The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-21
PRETTY CEREMONY.
Miss Alice May and
William Herbert
Seaver
Welded IN MlLLBURY.
Serious Accident to Will
liam Balcom-
Notes.
Welded IN MuLDURY.

Millbury, Sept. 2O.-The home of John
w. Pierce at West Millbury was the
scene of pretty wedding tonight, when
his daughter, Miss Alice May, and Will
liam Herbert Seaver of Springfield
We're united in marriage. The ceremo-
ny took place in the parlor of the Pierce
home at 7.45 o'clock. and was performed
by Rev. Clifton NJ Grey of the Unita-
rian church, of which Miss Pierce was
a member.
The bride was gowned in white silk
trimmed with lace and carried bridal
roses in her hair, and was attended by
little 2-year-old Miss Edith E. Seaver.
"a niece of the groom. The ceremony
was episcopal. and the bride was given
away by her father John w. Pierce.
Inc couple We're married under an arch
of evergreens and ferns, and in the
center of the arch a cluster of asters
in the shape of a four-leaf clover hung.
After the ceremony a wedding supper
was served, and later in the evening
the newly married couple started on a
wedding tour
The groom is the son of DR.. William
II. aSeaver of Springfield and is an en-
ploye in the armory in that place. The
newly married couple received many
beautiful presents.
They will reside at "a Pleasant street,
Springfield, on their return.
The Millbury Water Company is
booming at present, and the orders for
water in various parts of the town are
coming in fast. A leak in the water
pipes on Howe avenue caused a good
deal of trouble for the company today.
and the leak will be repaired tomorrow
MRS. Q. H. Smith and daughters,
Misses May and Maggie of New York,
are the guests of friends in town.
Thomas Hoare is the new boss weav-
er at the Millbury thread mills. Thos.
Hamilton has resigned his position at
the mills.
Shepard Russell has returned from a
months vacation spent with his son in
Montreal.
The Millbury grange will hold a picnic
at Purgatory tomorrow all day.
Willard Balloon of West Millbury
met with bad accident while engaged
IN picking apples at his home this af-
tefnoon. He was up in tree and fell
to the ground and was knocked un-
conscious by the fall. No one was near,
and he lay on the ground in this condi-
ton for over three hours before help
came. He was finally found by a
neighbor and taken to his home. DR..
z. A. Church made an examinatio
but found no bones broken, although
Balloon will be laid UP at his home for
several weeks by the fall
The board of health decided at a
meeting this afternoon to vaccinate
the pupils in the different schools in
town on or before Sept 80
The selectmen met at their rooms in
the town hall tonight and paid bills out
to the amount of $216.79. The condition
of the streets also came up before the
board, and they decided to instruct
Street Commissioner Henry w, Carter
to fix the roads up at once.
The junior class of the high school
today elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: President, Louis Glenn
entson; vice president Clara Carter.
treasurer, Julia Buckley; secretary.
John Walsh.
FIR. Macdonald of North Adams is
the guest of friends in town.
Sunday will be observed as rally day
at the Second Congregational Church
and the usual morning service will be
followed by special exercises in the Sun
day school.
The Millbury Social Union will have
their quarterly meeting in the Method
list Church tomorrow evening, and Rev,
George a. Lombard will address the
union on The kind of preaching need
ed today"
John Barre of this town is attending
the races at Nashua, N. H.
The fremen of steamer No 1 have
received an invitation to attend the
muster at Aver
| Daniel Dunn and Frank Mclean are
| going to Worcester tomorrow to enlist