The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-26
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Freeport.

popular sup6rVlSOr OIL scDOOlS mas Re
signed his position and the school, COM
mittee have been reorganized with Mr..
Sumner Brewer as Supervisor and VIC.
Fogg with Dr.J. E. Harvey as committee.
AT the recent town meeting the town
failed to raise the usual amount OF
money FOR the High and Common school.
In 1924 $500 was the amount raised for
the High School and $500 for common
school: 1855 S12O0 for High School, and
$4,000 for common schools, being $500 less
this year than last year. This failure
must cripple the work of the High School
materially at the close of the hnan-
cial par. One term of high school
work was still due or S573. When this
amount is paid and the spring term is
paid for there will be left from the APP
preparation and State aid for free high
school, to be paid for two more terms Of
High school work only a small balance
of $500. Either the school must close,
or the school committee will be Obliged
to oVerdraw the appropriation to an IN
sual amount. The school committee
must be at loss TO know how to proceed
and unless a remedy be found for the
dilemma the result will be disastrous
to the former usefulness of the school,
Ii is reported that new firm Dilling-
ham q Dennison, will open a retail pro-
vision store in about two weeks in Ok
nard's block.
s@sa.Every body is on wheels the snow and
sleighing is thing of the past.
The promise or prospect for business
the coming season is not very encourag-
ing at present for the village, and fears
are strong that there will be less than
last year.
Five hundred dollars were appropriated
at last town meeting for repairing and
making necessary additions to the poor
house-a needed outlay to keep the in
mates comfoFta BILE and TO provide Tor the
contingency ofSincreased room.
It lis said that Mr.. "A. A. Hazelton,
formerly with A. W. Shaw & Co., is very
much liked in his new situation at Au-
burn.
Paul c. Bibber has rented the cottage
of Geo. W. Moses.
Herman W. Gee is working for W. Ii.
Ward.
The Assessors .of Freeport will be in
session April /, 2, 8. at 9. am.
Mr.. Almon Rogers has employment in
the f airview creamery at present.
Dr.Spear was called to New Gloucester
in consultation Sunday.
Miss Martha Dennison from Soth
Paris is visiting friends and relatives in
this village.
Eight births in Freeport so far in the
month of March.
Sebago.
Convene. March 25 Tuesday March
10Th the school committee met and or
ganized, electing Fred ". Hill supervisor
of schools.
Morrell Jewell of Naples and wife have
been employed to manage Sebago town
farm, for two hundred and fifty. dollars
for the en- suing year.
Miss Augusta A. lien of Sebago died
Saturday, March /, aged SO years. Fun
eral services Tuesday afternoon, March
18th, conducted by Rev. W. H. Congdon
of West Baldwin.
VIM. g. Poor, chairman of the building
committee, is sick and is attended by
DR.. L. N orton of East Baldwin.
o. Douglass and Will P. Babb, second
and third mem Der of building committee,
met last week to see about letting the
school building. No conclusion was
reached, yet the chances are that l.. M.
Sanborn of East Sebago, will get the
contract.
Maple Grove Grange of Sebago held
their meeting Saturday at their hall.
Herbert Robinson is home from White
Rock, where he has been working.
Gray.
West Gray, March rs. Mr.. A. Allen
has sold-the island in Little Sebago lake
known as Horse Island to Mr.. Lewis
Robinson, the well known wooden manu-
facturer of South Windham. Mr.. Robin
soA has built d cottage on the island,
which he will occupy during the sum-
mer II onths. The island contains about
eight acres of land and was sold for $l25.
Mr.. Charles Hunt of Deering Center
spent Sunday with friends in West Gray
He has let his place recently occupied
by D. A. Foster to Alonzo Frank, who
will move into it in the near future.
Miss Maria ALLEN returned home on
Saturday from two weeks visit to
friends in Portland and Deering.
Miss Jennie Pennell will go to Port
land this week.
March has been remarkably pleasant
month thus far. No rain and only
about two inches Of snow has fallen.
There have been few pretty cold days,
but on the whole the month has been
very mild for March.
North Gray, March rs. Mr. Lurandus
Legrow very narrowly escaped a serious
accident while working in Mr.. C. E.
Libby's saw mill. He attempted to re-
move a silver from the back of the board
saw and cut very ugly wound in the
palm of his hand. This is the third ac-
cident of similar kind that has occurred
in this vicinity this winter, all escaping
without serious consequences.
Willard Mayoerry has gone to work for
Mr.. Geo. e. Merrill.
Mr.. Oscar Stinchfield has gone to New
Gloucester to run board saw for Mr..
Jordan.
Mr. Chas. Edwards of Freeport will take
charge of the Gray town farm for one
year.
It is luxury to breathe the Spring
air again.
Baldwin
DWELLING HOUSE BURNED.
West Baldwin. March 25. This morning
about one O'Clock fire was discovered on
the roof of the house standing on the
old homestead of the late Wilder Bowers
and occupied by Trial Justice Arthur E.
Bowers. The facts are as follows: In the
early part of the evening the chimney
caught fire and burned out. MIR. Bowers
watched the premises closely until ten
O'Clock, then before retiring made
through examination of every room in
the house, AS the chimney was not hot
he thought everything wasssafe, and re-
tired for the night. Abont one O'Clock
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