Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-06

High school and comes very highly
recommended.
Miss Verne :. Thomas has been an
pointed teacher of the North Bath
Faith school to succeed Miss Ella c.
Whitney. Miss Thomas is a graduate
of the Pennington Normal school and
has taught in Augusta and Auburn
All the schools are now stumbled with
teachers for the fall term which prob
ably opens Sept 10.
Inc Alumni and students of the old
Pennington academy, which is now
the State Normal school, are irving to
raise Hl3o 10 purchase a tablet in mem-
DRY or Rev. Jacob Abbott, the author
me tablet Is TO be placed upon the cx-
terror OF Few Acres. Mr.. Abbott's for
mer home, some time in August The
committee in charge is HoratiO o. Laid
jamaica New York city. Fl. {. Rice
and Mrs. j. c. TarbOX of Pennington.
Castine Normal Alumni Association
had the 3lst annual meeting at Sandy
Point beginning July II and continuing
three weeks. The association holds
property valued at $1,000 consisting of
. acres of land. including a grove IF
| spruce. birch and oak The cottage is
| 3Ox5O feet three stories high and has a
kitchen dining room and large assemb-
| ly hall The registration of former
members of the Castine Normal school
| varies from 100 to $50 yearly.
John S. Locke of AZ Middle street.
Saco, who recently resigned as super
intendent of the public schools of that
| municipality after 10 years faithful
and continuous service, was presented
with beautiful silver loving cup as a
| testimonial of the esteem, affection. re-
spect and kindly regard he is held by
the teachers of the schools over which
he SO long presided. The cup was
engraved as follows: presented to
John S. Locke as a token of esteem by
his educational coworkers.'
| Judge @ II. Drake, superintendent
of schools. Pittsfield has announced
| that the vacancies in the town schools
caused by the designations of Miss
Kate NJ. Patten, Miss Olive ]. Gleason
and Miss Helen Haskell will be filled at
the opening of the fall term, Sept. 4,
as follows: Miss Ethel Sanford o, Pal
myra Will teach the third and fourth
grades; Miss Byrde Hatch of Penob-
scot, the fifth and sixth grades at the
| Riverside schools: Miss AZula Myric of
| Troy has been engaged to instruct the
second and third grades at the Hart
land avenue school.
| Mrs. Martha ID. Chase, who was
recently elected teacher in the South
| Portland High school to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
in educational matters. She gradu-
ated from the Portland High school in
! the class of 81. and afterwards Went
| 10 Mt. Holyoke where she took post
graduate course. She has a degree A.
H.. from the Boston University. Mrs
| Chase has been Il teacher in the San
ford High school and FoXcroft
academy, tlevoting herself especially to
the English and French departments.
The following teachers have been en-
gagged for the Madison village schools:
| James. \. Hamlin, Topsham, Principal
of High School; Elgiva z. Luce. Mad
isOn and Mittie \. Dow. Newport, as
sistants; Blanche NJ. Smith. Lewiston,
Grades VIII and IN; Margaret NJ.
Longtellow. Pennington, Grade VII:
Ethel NJ. Frost, NorridgewOck. Grade
VI; Lucy NJ. II. Salisbury. Bar Har-
Dor. Grade V: Annie V. Bracket, Mad
ison, Grade "; Lena f. Butler. St
Adams. Grade III: Helen A. Thomas
West Eden. Grade III: Gertrude Black
well, Skowheean. Grade 1; Alice Yves
ton. Madison. Sub-Primary and Music.
| At a recent special town meeting in
| HOulton, it was voted TO raise the sum
Of $1,000 in addition to the amount
raised last March. to build Il school
| house on Bowdoin street. The sum OF
| S. 900 that was raised to build Il school
| house in the western part of the town
will be used in the Bowdon street
building which makes $1,000 besides
| the amount received for the school
lot on North street to be expended
The entire building on Bowdoin street
which will be of brick will not be
| finished this year but later on the
| town will be asked to appropriate
more money to complete the upper
| part of the building which will he left
| in the rough.
Miss Whites school for girls in Port
land which annually receives a good
number of pupils from this section of
| the SlIlc, VIII nave 10 take more cOlIi
mOdiouS quarters in the near future
| The house now used is an old family
residence and its charming old-styie
| rooms are ntted with suitable simple
ity and yet with exquisite taste and
with an atmosphere Of home and com
fort most delightfully."- infused. Miss
White comes of Il family interested In
! education her uncle being Or. Cort Of
St Pauls school. Concord. y. H., She
| was born in the middle west and was
educated at the Academy and Normal
school at Norwich, Conn. Her teaching
experience has been in large boarding
schools for girls in Boston and New
York. including seven years under Miss
| HeloiSe HerSey of Boston. Miss White
came to Portland two years ago and
through excellent management and
personal tact and charm has built up q
school which sh" now modestly ac-
knowledges has practically fulfilled her
| hopes and expectations.
NAMES SONS AND DAUGHTERS
A Glance at What They Are Doing in
Various Places.