The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-30
For Coming.
Reception.
DAVID PR0UTY HIGH
VIII Abandon Banquet at
the Coming Reunion.


alumni of the David Prouty high school
begin to look forward to the annual
reunion of the society, which, for the
past four years, has been a most en-
| joyable occasion for all the graduates
In former years the reunion has always
( been in the form Of a swell banquet
/ served at the Massasoit Hotel, which
was followed by after-dinner speeches
after which came dancing in the hotel
hall and card playing in the parlors.
Last Saturday evening, however, at
a run together Of the officers and ex-
ecUtiye committee Of the alumni, at the
home of Leroy Ames, on Main street
the plans for this years reunion were
wholly changed from any reunion in
the past. 1t was decided to have the
reunion this year in the hall of the
David Prouty high school building. and
to do entirely away with the banquet.
which has proved q pleasant but ex-
pensive feature in former years.
This year the reunion Will be opened
at o'clock by an informal reception
/ from to 9, then (if it is a possible
thing to secure the services of Mr..
/ Chauncy Lyford of Worcester Mr.. Ly-
ford will follow with an address on
some interesting question of the times
after which the hall will be cleared
and dancing will be enjoyed for the
remainder of. the evening. Light re-
freShmentS will also be served
The date for the reunion this year
has been set for Friday, Dec %, the
Friday before Christmas The Spy
man interviewed many members of
the alumni today, TO get their opinion
ON the change Of this years plan from
last.
Some spoke very favorably of it,
while others are very much disap-
pointed at the omission of what they
call the pleasantest feature of the re-
union-the banquet. This was an
agreeable part of the program for those
who could afford it, but the committee
this year has discovered that on ac-
count of the big expense Of the banquet,
many members Of the alumni who
wished to attend the annual reunion
could not do So and so decided at the
meeting to do away with it.
In past Years for the gentlemen and
their young ladies' the expense has
amounted to about 81 each, while this
year there viii be no expense whatever,
with the exception of the music for
dancing, which will be probably paid
for out Of the society's treasury, and
consequently those who attend the re-
union this year will practically enjoy
it free of expense. The alumni society
of the Spencer high school was formed
four years ago, with a membership of
about 80. The membership has been
increasing steadily, nevertheless, each
year, and has reached 100.
The society is composed Of attendants
of the Spencer high school before grad
uations were introduced, no matter
how long the student attended; and
after graduations were introduced, any
person could become a member who had
attended the school two years, and at
the time of joining was not a student
of the school. No scholar attending the
school as a student can become a mem
Der. Each member is assessed 30 cents
/ a year, in order to keep the organiza-
TONS head out of debt.
Those who have served as presidents
of the society are Everett Jones, now
in Italy, Lewis !. Prouty, and Leroy
Ames, the former now residing
in Spencer. while the latter is a profess
or at Cambridge. The present officers
are Chester B. Allen, son of Selectman
Charles H. Allen, now principal of the
Bangor, Me, high school, president;
Mrs. George L. FaXon, vice president;
! Charles E. Estes, secretary and treas
urer. The executive committee is COM
posed Of Misses Mary Benis and Mat
tie Jones, and Messrs. w. J. Hefernan
/ and Leroy Ames.
Christmas time is selected because S
a general thing most Of the members
are at home. and at that time are able
I to be present. The committee is anxious
that the membership of the Spencer
: High School Alumni Society should in
I crease, and that every member who
possibly can will be present at the an
nual reunion Friday night, Dec. %.
j A sensation was caused in Spencer to-
T day over the report about town that
I Warren Briggs, who resides on the toy
of Curtis hill in Charlton was arrested
/ last night for cruelty to animals Few
I Of the many Spencer people who are
acquainted with him could believe it
4 as they claim that no such charge was
I ever before brought against him, and
that he is man who would not even
! harm cat. The Spy man became
4 somewhat interested in the case and
I this afternoon found that the report
was true and that Mr.. Briggs was I'M
/ der arrest. He was arrested last night
4 by Charlton officers, not for cruelty in
! the sense of the word, of too much
whip, but because he had neglected his
cattle and left them out of doors all
/ through the past blizzard with nothing
{
/ taken into the barn they We're so cold
/ and exhausted that they could hardly
/ be induced to walk
Mr.. Briggs is very well known in
/ Spencer and on quite intimate terms
with many people. His friends are UNI
I able to account for his very strange
I conduct, as they had always thought
him to be thrifty farmer, and man
of good morals.
1 The Worcester and Suburban Com
pany pulled their first car through
shortly after dark while the Warren
Brookfleld and Spencer car again
reached Spencer at about o'clock. The
latter car however, was only able ia
60 as far as High street, as the rails
i to the terminus tonight have not been
/ cleared off.
The oldest employees of both. roads
/ claim that never since the tracks were
laid has there been such an enormous
i pile Of snow to clear away as they have
had during the past sc hours
The road breaking gangs have con
tipued their work all day, and conse-
4 quently the country roads in town are
nearly all broken out. All the milk
men were able to get through today
and one or two teams have passed
through town from Worcester Con
Sullivan, owner of the Worcester and
! Spencer overland express, also drove
! through to Worcester today and re-
turned late tonight. Nh Sullivan re-
ports that the going is not as bad that
4 way as he expected.
At exactly eleven o'clock this fore
noon the main belt which operates the
machinery throughout the whole shoe
/ department of the Isaac Prouty e
/ Co s factory snapped, and every wheel
| throughout the whole department
ceased moving. The employees were