Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-25

cocoa The guests were the boys Of
the Junior Boys club. taught by
! Joseph c. Smith, who is a student
at Colby and was unable to be pres
/ ent The guests of honor were Mrs.
Gridley r. Fogg, Ernest E. Savage
and Fred Nye. The evening was
one of much pleasure for the host
esses and their guests. The class IS
composed of the following girls, Mil
dred Lancaster. Gladys Mantor, Isa-
belle Bradshaw. Margaret Conant.
Florence Finch, Laura Clark, Ethel
j! Atkinson, Dorothy Nye, Helen Ames-
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie H. Buteau re-
ceived telegram on Wednesday
afternoon announcing that the body
| of their son, Lawrence j. Buteau,
had arrived in New York City and
would be sent to Skowhegan at the
expense of the United States gov
eminent. Mr.. Buteau gave his life
in the World War. The burial will
be made in the family lot in st.
! Mary's Catholic cemetery on North
! avenue. 1t has not been decided
/ whether service will be held or
/ not A service was held in the
t Catholic church at the time word
was received of his death.
! The funeral service for Mrs. Car
RE NJ. Towns was held on Thursday
| morning at 10 o'clock at the home
! of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hubbard on
| the Lakewood road, where she
| passed away Tuesday evening. The
service was conducted by Rev.
George Merriam of the Bethany
Baptist church, Burial was in the
| Southside cemetery.
On Wednesday evening the Show
| hogan Womans' club entertained the
| gentlemen right royalty. At $50
! o'clock a banquet was served in the
parlors of the Island avenue Con-
gregationaI church. The guests, to
the number of about $50, gathered
| in the auditorium and enjoyed Soc
i ial conversation until the announce
ment by the president, Mrs. Flor
| ence Waugh Danforth that the BAN
! quet was served. The menu consist
| ed of grape fruit, roast chicken,
| dressing, mashed potatoes, peas, cell
| cry, hot rolls, cake and harlequin ice
cream and coffee. The parlors were
! decorated with pine branches above
the windows and doors and several
| bouquets of yellow jonquils. On
each table was very attractive bou-
| quets of pussy willows and jonquils.
! One feature that was especially
/ pleasing to the club members was
that table was set in the small
room at the right for the walters
who were served most efficiently
and who enjoyed the same banquet
as did the guests. The banquet was
| directed by Miss Blanche B. Pollard,
chairman, Mrs Alice V. Wadsworth
! and Mrs Emma Pooler who were
assisted by other members of the
! club, and to them much credit is
due for the wonderfully successful
way everything was carried out. The
! decorations were in charge of Mrs.
| Mary f. Marston. Mrs. Mollie M.
| GreenWay and Mrs. Annie Hackett.
After the banquet the president
called the company to order and cor
daily and sincerely welcomed, in be-
| half of the club members, the
guests The first numbers on the
! program were two songs, Marching
Song" and "O'er the Downs so
Free" by DR.. John Fl. Jenkins. DR..
| r. A. Derbyshire, DIR. NJ. f. Lord
| and Arthur r. Plummer, accom-
panied by Mrs Mary E. Marston.
! They responded to an encore by
singing Caroline" DIR. Lord singing
! the solo part, after which Mrs. DAN
forth introduced the speaker of the
evening, Arthur G. Staples, managing
editor of the Lewiston Journal, who
spoke on 1.-The New Woman's Page"
/ Mr.. Staples gave an interesting adj
dress and held the close attention of
4 the large number present He began
by speaking of the hundred years
Of Adams life before the advent of
! Eve and traced Woman's advance
ment through the ages down to the
present time, in history. poetry and
everyday life, and told several stories
of woman's effort to do the unusual
! thing In closing Mr.. Staples said
| that the new page must be written
for women, not as women but as hu-
man beings and quoted from Num-
bers, the description of the perfect
woman. This was in every respect
one of the happiest parties ever given
/ by the club and one of the largest at
! IenGanCeS III Jus history. ne next
meeting of the Woman's club will be
held on April 6, when the operetta
"Katcha -koo" will be given in the
Opera House. All members of the
I club are requested to hand in at once
their choice of officers and directors
| to serve the club for the ensuing
year to Mrs. Della Bartlett, Mrs.
Violet V. F'ogg or Mrs. Mabel p. Jud-
kins.
/ The regular meeting of Skowhegan
| Grange was held in their hall on
| Pleasant street, Wednesday evening,
with q large attendance Sixteen
names were balloted upon and II
candidates received the first and sec
ond degrees. After the work, an in
teresting program was presented,
consisting of an original poem on
current events, read by Mrs. Alice d.
Dow; a vocal solo, 'Juanita." by
Mrs. Maud Cool, accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Tuscan. and a reading by
Mrs. John Cool. The next meeting
will be held on April G. A supper
will be served, the third and fourth
degrees will be conferred and a pro-
! crra,,, will no tod 11pdor tho a.