Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-19

TICKING winner Proves Success-Cottagers Arriving Dailv
Children Prepare for Holy Communion Savings Bank Plan
in the Schools ~>'A'e0 lain Idn

scene in the last act with the bats Of
these fans was very amusing. Special
ties between the acts included Wilfred
h1ng In French dialect impersonations
end Ioida Keene as an Irish colleen
singing irish songs. Washburn,s Or
chestra furnished music for the play
and the dance which followed.
Already. in spite Of the cold weather
the cottages at Lake Wesserunsett are
beginning to be occupied. Mrs,
Amanda Witham and her son. Perley
~"1tham have taken one of the Butler
cottages and Noodles Pagan, an actor
OF New York city, with a party of
three others has taken another one of
the Butler bungalows for the summer.
He will arrive Monday.
Mrs. Edward Berry of Bingham is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. o. H.
King.
For the month Of April there was
shipped out of the local freight Offices
a total of approximately 1887 tons.
Wood pulp was the biggest commodity
TO be shipped, there being 1922 pounds
or this product. Other commodities
were: Grain. rs tons: hay, IL tons; po-
tatoes 80 tons; fruits and other vege-
tables, IL tons; live. stock, 10s tons;
lumber, Sc tons; merchandise, 1923 tons
miscellaneous, 40 tons. The freight re-
ceived totaled to small margin over
S6o TONS The biggest commodity re-
ceived was 3e3 tons Of merchandise.
Other amounts received for the month
were grain, 265 tons; flour, 1O5 tons;
other mill products. 20 tons; coal. Is
tons; fertilizer, s. tons; miscellaneous,
5 tons. \
Sunday morning at the Centenary
Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev.
Henry Clay Turner will have as his
subject, THE Spirit Of Power At the
evening service his subject will be "A
Certain Mans Experience at the Pool
of Bethesda" Special music at both
services. At the evening service, Mr..
and Mrs. c. J. Smith will sing: 81
Shall Not Be Moved. The Methodist
Church is a friendly church.
Work rooms over the Skowhegan
Trust Co. have been procured by the
Local Branch Of the American Fund
for French Wounded and these will be
formally opened Monday afternoon.
A somewhat spectacular fire occur
red Thursday night just this side of
the entrance to Lakewood when an au-
tomobile being driven by Norris
Clough ignited and was completely
burned. The iron parts and tires were
left only. The car was a secondhand
one and was valued at about $500. 1t
is understood to have been insured.
rh; q
st. Mary (Catholic) are preparing for
holy communion and confirmation the
10Th Of June. Rt> Rev. Bishop Walsh
being in Skowhegan on that occasion.
The Catholic Choral Society is prepar-
ing for an eT tertainment to be given
the first of the month.
S. H. Nealey has been appointed SUI
perintendent of construction for the
government in connection with the
erection Of the new postoffice building
and has arrived to assume his duties.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Scrimgeour who
have been living at the Skowheyan
House since their arrival in town from
Gardiner and New York, are to occu-
Nv the home of DR.. and Mrs. Chas. r.
Niies On Middle street during the sum-
NOR Mrs. Viles will pass much of the
season at the Jim Pond camp in Eus-
lis and the doctor will be at Lake Wes-
"erunsett for g part of the time at
least.
Mrs. Charles Robinson of Winslow.
VINO mas been so seriously i'll for the
'st Few weeks at the home of her pa
fonts. MI ard Mrs. r. p. Cole was
reported Friday as somewhat improv-
Cd. although the two Lewiston nurses
ere still in attendance. Mr.. Robinson
is now quite i'll in Winslow.
Miss Mae Bowman of Hinckley. for
come years a stenographer in the Of
flee of the late Congressman Forrest
Goodwin, was in town Friday calling
upon acquaintances.
Miss Leora NJ. Withee who has been
passing the winter in Salt Lake CITY,
Utah, has continued her journey to
California, where she is passing some
weeks in company with her sister,
Mrs. Dora Holstein of Salt Lake.
With the prevailing high prices Of
feed the farmers are getting equally
high prices for their dairy products.
Butter is bringing 3S cents at the
stores, while dairymen having regular
customers are charging 40 cents deliv-
cred. The price paid for butter fat at
the Skowhegan Jersey Creamery for the
month of April was AZ cents per pound.
Miss Eleanor Halves. daughter of Mrs
J. D. Symonds. was reported as, quite
i'll on Friday.
e. B. Curtis arrived home from his
Western trip Thursday evening after an
absence of several months. He made
his headquarters in Los Angeles. Calf
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Steward,
formerly of Skowhegan. but visited
friends in other sections of the Pacific
Coast belt. Upon his return he travel
ed by steamer from California to Seat
tie. and then came East by the way Of
Vancouver. the Rocky Mountains and
so on to Massachusetts. where he visit
ed his daughter, Mrs. Pearl c. Sprague,
in Lexington. Acquaintance will be in
terested to learn that Roy Steward. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Steward. has en-
tered a training camp at San Francisco,
where he is training for a first lieuten-
ants berth.
+. Elmer Nolan. from the Chief Sur
geon's office. arrived Friday forenoon
for a short visit with his mother, Mrs.
Annie Nolin.
DR.. l.. p. Geofrian reported Friday
the birth of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.