The Portland daily press., 1899-06-02
MUSICIANS AT RIyERToN.
Festival chorus Gives a Dlnner TO Con
duetor Chapman end OTHERS.


49,
Thursday evening was the occasion Of a
pleasant social eathesfng at Riverton
Park Casino. at which time the members
Of the Portland Musical Festival chorus
rendered complimentary banquet to the
following invited guests: Mir. and Mrs.
W. r. Chapman, Mr.. and Mrs E.. A.
Noyes, Miss Ruth Cords Long. Boston;
Mr.. Arthur HYDE Bath; DR.. II. M.
Nickerson and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. II. W.
Barnard: AR. and Mrs. II. f. Merrill,
MIR. Frank II. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Palmer, Miss Henrietta d. Rice,
Miss Ida King Tarbox, MIR. GEORGE Car
ter. Mr. and Mrs William II. Stock
bridge. The invited guests with mem
bers TO the number OF about seventy five
went to the park at $50 o'clock by spec.
ial cars.
On arrival at the park the lines were
formed in the Assembly hall and to the
strains Of music by Wilson's orchestra
the members and guests marched into
The dining room where one of Manager
ID. B. Smiths excellent banquets awaited
them. The tables were handsomely deco
rated with flowers.
troduoed as toastmaster. Mr.. Noyes in q
few well chosen remarks referred to the
success OF the festival chorus work and
announced rs the first toast the follow
ing; "The Musical Festival, its chorus,
It's symphony orchestra, last but not least
its conductor, who conceived it and
brought 1t into being" To this toast
Prof. W. r. Chapman responded.
The next toast, 1.-THE Portland
Chorus" Mr.. Arthur Hyde of Bath re-
sponded. Mrs. W. R. Chapman respond
ed very pleasingly to the toast in honor
of the ladies' The last toast was in hon.
or of the Mozart club and was responded
to by DR.. II. NJ. Nickerson.
At the conclusion of the speechmaking
the company enjoyed various musical
numbers rendered BY members of the
chorus and guests.
The party returned to the city at late
hour by special electric cars. O.
The following were present; Edward
A. Noyes and wife, Emma L. Chapman,
Arthur Hyde, Ruth Cords Long, MIR.
W. r. Chapman. Mr.. and Mrs. F. II.
Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Merrill,
Walter H. Carter, Henrietta -. Rice, Dr.
and Mrs. Nickerson, Ida King Tarbox,
frank II. Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs. H. W.
Barnard, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 4. Whipple,
Miss Elsie ellison. A. S. Woodman, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert B. Hall, j. W. Thaxter,
Mrs. ]. Wight Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 4.
Greene, Bertha f. Greene, Bertha NJ.
WEIGH. Mr.. and Mrs. William @. Allen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrie B. Coe, MIR. and
Mrs. Frederick X. Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Shurtleff. Mrs. S Il. Thomp-
son, Miss Jennie A. Sargent. Miss Mabel
II. Preston, Sarah f. Colburn, Mr.. and
Mrs. John O'Burke, Mary g. Jordan,
Martha L. b. Halves, Maud e. Cameron,
e. Miriam Stone, Lois Il. Rounds, Alice
:. Frazier, MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Sim
mons, Eva. B. Montgomery, Stella 6.
Proctor, Clara b. Pancoast, Mabel #.
Proctor. Margaret K. Burrows, Mrs.
Martha A. Coffin, Alice H, Nelson,
Margaret E. Fox, E. S. e. Mcclellan,
Mrs. j. & Palmer, Fred S. Vail, Mrs.
]. H. Davis, Marshall Davis, Bessie W.
Varnum, Eliz W. Varnum, VIM. p.
Goss, Charles X. Lewis, Mrs. o. S.
Fogg, Evelyn ID. Fogg, G. Evelyn Day,
Elmer E. Randall, Florence N. Gardner,
Mrs. Anne E. Merrill, Julia E. Noyes,
Mrs. K. ID. White, Louis Dutton, Edna
Webb, Frederick l.. FERRIS, Miss Milliken,
Harriet Fassett, George T. Noyes,
Harriet Foster, Robert Whitshouse and
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