Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-22

street Refreshments were served. The
next meeting will occur Friday afternoon
at the home Of Miss Cora NJ Hopkins
The anniversary of Thos. Wildey,
founder of Odd Fellowship will be appro-
priately observed next Wednesday eve
ming by Carabassett Lodge in I. Q. Q. F.
hall Members of the Encampment, Can
tons and Rebekahs are all invited to be
present and Capt. Leslie Z. Jacobs of
Somerset Canton viii give an address
upon the founder of the orders to be rep
resented there. There will also be music
and readings. with refreshments and
social. The committee in charge is ".
c. Hobart, L. E. Jacobs and Edward
Spear.
The officers of the Maccabees will be
installed this evening.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Tru-
learn that they are the parents of a
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Lessor of
this town have little daughter.
One of the most delightful and orig
inal entertainments to be given in
Showhegan for many a day was en-
joyed Friday evening in the vestry of
the First Baptist church. 1t was the
occasion of gertlemen's night in the
First Philathia Glass, and was done in
Hawaiian style. The reception COM
, mittee was composed of a quartet of
young girls, the Misses Evelyn Healey,
Lula Welch, Florence Nelson and Alice
Kicker dressed in Hawaiian attire,
each guest upon arriving being pre-
sented with an Hawaiian lies.
| The two organizations of the Con-
gregatiOnal Society, the church and
the parish held their annual business
meetings Thursday afternoon ard ev-
ening at the Congregational Parlors.
The Church body met at 3 O'Clock and
transacted business including the call
ing of the roll, while the members Of
the Parish gathered for their session
in the evening. Rev. c. H. Mckinney
was unanimously elected to the Office
! of pastor for another year. his salary
/ being increased from $500 to $1600 At
, the meeting in the afternoon, rev. e.
! II. Mckinney presided as moderator
and Richard w. Morrell was reelected
clerk. T. G. Lord was elected super
intendent of the young peoples work,
| DR.. S. Nj. Cover was elected treasurer
and Chas. w. Sheaff auditor \ fea-
ture of the session was the suggestion
! that during the summer months the
/ hour of the forenoon services should
! be begun two hours earlier, thus doing
. away with the meetings in the heat
of the day. Owing TO the expiration of
Deacon Morrelrs and Deacon Lords
/ terms of office, DR.. S. NJ. Cover and
Fred A. Williams were elected deacons
while the constitution was changed, to
| allow the church to have eleven deac-
onesses instead of eight as formerly
owing to the growth Of the parish Mrs.
| {. p. Merrill resigned from the Office
OF deaconess and with the retirement
of two others it was necessary to elect
six deaconesses and the following lad
les were chosen: Mrs. William Donel-
son. Mrs. Fred L. Pooler, Mrs Ernest
l.. Savage, Mrs. Ernest Rayner, Mrs.
w. c. Eaton and Mrs Frank Morrill,.
Various committees We're also appoint-
ed. Miss Doris Rayner reported for
+ the Christian Endeavor Society. stat
ing that there had been during the
| year many new members and $50 had
been raised for missions. The new Of
f1cers for this society are Karl Tobey,
i president, Miss Mabel Mckinney, vice
president, Miss Carolyn Cover. secre-
tary and Mrs. Lena P. Larry, treasurer.
The Parish meeting was held in the
evening with w. A. Bailey presiding as
moderator. l.. l.. Walton, Esq, was
reelected clerk and l.. H. Goldsmith,
treasurer. I. G. Lord was elected to
membership on the Prudential COM
! nittee for a term Of three years and
! w. A. Bailey was elected auditor. The
report of the treasurer showed that all
/ bills We're paid for the past year with
balance of $l00 left in the treasury.
| Through the every member canvas the
budget for the coming year had been
provided for, the entire budget being
$500. DR.. Cover and Prof r. w,
Leighton from the parish and Rev. c.
II. McElhiney, Miss Elizabeth Webb
and l.. Z. Harris from the church were
made members of the MUSIC committee
and it was voted to raise funds for
the next year by the every member
canvas the same as this year. 1t was
/ also voted to in0orse the action of, the
, pew owners for assessing the peWs
for $40 to help pay for painting the
! church and installing two new furnac.
es. A resolve was taken to extend the
hearty thanks Of the parishoners to
| Edward +. Merrill, w. f. Merrill. Har-
! ry Smith Geo l.. H. Smith, H. r.
Bearce, j. n. Cool, Willard Eaton and
Fred A. Williams for their duties as
ushers at the morning and evening
services on Sunday.
| The following officers have been
elected for the ensuing year in the
! Congregational Sunday School; supt.,
I. q. Lord; asst. supt., DR.. s. NJ. Cow
er: treas, Miss Helen Lord: sec, Miss
Margaret Churchill. The officials com
prise the executive board
The old home of the late Gen. Isaac
j Dyer on Dyer Hill now occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Steward, Mrs.
Steward being a granddaughter of the
general, was the scene of a large gath
ering of people Thursday evening,
| when Mr.. and Mrs. Steward, assisted
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold c. Woodbury.
entertained at bridge.
The bequest Of the late Henry Frost
by which the Congregational Church
received the sum of 500, was accepted
at the annual meeting Thursday and