Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-28

she is visiting for several days with
her sister, Miss Rachel Conant, a
student at Colby college.
Edwin Hobart, a student at the
University of Maine came home Fri
day evening and will pass his Easter
vacation with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hobart of Madison
avenue.
Mrs. Wilfred Henderson and son,
Junior of Madison, were guests the
last of the week of Mr.. and Mrs. o.
r. Bracket at their home on the is
land.
Miss Helen Day and Miss Esther
French, students at Wiss Wheelock's
kindergarten school in Boston, ar
rived in town Friday night and is
passing the Easter vacation with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Day at their home on Madison ave-
nue. and Mr.. and Mrs. George French
of Mount Pleasant avenue.
Ralph Wing. of Flagstaff was in
town over Thursday night, being
here on business concerning the
Dead River Log driving. While in
town Mr.. Wing was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Viles at their home
on High street.
Miss Velma Fogg, senior at the
New School of Design in Boston and
Raymond G.. Fogg, a sophomore at
the University of Maine arrived in
town Friday night and will pass the
Easter vacation with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gridley r. Fogg at
their home on Pleasant street.
Miss Eleanor Halves of Colby col
lege came home Friday night and
will pass the Easter recess with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John d. ST.
monds of Water street.
The regular meeting of the Town
Improvement Society was lseld in
the parlors of the Public Library
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Minnie
Green and Mrs. Kate Turner as
hostesses and the president, Miss
Gertrude S. Weston presiding. The
subject of the afternoons program
was This Government of Nine and
the program was arranged by Mrs.
Ellen G. Smith. \ magazine article
read by Mrs. Annie Nichols was q
very good account of The President,
His Powers and His Duties" An eX-
cellent paper was written and read
on 1.-THE Duties of the Government
of the State" by Mrs. Isabelle Small
After an intermission Mrs. Della
Bartlette gave Il very interesting pa
per on branches of State Govern
ment' which closed the program
The following nominating committee
was appointed: Mrs. Emma Good
rich, Mrs. Nina Harville and Mrs. Ida
George, to whom the members af
the society are requested to hand
their choice of officers for the COM
ing year. The next meeting will be
held on Friday, April Sth, which will
be the annual meeting. A program
will be given under the direction of
the treasurer, Mrs. Elva Green,
which will be followed by reports,
election of officers and a lunch.
Miss Geneva Smith, director Of
physical culture at the Cnivcr;iity of
Maine arrived in town Friday eve
ming and is to visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. I. J. Smith of Madison
avenue over the Easter recess.
Prince Drummond of Watcrville
was in town over Friday night the
guest of Miss Elizabeth Macomber
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Bailey on Fairview avenue.
The pupils of the Jewett school of
which Mrs. Nellie r. Copp is the
teacher, delightfully."- entertained
their parents and friends on Friday
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the winter term. The exercises be-
gan at 1.15 and consisted of songs
and recitations and concluded with
a play entitled 1.-The Old Woman
Who Lived in q Shoe" in which the
following children took part: The
Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe,
Lillian Lessard; her children, Norma
Laney, Adrian Laney, Delphis Cow
EFT, Cecilia Roy, Veronica Flynn,
Marguerite Appleby, Henrietta Rod
erick: the twins Elizabeth Lessard
and Rose Dore; Lazy Murray, Elmer
Taylor; q neighbor, Norma Clark;
Mrs. Finnegin, Mary MacEachern;
DR.. Foster, Rhyno Stinchfield. All
the children took their parts in an
excellent manner and showed that
much hard work had been put into
the preparation for the entertain
ment both by the pupils and Mrs.
Copp, who is untiring in her efforts
for the success of her school. There
were 46 adult guests, among them
being Supt. Leon w. Gerrish, Will
lard H. Cummings and Leslie f.
Jacobs of the school board. A mys-
terry box from which articles were
sold added to the proceeds of the
afternoon which were $2o.25 and will
be used toward the purchase of a
victrola for the school. Mrs. Copp
was assisted by her sister, Mrs. Min
ME Wheeler and Mrs. J.. H. Appleby.
Mrs. Appleby gave. the ice cream and
cones which were sold. During the
dressing for the play music was fur
nished by Miss Virginia Ames, violin
and Kenneth Copp, cornet, accom-
panied by Mrs. Ethel w. Ames.
Brooks Savage and Hermon Por-
ter of Bowdoin college are in town
passing their vacations with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Savage
at their home on Alder street and
Willis Porter of Water street.
Sullivan Russell veteran of the
Civil war, celebrated his S5th birth
day on Saturday, at his home on
Main street. Mr.. Russell is very
smart for a man of his years He has
split eight cords of wood this spring
and stood the work we'll. At the age
of 26 years he enlisted in Co. Fl, "a
Me. Vol, and served about one year.