Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-27
NAMES SONS AND DAUGHTERS

Mrs. Matilda Burleigh of South Ber-
wick recently celebrated her s5th
| birthday anniversary
Mr. and Mrs J. L. Prescott
formerly of North Berwick, but now
residents of Washington, d. g.
recently observed the Goth anniversary
of their marriage. There were -
members of the family present.
Miss Eva Macarthur. who has had
| charge of the Western Union tele-
graph office. Fort Fairfield. since it
| was started. nearly two years ago, has
been promoted to the charge of the
| Western Union office in New Glasgow
\. 5. Her place il Fort Fairfield Is
filled by Miss Hazel Maloney Of St
Andrews y. +.
Ray purinton. son Of Rev. G. w
| PurintOn, of BoWdon, has gone 10
| Canada to take charge or a surveying
crew for a large lumber company MIR
| Purinton was recommended from
Washington for this position. The
United States Typographical Survey
| Department will claim Mr.. Purinton $
| services again when the spring opens
! Ray ?. Stevens, an Passport boy
who was graduated from the Uni
versity of Maine a few years ago. was
reelected president of the Lehigil
| Valley Transit Co, at meeting of the
, directors held in Allentown Pa, last
week. The aRnual report of the com
pany for the year ended Nov. 80. 1907
! showed gross earnings of $926,199 by
! the railways and S1O4,761 net from the
! electric light properties and other
sources.
/ Frank E. knowlton Of Belfast is
/ contemplating long pleasure trip
! He will leave Belfast Feb Sd for New
| York. and sails from that port the 9th
on the 5000 ton steamship Arabic for
I Il cruise of 20 days to the Orient and
/ the Mediterranean. Seventeen days
will be spent in Palestine and Egypt
! and there will be many shore ex-
! cursionS at places of interest. Mi
knowlton expects to leave the party
! in Liverpool, and spend some time in
England, Scotland and Ireland.
II. w. Batchelder U. of NJ. 1905
who for two years has been master
mechanic for the McCalls Ferry Con-
| struction Co. in charge of the con-
struction of dam across the Susque-
hanna River at McCalls Ferry, has
resigned. Mr. Batchelder assumed
! charge on Jan. list Of the Barge Canal
work, a master mechanic for the Acme
| Engineering and Construction Co
| This project has for its purpose the
| enlarging of the Erie Canai distance
! of forty miles each side of Schenec-
tady. where his headquarters will be
| located
| H. L. Galusha former resident OF
Dover, has been appointed Overseel
of spinning, rccling and winding by
the BigeloW Carpet Company OF
Lowell, Mass, the largest concern OF
the kind in the country, and has 137
employees in his charge. Mr. Galusha
worked in the Brown mills in Dover
II years and has since been on the
road eight years for the Davis &
Furbur Machine Company of NORTH
| Anlover Mass. While in the employ
! of the latter firm he travelled in all the
states east of the Mississippi anC
through Canada from Nova Scotia tc
Canada West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Quimby ceIe-
bratcd their golden wedding Jan II
at their homestead near Bucksport
where they have resided for the past
| fifty years. Mrs. Quimby's 1naider
name was Jane Withen. a native OF
Castine. OF their five children three
are living, Mrs. Nellie Gowen. Mrs
Ada Clouston and William Quimby
and nine grandchildren who were al
present, except the oldest grandson
who lives in Ballard. Wash. Man.
callers We're present to extend con
CALCULATIONS. At the close Of festivi
ties Mr.. Quimby sang 4 few songs tina
he had learned more than so year
ago.