The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-22

A. last Spencer is to fall into line
WIN her sister towns, and have the
iiG jh'.I OF entertaining the Bay Path
AZ aLS IIup' The date and place of
i me meeting have been decided unon
ana were officially given to The Sn1
ms morning as Monday, Feb o. IN
Odo Fellows hall. The Ray Patb II
pfary club, which is one of the stronp-
est organizations of its kind in Mas
SdCnuSetts' was organized last spring
me club commenced with a small
IIellip.ershlp, but has kept continually
growing until at the present time naar.
lY every person in Spencer and ~,
surrounding towns who is interested in
me advancement of library work is a
member. The membership of tha cI,Ib
Is composed largely Of library trustaas
and librarians. Since its ORGANIZATION
IN the spring, three very important and
interesting meetings have been held in
me towns of Brookfield, Leicester and
IA, respectively so that the meet
ing held IN Spencer next Monday will
be the fourth WIN
BESIDES the local library trustees and
librarian, there are several other Spen
Ger citizens who are active members
IN the club. and for the advancement
OF library work, The officers of the
| cIuh are: President, Miss Carter who
| was IN Spencer last spring cataloguing
the books in the local library: treas
urer, Miss Nellie Cutler of Snencer and
secretary, Charles H. Clark of West
| Brookfield 0SN
The meeting in town next Monday
VIII be an all-day session, for which
the following fine program has been
| arranged:
Morning session-1O.3o a. M, bust
ness action to be taken on the uues-
l q nr1Fl fyNr #s..1.
| stltution by inserting No. Is in place of
20. Also on the question of amending
article # the constitution, by in
! se'ting the words During the month
OF June" in place of the words The
! first Wednesday in October
Public library and the public
! schools, What librarian should ex-
pect from teacher" Miss Annie Tar
| bell, Brimfeld.
| What a teacher should expect from
a librarian c. D. Hart, Leicester.
Librarian and scholars" Miss Char
! lotte E. Wilbur, West Brookfield.
The above to be treated by 10 minute
talks, followed by general discussion.
1870 p. M, luncheon.
Afternoon session, 2 p. m.-Speech by
Miss Margaret d. McCuifey of the B0s-
ton public library, on THE charging
systems The preparations for the
meeting were began today and large
attendance is expected 20 he present.
Tomorrow being Washing toms birth
| day, a holiday. the anniversary has
been celebrated today i'm the public
schools, Patriotism was the theme with
achievements of Washington as a text.
The stirring events of the Cuban war
during the past year, has given the
pupils keen taste for such subjects
and there was no lack Of enthusiasm in
any school.
All from the baby school tots to the
grave grammar school, students enter
ed into the spirit of the occasion, and
the observances could not fail to be
full of profit to the participants. Many
of the school houses were decorated
with the national colors, while the red.
white and blue fioated from the school
house flag poles.
A large number of local members of
the A. o. II. assembled in their hall to-
night to listen to speeches made by
p. ]. Slattery, of South birmingham,
John j. Rodgers, and capt. j. McGour-
ty, both of Worcester. Mr. Slattery is
state president of the order while MIR.
Rodgers is county presl-ent. All three
speakers addressed their hearers on the
subject of Insurance and accident
features in connection with the A. O.
H." All of the speakers spoke ably and
proved very conclusively that no order
like the A. o. II. should be without a
death benefit or accident insurance.
The order has had a death benefit
for some time but the accident insur-
ance Is a new feature, and is being
doomed by different speakers. This was
the principal feature which induced the
speakers to come to Spencer this eve
ming. william j. Kelly acted as pre-
siding officer of the meeting. After
the speeches, refreshments were served
and a good old-fashioned smoke talk
enjoyed.
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