Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-27

Mrs. Gertie Ring is keeping house for
their uncle. J. Il. Chase. during their
absence.
The fall term of Litchiield Academy
will close Wednesday for 4 vacation of
two weeks. Mr.. Rush. the principal.
expects to pass his vacation at his home
in Derby. VT.
Miss Maria N. PlimptOn and Mrs.
Alice Plimpton attended church here
Sunday.
CROSS HILL.
Mrs. Sarah johnson wife of the late
William Perkins died at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. G. S. Perkins, Mon
day noon of Vaivular disease of the
heart from which she had been Il long
sufferer She was very tenderly cared
for In her last illness by her daughter
in-law. Mrs. G. S. Perkins who spared
neither labor nor expense in caring for
her Mrs. Perkins was reared in North
Berwick where she married William
Perkins and they moved to Vassalboro
in January 1856. They moved onto the
farm where Mrs. Perkins died in
November 1867 and she has outlived all
the ptopAc IiSlIIf5 VII tIIC Inn a.
that time. except Mr.. and Mrs. II. II.
Austin. She was the mother of two
sons Charles who is now living and
George S. who died in August 1906.
Mrs Perkins was a good neighDor and
a kind and loving mother She leaves a
large circle of friends to mourn her
loss. Her age was rs years. The
funeral will be held from her late home
Wednesday at l =. NJ. and the inter-
ment will be in the family lot in the
cemetery near the center Baptist
church.
NORTH MONMOUTH.
Charles H. Berry shot a buck deer
Monday near North Monmouth village
and Luther Burgess. who was with
him. shot another. Both animals We're
good ones.
VASSALBORO.
POPE AVENUE-Union Services
will be held in the Friends church East
Vassalboro, at 7 o'clock Thursday
evening" A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to the public.
Mrs. Kate NJ. Pope has closed her
home for the winter and is at present
the guest of her brother, Charles
Crowell in Lewiston.
MISS Edith G.. Pinkham has been
the guest of friends in Windsor the
past week.
Waterville Tuesday.
WAYNE.
Worlds Temperance Sunday was OBJ
served in the Wayne churches by spe-
cial lessons in the Sunday schools and
by Union service Sunday evening at
the Baptist church in charge of the pas
tor Rev. D. w Kimball. The Scripture
reading and prayer were followed by a
quartet selection rendered by Messrs
Wing and Swift, Mrs. Wright ard Miss
MacIIinnon. The children of the Loyal
Temperance Legion as a chorus gave an
exercise entitled Temperance Chimes"
which was interspersed by short adj
dresses as follows: 'Bible Temperance
Chimes" Mrs. NJ. 3. Greenhalgh:
"Chimes of Science" Mrs. A. +. john
son: "Chimes of Education" Mrs. F. L.
Chenery: Chimes of LEGISLATION" c. L.
Wing. Chimes of Christian Citizenship"
MIS-. "A. >. wright. MI. hinbdll READ the
resolutions adopted by the Baptist State
convention as showing the position taken
by his church on the great temperance
question and on resubmission particularly
Rev. Mr.. Greenhalsh. in speaking for his
church. declared that no church went
ahead of the Methodists in the staunch
stand taken on this question Mrs. Ami
nah Pike gave most interesting and
convincing talk on the relation of the.
church to the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. In part she said: 1.-The
church is the vine. and the vine bears
fruit by means of the branches. and thcs,
branches are all the societies doing
Christian work. the Sunday schools, the
missionary societies. the Christian En-
deavor, Epworth League. w. C. T. u,
Y. NJ. c. A. and all others" She said
"Thc Won:an's Christian Temperance
Union is the daughter OF the church. -
The meeting was one of the best ever
held here. as there is so much at the
present time to encourage those inter-
ested in this great work.