Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-07-27

ton when couple has lived together %
years, but Mr.. and Mrs. F. Marion Mills
take it calmly and as no particular virtue
of theirs that on Wednesday they round
ed out so years of happily married life.
The observance therefore was most in
formal though best wishes poured In from
fellow comrades of Russell Post G. A. r.
and the members Of the Woman's Relief
Corps.
Mr. Mills is one Of the two Skowhegan
veterans of the 4th Maine Battery, Light
Artillery, the other being Mark Harville,
and both he and Mrs. Mills look forward
with great interest to the annual reunion
of the 4th Maine to occur in Skowhegan,
August 9th. Mr.. Mills served his country
long and faithfully, re-enlisting after his
first term expired and serving until his
discharge in June 1865. He shows scars
left arm by a spent bullet at Cole Har-
bor. He was in 13 battles and skirmishes
besides the Siege Of Petersburg. includ-
ing Gettysburg, Antietam, Second Battle
Of Bull Run. The first winter after en-
listment was spent in tents in Augusta
pitched over the stove pipe and banked
in snow which was rather severe for
some, but stood we'll by Mr.. Mills. They
went then to Washington. then to Fort
Ramsey and later to the Shenandoah Val
ley. He keeps up his ties by membership
in Russell Post.
skowhegan has long been Mr.. Mills
and their parents moved here when he
was eight years old. He married Miss
Mary Augusta Fairbanks OF Augusta. To
them have been born two children, Mrs
A. B. Lamb. Skowhegan, and Chester H.
Mills. Esq, Of Jackman. Mrs. Mills came
Of a patriotic family. her father serving
in the Civil War; and two brothers losing
their lives in it. and never wants the
country to have another war, she has
seen so much.
Mrs. Ansel Tucker Of Portland arrived
Wednesday to spend a week with Mrs.
George H. Weston and Mr.. Tucker Is to
be with them over Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Fletcher went Tuesday aft
ernoon to Bangor for visit with friends.
The Skowhegan baseball team will play
the Rumfords here Thursday and the Bel
fasts here Friday. This will be the ninth
game of the Belfast series for the silver
cup and of these Skowhegan has won
five. The team will go Saturday to Rum
ford.
Miss Chantal Bison and Clarenc.
Whiting are passing the week with H.
S. Whiting in Norridgewock.
The Democrats open their campaign in
Somerset county with meeting at Lake
wood Grove at P. NJ. Saturday. A big
time is anticipated and among the speak
ers will be Governor Oakley c. Curtis.
the United States Senate; Secretary of
State John f. Bunker, candidate for Con-
gress: and Senator Charles F. Johnson.
The First Maine Regiment Band Of the
military department Of the Maccabees of
Skowhegan will furnish music Ladies
are invited.
The latest birth recorded in town is
that Of a son to Mr.. and Mrs. William G.
Lessor Of North avenue.
A certificate of organization was filed at
the Somerset registry Of deeds Wednes-
day for a corporation at Madison to be
known as the Peoples Cooperative Store
with the purpose to undertake and carry
on all kinds of mercantile trading, COM
mercal. building and real estate busi-
ness and any and all other kinds inciden-
tai or related to above. The corporation
shall do any banking business nor loan
money.
Following are the recent real estate
transfers as recorded at the Somerset
registry Of deeds:
Bingham-Forrest H. Colby ct ais. to
Ray c. Brown.
Cornville-Skowhegan Savings Bank to
Harry L. Chase of Ccrnville, 1870 acres
of land.
Skowhegan-Mnnie c. Pishon to Elwood
F. Richardson, the Stephen q. Mayo