The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-27
RESIGNS POSITION
Mr.. Churchill Leaves
Batcheller Shoe
Factory.
STILL EPIDEMIC.
Diphtheria Continues to
Alarm North Brook
field.
STILL EPIDEMIC.

North Brookheld, April 26.-Elmer
Churchill has rendered his resignation
as foreman of the stitching room in the
E. & A. H. Batcheller shoe factory.
In rendering his resignation Mr..
Churchill requested that he be relieved
of his position as soon as the firm
could select a man to take his place,
Mr.. Churchill will become the pro-
prietor of the fruit store now run by A.
Couti in the Duncan block. He has
been connected with the stitching room
at the Batcheller factory for 20 years,
during the last seven of which he has
been foreman.
Despite the efforts of physicians and
the health board. but little success is
being made in the fight against diph-
iberia. Today it is believed that the
| four months -old child of Charles Hart
of ST. John street has the disease. Gull
lures have. been sent to Boston, but
have not been heard from yet.
DIR. L.. E. Dionne wishes The spy TO
correct some statements made in an
other Worcester paper this morning, as
he says they are misleading and entire
| ly without foundation. The statements
in question appear in an article pro-
claiming a row between the doctors and
DR.. George r. Spooner.
DR. Dionne denies most emphatically
that he is incensed at the action of the
board of health and states moreover
that at no time since he has been in
North Brookfeld have his relations been
more pleasant with that body than
they are at present. He said that it is
| true that he has always insisted that
the members of the health board have
no right to visit his patients, and that
moreover such action is considered in
medical circles as being decidedly I'M
professional
In the case of the Stone child, he
states that he asked DR.. Spooner to ac-
company him to the house and that the
doctor did this and acted in a most gem
tlemanly manner throughout.
| DIR. Spooner also condemned the ar
ticle and wished to have the matter
righted, saying that he could see no
grounds for the story except magma
ton. He said that the mention made of
the state board of health was most mis-
| leading, as DR.. Morse, who was here a
few days ago, was not Investigating
!diphtheria, not even knowing the dis
ease was prevalent in town until he ar
rived here.
John Early, who has charge of one
| of the elevators at the r. & A. II
Batcheller factory, strained himself
while at work this morning and was
obliged to go to his home.
| A large number of visitors attended
| the public day at the North Brookfiel6
high school this afternoon. The follow
| ing program, as arranged by c. L. Jud-
kins, principal was rendered: THE
minute men of the revolution" by
Frank G. Weber; ITO the driving
cloud" Achsah S. Witter; Destiny OF
our nation" George B. Mullett; piano
solo, Edna R. Bemis; "Phantoms, "
Lena r. Briggs; Our flag" William
| d. Rondeau; zone of the common peo-
pie James O'Brien; piano solo, Helen
Mccarthy; THE old knights treasure, .
| M. Grace Lane; 1.-The new SOUTH Her
bert e. Sargent; 1.-THE ballot box" Ed
ward w. McEvoy; Democracy" Don
aid Smith.
The public day. the idea of which
originated with Principal Judkins, is
| becoming more popular with each trial
member of the school board, was pres
ent and listened with interest to the
oratorical attempts of the students.
| This evening the senior class of the
| highschool met and elected William D.
Rondeau and Edith Adams as class edi-
tors for the new magazine, which is to
| be published in June. Frank S. Spooner
1 presented ClTlNe LOT the DSSlt DIS the
class motto, and it was accepted. 1t
was also decided to buy the class rings
Of G. w. Bailey of West Brookfeld.
THE Enterprise editors of the fresh
man class are Ethel Amsden and Roger
! E. French. Of the sophomore class they
are Jerry Kelliher and Josephine Deyo.
The Junior class has not yet taken any
action on the matter, but by next week
all the editors under Frank G. Weber,
editor-in-chief, will be hustling for
news as each class will strive to sur
pass the others.
James H. Flannery went to Reading
this morning, where he has secured a
position. AS Mr.. Flannery was to i'm
| personate three characters in the dra-
ma, kathleen Mavourneen,'' which
| the st. Joseph G. T. A. S. is to present
May 3, Manager James G. Murphy
found himself under big handicap to-
day. However he has brought him
| self out of the position all
senting to fill Mr.. Flannery's place If
the latter decides to remain in Read
James Kane has sold his lunch
rooms in Duncan block to Miles c.
Beverage, who will take charge at
once.
An accident to the engine on the
branch steam railroad delayed the
train this afternoon, so that the mail
| for Worcester had to be taken to East
Brookfield on the electrics by Post Of
fee Clerk Harold Foster. The evening
mail was also delayed over fifteen min
utes.
The Union League and Only basket
ball teams will play another game at
Sullivan's hall, East Brookfield, Satur-
day night