The Portland daily press., 1900-05-22
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents.
GRAY.

Gray, May 21-Mr W. ii. Lowe OF
Buxton has been visiting relatives here.
Mr. Harry Head returned from Lake
wood, n. j., last Saturday and will COM
mence work at the Poland Spring hotel
Immediately.
The Rev. H. A. Childs will deliver the
Memorial sermon before the Shepley Post,
G. A. r., next Sunday, May eth, at the
Baptist church.
Mr.. Frank McQuarrie and Miss Grace
Knight were married May 18th, by the
Rev. H. l.. Mccain. Mr.. McQuarrie
and wife will make their home at the
house of Miss Hattie Clark.
Mrs. Sarah Webster of San Francisco,
Cal, is expected to arrive this week, to
pass the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Clarice Sawyer
Mr. Parker Sawyer of Westbrook, FORM
erly of this town, died suddenly at the
day, May 18th. He called to transact
some business on Friday, the 18th, and
was but few minutes in conversation
with the lady when he received stroke
Of apoplexy from which he died. The
funeral will take place at the home of
his father in law, Mr.. Marshall Morse,
of Dry Mills, on Tuesday, May 22nd. Mr..
Sawyer is a member of Cumberland
Lodge of Masons.
The Rev. ii. h. McCann delivered one
of the finest baccalaureate sermons before
the Pencil Institute, class of 1900, at the
hall of and institution last Sunday, ever
given in this town. The singing by the
choir ON this occasion was especially fine,
and evidenced much painstaking ON the
part of their leader, Mrs. L. Il. Cushing.
The concert of the Pennell Institute
class of 1900 will take place at the Bap-
fist church, Friday evening, May 25th.
The following talent have been engaged !:
Lotus Male Quartette of Lewiston; Miss
Cornish of Lewiston will give selections
in reading; Gifford's full orchestra will
furnish music for the graduation exercises
and the concert
Saturday, May Goth is designated for
Field Day by the school, and will be OBJ
served at the Gray Park. There are to
be seventeen events, and the contestants
are to be Greedy Institute, Levi Hall
High school and Pennell Institute schol-
ars. The events are to begin at 10 O'Clock
a. M, and continue through the day.
Many of the contests will be novelties to
Gray people and will undoubtedly receive
"a large patronage from this and surround
ing towns.
Mr.. John Nero, employed by Mr.. b.
+. Skillings, was an employee for several
years of the late Mrs. Hitler of Whining
ton, Mass. Mr.. Nero says that the an
nual production of this lady's cranberry
beds was .about twenty five hundred bar
rels. Her present husband, short time
previous to his engagement as an en-
ployee of Mrs. Hitler, was shipwrecked at
Cape Elizabeth. That year he labored
with farmer at South Portland through
the having season Mr. Nero enumer-
ates many kind and generous deeds of the
lady.
WINDHAM.
windham Centre May 2i-Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Libby have returned to their
home in Casco.
Mrs. Chas. ID. Hasty, with Mrs. Mar
shall Rogers. spent several days of last
week visiting relatives in Lewiston.
Mr.. Lincoln +. Hall was at home Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. George b. Hanson has returned
from Gorham, where she has been for
the past month.
Mrs. Small, who kept house for Mr..
last year, has returned to work there
again.
MIR. Ernest Staples is boarding all but
ihree of the twelve men now at work on
The Anderson bridge. Those three have
rooms and board themselves at Mr.. George
Hanson's. More men are expected.
Mr.. George Hanson has painted the
Peoples church and will now begin paint
ing the Proctor house owned by Mr.. AL
phonso Jordan of Portland.
The German measles are still prevalent.