Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-02
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Superintendent Fred San
born Has Foot Crushed !,
Benton Station School Observes
Parents Day Thursday
Local and Personal lettings Gath
cred About the Town 2

Letters for the following are adj
vertfsed at the Fairfield postoffice,
May /: Alden N Davis; w. Adams
Mrs. George Colwell, Mrs Lindsey
Booker, Charles S. Smith,, Frances
York, Mrs. Andrew Gregory. -
The Benton Station school observed
Parents day Thursday. Work in the
grades was carried on until 2.30 in the
afternoon. AT that time dainty dainty
refreshments of fruit-punch, crackeYS,
and homemade candies were servSI.
At o'clock the following program in.
observance of Fire Prevention day
was given: Song, 1.-The Land We
Love-" by the school,; composition,
Our Great Fire Losses" Louisa Kel-.
ley; essay, Forest Fires Airline
Plummer: song, II Would Be True"
school; paper on Fire Protection
Marion Jewet; What to Do In Case
of Fire" Christine Hunter: discussion
of ways and Means of Preventing
Fires school and visitors; song,
America"
The Benton Grammar, school honor
roll for the month of April is as fol-
lows: Grammar school, Herman
Brown, Alice Michigan, Ray Harmon.
Flora Powers, Albert Rowe, Hazel
Wood; Primary school. Everett Hun
ter, Marguerite Hunter, Carl Crunf-r
NETT, Maudest Moreau, Albert Smith,
William Taylor. Charles Taylor. :
Joan Bruno with wife and family 6f
Malone, n. Y, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. George Perry on Water street.
Mr.. Bruno will enter employment
here and his family will take residence
here soon. -
Paul Tetro of Pittsfield is passing q
few days in town with friends.
Earl Small has completed his ds-
ties at the power station at Fairfield
of the Central Maine Power Co., and
next week will enter Chase's mill at
Waterville to work.
Frank Lemelin has purchased a barn
on Water street of Mr.. Tetro and will
move the same onto his land. @
Joseph Twombley has sold his house
ray.
Water street.
Mrs. Mildred Totman has returned
to her home at Canaan, after visit
in town with her brother. William
Keene.
Frank Lemelin, Albert Brazier and
Walter Ware returned Friday from
visit at Skowhegan with fiends.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Baker of Car
diner visited friends in town Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Dulac of Gar
diner are guests in town of EdwaA
Ware, Water street.
Charles Nicholson has returned from
Augusta, where he underwent an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis. Mr.. Nicholson
is very much improved in health and
his friends are glad because of his
recovery.
James Bell has returned from q
several weeks stay at Dover n. H..
and has entered the employ of the
Kennebec mills.
The services at the Baptist church
for Sunday. May 3, are as follows;
Morning service at 10.45 A. M. Sub
ject of the sermon by Rev. John l.
Clark, THE Cleansing of the Soul"
Sunday school at IL M. Evening serr-
vice at P. NJ. Subject of the sermon
by the pastor, Who Art Thou, Lord7"
The weekly services will be as usual
Miss ola Landry has completed her
duties at the Kennebec mills and left
Friday morning for Dover, N. III,
where she will be employed. ~
William ]. Bradbury was at Show
hogan Friday on business.
William Imoff of the Soldiers Home
at Togus, is a guest in town of Mrs.
Alice Hart, Main street. -
The Social Club was entertained
this week by Mrs. Romeo Dyer at her
home on Burrill street.
The road on Benton avenue in West
Benton is being filled in with crushed
rock from the Hall residence to Pills
bury Jakins' store. A large crew
is doing the work and the roads my
provement will be a welcome issue to
autoists and others.
Harry Weeks of Brunswick was n
town Friday on business.
Leon Blunt of Livermore Falls call
ed in town Friday. -
Miss Wilhelmena Butterfeld left
Friday for a weekend visit at Orono,
where she will attend u. Of M. func-
lions.
Fred Sanborn, superintendent of the
Hume & Newhall sawmill, had HIS
left foot badly crushed while at work
tlae Thursday afternoon. Mr.. Sanborr
with Fred oliver. an employee of the
company, was standing near scar-
riage of a band saw, when the car
rage started, running over Mr. San-
born's left foot and also slightly bruis-
ing Mr.. divers hand Mr.. Oliver was
able to continue his work. Mr.. San
born's foot was attended to and he
will be lame for some time.
The section Of the road on the Is
land between Benton and Fairfield is
being filed in with crushed rock. The
road is usually very muddy and hard
passing, so that the improvement is
very much needed 3a !
Miss May Ward Greene. daughter OF
George Washington Greene, Rhode Isl