The Portland daily press., 1894-06-18
KNIGHTS OF THE PUNCH.
Pine Tree Division, No. Sc, Order of
Railway Conductors.

Held Their Annual Excursion Yesterday
Going to Island Fonda Fine Time
Enjoyed and Many Present-The Grand
Trunk Furnished Transportation and
All Enjoyed Themselves.
The most successful excursion trip
ever made by Pine Tree Division, No. &c,
Order of Railway Conductors, was that
of yesterday, over the Grand Trunk
railway to Island Pond, Vt. The special
bearing the party left the G. T. r. station
i'll this city at a.. NJ, and was made up
of baggage car and three coaches. Re.
Hanson, conductor; B. A. Heseltine,
engineer. Engine 307 was handsom ely
decorated with the colors of the order
red, green and white. In the head
light the legend "Pine Tree Division,
No. &c, of re" At Yarmouth juno
tion special train from Brunswick ov-
er the Maine Central brought a goodly
cumberland at Danville Junction about
twenty more were added From Auburn
and Lewiston. Additions were also
made at South Paris, Gardiner, and
Groveton Junction. The train arrived at
Island Pond at 1890. Dinner was await
ing the Knights of the PUNCH and their
ladies, at the Stewart House, and the
long ride had put keen edge upon the
appetites of all. After dinner the party
numbering $50, stood of the piazza and
were photographed. The regular month
~ meeting of the division was held in
Odd Fellows hall at p. M, after which
the train was taken for the homeward
journey. Amid a deafening salute
at 4.50 the train hauled
out and soon was speeding over the
country towards Gorham, nh, where
stop was made for supper at the AL
pine House. The following were presents:
G. 3. Pratt and wife, M. L. Heseltine
and wife, c. F. Tryon and wife, WE.
Hodgkins and wife and daughter, J.
Donnelly and wife, W. S. .Edgerly and
wife, H. W. Rideout and lady, Jos. As
nault and lady, A.E. Hanson and wife,
Mrs. Heath, W. Frank Merrill and wife,
C.F. Delrymple and wife, Thos. Jewett
and wife, James Lowe and wife, M.
Caffery, and wife, Thos. Gallery and
wife, George West and wife, L. W. Gould
and wife, F.S. Ring and wife and two
daughters, All Bray and wife, W. c.
Chick and wife, VIM. Henghen and wife,
JIM. Whittier and wife, VIM. Blackstone
and wife and daughter, J, Mishion and
wife, A. e. Skillings and wife, W.T.. Pit
man and wife O.W. Clement and wife,
Ell. Sawyer and wife. S. H Anderson
and wife, J. B. Chandler and wife, T.
Dolan and wife and sister, m. NJ. Tarr
and wife, H. G. Bean and wife, W.T..
Chaffin and wife, W. R. Bartlett and
wife, G. G. Renolds and wife, W. T. Locke
and wife. Sc. Greeley and wife, George
Thompson and wife, W. L. Esterbrooke
and wife, George Farnum and wife, H.
A. Howard and wife, H. C. True and
wife, r. Crosby and wife, Fl. Jordan
and wife and son, W. Sprague and wife
and son A. W. Hodgkins and daugher,
VIM. Underwood and wife, C e Quint
and wife, L. M. Barnum and daughter,
j E. Meals and wife and son, S. A.
Needham and wife, David Pratt and
wife, CIV. Noyes and wife, P. King
and wife, B. K. Morse and wife, Sidney
Stuart, D. F. Corser, S S. Caihll, Geo.
Barbour, M. Tully, F. A. Mcintosh,
E. G. Lasselle, Charles Annable, H. G.
Bridges. John Stawett, Chas. Buck,
VIM. Jones, Isaiah Elder, James Elder,
Hiram Fifield. Geo. H. Fitzgerald, M.
A. Dillingham; Charles, Milliken, VIM.
Hooper, H. E. Wilson, H.. c. Harmon,
G. S. Ingerson. Geo. Elmes, T.. A. Ber-
nier, Miss Hattie and Edith Ring,
The following railroads were repre-
sented: Grand Trunk. Maine Central,
Boston & Maine, Portland & Rochester,
Bridgton & Saco River, Somerset,
Menow, Canadian Pacific. The follow
ing cities and towns were represented:
Gorham, Portland, South Paris, Boston.
Brunswick, Waterville. Bangor, Oldtown,
Monson, Lewiston, Auburn, Deering.
Rockland, and Oakland. --
Too much cannot be said of the hospi-
tality of the Grand Trunk officials, also
the hotels at Island Pond and Gorham.