Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-05
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Burning Of the Schoo|house
Brings Project Of New One.
Seaside Grange Insta|Is Its Of
ticers--O. {. 5. Conters Degree.
Golden Gross Temple, pythian SIS
tiers, Elect Officers Friday.

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Belfast, Me-, Jan. 4-(speciaD News
was received here Friday of the death in
Troy of Miss Eliza c. Dyer, an aunt of
DIR. Eugene L. Stevens of Church street,
a woman well known and greatly beloved
in Belfast, where she was born and lived
for a good many years. Miss Dyer in
her early life was a successful teacher
and later for years lived in Boston with
her cousin, Mrs Charles Terham After
that she was for some years the COM
panion of the late Mrs. c, Y. McClin-
took of Belfast. For the pas three and
half years Miss Dyer had been a helpless
invalid, confined to her bed at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Augusta Stevens. in
Troy, where she died Thursday night and
from whence the funeral will take place
Monday The interment will be in the
family burying ground of the Chase fam
lily in Unity.
Primrose Chapter, o. f. s., Friday
night conferred the degree on three can
didates. The officers-elect will be install
ed JAN 16 by Associate Grand Matron
Mrs Edalaide Meservey of Wateryille.
An invitation has been accepted to visit
Bethany Chapter of Stockton Springs
Jan. 13, when its officers are to be In
stalled by District Deputy Grand Ma
ron Mrs. Jessie S. Pattee of Belfast.
A meeting of the Public Building Asso-
citation will be held at 730 Monday eve-
ling in the City building. The matter of
whether the bonds which this company
is to issue to defray the building of a
$4,000 schoolhouse for the city are legal
or not will be discussed. If decided in
the affirmative steps will be taken at
once toward the building of the school
house. Hon. r. F. Dunton. ex-bank ex-
aminer, and Clement w. Wescott, cashier
of the City National Bank, and others
will be invited to speak on the subject
One of the questions which has arisen
is whether or not the city can legally
give over Sin consideration" to the new
company the property which now COM
prises the school buildings of the city.
If this is decided and it is found that it
| cannot be done legally, then it will be
proposed that the city receive a given
amount in bonds for said property. 1t is
absolutely necessary that something be
done Immediately toward housing proper
ly the hundreds of pupils in the city.
With the burning of the North Primary
building Friday the only "near-modern'
building is destroyed. The other build
ings are not only antiquated but unsan-
itary and in the minds of many, unsafe
In several instances ehilsfen have been
withdrawn from the schools and taught
at home this winter owing to the poor
ventilation causing so much illness. Legal
advice received by the Public Building
Association is to the effect that there
| is no doubt about the plan for building
the scheolhouse being legal and it is
hoped that the matter will be definitely
settled on Monday night. The plan is to
build schoolhouse costing $4,000 on the
school common on Church street. for
which the city is to pay an annual rental
of $1,000 for 25 years, at the end of which
time the property will belong to the city.
vote at the polls last fall approved this
plan. Already over half of the bonds
have been pledged
The following officers were installed
Friday night at Seaside Grange by State
Deputy Edward Evans of Waldo: Wor-
thy Master Earl Braley; worthy over
seer, Elijah Ritchie; worthy lecturer, Ell
mira McKeen; steward. Carl Noyes; as
sistant steward, Alphonson Ritchie;
chaplain, Lucy Cochran; treasurer. Ed
ward B. Lunt secretary, Marian Hayes:
gatekeeper, Erwin Wade; Ceres, Elnora
Hayes; Flora, Clara Lunt; Pomona, Lena
Ritchie; lady assistant steward, Susie
Braley. State Deputy Evans was assist
ed in installing by County Deputy and
Mrs. Manly Wilson of Searsmont Grange
The installation was followed by a Har-
vest feast which was greatly enjoyed.
Guests of honor were "a members OF Riv-
erside Grange of Poor's Mills. Following
the feast a brief program was given.
| The following officers were elected Fri
day night at the annual meeting of Col
den Cross Temple. Pythian Sisters: Past
chief, Mary Whitney; most excellent
chancellor. Emma Estes; most excellent
senior, Flora Waterman; most excellent
junior, Annie Sanborn; manager, Hattie
Dodge; mistress of records and seals,
Ethel Johnson; mistress of finance, Nina
Cook; protector. Ethel Whiting; outer
guard, Rose Sprague; delegate to Grand
Temple, Georgia Sheldon; alternate, Eta
Dodge; trustee, Mary Whitney.
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