The Portland daily press., 1898-06-11
SOUTH PORTLAND.
Graduating Exercises of Grammar
School Held Yesterday.

Union Opera House Packed-Bartley Nc
Cuilum's Theatre Opens Today-Elec-
trioal Arrangements of New Theatre
Camp Burdett Notes-Personal Notes
News Items, Etc.
The exercises of the graduating class of
the South Portland Grammar school took
place at the Union Opera House yesterday
afternoon at two O'Clock. There was an
audience present which taxed the capacity
of the hall and the programme which was
published in the PRESS was fully car
ried out Fine music was rendered by
the South Portland orchestra of six pieces
and Miss Mary E. Thompson's vocal solo
was most cordially received. The parts
assigned to the graduates were executed
in manner entirely satisfactory to the
auditors and the reading of the "Ow"
| paper, made up of contributions from
the graduates was feature of the after
noon's entertainment Seventeen mem
bers of the class formed a semicircle on
the stage and were awarded diplomas by
DR.. Brown, of the school committee,
whose remarks were most appropriate
and sensible. Credit should be given to
the principal of the school, Mr.. George
B. Henley, for his efforts in making the
graduating exercises SO successful and
the names of the graduating class are:
Ethel 6. Merriman. Evelyn @. Harriug-
ton, John Leroy Elliott, Emily D. Gale,
Cora M. Grant. Carrie Bell Walton,
Mamie I. Lowell. Lottie II. Skinner,
Helen j. Deyea, Harold K. Smart,
Lillian NJ. Willard, Catherine NJ. Malone.
John W. Finnerty, Florence e. Small,
Ruby B. Davidson.
Mrs. Byron Dean and family have
moved to Elm street in the city.
Fred Hartford entertained friends from
Denver, Colorado, yesterday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Webster of Knight
Vile. formerly of the village, is suffering
from an attack of pneumonia.
CAMP BURDETT.
The marriage of Albro Raleigh Carpen-
ter, son of W. o. Carpenter, and Miss
Alice NJ. Burnham, daughter of Herbert
D. Burnham, was celebrated at the North
Methodist church, Hartford, Conn.,, at
six o'clock Wednesday evening last, in
the presence of a large and brilliant as
semblage of guests. They left Hartford
the same evening on wedding trip and
yesterday were entertained in camp by
the City Guard Go. FL. In the morning
they were taken over to visit Capt. Harri.
sons battery at Portland Head. They
leave today for Nova Scotia.
All the officers of the Connecticut troops
at Camp Burdett were at the station
Thursday night at midnight to meet Col
Burdett and the officers of the four COM
panies of their regiment who were en-
route with their commands to Fort Knox.
The reunion was very pleasant one and
all were congratulated on their brown
and rugged appearance. A light lunch
was served in the station restaurant and
the train pulled out amid cheers and best
wishes.
| Lieutenants Ripley and Valentine left
| for Hartford last night to supervise the
recruiting of twenty-five more men for
each company to conform to the recent
order Of the war department. increasing
the quota of each company to JOG men.
1t is a very important duty as the high
character of the membership of these two
commands necessitates the greatest care
in the selection of new recruits
ELECTRICAL ARRANGEMENTS OF
THE NEW THEATRE.
The electrical arrangements at BARLEY
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