The Republican journal., 1913-03-27


the Easter vacation. and most of the student.
left Friday night and Saturday morning to
spend the vacation at their homes.
At recent meeting of the directors of the
Children's Aid Society of Maine the gift of
S 900 from Hon. D. d. Stewart of South AL.
bars was formally accepted and will be invest
ed for the benefit of the Girls Home. It will
be known as the Levi M. Stewart Fund" The
gift was received through Mrs ]. W. Manson
of Pittsfeld, one of the directors of the So
ciety.
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. The Cityooint
school, Miss Ella M. Erskine. teacher, present
ed the following program March 2lst, the last
day of the term: Welcome, Edward Roberts;
John Jenkins sermon, Lavaughn Whitcomb:
Our Harry and Our Will, Sidney Knowlton:
Our Flag, Stella Creasey and Everard Roberts:
music; dialogue, Young America by Lavaughn
Whitcomb, Leslie Keech and Sidney Knowton:
Grandma's Sampler, Phebe Roberts; The Viii
London. Everard Roberts and Phebe Roberts:
On Saturday Night, Fletcher Whitcomb; music
by Helen Keech; Casey at the Bat, Edward
Sawyer; Going on an Errand, Clarence Roberts:
music. Lavaughn Whitcomb; Love Little Pus-
sy, Evelyn Small; Washington Day, Howard
Small; duet Maude Creasey and Helen Keech;
jolly Joe and Lazy Lew, Leslie Keech and
Keith Creasey; Barbara Frtchie, Helen Keech;
music; dialogue, The Paper Don't Say, Ed
ward Sawyer and Helen Keech.
THE CITY SCHOOLS At the beginning of
the Spring term the First Grades of the North
and South schools will be divided. one part at
| tending school in the morning and the other in
the afternoon. This will make the teachers
day one hour longer, but past experience
shows will work satisfactorily. Supt Wood
bury says the children of this age can apply
their minds only for short period with profit;
and this arrangement will also allow the teach
er to give her undivided attention to the class
before her. The few pupils in these grades
who come in the school teams will be allowed
to remain for the two sessions . Miss Grace
A. Lord will spend part of this vacation in
| Newton, Mass, studying the methods of pro-
motion there, and Supt. Woodbury. is corre-
4 spending with Mr.. F. Wallace Chase of the
| Bigelow school of Newton with a view to
adopting their methods of promotion in Bel
| fast "A public meeting of school authorities
and all interested will be held April 21st, when
| State Superintendent Payson Smith will ad-
dress those present. The proposed consttu-
/ ton Tor the parents and teachers league has
! been drawn up and will be read at this meet
ing and the organization perfected. Several
i committees are working for its advancement:
| Mrs. ) A. Parker IS chairman of the social
committee; Mrs. Amos Clement of the lecture
committee; Mrs. Lewis + Cannon of the mem
! bership committee and DR.. G. ". Jenness of
| the school improvement committee The city
teachers have been meeting every Wednesday
afternoon to perfect themselves in the Palmer
muscular method of writing which they are to
! teach
RUNAWAY SCHOOL Boys. Within the past
few weeks there have been several cases of
runaways by small school boys. Ralph Casey
and Harlan Caderwood went to Camden
where they were seen and treir parents were
notified and brought them home. little later
Walter Hall disappeared and remained away
week, and on his return gave satisfactory
explanation to his whereabouts. Last week
Ralph Casey, Willis Pattershal and Raymond
Dutch left town. Dutch was apprehended in
| Waterville Friday morning and gave his faith
| er's name as Fred Dutch, and his home as in
Belfast. The City Marshal telephoned to Bel
fast and found that the boy. who is 10 years
| old, had been missing from home for two days.
| The story he told the marshal was an interest
ing one. He said that in company with two
! other boys, each older than himself, they start
ed from Belfast Tuesday morning and walked
I to Waldo. At Waldo they met man who
! was going to the Boston market with two car
! loads of potatoes and he agreed to let them
ride in provided they would keep the fire
burning. When the train reached Waterville
the car was delayed, and the owner of the po-
tatoes, leaving the boys in the car. went to the
business section OF the town. The boy; also
! alighted from the car and started out. The
potato owner in conversation with business
man mentioned the fact that he had in the
car runaway boys The business man in turn
! notified Officer Simpson and Dutch was found
on Main street. The other two boys had not
been seen. City MARSHAL NJ. R. knowlton
: telephoned the Waterville officials to send
the boy home at his fathers expense,
which was done. Since the foregoing
was in type the two missing boys have
turned up. Ralph Casey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Casey, had been detained at police
headquarters in Portland and was sent home,
and Willis Pattershall. son of Capt Ralph W.
Pattershal,is In Portland with his grandfather,
Z, Howard F. Mason, and other relatives.