The Portland daily press., 1895-05-20
MAINE, TOWNS.
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pondents of the Press.

Windham.
South Windham, May 1S.-A gold med
al contest for Cumberland county will
occur at the Free Baptist church on the
evening of Wednesday, May %. The
contestants will be young ladies from
various parts of the county who have al
ready won silver medals The judges
will be Mr.. w. W. Woodman and Miss
Mary E. Alden of the Gorham High
School and Miss Jennie NJ. Colby of the
Normal School. Miss Alice Morrison OF
Portland will sing, also the Junior En-
deavor cLoir. The contest will COM
menee at o'clock and will not be post
poned on account of rain.
Mr.. Nell Jordan of this place has gone
to Maynard to work on the new powder
mills which will replace the ones de-
stroyed by the late accident.
One house here boasts a rose tree in q
six inch pot, which ia carrying eleven,
nearly or quite full-blown, very fragrant
pink roses and one large bud. AT the
same place may be seen a white gloxinia
with a great. wreath of waxy blossoms
and pink geranium with twelve clus-
tiers.
The memorial services of the G. A..
r. will be held at North Windham.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanson OF Port
land were out one day last week.
Nearly nll the grain about here is al
ready sown and the gardens are pretty
well planted.
Harpswell.
West HarpswelI, May ls.-Mr. C. f.
Conner, from Waltham, Mass, is here
for short visit.
Miss g. B. Turner came from Auburn
to her summer home here last week.
4 Mr.. d. r. Stover will let his house to
a party of students from Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md, during the
summer.
Miss Fannie E. Randall, Of this town
and Mr.. Walter F. Cobb, of Auburn.
were united in marriage at the home of
the BRIDES parents, MIR. and Mrs. Paul
G. Randall. Friday evening, May 10.
Only the immediate friends of the con-
tracing parties were present. They will
reside at Auburn, Maine.
Mrs. Daniel Merriman is quite ill.
DR.. Curtis is attending her.
Whooping cough is prevalent here now
and some of the smaller children are
seriously ill.
There will be special Town meeting
at the Town House, Wednesday, May 2S.
at 10 q. m. to act on the following ar
ticles: i, To choose the usual officers to
preside at the meeting. 2, TO see if the
Town will vote to rescind the vote of the
last annual meeting authorizing the
treasurer to borrow money. 3, To see il
the Town will authorize the selectmeE
and treasurer to borrow $1,000, at not
over Ia per cent interest, to refund
the town debt.
Winfhron
We are panied to report the death OF
Hon. Geo. A. Longfellow Of this place.
| which occurred last Saturday. MIR.
| Longfellow was born in this town s:
years ago and has remained resident
of his native town. He held the Office
of selectman for Ii consecutive years
| and has also been member of the legis
lature. For his sterling integrity aad
| rugged honesty, he was ever looked ur
to as one of Winthrop's most valuable
citizens. His familiar face will be
much missed upon our streets. He leaves
a wife and four children, Henry W., 9
leading merchant of Allston, Mass,
Walter B., prosperous farmer OF Farm.
ingdale, Nellie NJ, wife of Hon. L. T.
| Carleton, and Alice L., wife of Geo. W.
Waugh of this place.