal teil
through and With it the las: chance of
the Salvation Army in Clinton.
There is deep sorrow among nearly
hundred people who We're more or less
identified With the army. 1t had nos
become generally known that Captain
and Mrs. Chart will not return. The
street parades have ceased, but the pe0-
pie think that is because the weather
is bad. Frank Nuenzer has been especi-
ally identified with the EFFORT to help
the army in existence He was rescued
from sin md misery by the Clinton
corps, as he tells anybody who asks
him.
Among others who have been closely
identified with the army are Mrs. w.
H. Blanchard, Mr.. and Mrs, Frank
Blanchard, Capt. John Roberts, Mrs.
John Roberts, Miss Hannah Cameron,
Walter J. Griffin and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rose.
Yes said Mrs. w. II. Blanchard
to the Clinton correspondent of The
Spy, today, L am afraid we shall have
to give it up. At one time the army
prospered here and did good work.
Latterly the officers did not seem to
please the people SO we'll the attend
ance fell off, the church people de-
creased their donations and everything
went wrong. We have just given up
the hall over O'Toole Brothers store.
1 for one don't expect to live to see a
corps of the Salvation Army re-estab
lished here. Mr. Gilmore may be able
to do something
Clinton has had a Salvation Army
corps up to the present time for about
five years. The corps has been a
familiar spectacle, rain or shine, and
has made several conversions.
FIR William F. Grady, who was or
dained at the Brighton Seminary, Bos-
ton, yesterday, will celebrate his first
mass in st. Johns Church at 10. so
o'clock this morning Mr.. Grady is a
Clinton boy. He counts it a happiness
that he is allowed to do his first service
as a priest in his native town Rev.
FIR. Mclaughlin will at this service de-
liver a sermon "On the mission of the
priesthood in the church"
Basket bail shows the strong hold it
has on the affections of the Clinton pub
lie, in the organization of a local five
team league. which viii be perfected at
a meeting to be held tomorrow after
noon, in DeXter's rink.
Teams representing the Metropolitan
Social Club, the Hillside Social Club,
the st. Johns Temperance Society and
the Clinton Cycle Club have signiied
their intention of making application
for membership in the league. 1t was
hoped that Co X might be represented
by a team. This seems not probable.
A team will be selected from some other
organization tomorrow.
The plan of the league originates with
George w. Greene, known all over
Worcester county as one of the best
basket ball players and squarest refer |
,ees in the game. Mr.. Greene will cap
tain the team of the Clinton Cycle Club. |
He has selected John Narrower, Harry
Murdoch and Harry Newhall to play
on the team, and will select two others |
in a day or two.
The teams will play a series of ten |
games The victorious team will have /
the right to represent Clinton for the |
balance of the season, when the league |
games are disposed of, and will be the /
Clinton team. Candidates for positions I
on the teams were hard at work in the /
rink this afternoon. They were coached /
by George w. Greene and John Por-
ter, captain of the disbanded Clinton !
team, who has just signed with Hud- |
son.
None of the players whom the town |
has known as peculiarly its own, will |
play in the league. They are all en-
gagged to Hudson. They WILL however, |
be seen here in the exhibition games, |
and will probably play off the tie games
they had when they disbanded
Elder L. I. Nicola of Battle Creek,
Mich, has decided that the work T
of printing the General Conference
Daily Bulletin, that will chronicle the
doings of the Seventh Day Adventists
during their worlds convention, must
be done in Boston He has looked up
the printing houses in Clinton and in
Worcester, and he says found none cay
pable of doing the work as speedily as
will be necessary.
These are busy days with the Seventh
Day worshippers in the sister towns.
on both sides of the line are I,
at work making ready to take care of
the 1900 persons whom it is expected
will attend the convention All of II
these visitors will be entertained in Ad-
ventist families in Clinton and Laucas-
ter. Parlors will be used for bed
rooms, the vacant places in the dor
mitory of the Adventist school will be
filled, and every resource will be util-
lied The danger of a shortness of
bedding is being obviated by women in
nearly every Adventist family, who
are making quilts and hemming sheets.
Willie Kemp, is years old, and a lu- {
matte. tore a sheet into strips and tried i
to hang himself at the allnshouse at 3