Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-26
FAIRFIELD.
Stray Bullet Narrowly Es-
capes a Boys Head.
Christmas Observed in Church,
Home and at the SanatOriun.
A Handsome Catch OF Piokerel In
Kennebec Above Shawmut.

A stray 32-calibre bullet, coming
from no one knows where, crashed
through a window of the house occu-
pied on the north side by Mr.. and Mrs
Adelbert Greenleaf about 11.45 Thurs
day forenoon and grazed the head of
Wentworth, their little son, who sat
by the window. The bullet then con-
tinued its course, striking the arm of
a chair in which Mrs. Harry Priest
sat and finally fell to the floor. The
bullet had a downward course, when
it broke through the window and it
is the supposition that the bullet had
been fired some distance away.
Chief of Police Harrington says he
stood near the corner of Main street
and Lawrence avenue about 1l.45 A.
NJ, when he heard a shot, presumably
in the vicinity of the Methodist church.
He gave the matter no thought until
Harry Priest came to him with the
bullet that had crashed through the
window of the Greenleaf house. Upon
investigation it was learned that some
persons had been shooting on the Is
land near the Bee Hive" but no tan
gible evidence could be gained from
that information. From where Chief
Harrington thought the bullet was
fired to the Greenleaf house it is near
~ third Of a mile.
The Methodist church vestry was
we'll filled with Sunday school pupils
and their parents and friends Thurs
day evening to witness the Christmas
cantata, Santa Claus Mistake" Earle
n tho wall-knnVyn
costume, took. the part of Santa Claus.
Theo Tiers were Hazel MacCauley,
Marguerite Craig, Lloyd MacCauley
Ruth Hatch, Glenys Crawford. Those
who sang We're Herbert Anderson,
Dorothy Piper, Elsie Perry. Romaine
Perry, Susan Hatch, Vivian Smith,
Harold Smith, Frank Grover, Pearie
Bradbury, Jennie O'Brien. The commit
tee in charge consisted of MISS
Frances Cote at the piano and Mrs.
Maud Anderson, director. After the
entertainment the Christmas tree was
striped of presents and candy bags
and distributed among the children.
DR. and Mrs F. L. Tozier and daugh-
ters Doris and Emma passed Christmas
at Skowhegan with Mrs. Tozier's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs It. P. PennelL
Regular meeting of the Royal Neigh
bors Friday evening.
Walter Adams passed Thursday with
friends at Canaan.
Miss Alice Duren. who attends school
in Boston. is a guest of her mother, Mrs.
Florence Duren.
Mrs Fred H. Neal will be hostess next
Monday of the Past and Present Club.
hainQ
circulated throughout the village the res
idents at the Central Maine Anti-Tuber-
culosis sanatorium, Atwood's mountain,
were not forgotten. Christmas tree,
gaily decorated. was presented by the
Baptist Sunday school, The Helping
Hand Society of Bento presented downy
cemforters for the patients and the So
cal Neighbors of Fairfield gave candy
and fruit. Several ladies of Fairfield
gave presents. The dining room was
very prettily decorated with wreaths and
garlands of green. The Christmas tree
was in the dining room. The usual dinner
menu was east away and chicken with
all the fixings,- salads and ice cream
were enjoyed Miss Gott, the nurse in
charge, expressed the opinion of all the
the kind and thoughtful contributors to
their Christmas cheer.
Everett and George Diekey passed
Thursday at their home at Canaan.
Edward, Wallace and Moody Jewell,
brothers, went fishing above Shawmut on
the Kennebec. They used live bait and
fished through the ice. Four hours fish
ing resulted in a catch of 20 of the finest
pickerel that have been hauled from t.se
Kennebec for some time. Twenty were
displayed at Holman & Nelson's. The
largest weighed nearly three pounds.
Miss Mildred Chute passed Thursday at
her home in Skowhegan.
Miss Gladys Totman, teacher in the
kindergarten department of the Bangor
schools, is a guest of her brother, H. F.
Totman.