Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-07
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Boy Scouts Receive First
W0odCraft Instructions.
18th Anniversary Of farnsWOTth
chapter, D. A R, Jan. 20.
Skowhegan Schools Resume Work
Meek OF Prayer.

Morse code was taken up. In the after
noon lesson in tracking in the Rus
sci woods was given and the scouts
divided into two sections, one in charge
of Assistant Scout Master Carroll
Morrill,, and the other in charge of
the scout master, T. II. Wilson.
There are now 16 legal members in
the troup, but those desiring to take
lessons in tenderfoot work can do so
by making arrangements with Mr..
Wilson. at his regular office hours.
The troup plans to have secret
code, and no one unless he is a men,
Der can understand it. The scout
master expects that the new uniforms
will arrive, soon, and then work will
be taken up in earnest.
The annual play of the Sunshine
Society will be held, Friday evening,
Jan. II, in the Opera house, and i'll
the afternoon the fair will be held in
the Merrill block. The proceeds will
go toward the charitable work of the
society. The play Our Jim" will be
in charge of Miss Gertrude Carter.
The annual meeting and supper of
the Congregational church was held,
recently, and the following officers
elected: Clerk and treasurer, w. A.
Bailey; deacon, Richard Morrill,
Sunday school superintendent, T. G.
Lord. assistant superintendent, w.
II. Paine; secretary, Lillian Taylor,
treasurer, Marion Lord; ushers, Don
aid Philbrick, Linwood Jewett, Frank
Reed, Frank Huckins, Warren Merrill.
Brooks Savage, Charles Cheridan and
Fred Weston. The supper was served
by the deaconnesses.
The week of prayer opened, Sun
day evening, in the Methodist church,
and a union meeting was held. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. J. q.
Osborn. The services We're held in
the First Baptist church, Monday eve
ming, and the sermon was given by
Rev T. II. Wilson. The meeting will
be, Tuesday evening. in the Congre-
gational church, with a sermon by
Rev II. G. McGlaufln.
Mrs. w. H. Wildes, who has been
suffering with pneumonia, is able to
sit up.
Judge F. w. Halliday of Newport
was in town, Monday on business at
the Courthouse.
Samuel Harding, former resident
Mass, is in town for a few days, on
business.
The next number of the series of
entertainments at the Methodist YES
try, for the benefit of the organ fund.
will take place, Jan. Il. A contest
will be on between the men and wo-
men to see who can put up the best
entertainment for the evening and the
side that shows up the poorest will
have to furnish a supper at a later
date
The annual Y. NJ. c. A. play will be
given. Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, in
the Opera house. when Regiment of
Two" will be presented. 1t will be in
charge of Miss Gertrude Carter, and
the young men will take all the parts.
Willis c. Hobart was reelected
manager of the Somerset Farmers
Cooperative telephone Co. at the an
nual meeting, Monday, in Norridge-
wock. The meeting did not lack any
of its former amusements, and the
former manager F. L. Ames, was
there as usual. loaded with sugges-
tons for the good of the company.
+ The warrant had II articles and Mr..
Ames was the chief spokesman on
each. The other officers elected We're:
Pres, ]. w, Packard; Treas, F. H.
Beal; clerk, Fred Magoon, Scion;
directors. w. w. Creation, Stark; H.
B. Whipple, Bingham; l.. F. Board
man, Scion; George H. Foster, Can
aan; w. C. Hobart, Skowhegan.
meeting of the Womans Club
will be held, Wednesday afternoon, in
Library parlors. Mrs Eliza beth Plum
mer. of Dexter, president of the Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs, will be
present.
An interesting case was decided in
; favor of the plaintiff, in the supreme
court Monday afternoon, Eddie and
Charley Puntey VS.. the American
Wooden Mill, Madison. The plaintiff
brought suit to recover a week 8
wages earned at the mill, last August.
The case was frs brought before the
trial justice court in Madison and was
then decided in favor of the plaintiff.
The case involved a question as to
whether or not the company could
hold back a weeks pay from an en-
ployee that left his job without Civ
ing a weeks notice. The defendant
claimed that the plaintiffs did not
give a weeks notice, and therefore
forfeited their weeks wages. The
/ plaintiffs claimed that no express con-
tract had been made when they had
been employed. TIL, amount involved
was about SIS. Judge Simmons of
North Arson appeared for the plain
tiffs and Judge G. o. Small of Madi
| son for the defendant.
The 18th anniversary of the Eunice
Farnsworth Chapter ID. A. r., will be
observed, Jan. Goth. An appropriate
program will be arranged for the
occasion. This chapter was organized,
Jan. IL. 1898, at the home of Miss
Louise Coburn, with II members. The
first officers were: Regent. Miss
Louise Coburn; vice regent, Mrs,
Sarah Hanson; secretary, Miss Cert
rude Weston; registrar, Mrs. Eda K.
Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Heath.
The Chapter was named for the first
women to come to Skowhegan, Eu
nice Farnsworth, who became the
wife OF Joseph Weston. She came
with her husband in 1772, and Mr..
Weston died of exposure after assist
ing Arnolds men up the Kennebec
river. She later married John Moore
both of her husbands being Revolu-