The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-28

numerically, than at present. 1t car
ries a membership of 200 in round num-
bers and has a balance of over $500 on
hand at the present time.
Among those present were: Peter
Costigan and Miss Margaret Howard,
William Callahan and wife, James Nc
Carthy and Miss Mary Mccarthy, Hec-
tor Goddard and wife, Henry Daniels
and Misses Rose and Lodia Normandie
Charles Dubois and Miss Annie Doyle,
Timothy Collins and Misses Mary and
Kathryn Duggan, Ludger Delude, Miss
Odina Delude and Pamela Letendre
John O'Hearn and wife, ThomasHum-
phrey and Miss Nellie Sullivan, Thos-
O'Brien and Miss Abbie O'Brien, John
Lynch and wife, John Mulcahey OF
Brookfield. and Miss Lulu Bowling, Ed
ward Conroy and Miss Maria Grady
John Walter Murphy and Miss Kate
Kelly. David Splaine and Miss Mary
Splaine. Francis Bradley, Mrs. Julia
Bradley and Miss Mary Bradley, Frank
Mitchell and wife, Thomas Kelly and
Miss Julia Kelly, Eugene Gazette and
wife. Felix Laventure and Miss Louisa
Duclos, Joseph Maloney, Miss Fannie
Lodge and Miss Mary Maloney, Peter
Ferguson and wife, Mrs. James Elan
merry and Miss Eileen Flannery.
Ferdinand Ledoux and Miss Anna
Herard. Joseph Heard and wife, Hum
phrey Collins and Miss Sadie Early,
Donor Levitt and wife. Timothy Muir
ply and Miss Agnes Rondeau, William
| Kingsbury and wife, John A. McCar-
thy and Miss Minnie Burke, Dennis
Driscoll and Miss Mary Driscoll, Chas.
Mayors and wife, Dennis Duggan and
Miss Margaret Duggan, James Conroy
and wife, Charles Togus and wife and
Miss Kate Igoe, Cornelius Depatie and
Miss Tilda Jacques, John Boyle and
Miss Nellie Lynch, Cornelius Hayes
and Miss Ellen Hayes. Henry Collins
and Miss Mccarthy, Miss Julia Cuddy
and Miss Lizzie Duggan, Peter j. Law
Tor. Miss Winnie Lawlor and Miss Mar
garet Burke, John Frezeau and Miss
Edith Laventure. Peter Hart and wife,
P. ]. Daniels. Walter N. Rondeau.
John o.. Mahoney. John Mccarthy
Joseph Champions Mortimer Howard
and wife, Thomas Kennedy and wife,
Thomas Grady and Miss Lizzie McCar-
/ thy, Earl Whittemore and Miss Whit
/ temore, John Conroy and wife, John j.
| Downey, Misses Bridget and Kathryn
Bowling, H. H. Ivers and wife, Will
/ liam Campion and Miss Annie Cuddy,
Daniel H. O'Leary, John Barry, JOS
/ eph Cormaek, Miss Vida Ganeau
Frank Ivers, Thomas Kelly John Con
roy and Miss Myra Goddard, James
Redeman and Miss Lizzie Redeman
Hugh Brosnan, John Early William
| Longeway, Patrick Corfoy, John
Wholly, James c. Murphy jeremiah
Costigan and Miss Kate Costigan, John
Darmody and Miss Maria Darmody of
Spencer, Henry Dagg, John Brosnahan
and wife, Clement Thuotte, Miss Rose
Marcille, James Mack.
Through the courtesy of Secretary
John Coughlin, The Spy is able to give
a brief sketch of the court since it was
organized in 1891. On Feb. of that
year the new court was formally in
stituted by District Deputy Thomas E.
Cunningham Of Worcester, assisted by
the officers and members Of Court
Spencer. There were "a charter mem
bers initiated by District Deputy Gun
bingham, who was assisted by D. F.
Sullivan and H. McDermott Of Wor-
cester. John j. Howard was chosen
chief ranger of the new court and
filled his office with credit to the ex-
piration of his term. During the year
1891 there were initiated Al members.
The amount Of money received dur
ing the year was S50765 and Of this
the court found it necessary to pay
out $3.50 for managing expenses. During
the next year 30 more members were ad-
mitted giving a total membership Of
los. The receipts and expenditures in
creased greatly but the court had
shown It was doing good work Dur
ing the year 1850 lnGtc were IL uiufc
members initiated and OF Jan. 1, 1884
there was a balance in the treasury OF
S40S.67
During this year the court received
$170241 and expended s93294, leaving a
balance in the treasury Jan. 1, 1885,
Of $l17s1S Thirteen members were in
itiated this year and 13 the next The
total membership on Jan. 1, 1896. was
lis and in another year it grew to lSS.
on Jan. /, 1897, there was in the trea-
sury $2l04.S1. and a year later 1t had
increased to S2049.5S- At the beginning
Of this year the total membership had
increased TO 175 and since then new