The Portland daily press., 1898-11-21
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Important school Matter Requiring I'm
mediate Attention.

The Peoples Methodist church was
alled saturday afternoon with a large
gathering of people to listen to she ser
vices over the remains of Mrs. j. H. har-
ford. There were assembled, famiiy,
rIends neighbors, large delegation
from, the Pythian Sisterhood and Samari-
tan society and many from the city.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Mir. Holmes, pastor of the church, and
began by the singing of abide With
Me- BY "a choir composed of Mr. ThuFreli,
Mrs. Parsons, Mrs Ray and MIR Fisher
Then followed Scriptural reading after
which Rev. Mr. Holmes paid glowing
tribute to the character of the deceased
saving that death loves shining marx,
was never better illustrated than In the
loss of her whom they incurred today,
for she was gifted with kindness
heart which endeared her in a rare way
20 all who knew her.
In the home she was the light and JOY
of the household, and as wife, mothef,
friend and counsellor she made an leei
the healthfuIness of her presence Alna,
unselnsh, loving devotion WIS niarSed
characteristic of her life and she hao 1ne
happy faculty of entering into the 1881
ings Of others.
He referred to her philanthropio ana
charitable deeds. the fortitude and pa
thence with which she had borne her long
Illness his relation to her as pastor ana
that crowning faith which added to her
v,rtues made her life beautiful one.
after a fervent prayer the choir sang,
when My Life Work is ended. follow
ing which the ri.uaIistic service was per-
formed by the Pythian Sisterhood, Mrs
.Jores officiating. and the members rev.
srently filed by the remains and placed on
the caskst the usual emblem. The choir
then ssng, "Nearer My God to Thee. :
There were many floral tokens. The
nall bearers were Fred Fl. Dyer, Il. 5.
Arey, Harry Purington and William
Doughty, and the body was buried at Mt
Pleasant cemetery.
Many Ewere ths floral tokens of respect
and affection, which included tablet
of chrysanthemums, white pinks and
roses. with Mother inwrought, from
the family; wreath of pinks and roses
from the Pythian Sisterhood Is crescent.
star and bar of violets, pin ks and roses
from J. II. Hartford; bouquet of white
chrvsspthemums from the Samaritan
society; a star of pinks and roses from
the Epworth league, and great profu-
sion of individual remembrances, max
ing ali in all most notable floral tri'
butte
ScbooI matters must soon receive the
attention of the legal voters in town meet
ing otherwise the wheels of public educa-
ton are found TO come to standstlil all
on account of the need of money. AT the
town meeting IN March last, SoOO0 were
apuropristed for the schools and this
added TO the State tax, etc., about S400Os
would have allowed $4,000 for the schoo
wear ending 1898, save for this very i'm
portant fact that deficits laying over from
the year 1897 wers to be paid from IT,
Against this appropriation, there has been
drawn on an amount sufficient TO pay
alb Ut 81 old bills pertaining to '97'' and
wen to this is added an original deficit
something about $1,000 it is obvious
that a big hole has been made on account
of old Indebtedness which was alloWedo Z
run over Again, the currant expenses
such as salaries OF teachers, JanitoTs, etc..
for the different school terms of '9s' had
to be met from the same appr opriatlon,
so that the amount now on hand Is so
small that the Board of Seleotinen have
ben Obliged to notify the school comm it
TIE that order on them would not be hon
ored.
Accordingly, there are just two horns
to this dilemma. The schools must sus
pend. or the voters in town nesting must
vote an aprropri alton to keep them going
Bayard Lodge, K OF P, will remember
the widows of their deceased mem !
with the usual Thanksgiving turkey
a competent committee has the matter IN
chat sc.
The Lilac will be followed on the
marine railway by three masted schooner
Robert Mcfarland and two mud dredges
belonging to the Mcdonald dredging com
paBy.
MIR. G. " Doughty has been awarded
the contract for Singing the new build
ines at IT. P-ebls and the Head. About
200. 600 shingles will be needed for the job.
Ocean View Commandery, q. 0. @. @.
will have a 'ssociable'' at their next
meeting Monday evening, Nov. 81.