The Portland daily press., 1898-10-22
DEERING.

The Cumberland Illuminating company
with their power station at Great Falls,
have crew of men. AT work on Forest
avenue placing poles.
The young ladies at the Deering High
school are to form basket ball team,
and held meeting last evening for the
purpose of perfeoting plans.
A. ]. Holding & Bro, of Deerina
Point have had their old brick chimney
4 taken down and an earthen one put in
it's place.
A new cinder walk at North Deeripg
about three-quarters of mile long, has
just been completed.
| MIS-. Charles Cushing of Freeport will
fspand the coming winter with the family
Of her son, Mr.. Harry Gushing, Wood
fords.
This afternoon at l O'Clock the Deering
board of aldermen will give hearing at
the corner Of Cliff and Charles streets on
the petition of e. G. johnson, In relation
to the acceptance of Cliff street, So
called. At O'Clock at the junction OF
Longfellow and Grant streets on the pc
tition of Joseph Tyler and others, who
ask that Grant street he extended from
It's southern terminus to Bridgeton street,
and that Longfellow street be extended
| from Its present westerly terminus to
High street. At g. 80 p. M. at the juno
tion of Forest avenue and Dartmouth
street, so.called, on petition of G. B. Dali
ton and others, for new street running
from Forest avenue to land Of the p. &
r. r. R., to be called Dartmouth street.
The Woodfords grammar school football
eleven have arranged game for 10
O clock this morning to be played on the
grounds on Ocean ostreet at Woodfords,
near the P. & R. R. R. tracks. with the
Emerson grammar. school eleven Of Port
land.
At the meetingIof Rocky Hill lodge, K.
of p, Woodfords, Thursday evening,
the rank of page was conferred on one
candidate.
The Deering High school foot ball elev-
en-, through their manager, Mr.. Arthur
Buchanan, have arranged for the follow.
ing games to be played during the sea-
son: October Goth, South Portlands at
South Portland; November 5th, Bath
High school at Bath; November 10, Bruins
wick High at Deering; November 10Th,
Nichols Latin school at Lewiston. Efforts
are also being made for game to be
played Thanksgiving day with the Read
ing, Mass, High school eleven to be
played at Reading.
The ladies' circle connected with the
Woodfords Uniyersalist society did not
hold their regular semi.monthly supper
and social last evening owing to the fact
that they are busy in preparing for tbs
fair and sale to be held under their aus
pioes in Lewis hall, Woodfords on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of next
week.
The Westbrook Seminary foot ball
eleven are to play the Nichols Latin
school eleven of Lewiston this afternoon
at 3.45 O'Clock on the Seminary grounds
The Deering High school foot ball eley.
en- are to play return game this after
noon with the Westbrook High school
eleven on the Seminary grounds at 4
O. clock or as early as possible at the
conclusion of the W. S.-Nichols Latin
school game.
The second eleven foot ball team con-
ne oted with the Woodfords grammar
school are endeavoring to arrange game
to be played this afternoon with the
second eleven of the Morrili's grammar
school.
There is to be a special parish meeting
of the WoodfOrds UniverseliSt society
this evening at 7.30 o'clock at Lewis hall
to take action relative to filling the
vacancy caused by the resignation of their
pastor, Rev. f. 4. Nelson.
The Clarke Memorial Sunday school
will observe next Sunday as "Rally
Day. Special music and brief addresses
will add to the interest of the occasion.
The NJ. e. Sunday school at East
Deering will also observe ''Rally Day"
at their session at l.45 p. M, next Sun
day afternoon. All are invited.