Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-23
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All the schools closed last week
for two weeks recess. to reopen
! on New Years Day. Most of the
teachers are in the meantime having
| a visit home. Principal Woodman
! of the high school and his wife, have
! gone to Brunswick.
/ Two recent alarms of fire caused by
| chimnies are timely warnings of the
need of care by all who use stoves
/ that burn wood. No damage result
| ed in the first instance. and but lit
| tie in the second. thanks to the eff
| cient efforts of the fire department.
| In the recent death of James Z.
! Webb. the town has lost worthy
| citizen. who has resided in the west
| part of the town for 90 years. CON-
| ing here from Nova Scotia. lie was
| rs years old and an esteemed mem.
! Der of the Baptist church.
/ The many friends of Mr.. Dan
! Jones and Mr.. John Boone are pleas
| ed to see them both back at their,
! places of business this week after
several weeks of serious illness.
The combined choirs of the two
| churches have in preparation a
| Christmas Cantata. which is 10 be
given at the Baptist church. Sunday
| afternoon. at 4 O'Clock.
, Rev. +. G.. Davis was in Augusta
! last Monday and Tuesday on bust
| ness.
Wednesday morning proved to he
! the record breaker for Temperature
j thus far.-and we. hope for the seas
! on. Thermometers registered 80 to
% below zero.
The post office is very busy as
| well as interesting place these days,
and it is necessary to employ an en-
ira assistant to meet the demands Of
the service.
Walter Hilton is home from the
University of Maine for the holidays,
Mr.. Joe Vaughan, principal of
schools at Lancaster n. H., is visit
ing his parents during vacation.
Joe Mcneil is now running on the
, passenger service of the Somerset
Division, NJ. c. r. r., as brakeman.
Mr.. Tom Welch, who is now back
in his old home after several years
residence in Massachusetts. recently
! gave an evenings social entertain
| ment to his former friends and
| neighbors.
The big elm. one of the ancient
landmarks of the village, in front
of the store of Burgess e Boone,
| was cut down this week. 1t will be
much missed. as it had been for
, years the chief posting place for all
public events of the town.
Special Christmas music will be
| rendered at the Congregational
| church next Sunday, and the topic
, of the sermon will be, IF Christ Had
Not Come"
Miss Annette Spaulding is at home
| for the holidays from Berlin, n. H.,
where she fills the position of teach-
| or of domestic science.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Carver, of Wa
! terville, are passing the winter with
Mrs. Carver's aunt Mrs. Jessie ROC
| ers. Mr.. Carver is employed at the
! shoe factory.
The shoe factory closed THURSDAY
night for the annual stock taking. IL
| will reopen Tuesday, Dec. 26.
Charlie Blaisdell and Alice Brown
are assisting this week at Frank
French's.
The ladies of the Baptist Society
| held a successful Christmas sale on
Tuesday afternoon. A chicken pie
supper, was served in the evening
One hundred and twenty dollars WIS
| realized for the treasury.
William Longley has returned
from an extended visit with fgiends
in Aroostook.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Condor, who
recently went to Tampa, Fla, re-
port themselves well pleased with
their change of residence. They eX-
pect to be absent year or more, as
! Mr.. Condor has a good position IN
the asphalt business.
Eugene Haskell left Friday morn
ing for the lumber camps, where ne
is to be a teamster at very good
wages,