Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-30


The regular routine Of the first day
OF court was carried out Tuesday. In
the afternoon the case of Harry T..
Wheeler vs. Florence NJ. Taylor was
started. Suit was brought on a prom
issory note given. for a horse. The de-
Tense was failure Of consideration. The
case was carried over to the next day.
Butler & Butler appeared for the plain
tiff and Merrill {; Merrill for the de-
Tense.
Or. Blynn Goodrich. who has been III
town for several days as the guest IF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Goodrich, left town Wednesday for
Montreal.
John Goodwin of East Corinth Is
passing a few days at the home Of d..
+. S. Bigelow, the guest of his sisters,
Bertha and Lills Goodwin.
On Thursday evening. Jan. 90, will
occur the third entertainment under the
auspices of the Skowhcgan high school.
This is to be high grade concert by
the Zedeler quintet There are to be
two other entertainments in this series,
one on the evening Of Thursday, March
q, when the Victoria Concert Co. will
furnish the program. and the other Oh
Thursday evening. April 3. when the
Orpheus Male Quartet will be tn en-
tertainers.
The meeting Of the Woman's Relief
Corps which was to have been hel1
last Friday afternoon was postponed
because of the poor weather until next
Friday, when the installation of officers
will occur. There will be a supper. and
the post and families Of both post and
corps are to be guests OF the occasion.
A semi-public installation Of the Off
| GERS OF the Independent Order of For
esters was held Tuesday evening These
officers were installed as elected AMI
were as follows: Court deputy. O. A.
Abbey; court physician. DR.. c. f. Rich
ardson; chief ranger, Mrs. Mary v.
Roderick; vice chief ranger. Frank
Dore: recording secretary. c. A. Bur-
nor: financial secretary. c. w. Bragg;
! treasurer. ]. II. Murray: orator. Alice
Vashon: senior woodland, Mrs. Eliza
Tantish junior Woodland. Albert II.
Finnemore; senior bead,e, Samuel Rod
erick: junior beadle. L. NJ. Ames; End
trustee. O. A. Abbey. The work Of
installation was done by Past High
| Counsellor L. l.. Walton. Mr.. Wal
! ton was presented with beautiful bou-
! luet after the exercises as a token of
/ the esteem in which he is held by the
members and also as ar expression Of
their appreciation o. the beautiful way
in which he had carried out this work
| of installation.
| After these exercises a program was
carried out which consisted Of the fol-
| lowing numbers: Piano solo, Elvie Muir
! ray: song, Miss Nellie Paradis. accom-
panied by Miss Hazel Burkhart; piano
| solo. Master Raymond Dulac.
Refreshments of ice cream and wa
fers and then social hour OF cards
| and dancing was enjoyed. Prizes were
awarded the card players as follows:
For the gentlemen. Harley Bishop won
the first, G. A. Burnor the second. and
Francis Murray thu third. The first
ladies' prize was won by Miss Corine
Beauford, the second by Mrs. Mary V.
Rodcrick, and the third by Ruth Frecse.
/ Tho piano and harmonica furnished
music for the dancing
This organization will celebrate its
9th anniversary on April ., and during
the % years Charles Burnor has held
! office L., years Of the time. 1t is OK.
pected that some special obst rvanc"
will be made of this anniversary.
The funeral services Of Miss Villa
! Taylor were held at the home on tho
! Canaan road Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. George Merriam of'iciated. Miss
Taylor was the vice president 90 tho
! freshman class Of our Skowhegan high
) school and members Of the class acted
as pail bearers. The remains were
placed IN the receiving tomb at tbs
South Side cemetery.
! Frank W. Briggs left town Wednes-
day for Oklahoma.
| Last evening at Convent hall oc-
CURED a pleasant occasion in the ma
ture Of an Old Fashioned dance The
affair was in charge of the Up and
Doing Committee. consisting of Mrs.
Wallace I.ashon. Mrs. Lena Carriveau,
Miss Della Bouchard. Miss Alice Bou-
chard. Mira. Josephine Giroux. Mrs
Rosalic Gotta, Mrs. Celia Fortier.
Miss Agnes Groder. Miss Isabel