Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-19
Leonard -Dumon-

Announcement was made Tuesday
morning of the wedding of Arthur james
Leonard, local textile worker ana th4
son of William Leonard Of RockIand to
Miss Hazel Catherine Dunont, daughter
o. Charles Dumont of Skowhegan. The
ceremony was performed Saturday BY
Kew. .. II. Tracy, Ph. h.. pastor of tha
FIRST Baptist church. at the church par
Sc mage on Baptist hill. They were &C
ccmpa MED BY the brides father and tn.
future home OF the couple will be in tn
EGmont home on Factory street The
single ring service was used
!. The mills of the American Wooden Go
are being run night and day to fill orders
for government supplies while it viii
take a long period to complete the work
now engaged.
Miss Ella +. Make Of Attleboro Mass
mas accepted position as teacher al the
High school to fill the vacancy caused bv
the resignation of Miss Berths Merrill
Miss Maxay is graduate Of Colby Cot
lege and has taught for seven years. a
part of that time having been a member
OF the khfgtield High school faculty.
The civilian committee 7 OF the lied
Cross has elected Mrs. i. Z. McNeelic
chairman in the absence of Mrs. +. w
bris6s IN Oklahoma. Members OF the
committee are to look out for the fami-
hes OF soldiers during the winter
The First Philathea Glass held its an
nual fair Tuesday afternoon in the For
rest Goodwin block. Various tables were
arranged but no elaborate decorations
XxT,Ap q
tsefui ones ana food were sold Mrs
y lhofnas Thonson was chairman of the
rancyWork .er and was assisted bv
mrs Nahum Steward! and Mrs r. E
Cross. The food table was directed nv
Mrs Amer Russell and her assistants
We're Mrs. +. L. Horne and Mrs. Annie
NolIn. A charming collection Of aprons
were sold by Miss Bessie Edwards Mrs.
Leon Witham and Mrs Howard DurriIl.
Inc scarcity of sugar prevented the ladies
from having their usual candy sale
Mrs {. +. Mason of Hartland is the
guest Of her sister, Mrs Deborah Flsn-
,ders.
} Mrs Ella H. Crowell retiring lecturer
in Skowhegan Grange, is making arrange
ments for the closing Of her home on the
LIZ road IN order to pass the remainder
OF the winter after the first Of January IN
BOSTON.
The Red Cross drive opened up with
hiIGht prospects on the first day. Mon
cay last, when a large number of new
names were added to the rolls of the
chapter Locally the committees in
clude: W. II. Cummings in the wool
en- mills; +. l.. Savage in the Savage
Mfg. plant: George r. Plummer in the
stores and offices about town; Rev.
George Merriam. Rey. Henry Clay
Turner, Rev. e. II. Mckinney and Rev.
! Q. II. Tracy. chairinen of the respec-
\ tive congregations Of which they are
the pastors, with Rev Merriam as their
chairman; X. ". Leighton. chairman
Of the schools with each chairman of
their respective rooms: John II. Jen-
kins of the shoe shop; Moody Jewell,
the Maine Spinning mill; c. F. Fellows,
the Skowhegan Novelty works: Mrs.
! Vivian Woodbury.. Sorosis; Mrs. Z. L.
Savage. the Eastern Star: +. E. Nc
Neeic. the Milburn Club; Woman's
Club, Mrs. Daisy Merrill; Rebekahs.
Miss Alice Danforth; Grange, Mrs. L.
F.. Jacobs chairman; Town Improve
ment Society, Miss Gertrude S. Weston,
chairman. Mrs. Mabel @. Bragg, Mrs.
Alfredo Cool. Mrs. Florence Fairbroth-
er, Mrs. Jessie +. Fletcher. Mrs. Jennie
Ford, Mrs. r. F. Homsted, Mrs. Flora
McPheters, Mrs. Carrie Mcpherson.
Miss Florence Burril1 is in charge of
solicitations at East Madison, Mrs.
AzeI Jones of solicitations at Scion and
Mrs Marta Savage of solicitations at
Bingham, where there are no branches
organized Two new branches have
been added to the Somerset Chapter,
I one being at Athens with Harry n.
! Flanders as chairman and Mrs. L. c