Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-01
FAIRFIELD
Official Program of Exercises
for the Fourth Made Pub.
lic-Strike on at the
Paper Mill
TIMELY NEWS NOTES AND
PERSONAL CHAT

All members of the general commit
tee for the celebration to be given in
this town on July 4 are requested to
be present at the committee meeting
! this evening at the appointed time and
place. Reports from members of the
committee are very promising and it
is expected that a very pleasant COM
munity gathering in celebrating Inde-
pendence day will be had. All who have
been approached for supporting this
movement have given literally and
showed their desire of making this a
grand success. The following is the
official program as arranged by the
committee:
A. NJ, salute Of guns and BELLS 9
A. M, parade OF decorated automobiles.
A S. prize will be given the best deco
rated automobile; $50 A. NJ, parade Of
fire engine company and apparatus,
decorated floats, uniformed societies,
Boy Scouts and G.. A. R., followed by
"Horribles." A prize Of S. will be Civ
en- the best decorated float; S. will be
given the best appearing company and
$40 will be given the most horrible fan
tastic in the parade. 1t is hoped that
all who have talents in the line Of hor-
ribles will enter this part Of the pa
rade; 1890 A. NJ, athletic sports on
Soldiers park. The following events
will be held 100-yard dash, open to all;
creased pole contest, creased pig race,
shoe race for children under Is years
of age, fat mans race, any over $50
pounds are eligible, half-mile race,
two-mile race, three-legged race, 90
yard race for girls and a sack race.
Winners in the above events will be
given watch fob, cuff links or other
medals. Send your entries to Emerson
Lawry, chairman Of committee on
athletic sports.
1.3o P M--Band concert by Water
vile Military Band, who VIII furnish
the music for the day, address and
exercises by the children In Soldiers
park.
3P M-Baseball game between
Waterville and Fairfield, to be played
on the West street diamond. This is
sure to be fast and interesting game
and some of the fastest bail players in
tlilS SCSIlOIl Will oPl'ooC SehSAi oIhSi
and both teams are out for victory.
p. M.-Try-out Of Steam Fire Co
8 p M.-Band concert and fireworks
on West street ball diamond.
Dancing at the Fairfield Opera house
all day and evening.
| Any who have not contributed to
this cause should call on any member
| of the committee and donate their
share and help make this one grand
day and a great event in the history of
the town Of Fairfield.
| Henry L. F. Kregar has completed
his four-year course at Harvard Uni
versity and has returned to his home
on Western avenue. Mr.. Kregar has
been coxswain on the Harvard Varsity
eight-oar boat for two years and pilot
ed the Harvard crew to victory over
Yale in the recent annual boat race
Beside having an important position in
athletics, Mr.. Kregar graduated from
Harvard with many honors, and stood
among the leaders of his class in his
studies. He will pass the summer at
his home in town.
| Carl Mcketchnie has completed his
duties at Dexter and returned to his
home on Summit street.
| Mrs. Rollins Clark has returned to
| her home in town, after passing sew
eral days vacation or a trip along the
coast.
| For the second time within a year.
strike is on at the United Paper
Board mill in this town, when Thurs
day afternoon. all employees in the yard
left their work and marched away.
This company includes the crews on
the baskets. who furnish pulp wood for
the mill. A party OF the strikers re-
manned on guard during Thursday
night and as the night motorman
jumped into his car to start his night
work. he was threatened by the band
Of strikers and returned to his honp.
The company has granted their en-
ployes two different raises within a
year and now the strikers demand s1.75
per day and eight hours. The mill is
dependent upon the yard for wood for
which to make pulp and paper. It is
hoped that a settlement will be made