The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-04
WESTBROOK.

| The meeting of the Current Event,
club will be held this afternoon at
O'Clock at the home of Mrs. W. X. Dana
Mechanic street.
The school room decoration committe:
meeting which was planned for Satur
day, May at the home Of Mrs. E. Il.
Newcombe, has teen postponed to some
day next week.
The Daphne club held meeting Tues
day evening at the home of Miss Nellie
Hawkes., Burnham street. The following
officers wers chosen fer the ensuing
year: President, Mrs j. c. Lane, vice
PIE sident, Blanche Stoves; secretary,
Hattie Burnell; treasurer, Miss Josie
Noyes. Refreshments were served, con
sisting of punch, fancy crackers and
olives
Miss Martineau of this city has pur-
chased house on North street from
Henry Picteaux OF Gorhsm. The house
was formerly owned by george w. Rob
erts of this city.
MIR. Arthur W. Kicker, who for many
years has been a clerk in the otfics Of the
westbrook Manufacturing company, con.
cluded his labors Saturday when the
plant was turned over to the s. ID. War
rem company. MIR. Kicker has entered
the employ OF the Haskell silk company IS
office as clerk.
Mrs. Samuel Hawkes. CT Waseca, Mimi.
is in the city as the guest of her brother,
Mr.. A. L. Skillings. Mrs. Hawkes. form
erly resided in Westbrook, and this is
her first visit to the city for about 20
years. after locating in the west.
The Westbrook base bali club has ar
ranged for game with the South Port
land team on the Scotch hill grounds
May 81 at 2.30 o'clock. The Westbrook
club will play the Brunswicks in Bruins
wick May 3Oth In the afternoon, and not
in this city as previously published.
A large tree near the residence of Mr..
Warren on the Gorham road was struck
by lightning in the shower of Tuesday
evening. The tree was quite badly de-
molishei as result
ACCIDENT TO MR.. W. H.fNAYLOR.
MIR. William H. Naylor who resides on
Bracket street, West End, was the VIC
tim of an accident Wednesday forenoon.
He was employed on one of the wIarv, q
in Portland in setting up rotary saw
for Chase g. Co. The machinery weighed
about three and half ton. The sup.
port gave way and the machinery fell on
MIR. Naylor. His right foot and leg were
quite badly damned, but no bones were
broken. A few moments before this Mr..
Naylor was underneath the machinery
which, If it had fallen. would certainly
have killed him.
A reception to Rev. q. c. Phelan and
wife will be held this evening from 73O
to 10 o'clock in the vestry of the church.
Presumpscot Valley lodge No. 4, <.
of p, will observe its anniversary this
evening at *. of p. hall.
A reception and social is to be held this
evening IN the vestry of the Warren Con-
gregasional church in honor of the newly
elected officers of the ladies' circle of the
church.
Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows
hall, West End, for the benefit of the
school room decoration fund, Hon. W.
W. Cutter and Mr.. Hugh A. Craigie, both
of this city, gave talks on Europe, they
having recently returned from trip
there. MIR. Cutter talked on Florence,
Naples and other points of South Eu
rope, while Mr.. Craigie's remarks were
confined to England and Scotland. The
talks were handsomely illustrated by
about 80 coloIed views used in the stere
opticon.