Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-07

Of the Universaiist church. SnseAAsd.
The interment was made at the Pitts.
neld village cemotery. The bearers
were John Murphy, Frank Southard1,
Grin 6oule and n d. Can. !.
Miss Annie I. Fletcher. Q nurse from
the Peter Bent Brigham hospital, win
be In Pittsneld Wednesday and Thurs.
day. May 9-10. to give instructions In
preparing surgical dressings 70 the
members Of the RED Cross Auxl1iasy.
The first lessons win be given 70 the
chairmen Of the general service came,
mittee Wednesday afternoon. MY =
in Grange hail at o'clock. The Sec
ond lesson. which win b open e all
Red Cross members. win be gtvon In
Grange han Thursday omrning at >
O'Clock sharp. All members aro 10.
quested to be familiar with this line Of
work as the call for these supplies may
be very urgent.
First Selectman w. N. Osborne has
received word that his son. Arthur Os-
borne, who with his family have been
living in California for two years. Is
critically Ill.
Deputy Sheriff H. H. stitham on
Friday seized four quarts of whiskey
and four quarts of alcohol at the NJ.
c. r. r. station. addressed to local
parties.
Mrs. Granville Mansur of Augusta,
who has been visiting Pittsneld
friends. has returned home.
Mrs. NJ. L. Damon of this town has
been appointed a trustee of the State
Reformatory for Women at Skowhe-
gan.
Miss Blanche Weed left Friday for
Corinna to pass the weekend with
Miss Lila Wood. before going to Brew
err, where she will visit until she leaves
for Rockport to join her father, Rev.
j. A. Weed.
Mrs. E. w. Boyer of sWaterville and
sister, Mrs. Jane Berry of Portland,
were in town Friday. calling on rela-
tives.
Parker Merrill who has been very
sick at the boys dormitory, Nj. C. L..
is much better
/ Miss Mildred Penney of Oakland was
soloist at the Universalist church Sun
day morning.
Sheriff Harry Goodrich of Skowhegan
was in town Saturday on business
w. B. McGivery left Friday for Boston
on business.
Guy Powell has enlisted in the Coast
Artillery and will leave next Thursday for
Fort Slocum, n. Y.
AT meeting of the trustees ofeM c. I.
held Friday it was voted TO allow the
youAg men members of the senior class
the privilege of going home for the pur-
pose of working three months on farms
About II will leave soon to return in June
for their
A meeting of the d. A. r. will be held
Tuesday evening, May S. with Mrs. w. L.
Percival The topic Of the meeting will
be Peace Day"
E. Z. Hunter is moving his household
goods into the lower rent of the John
Martin house on Forrest street
At meeting of Pittsfeld Grange held
Saturday evening the first and second de-
grees were conferred on three candidates.
Patrol No. 1 Of the local Boy Scouts
has organized a baseball team with Floyd
Towle as captain and Harry Condor.
scout mater. as business manager.
Rev. j. A. Weed, who has finished his
duties as pastor of the Pittsfeld NJ. z.
church. left Saturday for Rockport. where
he has been appointed minister of the
Methodist church.
Phillip Hollander has opened q lunch
room and confectionery store in the Ella
Parks building recently vacated by c. u.
Vickery.
A dance was held in Perkins han Friday
evening under the auspices Of the 81.
Agnes Catholic church Guild.
Miss Edith Annis of Bostonsis visiting
in the home of her cousin. Mrs Frank
Fuller.
Prof. Arthur S. Merrill. q member Of the
faculty at M. c. l., returned Saturday
from Brunswick. where on Friday he en-
listed in the Officers Reserve Corps and
will leave within q few days for Piatts-
burg, N. Y.