Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-29

New Biddeford Company


Third Maine regiment seems to pe
assured. Already 80 names have been
secured to the petitions circulated.
William Ii. bearing at Swifts on
Thornton street. has petition. VIII
H. Stone is prominently mentioned for
captain of the new company
Officers As Hosts
The officers and men of 10th COM
pany. G. A. c., Portland, will sit
down to their first Thanksgiving din
ner at Fort Williams Thursday, the
dinner to be given to the men OF the
company by the commissioned Oh
ficers and plans for which are being
made on quite an elaborate scale.
In all probability this will be the
last Thanksgiving dinner this COM
panv will eat at this post, and there
is a likelihood that the entire COM
mand will never again be together at
a Thanksgiving feast.
Runaway Matte
Sheriff Haven 4. Roberts has re-
turned from Boston with 16-year-oid
Matte Parent, who departed from
Sanford week ago, leaving note
to the effect that she had gone to
join a show. The officer stated Mon
day that the charges OF stealing
diamond ring and clothing made
against the girl had been dropped and
that she has been returned to the
home Of her sister, Mrs. Maggie Fish,
in Sanford. Her parents live in Au-
gusta.
Goes to Washington
Miss Irene a. Perkins of 113 Neal
street. Portland, having taken the
civil service examination in type
writing and stenography, has recent
~ been appointed by the government
as clerk in the adjutant generals Of
flee. Washington. ID. C.. at q salary of
Sl1lU per year. She is a graduate of
kennebunkport High school, has since
graduated from Grays Business col
lege and previous to her appointment
has been employed as a stenographer
Tor the L. T. Burrowes Co, Portland.
To Swell Fund
Manager James Z. I;undle 81 the
Bddeford opera house has turned over
the sum Of $3.50 TO Harold j. Staples.
treasurer of the Y. NJ. G. a. Red Tri-
angle campaign, as result Of the
benefit given at the opera house sun
day The sum of S2U0SS was sub
scrbed by residents of the town of
Hollis.
S. e. Harper
The many friends of Sumner Ed
ward Harper in Saco and Bidde1ord
were saddened by the announcement
of his death in New York late Tues
day afternoon. following an operation
for appendicitis the latter part of last
week. Mr.. Harper was born in Bidde-
ford. When Il child his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. James Thomas Harper re-
moved to Saco. He was educated in
the public schools and was graduated
from Thornton academy in the class of
1912 After his graduation he be-
came connected with the firm of Will
son & Co., wholesale meat packers of
Chicago. His period Of employment
with that concern was marked by
brilliant successes, and he finally be-
came manager Of their Boston office.
which position he held at the time of
his death. Last May he married Miss
Frances Young, and they made their
home at 1O9 Foster street. Melrose.
Mass.
Hurts His Shoulder
Charles Chappell, who has been lis-
ing for some months on the WATERFORD
road in Lyman. where he recently pur-
chased a small farm. fell in his barn
Monday morning and suffered a frac-
ture of one shoulder. Mr.. Chappell
who was made blind from a premature
blast some Years ago, has been one OF
the most exceptional men nd-about.
living by himself and caring for his
home and barn as well as q man who
could sec. Monday morning he had
fed his horse and was walking across
the barn floor when he fell. He may
have miscalculated the distance he
WAS to pass over, or he may have been
afflicted with dizzy spell, the latter
being thought likely by the attending
physician.
Reception at Bangor
At the home of Prof. and Mrs. Cal
vim NJ. Clark at Ba. Sor on TUESDAY
night the members of the faculty Of
the Bangor Theological Seminary in
formally received MIR. and Mrs.
Cornelius NJ. Clark, who were married
in Hartford, Conn, last week. Mr..
Clark who is the son OF Prof. and Mrs.
Calvin NJ. Clark graduated from Yale
two years ago and has since been en-
gagged in teaching at Lee Academy
re has since taken up a. NJ {. A.
work and expects to be assigned to
some training camp soon.
Boston Boat Service
Some ice formed in the river Tues
DAY morning, hut not enough to stop
the Bon Ton OF hinder NAVIGATION
m" steamer Camden arrived on time
az Bangor from Boston. n tug breaking
q channel to the dock. to ease up on
her plates. The winter service of the
Boston boats will go in effect Thurs
day. The steamer Camden will be
Withdrawn from the route and the
Belfast only retained in commission.
The Belfast will leave Bangor Nom
days and Thursday at II A. NJ: re-
turning leave Boston at ) T. NJ. Tues
days and Fridays She WI come 70
Bangor until the close of navigation
then make Wintcrport. the terminal
sailing from there at 10 \. NJ
Will Not Close Factories
While this is the usual week for the
annual closing of the large can making
plant Of the American Can co. at SEA