The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-24
GORHAM.
THE FIRST PARISH OF GORHAM IN
1857 and 1900-OLD HOME WEEK.

THE FIRST PARISH OF GORHAAI IN
1857 and 1900-OLD HOME WEEK.
In sermon delivered by Rev. Georgs
W. Reynolds Ia the Congregations
church Sunday, I'D inst, he took occa
sion to contrast the numerical strength Of
the parish IN 1887 and 1900, and among
other interesting facts mentioned the
following changes: On the Fort Hill
road beginning north Of the church,
there were IS men, women and children
who were members OF the parish in 81.
OF this number II have died and 81 re-
moved, making a shrinkage Of IS. TO
offset this nine new families have come
with a membership of 81 souls, making
a net loss of -. On High street there
have been 10 deaths, Is removals and u
additions, net loss 16. Church eonstitu~
ency in 81, SO: in 1900, %, loss of Il. On
State street there have been IL deaths and
removals, families have gone and "A
families have come; a gain Of 8 families.
Constituency IN 'S7, 33; in 1900, SO, gain
of 26. On Green street there have been
deaths and 10 removals, plus loss on
Maple street makes 10, additions so, net
gain II. Church constituency in ~, 81,
church constituency in 1900 40; net gain.
IA. On South street there have been u
deaths and 10 removals. Constituency
in 81, 4s; in 1900, 50; net gain, 4. On
Main street there have been 10 deaths and
II removals, loss 36; there have been 81
additions, net gain, Is. Constituency,
81, Ga; in 1000, IS; net gain, IL.
On Church, Water, Depot, Preble and
Lincoln streets there has been gain of
10 in the constituency Of this church The
net gain in the constituency of this
church throughout the parish included in
this corporation is 40-this constituency
includes only those persons and families
who have contributed TO the support of
this church or attended it's services dur
ing the past year. There is prevailing
idea that the population of our Village
has greatly diminished. This is unfortu-
nate If true, and there are many things
to discredit it, to Illustrate by the ebb
and flow OF population, it Is only neces.
sary to call attention to these facts:
Since 81, Fort Hin road has lost 10 fami-
lies and gained 9, a loss Of one family,
but gain of four persons. High-street
has lost seven families and gained three,
n loss Of four families and 10 persons.
State street has lost five families and
gained II, a gain Of nine families and 30
persons; Green street has lost four fami-
lies and 10 persons; South street has lost
four families and gained liza gain of sew
on families and % persons; Main street
has lost nine families and gained IA, a
gain of five families and q persons. The
statements are made concerning changes
of entire families, but they do not include
individual changes by death and removal
from these streets. There have gone 80
families and 81 have come, a gain of is
families and 50 persons for 1910 over 'S7. !
If the population has increased through
out this parish, it stands to reason that
it has increased throughout the corpora
ton. Today there are 1876 dwelling
houses, 260 families and population OF
7O6 in this village not including normal
pupils.
The discourse was listened to with