Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-26
FAIRFIELD
Board of Strategy of Knights of
the Forest Decides to Hold
Meeting Feb. 20 at
Opera House
GRIST OF LOCAL 1T E M S
FROM CORRESPONDENT

The Board of Strategy of the knlehts
of the Forest No. l, held meeting
recently and with all pomp and cere-
mony decided that the 1916 big time OF
the order will be held in Fairfield on
Tuesday evening, Feb. 80, and at the
Fairfield Opera house. This will be the
mid-Winter ceremonial session. Ana
the session will be for the purpose OF
first receiving members. Arthur n.
Totman of Fairfield is the chief over
seer He has recently appointed his va
rious underwriters. The necessary of1l-
GERS to have charge Of the necessary
details have been appointed as follows:
Indian patrol, Percy A. Smith; chle1
caterer, Wallace A. Hill; entertain
ment chairman, Ralph A. Jewell; chief
electrician, Arthur E. Reynolds; aero
plane division, Stephen Wing; chief
property master Carl c. Piper; me-
chanical engineer, Benjamin L. smith,
publicity chairman, Eugene c. Her
ring; machine gun squad, Silas L.
Lawry. The personnel of these COM
mittees affords ample assurance that
this meeting will sustain the enviable
reputation achieved by those in the
past. The first notice of this annual
good time was sent out Tuesday from
the Galahad Press.
The following announcement has
been received this week by q number
Of Fairfield people: Mr.. Bertram Aul-
ton Eascelles and Miss Grace Emily
! Shephardson announce their marriage
| on Saturday, the 22nd of January, 1916.
New York City" Mr.. Lascelle is the
son of Mrs. Alice Lascelle now of New
York and formerly Of this town. He
passed his boyhood in this town. at
| tending the public schools of the town.
Later he attended Eastman Business
| College at Poughkepsie, N. Y. While
! in town, Mr. Lascelle had been en-
! ployed as bookkeeper for the S. A. Nye
manufacturing Co., and also for some
! time at the Fairfield postoffice. At pres
ent he IS interested with his brother
Leon F.. Lascelle in the Union Sales Co.
Of New York. He is considered sue
| cessful young business man, with much
ability and his career is being watch
| ed with interest by his many Fairfield
| friends.
| The January meeting of the Kenne-
bee Past Noble Grands Association will
be held Wednesday afternoon at 3.3C
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
| Leighton, SO Elm street, Waterville. A
! picnic supper will be served in connec-
ton with the meeting. The associa-
ton includes all past noble grands OF
Rebekah Lodges Of District No. Is.
There will be a large number from
Fairfield, who will accept the invita-
ton of Mrs. Leightons hospitality.
Mrs. William Hamm left Tuesday
sudden death of her Sitter, Mrs. Annie
Sawyer Kimball, which occurred Sun
day. Mrs. Kimball was born in Fair.
field the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
! Frank Sawyer, She passed her early
girlhood in this town. attending the
public schools, and later Good Will
High school. She had resided in Hinck-
ley for some time. Harry Kimball ano
Miss Annie Sawyer were united In
marriage a few years ago and moved
to Augusta, where they had since re-
| sided Two children, her husband, hel
parents, one sister, Mrs William
Hamm of Fairfield, two brothers, Del.
mar Sawyer of Waterville and Abel
bert Sawyer Of Augusta survive. Th'
funeral services will be held at Angus
| ia.
! Walter Eccles, entertainer, will be
unable to appear Feb. 4. at the Law
renee High school Assembly hall. un'
der the auspices Of the. Citizens En-
tertainment Course as was original,
planned. The Redpath Amusement Blu
reau, which is conducting the series o.
entertainments, recently sent te
Stephen Wing. president of the Fair
field Board Of Trade. the announce
ment that they would send in Mr.
Eccles' stead. he being unavoidabl,