Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-04
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
Large Attendance at Rumford.

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W. II. S. Ellingwood, superintendent
of Rumford schools, Thursday. stated
that the attendance at the Stephens
High school, this year. is the largest
in the history of the town. One hun
dred and twentysix are registered as
pupils, of which 40 are Freshmen, A.
are Sophomores and Il Seniors. John
". S. Hodgdon of kittery Point is in
charge of the manual training plant.
in the Pettengill building, and which
is new feature in the school curricu
lnm, this year. The course is avail
able for all male pupils from the fifth
grade to the Freshman year in the
! High school.
erdeeton Public Library Meeting.
AT the annual meeting of the Pub
lie Library, Bridgeton. held, Thursday,
Norman H. Libby announced that the
private library of the late Gov. Henry
e. Cleaves and Judge Nathan cleaves
| of Portland has been presented to tn
| Bridgeton Public Library and will be
| placed in one of the large rooms of tho
Davis Memorial building, dedicated,
this summer. The room will be fur
| nished by sister of the deceased men,
/, Mary Cleaves Mason of Portland. The
Cleaves private library is collection
of about 1909 volumes, largely books
of reference. 1t contains many spe-
cial editions.
Game Shipments Start.
The game shipments have started
with five deer received at Bangor up
no noon, Thursday. George w. Nor
ton of Portland had a doe. The othar
hunters with deer were Bangor peo-
pie Glen G. Clifford had two bucks,
VIM. Mason one buck, c. H. Glaster
one buck and j. C. McElroy one doe.
The hunters report game plenty and
no difficulty in getting it, although the
weather is warm and the leaves are
not all off the trees. They say that
many deer have already been shot, but
few will be shipped until cooler wealth
er. heavy rain has prevailed, on
Thursday, in the game regions, which
will improve the hunting conditions.
Jewish Cards Puzzle Postmen.
The Jewish New York and the send
ing of hundreds of cards and letters
from one section of Portland to an
other added greatly to the work of the
letter carriers, Thursday. Besides the
regular services in the synagogues
there was a special gather in Portland.
High Tide on Coasts.
The tide, at noon Thursday, at Bid
deford, was the highest for a quarter
of century The wharves in Saeo and
Biddeford were submerged and consid-
cradle damage was done to the road
way. At Old orchard there was high
run of tide, the sea washing over the
bulkheaGs in places.
Messenger Disappears.
During the severe rainstorm in East |
port, Thursday, the tides were the
highest of the year, rising % feet and
3 inches. Many wharves We're over |
flowed, but no damage was reported. |
The average rise and fall of the tides |
at PASSPORT are about is feet every
day.
Carroll Leslie Wymna.
Carroll Leslie Wyman died at his |
home on the West Side, Livermore
Falls, Wednesday, after a short ILL |
ness of complications resulting from |
Bright's disease. He was born on the |
old Wyman homestead, Nov. Is, 1860 |
and lived there until within few
years of his death. Mr.. Wyman was
the only son of Deacon and Emily
Merrill Wyman. His great grandfath-
err Rev. Thomas Wyman, was the first
Baptist pastor in the town of Liver
more and his grandfather was Rev.
VIM. Wyman, a well-known pastor.
His wife was Rebecca p. Jones, by
whom he had one daughter. mis-
Christine, who with his wife survive
him. A sister, Mrs. Cora Eaton of
Livermore Falls also survives. Mr..
Wyman was a fine tenor singer.