The Portland daily press., 1901-01-02
Portland Paper To Be
Printed in Westbrook.
Meeting Current Events Club
Personal items.

In the casa of City Marshal Wight and
Officer Pomerleau against MIR. Isaac
Gross for search and seizure. Cross was
fined 500 and costs Cross, through his
attorney, VIM. Lyons, pleaded not guilty
and appealed the case. The liquor, Crois
claims, was for personal use and NOS
for sale
The Current Events club VIII meet
Thursday afternoon at the Westbrook
Conrraga ionRI church at O'Clock.
Misses Woodbury. and True Of Portland
will illustrate the Fletcher method Ct
kindergarten music. The members OF
the Ammoncongin club have ALTO been
invited TO attend.
- Chief Engineer Foster was engaged yes
terday in re defining the street lines oil
Holman sire ct, recently accepted by the
city.
A New Years supper was served last
evening in the vestry Of the Universe
list church to the members Of the Sun
day school. The supper was largely at
tended and most enjoyable evening
spsnd by all.
The newly organized choir of the
Westbrook Universalist church Is TO
sing next Sunday morning for the frst
time The choir is composed OF Mr
J. &. Lane, soprano; Mrs. John II. Went
worth, alto; Philip q. haskell. tenor;
W. b. Verge, basso.
Daniel May, son of James and Mary
May, Central street, died yesterday at
the home OF his parents, after an illness
mia hos rf
disease. The deceased was Is years OF
age and was horn in Brunswick, coming
to this city a short time ago to reside
with his parents. The funeral services
are to be held Thursday morning from
thu residence of the parents,
The class of 1900, Wsstbrook High
school, held its first reunion Monday
evening at the home Of their olassmate,
MIR. Virgil Watson, Cumberland Mills
The party partook of the nature of
watch night" reunion as the class
watched the old year out and the new
year in. Games OF various kinds wer
enjoyed during the evening, after whic
refreshments were served. Out of ola
OF 20 members 20 were present Five
the class are now college students, ard
as they are in the city on their Christ
mas vacations, also met with their recent
pIassmate graduates, A very enjoyabls
evening was had.
Mr.. Alexander Speir, the Westbrook
printer AMI publisher, IL is understood,
is to commence very soon upon the nut-
Iicatlon of the Portland Transcript OF
Portland for the publishers. The paper,
1t is understood, is to he under the same
management. but will be printed at ths
printing office OF Mr.. Sreir. The paper
Is to he made smaller In size and other
important changes made.
The annual meeting of Warren church
occurred last evening. MIR. James Ora
ham was onosen clerk and treasurer, and
MIR. S. A. Cordwell deacon. The reports
OF the different church organizations
were made. The year has been pros
porous one for the church. Tbs meeting
was we'll attended.
Mr.. Edward Sutemisster OF the chemi-
cal department Of the S. d. Warren paper
mills, who has been visiting his parents
in Boston, has retul ned to his work at
the mills.
Miss Annie c. Holmes, Forest street,
the well-known music teacher ana COM
poser. has returned from New York where
she has been on n business trip.
Rev. Mr.. Ward, retired clergyman,
residing on Lamb street, has recently
been taken Ill with what the doctors
have pronounced consumption.
Mr. James Trafton and wifs, Cumber-
land Mills, leave early next week for
Los AngeIeF, Cali where they are to
spend the winter.
The annual meeting of the Westbrook
Universalist parish is to be held Monday
evening, January 7th, at which time the
parish officers will be elected and I'M
portant business transacted.