Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-18

SATURATED Win WAFER.
One Ias drowned and the other was
rescued by neighbors who succeeded
in getting him on an improvised sled
and pulling him out to where the
road had remained firm. Farmers
came to Skowhegan Tuesday by
grouping their teams together and
helping each other out If one broke
through. II the soft weather contin-
ues. the roads Will be impossible for
sometime until the most Of the snow
is gone
There will be a mass meeting Of
the working men Of Skowhegan at
the Municipal building Monday eve
ming at 80 P. NJ March .1st, at
which the program for the American
Federation Of Labor for the coming
year will be explained and a vote
taken to discover the attitude Of
Skowhegan working men toward this
program President c. p. Smith Of
WaterviIle. Secretary n. r. Brown OF
Augusta and Treasurer P. Fitzgerald
will speak and probably there will be
other speakers.
Bills were posted in Skowhegan
Wednesday announcing a wrestling
and boxing match to be held in
Madison, March 18th.
Skowhegan Woman's Club held q
very enjoyable meeting on Wednes-
day afternoon, March 18th at the
parlors Of the public library. The
first number on the program was a
piano solo By Miss Dorothy n. Nye.
The Mountain Spring. by Carl
BONN; for an encore Miss Dorothy
played The Garfield March," one Of
her own compositions. A paper.
The History Of Our State" by Mrs.
Annie Nichols followed. Mrs. Mich
OILS is the wife OF the pastor OF the
Centenary Methodistc hurch in
Skowhegan and a woman Of rare
culture and ability. Mrs. Nichols
a!~ays writes most Interestingly
and this paper proved no exception
10 the rule. After intermission. a
song. State Of Maine. My State Of
Maine" was sung by six girls.
Miss Carolyn Cover. Lavinia Muir
ray, Alta ard Verna Porter, Helen
Lord and Helen Day. a very in
teresting paper. Maine in the
Worlds Work" was read by Mrs.
Alice Cover. The latter part of the
afternoons program was devoted to
ireland and Mrs. Maude Jewett read
, Jimmie Hoy" in her inimitab Bile
way. Helen Lord sang Irish songs.
"A great deal of discussion has
been occasioned by the $4,000 bond
ISSUE Tor permanent road work in
Sko"hegan which with the usua,
/ appropriation makes $4,000 avail
able for highway work this year. II
. is understood that this is the larges.
amount OF money appropriated by
; any city or town in the State out
| SIDE OF Portland. The streets of
skowhegan went under the snow in
probably the worst condition for
years because Road Commissioner
Cowett was Handicapped by lack o.
funds for road work. In view of this
! fact, the extreme economists who
suggested a small appropriation to
patch the roads until the present
nigh prices decline were. over
wheimingly defeated in the town
meeting.
The regular meeting Of Priscilla
( Rebekah Lodge Tuesday evening.
March 18th, after the business ses-
sion was devoted to a program in
recognition Of the Maine Centen-
NAL. The Rebekah chorus sang
I Maine. My State of Maine" follow
60 by a tableaux representing the
state. Deputy Grand Master ia
! GODS gave an interesting talk on
Nalne and her resources. Mrs
Mammie Watson read Bart Of
Brighton" fHolman Day. and an
encore selected from Days poems
Mrs. Minna Savage and Mrs Mahe,
|raes sang ROCK Me to Sleep
'Eiizabeth Atkins Allen.) Mrs
irene Turner read selections from
INA "atha with tableau illustrations
by Miss Myra French as Nakomis
Mrs. Bessie Edwards as Minnebaha
Harold radley as Hiawatha. Ralnh
:. weston as The Arrow Maker
Mrs. Rose BurrilI sang Grasses and
Roses" By Bartlett: Miss Marietta
Nlchols read Lead on Maine" by
Mrs. Elizabeth Powers Merrill; duet
The Bridge" Iongfellow) by Miss
Goidie keene and Pearl HarviI,e
Good-bye Sweet Day" by Kate
/ 'annah, sung by Mrs. Rose BurrilI
American and Her Indians" closed
the program with Miss Edna Cush-
ing as America and the Misses Myra.
French. Hazel Russell and Marearet
Chase as Indians. Refreshments NJ
Maine raised apples and nuts were
served by the young ladies in the
America tableaux in costume. az.
sisted by Mrs. Emma Folsom and
Mrs. Irene Turner. The selections
on the program were all taken
from Maine authors. The next
meeting will be Tuesday. April tn.
The committee of arrangements for
] this meeting will be Leslie Jacobs
Frank Oddly, WILDER Hobart. Joseph
Smith. Eugene Tarbox and Harold
Bradley. This will be gentlemen's
night.
WINDSOR