The Portland daily press., 1898-11-24
SOUTH PORTLAND.
1muortant Town Questions To Be Soon
Acted On.

ANtOA Van
shall the Common Schools Suspend or
shall an Appropriation Be Made?-
Shall the Town Incorporates as a City as
Authorized by the Act of lS95?-Meet-
ings Called for the LIST and 9th Days of
December-society Notes-Pe sonai
LENS, Etc.
Two very important town meetings
will be soon held, and the warrants for
the same were duly posted yesterday
morning. The first is fixed for
Thursday the 1st day of December. 1898,
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon. and is
called pursuant to request in writing
made by Edwin G. Reynolds. Frank +.
Scammon and Frank l. Brown, school
committee of the town, suggesting the
ACCESSIBILITY of calling special town
meeting to consider the deficit in common
schools account at the beginning of the
present school year of S4360 Go which de-
| ncit without sufficient appropriation,
will ourtail the common school privileges
now enjoyed. A
AT this meeting the following articles
will be acted on: 70 see if the town will
vote to reconsider ana rescind the vote
passed on March z, 1898. on Article 43 of
the annual warrant. whereby it was voted
to pay the deficiency or overdraw in COM
mon schools account 1897 of $llSyi 10 from
the appropriation for common schools
1898.
To see If the town will vote to author
ice the selectmen to hire the sum OF
s436O. 65, by issuing town note or notes
on TWO years time. to meet the total de-
ucit in common school account for the
year 1897 Sl19s.l9 as reported in Arti-
Gle 43 of the last warrant, and bills paid
for 1897 ag gregating s3l62. 40.
The second town meeting is called pur'
suant to a request made by E. ID. Har-
ford, W. f. S ear and other legal voters,
and the inhabitants qualified by law 20
vote in town affairss have been notified
to meet at Town hall on Monday the fifth
day of December. 1898 at 8 o'clock in the
forenoon to act upon the following article;
"Shall the act passed by the legislature
in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-tiye. entitled
AN act 60 incorporate the city of South
Portland be accepted. -
The polls will be open from eight
o'clock in the forenoon to five in the
afternoon, and the vote will be taken By
written or printed ballots.
The selectmen have given notice that
they will be session at the town Office
for the purpose of correcting the list OF
voters, on Thursday, Friday and Satur-
days the ist, End, and Sd days of Dscem-
Der, 1898, from 10 a. M. to O'Clock p. m.
each day.
HIRAM LODGE +. AND 4. NJ. MEET
ING.
A meeting OF the members of Hiram
Lodge, f. and A M, was held at the
Town house on Tuesday evening last, at
which the following officers were elected
for she ensuing term:
W. III. "A. A. Cole.
5. WE. /. Brown.
j. We. e. beckbert
| Sr. d w e st. John
! Jr D.-F. q. Hamilton.
! ST. Salary W Dyer.
! Jr. S-M. L. Allen.
/ Secretary-Stephen Scammon
| Treasurer-E. n. Jordan.
Irustees-T b. Haskell, w. r. An
thoine, H. ). Melcher.
GOLD WATCH PRESENTATION.
qhs companies of the First Regiment :
Connecticut Volunteers which were sta
toned in our midst 1sst summer made
many warm friends here who will be
pleased to know that the members Of
Company < met at their armory in Hart
ford few evenings since and presented a
gold watch suitably inscribed to Private
M. f. McGrath, the company cookl The
presentation was NJ de by Priva5e George
B. Thayer and remarks complimentary
to the recipient were made by Captain
Saunders, Corporal Sanderson, and Cor
poral Dwyer. Three cheers were given
for Private MGcrath, who thanked the
company for remembering him so hand.
somely and unexpectedly.
CONCERT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
conductor BARTLETT.
A movement is on foot to give benefit
to Conductor Bal tIett of the ape electries
who is sick at the Maine General Hospital
with Appendicitis. II win be in the ma
ture of a concert and ssse nal bly,, to be Civ
en- at Oasis Hall KnightyilIe. two weeks
FROM Friday next. A competent commit
re has the matter in charge.
Bayard Lodge, &. of p, distributed yes
teraay about twenty-five turkeys to the
widows of deceased members OF the order.
Ed ard Blavin has moved his family
into the house Of Mary e. Tinker, School
street.
Maurice Shay. member Of Co. K. LIST
Connecticut Volunteers, who has been
visiting Fred Brooks returned to Hart
ford Tuesday evening.
Manager Mcleod has put in excellent
| condition the Game electric road on Saw