The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
Is Climbing High In
Optical Town.
SOME TOWN NEEDS
Disastrous Fire Was Mar
rowly Ayerted.

Southbridge, Feb. 25.-Judging from
present indications, the town warrant
for the spring town meeting will be
full Of articles referring TO appropria-
tions, and the real estate tax payers
are pretty well tired out of this line
of work. The tax rate is now very high
and with the increased expenditure of
money. it will have to go higher. Many
remark at the high rents in South
bridge, but if they will take the tax
rate the owners Of the houses have to
pay, they will not be surprised that
they have to get the rent tina do.
1t Is almost an absolute neeu that a
new fire house should be built this
year, for steamer and hose compan-
les No. /, and the question of the new
sewer will be forcibly brought to the
attention of the townspeople. With
these two large items to be taken
care of, appropriations of minor i'm
portance should be acted upon very
carefully until this town is in better
shape to care for them.
Basket ball has taken a decided
boom in Southbridge and a great deal
Of interest is shown by lovers of the
6oAlAS' "A ollOll6 bCdIli HAS USGIl vi :
ganized from the knights of the Sill
yer Ring" The knights is a club Or
ganized about one month ago which
consists of about Is OF the most prom
inent young men of this town. They
have secured the Edwards Hall for the
season, where games will be played
once week probably every Thursday
evening.
The knights have met with excellent
success so far winning their first game
last Wednesday evening against the
crack Webster reading room team,
which was the neatest game ever
played in Southbridge. They have also
secured the services of Merton Nichols
as referee for the entire season. Mr.
Nichols is an old basket ball player and
was also assistant physical director at
the Y. M. C. A. He is acquainted with
all the latest rules and always gives the
best of satisfaction. Otto JaslIivoak is
captain Of the team and better man
could not have been chosen. Wilson and
Rose, two of the old Y. M. c. A. players,
also make up the team. Wilson in CEN
ter and Rose right forward with Jas
kivoak left forward. Hamlin and Dand-
ridge, the backs, are new men, but are
heavy players and hold their men down
in good shape.
The knights are trying to arrange a
game with Millbury for next Thursday
evening and if they are successful they
Will draw large crowd,
The officers of the club are: William
Connolly, president; Nelson cambridge,
secretary; Otto Jaskivoak, treasurer;
Charles w. Brown. manager.
The school committee is now consider
ing the matter of building an addition
to the high school part of the town
hall building. The school is now crowd
ed and the class that is to enter at the
beginning of the coming school year
Is far in excess of the graduating class,
and Will make the present quarters
wholly inadequate for their accommo-
dation. The cost of putting on the de-
sired addition would probably be about
$lS00, and the addition will no doubt be
asked for at the spring town meeting,
The speakers to represent the South
bridge high school in the speaking CON
test with the North Brookfield high
school have been chosen and are
Gertrude NJ. Litchheld Grace Harring-
ton, Harold Clarke and Clarence Morse.
The contest will probably take place
early next month and will be of much
interest to townspeople interested in
the school work. The elocution teacher
of this town is Miss Blanche Wheeler, a
graduate Of the Emerson School of Ora
| tory of Boston