Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-04

Sunday, being transported by Mr..
Lowe. going by the way Of Smith
field and Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Ward and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Scribner Of We'll
lington were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Mott Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Derby and son,
George of Stetson, who have been
guests Of Mr.. Derby's niece and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur w. Great
on have gone to Temple, where they
will be guests Of Mr.. Derby's broth
err, j. A. Derby, before returning to
their home.
DIR. and Mrs. William Diller. and
young sons, Billie and John, who
have been spending several weeks
with Mrs. OILERS sister, Miss Lena
Wyman at her home on Baptist Hill,
have returned to their home in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Weston, who
have been living on Beech Hill at the
farm home of Mr.. Weston's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Weston, have
moved to the home of Horace NJ.
Weston on Baptist Hill.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Foss, daugh-
ter little Jane, Mr.. Burgess and Miss
Jordan of Waterville were in town
Saturday on their way to Mr. Foss'
camp ut Kingsbury Pond, where they
passed the weekend. Little Jane
stopped with her grand parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Uriah L. Foss at their
home on West Front street, where
she will pass several days.
A much enjoyed bachelors party
was given on Friday evening at the
home Of John I. Fish on Middle
street to Clifton Anlis in honor of
his approaching marriage to Miss
Lucille Wentworth. A delicious sup
per was served by the host and the
evening spent socially. Those pres
ent were besides Mr. Fish and Mr..
Anlis, DR.. Arthur Rodden, Dr. Her.
bert Rodden and Jack Roaf. Mr.
Anlis was presented with gift of
several gold pieces by these friends,
who accompanied the gift with their
best wishes for future success.
Mrs. Lewis Buzzell of Foxcroft,
who has been the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. Cora Ellis since Thursday,
returned to her home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Chase of Gin
ton, have been recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Crocker at their
home on West Front street.
Mrs. Lydia Farrin is spending some
time as the guest of her daughters,
Mrs. John Murray and Mrs. Parker
Foss at their homes in Waterville.
Mrs. L. M. Leavitt of Canaan, who
lives at Moses Mills on Saturday
brought to the reporter for the Ken
nebec Journal large bunch of wild
raspberries, which had been picked
on that afternoon in the woods, on
her farm. Mrs. Leavitt stated that
the family had picked a quart and a
half of delicious raspberries, which
summer berries.
Mrs. Annie Hunt, who has charge
of the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus
Moore on Madison avenue, while the
Moores have been at Lakewood, has
completed her duties there and on
Sunday began work for the winter at
Jones restaurant.
The remains of Mrs. Emily Corson,
widow Of the late Hiram Corson
who died at the home Of her son.
Walter Corson in Canaan were
brought to Skowhegan Monday
morning and taken to East Madison
where the funeral service was held
on Monday forenoon at 10 O'Clock at
the home of her daughter, Lucy Cor
son. Services were conducted by the
! Rev. George Merriam, pastor of the
Bethany Baptist church, the burial
being made in Athens. For many
years the Corson home was in West
Athens Mrs. Corson is survived by
the following children besides the
two previously mentioned, Mrs. John
Harville, East Madison, Mrs. Rose
Leavitt of Gardiner, Mrs. Ella Whit
tier of Hartland and Teth and Alden
who reside in Athens.
Jones, the Old Orchard aviator
who passed Saturday and Sunday in
town at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Mont Russell on the East Madison
road made flight to Augusta, tax
ing two passengers. Allan Went
worth and Harry Smith of the Peo-
pies garage. They left RUSSELL
field which is about mile and a
half from the village at four minutes
before nine and returned at 1925. 1t
is estimated that after o'clock Sun
day afternoon, 500 people called at
the Russell farm to see the plane
and to watch the flights. Ten peo-
pie were taken up during the after
noon.
Mrs. Kate Phillips, who has been
passing sometime at the home of Dr.
Frank S. Bigelow on East Front
street has gone to Boston where she
will pass a week after which she
will go to New York to pass the win
ter with her son, Ray Phillips.
Many friends of Mrs. Jennie M.
Newton. wife Of Sherman Newton
were saddened to learn of her death
at her home in Fairfield the last of
the week. Mrs. Newton was born
in Scion, daughter of Stanley and
Bridget (McCarthy) Chalmers, the
family residing for many years in
Skowhegan. Mrs. Chalmers leaves
her husband, an infant son and her
father and stepmother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Chalmers, two sisters, Mrs.
John Hudson, =. Miss Thelma Chal-
mers and one brother, Charles Chal-
mers all of Fairfield. Among the
Skowhegan people who were in
Fairfield to attend the funeral ser