Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
Mrs. Maud Merrill Bratton

Relatives and friends here were
shocked to learn Of the death Of Mrs
Maud Merrill Bratton. which &C.
CURED at her home in Wilmington.
Del, on Thursday. as the result OF
influenza and it's attendant compll-
cations Mrs. Bratton was the Sec
ond daughter of Mrs. Miriam Simp-
son Merrill and .ihe late DR.. John y.
Merrill! of Skowhegan and several
years ago was married to Robert
Franklin Rratton OF Wilmington.
Del. She was greatly beloved oy
many Skowhegan people and was a
highly educated and cultivated young
woman. She had one young son who
passed several months last sumer
here with his grandmother at the
old homestead on Water street. MRS
Merrine earlier in the fall left Tor
Pennsylvania accompanying young.
er daughter. Miss M. Louise Merrill
there to pass the winter. the latter 10
rursue a course Of study at PENN
eylyania college. She was with Mrs
Brattou. however at the time OF hef
death Saturday evening communlca-
lions had not been received as 10
whether the body would be brought
to Skcwhegan for burial or inferred
elsewhere. Beside the relatives al
ready referred to, Mrs. Bratton had
another older sister. Mrs. Miriam
Merrill Brooks. whose home is In
Skowhegan and a brother, 1t. J. n.
Merrill several years in Persia ana
elsewhere in the Orient. but now
with the U. S. army overseas.
Men rejected at the organizations
Of Friday last were Arthur Perry
Bloom. Bingham: Edwin Ira Sinai
Bingham; Henry Austin Roy. Ca
naan; Carroll Norton Hapgood. Mad
ison; Leo Lewis, West Forks; Cliff
ton Herbert Hight, Athens; Enroll
Ernest Murphy, Fairfield: Walter
Wilbert Wingate, Pittsfield; Harry
Bickford, Pittsfield: Merton Harrison
Daggett, Madison; Edwin Ellsworth
Gates. Madison; Benjamin Socia,
Lake Austin; Howard Lionel Lom-
bard, Harmony; Allie FREEMAN
Pierce, Athens.
Prayer services in memory OF Miss
Amelia j. Grover were held at l0.3o
Saturday forenoon from the home OF
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Buxton OF 81
High street. where her death had oc-
Cured. Rev. Charles Mckinney OF the
Island Avenue Congregational church
officiated and the body was taken on
the 1145 train to Bethel, where 1t was
inferred in the Grover Hill ceme-
terry.
Alfred T. Morrill,, who arrived sew
eral weeks ago from overseas, where
he had been engaged in Y. N. c. A.
secretarial work, is now stationed at
Chicago, where he examines appli-
cants from II of the middle states.
Orastes, the 12-year-old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Q. r. Bracket. who was
recently shot, supposedly by gun
ner some distance away, has recov-
cred so that he is able to walk over
street. The bullet has been located
but will probably not need to be re.
moved.
Maurice c. Provencher has pur.
chased of John r. Mcclellan his
place, including land and buildings
on Free street, next to the Samuel
Roderick place.
Master Kenneth Copp left Satur-
day morning for Lewiston to con-
tinue his studies on the cornet.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Patten, who
have lived for some time in the Owen
house on Pleasant street, have moved
to the house on Middl street until
recently occupied by Mrs. Alice L.
Whorff. Their son-in law, George
Rice Of New York City. accompanied
by friend arrived Friday evening
and has been visiting with them and
Mrs. c. e. Patten and children.
Mrs. Carrie MACPHERSON left Sat
urday morning to visit with her Sis
ter in Brighton. Mass. &
Rev. George Merriam, pastor Of
Bethany Baptist church, was at ca.
naan Sunday to ofaciate at the flu
reral of Eugene Fowler, son Of East
man Fowler. who died Friday night
as the result OF influenza and COM
piications. He was about 10 years
Of age ana was employed in a mill
at Pittsheld when he became Ill. Be-
side his father he is survived by 4
step-motlisr and three aif-brothrs.