Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-12-29
Funeral Of Sumner Ward

s. Madaline Ward. The funeral ser
vice was held Wednesday forenoon at
IL O'Clock in the Bethany Baptist
church and was conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. George Merriam. The
]. 0. o. r. service was also conducted.
The burial was made in the family
lot at the Southside cemetery. The
service was attended by many fellow
/. O. o. +. and friends. The mem
hers of the Russell Post, G. A. r.,
attended in a body.
Mrs. Charles French Smith of Mon
for n few days of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer f. Greenwood at
their home on Madison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer F.. Harris have
returned home from st. Johnsbury,
Vt, where they We're Christmas
guests of their daughter and her hus-
band, Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Hall
burt Wilson and Miss Freda Harris
| at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Lizzie Packard who kept house
for Mr.. and Mrs. Harris during their
absence has returned to the home of
her daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Selvin Flanders on the NAL
hons Mills road.
The sixth annual Skowhegan High
school alumni ball on Tuesday eve
ming In Grange hall was we'll attend
ed and greatly enjoyed by all pres
Ont. This affair." which is a very hap
by occasion for the members of the
alumni and their friends, is held at
the Christmas season because many
of the young people who are attend
ing colleges are at home at this time
The general committee Of arrange
ments was made up of Mr.. and M.
Harold c. Woodbury., Emery T.
Dyer, Mrs. Harry f. Smith, Allan
Wentworth and Principal Ralph w.
Leighton, Mrs. Lena f. Wentworth,
Mrs. Walter G. Stinchfield and rirs
]. Wallace Blunt. The dccora ting
committee consisted of Ruth Hes,
Virginia Stinchfield, Christine Bis
son, Horace Fortier and Fay Stud
ley. The decorations were most at
tfactivc and were the s. H. S. colrrs.
orange and black and evergreen.
Punch and fancy waters We're Served
by the following young ladies: Mrs.
Charles French of Montreal, Canada.
and Miss Geneva Smith of Columbia
I college, New York. The music was
furnished by Wallace's orchestra and
the evening was one of pleasure to
he young people who enjoyed meet
ing friends and schoolmates of earlier
years.
Roscoe Bigelow OF the Old County
road. who has been a patient at the
Somerset hospital for several days,
submitted to a surgical operation,
Wednesday morning.
Miss Francis Lancaster went to
Canaan Tuesday. whore she will pas;
the remainder of the week with her
caster.
The Simon Peters Post Of the
American Legion and the Ladies'
Auxiliary will hold a reunion for all
ex-service men and their ladies. The
affair will be held in Grange hall and
will open with a supper at O'Clock
which will be followed by a dance.
Miss Ruth Kelliher of Waterville
is in town the guest Of Miss Gladys
Bradshaw and attended the Show
hogan High school ball on Tuesday
evening.
Miss Parker, the Red Cross nurse
returned Tuesday night from Belfast
where she had been spending the
Christmas vacation at her home in
that city.
The ladies of Skowhegan Sorosis
will hold a New Years party in the
parlors of the public library on Mol
day evening, January 2. The COM
mittee of arrangements is made ~
Of Mrs. Annie Haokett, Mrs. Maud
Jevett, Mrs. Maud Avoro. Mrs. Mabtl
Viles and Mrs. Adelaide Whiting. It
is to be a costume party and the style
of Bingville is the preferred costume
and it is earnestly hoped that some
of the females will appear in male
attire.