The Portland daily press., 1897-06-09
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondects of the Press.
FIR EXPORT.


FREEPORT.
South Freeport, June 81. W, Ring
died Saturday, June 5th, aged SO years.
He had been entirely helpless a long time
in consequence of paralytic stroke, but
was tenderly scared for by friends and
neighbors to the last.
S. P. Higgins, whom we have been ex-
pecting home about this time, is very sick
and not likely to recover. He and his
family have been stopping in Auburn for
some time, and will remain there for the
present.
S. Allen moved last Friday into the
house which he purchased of Mrs. S. p.
Grant, and G. d. Fogg, who has been oc
cupying it, moved the same day to the
house vacated by Mr.. Allen.
Misses NJ. and I. II. Pratt and Mr..
Raymond Kitchin and family arrived last
week from Lawrence, Mass, and will
spend the summer here as usual, occupy
ing Mrs. Grants house on Main street.
Mrs H. H. Noyos Of Island Falls is
spending few weeks with her parents
and other relatives here.
Messrs. Douglass, Whitemore and Eos
ter, evangelists, will continue to hold
evening meetings during this week, and
perhaps longer Considerable interest is
b cling manifested.
vINALHAyEN,
| Vinalhaven, June S-Sunday was the
annual meeting of the Union church
Sunday school and election of officers.
Rev. W. II. Littlefield, who has been
superintendent for the past % or % years,
was reelected. W. S. Carver is assistant
superintendent, Mrs. Luella Littlefield
treasurer, Miss Jessie Collie secretary, W.
II. Littlefeld and g. HI. Bradford execu
| tive committee.
A very sad funeral was held here this
| week, when Mr.. Hiram Shirley and
| daughter Lola, aged about 10, were both
buried at one time, the daughter dying
about SO hours after the father, both from
the same disease, consumption.
| I'll. M. Noyes and Geo. P. Gum are
both making quite extensive changes in
| their dwellings.
Notwithstanding the rainy weather our
road commissioner is doing a good job on
our roads.
| Mr.. E. G. Carver went to Bangor this
week to buy material for his new house,
which he will have built on Carver street.
Mr. r. NJ. Dyer will have charge of its
construction.
Canton Vinalhaven, I. o. o. F., of
Vinalhaven, start from here June 9,
on steamer Gov. Bodwell, so as to
take the early morning train for Skowhe
gan, where they are entertained during
their festal day, returning the 18th.
| Miss George Long, one of the teachers
on the West side ,contemplates visiting the
| Portland schools at the close of her term
here, which will end one week earlier
than those schools.
Parties interested in the telegraph and
| telephone business between here and
Rockland were in town Saturday lookin g
over the proposed route between here and
| North Haven. We hope to be connected
before cold weather.
FRYEBURG.
Fryeburg, June S-Whit Sunday was
celebrated by the New church. Dis
courses appropriate to the day were deliv-
cred morning and evening by the pastor.
Rev. B. N. Stone. Whit Sunday Is of
great interest to this society, because it
is the anniversary of the establishment of
| New church services in this village. In
the fine discourse upon 'The Christian
| Pentecost," Rev. Mr.. Stone referred to
the history of the society for the twenty
years of its existence.
| The season is cold, rainy and ba edward
| in this section of the country.
| Few tourists have visited this vicinity
| as yet, but the country views are now the
brightest and best of the summer season.
RAYMOND.
East Raymond, June s, 1S79.-Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy B. Mason of North Windham
spent Sunday with her father, o. P.
| Jordan.
Schools in town closed June 25th.
The continued wet weather has made
planting very backward.
Riverside grange. No. 50 P: of H., held
| a special meeting June It'll for the pur-
pose of comforting the third and fourth
degrees on four candidates. At their next
regular meeting, June II the first and
second degrees will be conferred on one
! candidate.
Mr.. o. P. Jordan, who has BEEN quite
ill, is improving.
Rev. j. Albert Libby of West Poland
preached last Sunday afternoon at the
chapel, Raymond Centre.
Mr.. Herman Staples is very ILL.,
Much interest is manifested in this
town in regard to the proposed electric
road. A large number from the village
went to Windham Saturday to the town
meeting held in that town.
A movement is on foot to establish
new post office in this section of the
town. Such a convenience is greatly
needed as the public in the vicinity of
the proposed new office have a long dis
lance to travel.
GORHAM.
North Gorham, June 7.-About three
hundred people from this and surround
ing towns gathered in Forest Hall on the
afternoon of June 4th, to attend the grad
ating exercises of the first class of the
Levi -Hall' school. The hall was beau
tifully draped with bunting in the class
colors, pale green and pink. Under the
class motto, Lahore ct honore' at the
front of the stage was a beautiful design
presented by Prof. G. F. Mayberry of
Cleveland, Ohio, consisting of the figures
'97 in green and pink. The stage was
made very attractive by the beautiful
FERNS potted plants and cut flowers. The
decorations were under the-supervision
of Miss Eva Warren and Mr. Peter Trick
ey, assisted by members of the class. At
precisely 2.30 the class marched on the
stage and the following programme was
rendered:
Music.
PRAYER