The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-26
WHEEL CLUBS GRAND DANCE.

| It was gay and animated scene which
| the Union Opera house presented last
night on the occasion of the fourth an
nual ball OF the South Portland cycle
club. There were gathered there at least
| $50 young people, representative of the
| fashionable circles ofsthe town. and when
| Chambers orchestra of six pieces struck
I'D an enliyening march over 50 cou ples,
the ladies in light evening dresses, Cir
| cled the hall and after several graceful
evolutions, formed the first Quadrille
which was followed by an excellently
dainty card whose outside cover was
adorned with the picture of decorated
| wheel-1S98-S.P P. @. G.
The dancing was Kept up, to the enjoy
ment of all, to the "wee small hours or
the morning" with an intermission
which was taken advantage of to par
take of a supper, deliciously served by
| Rich, the caterer.
The arrangements for this veryssuccess-
fully social function were in the hands of
the following committee: Floor direc-
tor, Charles W. Hartford; aids. Walter L..
Stevens, Vim. f. Spear, John e. Willard,
Arthur W. Cole.
| Mrs D. Q. Moulton returned yesterday
from Boston, where she had been called
by sickness.
PASTORAL RECORD OF REV. JOHN
M. WOODBURY..
Rev. John NJ. Woodbury. whose death
was announced in yesterdays PRESS
was an old and familiar figure in the
Maine conference of the Methodist church.
The minutes of the conference show that
way back in 1858 he was appointed to the
church in Baldwin and then he went to
various places in York. Oxford and An
droscoggin counties terminating his pas
toral career near Old Orchard. In the
years 1S77-7S he had charge of the church
in South Portland and his painstaking
services contributed much to the temporal
as we'll as the spiritual nee1s of his con-
gregation. 1t was during his pastorate
here that the vestry with parsonage over
head WAS built and his work is gratefully
remembered while his death at his hom e
on the Old Orchard camping ground is
lamented by all who made his acquain-
tance, within and without the congre.
CATION of the Peoples Methodist church.
PLEASANTDALE.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Emery, of Saco.
are the guests of Mrs. Emery's sister,
Mrs. Matthew Woods.
Miss George Dyer has accepted a situa-
ton in the confectionery department. at
Twitohell Champlin Co. IS, Portland.
Master Ernest Wiley of Ballard street,
is very i'll with pneumonia.
Miss Alice Clark of Cedar street, Port
land, passed Thursday afternoon and
evening as the guest of Miss Ella Dyer.
Mr. Fred B. Cunningham, W no for the
past three years has been the efficient and
popular clerk at W. e. 'Dyer's, severed
his connection with that business Wednes-
day of this week and has accepted situa-
ton at the Boston & Maine car shop.
Mr.. Lester Whitney will clerk for Mr..
W. E. Dyer.
Mr.. John Henry has moved his family
from the house owned by Mr.. Matthew
Woods, cornar of Robinson and Elm
streets. to Portland.
Miss May Warren, who has been i'll for
some time, is not improving as much SIS
her many friends had hoped for.
The exercises of the elm street gram
mar school which were to have taken
taken place last Tuesday morning, but
had to be postponed, from time to time
on account of the weather, were carried
out in full Thursday morning before
large audience. The room was very pret-
tiIy decorated with festoons of red, white
and blue bunting, flags and large pic
ture of Washington was very gracefully
draped with the national colors. Each
number of the programme was carried
out in a very acceptable manner. the
exercises and drills demonstrating the
fact that much time had been spent by
the teachers in charge in training the
participants.