Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-06
Freshmen and Sophomore Prize
Speaking Friday Night -
Minstrel Show For Benefit
Red Cross Nets S13-Red
Cross NewS-PersOnals

ira; "A Bird in the Hand (Butler),
Welthea Annette Richardson; Tine
American Flag (Beecher), Russell
Manley Bailey; music, school chorus;
The Little Fellow Ndannah). Hazel
Boy" (Anom, Edmund Francis Long
ley; The Poor Fisher Folk" (Hugo),
Cleora Nora Emmons; music, school
chorus; Aunt Polly's George Washing
tom (Anon). Vera Allene Hallett
American Citizenship" tGittean and
Frye Ralph Elwood kerstead; decis-
ion Of Judges; music, Star Spaneled
Banner"
Miss Charlotte Tracy has returned to
her home in Skowhesan after visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Halett Of School
street
Raymond Groves and Raymond Wort
have gone to Winthrop. where they win
Join the Junior Volunteers
There will be baseball game Satur-
day on the Oakland Athletic field. the
boys at the upper end OF the town play
ing the boys of the lower end.
Mrs Malver Eames OF Skowhe2an Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Bert Libby o.
Alpine street for a few days.
The minstrel show given in Grange
hall Tuesday evening by the boys of
Coburn Classical Institute was decid-
ed success The sum of s13 was realized
which will be given to the local Red
Cross
Another dance for the benefit Of the
local Red Cross will be held in Memo
rial hall Thursday evening. June s, I'M
der the management Of William Bane
and 3. G.. Stevens.
Quite a number of the Red Cross
workers were present in Library hall
last Tuesday evening to hear l.. =.
Smith. Jr., who is the field repre-
sentative for Maine of. the New Eng
land Division of the American Rec
Cross. Mr.. Smiths talk was along
business lines relating to the work
of the organization, and those VINO
were present got better idea OF the
real greatness of the work after hlS
address, His reference of the Nafled
phases of the work brought forth
many questions, which he answers
/ helpfully.
The chairman and treasurer Of the
Red Cross drive in this town nave
been busy verifying the returns
brought in by the solicitors SO as 70
ascertain the true total. 1t is not sur
prising that with such a multifarious
mass of figures there should be some
dischepancies but il is surprising
n,,I 1nf
! toal as first reported was within 4
few dollars Of the real amount. Til"
fine cooperation of the men at tn"
head of the various industries was
! much appreciated. Two new concerns
are doing business here. the Getchell
& Wing Foundry & Machine Co. was
the first 100 per cent concern To re-
mort as such and the manager, MI
Getchell. and his men lined up heart
| ilv with the dollar month propoSl-
| ton that has proved so popular IN
| Oakland The other new concern IS
the construction plant Of the Central
Maine Power Co, which is building
the new dam. The superintendent,
! Mr.. Elliott. and his assistant, MI
Rurns. gave a cordial welcome TO the
campaign manager and arranged lT
| a shop talk" during one Of the dIn-
ner hours 1t was interesting TO see
hundred hungry men doing fun
| Justice TO a good dinner and inc
i sneaker had rafting good accom-
n,niment of knives and forks while
he told of the Red Cross work. Inc
men responded finely with the result
that checks amounting to $l2o.S5 were
recently handed to J. H. Morse. ihe
campaign treasurer, as oakldhu >
share and this was only q part III
what the men gave as an even larger
amount went to Waterville. From the
Dunn Edge Tool Go. comes the fine
total of s1S325, of which $50 is tn
aift of the concern and $50 from Col
and Mrs. Aver The gift of $50 from
the Oakland Water Co. mas alreau,
been noted in these columns.
The small crew of men working on me
! Waterville road for Small 4 Ingalls,
made fine showing with s43 as tlieh
figure The men working on the Mains
Central railroad turned in the good To-
tai of SOC II. L. Patten and Jesse anu
Fred Hallett being the solicitors, Supt'
! Scott of the CASCADE Nooiel' ii'iA
! arranged for a shop meeting in ms min
! and with Percy Buttertield and 1homas
Walker on the Job the operatives rolieo
m the handsome sum of S33S.io. AL the
! shop meeting at the American WOODEN
! mill Prof. II. w. Brown OF Colby was
! the speaker and his stirring tax "dS
we'll received Supt. Roy Brier VIII
William G. Simpson and John ORelilS
led the campaign in this mill ana TOP
notched the drive with $40, splendld
return. Both the wooden mills are ~,
ner cent. concerns and so is the Ames
shovelhandle factory. whose return VII
he included in the list to be given To-
| morrow TIL, drive as a whole Weh'
n a great climax when Col. Aver an
nounced the gilt of $500 from the Cas-
cade wooden mill.
1t was great finish to a great cam
naign. a result made possible because
nearly everybody helped. Other interest
inp features will be noted tomorrow
Roy Brier. superintendent of the
American wooden mill, returned
Wednesday from a business trip to Bos-
! ton.
/ The resignation of the pastor OF
] Pa church OF