Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-17


| Nation. For good -blooded men and wo-
men 1t should also be favorite winter
resort. Nowhere in the world is there an
| all the year round climate that touches
this. We New Englanders should be
mighty proud of our climate and should
not fail to advertise ii at every chance
The elimination of plans begun in
April. 1913. was the dedication of the
new Grange hall at South Paris, last
Tuesday. The hall is acknowledged
to be one of the best built and most
nicely finished in the State. The hall
is the third building on Maple street
and is only few rods from Market
Square. 1t is of wood, painted white
and the outside dimensions are 3SxS0
feet with a large portico with double
doors opening to the outer hall. Upon
the first floor at the right, is the gen.
tlemen's toilet room and upon the left
side the gentlemen's coat room in
which has been built commodious
ticket window. On the second land
ing, are the cloak and toilet rooms for
the ladies. The third landing is to be
utilized as a rest room, especially in
viting, being the long seat built In
beneath the prettily draped window.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac c. Baker of Pine
Point observed their 50th wedding an
niversary there few days ago. Mr..
Baker is a successful farmer, and the
couple has large circle of friends.
The Wayfarer of the Franklin
Journal in looking over an old news
paper file ran across the election re-
turns of 1882 when Samuel E. Smith
was elected governor over Daniel
Goodenow. The following distribution
of towns now composing FRANKLIN
county was found: Those in SOM
erset were Avon, Freeman, Industry,
Kingfield, New Vineyard, North Sa-
lem, Phillips and Strong: Chester
VILE, Pennington, New Sharon, Tenn
pie and Wilton were in Kennebec
county. while Oxford held Carthage,
law and Weld. Six years later,
March 90, 1888. Franklin county was
| Incorporated with the foregoing
towns as a nucleus, since which time
Madrid, Rangeley and Salem have
been added. =
| VI.
| whose death was announced recently
at Medford. Mass, was we'll known in
Maine. having lived in this State
many years, and being graduate
from Colby college in the class of 1852.
Mr.. Preston was considered the oldest
living alumnus of that institution. He
| was born in Beverly, Mass, April %,
1880, and after graduating from Colby,
attended Newton Theological Semi
nary from 1852 to 1855. On Dec. 20
1855, he was ordained in the Baptist
church at Sturbridge, Mass, where ne
was pastor until 1858 when ne accept
ed a call to Medford. He was at
Medford for 10 years, in 1866 went to
Wooster, Ohio, where he was pastor
of the Baptist church to 1871. Anoth-
er pastorate was Independence, Iowa,
1s71-1s73. Old Town, Me-, 1873 to
1878. Lanesboro, Mass. 1878 to 1880;
| Cheshire, Mass. 1880 to $780, and
Granville, Mass, 1880 to 1895, when ne
retired. Since that time he has lived
alternately in Medford and in Bruins
wick. Me. For the last five years he
has resided in Brunswick almost con-
| tinuously, only lately returning to
| Medford.
James M. Tibbetts of Woolwich, one
of the veteran rivermen of the Kenne-
bee, died Thursday at his home after
only a short illness. He was known as
one of the oldest river drivers and
scow men in, the State, having peen
actively engaged in this business fol-
more than half century, plying the
Kennebec river from Augusta to the
sea, and from Bath to Boothbay Har-
Dor on the Sasanoa. He was n years
of age. "Cap'n Jim" as he was gen.
orally known along the kennebec
was born in woolwich, January 20
1887, the son of Daniel and Hannah
Hall Tibbetts, his birthplace being a
house then 100 years old and situated
on the site where he has since con-
tinued TO live. His father was a