Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-11-23
OAKLAND

| Mrs. Alden Strickland of North Ncv
Portland was the guest of Mrs. NJ. /
| Strickland.
! L. NJ. Foster has returned from
brief visit in Winthrop.
| Glen Blake has closed his house on
sMessalonskee lake and left yester.
day for Boston, where he will pass tbo
winter.
| Dean Wheeler was a business yjsi.
! tor in Skowhegan Wednesday,
! At the entertainment given by tha
! Cascade Grange Wednesday evenine
! the following program was carried ont,
| Music by the orchestra; selection bv
the quartet. Fern Bickford Helen
| BlaisGt II, Beatrice Thomas and Ma;.
guerite Sullivan; reading by Marcuerita
/ Sullivan: farce entitled. Peter" va
given by several girls. The program
was in charge of Miss Charlotte Ion
sen. There was a large attendance AZ
| both entertainment and farce and
about s13 were cleared
Jean Steward Hamilton Of Ros,,,
was 4 business visitor in town vcStsr-
! day
! Saturday evening will he obscro5
! by Cascade Grange as Gcntlcmcn's
night. The program for the evening
will be in charge of Ernest oliver ana
! Earl Sawtelle
The following letter has been rc.oi,J
/ by Miss Lottic Tracy from Corn Pow
! kins. Il local boy. who is with tho Amor.
! lean EXpcditionary Force IN Frame.
Somewhere in France, oct 4r. Iel-
Dear T.ottte- -fsecciycd YOUR lurtnr ~.
/ day YOU mailed it. hope YOU viii Cot
this one alright. Il ann well and homo
YOU a." the Same" We had I: orcs,, r,rp
coming Over. We Got To- ut1r hase -
%. II is some place. Wish | couIl tou
+ YOU more about it but We can't tel, t,o
/ much. We are near enough to tn, ,,r-
! ing line 10 hear the hl. guns nut ,..,
isn't very near. got lctter from r,s
, Collins the Same day | Got ,,I,t..
didn't expect to set letter So som
: The boys are alright and feeling .,,
/ How are Mahlon and Rose and ;,}l Ito
! rest Of the people" | slInpns. II -
quite cold at home nov: il j. ,nt ,.
! cold here as it is at home II is ram.
| ing here today. They SAY it ram. g,
great deal of the time horc in vm,.r
The people here all seem alad ru 500
! us and use us as we'll as they can nm
der the circumstances. Thc1 are MI
, rather poor and we don't see mann,
| men around here now. II is rrt a
I bad as on" would thiuk The bows
! stood the trip over better than tLc,
| expected; they did not worry mu,f
, about getting sunk at sea They say
, they Will make the Germans Iool, sick
ii they ever get at thcm. hut douht
! II we ever sec the front for 7 t},uk
! the Germans are ON their last legs. but
7 nobody can tell how long thcy viii last
/ Guess this Will lie all for this time
Goodbye. Corp. Arthur T. Perkins. CO.
! H. 1921 Inf"
SNlVanus SHWtellc underwent a srIc.
cesstnl surgical operation on his
throat at Grey's hospital. WateryilIe.
yesterday
The regular meeting Of J. Wesley
Camp, :. of V. will hc held Friday
evening at the home of the president,
Miss Lottie Tracy.
DR.. u. T. Holt of Auburn. district
superintendent Of the Methodist
church, is the guest of Rev. r. R.
Sleeves. He held the last Quarterly
s
evening and will hold one at the Meth
odist church in town this evening.
At the regular meeting of the ".
r. {. held Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Fred Lecch the birthday
of Miss Louise Benson, one Of the
members. was celebrated She was
presented with a birthday cake nrcttiDy
decorated with candles. Twelve ruern-
berS We're present.
4. NJ stone has moved his family
into the .tbner Small rent on Church
street.
The many friends in town Of Mrs.
ii. l.. Hunton will be Srieved H. learn
tnat she was injured in an automo-
bile accident in Winthrop Wednesday.
The car in which Mrs. Hunton was
riding from the station to the home
of relative turned completely over
twice, throwing the occupants ont and
inJuring Mrs. Hunton quite severely.
She will be moved to her home in
town tomorrow if her condition viii
permit.
The Woman's Missionary meeting
was held yesterday afternoon at the
nome o. Mrs. II. Hatfield on Fairfield
Stett. l IL" SUBJECT lOr the meeting was
! Foreign Missions-C China." The com
mittec for the afternoon was Mrs. H.
II. Hatfield, Mrs. Davis Kerr. Mrs
Harry "atten. Light refreshments were
served by the hostess
The Merry Eats Club were pleas
antly entertained Wednesday after
noon by Mrs Charles Thomas Ten
members We're present. The afternoon
was passed with sewing and knitting
Delicious refreshments were served
The guests were Mrs T.. l.. Bickford.
Mrs. Lizzie Ellis, Mrs John collins,
{ Mrs. A, \. Moody. Mrs. William Her
som, Miss Eva Hersom, Mrs. Rhody
Wort. Mrs. Ella Cook, Mrs Anna
Bailey.
A Gospel Mission meeting will be
! ield At the home Of Mrs. Susan Knox
Saturday evening.
A food sale will be held in tho yes-
try Of the Methodist church this after
room.
meeting will be held AT the High
, street Mission Sunday afternoon 1t