The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-23
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Sanford.

ing of the Cum berland Baptist Women's
Foreign Missionary Society will he held
in the Baptist church here Thursday,
May 20. Services will commence at 9. 80
a. m. on the arrival of the train from
Portland and will close in time for the
4 p. m. train for Portland.
Mrs. Simon Kicker, of Shapleigh is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Crabtre
at Bar Harbor. The cool weather of
the past week has put a check on the
rapid growth of the week previous. The
frosts have done considerable damage in
this vicinity.
Mr.. Cass of Parsonfield has bought of
] ohn Wilkinson the mail and express
route between Springvale and Shapleigh
Rev. W. B. Shumway will attend the
commencement exercises at Newton
Theological Institute this week.
Rev. MIR. Shumway and Rev. Mr..
Driscol of Aired exchanged pulpits last
Sunday.
Mr.. Isaiah Stiles and wife went to
their summer cottage at Square Pond
last week.
Charles E. Adams, railroad ticket
agent, is away OH vacation. William
| Conroy takes the place during his alb
| sence.
New paint and paper on the walls and
coat of whitewash overhead have made
quite an improvement in the looks OF
the Baptist vestry.
Lester Grant, Edward A. Littlefield
and Loring Littlefield have started ON
q bicycle tour through New Hampshire
and Massachusetts.
FernaId E. Ham, of Lexington, Mass.
went through this place last week with
a lot of young cattle on bis way to the
old homestead in ShapleiRh where he
pastures herd of cattle every Summer.
Windham.
South WiDdham, May 21.-The New
hall W. e. T. L. organized Aourishing
Loyal Legion on Saturday, May IS.
There are seventeen members with large
prospects. The following officers were
| chosen:
Presideut-Leon Hooper.
Secretary-NeIlie Bradbury.
| Treasurer-Annie Field.
Mrs John Mcclellan deserves credit for
| having gotten up club OF SIX for the
Morning Star, the religious weekly of
the Free Baptist denomination.
The members of the singing school will
give concert at the UniveIsalist church
on the evening of Saturday, May 25.
Raymond.
| RAYMOND, May 2o-Mr. Charles Skin
|
visit to relatives in Norridgewook.
AT the annual meeting of the Ray
mond Village Library Association the
following officers were chosen for the en-
suing year:
President-Mrs. Mary A. Harmon.
Vice Pres Mrs. Grace l.. Turkey.
Secretary-Mrs. lisa bel Mason.
Treasurer and Ii brarian-Mrs. Hattie
j. Morton.
Mrs. Mary A. Brown has moved into
the house recently purchased by her, of
| MIR. Atwood Turkey.
MIR. Fred Rarrows has gone to the
Joselyn House, Prout's Neck, to work for
the season.
| gMessrs. Benjamin and George Knight
have sold their canal boat to Mr.. Lewis
Crockett.
At the last meeting Of Sparkling
Water Juvenile Temple, the following
officers were installed for the present
quarter:
c. T.-Irving Hayden.
V. IA bie Smith.
bert Plummer
Financial Secretary Leach.
Marshal-Blaine Harmon.
Dept. Marshal-Angie Plummer.
P. C. Tired L. Brown.
Chaplain Bertha Skinner.
Rec. Secretary N. Harmon.
Asst. SeGetary-Lizzie Knight.
u uaru-lIHWreDCe NICE dflauu.
Sentinel-Clifford Plnmmer.
There were twenty two guests to dine
at the Central House, Sunday, May 10.
Seventeen of the number were YOUNG
men from Portland on their bicycles il
i s an esta blshed fact, that they were all
well served and well entertained. Every
one for miles around knows that to every
person stopping there the host and
hostess extend the kindest hospitality
and the tables are well laden with good
things.
The funeral services of Henry Brittor
were held at Union church on Sunday,
MAY ~, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
J. NJ. Paige.
DRY Mills, May 22.-Mr. George A. Nor
rill. of Portland, was in town the frs,
of the week.
Mrs. Charles Ray is very sick
Mr.. Isaiah Hawkes., of Westbrook
spent Sunday at M. g. MorrilPs.
Mr.. George Thompson has moved into
the john McConkay house.
Mr.. George McConkey is boarding at
Mrs. Frank CUNTS
Miss Nellie Edwards, the Evangelist
was at her sisters. Mrs. George Ouint'
the first of the week. She is laboring il
Casco at the present time.
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