Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-24

I Senator w. I. Walker addressed
Skow hogan Grange Wednesday evening
I or the subject Of " oman's Rights ana
the Suffrage which he faVors. Hls
; words were endorsed by >. r. emerson.
, Mai or ]. w Fogler Also spoke on Inc
! subject and though in favor OF Suffrage
! for women. brought out some OF the
weak points in the matter, saying most
women would vote as their huSDahdS
did ANYHOW. The orening song was by
| Clarence Mantor. II. i. Parker ana MIS-
! Emma Dun,0n. who acted as accom-
! PIANIST, and following a piano SOLO by
Miss Eliie Nye, Capt. Roy l. Marston
! gave a talk on various experiences OF
his with Company on its recent trip
and stay at the Border. He spoke OF
their kind reception by the women en-
route and said that on the Border they
had food enough, though sugar and salt
fell short sometimes, it was not, what
| the Civil War soldiers endured by any
means. The families of some OF MS
men were left without funds. ne said
and after a month no aid had been Civ
en- them by the business men OF the
| town. as il had been hoped. Among the
interesting things was the manner OF
getting rifles across the Border. in the
guise of corpses several funeral pro-
cessions crossing nightly until lnVes-
| tigated and the collins were found to
be filled with rifles. Bales of hay were
then loaded until they weighed about
/ 600 pounds apiece. Miss Winifred
Gardner sang THE Battle Hymn of the
Republic" and Mrs. Emma Folsom read
the poem. * Change OF Heart, by
Mrs. Elizabeth p. Merrill. Sheriff-elect
Harry l.. Goodrich IF Palmyra was a
visitor and spoke briefly.
Miss Carolyn Brainard left Thursday
noon for Boston, where she will be
joined later by her mother. Mrs. Mary
tC. Brainard They will visit later in
New York and other places during the
winter.
| DIR. George Otis Smith was one Of
the speakers at the dedication services
at Good VIII Farm Thursday. Among
others in attendance were Rev. George
Merriam Rev. c. Fl. Mckinney. Mrs. j.
=. Merrill, ]. N. Smith and Myron
| Smith
! At meeting of the Senior class of
the Skowhegan High school Bruce II. NJ.
| White was elected editor-in-chief of
| The Lever board. Karl Tobey was
elected business manager; Harry D. ST.
! Leger. assistant business manager as
sociate editors, Miss Prudence w.
Wadsworth. alumni; John E. French.
athletic; Miss Pauline Emery. literary:
Joel Taylor. Nutshell; Miss Doris Cow
er. music; Miss Cora Hopkins. social
At a later meeting two members will
be chosen from each of the lower
classes to represent them. The Lever
will probably be printed in the same
way as last year, though no deiinit-
plans have as yet been made.
George K. Robinson. manager of the
local Office of the Maine Telephone and
Telegraph Co. left Wednesday after
noon for Brunswick. accompanied by
his mother. Mrs. Loren Robinson. On
Thursday he was to attend a meeting
Of managers in Rumford.
William Gof returned Wednesday
from a hunting trip to Moscow with a
big doe.
Miss Evelyn Merrill has position
in the Office of McQuillan & Pooler.
A Thanksgiving ball will be held in
Canaan Town hall on the evening of
November 30 Music will be furnished
by Nutting's four-piece orchestra of
Skowhegan and refreshments VIII be
served. Floor managers are TO be
Scott Lord and Clyde Tibbetts.
Twelve of the members OF the Show
hogan lodge. No. 20. knights of Pythiss.
went to Madison Tuesday night to be
present at a visitation from the Grand
Lodge officers. Two were worked into
the third rank
Franklin Danforth Of Skowhegan and