Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-17
Working League of Federated Church Have Interesting Ses
son-D R. Pleased To Hear Miss Hinckley An Overseas
Girl-Ed Ford Appointed Street Commissioner-Prn.
Hawthorne of Coburn Gives Illustrated Lecture

w. F. sawyer Of Portland visited
friends in Skowhegan Tuesday
E. J. Heller Of Rockland was a
business visitor in Skowhegan Tues
day.
Mrs Harry Hilton Of Waterville is
a guest at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. David c. Jewelt.
, Mrs. l.. a. Spear Of Madison went
to Waterville Tuesday and on
Wednesday will go TO Augusta u
re present at the State conference
d. A. r.
A regular meeting of Sunset Chap
ter. No. SO, Order of Eastern Star.
! will be held in Masonic hail Friday
; evening. March 18th. Refreshments
will be served in the banquet hall.
! Eunice Farnsworth Chapter D. A.
/ r. held a regular meeting on Mon
I day. March 18th. at the home Of
! Miss Louise H Coburn. an ex-regeEt
! of the Chapter. At the opening Of
| the afternoon session the Chapter
/ joined in repeating the Lords pray
er, followed by the flag salute. Aft
! er the reading of the secretary's re-
! port. the amount of the silver col
; lection taken at the Silver Tea was
reported as amounting to $685..
j Mrs. Dora Trafton played a piano
solo."I Love Thee"-Greig, ard re-
i sponded 10 IN encore. a letter 10
! the regent from Mrs. Fannie Cabot.
a member of the Chapter who has
been passing the winter months in
/ Santa Barbara, Calf, was read and
greatly enjoyed by all. Mrs Nye
! played 'F'avorite Waltz" by Raft.
! She responded to an encore. Miss
Faith Hinckley spoke to the Chapter
on her work overseas. during the
great war. Miss Hinckley was with
the y. NJ. c. A. ard for a long time
was stationed at st. Nazaire. one of
/ the six ports at which soldiers were
landed in France. Miss Hinckley
spoke entirely without notes and il
! was the first time since her return
that she has spoken publicly be-
| cause for several months she suffer-
ed an almost complete nervous
| breakdown. Miss Hinckley's talk
was a rare treat. She spoke of the
touch Of home-life that the Ameri-
can girls tried to bring to the boys
overseas and said that the bows
were able to endure the hardships
and do the wonderful work thew did
because of the influence Of the moth
ers, wives and sisters in this coun-
try She men many Maine bows
and twice saw her own brother
once In st. Nazaire and again in
Cobienz, Germany. The eyes of her
/ hearers were often wet, then a laugh
/ would follow as Miss Hinckley told
OF some amusing incident. Mrs.
George Otis Smith, who was unable
/ 10 De present, sent over a beautiful
spray OF flowers which she had re-
ceived from one OF the daughters
with note OF greeting to the Chap
ter. At the close Of Miss Hinckley,s
talk. tea was served by Miss Co
burn. Mrs. Ella Pooler and Miss
Molly Greenway poured.
| Mrs. Fred Philbrick, Miss I,ouise
H. Coburn. Miss Gertrude S. Weston
Miss Florence Wfugh Danforth, Mrs
Nellie Chase and Mrs. Elizabeth
Marble went to Augusta "Wednesday.
where they will represent Eunice
Farnsworth Chapter as delegates to
| the Maine State Conference D. A. r.
| The selectmen held a meeting i'm
mediately after town meeting was
adjourned and appointed Ed Ford
as street commissioner. Tuesday
| morning Mr.. Ford went to work
| with a gang of men removing the
ice and snow from the catch basins
, in preparation for a grand spring
cleaning Of the streets. Il am glad
to see Ed Ford back on the Job"
voices the sentiment among the ma
jority Of the business men.
Forest Harville and John Nutting,
both Of East Madison, decided last