Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-26
HOLY CROSS ALUMNI.
Interesting Meeting and Plans Formed at
Leicester Meeting.

Leicester, March 25,-The officers and
executive members of the Worcester
county alumni of Holy Cross College
met last evening at st Joseph's parish
house as guests of Rev. John r. Redi-
can. The constitution and bylaws
were drafted, and will be submitted to
the members of the association at it's
annual meeting in April. It was de-
cided to hold a banquet in Worcester on
Tuesday evening, April u, 1898. There
will be toasts to the alumni, the college,
alma mater, the medical profession, the
! legal profession and the heart of the
commonwealth 4-4 zAs~s
1t was left for the president and vice
president to make arrangements for the
banquet. They will announce later. the
place where it will be held.
| Rt. Rev. Thomas d. Beaver, d. D.,
| bishop of Springfield, and Rt Rev. r. J.
| Conaty, D. D., of the Catholic Univer-
| sity Of Washington, were elected hon
orary members. The officers of the
alumni present were: Very Rev. John
j. Power D. D., 81, honorary president;
Rev. John F. Redican, '78, president:
John e. Sullivan, Esq, ~, vice presi-
dent; William J. Mclaughlin, Esq, '93,
secretary; John T. Duggan, M. D., 80,
treasurer.
The executive committee members
were: Rev. John 7. Madden, P r., u,
| Of Webster (chairman), Thomas H. Sui
Ivan, Esq, 81, of Millbury, and Rev.
James J. Howard, 81.
Rev. John F. Lehy, S. J., president Of
Holy Cross College, was at the meet
ing.
FUNERAL OF MISS MERSEREAU,
The funeral of Miss Grace Mersereau
was held this afternoon at the house
of her sister, Mrs. William Mcpherson,
on Pleasant street Rev. Nathaniel
Seaver preached the funeral sermon.
The bearers were Albert S. Conant,
Jesse Stone, George Ashley and James
Whiting. The floral gifts included a
wreath from Mrs D. w. Green, a cres-
cent from Mrs. William Mcpherson and
a bouquet of 36 pinks and roses from
Mr.. William Mcpherson of the immedi-
ate family, besides many others from
friends and neighbors. The interment
was at Pine Grove cemetery.
Fred D. Sibley and wife, who lived
next door to the burned house, are re-
ceiVing hearty congratulations on the
arrival of a daughter Thursday noon.
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
Inc pOOTy weak nOTSeS" uI1NGn by Ine
Kentucky contractor failed up again
this morning, and the mail arrived an
hour late. When going up Breakneck
hill, New Worcester, the poor animal
fell and skinned it's knees. The mail
carrier went back for another horse and
arrived at the Valley about a. m. in
stead Of 8 a. m. Only an hour is al
lowed for the rusty bicycle. worn-out
horse or tired pedestrian to go from
Worcester to Leicester. and in view Of
the continued string of accidents a
start should be made about midnight to
insure a prompt arrival. A. E. Smith
is expecting notification from WASH
ington at any time, that the electric
railway has .aken the contract for car
rying the mail, and everybody is wait
ing for that time.
Harry Henshaw, conductor on the
Worcester and Suburban is at his home
in Brookfield.
The Ladies' Social Whist Club met
last evening at the home Of Mrs. Ed
ward Waite.
This afternoon a party Of small boys
celebrated vacation by starting a fire
in the wood lot on Pine street owned by