Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-02
Special Meeting Of Com
nerciaI Assn Held
Clean Up and Fire Prevention
Week Begins Monday
"The New Minister" Is a Pleasing
PIay--0ther Local lettings

1.-THE New Minister" a musical COM
edv with a local cast of over 60 local
people. was very successfully given in
Union hall Friday evening, under the
auspices of the Universa1fst Ladies'
Aid Society and under the direction of
Mr. and Mrs. Rodenbaugh of New
York. The entertainment was one OF
the best given here in years and Will
be repeated Saturday evening.
A Food sale was held Friday after
noon by the members of the w. r. c..
at the office of the Mathews Print
ing Co.
A meeting of PittsfieId Grange will
be held Saturday evening with a pro-
gram on the idea of Fire Prevention
day.
A May breakfast from $50 to A.
M. and a dinner from II TO 1.30 was
served in Grange hall Friday by the
ladies of the Free Baptist parish. The
meals were largely patronized and an
excellent menu was furnished.
A special meeting of the Pittsfield
Commercial Association was held on
Thursday evening. A regular meet
ing of the association will be held on
hOHudN eNtilHSs WHICH II 10 liOp0O NiicAS
all members will be present, as i'm
portant business will come before the
meeting.
Mrs. Emery L. Barnes Of Lewiston
is visiting her daughter. Mrs. Clyde
Martin.
Preparations are being made to be-
gin work on the reservoirs which are
to be built at the Waverly for the
towns new supply of water.
Miss Hope Buxton of Abbott. who
is returning from Boston, where she
is student at Leland Powers school,
will be the guest of Mrs. T. E. Get
chell over Sunday.
Cleanup and Paint-up week will be
observed in Pittsfield from May to
May 8. Already many of the citi-
zens have begun the work of clean
ing up yards and it is anticipated that
the town will show the effects of its
good house cleaning"
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Durham left
Thursday for visit with friends in
Peterboro, n. H.
Simon Friedman of Houlton. who
has been passing a few weeks here,
returned home Friday Mrs Friedman
left Friday for a few days visit with
her mother in Boston and was ac-
companied by her son. Lee Friedman,
a student at NJ C. !.
Mrs. Tibbetts of ST Adams, who
has been engaged as a trained nurse
here for the past six weeks, returned
home Friday. zIn.
P. ]. Rigby of Portland was the
guest Friday of DR.. E. A. Porter
Arnold Dodge of Troy, former
graduate of NJ. c. l., who is represen-
tative of an entertainment bureau,
was in town Friday on business.
Mrs. L. NJ Robinson and grandson
Daniel Getchell were in Bangor Fri
day.
Miss Augusta Baker of Hartland ar
rived in town Friday to attend THE
New Minister and for a visit with
Mrs. W. S. Spaulding and family.
Miss Nellie Rand superintendent of
the Junior Christian Endeavor Asso-
citation, entertained the members al
her home on Summer street Thursday
evening.
The Eastern Somerset County
Teachers Association held a very sue
cessful meeting at NJ. c. l. Friday
and was largely attended by princi-
pals and teachers. about $50 being
present from out of town. The pro-
gram, which has appeared in these
columns, was carried out. All the
schools in town were closed for the
day.