Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-18

Work in Liberty Bond Campai
nj Association Holds Annual
Rural Teachers-Death Of Nj
Bankruptcy cases were in order Sat-
urday before Referee Daniel Lewis. In
the case Of Manley Fowler. who is in
bankruptcy siAgly and in the frm OF
Young & Fowler, Of which he was for
merry q member doing business In
Hartland, no creditors appeared. In
the case Of Rudolph Loberg Of Athens.
Harold j. Phillips, Esq. OF this town
was appointed trustee while the case
of John B. Tarbell was continued.
The annual meeting of the Skowhe-
gan Farmers Union will be held next
Saturday.
Miss Anne Morrison, who makes her
home in the upper apartment of Mrs.
Caroline Estes house on Leavitt street,
is very i'll with congestion of the brain.
Mrs. Estes is also in feeble health.
Saturday, Miss Morrison seem slight
ly improved.
The graduating exercises of the 1917
class of the Skowhegan High school
were held last Friday evening in the
Opera house. The class parts were
exceptionally well delivered and an
orchestra directed by Elmer E. Towne
furnished very superior music at in
tervals during the program. The cler-
gyman assisting was Rev. Henry Clay
Turner of the Centenary Methodist
church, who offered prayer and pro-
nounced the benediction. The follow
ing class parts were given: Saluta-
tory, What Next" Alexander Thorn
son; essay. What English Literature
Does for the Appreciative Student,
Esther Irene French; essay, THE Men
ace of the White Pine Blister joel
Erastus Taylor; essay, 1.-The Dreamer"
Alta Grace Young; class history, John
Edmund French; class essay. "A
Growing Appreciation of Shorthand"
Hazel Pauline Burkhart; prophecy
"Anno Domini, 1885," Libby Pulsifer:
presentation of gifts, Pauline Emery
and Lauriston Leslie Jacobs; class
will Bruce Hugh Miller White; vale
dictory, 1.-THE Parting of the ways
Pearl Celia Harville. At the conclu-
sion of the regular program Prlncl-
pal r. w. Leighton announced the
winners of the Shepherd prizes 1ouno-
ed by the late Russell $. Shepherd as
follows: Freshman: First, Catherine
Dorothy Mccarthy; second, Mary HAT
tie Friend; honorable mention, Carolyn
Cover; Sophomore: First, Earle Is.
Grundy; second, Thomas Coburn; Ju-
Nor. first. Lucille Bolduc; second. vel
ma Fogg; Senior: First. Adelaide TO
bey: second, Pearl Harville. The dl-
plomas were presented by Wills a.
Bailey, the chairman of the SkoWhe-
gan School Board, and a very impress
sive feature of this ceremony was the
handing 6f the diplomas to the i've
members of the class who are in army
service as members of Company +. AS
Chairman Bailey presented these
vouthful soldiers, Privates Alvan w.
buchanan. Clyde Badger, Cassimir Bis
son, Harry st. Ledger and Kari 10
bey. with the certificates which their
rank at the time of leaving school en-
titled them, the orchestra played the
Star Spangled Banner" and the audi
ence arose out of respect. The audi
forum was crowded with friends ana
relatives. Seats in the body were re-
served for the Alumni and the Junior
class members. The decorations on
the stage were very attractive, con-
sisting of greenery and flowers, lZo
white jonquils being contributed 1or
decorative purposes by Mrs. >. ".
Smith. Beside the pupils already nam
ed as participating who graduated
we're Doris T. Cover, Elizabeth Wnite
Marsh. Dorothy H. Potts, Adelaide
Doris Tobey, Pauline Emery, Everett
F. Burnor, Cora May Hopkins, Eunice
Farnsworth Patten. Hazel M. Russell,
Beatrice p. Smiley. Prudence Wood
Wadsworth, Emerald A. Young. Lenora
Bates. Beatrice A. Hodgkins, Margaret
Mary King, Arthur G. Lewia, Merle
Alton Roullard and Annie Belle WEIGH.
A large percentage of the graduates
nurnose to continue their studies. Sew
eral of the boys plan to go to Bowdoin
College, some Colby College and a
number of the girls purpose to train
for nurses.
Rev. E. L. Marsh, pastor of a Prov
idence, r. l., Congregational church,
with Mrs Marsh and Miss Mandana
Marsh. were here to attend the grad
uating exercises Friday evening, Miss
Elizabeth w. Marsh, the older daugh-
ter. being among the graduates. Mr..
Marsh will stop for few days, but
Mrs. Marsh and daughter Mandana
will remain during the summer. They
are guests at the home of Miss Hannah
r. Page.
The Skowhegan Boy Scouts will go
down on record as having done excel
lent work in the Liberty Bond cam
paign. Owing to weather conditions
they did not visit other towns than
Skowhegan and were given but three
days to canvass. Langdon A. Jewett
won the medal for selling 10 bonds to
eleven different houses, the total
shares he disposed of being 81. Other
shares sold were as follows: Cecil
Briggs, l.; William Philbrick. 1920;
Raymond G Fogg, 20; Leo Porter. 2;
Ivan Hodgdon. L. Scout Master Esta-
brooks is doing good work with the
lads.
Miss c. NJ. Carpenter. teacher of do
nestle science in the schools, left Sat-
urday for a vacation visit at her
home in Pittsfeld, Mass. Miss Carpen-
ter has been experimenting the do
nestle science departments in both the
Skowhegan and Madison schools but