The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-16
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FREEPORT.


is spending few days in Portland.
E. L. Varney has moved from the Jones
place to the house which he lately pur.
chased near Porter's Landing.
Mrs. Ellen W. Plummer, mother OF
Mellen Plummer, died June 18th in New
York, aged 81 years. Her remains were
brought here and inferred in the South
Freeport cemetery.
4 Mrs. W. J. Harvey, of Boston, is spend
ing the summer with her brother, j. W.
Iveson.
There was baptismal service at the
shore of the river Sunday morning. Bap-
tisn was administered to one applicant
by Rev. Mr.. Allen of Portland.
Sunday was observed as Children's day
at the South Freeport Congregational
patriotic character. The church was
handsomely decorated with flowers, ever
green's and flags, and the children carried
flags as they marched up the aisles at
the beginning of both morning and even
ing services Rev. Mr.. Smith preached
an appropriate sermon in the forenoon,
and the Sunday school and choir gave a
most enjoyable concert in the evening.
A Junior Christian Endeavor society
has been organized here with about
twenty-five members. Mrs. III. B. Jones
is superintendent, and the officers elected
by the society are as follows:
. President-Carroll Soule.
Vice President-Edith Tedford.
Secretary-Addie Lambert.
Treasurer-Erma Soule.
The society will hold their meetings
every Sunday afternoon, at the vestry.
NORTH BERWICK.
Fred W. Baston, of Dartmouth Col
lege, 80, still lies in a critical condition
at Mrs. Emery's, with little to encourage
hope OF recovery.
Today the sun has come back, brightly
shining, with promise of continued fair
weather. Many farmers have not been
able to put in all their seed, and the corn
crop must be sadly deficient.
The body of Miss Florence Lord, lately
teacher in Massachusetts,. was brought
here for burial Many friends deeply
mourn her early death.
A convention of the Christian Endeavor
societies is to be held in the Baptist
church Wednesday
The North Berwick Water Company
have found it necessary to raise the
standpipe 40 feet to give the stipulated
force in case of fire, and the work is being
done.
The town has refused to pay for light
ing the streets this year, so we grope in
darkness.
CAsCO.
Casco, June IA. Mrs. S. Marcia Cook,
of Portland, who has been spending few
weeks with Mrs. Julia A. Smith, has re-
turned home
Summer boarders are beginning to
come into the village. DR.. D. W. Wight
and wife, of Medford, Mass, have taken
rooms at Mr.. Peter Jordan's near Pleas
ant Lake, where the doctor will spend his
vacation fishing.
DR.. Frank Hamlin and wife, from
are visiting at Mr.. Will
lam Hamlin's.
Mrs. Phoebe Batty is quite poorly this
spring.
Last Sunday was observed as Child
rem S Sunday at the Union Church. The
church was well filed for the Sunday.
school concert in the evening. The fol-
lowing programme was carried out very
successfully by the Sunday school schol
arS:
Singing, School
Scripture Reading and Prayer, Pastor
Recitation, Willie Scribner
Recitation, Agnes N. Eastman
Recitation, Myrtle Corliss
Defamation, Clifford J. Eastman
Recitation, Gertrude Meserve
Recitation, May Corliss
School
Belle Leach
Recitation, Ellie Hancock
Singing.
Recitation, May Baston
Recitation, Ethel Edwards
Iva Spiller