Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-18
PIT1SfIELD
Program of Eastern Somerset
County Teachers Convention
for May 1S-First Aid Class
Formed

A meeting of the Eastern Somerset
County Teachers convention will be
held at the Grange hall in Harmony
Friday, May IS. The program will open
at $50 A. NJ. with singing The Star
Spansled Banner Those who viii
take part in the program include Miss
Mary l. Haskell. State leader OF
Girls Clubs. Miss Marion G. Kicker
State director of household art.
The department sessions will be
held from II A. NJ. to 12.15 F. NJ a,
the high school building with the fol
lowing leaders: II. A. Allen and Miss
F. A. Hale, State agents for rural ed
ucation; J. w. Taylor, State agent for
secondary education. An address will
be given by DeForest H. Perkins. SUI
rerintendent Of schools in Portland
Dinner will be served by the Harmon!
Grange.
Over so met at Powers hall, VI. c. +.
Wednesday evening to attend the first
lesson on elementary first aid, Siver
by Rev. E. A. Porter, who conducted
the lesson ir Very interesting az
well as instructive manner. A class
of about 25 will be formed and will be
mostly of NJ. c. I. students, as they
will soon leave town. Later the loca
young people will be instructed The
lessons will be given Tuesday evening
of each week in Society hall. NJ. &. I
A large shipment of soldiers needs
which have been made at the Red
Cross rooms has been shipped to the
Red Cross supply service y. Z
branch in Boston.
An interesting meeting of the New
Era Auxiliary was held in the parlo,
of the Baptist church Thursday aft
ernocr with Mrs. Velma Mathew.
Mrs. Velma McCausland and Mrs
Flora Withce hostesses
News has been received that Or. A
l.. kennan, who is a returned ms
sionary from India who went to Lew.
iston to visit his daughter. Miss Ada
Eel KEENAN, of this town. a student a
yates college. is very i'll with malaria
fever at the Central Maine hospital
Rev. H. NJ. Ford. pastor of the Bap
fist church. has been invited to speal
at the Baptist convention to be heIt
in Cleveland, Ohio. DR. Hurd has beer
asked to speak at Ocean Park. July %
before the Mission Educa tional Boa I'd
Clarence Bodflsh left Thursday for
Boston on business. He was accompa
MED by Mrs. Bodfish and two children
who will visit for a few weeks in May
nard. Mass. with Mrs Bodfish's par
ents.
baked bean supper was served at
the Baptist church on Thursday under
the auspices of the Golden Rule circle
Of the Baptist Sunday school. The
proceeds will be given the Boy Scouts,
| Troop No g
Hon. William Taft who will go
through PittsfeId on Friday afternoon,
on the west-bound train. arriving here
at PAS o'clock, will speak from the
train platform during the wait of the
train.
L. H. Goodwin left on Wednesday
for Boston to meet Mrs. Goodwin and
two children who are returning from
DeLand. Fla, where they have passed
the winter.
Beals & Walker of this town have
purchased 1000 acres of cumberland of
the Bradshaw property in Brighton
Arnold Hathorn Dodge left Thursday
for Portland to enlist in the navy.
+ II. L. Mitchell Of Etna who has been
employed as section hand on the NJ.
i c. r. r. in this town for few years
left on Wednesday for Bangor to en-
list In the navy.