The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-02-04
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Windham.
SOUTH WINDHAM.


The Fifth quarterly meeting OF the
ssPresumpscot Local Union'' of the
Christian Endeavor societies met at the
Free Baptist church at South Windham
on Thursday evening, Feb. End, 1888
Owl g to the illness of the President Mr..
Fred Stevens of Westbrook, the meeting
was presided over by the Vice President,
Dana A. Brackett of South Windham,
The meeting came to order at Z p. IN. IN
service of song conducted by Rev.
Willis A. Tucker, of South Windham,
followed by prayer by Rev. Mr.. Cous-
sens of Cumberland Mills. The topic for
the evening was Christian Endeavor
work. Mr.. Alden led with paper on
the end sought. The next paper was
bv Mr.. j. p. Eaton on the Motives
Prompting Christian Endeavor Work !"
Miss Mary Bacon followed with a
brightlittle paper showing that the re,
sponsibility for successful work rested
upon each individual member Mrs. Nellie
White Hinckley read a very thoughtful
and able paper on the junior work.
Blessed are are those societies that take
up the Junior work as she outlined it,.
MIR. NJ. Fl. Small then discussed the inn
provement Of our prayer meetings. His
best point was that to pray well, one
must be in hearty sympathy with what
he PRAYED for Rev. E. E. Bacon fol-
lowed with the address of the evening.
He has seen the dangers as well as the
brilliant possibilities of the Christian En-
deavor societies. He spoke however, in
no pessimistic strain. The South Wind
ham society served collation. in the
church.
rFrom Our Regular Correspondent
The good sleighing has been favorable
for parties and for livery stabling bust
ness during the past two weeks. The
merry iingling of bells makes the even
ing air melodious. The coasters on Bow
street have had merry time during the
full moonlight evenings the last few
days.
logs and cord wood are coming into
the village plentifully from Durham,
Pownal and Pleasant Hill.
The death of William S. Reed, Dur
ham. occurred on the I'd inst. He had
reached the advanced age of rs years.
Rev. Arthur Smith is suggested as the
most suitable party for election on the
school board to fill the vacancy which
will occur at the close of the current
YEAR He is a graduate of Amherst, an
able mgn and intensely interested in edu-
cational matters. While we have had,
and still do have, excellent schools, we
have quite outgrOwn our present &C
commodations and to do the best
that can be done there are pressing needs
to be met The primary and interme-
diate school building has 100 scholars
crowded into a space where there is only
room for one-half that number, and two
teachers hear recitations simultaneously
in the same room. A great deal of diff
Guilty is experienced in keeping the High
School building sufficiently warm to be
comfortable, and not infrequently long
recesses have to be given OF class period
have to be omitted. We have fine teach
ers, but it its impossible to arouse much
enthusiasm in shiveri g scholars. The
prospect for first class male teacher
Tor our grammar school is one recei ed
with favor among the pa rons OF the
school. This school is as important as
any in town, for many scholars complete
their business education here. Some OF
our towns people are anxious that mu-
sic should be made part of the regular
curriculum, and will probably propose
at the annual town meeting that sut1i
Gent appropriation be raised to meet the
expense of such instruction. Probably
| $500 would not be too small a sum for
| this purpose.
rFrom Our Regular Correspondent
The Methodist society will dedicate
| their new church Wednesday, Feb 15tE
at o'clock p. m.
Mr.. Laid the presiding cider will de
| liver lecture Tuesday. evening Feb Il
at the Methodist church.
| Mr.. Horatio R. Goodwin who cut his
| foot nearly three weeks ago is suffering
very severely from blood poisoning.
| About 80 Gould Academy scholars in
Guiding the three teachers went on ride
| Tuesday Jan. 31st to Bryant's Pond; they
had a fine time. The term will CLOSE
Friday, Feb. 10th.
| Mrs. James Lane died Sunday, Jan.
| 10Th aged about So.
| The Bethel Columbian Club (all ladies
| entertained their friends at the Bethe
House Friday eve ming Jan. 9th by Civ
| ing them a a Title Party. There were
about Is present.
| A very interesting lecture was giver
| Thursday evening Feb. 3rd by Rev. }.
| Williamson. Subject, Scotland. 1t was
the last of the Gould Academy course.
| Standish.
| There was "a beautiful rainbow seer
directly over Standish Corner last Tues
day, at o'clock a. m. 1t reminded
some of the ditty:
"a rainbow in the morning, sailors take warn
| ing.
A rainbow at night, is sailors delight.
| Mr.. Charles Alien is convalescing from
long and almost hopeless sickness. He
is getting the use of a lung which he
could not use for many years. His
physician is DR.. W. S. Thompson, A. M
NJ. D., of Standish Corner.
Rev. Joseph S. Cogswell of this village
| informed the church here and at Sebage
| Lake last. Sabbath, that he expected tt
close his labors in this town early next
| j ne. His labors here have been toe
much for his health.
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