Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-25
PALERMO

BRANCH MILLS-Hattie Dove and
son Edmund are visiting relatives in
Massachusetts,.
Frank Richardson and Grant Foss
were the lucky boys Saturday, when
they each shot a deer in Kennebec
county.
The cat disease is making sad havoc
among the kittens in this vicinity;
nearly every family has lost one or
more.
II. w. Worthing had his favorite
driving horse Leigh and one that
they were very much attached to. laid
at rest last week on account of ad-
vanced age.
Mrs. Hattie Chadwick and daughter
Jennie who is teaching in Winslow, are
guests of Mrs. Harry Worthing.
B. F. Andrews, Son & Co. from Port
land have II double teams hauling
lumber from their lumber lot at East
Palermo to Palermo Station, where
they load two cars a day. This lumber
is being shipped to Deering Junction.
Seven teamsters with IA horses are
boarding at G. A. Bradstreet's.
Branch Mills school closed Friday,
Nov. 49, for a weeks vacation, after
a very satisfactory term taught by
Miss Ida Pinkham. An entertainment
was given Friday evening by the
Roosevelt League, which was well at
tended considering the high wind
which prevailed and the heavy rain
fall. The children all took their parts
exceptionally we'll and the entertain
ment was pronounced fine. The pro-
gram:
Dia logue, Aunt Vinegar's Money
piano and violin duet, Alta Doe and
Edmund Dove: vocal duet, Dorothy
Dinsmore (soprano) and Barbara
Worthing (alto); reading, Clyde Mitch
ell: piano solo, Iva Turner; reading,
Ralph Worthing; piano trio, Dorothy
Dinsmore. Alta Doe and Barbara
Worthing; reading, Hazel Thurston:
vocal solo, Alta Doe. The dialogue
Just Plain Dot" was presented The
cast: Mrs. Wilson, Barbara Worthing:
Grandma Wilson. IA Turner; Bessie
Blake, Mrs. Wilson's niece, Marcia
Hurd: Polly Prime, a friend of Bes-
sizes. Alta Doe; Buster Black. Mrs.
Wilson's negro errand boy, Edmund
Dove; Dan Dennis, a newsboy, Harlan
Chllds; Meg, poor girl, Hazel Thurs
ton; Dot. fairy, Laura Rowe; the
wilson children, Alice. the oldest girl,
Dorothy Dinsmore; Willie, the oldest
boy, Stanley Parmenter; Dick, the sec
ond boy, Merle Hurd; Maud, the Sec
ond girl, Grace Haskell: Roy and Joy,
twin brother ana sister, the babies and
pets OF the family, Kenneth Dinsmore
and Nettie Hurd. Music was furnished
by Harvey Doe, violin, and Mrs. Ber-
tina Doe, piano. Ice cream was served.
The wedding reception Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Kitchin, who were mar
r1ed Oct. 80. was held at the residence
or the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Phillips, on Saturday even
ing. Nov. 20. The weather was fine,
but the travelling prevented the attend
ance Of many from distant places.
However, there was a large crowd
present. including friends and rela-
tives from Palermo. China, vassalboro,
Wfnslow. Waterville, Windsor, Jeffer-
son and Washington. The receiving
line consisted Of the bride and groom.
attended by the brides sister, Mar
ion Phillips, as bridesmaid, and the
sroom's brother. Stanley Kitchin, as
best man: They stood under an arch
OF evergreen decorated with white
crepe paper and large white hell
The ushers were Stephen Clark, Man.
rice Nelson, Chester and Raymond
Worthing. The aids were Mrs Sta
phen Clark, Mrs. 3. E. Coonbs Mics
Katherine Bowler, Misses Bertha and
Beatrice Nelson, Miss Eva Worth;ng
Alta Doe, Dorothy Dinsmore and Rar,
para Worthing. Miss Doris Kitcb;,
attended the guest book. The presents
were many and varied. including mary
pieces OF silver and cut glass. din,
ing room set. table inen nur,. -.
money. set Of china dishes b,rd 49,.
broidered linen. bedspreads sof, nj
low OF hand worked silk pieces :.
mounted bird, three pictures Of MT
ural scenery, a clock, and a conf hoe,.
written by friends. Harvey No. 49,,
his violin assisted by Miss Cladvs IVA
oe''s at the piano. rendered seyera,
very entertaining selections. H w
WortnIng' II. w. Worthing and ST..
phen Clark ably entertained th"so
present by singing favorite SONGS 80
companleo by Mrs. ]. r. B. Dinsr,
at piano. Ice cream, fancy cookies 80
-saitlnes were served and the yent,o
men were presented with cigars A..
social evening the guests der.-tss
Wishing the couple long. hannv go
prosperous life. '' anu
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