Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-07
THEIR FIRST SOCIAL.
City Guards Scored a Triumph at
the Armory,
The Decorations Surpassed Those at
Their Previous Dances-A Delightful
Time Enjoyed by All.

The Worcester City Guards scored a
signal triumph Thursday night on the
occasion of their first social Of the sea-
SON the affair was held at the state
armory The committee in charge Of
the affair deserves thanks for the dec
orations in the big drill shed The floral
work was done by Frank S. Fisher e.
Son, while the other decorations We're
from the Barnard Sumner & Putnam
Co At the further end of the shed
the bare walls were hidden from view
by streamers of the national colors ar
ranged fan-like The space between the
first and second and third and fourth
girders was crossed and recrossed with
alternate ropes of green and white
bunting. Between the second and third
Orders innumerable artificial roses
hung lightly, so that when the dancers
were moving they swung to and fro.
The stage was set up in the centre of
the west side, and was banked high
with potted palms and evergreen. At
the back a canopy of national colors
was tastefully arranged. The stage
was flanked on either side with cannon
loaned by Battery b; on the stage was
the Harry e. Brigham orchestra.
o'clock and continued until an early
hour this morning, with a short inter
ruption about II o'clock, when supper
was served in the banquet hall by G. S.
YeaW and a score of assistants. The
committee in charge of the affair was
made up of Corp. E. r. Riedl, Corp. p.
e. Sawyer, Corp. J. 7. Cruikshank, Pri-
waite R. L. Allison and Private George
r. Warren.
The floor officials were as follows:
Floor director, Lieut.. Moses H. Tisdell;
assistants, Lieut.. F. H. Lucke and Sergt.
H. w. Woods; aids, Sergt w. H. Plum
mer. Sergt. w. H. Allison, Corp. E. R.
Riedl, Corp H. B. Bond, Corp G. A.
Poland, Corp. f. B. Sawyer, Corp. ]. T.
Cruikshank, Corp. H. G. Ware, Musician
]. T. Laflamme, Privates r. l.. Allison,
d. D. McTaggart, julius A. Lowell A.
p, Murray, c. A. Fischer and P. w.
White. Capt E. G. Barrett served as
chairman of the reception committee.
Among the many seen on the floor
were; Mai. H. B. Fairbanks, Alderman
Henry Brannon, eX-Alderman E. M.
Woodward and wife, Capt. E. G. Bar
rett and wife F. H. Rice and Miss Min
ME Rice, Miss Angie Parker, A. ]. Mar
BILE and wife, DIR. A. j. Hamm, Armor-
er G. w. Hubbard and wife, Miss Lot
tie Hubbard, Miss Addie Hubbard,
Lieut.. E. B. Fish and wife, Lieut.. G. S.
Holden, Lieut. w. A. Lewis, Sergt. E.
L. Pierce, Corp. F. B. Jordan and wife,
Sergt W. H. Allison and wife, Private
A. F. Love, Private A. w. Pratt, Sergt.
F.. w Wheeler, Private F. B. May
nard and wife, Private G. w. Moore,
Privates S. I. Mayo, E. ] Whitley, F.
W. Buck, W. M. Buck, Miss Grace
Written, William n. Riedl and wife,
Mrs E. R. Subway, DIR. E. A. Hatch
and wife, Charles Bond and wife, Miss
Mile Green, Frank Kingman and wife,
officer Fred Eaton and wife, officer w.
A. Condy and wife, Officer Romance
Thayer and daughter, Fred Slaney and
wife, Corp. H. b. Bond and wife,
Charles Higginbottom and wife, H. F.
Hastings, Frank Brown and wife, Mrs.
Bstabrook, D. F. O'Reagan H. f. Mer-
rift and wife, Mrs. H. E. blake, Frank
S. Fowler of Chicago, DR.. A. c. N. Pet
erson, T. F. Ayres of Shrewsbury, Miss
May Clossen, Miss Ethel Chamberlain,
Miss Eva Allen, Miss Lila Quimby, w.
A. Garbutt and others