Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-13

increased the attendance and member
ship of the church, today having one
| of the largest congregations irs the
city. He makes speciality of working
with the young people, the children of
the church and each Sunday breaches
a sermonette to his Junior congrega-
ton, who occupy the front seats of
the church. prior to the regular service.
The Sunday school. also, has grown
and the church is on the uplift in ev-
| cry department.
There was a large attendance OF
relatives and friends at the funeral
| of Miss Harriet P. Clements, held this
morning at IL o'clock at the home of
1 her brother, Fred Clements on Cedar
street. At the services this morning
| Rev. Walter F. Sturtevant officiated
and the bearers were: James III.
Howes, William H. Quimby, Fred T.
Chase and S. A. Parker. There was an
| abundance of flowers. The remains
We're taken on the noon train to Wal
do and placed beside her parents in
the family lot.
Of1cers-elect Of Palestine Command
cry, Knights Templar. were installed
last night by Eminent Wilmer j. Dor
man, grand junior warden of the
Grand Commandery of Maine, assisted
by DR.. William C. Libbey as grand
marshal. The officers are: Morris L.
Slugg. eminent commander; Charles
r. Coombs, generalissimo; D. F. Ste
phenson, captain general; Ralph H.
Howes, senior warden; T. Frank Par
ker, junior warden; Rev. Arthur A.
Blair, prelate; Frank r. Woodcock.
treasurer; Clifford j.. Pattee, recorder;
Herbert H. Dickey, warder; Fed e.
Ellis, sword bearer; Adrian G. futile,
sentinel.
The Thimble party and Picnic sup
per given last night at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.. Abbott, Miss
Frances Abbott, hostess, was a great
success and greatly enjoyed by the
score or more who braved the storm
to attend. During the afternoon hours
the guests were busy with their needle
work and at $50 a delicious supper
was served, number of men arriv-
ing in time for the spread. The eve
ming was passed with music and
| games.
The following officers have been
elected by the directors of the Home
for Aged Women: President, DR.. Ell
mer Small; vice president, Hon. Rob-
ert F. Dunton; treasurer, Clement w.
Wescott; clerk, Miss Sue M. Part
rigde; collector, Miss J. A. Wiggin;
finance committee. Hon. Robert F.
Dunton, Mrs. F. H. Murch; house and
supplies, Mrs. C. A. Pilsbury, Miss
Wiggin and Mrs. Sarah E. Pierce; ad-
mission, Mrs. r. F. Dunton. Mrs.
Murch and Mrs. Pierce; sick, Mrs. E.
s. Pitcher and Mrs. Pilsbury; visit
, ing, Miss Harriet P. White and Miss
Margaret A. Dunton. The Home d.
rectors recently announced deficit
in last years accounts of $342 and
asked for assistance from the pub
lie. The manner in which individuals,
clubs and societies have responded
shows what the Home means to the
city at large and there is no danger
of its ever being closed for want or
support. Miss Arvilla Sylvester has
been admitted as life inmate of the
Home and her sister, Mrs. Faiiie E.
Sylvester as a boarder Mrs. Laura
j. Pease, the matron, has returned to
the Home, after critical operation
at the Tapley hospital, and is able to
resume her duties.
: Capt E. S. Macdonald of Congress
street, for many years captain of the
schooner Annie B. Mitchell, built for
Booth Bros. of New London, CT, and
named after their niece, has retired
fro mthe sea after years of service
and is at his home in this city. Capr.
; Macdonald has spent much of his
, time in the past years in coastwise
traffic, carrying quantities of stone
, | from the quarries of Vinalhayen and
Hurricane Island to various ports on
the Atlantic coast, and the Annie p.
and her captain have friends by the
score along the coast. Capt. MacDon-
aid served in the Navy during the
Civil War and was master mate on
the U. s. S. Maniato. A few years
ago he built a snug little home in
, Congress street, where with Mrs. Mac
Donald he has passed what time he
has had on shore. They have one son
Karl Macdonald, c. E., a graduate Of
University of Maine, and now in the
South
At the recently organized Castle Of
the Knights of King Arthur, in the
Methodist parish. the following OFF,
GERS were elected: king, Archie Rob-
inson; Seneshal, Theodore Bramhall;
Merlin, Rev. Horace B. Sellers: Mas
ter of the Exchequer, Edward TRICKY:
Chancellors Irwin Whitney, Charles
Wright, Murray Knowlton; Sentinel,
Wilson Clements; Captain of knights,
Frank Downes; Captain of Foes. Jas.
Staples: Herald of flag, Ralph Holt;
Herald of Cross, Rowland Pendleton:
constable, Charles Robbins. Meetings
will be held in the vestry each Friday
night
The Food Fair, under the manage
ment of the Belfast Board of Trade.
one of the chief attractions of the
winter season, will be held two weeks
earlier this year and the dates set
, are from Jan. 26th to 30th inclusive.
This is the week proceeding the Ban
Cor Food fair. Morris L. Slugg, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, with
Ralph D. Southworth, Orren ]. Dickey.
E. S. Pitcher, H. H. Coombs. Walter
]. Clifford and Charles r. Coombs
form the committee to look after and
arrange details