Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-04

'lbllddS lOIGhtOlt NIlN tIINNIS Ci III
snowstorm were being felt severely IN
Skowhegan and vicinity The trolley
service between Skowhegan and Mad
ison was not resumed until nearly noon
Cr Monday, the Central Mainc Power
90. being so seriously crippled that sdf-
ficient power was not forthcoming Tor
prOpellng purposes. Ten men We're
busily engaged on the lines of the New
England Telephone Go. with 800 phones
out Of order. Outside service is entire
~ crippled and between SkoW.legan
and Hinckley 20 poles are down. The
telegraph service is also out Of COM
mission. There is scarcely a line in
lunning order in the territory of lie
Farmers Telephone 60. The line is
down completely from &. 4. Whites in
the Hilton Hill district to the BridSe
while il Will probably take two weeks
. Ia get the line over the Hill road south
e; st of the village in running ordCr. In
the BigeluW Hiu neiehhorhuod there
vas the heavy fan OF anow to be cx-
/ CctCd and Is late rs Monday mU"n'nG
TIE school team got stalled in tie
heavy drifts there. Arthur Smith. Cl'iN-
er of the Athens stage. reports tn
STOW six feet deep in some places ne
TWEEN here ana Athens. lie left home
at 4.30 Monday morning and arriVd III
Skowhegan at $50. having changed
horses once. Reports from the upper
part of tile county are hinderel he
cause Of lack Of wires hut Saturday
night il was Glearncd tEat tWy feet ol
snow had fallen at CaratUnk with the
air Still. full of flakes. According 10 /.
r. Madden cf the New England Tel So.
there has not been 50 serious an eNreri-
once since IL years ago.
Il. u. Harris, manager Of tho Show
began Jersey Creamery. it Monday
morning for Newport 10 attend the
/ Dairymcn's meetings being held there
this week.
I As the result of the Catholic min
strel show held, last week about 500
was cleared for the benefit Of St Mays
church Miss Amelia L"mieuN sold
about $500 worth Of tickets, and WAS
awarded the first prize Of a gold wa Oh
N the ticket selling contest. Mrs. Ma
ME Castle was awarded a solid gold
chain pendant for bringing in tho se"-
"nd largest number of tickets, about
$40 worth.
The homo Of Mr.. ana Mrs Arthur
'luIJIIittf. VI dQiStlt dh'Iut, WIS JtIG
scene Of q family gathering on Sunday.
tho event being arranged IN compliment
10 John DuntOn, q member of the Red
Cross Ambulance Corps, now station
90 il Allentown Pa Mr.. Dunton is q
brother Of Mrs. Plummer and his moth
Ct, Mrs. Flora DuntUn of North New
Portland, WAS included III the party.
Other guests we're Miss Dorothy Car
! Vile Of Pennington. Jerome Dunton
Of Bingham, Mrs. a. a. Young Of North
New PORTLAND, Mrs Robert bradford
and son. benjamin of Liyermore aud
Mr.. ana Mrs. Everett Sawyer Of North
Arson.
! Miss Gladys +. Pennon has accepted
a position Az accountant in the First
National Bank. Miss Dorothy Day is
substituting in the Kindergarten school
department where Miss Pennel has
been Il teacher,
Special ceremonies Will be in order
at ST MarN's Catholic church the lat
ter part Of the week. On Friday at 5
ana \. NJ. there viii be the usual
First Friday DeEotions. Saturday
morning there viii &c at , and O'Clock
ceremonies III ohserNance\ot the Feast
of Immaculate Conception Last sun
dan about 100 girls Of the young No
mans Sodality Of st. MarN'a We're pres
ent ut communion at $50 mass From
now On during the winter the masses
will be offered at $50 and 1890.
. Rev and Mrs George Merriam have
received word that younS son was
! added TO the family of their son. George
( r. Merriam and wife of Belmont,
Mass, MI Saturday last.
/ Mrs T. a. cleveland has fallen and
! broken a hip and Monday Was re-
/ ported as being in q very critical con-
dition
] Capt J. Wallace Blunt Of the Com
missar> Department with headquarters
in Boston departed sunday after being
/ here for u short visit with his fam
1 in ana attending 10 business matters
/ elsewhere III the county.
: Sunset Chapter, Order Of Eastern
Star. Will meet next Friday night ana
nominate officers.
I Turnkey q. II. Chute of Tie county
jail left Monday forenoon for i hunt
/ ing trip TO the Driver districts.
! Guy Debe, Madison avenue fruit
dealer. faced Trial Justice Thomas q.
! Lord in municipal court Monday morn
/ ing charged with keeping his place Of
| business oil Madison avenue open On
/ SUNDAY Chief Of Police Frank ThOmp-
son. formerly sheriff of the county, was
I on the watch Sunday ana noted that
Debe was keeping open beyond the
! hour allowable, q circumstance which
was I'LL existence up into inc evening.
| Munday he made the arrest. Dehe
pleaded guilty when arraigned and
then took an appeal Tic was fined SO
and costs amounting to 1885 and was
! placed under bonds Of $500 for his fur
: ther appearance at court. His wife,
| Mrs. Palmyra Dcbe. and Harold clan k
went security Debe claims that he is
| engaged in the yictualing business and
therefore has right to Keep his place
/ of business open during the day
/ a stated concIaye Of DE Molay Com
mandery will be held this evening at
the Asylum. Balloting Will be In or
der
! Judge Brazzeli Of the Somerset West
/ ern municipal court was in town Mon
Iday attending ID the business Of tile
regular court session in SkoWhegan.
In the case Of Warren futile rs.
Michael st. Ledger, William Folsom
Merrill. attorney for Mr. St Ledger.
i made Il motion that the plea of non