Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-10

was entering q temperance community
as he left behind on the train a travel
ing bag containing IL quarts Of liquor.
The officers were at the train and Sc
cured the liquor.
Preceding the Easter services at the
First Baptist church Sunday four
| candidates were baptized and consid-
cradle number were received into church
membership. About so persons have
united with the church since the ar
rival Of the present pastor, DR.. Q. HI.
Tracy and his estimable wife, Rev. Eta
| G. Tracy. There are a number of i'm
| portant meetings in the parish this
week. including the regular business
meeting of the Philathea class in the
! vestry Wednesday evening. There Will
| be also in the auditorium of the church
Wednesday evening a meeting of the
! Mems Community club and Bible class
with +. r. Patten as the principal
/ speaker. There will also be a program
of musical and literary numbers which
will include a song by Lees Hall and
! literary numbers by Leighton Tracy.
| who will remain over from Bates Col
lege to be present and Alexander Thorn
son. The Wantoknowit club Will meet
! it the vcstry Friday evening.
Miss Mildred l<eenc, who has been
stenographer at the office of Roy Mars
ton for a number of years, has COM
| pleted her duties and has accepted a
position as private secretary for state
Forest Commissioner Forrest Colby at
Augusta.
First naturalization papers have been
filed by Hubert Joseph Schmitz, born
! in Germany but a resident of the Unit
ed States for nearly his entire life.
| j. Harvey White, who arrived home
Saturday from a trip across the con-
tinent and q stay Of some weeks in
Los Angeles, has gone to Bangor for
short visit. He will resume his du-
ties in the local freight office Wedhcs-
day.
The {. W. Greene Co. q corporate on
having stores in various towns of this
section, were Monday vacating the
store on Madison avenue, which they
have been occupying, and have moved
the stock to Norridgewock, where a new
| branch will be opened under the di-
rection of Earle Greene.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. George Han
dy, formerly of this town, will regret
to learn of the death of their small
child. The family is now residing in
Vassalboro, but the body was brought
here and placed in the receiving tomb
at the Southside cemetery.
There is a movement underway to
organize a baseball league in which
Skowhegan will be included with Mad
ison. Fairfield, Oakland, Waterville and
North Vassalboro.
Six or seven new recruits were re-
ported by Captain IIealey Monday as
having enlisted since the Saturday pre-
vious.
The Patrons Of Somerset Pomona
Grange are to be entertained by the
members of Somerset Grange at Nor
ridgewock Tuesday at an all-day meet
ing.
Miss Mary L. Lawley, who recently
left here for Boston to consult spe-
cialist relative to the condition of her
eyes, has undergone an apparently sue
cessful operation for the removal of a
cateract from one eye, while neuralgia
conditions Of the other eye are being
treated. Miss Lawley is in a Cambridge,
Mass, hospital and her nephew, DR.
Bruce Lawley of Arlington, formerly OF
Skowhegan, is enc of the physicians in
attendance.
County Agent r. NJ. Stiles arrived in
town Monday or a short business visit
| Next week he and r. p Mitchell, State
leader OF boys agricultural clubs are
to conduct a thorough campaign in this
county relative to the formation of
these various clubs. They begin with
! Skowhegar probably Monday night and
the next day go to Fairfield. From there
they will go to North New Portland,
then to North Arson and afterwards to
Scion. Athens and Harmony, closing
with a meeting in Pittsfield village
Saturday. If sufficient interest is arous-
ed among the girls of the county to
form clubs, Mr. Stiles will later be
accompanied on q tour about the coun-
ty by Miss Mary r. Haskell. the leader
Cor the girls clubs. The county agent
announced that demonstrations to oc
cur shortly in the county were one on
pruning at the George Marsh farm in
Ripley and another at r. J. Goodrich's
| in Palmyra. There will also be stock
Judging demonstration at North Arson
on the gard AND a pruning demonstra-
ton at NJ c. Emerys in Fairfield
April "a.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Moore Gamma G.
Kennedy are passing week with MI.
Moore's relatives in Jackman.
Owing to the removal of Clayton Will
hanson. brakeman on the SkoWheGan-
Waterville trains to Portland, George
Ware is filling the vacancy. Mr.. VIII
hanson now has the Portland and Ban
gor run.
| The Community flag raising which
was planned for Tuesday evening, has
been postponed tc next Friday evening.
Miss S. Madeline Ward has returned
from Dorchester, Mass. and with her
father. S. G. Ward, is at the Ward cot
tage at Lakewood
! Monday forenoon was n quiet one in
the court room. although the case OF
Clark vs. Dillingham; was in progress,
The case of Greene VS.. Skowhegan Ga
rage Co has been continued as has the
case Of Greene VS.. Lander and others.
The case Dysart VS.. St. Ledger, has
been passed for the present. The case
of Brown vs. Thibault was put on yes
/ terday afternoon.