Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-08

left here Wednesday afternoon Tor
Bangor, whittier they were summoned
TO appear in Federal Court in connec-
ton with the Madison beer cases
which attracted considerable attention
in this section several weeks ago.
l.. G. Traitor. who is engaged in
numbering operations at Harmony. re-
turned to that place Wednesday after
noon after a visit at his home here
Mr. Traitor purposes to cut some two
or three hundred thousand more OF
lumber but he stated Wednesday af-
ternoon that another foot of snow
would prove disastrous SO far as fur
ther cutting was concerned tor the
present.
With THE Newest in Education as
the topic, DR.. Augustus Q. Thomas
State superintendent of schools. told
the club women OF Silowhegan of his
ideas of preparing individuals to ac-
cept work in life which by nature they
are best qualified to accept and how
TO guide the youth Of our country into
the most fruitful channels. This is 70
be done by offering opportunities that
will have a tendency to catch the APP
peal in the element in that persons
human nature. DR.. Thomas considers
when this is done that that man or
woman will be a vital force in the
nation, if he is happy and does well in
it, Cooperation between the home and
school is necessary in this point. AS
examples the speaker told or instances
where mere suggestion has frightened
g i,-,,Jt ta1 u
thwarted purposes of q youngster has
put him into the shadow. 1t is seldom
that local women have expressed them
selves as being more pleased with a
public speaker than with Dr. Thomas
and at the conclusion Of his address
he gave an informal talk on vocational
training in the public schools, which
was Of particular interest to the moth
ers present The afternoon was in
charge OF the Town Improvement So
ciety. it being a federated meeting Of
the three womer's clubs Of the town.
Miss Gertrude Weston, the president
of the entertaining club, presided. with
Mrs. Nellie Conant, Mis-. Nette w.
Paddock. Mrs Alma French and Mrs.
Mabel G. Bragg receiving. Previous
to Miss Wcstons introduction OF DR..
Thomas, Mrs. Gertrude Gates played
o piano SOLO and at the conclusion Of
the address Miss Iovina Murray sang
two songs.
Business which has been brisk at
the Exemption Board headquarters
has somewhat abated since the ccssa-
ton Of calling mon. Among those who
were examined on "Wednesday 'as,
other than those already reported a.
having passed physical examination
and been accepted for service were
Arno j.. Padham 81 Cambridge. Mass
who was rejected; Everett Pinkham
OF pittsfield, who was rejected; Frank
f. Hill OF Moscow. rejected, and John
+. Thompson, rejected. While George
f. Burns (Madson) of Clinton was
sent to the medical board and accept
ed for partia! service. These men
were to have appeared on the day pre-
vi0us. OF the men called for Wcdncs
day the following were rejected: Har-
old Y. Dunlap. New Portland: Louis
V. LaPlante. Fairfield: Roy Otis
Moore, Starks: Everett y. Groves,
Norridgewock; Walter T. Barron An
son: Myrcn \. l.oomis, SkoWhegan;
Sidney A. Estes. Palmyra; John f.
Goodwin, Pittsfeld; Altrcd J. Clou
tier. Skowhegan; Harry Perkins, So
Ion; Grover c. Moore. Moose River;
Percy III. Morrison, Wilton; Harold r.
Small, Harmony; John Il. Watson,
Hartland; William =. Carr, Hartland;
John ". Hamlin. Fairfield Center;
Geo. A. Lewes, Hartland: sylvia Ar
seneault. Rockwood; Clarence w.
Chase, Pittsfield: Archie T. smith, Jr,
Arson: Augustus +. Hunt, lTttsfeld:
Walter Z. Curtis, Moscow; Leroy
Austin Gross, Harmony; Edmund Hor-
ace Ham, Moscow: William A. Polite
Canaan The men transferred to other
exemption boards We're Ivan Norris
Dyer, Scion, and Irving +. Morrow
Lawrence, Mass. Or. Clarence J."
Scammon of HartlanG and Iceland H.
Miller Of Fairfield were reported as
being in service and the following list
OF men failed to appear during the day
Wednesday,: Cecil q. Cooley Core
Vile: Philip Nedeau, Jackman; Ernest
Fl. Berry, West Forks; William H..
johnson. Northern Maine Jet, Ea,ph
e. Whitney, Scion; Colby J. Achey
Jacllman: Charles K. Harris. Detroit;
Walter H. Strickland. Fairfield: Chas
w. Smith, Beachcr Falls, Vt; Sererian
Gcndrcau. Nc:th \nson: Thos. +.
Brennan. Philadelphia. Pa; AlVah D..
Young, JaCkmail.
Local people will be Interested TO
learn that Frank 5. Cairns OF st.
Helena, Calf, formerly at lloilo, Phil
ippine Islands. but formerly resident
of Skowhegan, who has been III with
inflamrnatory rheumatism, is inprov-
ing. Mr.. Cairns has been 4 member
OF the Exemption Board Of his county
since last June and was taken i'll the
day the last contingent OF drafted men
were sent to Camp Lewis, Washington,
d c. Since that time he has been
in the hospital at Portland. Oregon.
Mr.. Gains has since his return to the
states been engaged in the proprietor
shin of a vineyard. He has recently
dynamited and destroyed about a
thousand grape vines and replaced
them with prune trees.
On the 18th of February will occur a
meeting Of much interest to dairymen
in this section when tie Somerset
Dai-ymen's Progressive League and
the Skowhegan Branch of the New
England Milk Producers Association
, T,1eatipc Spao1y-