Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-07
FAIRFIELD
Program Announced for Febru.
airy Meeting of Somerset PO-
mona and Madison Grange.
New Bell at Good Will
LOCAL BREVITIES AND PER.
SONAL CHAT OF INTEREST

The following program will be carried
out at the February meeting of SOM
erset Pomona Grange which will be held
Tuesday with Madison Grange: Singing,
America" by all the grangers; welcome
to Pomona, Brother C. E. Merry, master
Madison Grange; acknowledgements, Bro.
S. F. Emerson, Skowhegan; reading, Sis
ter Mae Hilton; duet, clarinet and piano,
Br. F. A. Dinsmore and Sister Ethel
Nichols; question, Resolved: That In
asmuch as a Large Part of the National
and State Appropriations for Agriculture
Are Being Expended to Promote Increas-
ed Production. Such Expenditures Are to
the Actual Detriment of the Farmer"
affirmative, H. B. Ellis, o. M. Hilton, C.
E. Reed: negative, A. S. Burke, C. E.
Merry. George Thatcher; piano solo, Sis
ter Carrie Adams; reading, Sister Maytie
Pratt; report Of lecturers conference re-
Gently held at Augusta, by Pomona lee
turer, Mrs. Kate B. Ellis: closing thought,
f. A. Dinsmore, lecturer Of Madison
Grange: singing, God Be with You"
Elmer E. Towne, superintendent Of mu-
sic in the public schools of Skowhegan,
has been in town recently and visited at
the Lawrence High school. Mr.. Towne's
purpose in visiting the High school was
to meet Principal John A. Partridge and
further plans in regard to the Somerset
county school festival February % is
the date set for the festival and the
place will be the county seat-Skowhe-
gan. Those to take part in the festival
will include the members of the musical
clubs of the High schools of Madison,
Skowhegan, Good Will and Fairfield. The
program will include singing, reading and
orchestral selections. Trials are being
held at Lawrence High school to select
two speakers to take part. There are
about so boys and girls of Fairfield I'M
der the training of Miss Frances Cate.
musical director of the Fairfield and Oak
land schools, who will take part in the
singing. This is the first time that mu-
steal of this kind has been held in the
county. Judging from the enthusiasm
with which the plans are being taken.
the Somerset county festival bids fair to
be success.
DR. Ethel Walters will be at Skowhegan
+ Tuesday, where she will speak before
the members of Clementine Weston w. c.
T. L. Mrs. Walters who has made a
special study of health conditions in the
home, will take for her subject "Our Most
Important Defence-the Home.''
Rev. Felix Powell. the evangelist, who
has come to Fairfield for an indefinite
stay. spoke Sunday morning at the Meth
odist church. His discourse was on
ialc
Frank c. Smith of South Portland, the
evangelistic singer rendered solo, Sail
On" Mr.. Smith has a very pleasing
voice and his singing is great source of
pleasure to the audiences. At 245 Sun
day afternoon Rev. Mr.. Powell spoke on
"Raving Hogs" In the evening at Z
o'clock Rev. Mr.. Powell gave the history
of his life, From the Ditch to the Pull
pit" In most vivid manner Mr.. Powell
told of his native land, sunny Italy, and
of the way of living of his people. He
told of his boyhood days and Of his jour
ney to America, the land Of the free.
which was in turn followed by descrip-
ton Of his early life in America. Up to
the present time Mr.. Powell carried the
thread of his life story in an absorbing
manner. The subject of Rev. Mr.. Pow
ellis Monday evening sermon will be
Love. Courtship, Marriage and Happi-
ness" There will be meetings every eve
ming Of the week and three meetings on
Sunday. Everyone is invited to attend
any and all of these meetings.
There will be no Epworth League meet
ing at the Methodist church this week, be-
cause Of the evangelistic meetings. Preced-
ing each service. conducted by Rev Mr.
Powell, there will be an half hour singing
service. The singer, Mr.. Smith. who accom-
panied Mr.. Powell. has a special book for
the song services which is THE Tabernacle
Song Book"
Rev Felix Powell and Frank c. Smith
are at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
j. Bradbury during their several weeks stay
in town.
At the Good Will High school a chorus
of so voices is being trained in anticipa-
ton of the Somerset County Festival which
will be held at Skowhegan, Feb. 20, at the
skowhegan Opera house. The two readers
chosen from the Good viii school to take
part in the festival are Edwin Maley and
Lillian Harding. The alternates chosen are
Nell Booker and Earle Clement. There will
be a special train leave Waterville for
skowhegan on the 22Hd Of February which
will return the same evening" This will
the regular train schedule 10 rather incon-
veuient.