The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-14
GUARD OF HONOR.
Elaborate Program
Being Arranged
at Webster.
CUBAN VETERANS.
Will Escort Battle Scared
Heroes Of Civil War
Memorial Day.

Webster, May 1S.-For the first time
lin the history of Nathaniel Lyon Post
81, G. A. r., the organization will have
a guard of honor for their parade to
the grave of the dead heroes on Me-
mortal day. That honorable body will
consist of the veterans of the late
Spanish war. George J. Mcintosh, cor
poral of Company K, Sixth Massa-
chusetts regiment, is arranging with
the local members of the company to
turn out in full regalia and act as a
body guard for the old veterans of 81
and So 1t will be novelty, as well as
good precedent. Both the old and
young veterans are well pleased with
the plan.
! Commander F. H. c. Berger of the
local post has made the usual appoint
ments and detailed the several COM
mittees to perfect the arrangements for
services at the graves of the dead vet
Grams on Memorial day. The exercises
| this year will be more elaborate than
| in previous years on account of the in
terest which has been taken by the
younger generation in the recent war
| y
veterans of the late war that live IN
town, and they will all turn out,
This year there will not be any exer-
| cises at the North Webster burial
grounds, and the graves will be simply
decorated.
The exercises at East Webster will
more than make up for this allowance
however. Hon. J. L. Bates, speaker of
! the house of representatives, Boston,
JaIi ha
rade Elmoine D. Clemans is arranging
to have several selections sung over the
graves.
c. r. Robbins of the post has been
delegated to decorate the grave of
Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, for whom the
post is named.
misrepresentation Andrew R. Snow
and Henry j. Woodell will go to Wood
stock Hill, Conn, and decorate the
ken.
The graves at Perryville will be look
ed after by Comrades H. N. Perry and
John A. Haskell.
Those on Dudley hill will be attended
to by Comrades Hiram j. Raymond
and Winsor Corbin.
The Indian woods graves will be drap
ed by Comrades Thomas l.. Gray and
Edward Roscoe.
Comrades Thomas w. Scott and r.
L, Day will see to the mounds at the
Webster Gore.
At 7.30 Memorial day morning the
members of the post, Daughters of Vet
Grams, associate members of the veter-
ans of the late Spanish war win as
semble at headquarters where the pa
rade will be formed The procession
will move at 8 o'clock The D. L. K.
band has been hired for the occasion.
The parade will march to North Web
ster, where the graves will be deco
rated. The procession will then coun-
termarch to the East Webster burial
grounds. Then follows the speaking
and singing. The parade will then re-
turn to the G. A. r. hall, where a reg
ular camp fire dinner will be served.
A committee on transportation has
been selected as follows. Comrades D.
f. Gleason and Henry ]. Woodeu. S.
w. Russell and ]. H. Rowell have been
delegated to look after the flowers.
Friday, May 26, the members of the
local post will assemble at headquar-
ters and in full uniform march to Music
| hall, where the scholars of the public
| schools will conduct patriotic exercises
under the direction of Principal A. H.
| Morse. The entertainment will COM
mence at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
Sunday evening, May %, the members
| of the post, associate members, Daugh-
! ters of Veterans, and the veterans of
the late war will accept the invitation
to attend services at the Methodist
| church. The post will meet at head
quarters at 4 o'clock and the services
will commence at o'clock. Rev. Alex
ander Digit, pastor of the church, will
| deliver a patriotic address.
The weeks bazaar of the st. Jean
Baptiste band opened in the opera
house tonight. There was large at
| tendance. The hall was prettily decora-
ted with flags and bunting.
| The general committee on arrange
ments is: E. Forand, chairman, d.
S. Marois, secretary treasurer, Lander
Correau, Peter Dacier, Wilfred Barrett,
| Alfred Benoit, VIM. E. Forand and
Louis n. Plouffe.
Miss Antonio Dion and Miss Flora
Forand are in charge of the confec-
| tionery booth. The ice cream table is
presided over by Miss Esther Steele
and Miss Josephine Lamoureaux. A
miscellaneous table is looked after by
| Miss Rose Ayogtte.
The star booth attraction is that in
charge Of Richard Caravan of East
| Webster.
The prizes are: House lot at Dewey
park, IS gold piece, camp rocker, box
| cigars and a parlor lamp.
| Tonight the society's band, Prof Hec-
| tor r. Boulay leader, and the D. L. K.
band, John Uarnke director, consoli-
dated and marched up Main street,
| playing lively airs. The bands were
| headed by Prof Octave Caillouette, the
| lightning drum major, late of the Third
| Connecticut Regimental band. During
| the evening Prof. Caillouette gave an
exhibition in slack wire and Henry Sell
Zig sang a song.
On Tuesday evening the pupils OF
Prof. V. ]. Fortier Of Worcester will
present the entertainment as follows:
Waltz clog, Mamie and Alice Parson:
French ballet dance, Ethel Allison and
| Abbie Rawdon; monologue, "Betsey
Hawkins visit to the city" Mamie
Parsons; Old folks reel, Ethel Allison
and Abbie Rawdon; My Aunt Eliza, -
with buck dance, Mamie Parson; reel
| tation and dance, Ethel Allison and
Abbie Rawdon.
| Wednesday night the Phoenix trio of
Spencer will hold the boards. They
are vocalists and comedians: Messrs.
W. H Ratigan, o. J. Bonner and
/ Goodness.
The board of sewer commissioners
met this afternoon and talked over af-
fairs relative to the building Of the
| proposed sewers. 1t was voted that
Lucien A. Taylor. civil engineer at
Worcester. be telegraphed for to visit
Webster Monday forenoon, and with
the local board look the ground over.
There will have to be one alteration III
the present plan. On Peter street it was
proposed that the outfall sewer should
/ cross the MaaneXit river into Dudley