The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-24
DEER ING.

Rev. George II. Guttarson, D. D.. OF
| Boston will speak at tho Woodfords Con
gregational church Sunday morning, on
the work of the American Missionary AS
| ISOLATION in the schools and churches OF
the South. DR.. Gutterson is secretary OF
the Association, is fully informed on his
subject, and is an able and brilliant
speaker. He will be warmly welcomed to
| Deering.
The fall term of Westbrook Seminary
has opened we'll this year with an attend
ancs of ninety scholars nearly so of whom
are entering this year, making it one OF
the largest entering classes for years. The
students come from all sections of the
country, and there are numbered among
the list one student that halls from
Japan. Thsre are five past graduates that
have entered the school this year to take
post graduate courses.
The Messenger Publishing association,
Niryana Literary society and the Athletic
association connected with the seminary
are each to hold meetings next week for
the purpose of electing officers and form
!
The Japanese student referred to is
Riokichi Ito of Use, Japan, who has been
in this country about year and half
| and last year was student at the Yves.
| leyan seminary at Wilbraham, Mass He
| is great football player and is much in
| terested in his school work.
| Frances Avello, the young Cuban who
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visitor here during the past week. He
leaves Boston Monday for his home at
Cienfuegos via Tampa having recently
received letter from his father (the first
since the wary stating that he and the
| family are alive and well and requesting
the son DO come home. His father was
engaged in the tobacco business in that
city before the war, but enlisted In the
| Spanish volunteer army and now having
been discharged is to resume his business
with the assistance of his son. Young
Avello is delighted with the outcome of
the war being heartily in sympathy with
the cause of the Cubans.
The board of assessors will be In session
all day Saturday at their office, Odd Eel
lows block, Woodfords, from to IL and
Ii to O'Clock for the transaction of bust
ness. sc
There is to be football game this
morning at nine O'Clock on the field
owned by Mr.. w. II. SCOTT at Higgins
corner, between the Wcodfords and East
Deering grammar school elevens. These
teams played last week and the latter
| team was victorious. During the week
the Wocdfords boys have been putting in
some hard work and hope to win this
game.
The Woodfords Universalist Ladies'
Circle held their first supper and social
for the fall and winter season at Lewis
hall last evening. These socials are al
ways highly enjoyable and are well at
tended.
The subscribers of the Invalids' Home
at Woodfords will hold their annual meet
ing at the home on Mechanic street on
Wednesday afternoon, Octo Der 5, at three
o'clock.
Mr.. Arthur G. Doten, Ocean street,
Woodfords, left last evening for Brooklyn,
N. Y, where he is to enter the Long
Island College hospital, completing the
course which he started at Brunswick two
years ago. MIR. Doten was accompanied
By two of his Brunswick Medical classmates
who are to take the same course, graduat-
ing next June.
The committee in charge of the arrange
ments of the Deering course of entertain
ments held meeting Thursday evening
to select the programme for the series OF
entertainments that are to be given at the
Woodfords Congregational church COM
mencing in October and ending in the
middle of January. The dates have not
been set as yet but the programme will
include the following features: The
Rogers Grille concert company; e. G.
S weat of Portland in a new illustrated
| lecture, with impersonations and songs;
| Prof. Robertson in an illustrated lecture
and the Blates Glee club.
| The special meeting of HOSE /, Wood
| fords, which was not held last Monday
evening on account of the fire Is to be
held next Monday evening at Z. 80 O'Clock.
| The signal was sounded yesterday morn
ing for no school in Desring.
| The. Deering High school football team
have organized with the choice of Arthur
e. Buchanan as manager and Joseph Nc
Cafferty as captain. Mr.. Herbert I. Allen
! OF Harvard, 80, who is to act as SUBJ
master at the High school as soon as the
new building is occupied is coaching the
team.