Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-03


| Deputy sheriffs Leman Smart OF
| lockwood and Robert j. Cole OF
| Skowhegan are IN Bangor. summoned
| to appear before the federal grand
| jury in the Pat Casey case.
Miss Margaret Greene. who has
been attending the Posse Gymnasium
J school in Boston, has graduated from
| that institution and arrived at the
| home Of her father, Charles Greene, On
| Monday.
Royal Weber of the United States
recruiting service left town Monday
after a stay Of about one week.
| Prof. Lester r. Weeks. Mrs. weeks
and their little daughter Louise were
! in town Tuesday afternoon to see
Mrs. Weeks brother, Frank Merriam.
who arrived in town on the noon train
to accompany his little daughter Mar
| tina. Mr.. Merriam returned to Water
willie with the Weeks. taking the night
train from there for his home in
/ Greenfield. Mass.
| Deputy Collector H. H. Thurlough
of Pittsheld was in town Wednesday.
Friends of Miss Florence Poo1er.
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis at the Kennebec VAL
| ley hospital. will be pleased to learn
| that she was able to go to her home
| on Wednesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs Clifford whittemore
| are receiving congratulations upon the
birth of son on Tuesday morning at
the Kennebec Valley hospital
| Mrs. Thomas N. Weeks visited over
hhrJnri0I
Mrs. w, o. Chase Of the River road.
returning TO her home in waterrille
Monday night.
; Mrs. Mertie Locke and Mrs. B. 1.
Rice are in Auburn. guests of their un-
| Gle. Sylvester Ham.
| Skowhegan people will be interest
ed to learn that Mrs. F. H. Morgan,
/ president of the New England
branch Of the Foreign Missionary
Societies. who spoke at the meeting
Of the Woman's Missionary Society
at the Federated church on Friday
afternoon last, at which the mis-
! sionary societies of the Centenary
Methodist and Bethany Baptist
churches were invited guests. is the
wife of former pastor Of the Gen.
tenary Methodist church in Skowhe-
gan. 1t was during MIR. Morgan's
pastorate here that the church need
! ed and received a coat of paint and
it being difficult to find man who
would attempt the task of painting
the high steeple. Mr.. Morgan, who
had been a painter by trade in his
youth. donped his overaIls and with
nh al nf
| painting the steeple.
Skowhegan people are glad to
welcome Mrs. Herbert Griffin, nee
Miss Bertha U. Terry. of Waterville,
whose marriage to Mr. Griffin oc-
Cured in Waterville on Wednesday.
May rs. Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin were
very quietly married owing to the
| i'll health of the brides mother and
| it was several days before Skowhe-
gan friends were made aware Of the
| fact. Mrs. Griffin was a freque L is
itor in Skowhegan before her L.. .rri-
age and by her pleasing manner has
made many friends here.
Mrs. Harry Newton returned Mon
day evening from trip to Ellsworth
and Bar Harbor.
The cement retaining wall which
was built in front of the w. H.
Wildes residence on Madison avenue
when the grade was lowered recent
~, has been completed and is a prac-
teal solution Of what appeared to be
an insurmountable hinderance to the
lowering of the grade, as it seemed
that it would be necessary to remove
one of the largest elm trees in town
in order to do the work.
Town Clerk Adam Simpson has
reported eight births. nine marriages
and thirteen deaths recorded at his
office during the month of May.
Mrs. Annie Davis of Winthrop
is visiting at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Maurice Magoon. Mrs.
Davis will remain during the sum-
mer.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Robinson of
North Arson were in Skowhegan
Tuesday. Winifred Steward of
Bingham passed through town Mon
day on his way to East Madison,
where he will be the guest of his
sister, Mrs. Martin Hardy.
Herbert Wyman and Mr. Coolidge
of Scion were calling on Skowhegan
friends Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Paul and
daughter, of Madison, were in Show
hogan Tuesday.
Judge H. H. Brazzell of the West
ern Somerset municipal court was in
Skowhegan Tuesday for the pur-
pose of hearing the case Of the State
VS. Patrick Casey of lockwood. who
was charged with the illegal trans
portation of intoxicating liquor. The
case was continued until Wednesday
because telephone communication
could not be had with lockwood.
Casey must be in Bangor Thursday
to appear before the Federal court
to answer to a charge of smuggling.
John Nottage of East Madison was
in town Wednesday.
Sunday afternoon, June 6, the Madi-
son Boys band will give concert
at Bingham on the hotel veranda un-
der the auspices of the Board of
Trade Of Bingham. Victor Wren,
baritone soloist. of Madison, will be
with the band. The concert will be-
gin at 2 P. M. At 4.30 P. NJ. the band
will give a concert at Scion under the
auspices Of the business men Of
Scion. Monday evening, June Z. the
band will be at Skowhegan and will
give an open air concert at Coburn
park, Skowhegan, tickets for which