The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-20
OLD SOCIETY.
Members of Years Stand
ing Win Sing Sunday.

Leicester. Jan. 19.-Former members
of the old Leicester Musical Associa-
ton will be given a chance to recover
some of their former prestige in the
musical world, at the First Congrega-
tional Church, next Sunday evening
A chorus of 20 voices will sing, and
many of the choir will be members of
that organization, which flourished So
years ago. AT that time the society
under efficient leaders, sang difficult
masses and choruses, and gave several
concerts.
William Sumner of Worcester was
director for two years, and at that time
rehearsals were held in the grammar
school building at the centre Seth
Richards was another leader The pi-
anist was Miss Bertha Manning of
Worcester. afterwards Mrs. J. Angus
tus Titus of Athol. Among the ladies
who took part in the long ago were
Mrs. Dexter Knight, Mrs NJ A. Boil
ton, Mrs. Louisa c. Watson, Mrs. Luz
ella Lamb, Miss Louisa Bond, Mrs NJ
ID. Thurston, Mrs. Cynthia White, Mrs.
Katherine Grout, Mrs Frances E.
Irask' Mrs. Laura H. Disco, Mrs. E. c..
Waite, Mrs. George E. Marsh, Mrs.
Rosa Scott, Mrs Arthur M. Stone Mrs.
Mary t. Munroe, Mrs. George S.
Hatch.
The gentlemen included Frank M.
Lamb, George e. Marsh, ]. Augustus
Titus. Arthur M. Stone, George H.
Munroe. James D. Watson and William
White. The Sunday evening program
includes an anthem, Child of mortal
lty, John Bray; response, Come, said
Jesus sacred voice." H. c. Mageli:
hymn, EARLY, my God, without delay" !;
pass solo, j. Augustus Titus, when
all thy mercies, 0 my soul"; anthem.
L was glad when they said unto me y
j. E. Gould. The last anthem was
sung at the dedication of the church
in 1855.
Those who will take part, including
several outsiders, will be: Soprano, Mrs.
T. I. Denny Mrs. NJ e. Bolton, Mrs.
!. sydney Whittemore, Mrs. Braman
Grout Of Leicester, Mrs. Frank M.
Lamb OF Worcester; alto, Mrs. G. e.
Marsh, Mrs. f. C. Waite. Mrs. Rosa
Scott, Mrs. Warren Smith, Mrs. w.
Louise Trask; tenor, George H. Mum
roe f. =. Libby, Frank j. Marsh: bass.
frank M. Lamb, ]. Q. Jordan, w. c.
Estes, q. Q. Currier, H. e. Currier, ].
A. TITUS and G. e. Marsh George e.
Marsh will be the leader and Parkman
I. Denny organist.
Rev, ID. c. Reds morning subject will
De- The wedding at and in the
evening, Love, the source of blameless
| life" %
Inc people who read in tonight's pa
per that the Leicester almshouse had
peen included by the state board of
Iunacy and charity in the list of those
VINO We're judged liable to criticism
VIII be pleased to hear that the cause
Tor remarks have been removed. I'M
rledlately upon the receipt by the board
OF overseers of the poor of the report of
| the state visitor, calling attention to
the lack of sufficient help at the town
farm, steps We're taken to meet the re-
qulfements called for in the report. The
Ioil report of the visitor will be includ-
ed in the annual town report.
Inc selectmen will meet on Saturday
afternoon at o'clock to lay out plans
for grading and establishing the bounds
OF Waite street, as asked for in the
| petition printed exclusively in The Spy
| this morning. Civil Engineer Nathan
A. craig OF Spencer will be present tc
help in the work.
Francis A. Fales, who resides on MAR
street, within about half a mile of the
| Spencer line, is very seriously i'll. When
! q spy man called there this morning
! he was told that the doctors in attend.
ance did not give the slightest hope OF
| his recovery. His illness is heart trou-
BILE, aggravated by the grip.
| ]. Q. Jordan of Paxton street left
| today for New Sharon, Me-. to attend
the funeral of his brother-in-law.
The w r. c. held their regular meet
! IDS this afternoon. No special business
was transacted
1t is stated on good authority that
Jerome Bottomly of Cherry Valley is
| contemplating opening a grocery in the
! lower part of the building now being
/ erected on Breakneck hill in Valley
| Falls, by Albert Tuson.
| George Fuller, whose death in Prov-
dence was told of in The Spy this
morning, was the brother Of Miss Sa-
rah w. Fuller of Leicester, and the
| brother-in-law of Mrs. Rosa Scott.
The following program has been pre-
pared for the. 22d annual meeting of
Leicester w, c. r. u, in the vestry of
the First Congregational church on
| Friday:
$50 p. M, devotions, Mrs. Harring-
| ton; records, business, presidents adj
J dress, report of secretary, report of
| treasurer roll call, with scripture re-
| Spouse, election of officers, reports of
superintendent, admission Of mem
bers, reception to Mrs. Katharine Lente
Stevenson, state president; $50 p. M,
! supper, gentlemen invited; 7.45 D. M,
1 chorus, devotions; song, ION Heights OF
| Power" Miss Bertha Arnold and Choir
US; address, THE Demands Upon the
| Christianity of Today" Mrs. Stevenson,
state president; quartet Press On,
| Press On" Mrs. Denny Misses Guilds.
Thurston and Robinson.