Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-22
BROOKS.


Miss Gertrude Hogan of Thorndike
passed the weekend with Miss Edith
Hobbs
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaiah Gould of Pitts
field recently visited relatives here.
Mrs Garfield Goddard is spending
some ten days with relatives in Boston
and vicinity. Her sister. Bessie Kilpat-
rick, is housekeeping for her.
Every member is expected to be pres
ent at the next meeting of Happy Val
ley Chapter, Q. E. s., Dec. 81, as
important business will be attended
to and arrangements made for public
installation in January.
An entertainment is being prepared
for New Years evening. Lunch will be
served and Finch party will add to
the entertainment. r.
This is the time for US to plan the
contents of a box, a bag or a CHRIST
mas stocking to hang on the door OF
some of our perhaps less fortunate
neighbors on Christmas eve. For the
old. more especially, who sometimes
feel pushed aisle and forgotten at this
joyful season; for the sick or helpless,
"shut-ins" whom even a shower OF
Christmas cards would make happy in
being so remembered, and would
brighten many lonely. pain fraught
days to come. Let us all remember and
make list of all such within our &C
quaintance and see that they receive
Christmas goodies from individual
hands. or collectively. Let us imbibe
the Christmas SPIRIT, until it radi-
ates on all around us.
Whist parties are in full swing again.
The Lady Maccabees hold a public
game every Thursday evening in their
hall, which we are told are very en-
joyable occasions. Several such parties
have been held at private houses re-
Gently. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Simpson
entertained over 20 young people
Wednesday evening at Whist, some Of
the players coming in from quite a
distance. Many others prefer the Finch
parties, which are numerous all about
the village, having lost none of their
popularity since last season.
MIR. Carne of the Bangor Theologi-
cal Seminary has preached three Sun
days at the Congregational church here
and will continue to do so, we under
stand, until his graduation in June. He
is young man of unusual ability as
speaker, with depth and earnest
ness of manner which shows his love
and fitness for the work he is taking
up. He is well liked and we are indeed
fortunate to have him with us for a
time.
Charles Bowen is progressing rapid |
ly with his new house which he has
boarded and the roof on. The mild, |
open winter thus far, proves very ac-
ceptable to men who have this sort
of work on hand.
Roy Godding has been ENJOYING a
weeks vacation from his duties in the
store of Young & Cox, and is passint T
1t in moving and getting settled in TIL
pretty new cottage on Emmons street
he has just completed. This house and
the new residence of his fatAer-in-law.
Melvin Roberts, next door adds great
ly to that section of the village, and
while being strictly in the suburbs, is
one of the most beautiful and healthful
localities, on high ground and just un-
der the shadow of a large grove of fra
grant pines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thompson, who
have had charge of the old homestead
on Sprout hill for two years, the prop
erty or M. J. Dow, have closed up and
returned to their home in Frankfort.
James Jewell has been laid up for
some time with a lame side and George
Johnson had the misfortune to break
a bone in his foot, which confined him
to the house for two weeks.
Mrs Walter Gibbs and Mrs. Cilley
had quite an accident Thursday morn
ing, when their horse, high spirited
animal, became somewhat unmanage-
able and in turning a corner threw
them both out and ran to the next
house, breaking the carriage and some
what bruising the horse Mrs. Cilley's
arm was injured, while Mrs. Gibbs later
discovered that two of her ribs were
broken.
Resolutions of Respect.