The Portland daily press., 1900-07-11
Outline Of the Celebration Of Old
Home Week.
A Chance that the Pres.
ident May Be Here.


Here is an outline of what is to be done
IN Portland and in general way al
over Maine IN Old Home Week. 1t viii
answer the questions of hundreds of peo-
pie who have been making the life Of the
secretary Of the Old Home Week commit
tee IN Portland burden and who has
found it an impossibility to reply to all
the letters he has received on this sub
ject, from every part of the country.
IN the first place it viii be well to state
That low rates are to be given by some Of
the Western railroads into Portland for
this week which begins August 9th. The
500 line has notified the eastern railroads
that they intend to offer reduced rates to
Portland from st. Paui and Minneapolis
and intermediate points and it Is under
stood that the Grand Trunk Il. Il. is to
do the same thing. The people who
have been working to make this the
greatest week Maine has ever known are
in hopes that the other Western railroads
are TO offer reduced fares to Maine. II
this is generally done there win be no
reason why thousands Of sons and
daughters OF this state who are now 1iv-
ing in other states Of tbs Union viii not
be able to return to Maine to visit once
more the scenes or their childhood. The
Boston s. Maine railroad has made ar
engagements with Mr.. Hayes Of Lynn for
special trains on both the Eastern and
Western divisions to Portland stopping
at points which he win name and has
made the price for tickets s. for the round
trip. Tickets for this week other than
those for these special trains viii be at
regular excursion rates and on August
9TH the tickets win be sold at the con-
vention rates which Is two cents mile
for short distances and u cent and half
on distances over thirty-three miles.
The Maine Central and in fact all of
the Maine railroads win give half rates
for this week TO any point in Maine.
This win enable Western people to reach
any OF the great resorts of Maine such as
Bar Harbor, Moosehead Lake, Poland
Springs, the Rangeleys. the Washington
county region and also the White Noun
tains at a very low rate. Tt is probable
that during this time excursions to all
Of these points viii be arranged from
Portland. Besides this the steamboat
lines running into Maine are to make
special efforts to accommodate all of the
people who viii wish TO come to Port
land by water. The Portland Steam
Packet company from Boston, the Maine
Steamship company running from New
York and the international Steamship
company from Boston, the latter run
ming day boat, are to increase their
service for this week to care for the
crowds which wiz come into Maine by
the way of the water.
So it may be seen that every facility
is to be offered strangers to reach Port
land for the grand celebration which win
occur here on August 18th. That they
are coming by the thousands there can be
no doubt and this Old Home Week idea
has become so popular and has reached
such proportions that it is rather alarm
ing to those who are in a position to see
the indications.
On Sunday August 9th the churches
IN every town and city of Maine and OF
every denomination are to hold services
appropriate to the week. These services
are to take the form of church reunions
in almost every case when the old pastors
and former members viii be present to
greet one another again. In Portland
for example the Second Parish Congrega-
tional church is to hold such service.
The venerable Rev. Elijah Kellogg of
Harpsweu whose father was the first pas
tor OF this church is to preach in the
morning. Though he Is nearly ninety
years old SO much is he admired and
venerated by the people of Maine that he
is sure of speaking to ones|
of the largest congregations this
oh urch has ever held. All of the pas
tors of the church who are living will be
present at this service it is hoped as well
as hundreds Of persons who formerly at
tended the Second Parish but who are
now residing outside of the state. AT
Wiliston church, the birthplace of the
Christian Endeavor Society exercises APP
propriate to the occasion will occur and
this idea viii be generally followed |
throughout the city and state
On Monday it is expected that the
crowds viii begin to reach Portland in |
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