The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-24
KIM BALL ExCURsIoNlSTs
Renew Old Acquaintance in Portland
Saturday.

The second annual reunion and ban
quet of the Kim ball Quebec excursionists
was held at the West End hotel Satur-
day evening, and 1t was an occasion new
er to be forgotten by those who were for
tunate enough to be present.
A fine banquet was served in the din
ing rooms at O'Clock and about 90
people sat down to the tables. the larg-
est number ever attending one of these
reunions. The tables were handsomely
decorated and the menues were very
unique, being in the form Of a limited
railroad ticket, the idea of Col. Kimbail.
The mattresses were under the charge
of Miss Helen Cashier, who performed
her duties In q very graceful and salts
factory manner.
The following were among those who
sat down to supper: j. g. Paul, Mrs.
J. g. Paul, Belfast; Miss Helen York,
Miss Lizzie Morey. Mrs. S. e. o. Brien,
Rockland; Miss H. H. Emerson, Bangor;
Sylvester Hobart, Mrs. S Hobart, G. II.
Sands, Mrs O. II. Sands. Mrs. g. j.
Butler, @. j. Butler, Portland; Chas.
E. Paul, Boston; Charles F. Swift, Bel
fast; Mr.. and Mrs. James Tenney. James
A. Conley, Miss Sadie o. Goold, Mrs. W.
NJ Chenery, Mrs. J. A. Conley, Mrs. W.
81. Williams, Mary E. Williams, Mrs
Rufus Tibbetts, Mrs. F. N. Weeks, Mrs.
7: J. Murphy. Miss Gertrude Murphy,
Portland Mrs. H. E. Spencer, Boston
Mrs. A. L. Jones, Union; M. LaForest
JONES' Cambridgeport, Mass; Miss
Bertha b. Green, Portland; A. o.
Howard, Orino; Miss Eva Wooster, Rock
land, Miss Mabel Holbrook. Mrs. Kim
ball, Rookland; Seth H. Prey, j. B.
Norris, Old Orchard; Mrs. F. B. Lau-
rance, Boston; Mr. Howard. Lynn, Mass (;
Miss Belief Sanborn, Mr. Holbrook, Bos-
ton; Mrs. Charles Emery. Rockland; J.
B. Smith, Boston; Mrs. G. E. Lasky,
Oldtown; J. I. Barber, Helen York,
Rockland; Willie Brown, Camden; Miss
II. H. Emerson. Bangor; Col. ". A.
Kimball, NJ. G. R. r.
Previous to the supper the annual cleo
ton Of officers was held and the follow
ing were elected for 1896:
President-Sylvester Hobert Portland.
Vice Presiden5-Mrs. M. York, Rock
land.
Corresponding, Clerk-Miss Lizzie
Morey, Rockland.
Directors-Mrs. H. M. Cashier, Mrs
S. NJ Sands, Mrs. J. A Tenney, T. w.
Whit taker, Portland; Mrs. Fl. H. Emer-
son, Bangor: Mrs. Cornelius Doherty,
Mrs. A. W. Quigley, Rockland; Hon.
Tooov,h Gnoxxy Mrc
Mrs c. E. Larkey, Oldtown; Miss Mary
Poole, Augusta; Mrs. A. L. Jones, Union;
Mrs. l.. W. Cutter, Bangor; Col. W. A.
Kimball, manager. After supper the
guests adjourned to the parlors where
they were entertained with several fine
piano selections by Mrs. Chas. Emery of
Rookland, and Miss Mabel Holbrook,
also songs by Mr.. G. J. Butler. Speech
es we're also made by Messrs. Hobert. Ten
ney, Castner, Kimball, Paul. Miss Jones
and Miss York.
A vote of thanks was extended to
Landlord Cashier of the West End hotel,
to Col. F. e. Boothby and General Mana
ger Tucker of the Maine Central, and
al so to Mr.. Hildreth of Boston, for a
generous donation of his fine candy.
The party nexts September will omit
Montreal on their excursion and will,
instead, take the trip up the Saginay
river.
The next reunion of the exoursionists
will be held on Lincoln's birthday, at
the Penohsoot Exchange hotel. Bangor.