Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-26

Biscoe. Mary H. Austin; Porter. Lucin.
da Field; King, Susie NJ. Wheeler:
Partridge, May McArdle; Harbor. J.
blanche Chase; Mountain. Katie
ROYAL; Whittemore, Bessie c. Colby;
TuelI Olive SWEET; Fobes. Lucia q.
Hayden: Hollow, Nellie Marshall. The
high school opens September 4. All
others September IL.
| George Derry of Portland, has won
| distinction in his studies. out of
| class of 40 at the Jesuit Novitiate at
| Frederick, Nd, he has been selected,
with a New York student, for schol-
arship at oxford University in Eng
land for which place he will leave in
| few weeks. The honor is augmented
by the fact that Mr.. Derry has com
pleted the five years course at Fred
erick in three years. The test has been
in examinations from year TO year in
all studies taken up during the entire
| course.
| The schools Of Leeds will open Sep
TENDER II. with the following teachers:
North Leeds. Winifred Pettingill;
| Gould's Corner, NJ. Emma McClusky;
Leeds Centre, Gard II. Francis; West
Leeds, Mabel ID. Lincoln Brick school
house, Ruth +. Pettingll; Curtis Cor
ner. Alice Nichols; Keen's Corner. Ad-
die F. Woodman; Plains, Alice NJ.
Could: Quaker Ridge, Mabel Dyer.
The scholars in the North Bridge
school will be conveyed to the Goulds
| Corner school, and those in the Otis
school will be conveyed to the Leeds
Centre school.
The public schools of Thomaston are
to open September Il, with these teach
ers: High school. a. $. Cole, Miss
Emma \. Fountain; grammar, l.. O.
| Packard, 9Th grade; Miss Addie H.
Morse. Sth grade: Miss Aubigue Ler-
mond, 18th grade; Bailey. upper room.
Miss Helena +. Hanley; lower room.
Miss Martha Mcphail: high school
building. lower room. Miss +. l.. CraW-
ford: Mill River, Miss Agnes Nc
| Namara: Gleason street. Miss Rosa
Moran: Wadsworth street, Miss Marion
Robinson: Oyster River. Miss Maude
II. Lermond; Reechwood. Miss Jean
neattc Mcdonald; Meadows. Miss Leila
Mi!ar.
Leroy T.. Hight. for q long time the
Very successful teacher Of Greek in the
resignation to the school committee. 1t
il his intention to devote his entire
time in the future to the practice of
law in partnership with his brother,
Clarence A. Hight. Esq. John Alden
| Of Portland will succeed Mr.. Hishtin the
high school. Mr. Alden graduated from
the Portland high schoolin the class Of
80. ana from Harvard in ~ He spent
some time in travel and research iii
Greece. having determined TO make the
teaching Of Greek his life work. on
his return he was appointed tutor in
the classical department at Harvard.
The village schools at Rumford Falls
will commence September IL. The only
new teacher is Miss Alice Fisher OF
Woods Hull. Mass. who takes Mr.. Bis
bees place as second assistant. Several
changes have been made in the teach
ers of the rural schools in Rumford
These schools will open September Z
with these teachers: Alice LoVejoy. at
Abbott's Mills; Mary Martin. Rumford
Corner. Mary +. Hoyt. Rumford
Point: Mabel Curtis, East Ellis; Susie
| Howard. North Rumford: Iva Silver
Red Hill: Lucy Lufkin. Lucena Ora
nam. assistants at Rumford Center.
Juliette Kimball. East Rumford; Retha
| Glover Isthmus: \. J. Churchill, Wy
man: Luena Lane Franklin Annex.
| Two schools which did not have the
required number of pupils will not be
| in session the rest Of the year. Re
| pairs are being made on the East Ellis
| schoolhouse. The floor and walls are
to be renewed and new desks TO be put
in.
The public schools in Bowdoinham
will begin September 4th. Prof. +. l..
| Parker Of Charlestown. Me, Bates -.
has been elected principal Of the Bow
doinham high school for the coming
| year. There will be no entering class
| this year. the committee having per
| suaded the scholars in the lower grade
! to devote another year to a more thor
| ough fitting for the high school DIR.
| |. {. Irish superintendent of schools.
reports the other teachers as follows:
| Mrs Abbie l.. Tibbetts Of Lewiston,
| principal Of the grammar school and
Miss Mertie r. WhitehOuse, Belgrade.
in the primary grades. Miss White
! house is graduate Of Pennington
normal school of the class of 80. Miss
| NJ Lillian Hopkins of HalloWcll Will
| have the jefferson school: Miss Mabel
Millay the Post Road school; Miss
Cora Young. the Brooks neighborhood:
Miss Carrie LeaVitt. the Brown dis
| trict; Miss Florence +. Brewster. the
! Bowdoinham Ridge school; and Miss
| Ida Littlefield. q school in the Small
district. comprising the pupils in the
Small ana Lancaster districts. Miss
Annie j. Butterfield has resigned her
position in the intermediate grade to
| accept a more advantageous one in
| Concord y. H.
Maine Fraternity Notes.
Silver Cross Lodge, Knights Of
Pythias. Belfast. is negotiating with
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