The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-12-13
SOUTH PORTLAND.

will hold n Christmas sale and entertain
ment on the afternoon and evening of the
10th inst. at the vestry. The Ever Ready
club of Bowery Beach, under the leader
| ship of Miss Annie Peables. will furnish
the entertainment which will consist OF
instrumental solos and Duets, vocal solos
and DUETS, also readings. The committee
of arrangements are Mrs. NJ. Q. Young,
Mrs. DIR. Brown, Mrs. N. F. Trefethen,
Mrs. N. 1. Houton, Mrs. Philbrook. Mrs.
Mullen, Mrs Will Gardner, Mrs. VIM.
Elliott and Mrs Clark Jewett.
Mr. S. B. Msrston, the violinist Of
Dresden, is visiting relatives in South
Portland.
Mr.. Clarence Doughty of Bowdoin ham
is visiting friends in the village.
Hattie Goodnough is quite i'll, threat
ened with scarlet fever.
| The lecture ann ounced for last evening
| at the Knightville Methodist church by
Rev. Luther Freeman has been postponed
to Jan. 49, The first lecture of the course
| will be delivered next Monday evening
| by Rev. G. W. Bradlee, of Biddeford.
Subject: sPunctual People.
The Goodwill .circle of the Knightville
NJ. e. church will meet at the parsonage,
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock. The
Sunbeam society will meet at the same
place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Osman Evans and family have gone
to Henuiker, N. H., where Mr. Evans is
to teach school.
William Evans is spending the winter
in Milo. N. II.
The Sunbeam society are making
preparations for fair which will be
given insthe church vestry, Tuesday. the
goth inst.
The Cape electric company are placing
two clusters of fire lights each at either
end of their new bridge for the conyen-
fence of the travelling public.
The schooner which has been laying for
some time in Mill creek near the Bicycle
factory was yesterday lowed off to the
city.
Mrs. H. f. Howes and young son with
her grandmother, Mrs Nichols, left yes
terday for Resdville, Mass, their future
| home.
The Ladies' Circle of the Peoples N. E.
church will Emeet with Mrs Turner
Jew tt, Thursday afternoon.
! Private Coleman, Battery D, 18th Artil-
lery, recently stationed at Portland Head
| has been discharged from the service,
by expiration of his term, and has secured
a position with an electric company in
Brooklyn, n. Y.
/ A ;o,. vx-hi oh
was sent to the Memorial service of the
late Scott Proctor, by the employees of the
bicycle factory was beautiful piece of
work. 1t was made by the Niles Nelson
company and of the choicest flowers.
| DR.. Brown is confined to his home by
| illness.
| The French club met last evening at
the home of Miss Estelle Spear.
The History club will hold its usual
meeting Wednesday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Fred e. Cole, Pleasant street.
Subject: 1.-The United States.
/ The four masted schooner Alicia B.
| Crosby left the marine railway yesterday.
her place being taken by one of the scows.
Mr.. Richardson's COW got on the ram
page last week and insisted on climbing
the stairs to the garrett. 1t took four men
to bring her back to earth again.
Capt. Parker o. Haley one of the keep
ers of the Half Way Rock light house left
Yesterday for Popham where he will visit
his mother. He reports the storm of a
week ago one of the worst he has seen for
years. The buildings at his station
weathered it all right but the sea was an
Exceedingly rough one, mountains high
and completely washing the rock.
PLEASANTDALE.
Miss Carrie Waterhouse has returned to
her home after few weeks at Maple.
wood.
Mrs. Jane Smith, now Elm street, is
passing the week with relatives at Free
lport
Mrs. c. G. Thompson is dangerously III
at her home on Forest avenue.
Il Mr.. c. G. Thompson, who for many
wears has been employed as crossing ten
4 Ter for the Boston and Maine railroad il