Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
The Field Day Of Sorosis
Held at Wesserrunset.
Fine Program al Grange Meet
Ing and Two Degrees Worked.


WAS neid at DAY break Villa, the
summer home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r
Fogg, at Lake Wesserrunsett, Wed
nesday afternoon, and about 60 mem.
bers were present. Free transporta.
ton was furnished consisting of au-
tomobiles and teams. The president
Mrs. Fogg, entertained the company
in delightful manner. The cham,
pion in the sports was Miss Gertrude
Webb in the potato race Mr.. A. r
Jewett and Miss Dorothy Nye gave
readings. Supper was served, follow
theater at Lakewood.
The Third and Fourth degrees were
worked upon four candidates at the
meeting Of Skowhegan Grange, We'd
nesday evening. The work was fol
lowed by program in charge of Mrs
Augustus Crowell question; THE
Grange and Its Possibilities; c.
Davis Miller on "As a Cooperative
Agency; Hon. William l.. Walker
As Social and Educational Cen
ter";;s Frank p Pencil, "As An In
fluence on the Questions of the Day.
The program was followed by re-
Major Southland, who has been here
from Bangor several days assisting
X. l.. Marston in recruiting a new
company OF the National Guard left
Wednesday, having completed the
work. The full number of men have
been enlisted and election of Off
GERS will be held, Monday night.
1t is expected that repairs will be
begun upon the Bethany church as
soon as the insurance is adjusted
This will require a week 1t will be
several months before services will be
resumed in the auditorium but prob
ably services will be held in the YES
try within a few weeks. The great
est damage here was by smoke and
water.
Miss Mildred Keene went, Thurs
day, to Prout's Neck to pass the holi-
day.
DR.. and Mrs W. S. Stinehfield have
gone to Portland to pass the holiday
and the doctor will attend the Maine
Medical Association meeting.
Skowhegan Military Band, on July
4. will be engaged at Lakewood in
the forenoon, Fairview Park for the
races in the afternoon, and give a
concert at the band stand in the eve
ming.
That Maine spruce gum is unsur-
passed by any gum in the country is
shown in the many orders from the
Western states to druggists in Skow.
hogan. The demand is SO great from
these states that 1t is hard to fill the
orders.
J. III. Taylor and mother went to
Manchester, N. H., Thursday. to pass
two weeks.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Ralph Denning
of Harmony, was in town, Thursday
on business.
Ralph Tibbetts has moved his fami-
ly to the Daniel Lewis house on Sum
mer street
Hon. s. w. Gould with his pocket
full of primary petitions went, Thurs
day, to Augusta to file them with the
secretary of State.
Ralph J. Cleveland in quest of bet
ter health and means of economy, has
built a house in the edge of the
woods on the S. F. Emerson property
on the Madison road. He has n bed
in the open air with only roof over
1t and he enjoys the life so much that
he declares he will never pay any
more rent.
Max w. Clark, for some time man.
ager of Eaton Mountain Farm, has
resigned his position to take effect,
August 1. He will move his family to
Bangor, his former home.
Roy Sparron of Freedom, has been
engaged as the official tester for the
Somerset Cow Testing Association.
He will take up his work at once.
The association has 275 cows pledged
plan is now in motion to buy a
team to be used by the tester
Milburn Fowler. a graduate of Tufts
Dental school, this year, received
notice Wednesday, that he had passed
the Massachusetts, Dental Board which
allows him to practice in that state.
DIR. Fowler plans. however to open
an office in Skowhegan and to as
sumo the work of DIR. Charles ViIes
for the rest of the summer.
Mrs. f. l.. Marsh of Providence
t. l., is visiting at the home of Miss
Hannah Page.
Walter p. Ennis, travelling sales
man, is passing his vacation with his
parents on Leavtt street.
The Jim Pond Sporting Camps have
been sold to Charles Green of this
place. The camps were run for about
20 years by William Lockyer. The firm
name under which they are now to be
operated Will be NJ. NJ. Green & Broth
ers.
Beginning with Monday. an automo.
bile service will be run between Skow.
hogan, Norridgewock and Smithfield
Six round trips will be made daily be
tween Skowhegan and Norridgewock
The automobiles will be run so as t,
make connections with trains. There i,
no morning train out of NorridgewocI
and this service helps the town
great deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. J. Alexander went
Thursday to Boothbay. They were ac
companied by their daughter Alexan
dria, who will enter the summer schoo
there.
The oldest citizen of Palmyra, Jane
Il. Homestead, celebrated his S9th birth
day. Thursday He was born in Skow
began on the farm now owned by MI
Stinchfield. The family moved to Pal
myra in 1892 in an OK team. He ha
the soadstick now in his possessio
that was used i'll making that jour