The Portland daily press., 1898-12-22
DEERING.

At d recent lnee6lng Oh Jne nlenVohe
club Of Oakdale the sum of $25 Was voted
TO the relief fund of the Portland victims
TO be paid through the Woman's Literary
onion.
lse funeral services over the remains o.
na late Alfred G. Crook, eldest son OF
frod NJ. Crook, are to take place this
.rGoon at two O'Clock from the resi-
@, Of Mrs. 9. A. Blair, 546 Stevens
rs avenue, No rth Deering.
i4e funeral services over the remains OF
"a iate Mary A. Robinson, widow OF tht
..;e james Robinson, who died at hel
zone on Sunday at the age of 50 years,
were held yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock from her residence, 10 Bryant
street, Woodfords. Rev. ]. r. Clifford,
pastor of the Clark Memorial Methodist
church, officiatsd. The pail bearers were
W. G. Canney, Charles Goodwin, j.
Lehan and Thomas Perry. The burial
was at Forest City cemetery, Cape Eliza
beth.
The city offices will close on Monday in
observance of Christmas.
Clarence W. Bowker, formerly with
Ryan Ss Kelsey of Portland, has associ'
ated himself with MIR. Clarence Thomp
son, who will continue the grocery busl
ness originally established by the late Z.
II. Thompson of Woodfords.
The Society Whist club of Woodfords
will not meet again until after the hol1-
days.
The Monday evening meetings OF La
Studiense club, Morrills corner, have
been postponed until after the holidays
Miss Crockett, operator at the Wood
fords central telephone Office, who has
been confined to her home on High street
by illness, has resumed her duties.
Mr.. Guy E. Hill of Morrills, has re-
turned from Springfield, Mass, where he
was called to the hospital In that city by
the sickness of his brother. he reports
his brothers. condition as quite comfort
able.
About iss feet of one of the gates at
the Arlington street crossing of the Port
land and Rochester has been broken of.
The crossing tender is at a loss to explain
whether some one lowered the gate out of
maliciousness, or whether it was run into
by an electric car while down.
A team heavily laden with meat broke
down Tuesday evening near the Maine
Central depot at Woodfords.
Yesterday forenoon farmers wagon.
loaded with Christmas vegetables and
eggs, came to grief at tbs same place.
The horse became frightened at passing
car and shied to one side. The runner oi
tie pung caught in the car track and the
goods were thrown out into the street
The property belonged to Mr.. G. E.
Roberts of Falmouth. The pung was only
slightly damaged.
Master Paul Phoenix, SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles z. Phoenix. Mechanic
street, Woodfords, has returned from
visit to his uncle, Prof. Geo. G. Phoenix
and wife of Williamantic. Conn.,. Mrs j.
q. Phoenix his grandmother. who accom-
panied him will remain all winter.
Walter D. Chase, son of the late Andrew
j. Chase of Boston, formerly OF wood
fords, has recently recovered from a long
attack of typhoid fever in Chicago where
he is located in business.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES MEETING.
An important meeting of the Deerine
school committee was held last evening
in the City building.
Miss Auguste d. Schumacher at present
a teacher in the North school, Portland,
was elected teacher of vocal music in the
schools to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Miss Helen NJ. Langthorne who
was victim of the steamer Portland
disaster.
A committee of three was appointed to
purchase chemicals for the High school
labratory. The committee was made uI
of Messrs. Heseltine. Packard and Jacobs
1t was voted to extend the High school
vacation one week and make the spring
vacation one week shorter that the
students may enter the new High school
building at the commencement of the
winter term which opens January 9th
The other schools will commence January
I'd as usual. The janitor of the High
school was authorized to establish lunch
counter in the High school building to be
under the supervision of the school board.
Miss Abbie Dennett was elected teacher
of the Nason's corner school in place Of
Miss Lucy johnson, resigned.