Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-14

Fairfield is over the top in The
United Wa. Workers Campaign. hlt
is SSH working to raise the additions
20 percent which was TO be raised #
possible. All team workers s;:""!I
sometime during Saturday forenoon
make their rcpor. 10 ". j. Bradbury
as the final report will be Civ q.
the luncheon Wh.&h is 10 be he.i
Saturday noon.
The teath Of Ms. Ella W. f ed of
Benton occurred yesterday ut her
home. she was born in 1913. the
dausfter OF Albert and Aoisa il
tClalkr Wigg,n. SHE has been a
resident o. Benton fo.' the past 50
years.
Tho Embroidery club mct last
evening with Mrs. VIM. Mcleod on
Maple street. the oc, aston being her
birthday. She was presented with
a gift from the members.
The citizens Of the town are asked
to remember when they hear the fire
alarm at 1880 this noon that it is not
for fire but q new fire alarm box is
being tried out. The number is to
be 5a and is placed at the corner OF
Silver and Maple streets. -
TnGlc VIII be cake sociable at
East Benton Saturday evening. The
cakes are TO be sold at auction and IL
is hoped that n large crowd will be
present. Ice cream will also be for
sale. The proceeds from this Will be
turned into the fund for the L. w.
Workers.
In the parade which was held Mon
day the Victory boys, besides carry
ing their pick axes and shovels and
the Kaiser's casket, were carrying a
blanket in which :hey were collecting
money to be used for the kaiser's
funeral expenses. The amount Of the
collection was $31.17.
A Victory Girls Employment Bu-
rcau was organized at the Lawrence
high school yesterday when n meet
ing was held there. The girls as well
as the boys are to earn their money
which they are to pay into this cam
paign and some Of the things which
they can do to earn this money are
washing dishes, caring for children,
light housekeeping such as sweeping.
busting, mending and darning. Sat-
urGGy work in stores and offices. Mrs.
Charles Park has the names Of sew
e1al girls who have volunteered to do
This work and any one wishing TO
help the girls in the way Of hiring
them should notify Mrs. Park Those
present at tic meeting Tuesday and
registered We're the high school girls
and the girls Of the eighth grades, but
any outside Of school between the
ages Ct y and 20 have the privilege
Of enrolling on the employment list.
Albert Mckinney Of East Benton
was run into by an automobile Mon
day evening when on his way home
from Benton. where he had been to
attend a meeting in regard to the L.
w. w. campaign. The wagon was
damaged to a great extent and the
horse slightly injured. Mr.. Mckinney
badly shaken up.
There will be q supper for the
members Of the Eastern Star Friday
evening at G.30 O'Clock. All visiting
members are invited TO attend.
The Red Cross sent to the head
quarters at Waterviile Tuesday after
noon SO sweaters which have been
completed in a few weeks. There were
IA more to be brought into the rooms
jerome IeClair, who has been con-
fined to his home on lower Main
street by illness for several weeks,
has recovered sufficiently to be out.
toll nj ..,sYr "a.
the home of Mrs. Howard Weir this
afternoon.
The Ladies' Guild Of the Methodist
church met yesterday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. r. l.. Tozier. 1t
was voted TO hold harvest supper
in the Methodist vestry on Nednes-
DAY. Nov. 20.
The w. c. T. U. will meet this af-
ternoon with Mrs. Fred o. Savage at
her home on Burrill street h.
Mrs. w. II. Narney is substituting
at Lawrence High school in the va
tancy Of Miss Shaw who has influ.
enza.
Miss Marion Woodwork is SUD-
stitIting at the north Grammar
school for Miss Bertha Smell. who is
unable to attend to her duties on ac-
count Of the illness OF her mother.
NORTH-Carl Strickland and
James Badger are the lucky hunters
this time each having shot a deer re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Boothby and
Mrs. Boothby's mother. Mrs Ruth
Jones were callers in this place Sun
day.
Miss Lizzie Dubar who is working
in Waterville passed the week end in
this place.
The Tuesday club met with Mrs. H.
T. Choate the 18th.
George Chapman was a Sunday
caller at the home Of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hoxie Of Mas
sachusetts are visiting Mr.. Hoxics
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hoxie