The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-26


Athletic Sports, and the Usual Big
Dinners.
Thanksgiving will be observed today,
much as it has been observed in other
years. There will be the same religious
services, fully as many athletic contests
as usual, and the traditional family
gatherings about well-laden boards.
The Christian Endeavorers will be first
on the scene in the morning. At a. m.
the Portland Local Union will hold an
early morning praise and prayer meeting
in the vestry of the First Free Baptist
church.
Union church services will be held
later In the day as usual. The Thanks
giving service for the western portion
of the city will be shared in by the fol-
lowing churches: Free Street Baptist,
High Street. Congress Square, Free
Baptist State Street, Presbyterian.
Pine Street Methodist, Williston and the
West church. 1t will be held with the
High Street church at HOO a. m. The
programme will be as follows:
Invocation,
Rev. Dwigh M. Pratt
Reading of Proclamation,
DR.. Blanchard
Reading of the Scriptures,
Rev. L. S. Samson
Prayer,
DR.. Asa Da lton
Rev. c. E. Cate
Benediotion,
DR.. W. H. Fem
Music,
High Street Choir
This will be the last opportunity of tie
general public to listen to the Rev. @.
e. Gate as he is to enter at once upon
his new passionate over the Roger
Williams church, Providence, R. I.
Williston church will hold Its annual
Thanksgiving morning prayer meeting
in the chapel at g.. o'clock.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held in Chestnut street Methodist
Episcopal church on Thursday morning,
beginning at II O'Clock. Rev. Mr..
Pnrdy, of the Friends church, will
preach the sermon, and Rev. Messrs.
Hack. Aver. Perkins and Lu CO will take
part in the services.
On the football field the contests will
be numerous and no doubt glorious. At
8. 10 a. m. on the Deering grounds the
team of the Cape Elizabeth railroad en-
ployes will line up against the Woodman-
Cook Co.'s team The average weight
of the teams is 100 pounds, and great
game may be expected. Percy Bax ter,
OF Bowdoin, will be referee, and John
Sullivan. of Hebron, will besumpire.
Following this game on the same
grounds the Deering High oys will line
up against the Edward Little High boys
of Auburn. These teams are very evenly
matched, and famous contest is to be
expected.
In the afternoon the Portland High
school team will line up against Thorn
ton Academy on the Deering grounds,
The Thornton's are mighty men of vaIor
this year, and Portland will try to pluck
out few of their peacock feathers.
The Portland Gun club will celebrate
by giving big shoot on the Woodfords
grounds. There will be sweepstakes
shoot lasting all day, handicap with an
allowance of targets for the weaker shots
a, 100 bird race for the club champion
ship and match 19s bird race which
will be contest ed by four of the best
shots in the club.
The local banks, business houses,
city, county and government offices and
will all observe the usual holiday hours.
The Portland Cadets and other militia
companies will also hold their usual
Thanksgiving matches.
The post offices in Deering will be
open during the following holiday
aouFs: Wcodfords, 6.45 to IA. m; to
2 and to p. H.; Deering Centre, z
to 9, II to 2 and to z p. m. The East
Deering Office will be open all day.