Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-12-14
SKOWHECAN NEWS
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Session-W C +. u. Meets-Personals


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the late physician thirty-two years last
July. William H. Bean OF Hoops.o"n
Township left personal estate estimated
at $1,000 and bequeathed the same 10 MS
wife whom he nominated as eXecutrlx.
Other wills presented for probate were
those of Alexander J. Ellis, late or NOR
ridgewock: Forrest A. Harville, late or
Skowhegan; Syble Holt. late of Skowhe-
gan; Mary l.. Moulton. late OF Norrloge-
wock; Almon Works, late Of Mercer.
| Wills were allowed in the estate or
Leonard Knowlton. late of New Port
land Edwin Davis, late of Madison
Hortense Patterson. late Of Arson. An
ME G.. Reynolds, late of Fairfield. George
A. Morrison. late of Madison; Elizabeth
Tobey. late of Skowhegan; Lois F. Bean.
late of Pittsfeld; Lettie j. Rose. late Of
Haverhill. Mass; Edward X. Fuller. late
of Hartland; Jennie Green. late of So
Ion; Caroline c. McNelly. late of Fair
| field.
| Administrator appointed in tie estate
of Eva A. Burke of Bingham (Arthur N.
Burke administrator Frank N Joa-
quin late of Athens; VIM Q. Corson.
late of Athens; Laura Baker. late of
Norridgewock John w. Fogler. adminic-
trator); Lester L. Patterson. late Of So
Ion Carrie Patterson, administratriX);
| Chas l.. Allen.
| Mr. and Mrs. Perley Bickford Of
Pleasant Ridge Plantation were given
the right to legally adopt Harold An
drews.
Something like SIS was cleared from
the supper and entertainment given by
the men at the First Baptist church last
Monday night
Miss Zaidee Morrison of New York
City, daughter of the late Lucius l..
Morrison of Skowhegan is visiting her
aunt. Mrs Ann Morrison. of Leavitt
street. She proposes to return to New
York Friday next.
Allen Smith, who has been with the
Maine Spinning Co. for several years
directing the night crews, has accepted
! position in Providence as superintend-
ent of a textile establishment there. He
| and Mrs. Smith who have occupied an
apartment on Middle street, will remove
to that city. but not until after Christ
| mas.
DR.. Blynn o. Goodrich is expected home
next week from McGill University, Mon
treal. where he is pursuing a course of
medical study to remain until after
Christmas.
Despite the heavy storm of Tuesday
there was good sized attendance at the
meeting of the Clementine Weston w. c..
4. U. in Library parlors 1t was an aft
ernoon in which the ministers of the
community had been invited to partici-
pate and several gentlemen were present.
Inc topic was What Prohibition Has
Done' and Mrs. Lizzie A. Marble, presi-
dent OF the Union, presided voicing a few
gracious words at the opening. Two
verses OF America were sung with Mr..
Eva X. Greenwood at the piano and then
Or. Tracy of the First church and Rev
george Merriam of the Bethany church
conducted devotional exercises, Rev. Mrs
tracy sending regrets because of her in
aoliity 10 be present and participate in
these exercises. The first speaker of the
AFTERNOON was Carl H. Turner of New
YORK who gave a very entertaining talk
on the Community Chautauuuas with
which he is connected expressinp :.
s'rong hope that Skowhegan might have
another series of these enterta;nran+.
THIS season. He dwelt somewhat on tho
"istoiS OF the Chautauqua, of its value
" the youth OF the community and gave
DIS us foundation stones education. civic
ana social. OF the four clergyman who
spoke on the topic of the afternoon Row
george Merriam was the first to be called
upon. There is one thing" he said "to
which the American people have made IN
tnelr minds. 1t is the absolute extinction
OF the beverage liquor traffic. "He
touched upon the erasure of party Zines
IN this issue and gave information of the
campaign which had just been inaugural
ed by the Federal Council of the Churches
OF Christ of America. which includes 50
or the Christian denominations of Ameri-
ca. Rev. Frederick c. Rogers of the
Centenary NJ. E. church was the next
speaker. He spoke of the satisfactory
circumstances of the liquor question to-
day and of the prohibition sentiment in
America. He recommended that the
liquor seller be ostracized and felt that
we had been too lenient with the liquor
seller One of the salient features of his
s'uu1eSS WAS THAT pTOnlDltlOn naQ taken
away the Endorsement of law His clos
ing words were tribute to the w. c. T.
L. itself for the work which it had ac-
complshed. Rev. c. H. Mckinney of the
Island Ave. Congregational church was
the third speaker. He cited examples in
his former home town which had proven
beneficial. mentioned that Prohibition had
caused COO, of this population to be under
Prohibitory law. had caused 2s states of
the United States to be under prohibition,
also four cities in Massachusetts and ex-
pressed intelligent thoughts relative to
Boston's going dry next Monday. He
recommended that cooks leave out brandy
f1avoring from their pudding sauce and
told Of some things that prohibition did
not do There was during the meeting a
huge map posted for observation which
by methods of marking. depicted the pro-
hibition states. When DR.. Tracy was
called upon he said that prohibition has
made the map look good" He touched