The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
BIG BOOM
at Spencer.
MANY ORDERS.
E. E. Stone & Co. to Make
Crates on a Big Scale.

| Spencer, Jan. 5.-For some time past
E. E. Stone & Co. have been making a
large number of bicycle crates for the
M. e. Dunbar Bicycle Crate Manufac-
turing Company. The whole control of
the Dunbar crate manufacturing bust
ness has now passed into the hands OF
the local company, which is now MAX
ing plans to do an immense business in
that line next season. The Stone con-
Germ will control the sale of their make
of crates in the United States, and have
already made arrangements to push
| their sale in all parts of the country
! The Spaulding Bicycle Company OF
| Chicago highly recommends the crates
and expects to handle many of them
the coming season. The Pope Manu-
featuring Company of Hartford have
also become interested in the crate.
The company will do its manufacture
ing in the large brick mill on Wall
street, where they have every accom-
mediation. The firm has already re-
ceived many orders and intends to be-
gin manufacturing at once for the sea =
sons business.
The joint installation of the officers
of F. A. Stearns post, No. 81 G.. A.
r., Weman's Relief Corps, and Luther
Hill Camp, Sons of Veterans, took place
in the Grand Army Hall this evening.
Robert E. Gibson of Spencer was the
installing officer of the G. A. R., and
installed the following officers: Com
mander, George p. Clark; senior vice
commander, E. j. Bean; junior vice
commander, John Leland; surgeon, DIR.
e. K. Wheeler; chaplain, Wesley Smith
officer of the day. Frank Smith; Off
Ger OF the guard, John Mccoy; first
delegate to the department convention,
Charles B. Carpenter; second delegate
to the department convention. E. A.
Rice; relief committee, e. ]. Bean, AL
bert Snow and c. B. Carpenter; execu-
tive committee, George p. Clark, c. B.
Carpenter, James Holmes, r. E. Gibson
and ]. w. Bigelow; auditing commit
tee, E. ]. Bean, John Howe and Walter
Livermore.
Mrs. Wilder S. Dean, past president
of the North Brookfield Relief Corps
| installed the following officers of the
| Woman's Relief Corps: President, Mrs
Abbie Haynes senior vice, Mrs. Besse
| Estes; junior vice, Mrs. Lucy Collier;
chaplain, Mrs. Susie Holmes: treasurer
Mrs. Annie Pierce; secretary, Mrs. An
ma Hutchins; conductor, Mrs. Grace
| Sibley; assistant conductor, Mrs. Mary
Parker; guard, Mrs. Alice Pollard; as
sistant guard, Mrs. Lizzie Prouty; color
bearers, Mrs. Emma Prouty, Mrs. Mary
Learned, Mrs. Louisa Bacon and Mrs
| Frances Rice.
The following officers of the Luther
| Hill Camp, Sons of Veterans. were in.
stalled by Past Capt. Edwards, of the
Joe Hooker Camp, North Brookfield
| Captain, Fred E. Townsend: first lieu.
tenant, w. S. Bayden; second lieuten
ant, Fred K. Bacon; first sergeant. Johr
E. Snow; second sergeant, Fred Foley
sergeant guard, George e. Bayden; col.
or sergeant, Harry Bean; principal mu.
stefan, William Fl. Ratigan; corpora
| guard, William Blanchard; camI
guard, Charles Bugbee; picket guard
Harold C. Carpenter.
The match between Capt. Edward
Beers team and Capt. Harry Vernon's
| five, took place on Bissonnettes alleys
last night, and resulted in a severe
trouncing for Vernon's team
| Tho