The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-28
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Corras
pondents of tho Press.
BALDWIN.

DALI line
West Baldwin, May 27-The Memorial
exercises will be held here at the Metho-
dist church, Saturday, May 30, at 2
O'Clock. Rev. R.ES. Leard will deliver
the address, after which the usual services
at the yard will occur.
Grass is looking very well now and the
prospects of a hay crop are quite good.
Some improvements have been made in
the cemetery and it is hoped that more
will be made by Memorial Day.
Fred Warren is recovering slowly from
his recent sickness.
OTIsFIELD
Otisfield, May 27-Ice cream festivals
have begun with us. The first one will
be held in Y. P. S. G. E. hail. on Friday
evening, May 2S. All are cordially invit-
ed to be present A sociable will form
one OF the features of the evening as well
as ice cream and cake.
nv, The grass crop bids fair to be very good
Inc extra amount Of rain is doing it
good service. The apple trees are not
poisoning so full as last year, but no
one seems to find fault with the promised
crop SO far. The leaves on all the trees
are nearly as large as they will be at all
tn!s year and certainly no one can but
help admiring the loneliness of the fair
1lelds and woods in Otisf1eld and all other
| towns.
| HARPSWELL.
West Harpswell, May 27-Willie. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Randall, met with
a painful accident Tuesday While hold
ing dynamite cap in his hand, it by
some means exploded SCATTERING his
fingers so that he will lose part of one il
not two of the fingers on his right hand
Edwin g Bibber is very sick. DR..
L1ttlefield is attending him.
Capt. ". HI. Merriman, schooner Lidia
Grant, brought a load of ice from Small
Point Wednesday for D. P. Sinnett,
Bailey Island.
Windham Centre, May 27-Mrs. George
deford.
Mrs; Kate S. Hawkes., Annie Gil
patrick, Misses Eva Aver and Nellie Sen
| ter, Mr.. Edwin Varney Mr.. and Mrs
Jacob N. Morrill, and Mrs. Ellen May
berry attended the Baptist conference at
Groveville Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Lucy A. Snow attended the W.
U, L. U. convention at Bridgton this
week.
There will be missionary concert at
tho Baptist church Sunday evening, May
Sd, at the close of which thank offering
will be rendered
Mrs. Sarah Fellows, who has been very
feeble for some time, passed away at her
home last Friday. The sympathy OF
many friends is extended to the bereaved
family. The funeral serv ices were Sun
day afternoon
| BALD WIN.
West Baldwin, May 27.-Rev. Gideon
Ridlon of Kezar Falls will deliver the
memorial address at West Baldwin, Sat,
urday, May Goth at 10 am. Music will
be furnished by the Cornish cornet band.
! BRIDGTON.
| Bridgton, May 27.-The local Sunday
School Union held meeting at the Con-
gregational church here Tuesday. In the
evening short addresses were delivered
by Rev. Mr.. Wardwell, pastor of the
church, and Rev. Mr.. Holt of the Uni
versalist church and others. The annual
routine business was also transacted.
| The Cumberland county w. c. r. U.
holds its annual meeting at the Metho-
dist church here this week. The meeting
opened Wednesday afternoon, which was
taken up with reports of secretaries,
superintendent and other routine bust
ness. In the evening there were short adj
dresses of welcome by Major H. A.
Shorey for the citizens of Bridgton, Rev.
Mr.. Wardwell in behalf of the churches,
and Mrs. Belle NJ. Bennett, president of
| the local union on behalf of the union,
which was very pleasantly responded to
| by the Secretary, Miss Loring of Otis
field. Mrs. Helen G. Rice of Boston then
gave very bright address on objects,
views and plan of work of the W. G. Il.
u, followed by Miss Harriet A. Leavitt
of Stroudwater on Child Saving Work of
the Union. Music for the meeting is fur
nished by the local church choirs The
attendance of delegates is light, some 80
only. The weather is also against large
attendance. Thursdays programme will
doubtless prove interesting.