Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-13

| given under the direction Of Mrs.
Alice Baker, Past Noble Grand. Re-
| freshments will be served in the
banquet hall under the direction of
Mrs Nina Clough, Mrs. Inez Thomp-
son, Mrs. Mamie Beale, Mrs. James
Jewett and Mrs. Lena Blackwell.
Mrs. George E. Young left for Bos-
ton Monday morning, where she will
meet DIR. Young. who has been in
Chicago and Rochester. Mimi, at
| tending clinics and studying for the
past few weeks. DIR. and Mrs. Young
will return to skowhegan the last
of this week.
| Maurice Magoon has purchased an
| other new milk wagon. This is the
second within a year and is on the
| style of an express wagon to be
used during mud time. .Ir. Magoon
| believes that anything so precious as
milk should be assured Of a safe de-
| livery and takes no chances of a
| breakdown.
| Miss Doris Cover returned to Col
| by college Monday afternoon after
passing the weekend with her pa
rents Attorney and Mrs. George w.
/ Cover. =
Miss Gertrude, S., Weston has pre-
scented the Jewett street school with
a piano. This is the school for the
little tots and Mrs. Nellie Copp, the
| teacher, has for a long time ceen
DESTROYS Of having piano for the
school. The piano will be much ao-
( preciated by the parents of he chill
dren as well as by the teacher and
the little ones.
| George E. Fairgrieves was at his
! cottage at Lakewood ON Sunday. he
.reports a good deal of snow still on
/ the ground there.
Rev. H. L. Nichols of the Centen-
-ary Methodist Episcopal church ac-
companied by Mrs. Nichols are leav-
ing on Tuesday morning for Bath.
where they will attend the annual
conference Of Maine Methodism held
with Wesley church. Bath. Bishop
Stuntz. of Omaha, Neb, will be the
presiding officer. They will be away
over the following Sunday and
there will be no services in the
church on Sunday.
The Pioneer Past Noble Grands
Association was delightfully."- enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Violette
Fogg on Pleasant street on Monday
afternoon. 4 delicious luncheon con-
sisting Of cold meats. salads, hot
biscuit wit y.hfruit. sponge cake,
maple mousse and coffee at 4.30
o'clock.
Or Sunday morning at the Beth
any church il was thought that the
church was unusually cold and upon
investigation it was discovered that
both of the steam boilers had brok-
en-. one beyond repair. The congre-
CATION upon arriving divided and
were welcomed by the Centenary
Methodist and the Federated church
at their morning services. The eve
ming service was held in Grange
hall and it is planned to hold the
regular services of next Sunday at
the same place. it being believed i'm
possible to repair the damage to the
heating pplant before that time.
Skowhegan Grange will hold a
regular meeting on Wednesday,
Apr! ! 9Th. The music for the eve
ming will be under the direction of
l.. 3. Haskell. Mrs. Mary s. T.
Burns will give a selected reading
and Roland 3. Russell will give a
recitation. The question Would a
Woman Elected on the School Board
Make Better Schools" will be ans
wered by Miss Dorothy Elliot and
3. a. Sawyer. AS Miss Elliot has
been the very capable LIST assistant
to Prof. r. w. Leighton of the
Skowhegan High school for some
years it is safe to predict that she
will answer the question in the af-
| frmative. AS Mr.. Sawyer is con-
sidered a man Of sound judgment.
he will doubtless agree with Miss
Elliot The question, Can There
Be an Improvement in the Cultiva-
ton of tn Soil by More Frequent Ro-
tation. by Flowing in Clover and
by More and Deeper Plowing?" will
be discussed by Alonzo Smith and as
Mr.. Smith is a graduate farmer with
a good many years Of experience to
guide him in his discussion, he will
doubtless have something of interest
to tell the younger men.
Somerset's quota of the funds set
aside by the Y. NJ. c. A. for scholar
ships to her soldiers and sailors
amounts to $725. The committee for
Somerset county to act upon and ap-
prove applications for these scholar
ships consists of Col. r L. Marston
of Skowhegan, willard H. Cum
mings,, Skowhegan. William McGil-
very, Pittsfield. Charles Parks, Fair
field. Frank Holley. North Arson
and Simeon J. Whitney, Bingham.
Any Somerset county man regular
ly enlisted and discharged from Ell
Their the army. the navy or marine
corps is eligible for one of the Y. NJ.
c. A. scholarships. The nearest
committee man will gladly furnish
application blanks to any desiring
them. All applications must be
handed in to the committee before
May 18th. There is an unlimited
field Of choice open to applicants.
business colleges. trade schools.
correspondence courses, covering
every possible line Of work; profess
sionai schools. universities and the
regular academic and scientific COL
leges Of higher learning. The funds
which the Y. NJ. c. A. are devoting
to this work came through the un-
expected rebating by the Allied
governments of their bills for trans-
porting canteen supplies to France.
The "Y" expected and had raised
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