The Portland daily press., 1898-05-26

The ladies' aid society of the Elm street
NJ II. church will be entertained this
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kennedy, Atlantic avenue Es9.Ha 4
Messrs. Frank and Walter Nutter have
teams at work hauling crushed stone
from their quarries to pave the road
from Vaughans bridge, Ligonia, to the
railroad track, in the same place, width
of the filed in portion being IA feet.
BRILLIANT OPENING OF FAIR
GIVEN BY MERRIMAN'S BAND.
Oasis hall in Knightville was aglow
last night with patriotic colors on the
occasion of the opening Of the four days
fair by Merriman's band. Large Ameri-
can flags covered the walls of the room
while at different points, shields, s,ir-
mounted by eagles, found appropriate
places. Red, white and blue were OH all
sides and each booth had over it one of
the three colors. The decorations were
In excellent taste. On entering the hall
the first ito attract the VISITORS attention
was the peanut booth, with its neat bor-
der Of pansies presided over by Misses
Alice Gibson and Eva Sawyer. On the
left of this was the punch booth with
Miss E. S. Small and Mrs. E. Jordan in
charge. Along three sides of the room
eight other booths were placed at which
the following articles { and goods were
offered for sale and presided over as fol-
lows: :s91a 20 91
1-GrOaorv IN
Blake.
&Aprons-Mrs. Jennings.
3-I1nware, Mrs. Fred Charming.
4-Fancy Goods-Mrs. j. id. Sawyer,
assisted by Miss Sadie Jordan.
5-Candy-Miss Alice St. John, assist
ed BY Mrs. F. R. Cunningham.
6-Flowers-Miss Lottie Roche.
7-Prize Book-Miss Ethel Littledeld.
.8-Pickles, Miss Georgia Townsend and
Miss Alice johnson.
Considering the unfavorable weather
conditions the attendance of "frst
nighters" wasl good and the prize table
was a centre of attraction. Here Is
bottle of beans and the person who makes
the best guess as to the number OF beans
gets a handsome tidy. A watch goes
TO the most popular boy, ring to the
most popular girl, Redman's pin to
the favorite member of that organization
and a coat to the most popular motor
man. There is picture for the lady
receiving the most votes and quilt for
the lucky number as
The table in the refreshment room is
decorated with potted plants and ices and
cakes are served. ADS
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itself in an adjoining room and gives
delightful concert and on raised plat
form in one corner of the room Skillings
and Mcdonnell last evening introduced
their famous musical specialties which
proved to be most acceptable to the visit
ors. Another enjoyable feature is the
graphaphone concert which is to be a
mighty attraction. IL should be remem-
bered that the fair is to continue up to
Saturday evening and is surely worthy
of generous support. 1t has opened suc-
cessfullyi and with great credit to the
fair committee who are F. D. Shanning,
chairman; Albert Church, E. G. McFar.
land, John Bragdon and Gilman Town.
send.
PLEASANTDALE.
+. Willie Strout, boy of Pleasantdale,
II years old, who lives just off Elm
street, ran away from home Wednesday
night, and was found in the city yester-
day morning by his father and conducted
to his home. He is said to be bright
and Intelligent youth.
Mr.. J. S. Fickett. superintendent of
public schools, paid visit yesterday to
the Elm street school and found everything
in satisfactory condition.
|. Photographing groups Of school chill
dren is in vogue, and Wednesday the Lii
gonia scholars grouped themselves before
the camera.
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