The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-20
DEERING.

The Deering city government commit
tee on streets have decided to pave For
est avenue with granite blocks instead
of vitrifed brick. The committee are
skeptical relative to the use of the brick,
fearing that it will not stand the heavy
travel. They are considering, however,
the advisability of paving short distance
with the brick as an experiment. If this
is done the avenue from Spring street to
Saunders street will be paved. The al
dermen express themselves as willing to
listen to request from the wheelmen re-
laulve to laying two-foot brick path at
one side of the avenue. In the west these
paths have been built up by individual
subscriptions of the wheelmen.
The committee on new streets held
hearings Saturday afternoon at the corner
of Stevens Plains avenue and Frost
street, on the relocation of that street,
establishing the grade and width, kind
and location of sidewalk ON that street.
The second hearing at the corner of For
est avenue and Lincoln street, was for the
purpose of establishing the grade of that
street between Forest avenue and the
Maine Central railroad tracks. The COM
mittee will report their decision to the
city oouncilEat an early date.
The GLASS of 1873, Portland High school,
will celebrate it's 28th anniversary at
Riverton next Saturday.
The Westbrook Seminary faculty,
S6ni0r nd II.
students, went to Great Diamond island
Saturday morning to spend the day up.
on invitation of Miss Agnes M. Stafford of
Pleasant street, teacher of elocution and
physical culture at the seminary, at her
summer home. A very enjoyable day
was spent. The party returned in the
afternoon.
Rev. Charles T. Ogden and family are
soon to move to place near Philadel-
ph1a, where Mr. Ogden is to have charge
of parochial school. Rev. Mr. Carroll
of Norway will occupy the pulpit of the
Episcopal church at Woodfords.
The graduation exercises of the senior
class will be held on Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock at the Woodfords Congrega-
tional church. Wyman M. Fitz is to de-
liver the Latin salutatory, and Miss
Elsie L. Body, the valedictory.aa
The committee on sewers of the Deer
ing city government are to secure bids
until 7.30 O'Clock Wednesday evening,
June ~, for the construction OF a sewer
on Ocean street.
City Marshal Brown shot dog at
North Deering Saturday afternoon, be-
cause it's owner failed to pay the dog
license. There are about 20 dogs in the
city that have not been licensed and I'M
less licensed within few, days the dogs
will be shot and the owners prosecuted.
The fine for failure to license amounts
to SIS and costs Of court.
Mrs. William n. Noyes of Kittery, died
at the residence of her sister, Mrs Eliza.
beth L. Neal at Woodfords, early Sunday
morning, after an illness of only twenty
four hours
HIGH SCHOOL BACCALAUREATE
The mbers of the graduating class of
the Deering High school attended service
at All Souls church yesterday morning,
where Rev. +. T. Nelson, the pastor,
preached to them baccalaureate sermon
of much value In advice and instruction
for the future welfare of the graduates.
Mr.. Nelson chose for b. is subject: "The
Rewards of See king His text was
taken from Matt. Z, z: "Ask and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you"
In his remarks Mr.. Nelson said;
Nothing can be achieved without effort.
All of the achievements which we have at
this time; all of our material wealth we
enjoy come from the experiments and
studies of experimenters and philosophers,
who have sought and knocked; and
we can enjoy part of that but of the
field of knowledge we have to acquire
those things ourselves
The last part of his sermon developed
the idea that attainment of knowledge
alone is not the chief end of life, but good
Christian character is much more to be
desired.