Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-15
NEWPORT
School Notes

0CnOOI INOeSS
Newport High School opened Sept.
8, with the largest enrolment IN the
history of the school, with 12S stu
dents. A very efficient corps OF
teachers have charge, all having
taught here last year. Principal
Woodford Rand, Commercial. Miss
Ethel Knowlton; History and Eng
lish. Miss Laura Pratt; Languages
Miss Alta Davis.
The Junior High School with 10
pupils is again fortunate in having
Miss Myra Sewall of Detroit as
teacher.
The Grade Schools of the village
have FOG enrolled. The teachers are
Miss Mary Marsh, Dexter. first
grade; Miss Margaret Belyea, Maple
ton, second grade; Miss Grace Speed,
third grade; Miss Vera Cornforth,
Unity, fourth grade; Mrs. Grace
Morse, Plymouth, 9Th and 9Th grades;
Miss Ethel Brown, Detroit, seventh
and eighth grade.
, Mrs. Grace Newman of Ellsworth
has been secured as supervisor OF
music, taking the place Of Miss Celia
| Tibbetts, who resigned after very
successful term of years.
The Freshman reception was held
, at Grange Hall Friday evening, with
| a large attendance of students and
teachers. The evening proved very
delightful and entertaining, the
medley singing by several teachers
with Supt. Small at the piano was
| much enjoyed by the audience.
Games were played and a few
! pranks, ice cream was served and II
is hoped the Freshmen feel thor
| oughly at home after a most
strenuous week of hazing in mild
form.
There will be meeting Of the
Teachers Club Saturday, Sept. 18th,
which is sure to prove most interest
ing. Miss Florence Tuttle. Superin-
tendent of the Primary Schools of
Lynn will sbe one of the speakers.
| 1t is hoped all teachers interested
will be present.
Supt. e. o. Small has been very
busy man the past week, visiting his
schools in Detroit, Corinna. Ply
| mouth and Newport, and has good
start for a most successful year.
Newport alone has nearly 45O
scholars attending school.
Miss Ethel Brown, teacher Of the
| 7th and Sth grades passed the week
end at her home in Detroit.
Miss Grace Miller. who is teach
ing at Pittsfield passed the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Miller. on Elm street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Norton. Mr..
Clayton Norton. Miss Norton of
Northern Maine junction. with Mrs.
| Norton's mother, Mrs. Ida Andrews
| of New York, were calling on friends
| in town, Saturday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Delano and
daughter, Miss Mildred and sons
Orson and Harris of Boothbay Har-
Dor are guests Of Mrs. Delano's sis
| ter, Mrs. Harris Matthews, at her
| cottage at Camp Benson.
The employees of the New Eng
| land Tel. and Tel. Co., held their
annual field day at Camp Benson,
Saturday. which proved a very en-
| joyable event. While the weather
did not look very promising in the
morning, a large crowd attended and
showers held off until late in the
afternoon. No better crowd for a
good time can be found than tele-
phone people. and the sports and
events were entered into with much
| interest and enthusiasm.
! The dinner, with roast chicken as
| the principal feature and all the good
things that are expected, was served
/ by the ladies of the U. B. B. Society
| in their usual efficient manner. II
was estimated $50 were served, and
| all most satisfactorily judging by
the words of praise heard on all
sides.
| Charles E. O'Halleran was among
the Newport people in Bangor, Sat-
urday.