The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-09
A Railroad Crash En-
llvened the Day.
Other News Items of the His
tOric Town.

The adjourned annual town meeting Of
Yarmouth was held Saturday afternoon,
Moderator Clarence l.. Bucknam pfesid-
ing. II wss called to hear the report Of o
special committee appointed at the an
nual meeting to procure plans for new
high school building. The meeting was
also to take some action relative to the
contract to drain the 30 called brick yard
hollow. DIR. Ii. A. Merrill, chairman OF
the special DOM mittes, reported that one
plan contemplated erecting a building
with the GLASS rooms on the lower noor
and large recitation room On the upper
floor. The other plan contemplated the
erection OF building with wings at the
rear end, these wings to be used as resi-
tation rooms. The last plan would cost
about 81, 0c0 more than the first The first
plan was defeated by vots Of seventy to
ferry five. A proposition was then made
to give the committee 5000 OF the sum
appropriated for the new high school
building with which to put an addition
on the grammar school building to &C.
ccmmodAte the high school pupils. This
suggestion WIS also voted down. Then
the proposition to put up building with
wings was also voted down.
At this point the question Of draining
the brick yard hollow was brought mp
and it was voted to leave the matter with
the sci csnen.
Then q motion to reconsider the entire
new high school proposition was made
oh 60 OBJ 20
the meeting at this point was lost. Prin-
cipal Il III. Moore Of the high school and
l.. l.. shaw and j. Y. Hodsdon sd-
dressed the meeting and urged that the
new high scnool building be erected. II
was finally voted to appoint u special
committee of i've to act in conjunction
with the town school com mittse and they
were given the power TO build new high
school at a ocst not to exceed $4,000. The
moderator appointed as this special COM
mitsee, Messrs. John Walker, Henry
Sweetslr. L. l.. Shaw, Herman Seabury
and L. p. Pomeroy. The meeting then
finally adjourned having been in session
for two hours.
A Grand Trunk passenger train col
1AAed WIN ~ CA<PhJ SoeeAo eoA nv 80
Mouth Junction at two O'Clock Saturday
afternoon. The cattle car ran OF a siding
onto the main line just as the passenger
train came along. The cab of the loco
motive was smashed and Engineer
StunohGela BADLY cut about the head.
The engins of the freight train which
WINS near by hauled tine passenger train
into Portland.
Miss Alice Crosby has returned from
the SoutA;-where she has been spending
the winter. Her many friends are pleased
to welcoms her hack to the town.
The Yarmouth bgss ball nine. recently
organized. has com N enced active practice
Is readiness for tue seasons work. Ihe
team is composed Of some good material
and gives promise of doing some good
work. The boys expect to play a game
Fast Day With the nine from the 6reely
Institute, at Cumberland Center.
The Philologian society of North Var
mouth Academy, have elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing term: Presi-
dent, Duncan Mckay. Halifax, N. s.;
Vice president, Arthur e. Dunnin, Bath
secretary ana treasurer, Edith ]. Drink
water, Yarmouth; executive committee,
II. Augustus Merrill, chairman; Ellen
+. snow, Charles Crane, Jr., Yarmouth ;
q. Belle Walton, Mae L. Walton, South
Portland; nominating committee, Retec-
ca Crane, Yarmouth, chairman; Florence
Holbrook, North Easton, Mass; VIII
liam H. Rowe, Ysrmouthyilie; editor OF
Pathological monograph, Edith j. Drink
water, Yarmouth. A meeting Of the So
cisty Is to be held Monday evening, April
10. ct 7.sl O'Clock, at the academy build
ing.
The Young Ladies' Single Blessednsss
Debating society are to hold public en-
tertaiument on Wednesdy evening, May
ed, at Masonic hall.