Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-13
NEWPORT


At the business meeting OF the Rel
Cross on Tuesday the following officers
were chosen: Mrs. W. H. Mitchell,
chairman; Mrs. Eva Merrill. LIST vice
chairman: Miss Ruth Judkins, I'd vice
chairman; Mrs Rannie Cram, treasur-
er; Mrs. Ida c. Morrill,, secretary; Mrs.
Louise Smith, Mrs. Minnie White, Mrs
Addie Redman, Mrs. Mary Grant, COM
mittee to look after newcomers in New
port and extend welcome 10 the work
of the Red Cross; Mrs Bessie Town and
Mrs. Jennie Bedford committee for
packing and shipping; Mrs. Hattie
Brann, Miss Della NJ. Blanchard, Mrs
Florence Newton, Mrs. Myrtle Libbey;
Mrs. Abbie Adams was appointed a
committee of one to arrange, if possible
for Rev. Melville Osborne to return to
Newport in the near future and repeat
the lecture given June 10th in the NJ
E. church.
The lecture given by Rev. Melville Os-
borne in the NJ. Z. church on the eve
ming of June 10, was much appreciated
by all who were fortunate enough to be
able to arrange to hear il. 1t is hoped
that Mr.. Osborne may repeat the adj
dress before a larger Newport audience
in the near future.
The Cantata. The Wreck of the He's
perus, presented by the students If
Newport High school under the instruc-
ton of Miss Gertrude Thorne was very
coTdiali.' received by a fairly COOL
house. AS advertised three cents was
paid by each admission to be given as
Red Cross benefit Between 81 and s.
were turned into the treasury of the
auxiliary.
The Red Cross Workers of Newport
are busy in preparing the allotment Of
supplies for the June shipment; the
list is as follows: Twenty-six pairs
service socks, 10 sweaters, sx layettes,
/ u boys blouse suits
The Junior recital of Newport High
school takes place at Odd Fellows hall
on the evening Of June 10. The program
Is as follows Music; invocation: mu-
sic; The Church at kehoe's Bar" Sc
lected. Lyle Moody Davis The Death
Disk" Mark Twain. Daisy Belle Jones;
Betty" Charlotte Sedgewick, Virginia
! Carolyn Wardwel; ''Washington's
Maxim Theodore Roosevelt, Sidney
Smith; "Ole Mistis," selected, Lillian
Page Tarr; music; "A Mean Advan-
! tage," selected, Cecil Gordon Kurdish;
"Dicky and the Dancing School, select
ed, katherine Gertrude Carson;
Searching for the Slain" selected,
Nellie Fay Turner: How Ruby Played,
selected, Louis White; Bobby Shat
+, toe" Homer Green. Goldie Bell Bur
lick; music; benedicton. All music for
the evening is to be by the Newport
High school orchestra.
The graduation exercises Of Newport
High school will occur at Odd Fellows
hall the evening of June 18th. The pro-
gram follows: Music; invocat ton; salu-
tatory address. Phillip Edwin Emery:
*"Arms of the Modern Soldier" Dwight
Freeman Furnish: class grafton, WON,
en- and the War" Alice Mae Ward;
*"The Histor-. of an Automobile" Lena
Mae Emery; class essay, Military
Training in the High School," Eugene
Oranto Towne; music; Thoughts from
Gray's Elegy," Leslie Edward Trip;
class history, Bertha Leila Rich: prophe-
cy for girls. Ariel Victor Colby; prophecy
for boys. Rex S. Bartlett; presentation "
gifts to boys, Lottie Newcombe; music;
*"The effect g the War Upon Educa-
ton" Norman Merrill Wardwell; pres
entation Of gifts to girls, Julian Ken
meth Croxford; vaedictory address,
Bruce Victor iope; music: presentation
Of diplomats class ode by Rex Bartlett:
benediction. Excused. The music for
the gradua ton program is to be fur
nished by the Newport High school trio.
When Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. McCorri-
son were returning horne from Unitv in
their automobile on Sunday. as they
were passing through The Pines on the
Horseback road. they saw a black fox
in the road before them. They drove
slowly and the fox ran along in tie road
for quite number of rods then it
turned off to the side of the road and
allowed them % come W opposite Il
and gave them chance to get good
view @ 1t. then = ran off into the
woods.
The small dog owned b. the family
of Harry J. Carson was run over by an
automobile on June Sth. and lived but
few moments.
The citizens Of Newport have pur-
chased a service flag which will be