Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-08-03
;t of Men Called for Examination August 7-Suday In
The Churches-Chautauqua Week Program at Skowhe
gan August 20 to Sept T. Men Accepted for Military
Service on August Locate Missing Watch in Dining
Room of Jail Residence

nous Comic Opera with j. X. Murray,
soloist, chorus and orchestra, more thar,
! 80 people. Fifth day: Junior Chautau-
| qua breakfast: morning lecture; Cana
dian Bugle Corps, direct from the
trenches; Serg. Norman Knight. three
years "Over There; T. s. Senator War
| rem G. Harding. America in the War"
Sixth day: Junior Chautauqua; morning
lecture: Frank Ducrot. magician. chill.
| drens entertainer; Katherine Ridge
way. queen Of the PLATFORM
Announcement has been made that be.
| cause of the existing conditions the US
ual reunion of the Eaton school alumni,
will not be held at Norridgewock this
year.
Mrs. Myra J. Severance Of South
| Newburg departed Friday morning
after being here as the guest Of Rev.
and Mrs. j. w. Packard, Turner
avenue.
Master Lees Hall left Friday fore
! noon to visit with relatives in Hart
ford. Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Packard of
the Bigelow Hill neighborhood are
entertaining number of house
guests among them being Mrs Pack
ards sister. Mrs. Lewis Baldwin and
four children and her aunt. Mrs
Howard Reed. They are all resi-
dents Of Centerville. n. s.
The Somerset Traction Co. who re-
Gently purchased Blinn w. Pages S
Naptha Launch at Lakewood to take
| the place Of the Aerial. 1t has been
christened Eleanor" in honor of
Manager H. L. Swett's daughter.
Births have exceeded other vital
statistics in Skowhegan for the
month of July according to the re--
ords of Town Clerk Simpson. He
reports IA births. 6 marriages and 10
deaths for the month.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel F. Emerson
Of Mechanic street leave here Aug
ust 10th for Portland. Ore, where
they will attend the National Grand
Army Convention. From there they
will continue their trip into Califor-
mia to visit Mr. Emerson's brother
whom he has not seen for many
years. They expect TO return the
first Of September. Mr.. Emerson is
a well known Grand Army man Of
this section.
Emery Turner Dyer's name has
been added to the list of registrants
to be examined next Wednesday,
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. f. Fairchild of
East COrinth were visitors in Show
hegan Thursday last.
John II. Jenkins of the Somerset
Shoe Co, left Friday forenoon to
visit with Mrs. Jenkins who is at
Beverley, Mass. for some weeks and
to attend to business matters in Bos-
ton.
Further search has revealed the
missing watch belonging to a Clin-
ton man secreted behind the side
board in the dining room of the iail
residence. A man evidently a Rus
sian. who was employed at the Fos-
ter Lewis farm in Clinton was appre
hended here by Sheriff Goodrich on
Wednesday. after notification that
the man had left the farm and that
gold watch and chain was missing
The man firmly denied that he had
taken the articles and search of his
person did not reveal them. Later
however the chain was found behind
the steam radiator in the Jail office
and now the watch has also been To-
Gated. It was recalled that the man
asked for drink of water and
passed from the office through the
dining room of the Jail residence TO
the Kitchen to procure the same. The
sideboard was SO located in the room
that the man could slip the article
pehind the back of the piece OF fur
niture
A service flag has been hung from
the local office of the American Ex-
press Co. on Water street with one
goid star This is in memory OF
Sergt. Elwood D. Allen, formerly or
North Dexter who was valued en-
ployee at the Office. There is also
one blue star for Sergt. Walter G.
Lessard now at the front.
Noy =. Nay who has been in Cali
iornia since last fall is on his return
to Skowhegan.