The Portland daily press., 1900-05-21

The plans for the Old Home Week cei-
ebration 60 steadily on and the interest
In this movement steadily increases
40 the days 20 by. Inc executive com-
mittee fully realizes that they have before
them . tremendous undertaking., but
proffsrs OF assistance which ara being
made By the progrsssive busiasss men Of
Portland shat they are confident OF max
Ing the celebration Of the home coming
OF Portiand's sons and daughters great
success. Outside Of Portland the inter-
est In Old Home week Is growing and all
over the state an effort IL being made 10
reach the former residents OF the several
towns and cities In order to send TO them
one Of the governors Invitations which
will soon be issued. The secretary Of the
Portland association has received in all
about i2C0 names mp 20 this time with
the list constantly growing larger with
every mail. Some Of the letters have
come from distant states and great
number from Massachusetts and other
New Englandl States, while the most OF
them are Of course from citizens Of Port
land.
Some Of these lsttsrs are very interest
ing rs they show the love which Maine
people have for their native state and
the interest they feel IN everything CON-
nsctsd with the city OF Portland A few
days ago one was printed from = man iv-
Ing In North Adams. Mass, who said
that he he'd intended to 20 to the Paris
Exposition this year, but had chan ged
his mind ana decided to come to Port
land for few weeks instead. Another
man way out In Wisconsin, said he
hadn't been to Portland for 81 years, but
that he was coming back during Old
Home Week to see the old city once
again. when he gets here he will ind
Portland grown beyond his recollection
and so changed that he viii hardly be
able to RECOGNIZES 1t a. the city of his
birth.
DIR. r. A. Blanchard and wife Of st.
Jonnsbury. Vt, writes that they have the
honor Of being former residents Of this
city and wish an invitation sent to
them. "Mains always hiss warm place
in our hearts," the letter states. "and
we wish every possible success to the Old
Home Week idea and sincerely hope that
IL will call many who 1--we In distant
cities to their homes to help make Old
Home Week time TO be long rsmsm-
bered."
F.C. Burroughs writes from Danielson.
Conn.,, ira. both he and his wife are
natives Of Portland, and will DO here for
Old Home Week In North Cambridge,
Mass. there Ia a oIub Of 10 young WON.
en- who formerly lived In Portland, Of
which Mrs. George Clapp IL the score
tary. They want Invitations sent TO
them and lay they will all be hsr1 on
August oh II possible. Lettsrs come
daily from people as far away as Colo.
rada and California With this expressed
Intentions Of the writers OF coming to
Maine for this week. Very oftsn letters
are received .Econtaining as many an 20
or 20 names of former Portland people.
To all OF these persons Invitations will
be mailed by the secretary OF the local
committee. Sunday Is a good time to
think up list OF former Portland people
to whom Invitations may ha sent. The
local committee wants all the names II
can get for this purposs Of Portland men
and women who are now living out
side Of the siats. The iists should be
mailed to II. III. Bigeiow, City Build
ing, as soon a. possible.
A pious old lady living down In Con.
necticut, writes that she IL too old to
q. Co. hsxf
she hopes ''that God Will keep the score
tary In the hollow Of His hand while he
IL doing the work OF the Local Old Home
Week Association. A physician who
lives In one OF the country towns in
Western Maine, wrote that he hoped he
might be invited back home for this oc-
CO sion. He evidently believed the town
where he resides 10 not in the Pine Tree
State.
There viii be many reunions during
this week in Portland. Several OF the
High school Glasses are preparing for re-
unions, among them the class Of 1874.
A gentleman who ID conyAssing for
list Of names Of former members Of this
class, met with an obstacle In one case
which he had not counted upon. A
woman told him shsi would dearly love
to see her old classmates again. but she
wouldn't give the man her name, "bs-
cause II she did everyone would know
how old she Was"
As has already been stated, the fieet
will be here August 9th. and there viii
be the biggest display Of fireworks ever
given in New England outside OF Bos-
ton. The military parade In th morn
ing OF August 7th. the mamnoth free
concert given BY Maine people on the
previous evening, the great meeting
which will DO aadresse1 BY Seer etary
Long and other distinguished sons OF
Maine, ths big coaching parade and .
dozen other attractions will b Q enou Oh
+, keen the visitors entertained during