The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-12
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondeEts of the Press.
HEBRON.

Hebron, May 1.-THE Bellevue Debat-
ing society gave reception Monday eve
ming to the Alpha Society and Faculty.
The Bellevue Debating society is COM
posed of some of the snartest young men
of the school and is a very enterprising
society. The Alpha society is the young
ladies society, and comprises the girls of
the school. The reception was very
pleasant affair, and the kindness of the
Bellevue Debating society was greatly ap-
preciated by the Alphas. A social eve
ming was enjoyed consisting Of marches,
games, ETC., intersper sed with the follow
ing programme: First, an original poem
by Clarence Herrick of Portland Mr..
Herrick is certainly gifted in this line
and has the happy faculty of composing
the neatest little verses on various occa-
sions. Next was a reading by Clarissa
Thayer o f Dixfeld. Miss Thayer is very
pleasing speaker, and her reading was
much enjoyed. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served, after which Mr..
Pike gave reading. Mr.. Pike is one Of
the finest speakers in the school, having
been awarded several prizes in declama-
ton. Altogether it was most enjoyable
evening, and one long to be remembered
by all present.
Mr.. Clarence Kendall of Bowdoin has
been training the boys on track work for
the past week. Mr. Kendall was here
during the winter term and the boys
made great progress in the gymnasium
work. The baseball team have an in
now the three games they have played
this season. They won great victory
over the Nichols Latin, Lewiston, last
Saturday on the campus. Last week a
track was built from one end of the cam
pus to the other ON the western side and
the tennis grounds were put in shape for
playing. The school observed Arbor Day
by setting out some trees Each class set
OF tree, some were set out between the
academy and gymnasium and some by
the walk, down by the Trustee. The
classes are also making preparations to
each leave flower beds which will certain
ly add much to the looks of the grounds.
DR.: Cram exchanged Sunday with Rev.
Mr.. Bangs of Buckfeld. Mr. Bangs was
formerly a student here and his sermon
was heard with great enjoyment by the
school and people.
RAYMOND.
Raymond, ay 11th-Mrs Annie
Brown was in Portland last week pur-
chasing millinery and fancy goods.
The first game of base ball on the Ray
mond village grounds was played Satur-
day, between the Raymo nds and Songos,
resulting in a score of 81 to 10 in favor of
the Raymonds.
DIR. Dolly has returned to Portland.
number from this place attended the
Temperance convention at South Casco,
Sunday. 1t was the quarterly convention
of Cumberland County Reform Club.
Messrs. Woodbury. Plummer and Eu-
gene Hayden are at work on the logs for
Portland Match Company.
Mr.. Edward Plummer, with his crew
of men, are at work building kiln house
and fixing the yard, preparatory to burn
ing bricks this season.
Wendall Mains is at work for Mel
Meserve.
GRAY.
West Gray, May 1.-THE mail leaves
West Gray now at O'Clock a. m.
Mr. Busby, of Philadelphia, who built
the large summer cottage at Little Sebago
lake last fall, has been here for several
days making arrangements for moving
into it, building boat house, etc. He
intends occupying it about the first of
June
Miss Bertha Twombly has returned
from Portland, where she has been STOP
ing for the past two months.
Ernest Allen is improving his buildings
with coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles S. Allen and Mr..
a nd Mrs. Will H. Adams came out to
West Gray on Sunday on their bicycles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Libby and son Jamie
called on B. A. Libby on Sunday.
Mr.. Moses Stevens died on Monday,
May 10, after a long illness of cancer.
Mr.. r. A. Allen is little better, but
still quite lame.
land on Sunday. She expects to stop
there for two weeks longer.
George W. Doughty was quite sick last
week, but is now much better.
Miss Jessie f. Adams, of East Deering.
recently returned from Colorado, called
at Albert Pennell's last week.
Walter Foster has been at work saving
shingles for R. A. Allen
The weather has been quite cold and
wet for the past week or two. There
were heavy frosts nearly every night last
week. 1t is feared that fruit buds may
be injured if such weather continues.
HARPSWELL.
East Harpswell, May 11-Mr Albert
Rich of Oak Hill, Brunswick, died of APP
pendicitis Saturday, May 9Th. His wife,
who was Miss Addie Snow of Harpswen,
survives him, with three small children.
Miss Clara Holbrook is at home again
The road in the upper district has plenty
of ruts and pitches as Mr.. William Miller
found to his sorrow last week. As he
and his son were driving along rather
quickly the blackboard went into a
'thank you marm." The combined
weight of the two men being over five
hundred pounds, the sudden strain broke
the blackboard completely in two and
both men were thrown under the wheels.
The horse stopped at once, so the only
damage they sustained was plentiful
coat Of mud
SPRINGVALE.
Springvale, May 11.-Asa J. Learned of
Lawrence Mass, went to ShaDleiph last