The Portland daily press., 1893-10-20
DEERING.

Rev. VIM. N. Jones, son OF Mr.J. w.
Jones, of Riverton, preached at st. PauPs
church, Portland. last Sunday and at
St. Luke's in the evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Moody, formerly OF
Woodford's have started for Oakland,
California, to make their home there
Mrs. Pardon, wife of the former editor
/ of The Deering Register, and now
resident of Gorham, has been vlsltlng
friends in Deering.
Mr.. Frank Merrill and his son, Master
Joe Foxcroft Merrill, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Bray of Stevens Plains Avenue.
Some of the Deering scholars, not will
ing to live wholly in the tops OF their
heads, are learning to TRIP the light fan
tastic toe at Giibert's dancing school,
Portland.
| Miss Harriet Fuller, of Deerng Center,
went to Rockland on Tuesday.
Mr.. Will Richardson and family are to
occupy the house on Richardson ST.,
| Deering Centre, formerly occupied by
Miss Fuller. Miss Fuller has taken rooms
on Leland St., Deering Centre;
nue., preached at All Souls church last
! Sunday from the text; We took sweet
counsel together and walked into the
! house of God in company. Psalms 90.
| A. A letter from DR.. o. F Stafford D. D.,
resigning his charge of the church was
read.
The Deering Shakespeare Club met
Monday evening in the parlors OF Mrs.
Frederick Jones, Richardson St. The
third act of Midsummer Nights Dream
was read. It was voted to extend the
| limit of active. mem bers to thirty-five.
Mem bers are expected to respond to the
roll call next Monday evening with hui
morous quotations.
| church, Portland, preached very accepta-
| bly, last Sunday at the Free church,
An Invitation was extended to the
| Unity Club Of Deering to send dele
gate to the meeting of the Maine Fedora
ton of Clubs at Skowhegan.
Mrs. Crawford, Of Brunswick, has
| been spending some months with her
daughter, Mrs Frederick Jones, OF
| Richardson ST.
MI. will Hewitt of Woodford's
! student at Bowdoin, was at home last
Sunday.
Mrs. s. F. Pearson and Miss Evangeline
/ Pearson of Portland are visiting, Mrs.
Bray, Stevens Plains Avenue
1 The ground has been broken for new
house on the corner of Leonard and
Leland St., Deering Center.
Mrs. C. A. Woodbury., of Woodford's S, re-
Gently gave an interesting address before
a Woman's Missionary meeting at Bldde-
ford
Wednesday evening the parishioners of
the Rev. H Hewitt, Woodfords, made him
and Mrs. Hewitt surprise call, bringing
with them a present of $65. To the brief,
but kindly and well chosen words of Mr..
4 Ira F. Locke, who made the presentation
| in the name of the parishioners, MIR.
| Hewitt replied, thanking the donors Tor
| the substantial tokens OF their app ecla-
| ton and esteem. A very pleasant eve
ming was spent.
| Meeting of School Committee.
A meeting of the Deering school COM
mittee was held last evening. Besides
| the transaction of such routine business
as the approval of bills, report was re-
1 ceived from the subcommittee appoint
ed to investigate the subject of the OPEN
| ing of a new grammar school at Oakdale,
| beginning with next term. The sub
committee, after holding a hearing, de-
| cided it advisable to open the school,
and SO reported to the full committee.
| The committee accepted the report and
voted to establish the school. 1t was al
so voted that Miss Flora M. Stoddard, of
! the Morrill's Corner Primary school, be
| transferred TO the new school at salary
| of $500 year. Miss Stoddard is gradu-
1 ate of the Deering High School, the Cor
/ ham Normal School, and has had
experience teachingin highergrades in
| Massachusetts,.
| Ice half an inch thick was found in
| Woodfords yesterday morning. 1t was
sharp night for October.