The Portland daily press., 1900-11-23
First Meeting Of Newly Organized
Chorus.
New City Directory Just
Out.
Principal Wentworth Consider
ing City's offer.

The annual fair OF the Cleaves Rifles,
N. q. NJ, which is being held In
udd Fellows hall, West End, Is being
well attended and the company expects
TO realize lsrge,sum of money as result
of their labors. The minstrel show which
was given with such success on Wednes-
day-eyening, vas repeated last evening
before a weiI-fiiied house. Among those
present at the fair last evening were sew
raj of the officers and members OF the
companies from Portland, representing
the Portland battalion. The booths In
connection with the fair are in charge OF
the. following young ladies'; Useful BOOTH
Miss Jennie Kinmond, Miss Maud Par
sons; Portland Battalion booth, Miss
Edna Cummings, Miss Susie Gilman;
fancy work, Miss Adiis Watson; misoel-
laneous. and rafreshment booth, Miss
Jennie Hasey, Miss Mamie Bohnsen; Ice
cream was served in charge Of Corporals
Parker and Jsssen. The music for the en-
tsrtainment has bsen of q very high or
der, and was furnished by Lemieux s
newly organized orchestra, composed as
follows: Fred Lemieux, leader and first
violin; l. Leighton, second violin; Chas
Hurd, clarinet; ]. r. Sullivan;, bass;
Fred BODICE, first cornet; VIM. Walker sec
pnd cornet; Henry Henderson, trombone;
James Kelley, French horn. The rair
win conclude this evening with grand
ball.
An adjourned meeting OF the Westbrook
school committee is TO be held this even
ing, when 1t is expected that reply Will
be received from Principal Q. W. Went
worth, as to whether or not he Will accept
the offer OF an increase in salary and
withdraw his resignation as principal OF
the Bridge Street grammar school.
The new directory OF Westbrook, which
the Union Publishing company Of Bos-
ton, Mass, have been compiling, has
been ISSUED and is now being distribute
ed.
The newly organized Westbrook chorus
under the direction OF MIR. Edward y.
Gushing OF Portland held its first meet
ing and rehearsal last evening in the YES
try Of the Universalist church. Special
attention is to be given this winter to
popular methods of sight singing as
taught by Frank Damrosch with his
Peoples chorus in New York, and 1t Is
hoped that sufficient technique may be
gained to unite the chorus with the
Maine Festival chorus next year. The
enrolment up to the present time In
cludes the following persons: Soprano
and alto, Miss Thalia Anderson, Miss
Marion Alden, Miss Adna Burnell.
Blake, Miss Elizabeth Burgh, Mrs. E.
E. Coffin, Miss Ethel Cloudman, Miss
Annie Crague, Mrs. James Clay, Miss
Elizabeth Cutter, Miss Annie NJ. Dolley,
Mrs. F. w. Freeman, Miss NJ. l.. Good
ell, Miss Bertha E. Higgins, Miss Minnie
Herman, Miss Mabel Hulit, Miss Stella
Kirkpatrick, Mrs. John Q. Lane, Mrs.
Edward Larrabee, Miss Florence Lebook,
Miss Wilma Morrill,, Miss Jennie A.
Mcclellan, Mrs. j. N. Eewcomb, Miss
Hattie Peterson, Miss Lillian Pennell,
Mrs. ]. w. Phinny, Miss Iva L. Pinder,
Miss Sally II, Spring, Miss Carrie
Stevens, Miss Eva Rand. Miss Grace
Speirs, Miss Sinclair, Miss Clara L.
Simpson. Mrs. Fred Stevens, Mrs. j.
i. Wilson, Mrs. j. II. Wentworth, Miss
Wilson. Tenors and BASES, Linn Alb.
bolt, Harold II. BODICE. A. L. Chandler,
II, A. Craigie, w. W. Cutter, ]. Q.
Estes, II. W. Foster. j II. Hezelton. j.
E. Harvey, J. j. Hanson, +. l.. jack
son, Earle Lewis, Q. ]. Laverty, VIII
Pennen. Stanley SWEET, ]. II. spear. Il.
II. snow, Thos. d. Smith, +. B. Usher.