Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-06-20

Cellege, who has been passing a few
days at his home here. has accepted
a position as driver OF President Rob-
erts' car for the summer and will
leave probably on Friday with the
Roberts family for a trip to the White
Mountains.
Amos *. Butler has been officially
notified Of his appointment on the
Somerset Exemption Board. succeed
ing Judge Edward F. Danforth, for
mer clerk of the board resigned The
headquarters of the Exemption Board
will accordingly be removed from the
DanfOrth offices and Miss Annie b.
Walsh will continue III her duties as
assistant clerk.
Commander r NJ Mills of Russell
Post, 9. 4. r., and Past Commander
5. F. Emerson left Wednesday for
Augusta TO attend the department
sessions OF the Grand Army.
County Director Edward r Merrill
Walter u. Ordway. r. L. Atwood and
c. +. Merrill were in Portland
Wednesday TO attend a War Savings
and Thrift Stamp meeting and to be
nection with the same at the Fall
mouth
Another delegation of Junior Nolun
teers arrived in Skowhegan Tuesday
night to assist in the work on Nari-
Gus farms IN this section. Included
were Carl kallock Of Eockland. Cecil
Lee Of Rumford, Hugh Smith of Bar
Iiarbor and JAS. Dickey of Bangor.
Owing to the continued illness u
Miss Bridget Fleming, assistant oper-
! ator at The Farmers Telephone Ex-
/ change Miss Nellie Brophy of Solon
| VIII assist in the work for a time.
sir. and Mrs. Everett q. Lowe q
Mount Pleasant avenue are the pa
rents of a little daughter. born June
Is, to whom they have given the name
of Mariettc. Mr. Lowe is a clerk at the
! Fogg drug store.
DR.. Geo. +. Young has gone 10 New
! York on business. DR.. Young is within
the draft limit and he will be occu-
pied while there investigating proba-
ble future military service.
Memorial services for the late Abby
! Marguerite Merriam. daughter uf
Rev and Mrs George Merriam, who
passed away in WaterVille shortly af-
! ter submitting to an operation for goi-
tire Will be conducted Thursday at Z
| o'clock in the afternoon at the Beth
| any Baptist church. Miss Merriam
| who would have been IS years oid
/ Aug. is neXt. did not recover con-
sciousness after submitting TO surgi-
! cal treatment. although she lived for
I about five minutes after the work haG
/ been accomplished Rev. .. II. Trac",
7 Phi. D. pastor of the First Baptist
/ church, will direct the obsequies anG
/ Rev l. T.. Mower of Waterville viii
, deliver the address. Rev. c. H. McE!-
I hiney of the CONGREGATIONAL church
! and Rev. Henry Clay Turnes of Tie
| Methodist church will also assist IL
! the service while Mrs. Ethel Whittier
/ Amcs, organiSt at Bethany VIII play
! organ numbers. Private Ralps +
! Merriam of the Engineering Corps
! Co. F. 33rd Engineers. the youngeS,
I trother Of the deceased. whom il wa
previously supposed had sailed for
I France, was still at Camp Devens al
/ he time Of his sisters demise and
, SkoWhegan Wednesday morning. TWt
, other brothers, George r. Merriam. 6
prominent y. NJ. G.. A. worker. aul
! the present field secretary of that or
. ganization in massachusetts,. ant
Frank Merriam of Greenfield, Mass.
. accompanied by his wife and dauSE
ter, will arrive for the obsequies. anT
an aunt Mrs Hattie w. Eaton G
East Weir. y. H., will come before tn
services. Miss Helen +. Marian. VII;
/ was to graduate from FarmingtoI
Normal school this Thursday eVensn.
arrived home Wednesday.
\ small group OF interested iarm-
ers met at the Norridgewock Grange
hall Friday evening to discuss the
Farm Bureau. r. NJ. Stiles. the
Somerset County agent was present
to explain the Farm Bureau. The
men present were very much inter
ested in the movement.
The following men are acting a:
temporary local committee to IN
terest other neighbors: c. H. Fuller
Fred Clark Harry Heald, D. ]
Haynes. Farmers in the town who
are interested III extension work as /
is now being conducted and woulC
like to see more of it in the toWI
should see some OF the above named
men. After the membership Of tht
Farm Bureau has been secured WORK
ior the fall and next year will be
planned in the town. Home made
silo demonstrations spraying oat:
for mustard. meetings to figure
! cheapest and best kinds OF dairy ra
tons or fertilizers, etc. will be hello
III the Grange hall or at different
homes in the town. 1t is expected
that Norridgewock will show keet
interest in these and other lines o
work and that large membership
will be secured. insuring the town it:
share OF extension work. The coun
ty agent will do the most of hi;
work in those towns where the mer
are interested enough TO get togeth
er and say what they want in the
line Of extension work.
EAST-Graduation exercises viii
be held at the Richardson school
house in East Skownegan, June 90
The members of the class are Felta
Richardson, Orman Richardson. Ear
Ames and Cora Oakes. The enter
tainment will commence at SIS. Ice
cream and cake will be on sale. Nc
admission will be charged.
WHITEFIELD
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