The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-05
0LNEYvILLE.
Installation Of Officers Of St.
ThereSa'S Institute
Stranger From Boston "Done
Up" at Checkers Notes

There was an attendance OF about $50
in the hall OF ST. Theresa's parochial
school on Manton avenue last evening,
the occasion heing the installation OF the
officers OF ST. Theresa's Institute. The
purposes OF the association are To pro-
mote the moral, social and intellectual
welfare OF Its members and To take an
active interest In parish affairs.
The officers installed are as follows:
William Mulcahey. president; John Arm
strong, vice president; Charles Corcoran,
recording secretary; James German,
financial secretary; Thomas King, treas
urer; Hubert Croghan, Joseph Devlin and
John Koran. auditors; John V. Sroghan,
William Mulcahey. Thomas King. Martin
Spellman. Charles Smith and Joseph
Devlin. board of directors.
The ceremony OF installation was per-
formed by the Rev. FIR. w. s. Flynn, who
made an interesting address to the young
men.
IL was voted 10 hold a picnic on July
4th and the board OF directors. with John
Armstrong, Joseph Mccormick James
Farrell. Thomas Gibln. Raymond Welch,
Joseph Regan, Joseph Burke, Bernard
King and jeremiah Kelly. was made a
committee TO make all arrangements. The
COMMITTEES will be assisted by an auxiliary
i
The entertainment which followed the
installation was as follows: Address.
Rev FIR. w. S. Flynn; piano solo. Will
liam sullivan: comic song and dance,
James McCorley; reading, Joseph Crog-
han; baritone solo, Joseph Regan; read
ing William Oates: solo, p J. Markey
sketch, Charles Corcoran and Thomas
Gibin; tenor solo, Thomas Feeney.
Meetings will be held during the summer
on the first and third Monday evenings
of each month. and in the fall suitable
quarters will be secured in which the
members can assemble every evening.
MORE THAN HIS MATCH.
Yesterday afternoon a stranger walked
into the barber shop OF Ernest Williams
on Plainheld street and accosted Mr.. Mer-
rick, the assistant, who the stranger be-
lieved TO be Mr.. williams. He said he
had been sent 10 the place by Benjamin
Whitaker OF Delaine street TO play a
game of checkers. as Mr. Williams is the
secretary or the Olneyville Checker club
and his shop the headquarters for the
members
The stranger and Mr.. Mernick played
two games and the stranger lost. He
then asked IL there were any other play
ers about Mr.. Mernick replied that per-
haps his apprentice. pointing TO Mr.. Will
iams. might be induced TO play Just one
game.
The stranger then located Mr.. williams.
and as bad as Mr.. Mernlck had beaten
him, the defeat was not a marker 10 the
one Mr.. Williams administered.
The stranger would not give his name
He said. however, he came from Boston
and thought himself one OF the best play
ers in that city.
MYSTERIOUS FIRE.
An alarm OF fire was sent I'm from box
i29 at ~ o'clock last evening by Patrol
man Mnwry for frsin- sausage fac
tory on Agnes street, near oak. II did
not take the firemen long 10 put out the
blaze. which was confined 20 one corner
OF the room. The police and hromen be-
lieve the fire was OF incendiary origin.
The loss was small.
MADE AN OFFICIAL VISIT.
Mrs. Sarah Shaw. head of the Rebekah
Assembly, which is the ladies' auxiliary
10 the Independent order OF Odd Fellows
with her board OF officers. made an Off.