The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04
GORHAM.

| A very pretty wedding occurred at the
residence of M-.and Mrs. Charles Hanson.
State street, Thursday forenoon last,
when their eldest daughter Harriet, was
| united in marriage with Mir. Will W.
Ellis of Boston. salesman for the well
known firm of Wolf, Fish 81 Co.. of Bos-
ton. There were present relatives and a
few immediate friends only. The core
mony was performed by the Rev. William
! Cashmere. pastor OF the School Street
NJ. +. church. The happy couple stood
beneath beautiful floral arch at one end
of the spacious parlor. Mr.. Cashmere
performed the ceremony in very i'm
pressive manner. After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs Ellis received the congratu-
lations and best wishes of those present
The happy couple took the noon train
for Boston, where their future home will
be. The presents were numerous and
beautiful.
Thursday evening the Cosmopolitan
club held their annual banquet with Mrs
Frank l.. Merritt, Green street. The
rooms were decorated with the club color,
yellow. The tables looked very, pretty be-
ing dressed all In white with large tou-
quet of the club dover, pinks. in tina
center of each. Dainty dinner cards were
at each plate which read as follows:
Cosmopolitan club. banquet. February
I'd, eighteen hundred ninsty nine" Com
mittee of arrangements, Miss Jennie p.
whitney, Mrs. Susan W. Merritt, Mrs
Mary 4. Hinckley. After the banquet in
few well chosen words the hostess in
troduced the toast mistress, Miss Sarah
Ridlon The following toasts were re-
sponded to in a very bright and witty
manner: "Our Club" Mrs. Waterman
THE Maine Federation Mrs. Billings
''Our Husbands, Mrs Hinckley: 1.-The
Wealth of Club Women" Miss Cloud
man; 1.-THE Ideal lClub Woman" Mrs
Ridlon; 1.-The Club Baby" Miss Flick
cit; WARS, Wise or Otherwise, Mrs.
johnson; Original Poem. Miss Whitney
Aud Lang Syne,' by the club. Among
those seated ut the tables were: Miss
Pickett, Mrs John Waterman, Mrs. Frank
johnson, Mrs Charles Cobb, Miss Eta
Parker, Miss Nellie Cloudman, Miss Jen'
mic Whitney. Mrs. Frank Merritt, Mrs,
John Hinckley, Mrs. George Bur nell,
Miss Sarah Ridlon, Miss Gertrude Mer-
rin, Miss Marion Summersides, Mrs.
Elmer Black, Mrs Edward Guptill, Mrs.
Ida Ridlon, Mrs. Charles Billings.
The entertainment announced to be
given washington's birthday by the John
X. Adams Relief corps, Col. Ii. K. MIL.
let, president, has been postponed to We'd
nesday evening March LIST.
The l.. Il. Wentworth camp, sons OF
Veterans. are to celebrate their anniver-
sary on the evening OF February ed.
The Junior League are to give an enter
tainment the same evening.
The Rev. william Cashmere. pastor Of
the School Street NJ Il. church, has re.
ceived unanimous vote of the official
board to return to Gorham another year.
Tho annual meeting OF the Cosmopoli-
tan club was held with Miss Jennie p.
whitney. south street, Wednesday after
noon. The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
Nellie Guptln; vice president, Mrs. Emma
Waterman: secretary and treasurer, Miss
Jennie p. Whitney; executive committee.
Mrs. Rose johnson, Mrs Minnie Hinckley
and Mrs Grace Billings The study of
the year (subject) Travels In England
and Scotland.
Mr.. A fired Whitney. who fell and frao-
tured his hip few days since, died sud
denly Thursday evening. Mr.. Whitney
servsd in the war of the re bellion. being
soldier in the Fifth Maine regiment vol
untsers. Co. A. His funeral will occur
sunday at one O'Clock p. m, from his
lat, residence, Main street.