The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13
JOINTLY INSTALLED.
A Grist of important Notes From North
County Town.

Ni'S' VI important NoteS from Ncrtn
County Town.
Gardner, Jan. 12.-The newly elected
officers of Gardner Lodge, A. o. U. w,
and Upchurch Lodge, D. of H., were
publicly installed in the town hall, last
evening. The officers of the A. o. Z.
w. were first installed, by D. D. G. NJ
w. Justin CLAYTON of Athol and suite
including 2. G.. NJ. w, p. B, Swift and
q. G. Hugo Engell.
The installed officers We're P. NJ. W.,
Z. e. Murdoch; NJ. W., C. E. Powers;
r, Z. L. Pierce; o., George Jordan; r.
r. NJ. Howes; Recv., G. S. Brooks; F.,
q. E. Priest; G., H. H. Bolles; I. w.
L. M. Wheeler; o. G., w. J. Gray;
Trus., w. o. Piper The men then
vacated their places and the officers
OF Upchurch Lodge were then installed
by G. c. of H, Mrs. Edwin Ray and
suite: p. G. c. of H., Mrs. w. Thomp-
son; G. u, Mrs W. F. Bradshaw; G.
L. of H, Mrs. C. o. Miller; G. C. of c..
Mrs. E. Hill. The installed officers
We're: Z. c. of H, Julia A. Ball; c. of
Boutelle; c. of c., Phoebe Minott; r.,
May /. Hurd; F., Ada NJ. Knapp; Recv.,
Emma L. Morse; ", Mary E. Hum
phreys; 1. W., Hattie o. Gage; o. W.,
Carrie L. Gordon; Trus. for 3 years,
Sarah E. Thompson.
c. E. Powers in assuming his office
gave brief outline of the work of
the lodge, which was organized in 1881,
with 10 members. In the IS years of
its existence it has increased rapidly in
numbers and has now 437 names on its
list, 81 members having Joined during
the past year.
At the close of the exercises brief
addresses were made by some of the
visiting officers, and a selection was
rendered by the A. o. U. w. quartet
L. 5. Shrine, L. L. Partridge, c. o.
Stone and F. NJ. Howes.
The annual meeting of the parish of
St, PauPs Episcopal Church was held
last evening. A new constitution was
adopted and all who attended signed
it. These officers were elected for the
year: W., a. L. Proctor; t. Arthur G..
Howes; c., Arthur H. Joslin: ", Col.
L. G. Mcknight, P. +. Gordon, H. P.
Upham, B. B. Atwood, George NJ.
Lemon. A collation. was served by the
ladies. The newly elected vestrymen
will have their first meeting Tuesday
evening.
The A. o. U. w. bowling team won It's
first victory of the season last evening.
The bowling was generally poor on
both sides, and breaks and missed
spares were numerous. The Workmen
were only three pins ahead at the end
OF the second game but the x. Y. rs
failed to make any kind Of a showing
in the final string The score: A. o.
Y. W,-Goddard ATS; Walker, $40; Hill,
1856; Brown, 30S; Underwood, 493.
x. Y. Z.-Murdock, 42i; Russell, 322;
Mcdowell, 3S4; Piper, 416; Watkins, All.
The Swedish Lutheran missionary
conference closed tonight. There were
no services during the day, but the
work of the young peoples societies
was taken up in the evening A chill
dren's concert was given.
David Wright, who died yesterday of
general debility, was one of the oldest
people in Gardner being over 80 years
OF age. He was born Oct. %, 1908, in
South Gardner, not from the place of
his death. He, with Calvin S. Green
wood, engaged in the chair manufac-
turing business in 1887, and Mr.. Wright
continued at the same business with
different partners until the summer of
1895, when the firm of Wright & Reed,
which The had formed with Charles F.
Reed, went out of business, and Mr..
Wright retired from active life. He
was the last survivor of the old pine
Plug" company, which constituted a
part Of Gardeners early fire department.
The company was organized in 1882, in
the South Gardner hotel. Mr.. Wright
was also representative to the state
legislature in 1853 and 1854. He leaves
one daughter, Mrs Ellen E. Ames, wife
OF Selectman j. S. Ames. The funeral
win be at Mr. Ames' residence, where
Mr.. Wright died, at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, and the burial will be in
Green Bower cemetery.
J. A Timpany had an exciting time
with a large rat at his bicycle and
confectionery store this morning. The
rodent has been quartered at the store
for the past three m2nths, and has
given the proprietoT much annoyance
by stealing nuts ana other things. This
morning he was SEATED near a refrig-
orator, and Mr.. TiTpany finally sue
ceeded in getting him into a bag and
carried him out into the road in front
of the store. He procured a dog owned
by Charles Blouin, and a number of
young men gathered with brooms and
other weapons to kill the rat The an
imal was let out Of the bag and the
dog gave chase, but the former crawled
under the piazza at w. D. Seaver's
grocery store across the street and
escaped.
John Burns, who went to Worcester
to enlist in the regular army, has re-
turned to town, and went to work
again this morning at his former oc-
cupation, carrying the mails between
the Union station and the post office.
Burns was a volunteer of Co. F, Sec
ond Massachusetts regiment. and could
have passed the examination for the
regular army, but his sight was slight
ly defective.
Edward Adkins has returned from
a two weeks visit to Bridgeport and
New London, Conn.
At a special meeting Of the Ridgely
Club last night, Fred p. Frye was
elected treasurer to fill the vacancy
left when the other officers were elect