The Portland daily press., 1899-06-17
ST. JOHNS DAY.
Knights Templar WIN Appro-
priately Observe the Day.
Boston, Brockson and Portsmouth
Communicates WIN visit Portland
ST. Adams WIN Go To Lewiston.

There will DO thres knights Templar
Communicates in Portland on June gath,
two OF them will arrive here Friday,
June e85, aud the other will come here
Saturday, June 18th. One Of these yis-
iting Communicates will be entertained
by the Portland Commandery, which in
tended to make pilgrimage Of Its own
on st. Johns Day, but wi II now remain
at home and entertain the visiting sir
knights in royal manner.
| Boston CommnDdery, accompanied by
Carter's Boston Commandery band, and
their ladies, will leave Boston OF $40
a. M. on a special vestibule train for
Portland. They will stop half an hour
at Old Orchard to see the big pier and
the beach and will reach Portland at /
O'Clock Frldey afternoon. This comman-
derry win be met at Union station on
their arrival ty deputation from Port
land and St. Adams Communicates and
will be conducted to the Falmouth hotel.
The Boston Commandeiy Will probably
march from Union station to the Fall
mouth hotel II the weather Is suitable.
Arriving an the hotel lunch will be
served 10 the visitors and after lunch
special cars will take the sir knights and
their ladies 60 Rlverton park, where the
vaudeville performance at the rustic
theatre will be enjoyed and the return
made to the Falmouth at 8 o'clock in
time for dinner.
After dinner the Boston knights with
their ladies will take special steam
boat of the Casco Boy line for Peaks ISL
md where they will witness the even
| ing performance at tho Gem theatre.
in the private ball room over the theatre
until IL. 30 PM, when \ special boat will
bring the party back to Portland. In
case the weather is not suitable for the
evening excursion the evening will be
passed in dancing in the large dining
| roo m of the hotel.
ON Saturday morning June Gath at ~
O'Clock, special boat will be taken for
the celebrated 20 mile sail among the
islands of Casco Bsy. At noon the party
will land at Peaks island where q fish
dinner will be served. At o'clock a
special boat will bring the party back
| to Portland ana after n lunch at the
| Falmouth the commandery will return
to Bosom at 4 40 p. m. During their
visit here the magnificent band of the
Boston Commandery will furnish music.
THE BROCKToN CoMMANDERY.
The Brockton Commandery, knights
Templar. will arrive here Saturday
morning and will be the guests Of the
Portland Comrnandery. The programme
for their entertainment has not yet been
made public. but it Is certain that the
visitors will he given good time. Port
land Commaudery will meet the Brock
ton Commandery at Union station on
their arrival and . will escort them up
town.
THE PORTSMOUTH COMMANDERY.
The Portsmouth Commandery, Knightn
| Iemplar. will arrive here Friday morn.
| Ing and will remain here until Saturday
They have arranged programme for
their own entertainment, but what it is
has not yet been made public.
ST. ALBANS GO TO LEWISTON.
On Saturday, June Gath the Lewiston
Commandery. knights Teinplar. will en-
terrain four Communicates at Lewiston,
among them st. Adams Commandery
of this city. There win be two comman-
deries at Lewiston from Montreal and
one. from Skowhegan. The Lewiston sir
Knights have made elaborate arrange
ments for the entertainment of the Wis
itors.