Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-21
MADISON
Saturday Observed as Ro,
Cross Day-Program Proves
1nteresting-Service Flag Is
Raised at NJ. E. Church

Saturday. which was observed
Cross day in Madison, was strann
from start to finish. Early Sa,,,s
forenoon a number Of young wora,
the uniform of the Red Cross w.
their appearance on the streets u.;',
tags and were exceedingly busy all A..
and evening. The person who d,d -
display a tag was a rarity. Satp,,,,'t
afternoon the much advertised hassh.m
gam' between the Indian Spring w,o,,.
mill team and team captained bv =,
perlntendent John Stobie of the H.,
lingsworth & Whitney mill was ,,,,
before a sood-sized crowd at the IA
Point avenue grounds The gama NC.
holly contested from start to fnish -.
wooden mill team being the winner, =,
a score of 20 to Is. The batteries ror ~.
wooden bill team was Messrs Fr,,,'-
and Elliott, and the battery for the 9TH
ed team was Messrs. Stobie and Crs,r
er. In the evening came the grand a,I
OF the three days drive. Al : o,c1o,..
all the mill whistles were blown ars
crowd Of 200 persons gathered ON Ma
street opposite the bank. A little aba,
80 O'Clock Judge Charles Q. Small A.,
ing as master of ceremonies, called N.
crowd to order for the program, the ~,
der of exercises being: Invocation RAJ,
James S. Clarke; singing, "America %
by the crowd; music by the boys scboo,
band. under the leadership of Prof
l.. Towne; address by FIR. G. S,a,
music by the Hollingsworth & Whitpsy
Italian band under the leadership Of
Di Bassilo. This is the first public IN.
pearance of the band and their na,.y
uniforms. consisting of blue coats wi,
gold braid with white pants and cans
drew much attention and app51a
Reading, The House by the Side O. tina
Road" Miss Laura Carpenter; address
Rev. William Clements; singing by .
quartet composed of DR.. r. A. DERBY
shire, Miss Evelyn Flanders, Mrs. Bea.
trice Danforth and c. f.. Towne. Mex,
came one of the features of the eve.
ming. an address by Charlie Weinsr,
Madison boy who has spent nearly !,
months on the firing line in France asa
member of the 4th Canadian Battalion
and was several times severely wound
ed. Mr.. Weiner told in an interesting
manner of actual personal experiences
heartily applauded. A first aid dem,a.
stration by DR.. w. G.. Sawyer, DR.. Ial
Mrs. r. G. Stanwood and DR.. and Mrs,
W. s. Milliken was watched with much
interest by the crowd At this tim.
Judge Small announced that the prizes
offered by the committee to the young
women making the largest collection &
money on tag day had been won 10y
Miss Annie Sirois. who collected 81, and
Miss Pelkey, who collected ST. The ex.
ercises of the evening closed with he
beneC.ction by Rev. William Wood Al.
though the campaign was not supp $50 a
to begin until the Goth, Chairman Joha
White and his committee got busy last
week with the result that Madison hu
already exceeded her quota OF $500 b,
nearly $1,000 and expects to double II oe
fore the end of the present week.
Mrs. Il. c. Gilman ana son, who nave
been guests Of Mrs. Gilman's sister.
Mrs. Herbert Caldwell of Augusta. fn
the past 10 days, returned home Sundy
afternoon.
A service flag with q stars was rals.
ed with appropriate exercises at The
Methodist Episcopal church with appro.
pirate exercises Sunday morning. Tw1
Of the stars were gold stars for S:tl
Merrill and Ralph Spaulding, both mem
bers of the 1891 Infantry.
Madison high school baseball team
went TO Goodwill Farm Saturday after.
noon. where they were defeated by a
score of II to IL in an thinning game.