The Portland daily press., 1899-04-08
BRIDGTON ACADEMY.
Reunion of Alumni and Former Stu
dents Of Old school,

Tho second reunion of the Bridgton
Academy Association held Friday after
noon and evening at Riverton casino. was
we'll attended. and a most enjoyable time
was spent by the members, many OF
whom were present from various parts of
the state TO participate in the reunion.
The association ~ composed Of sgraduates
and former students of the school and
there were numerous renewals of old &C
quaint upon the occasion Of the
bers of the academy in attendance were
Hon, George n. Emery, Col. III. 5. Os-
good, Lleweiiyn Barton, Esq, ;. q.
SJrout, Esq, aud other well known citi-
zsns.
A portion Of the members went to the
park in thu early afternoon and enjoyed
the aft, rnoon hours in pleasant social
manner. The reunion banquet was
served at seven O'Clock In the banquet
room. President b. Q. Stone was seated
ct the head table and at the various
tables wers seated nearly a hundred Of
the members and guests OF the assooia-
tion. The banquet consisted of ten
courses apd1 WAS served in Landlord
Smiths best manner under the direction
of Miss Kelley, and an efficient corps Of
Waite .ses. The following were sented at
the tables: Mr.. and Mrs, Is. q. Stone,
Mrs. Elias Bauks. '3s, Hon. George II.
Emery, II. s Osgood, Mrs. E. NJ. $.
Mitchell. s. q. Strout, Miss Annie O..
Strout Maria Fulton Sawyer. '5s; Whit
man Sawyer. Mrs. Edward Tompson,
Standish; IL. Tdmpson, Standish; Charles
A. Robinson, Mabeile W. Robinson, 80;
Mary Rankin, 80; Lillian 81. Wa'dron.
Portland, Cynthia W. Chaplin, Mrs.
Mary W. Merrill, Miss Grace &c. Merrill,
Portland; Mrs. Il. Augusta Twombly, bs,
Bndgton; Mrs Dora A. Fogg, Jimmie
A. Goff, Portland; Clarence U. Proctor,
'92. ~ Windham; Frank d. Usher. '9l,
Sebago; James Carroll Mead, '02, North
Bridgton; Alvin c. Dresser 81, Portland;
Scott Wilson, Woodfords; Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilson. 'S7, Woodfords; q. b Sylvester,
'S4, Harrison Grace Newman Barton,
"a, Portland; Llewellyn Barton, so, Asa
'5S, Bridgton; DIR. Oscar A. Akers. 's3,
Portland; Susie Hooper, Annie Z.
Holmes Westhrook; Elizabeth Chandler,
New Gloucester; Harrietts I. Smith, "a,
North Gorham: Mrs. Caroline Holden
Babb, 'S7, Woodiords; George II. babb.
's7, woodfords; g. d. Holmes, '6S.
Brunswick; II, H. NJ p brswer; -; mrs e
Sawyer, so, woodfords; Mrs. w. q.
Sawyer, Woodfords; James L. Rackleff,
Portland; G. q. Spratt, North Bridgton !;
Edwin V. Spooner, North Bridgton;
Amy n. Fellows, Portland; Abbie II.
Sawyer, $50, Gray; Augusta chairman,
81, Auburn; Cora f. Briggs, 's7, Harri-
son; Mary A. Babb, Senago; Minnie 1.
IL. Holman. III. Westbrook; +. l..
Haskell, W. Cumberland; Mrs. 4. l..
Haskell, 'S3, W. Cumberland; Charles ID.
Gould, '6s, North Bridgtoni DIR. l.. ).
LON bard. 80, South Portland; Mrs. Il.
S. Lombard, South Portland; Milan A.
Cummings, '93. Portland; Miss Emma @.
Cotton. Hiram; W. II. kimball, so,
Oakdaie; Miss Grace L. Curtis, '95, Port
land; Byron Kimball. '61, North Bridg-
ton: Grace Read, Jonathan Eastman, 80;
Miss Ruth q. EASTMAN, Portland; W.. ~.
Russell, Gorham; Minnifred Stone Rus
sell, Gorham; Helen NJ. Staples, Hal
lowell; Frederick Nj. Thompson, Evening
Courier; Elizabeth II. b; Cotton, mber-
land Mills; Addie Il. Horn, Westbrook;
j. l.. Horr, Westbrook; Helen l.. Cotton,
Westbrook; A. N. Witham. Mrs. May l..
Whitman Cum berland Mills; ii. A. hall
Mrs. II. A. Hail. North Bridgton; Miss
Helen g. Nichols, 10, Casco: George h.
Briggs, Portland; Henry a. Elliott,
Portiand Charles Hutchinson, Port
Alexander Findley, 20, Portland; ". Z.
Jefferds, Argus; A. NJ. Soule, PRESS.
Dinner over the company adjourned to
the Assembly hall where the business
meeting and after dinner exercises were
held. The nominating committee re-
ported the following list of officers which
we're declared elected: President, Is. z.
Stone, Portland; vice president, Col. II.
5. Osgood, Portland; SECRETARY and
treasurer, George ID. babb, Woodfords;
executive committee, A, e. Dresser. Asa
+. Abbott, Mrs Whitman and Mrs. &.
A. Robinson ali of Portland.
The report of the secretary who read
the records of the previous reunion was
accepted.
After the business had been transacted
President Stone took occasion to thank the
association for the honor conferred and
the confidence Ieposed in him by "a
election to the Office of president. The
following programme was then carried
out in highly pleasing manner: Violin
solo, DIR. Willis ii. kimball; reading of
journal, Mrs Grace Newman Barton,
editress; Dr. Charles Il. Sylvester, editor.
Vocal solo, Miss Maud l.. Legrow; dis
cussion, res solved, that the methods of In
struction in the public schools genera
ton ago, ara superior to those OF the
present time. Affirmative MIR. Byron
himbaIl, Miss Helen NJ. Staples; mega
tive, Mr.. Alvin q. Dresser; Mrs. Lillian
BODICE Wilson.
Al the conclusion of the after dinner