Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-05-31


Word has been received here OF the
rr.rr.aga 81 RcN Il. Lewis and Stella
Sanbprn. the marriage ceremony
having be.t pcifoTmed Tuesday
evening at 80. Mr.. Lewis recently
left with nis contingent for Camp
p.,els Mass. aad H. with the Sec
ond CumrauV. I'irs; Battalion. l3lst
Depot ;3Igade aad his bride left
.skoNh 20 ,eccnt in order that Inc
wedding light occur before the
Young soldier should he ca'led fur
tho. from hcule. i i expected that
Ms. i.e.3s VIII return t SkoW he
c.r n ,he carly future. She is tho
Oldest daughter Il stree 'nmmis-
sio1cT ana Mrs. IA ker NJ. Sanborn
- lest Ieay.tt ST. THIS village. Mr..
i.~. has for sixteen years been at
tn "a M 4 Tutre Eros. in this town
and - vet> favo.a'y kno"n. He is
r.,t,. ~ ta1aan and thc aon Of
SEN ~. II tha. p'ae". Both The
aide aaI ( ".n a.e bo'3:,i members
~ SkpnneFar GiaHG"
Eugene &. 'Earbo. Of thar town mas
enlisted in 7 II .. N wax service
Npck and cNpro,s IA .eaTe 20. fiancc
IN ahuH' ono month
The illness e Mrs, i,e:c Cu"r.er Of
Mstn st~oct IL reported. Her fiiends
hope fer speedy recovery.
MI and Mrs. V. J. Henderson of
Ault CJloIs do have arrived on their
r nrrt vist east in thirty fou. years
and have tren visiting a; the home
of their .aIrhte,. Mrs. Charles
Beckwith. whose home is now on the
t,onzo Smith farm between here and
Athens Mrs. Beckwith was unaware
T. that her PARENTS We're coming until
they reached her home
The Ladies SOCIAL Circle of the
Centenary Methodist church Will he
+ cntcrtainrl TUESDAY afternoon by
Mrs ca ~rlc Mcpherson.
The GIadc schools were in session
Friday. ant the High school teachers
observed their annual visiting day.
Miss Dorothy NJ Elliott, firs' assist
ant, Mrs. :. NJ Govfr Miss i:stehr
Hedman I'D NJ s. Ruth Morgan were
in Watr"villo TO visit the schools of
that CITY and Miss Myra Cross and
Miss Pea ] Meade visited the schools
al Madison. Erin. Leighton has been
at Lake Cohhosscrco contee for several
DAYS on business connected with the
Houn9 peoples work.
Bears ,re being reported in the
MayneId section. PerieN Bryant Of
that town. while walking along the
road near his homo one day recently
noticed large bca" sitting upright II
short distance away Briun quietly
watched him o,'t of sight, but when
he returned with his gun he could
not he found. This is the second
r bear seea here within few months.
Arrangements are being perfected
for the annual meeting of the Somer-
set County sunday School AsSocia-
ton which is to bc held in Skowhe-
gan SATURDAY., June from the ed-
Hce If tho Bethany Baptist church.
Among hn state Sunday School
workers of prominence who will be
present 10 address the meeting are
w L. Weir Of Portland and Rev. L.
J. Hun II Lewiston. In the evening
an eAceptiCnaily interesting service
il being planned when Rev. +. NJ
/ Holman of Fairfield who has been
= passing three months at Camp Eev-
ems as the lecturer His topic Will
he "A Bible Message from Camp
bevens,' Delegates are expected
from different sections OF the county
and they are requested 10 bring
lunches for basket picnic to he
eaten at noontime coffee Ia he
served from the church. The SEES
stons begin ut lo.3o. This associa-
ton is an tnterdenominationaI one
With Guy +. Villains. principal of
North Arson Academy. the president,
and Miss Hannah r. Page Of Skow-
hogan. the vice president. and the fol-
lowing local committee in charge:
General chairman. Rev George Mer
riam of bethany Church. Mrs II. G.
.fudkins f,om the BETHANY church.
Mrs. Thomas q. Lord from the con
Eregational church Phi,o Steward
from the First BAPTIST church and
l.. w Gerrish from the Methodist
church.
Considerabl bile excitement was Great
ed In Canaan during Tuesday and
Wednesday Of the present week be-
cause Of the insane actions of Chester
Eickford Of that town The result
was the calling OF several officers to
canaan and the final location of Bick
tnrd who had disappeared. by Deputy
Sheriff Hollis Stitham of Pittsfeld
Rlekford. il was claimed became in
toNicated and went to the home of
l.ouville Whitten about three miles
from canaan village where he began
6estroNing windows in the Kitchen
ana an Iron sink in the room Mr..
Nhitteh sister. Mrs. Arthur Smith.
H' Nh" is tlS housekeeper. was about
he place. il is understood and discnv-
erea n" rumpus. Eventually. how
ever. Rickford disappeared and was
located by The officer heretofore men
TONED. Before the day was over,