The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-09
OLNEYvILLE.
Annual Banquet OF The Business
Mems Association.
A Fire Company for Merlco-Notes From
the Square aud Vicinity.

Ten years ago few of the leading bus
iness men formed an association under
che title of the Olneyville business Mems
Association, aud during It's existence
many improvements have been made.
Today IL Is the leading association of Its
character I'm tue state. and bios fsir to In
GREASE In mem bsrship. wealth and useful
ness. Ii has been the happy custom OF
tho mem bers TO select winters evening
saoh year to eat roast turkey and other
good things and then listen to brisht
speeches. This winter the nembsrs
thought it but fair 10 invite their lady
friends to the spread, and this rs what
was done last evening. Library hall was
never filed with a gathering Of ladies and
gentlemen tnat surpassed this one.
The hall was very prettily decorated for
tho occasion, and the tables were also
profusely decorated with handsome cut
flowers and each guest found dainty
bouquet at his or her plata
II was s 40 O'Clock when the president
of the association, Il. +. Sibley and wife
led the way TO the banquet room, where
D smoking hot turkey supper was in readi-
ness. IL took an hour to do justice to the
spread, and then came a pleasing enter
sainment which was furnished 10y Mrs
Annie s. Hough and daughter and the
zalstaff Club.
A pleasant featuss OF the evening was
tho presentation of = large basket Of flow
ers from Ira Winsor, president of the
Board of Aldermen Of Providcnoe, to the
association. 1t was gracefully received
by the president.
Samuel Whitelev. Esq, who is prom
inent member of the association, had
for his guests from Providence Chief of
Police Reuben X. Baker, Commissioners
of Public Works Robert Il. smith, Secre-
tsry Department Of Public Works Walter
+. Slade, Alderman Ira Winsor, ex-
Councilman William ii. Covill and Hor-
SOC n. Franklin, and Mrs. Ira Winsor
was the special guest OF W. A. III. Grant,
treasurer Of the association. The presi-
dent officiated as master OF ceremon.es
The officers OF the association are; PrOsi-
dent, X. Il. Sibley; vice-p,esdent M.
A. Mowry; secretary. walter ID. Harris;
treasurer. w. A. II. Grant. The commit
toe who arranged the pleasant and sue
cessful affair were NJ. A. Mowry, W. A.
II. Grant. DIR. n. A. Twitchell, John T..
Thompson, .Ir., and George Il. Lewis.
A FIRE COMPANY FoksMERINO.
For some time the younger men In the
vicinity OF Meriuo have bsen talking Of
forming an Independent fire company,
and the fact that the fire alarm boxes
have bean out of order for some time on
account of the storm. has had the effect
of hurrying the matter. A meeting for
that purpose will be held In what 10
known as the "Club Room" this even
ing. Many of the most prominent men
in the vicinity have signifsd their inten-
tions Of becoming members of the COM
pany. and are going into it with the
plain aud plump understanding tnat tie
company shall DO entirsiy free from
politics Of any nature. They do not pro-
pose to buy any very extended line Of fire
ughting apparatus, but they have como
to the conclusion that this growing soc
tion Of the town must be better protected
from fro.
ENJOYED A SLEIGH RIDE.
The sons and daughters OF the men,
bsrs Of the Homo Club enjoyed n sleigh
ride last evening under the supervision
of M. j. Ryan. The young folks left the
suare about s O'Clock, rode Is far NJ Al
bion and then drove to the rooms of the
club. where the parents had gone earlier
in the evening for the purpose of pre-
caring . supper for the happy party.
Afttr supper an hour or more of dancing
was enjoyed, and at 12 o'clock all bundled
into tho big sleigh and went TO their
homes, which they reached without an
accident, or in fact anything to mar the
sport.
LIVELY RUNAWAY.
A horse attached to . cutter owned by
Stephen Sweet of 2l Paine street. ran
away from the corner OF Lilac and Grams
ton streets Yesterday hfternoon and went
through Messer, Westminster. Olneyvllle
square, Delaine and Valley streets. and all
along the road the frightened animal ool-
lidsd with a number Of teams. but fortu-
nately no one was injured The cutter
was reduced TO kindlnR wood.
IMPROVEMENT SoCITY REoRGAN-
IZED.
The Garfield Mutual Improvement Soci-
etv was rsorganized last evening with
Miss Sarah Eddy as pstsonsss. The off
GERS chosen are as follows: President,
Arthur ID. Holland: vice president,
James sullivan; superintendent. Samuel
Ward; secretary. Thomas Dolan. The
president would like 10 hear from some
club, the sges of it's membsrs ranging
from IA TO Is for the putposs OF arranging
for joint debate. The membership of
the club 10 75
GENERAL MENTION.
Nicolina Ferri informed Chief of police