Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-05-30

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st. Adams; Milton NJ. GOODWIN, Hart
land; Alfred Fairbrother. Palmyra:
Fred W. Burns, Lake Mox!e: j. VII
liam Knapp. Redington; Thos. G.
Weymouth. Concord. Frank J. Morse,
Pittsfield. r. F. d. No. /: Harry w.
Sired, Mapleton; Levi II. Kennedy,
Moose River; Lee F. Kicker. Bige-
low: Cammile Bourque, Bangor: "
ory Higgins, Norwich, Ct; John Sa-
Dol. Anson; Chas. Harnish, Hartford,
Ct: Jos. A. Porter, South Brewer;
Maxine Sinclair, Skowhegan, Il. +.
! d; Fred l.. Hubbard, Hartland; John
ReardOn, Madison; Maynard +.
Wright, Flagstaff; Polycarpe Rich
ard, Lake Austin; Amos Manley,
Monticello: Austin w. Collins. Show-
hegan; Harry +. Burke. MadisoN
Harry A. Dinsmore, Waterville; Guy
! Nalliere, Skowhegan; Ralph A. Hop
kins, Detroit and Elwin Clark, Brign-
! ton
| These mon were all from the SOM
erSet county board but two men,
Hugh A. Smith and Harold +. Smith,
both of Pittstield, sent from Local
Board, No. L. Houlton. Notification
was received to the effect that Paul
! Bulduc did not receive his notifica-
ton until late but he was on hand
! TO JOIN the men on the journey
Wednesday. telephone communica-
, ton having been established bctween
himself and the board Tuesday eve
ming.
While q number did not show up
; several were accounted for as fol-
lows: jos. Gregoire of Lewiston was
j excused because of illness; Ivory f;er-
'ry of North Anson is in the E,mer-
gcncy fleet; c. l.. Hubbard of Palmy-
ra is already in the army; Phillip
! Burrin, Skowhegan, enlisted in the
navy: Edward Snow of SkoWhegdn
already in service; Dwight F. Boyn-
ton, Bingham, in the navy and Peter
DaglS. Lincoln, accepted for special
service. Quite a percentage OF .no
men presented exemption claims "a
agricultural pursuits but these could
not be allowed in this call.
peculiar incident was the fact
that Perley Q. Spallding to have
been sent from Piscataquis county
board with this contingent. in hand
| ling q gun the night before the de-
parture Of the mon accidentally dis
charged the same, it was claimed
the bullet inflicting serious wound
| i'll one foot. He was staying in town
, and reaching for the weapon when It
was discharged.
Probate Judge G. o. Small reserved
ms decision as referee in Il hearing
, which grew out of an agreement ma de
between Mrs. Lois NJ. Luce, late of
/ New Portland. and her husband,
! Leonard zee, also fate of New Port
land. with Pcrley c. Luce. their
grandson. by which he was to care
for them curing the renal inder of
| their lives and have the farm upon
which they lived. with livestock and
farming tools. Mr.. Luce died first
leaving VIII in Perley'S favor and
subsequently his wife died. leaving a
similar viii TO carry out the pro-
visions Of the agreement. Mrs. l..
Perenthia Mckenney, a daughter of
the couple. was made the executrix
OF both WI Is. Judge G.. O. Small as
Judge OF probate, passed upon the
question of explanation of admins
| tratfon in both estates. II appears q
few months before Mrs. Luce died
she went t, Mrs. McKenncy's home
and remali ed there until her death.
Two questions were submitted to
Judge Sm;,ll as referee One. as to a
bill brought in by Mrs. McKenney
for the ca = of her mother during the
period that she was there and in her
last sickness the other. whether she
left any property to pay the expenses
of the adj inistration, otherwise all
| bills were to be paid by Perley G.
Luce the recipient of substantially
all the property belonging to both.
l.. l.. Walton attended the hearing.
being administrator of the will of
Lois NJ. L."te.
Mrs. +. Z. Steward and Mrs. n. C..
Noodbu y have returned from :Syra-
cuse' y. y whittier they went with
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Il. Alarston of
Watervill', returning by AUTOMOBILES.
| Mr.. AM Mrs. Paul Donnigan of
koekiand we're visitors in town Tues
day' pelns on their way to Athens to
visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. !. Delano, Merton
Deiano. Patrick Murphy of Augusta
and Miss Erma Hutton of North
Nassalboro have returned home. after
visiting Clifford Jewett and family
on Middle street
Guy Mason of Canaan was in town
tuesday and stated that he had COM
pieted his shipments of suckers to the
New York and Boston markets for
the seaso |. Mr.. Mason annually does
a big business in catching these fish
! This years season was verv brief h,,t
| ne must have taken several tons of
the hsh. ON one occasion in one net
ne caught 1000 pounds. He sets his
nets in tic Carabassett and Martin
streams.
me Skowhegan Jersey Creamery.
from 1883 cows, furnished a total Of
Ze'9S2 pounds Of butter fat for tho
month of April, the price paid at tho
farmers doors being 55 cents nor
pound. r. +. Mosher of Smithfia,d
with his herd of II cows ard four
heltefs furnished more pounds than
any other atron of the creamery the
sum total being 1929 pounds while
ii. ?. Clement was a close second
furnishing from his IS cows 42e1
/ pounds
Although some returns are stiIl he
ing made the total subscription in
'he Red Cross drive has ALREADY
reached Tie 200 per cent mark and
over. the total amount Tuesday e,,a
h'hs for the county being sls.Oie1o
Mrs. Abbott Kendall and Charles