The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
A CRYING TOWN NEED
Base Ball Park and Place
for Circuses Must Be
Provided Soon.

Southbridge, June 10.-A want that will
soon have to be considered in Southbridge
is new base ball park and a suitable
ground for the use of travelling tent
shows. The people residing on Everett
street were greatly incensed about two
weeks ago because the selectmen let a
tent show play on vacant lot on Everett
street. These people forget that the resi-
dents of Charlton street and Mechanic
street have had circuses there ever since
the town has been big enough for cir
Gus, and they are getting tired of 1t. The
territory around the base ball grounds
is being built up so that the grounds
formerly on the outskirts of the town
are now surrounded by houses and the
base ball grounds must be cut into 10
keep up to the advancement of the tiThes.
It was talked OF one time. Of having .
base ball ground neer FairvlsW Park,
but the land has since been converted
into house lots and the place made
Home Park"
The town people in general and the BIZ
cyclists in particular are very sore over
the condition of the streets over which
the electric road passes, as they promise
destruction to every pneumatic tire that
goes over them. The tracks were relaid
In places along the line and broken stone
scattered all over tEs street Portions
of Main and Hamilton streets are COW
that have played havoc with tires OF pl-
cycles and buggies
The town warrant for a special town
meeting Monday, June 10, at o'clock,
contains five articles. Among them are
these: To see If the town will vote to
raise and appropriate more money for the
high school addition; to see II the town
will authorize the seectmen to sell the
school house lot on Union street: to see
if the town will vote to name what IS
now called Charlton City road, Worcester
street, and what is now called charlton
road, Charlton street. and TO see If the
town will authorize the treasurer to Dor
row sufficient money to meet current eX-
penses in anticipation of taxes.
The lodges Of the 18th Masonic district
will be convened in a district grand
lodge for the purpose of exemplifying
degree work in Masonic hall, by Quine-
baug lodge Southbridge, Thursday,
June 18th, 1899, al 4.30 ps m, under the
direction of Charles NJ Avery, grand
lecturer, Quinebaug lodge, Webster
lodge and Oxford lodge, will assist in
exemplifying the work.
Two very handsome electro-vapor
launches arrived by freight yesterday,
and will be taken to Lake TautOusque,
where are situated the pretty summer
homes of George w. Wells, Charles S.
Edmonds and H. S. Cheney. The new
boats are the property of Mr.. Wells and
Mr.. Edmonds, and are the largest boats
ever placed on the lake.
Miss Nellie Thompson Of Charlton has
been appointed valedictorian of the
graduating class of the high school, and
Charles Wood of Shuttleville salutato
rian. Mr.. Wood will continue his stud
les next year at Williams college.
Joseph Derosier was run into by a
scorcher on Main street this morning.
and had his face badly bruised by the
fall; the bicycle rider got a bad dump,
but was not injured severely.
Thomas Freeland and Miss Kate Han
cock, both of Sandersdale, were married
this afternoon in the Congregational
parsonage, by the Rev. Willis A. Had
ley.