Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-29
MADISON
Corporation Meeting Passes
Off Quietly-Knight Tenn
plars and F. & A. M. Attend
Services.

SeTFlCeSs
The annual meeting of the Madison
Village Corporation passed OF
quietly Saturday afternoon. there
being no contests. The meeting
was called to order in Union hall
at o'clock. by Corporation Clerk,
A. B. Head, and Judge Charles
o. Small was elected Moder-
ator. First came the acceptance of
the reports as printed. The following
officers were then elected. Assess
ors, E. l.. Perkins, David Gray. and
Orion Moody; treasurer, Charles +.
Caldwell; auditor, George H. Viles;
Superintendent of Madison Electric
Works, Ivan w. Adams; fire ward
ems, Daniel NJ. Nichols, A. B. Head,
A. B. Copp; clerk, A. Is. Head; police
officers, Charles A. Landers, and Roy
Gilbert; tax collector, j. F. Withee,
at .015. Monies were raised as fol-
lows: Superintendent ofN Electric
Light Plant, $4,000; Expenses and
Liabilities, $500; Fire Department,
81 900; Hydrant Rental, $3.50; Police
Services, SEQ; Street Lighting, s2,100;
Attorneys Services, 800; Night
Watch, $1,000; improvements on Cor
poration Buildings, 800; Apparatus
and Supplies for Fire Department,
$3.50; Motor Truck for Electric Light
Department, $500. Other important
votes taken were to install two new
hydrants at the lower end of Old
Point Ave. to put in new fire alarm
box on Pine street, to install new
1,.-l, 90 =
and John streets. to fix the pay of the
members of the fire department at
s1.00 an hour while fighting fire, and
to transfer to the sinking fund any
available profits for the Municipal
Electric Light plant.
Demolay Commandry Knights
Templar, of Skowhegan, together
with Euclid Lodge, F. & A. NJ. at
tended service in a body at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning,
a special sermon being delivered by
Rev. c. II. mckinney who is a men,
Der of the Commandry. There was
also special music, feature of which
was a solo by Mrs. Arlen Riley. The
Commandry came from Skowhegan
by two special cars over the line of
the Somerset Traction Company and
rendezvoused at the Masonic hall in
this village. There were about $50
men in line. and music for marching
was furnished by the Skowhegan
band. A special feature of the ser
vices at the Congregational church
Sunday evening was an Easter Can
tata.
Mrs. Maytie w. Pratt of Washing
ton, D. c., arrived in Madison Satur-
day night, being called here by the
death of her father, Webster D.
Moore.
College students who are at home
for the Easter recess are: Ralph and
Conrad kennison, Leon Steward and
Percy Blackwell of the University of
Maine, Harold Manter of Bates Col
lege, and John Renter of Bowdoin.
Easter Sunday was observed by a
special sermon at the Methodist Epis-
copal Church and special music by
the vested choir. In the evening
there was concert program by the
Sunday school children.
The Kennebec river was at freshet
pitch at this point Saturday and
Sunday, caused by the warm weather
and recent rains. The ice left the
river at this point Saturday morning.
At the corporation meeting Satur-
day afternoon, by the unanimous con-
sent of the voters to the informal
proceeding. a committee was elected
to solicit funds for DIR. j. L. Pepper,
who was the victim of the recent
bomb outrage.
The regular Easter services were
held during the day Sunday at St
Sebastian Catholic and large audi
ences We're present.
Sheriff Moores and his deputies
are still at work trying to solve the