Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-05-05
WINTHROP

A record. breaking crowd attend
ed the alst annual concert and ball
siven b. Eayson Tucker Hose Co.
at the Tuwu hail Friday evening.
Music was furnished by McLuer's
orchestra Of Lewiston. r. A. Baird
was floor manager, assisted by e. B.
Martin, I. A. Hills, A. s. Perry and
H. W. Stevens. The affair was one
Of the most enjoyable ever given by
the company and netted a good sum
to the treasury.
J. E. D. Purington and Arthur
Briggs left Saturday on short
fishing trip to Moxie.
George Kinds and daughter Made
line Of Portland passed Sunday with
relatives in town.
L. T. Mcnamara Of Pennington
was the week guest Of his fam
lily here in town.
MIR. and Mrs. Hermon Castner are
guests of Mrs. Cashiers parents.
Rev. and Mrs. N. r. Pearson. Mr..
Castner has just returned from
France.
Miss Emma Cochrane has moved
from the Kimball rent, where she
has lived during the winter. to her
own house at the corner of Summer
and Bowdoin streets.
Mrs. Walter Vining Of Auburn was
the weekend guest of friends in
town.
Sam Edwards has peen the recent
guest OF relatives in Waterville.
Word has been received Of the
death ~ Mrs Nho OF
her home in Attleboro. Mass. Mrs.
Tappan was the widow of tho late
c. H: Tappan. owner of the Tappan
stock farm at West Winthrop.
Funeral services for the late John
A. Stanley were held at the Congre-
gational church Saturday afternoon,
Rev. V. Z. Bragdon officiating. Bur-
ial was in the family lot in Maple
cemetery and the bearers were the
two nephewS DR.. Stanley Cover Of
Skowhegan and r. Crawford Nell
roy. j. A. Foster and J. II. Wellman
The body of Miss Mary Emery.
whose death occurred Thursday at
Fort McHenry hospital. Baltimore,
Md, was brought to Lewiston, Sat-
urday. and placed in the family lot
in that city. Friends from VIM
throp who attended were H. f. Fos-
ter, DR.. w. e. Sanborn, Harry Will
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Sturtevant,
Mrs. Helen KimbaI, Mrs. Mary
Beatty, Mrs. H. W. Stevens and Mrs.
George Wilson. MISS Annie Emery
returned to her home with them
Saturday night. Mrs. w. B. Griff1s
0f Po1fin,nr.A
Emery OFT her trip from that city.
The war exhibit train arrived in
Winthrop Sunday afternoon at 1.3O
as per schedule, bearing it varied
collection OF arms and ammunition,
trench niortars. gas masks. depth
bombs, ETC., etc. and attracted much
attention. The train remained here
until O'Clock and the exhibits were
viewed by large numbers Of inter-
ested spectators
Lieut.. Col. Ashworth gave an in
tensely interesting talk at the Town
hall Sunday afternoon ON some OF
the experiences of the o6th Divi-
sion. This talk was especially in
teresting to Winthrop people as some
or our own boys were members of
the Yankee Division.
Mrs. Beulah Wallace. Miss Bernice
Sprague and Miss Esther Pearson, del.
egates to the recent Y. W. C. A. con.
vention in Lewiston, gave interesting
reports Of the meeting at the Method.
= ist Sunday school Sunday morning.
Mrs. w. Fl. Davis will entertain at 4
ten.ten party at the Winthrop House
next Thursday afternoon.
The Winthrop Literary Club will NEE,
Monday evening with the president,
Mrs. NJ. Carrie French, for the annual
meeting and election of officers.
EAsT-Mr and Mrs. Bllnn Allen are
receiving congratulations on the birth
OF a son. which occurred May g
Mrs. Allen Pinkham went to New York
Saturday. where she will visit her sister
for week or 10 days
Wilson Mason is i'll at his home here.
Mrs. Louise Green has been ill the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Purinton, who
passed the winter in Portland, are now
at their camp on Robbins Point for the
summer.