Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-25

ordination sermon. Miss Koch has
received unanimous call to the Bap-
fist church at Oakfeld and will prob
ably accept. She has been at Spring
vale for nearly a year, after having
held pastorates in Hartland, Eden
and Franklin. She has been prominent
in Christian Endeavor work in Maine
Thaddeus Roderick Post, American
Legion. of Pennington, is about the
first to announce intention of a fitting
celebration of Armistice day this year
The plans include a big parade in the
morning, patriotic entertainment
program and a minstrel show in the
evening by the Post members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Chamber
lain Of 2S4 Ocean avenue. Portland,
on Friday observed the 5oth auniver-
sary of their marriage. They lived
in Portland for 10 years, then moving
to Bethel. where Mr.. Cham berlain was
engaged for almost 80 wears in the
dry goods business, retiring a short
time ago and making home in Port
land. One daughter, Mrs. Edward
Gehring and two granddaughters. are
residents of Portland Mr.. and Mrs
Chamberlain We're guests at dinner
at which party Of q of their friends
were present
John Willard of Pressure Isle. the
well-known race driver. who sued the
Northern Maine Fair Association for
slo'o0o\for injuries received at the
September, 1919 fair at Pressure Isle
IN an accident on the race course al.
ieged TO have been the fault of ,the
Fair Association in permitting a
crowd of people to cross the race
track while a race was in progress.
was given verdict for $4,000 and
costs The case was appealed.
Willard Sprague Of Morse High.
Bath. probably has as manv honors
as any high school boy in Maine. He
is president of his class, president of
the Phi Rho society, member of the
athletic council, manager of the foot
ball team and captain Of the basket
Dali team. With all of these duties
IN ADDITION TO his studies. he should
be one Of the busiest young men in the
Shipping city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Ham of South
Lewiston on election day walked Eve
miles in the rain to vote. He is 70
and she 6S years of age.
Scnool registration throughout
Maine shows almost invariably the
largest number of pupils ever reg.
istered."
Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist
and author. is going to transplant
the Maine woods to Broadway. He
is now trying out on the vaudeville
stage an original act which is caIcu.
iated to give city dwellers a touch of
the real woods. and the inhabitants
thereof. 1t is described by a New
YORK critic as follows: The curtain
is lowered for few moments and
rises again. disclosing a scene in tho
maine woods with full moon send.
ing Its bright rays through tho
branches of the trees. The hurts
man appears, and, without anv mo
.nal,cai assistance or appliances,
peoples the woods with wild animals.
revealed only by their cries. The
moot owl screeches, reveling in the
moons rays. The she fox on the hill-
TOP barks and receives an answar;n.
signal from her mate in the ya1,ev
below The wild duck cries fro,,
overhead, and then the moose calls
mat Is the signal for the hunter He
PICKS up his rifle and fires.
The imitation of the animals 40
all done by Mr.. Seton and are s.id
10 make the eyes of seasoned old
hunters bulge equally with those Of
io-year-old small boys.
Samuel cloutier of Lewiston has
completed a wonderful table he has
been working on for the past %
years. 1t is inlaid containing 25s sss
pieces with many of the sections of
WOOD not one-tenth of an inch wide
Inc top Of the. table is 81 1-2 inches
square and in it's construction $50
worth or glue was used. The table
mas been given 40 coats of shellac,
IL is In mosaic and contains SIS de-
signs.