The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-05
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Sanford. 4
SPRINGvALE.

SPRINGvALE.
Fred Roberts has been drawn as Juror
for the term of court which is in session
this week.
Mrs John P. 'Geary started Tor Will
mington, NC. Wednesday of last week.
La grippe is here in full force and
many of our people are writhing in it's
clutches.
Rev. George D. Lindsay of Portland
gave the third lecture in the Baptist
course at the church Mon day evening
which was highly appreciated by the
audience.
The Sunday schools held Christmas
exercises in the Baptist and Free Baptist
churches, which were we'll attended and
enjoyed by all present,
A delegation from the Golden Gross
visited the Clarendon Commandery at
Old Orchard Wednesday of last week and
performed the initiation ceremony on
several candidates.
Demorest Medal contests seem to be
quite popular just now, and the young
folks in this place are not inclined to be
left out. Consequently at town hall
Dec. 81, under the auspices of the W. G.
T.U. contest was held, five young
ladies contesting. The medal was
awarded to Miss Edith Bedell.
Mr.. d. M. Frye has just published di-
rectory of the town of Sanford. In it is
a brief history of the town by Edwin
Emery, Esq, of New Bedford, native
of this town.
The report now is that tne large shoe
firm of Perkins, Jones & Co., Boston
will locate here soon. Our citizens are
doing their best to have them come.
Quite number of our young folks
WI n how hnan To oh n1 oro nj
home for the holiday vacation; among
the mum her are Ethel M. Hobbs Lillian,
Ridley, Eva Dillingham;, from the Cor
ham Normal School, Haven l.. Butler,
from Brewster Academy, Ferdinand
Butler from Salem High School, and
Sadie Frost from Brockton, Mass.
DIR. J. 6. Hammond now of Somersworth,
NH, and Miss May N. Jordan were
united in marriage at the home of the
bride in Cum berland, Dec. rs, by Rev.
Frank G.. Davis, of Springvale The
happy couple were long time rsidents of
this place and won many friends, whose
congratulations and best wishes follow
them, to their new home in Somesrworth.
The Shapleigh and Acton Sunday
school convention met at the Free Baptist
church in Acton Tuesday afternoon and
evening. Dec. 10. Rev. Addison P. Saw
yer gave very instructive and interest
ing talk in the the afternoon. In the
evening Rev. B. M. Osgood OF Springvale
gave one of his illustrated stereoptican
The question box was in requisition and
lightss was thrown upon some difficult
problems
Kent's Hill.
Prof L. L. Norton of Carlisle, has been
spending a few days at the Hill.
DR.. and Mrs. Gallagher gave reception
Monday Qvopinu tn half of tho ctl1 &c
1t was very pleasant occasion. The
nshers were chosen for the senior class.
Although the reception was formal it
was not stiff. This evening the remain
ing half of the students will be received.
Tuesday evening DR.. Hubbard, presi-
dent and lecturer of the Peace and Arbi-
5ratiun Society of Boston, lectured be-
fore the students in Deering Chapel. His
lecture was entertaining and educational.
Raymond.
EAST RAYMOND.
These are the officers elected at regu-
lar meeting of Riverside range for the
year ending Dec. 31st, 1894:
Master-Charles K. Thorpe.
Overseer-Lester N Jordan.
Chaplain-Mary Fl. Thorpe
Lectnrer-Hattie Leavitt
Sec.-Henry ]. Lane.
Treas. John H. Thorpe.
Stwaerd-Geo. B arrows.
Asst. Steward-Roland Hall.
Gate Keeper-Ira Cole.
Flora-Percie Leavitt
Pomona-Angie Jordan.
Ceres-Lillian R. Cole.
L.A.S-Jennie Dyer.
There are but few cases of the grip
here at present
The young people had sociable in
Weeks's hall last Monday evening which
was we'll attended.
Florentine Butter, of Webbs Mills is
teaching singing school in the Bryant
school house.
Falmouth
MR.. CURTIS coLLEY's EIGHTIETH BIRTH
DAY CELEBRATION.
The friends and neigh bors of.Mr. Curtis
Colley to the number of sixty OF more
gathered by invitation at his home on
Tuesday, the second inst, to celebrate
The elghtleth anniversary of his birth
After the dinner, which was elaborate
and bountiful gold. headed cane the
gilt Of his children-was presented to
Mr.. Colley by Rev. Mr.. Sheaff, pastor of
the church, in neat presentation
speech. Quite number of gifts were
rendered also by the assem- bled company,
after Which two poems-one selected and
one original-were read by p. Merrill.
The selected poem, a very beautiful and
appropriate one, was taken from the
Christian Mirror of December Both, head
ed The Old Year and the New The or
iginal written for the occasion. is here
with given:
Eighteen hundred fourteen-Eighteen
hundred ninety-four
A we'll rounded earthly riIyri ,,a0e of
years, fourscore.
Eighty years-how much of veal and
woe therein contained,3
How much the heart has cheered, and
how much the heart has painedl
In life's long journey, how much of bit.
ter and of sweet,
We find ourselves e'er compelled, alter
nately, to meet
Like great revolving wheel of circum-
stance the chain
We experience, in succession, pleasure
and pain
Can an earthly being tell us why this is
so?
Why circumstances chain should thus
drag us to and fro?
Why the great wheel should raise us to
joyful heights one day,