Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-02
new BOSTON AVE.
SCHOOL DEDICATED

SCHOOL DEDICATED
The dedication of the new Boston
avenue schoolhouse in Winslow oc-
Cured Friday evening at the build
ing in the presence of large number
Of winslow citizens, who were just
" proud of the beautiful structure
and the up to date furnishings. The
building is constructed of steel
brick and cement, with asbestone
flooring and is as near fireproof as
the ingenuity of man can make 1t.
The Horace Purinton Company had
charge of the construction of the
building and Steward & Marston OF
the heating, plumbing and ventlia-
ting system, the latter Of which is the
fan system and the last word in that
line. Bunker e. Savage of Augusta
were the architects and the structure
is entirely modern in every respect.
1t is situated at the corner of Boston
avenue and Dean street and the lot
was formerly of the Simpson estate.
There are six rooms in the build
ing, two on the front of each floor
and one on each floor at the back
with staircases at either end and the
entrance on Boston avenue. The
teaching force consists of Miss Angie
NJ. Glidden, principal; Miss Marion
Stanley, teaching the 9Th and 9Th
grades; Mrs. w. H. Patten, the 3rd
and 4th grades and Miss Beatrice
Smiley, the 1st and End grades. Miss
it was under her direction that the
fine students program was put on
last evening.
The dedicatory exercises were held
in the basement room, which is large
and roomy with windows large
enough to make it light and airy.
Music for the occasion was furnished
by Barney's orchestra and the rooms
were prettily decorated with flowers.
DR.. Augustus o. Thomas, of Au-
gusta, State superintendent of
schools. was the principal speaker Of
the evening. Harry Grindall, chair
man of the dedication committee,
presided at the exercises and with
him on the stage were DR.. Thomas.
Percy Cram, chairman of the board
of education; George Chamberlain
and Isaiah Hodges, selectmen of
Winslow: and Rev. George E. Paine,
.sv.tn @f hn CJ
schools, who offered prayer at the
opening of the exercises.
Open house was kept from to 8
o'clock, during which hundreds of
people examined the building and
commented upon it's beauty of archi-
lecture and it's fine arrangement.
After a selection by Barney's orches-
ira. prayer was offered, and another
selection, after which P. NJ. Cram,
as we'll as chairman of the board of
education, was introduced. Mr.. Cram
spoke in regard to what caused
Winslow to build another school
house. He said that in 1915. the
school buildings were overcrowded;
in 1916, the Hollingsworth & Whit
ney Co. offered to construct one Of
their standard dwellings, and leaving
out the partitions, allow the town the
use of the same for a school building
until one could be constructed. In
1918, the town voted to purchase the
lot and in 1920 they went ahead with
the building and the people were
present to view the results of the
same.
The school program then took
place and this consisted of dia-
logue, "All Through the Night" by
Armand Morrissette. Noe Hurd,
Laurier Laverdiere, Sylvia Muselli,
Wilfred Dustie, and Louis Quirion;
recitation, japanese DOLL Gloria
Roberge; vocal selections by grades
five and six; Wandering" and BLOW
Winds, Blow" Reuben and Rachel,
Hilda Priest and Robert Jones,
grade two; "Slumber Boat" Fran
celia Dean, grade three; Gypsy
Peddler," Margaret Salmond. grade
two; Water Baby's Lullaby" Annie
st, Atmande. grammar school; OPP
eretta, Queen Morals Dream" solo
dance, Jeanette ST Armande, Sand
Hill; Queen Flora, Franco Maguz-
z'ni; Stell. Faith Rollins; lilies,
Doris Rhoades, Evangeline Bulger,
Albertine Levesque; woodland fairies,
Marjorie Quirion, Avis Foster, Am
beriina Taddei. Evelyn Rollins: but
terfiies, Margaret Witham, Teresa
Maguzzini, Kathleene Morrill,; daisies,
Florence Grindall Ruth Thing, Luz
ellie Delano; bumblebee, Carroll Fot-
ter.
FOLLOWING the school program a fine
school flag was presented by the
free Masons in the employ of the
Hallingsworth and Whitney company
and after selection by the orchestra,
DIR. A. Q. Thomas was presented and
gave a fine address.
DIR. Thomas spoke highly of the ac-
complishment of the Winslow people
IN the construction of so fine a school
building. He said that the people of
Winslow believe in their children and
when the children grow up they will
not have to think of their parents as
tightwads, who neglected anything to
further their education when young.
The speaker complimented the peo-
pie on the building which protects the
children Intellectually but keeps
them safe from fire. He stated that
80 per cent. of the construction of
school buildings during the past
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