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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01
Luncheon
Blue MINI Rivers Canoe cIuI

Mrs. Roy Andrews entertained a
group of ladies' at luncheon today.
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EsC2TT MEMORIAL BUILDING At GOOD
Wi Will READY FOR DEDICATION
economies Occur on Next Saturday Evening.
Description of Splendid Structure

with toilets. A moving picture cur
tain will BIO installed within a short
time. A feature for safety that will
be much appreciated is that the
doors leading out-of-doors from the
wings, and also from the main as
sembly hall can not be locked SO as
to prevent exit, although they can
be locked to prevent entrance to the
building. No one can by accident
be locked in the building so that
they cannot get out.
The clock in the tower is a Howard
and the McNeeley bell weighs 1900
pounds.
There are now 46 girls and 1876 boys
in Good Will. To take care of these
young people and conduct the farm
there are on the payroll 30 persons
Mr. George w. Hinckley is chairman
of the directors: Walter p. Hinckley
ie supervisor; Norman Hinckley, is
assistant supervisor; George Merriam
Is principal of the Good Will schools,
Walter Price is farm manager, and
James futile is superintendent of
buildings and grounds.
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TO REVIVE BUSINESS
MIME TypOthetae Starts COnstrue'
tive Campaign for Better
Business

There has Just come to this Office
the first of series OF twelve Book
let's issued by The American Writing
Paper Company and distributed by
The Maine Typothetae to live-wire
businessmen for the promotion OF the
business interests of the State Of
Maine.
The Maine Typothetae is taking the
initiative in this movement to pro-
mote. stimulate and advance the well
fare of business at a time when this
service is especially desirable and
needful.
The first booklet entitled THE Mas
ter Salesman" written by Robert Rux-
ton is as full of meat as tick Is full
of blood. The titles of other books
will be 1.-THE Idols of Business" Pub
lefty Sidelights." Printed Salesman
ship" 1.-The Competitive Struggle"
etc. 1t ia planned to send out one
book a month.
Businessmen who are interested in
increasing their sales and building
up their business will find these to be
of great value Any reader OF this
item who has not received copy of
"rhe Master Salesman and who
wishes to avail himself of the priv
lege of receiving this course OF book
lets can get them by making applica-
ton to the Maine Typothetae, 90 Ex-
change Street, Portland.
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PROBATE COURT

At the May term 1922 of Somerset
County Probate Court, the following
Wills were allowed, and letters issued
for:
Clara J. Dyer of Madison execu-
trix of the will of Orrin Dyer; Her
bert T. Jewett of Skowhegan execu-
tor OF will of Helen A. Jewett; Ger
trude L. Sanborn of Skowhegan. exc
cutrix of the will of Mortimer B.
Foss, late of Madison; Mildred j.
Lawrence of Newport, Me-. executrix
of will of Emma F. Mcfarland. late
of Palmyra; Florence Pooler of Show
hogan, executrix of the will of Man
ley r. Pooler; George Arthur Apple
by of Pittsfield, executor of the will
of Joseph H. and Almeda Appleby;
Ira d. Hilton OF Norridgewock, exc
cutor of the will of Henry K. Sawyer;
Jennie M. Hammond of Fairfield, exc
cutrix of the will of Frank b. Ham
mond; Louise l.. Clark of Fairfield,
executrix of the will of Robert M.
Clark; Walter and Abigail Dunlap of
Ripley, executors of the will of Annie
Dunlap; Darius Barnes of SkoWhe-
gan, executor Of will of Emily E.
Barnes; Amy d. Packard of Skowhe-
gan, executrix of the will OF Edwin
d. Packard; Leroy r. Folsom of
Norridgewock, executor OF the will OF
William H. Haynes; Emma C. Kim
ball OF Haverhill, N. H.. executrix
in the State OF Maine OF will of Frank
e. Kimball: Rebecca Gregory OF Mad
ison, cxecutrix OF will of Amasa Gre
CORY; Irving w. Flint of Hartland,
executor of will of Bertha E. Flint;
Isabelle NJ Caron OF North Arson.
executrix of will of Louis B. Caron.
Letters OF administration granted
to Clara r. Gaylord Of Skowhegan in
estate of Benjamin r. Gaylord; Wal
ter s. Hubbard OF Hartland in es-
tate of Ensign F. Hubbard Cora NJ.
Fairbanks of Pittsfield estate OF Will
liam l.. Fairbanks; Helen NJ. w.
Hutchinson of Skowhegan estate of
Della A. Weston; George e. Jones
of Madison, estate. Of Jennie F.. Jones; ,
w. Russell Daggett Of Madison, es-
tate OF Fred e. Daggett; Eugene S :.
Paine OF Arson estate OF Martha Al
Paine; Ella Jewett of Skowhegan,
Especially, estate OF Lyman b. Jewett;
Charles s. Bates of Norridgeweck
estate OF Mary A. Merrill, William
G.. Harris OF Canaan, estate OF Mar
garet J. Chase; William A. Foss of
Athens, estate of Viletta NJ. Foss;
George A. Eveleth OF Norridgewock,
estate of Frank p. Evelcth.
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st. Adams School Notes

The following have received 100
per cent in spelling for the week end
ing May 26 Carroll Lewis. Ruth Nov
err. GLAND Knight. Sylvia Abbott. Glad
VS. Weeks and Theresa Merrick.
We have flfty-seven birds on our
list and fifty-one flowers.
We have a new Educational Chart
on Shredded Wheat.
A return baseball spelling match
was held with Hartland at Hartland
Opera House. Friday evening. They
played an eight inning game, and the
score was 50 to rs in favor of st.
Adams. As we have won both
games with Hartland this year. we
are very proud of our boys and girls
Thomas Mills, a member of our ninth
grade was pitcher. He spelled every
word given him correctly.
PRIMARY
The following have received 100
per cent in spelling for the week
ending May Is: Madeleine Merrick
AYtha Robertson, and Lyndon Pratt
2nd grade; Dillls Ellingwood. Lena
Frost. Edna Mclean, Arlene Osbol II
ana Raymond fhorn, 4th grade, Hau.
tie Leavitt, grade 3, Lena Frost spell
led down the school Friday afternoon
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"Death Dream" of Mother OF Former
Somerset County Man True. Native
81 - Of NorridgewOck NJ

Portland, May 24-James L. Newton
So, Waterman in the J. II. Libby Com
pany store. was found dead in the
bottom of the elevator shaft May 23rd
in the morning. Mrs. Gerry Newton
his mother, and his wife had been
awake since three o'clock Tuesday
morning, the older woman having
dreamed that her son was seriously
hurt She was so positive the super
stition was well founded that she
caused her sons wife to telephone re-
peatedly from six until eight. Answer
to her last message was confirmation
Of the mothers dream. Newton's dead
body had just been discovered. New
ton was a native OF Norridgewock
and had made 1t his home here for
many years, employed in hotels and
stores. He is survived by his wife
mother and a brother.
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Pennington Normal Notes

The annual ID Hop was held in
Merrill Hall Friday evening, May &c.
In spite of the fact that many went
home for the recess, it was very
pleasant social event.
Julia Cox with Doris Brown as her
guest, and Jeanne Thomson spent the
holiday In Skowhegan.
Miss Harvey OF the manual training
department left Friday night with En-
ma Mahoney to spend the week end
at Scion.
Gala and Elizabeth Whorff went by
auto to Scion and from there to their
home in Caratunk.
Flora Head spent the recess at her
home in Scion and Hazel Stuart and
Velma Rollins went to Bingham.
Artella Powell a graduate in the
class of 1920 was a guest at the social
Friday night.
Elizabeth Foster, Margery Williams.
Esther Poland, and Ida Thompson
went to their home in Cornville and
Athens Friday night.
Doris Felker took Irma Tillson to
her home in Harmony as her guest
for the holiday.
Evelyn Bridges who is teaching in
Arson Academy was in Farming
ton for the dances Friday and Satur-
day nights
Mr. Mallett went to kingfeld Thurs
day night to be present at the Bow
dom dinner. Friday morning Dean
Nickerson of Bowdoin made brief
call at the normal school.
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IlnrtIand School Notes

Grammar, The spelling match ho-
tween Dartland and st. Alhans was
played Friday evening Score 60
25, in favor of st. Adams. We clear
ed S27 81.
Fuller's Corner: Mrs Moses AmpS
visited school all day Wednesday. My
18th and Mrs. Smith called ON us
Tuesday.
Our Larkin order has arrived and
the proceeds viii go towards a new
desk
Our first grade finished boy Bmc
and his Friends this week aud be
gan Bunny Rabbits Diary. This
is their seventh book this year. Tho
eecond grade has read five ana tho
third grade scyen.
100 per cent attendance Wednesday,
Doris Pelkie. grade 4, got 100 per
cent in her arithmetic examination
The others got 95 per cent. The
problems were, in the 4th grade. ad-
dition, subtraction. multiplication. and
long division.
Harold Ford, grade s, and Ethel
Cool. grade D, got " per cent in the
arithmetic.
The third and fourth grades taught
by Ada McCrillis reports the follow
ing for the week ending May 26th:
pupils having perfect spelling papcrs
for the week in grade 3 Verona Lea
Tiers. Ernest Damon, Angilec Fuller,
Emma Wthee. Roger Baker, Doris
Maxwell Carl Eldridge. Frances Kim
ball Harold Curtis, Ethel Kimball.
In the arithmetic test given Tuesday
in grade 4, Eda Folsom and Theo lore
Griffith received 100. Aubrey Burbank
and Pauline Baker so. Several got
so Flowers reported this week are
yellow ladies slipper. Clintonia Pur-
nle twisted stalk, White Glover. Bunch
berry blossom, Canada Mayflowor.
Star flower buttercup, white and the
purple lilac, mustard blossom. jill
over-the ground
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st. Adams School Notes
FIVE CORNERS SCHOOL

The spring term reopened May l,
after a vacation of two weeks. The
teacher Miss Virginia Mason of How
land being unable to return to her
school on account of sickness and
death in her home Mrs. Thema Len
fest of Palmyra was engaged to teach
the remaining nine weeks of the term.
Following IRE the names of pupils
having 100 per cent sN spelling dur
ing the week ending May 10: Eleanor
Springer, Dorothea Giles, Alice Lib
by. Linwood Tyler and Evelyn Tyler.
On Friday afternoon Rotations were
given by number of pupils.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NOTES
The League has recently purchased
a fine swivel chair which is a great
addition to our school room.
We are glad to hear that Isabelle
Baine, who has been in Plummer hos
pital for four weeks, will soon be
home.
Mr.. Clifford visited Friday Ola
Brooks received o. K. in spelling and
Ruth Mower Good.
Tho following have received 100
pei CtHI III hpclllHB lul tHe Ncth
ending May no. On Brooks, Ruth
Mowen, Thelma Thnrne and Jesse
Ray.
PRIMARY
Mr.. Clifford visited school Friday
afternoon. Hattie Leavitt and Al
tina Robertson received o. X. in spell
ling and Madeleine Merrick Good"
The following received 100 per cent
in spelling for the week: Altha Ro-
bertson, Madalene Merrick, Hattie
Leayitt, George Linnell, Ray Martin,
Dillis Ellingwood, Carl Bragg, Edna
Mclean and Lyndon Pratt.
Arlene Osborn spelled down all the
pupils Friday afternoon.
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Pond School

Pond school, taught by Irene Libby
reports the following for the week
ending May 81. Those having pre-
feet spelling for the week were Doroi
thy Libby s, William Braley 8, How
ard Gray 6, Margaret Baker 5, Myron
Wood 6, Ernest Wood 4, Althea Mer-
row John Braley 3, Hilda Buker 3,
Evelyn Merrow and. Clyde Hunt
Mr.. Clifford called Tuesday, May
90. Pupils receiving o. X. i'll spell
ling were Atiea Morrow 3, Howard
Gray G. William Braley 8, Dorothy
Libby 8 and those receiving Good
were Myron Wood 6, John Braley 3,
and Hilda Buker B.
Mrs. Frank Libby, Mrs. Ed Gil
more, Mrs. Wallace Gray. Mrs. Har-
ry Harris and Mrs. Alton Morrow
were visitors in school Friday after
noon.
We are pleased to report that as
the result of the spelling match held
last Friday evening at Hartland be
tween the grammar school OF that
town and the pupils above the fifth
grade of St. Adams, score of 60
Is. William Bradley 8, and Howard
Gray 6. represented Pond school, and
very good representatives they were,
too.
We consider some very good com
position work has been done this
year and we are very pleased to sub
init a fair sample of the same, in the
one, "St. Adams"
STORY ON ST. ALBANS
The population of St. Adams is ap-
proximately nine hundred fifty two.
1t is in the southern part OF Som
erset County. The streams, lakes
and ponds of St. Adams are tributar-
les of the Kennebec river. st. Al
bans is bounded on the north by Har-
mony and Ripley. on the east by CORN
ma. on the south by Palmyra and
Hartland and on the west by Moose
Pond and Harmony. The town of
st. Adams was incorporated as a
town on June Ia, 1873. The histori-
cal events of St Adams are The
first mention St Adams was when
John Warren bought the piece of land
in 1918 from Massachusetts. Mr..
Hacket came here and built log
CdblH NndI is NOW IidNhtNl mn anu
Stephen Hartwell built the first frame
house and sawmill in st. Adams.
There were one hundred lightweight
soldiers from ST. Adams in the Civil
War. The chief industries of st.
Adams are farming. The soil of st.
Adams is best adapted to the raising
OF grains. potatoes and apples The
kinds Of soil are dark loan. gravel
sand and clay. The lumber Is used
for pulp. building purposes and shoe
lasts. The shoe last factory is now
owned by Mr.. Batcheler and he en-
.ployes about twenty men. There is
a canning factory in st. Adams, and
they can corn and apples. The can
ming factory Is known as the Snow
fake Canning CO.. and it Is owned
by the Baxter Bros, Portland, Me.
The only way we can transport any
thing is 10 take it to any of the fol-
lowing stations: Harmony, Hartland.
Corlnna Of DeXtel. fht OILY Wy
OF oommuni, atlun dte: 1'he New eng
land Telephone and the western Uni
on Telegraph at the above named sta
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Death OF Mrs. Sarah V. Tracy

The remains OF the late Mrs. Sarah
V. Tracy of Palmyra were placed to
rest in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in that
town last week following her death
which occurred after short illness
She was 80 years OF age. Mrs. Tracy
moved to Palmyra fifteen years age
from Monticello. She leaves hus-
band. daughter. Mrs Alma Young of
Skowhegan and son. Walter Tracy
OF Palmyra and two grandchildren,
Verna Tracy and Mrs Laura LeBeau
OF Palmyra.
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lions. The nationality Of ST. Al
bans is wholly American. st. Al
bans schools are all of rural type.
There are seven with the total enrol
lment of one hundred forty two pu-
pills. All the schools in ST. Adams
have iacheted stoves. 1t was pos
sible for the schools to get their stoves
by having entertainments and getting
the town to give them some money
so they could get their stoves. IN
the winter they have hot lunches so
that the children will not have to eat
cold lunches. Most all St. Adams
schools have School Improvement
Leagues. The league Is to make the
school surroundings and to keep ne&t.
Our school has a school lmpfeNt-
ment league and we hive got some
cooking utensils, llag. Il set oil En-
cyclopedias and victroia. Inc
towns resources for maintaining its
present size and developing ITS
growth in population are numbering
and farming, as the water power Is
not great enough to furnish facilities
for factories. The boats in ST. Al
bans are worth about seven hnnlfeI
forty eight dollars. Ihere Is ABOUT
$45, 600 taxable property owned by
summer residents. the chief attraction
being the beautiful climate. scenery
and the quietude of the shores of ST.
Adams ponds Of which there are two.
There are stretches of woods among
which picnicers and travellers from
many states are seen during the sum
mcr months.
WILLIAM BRALEI.
Grade VII.
DnpI Gpb8Bl
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NOTICE

Our files are low .on the issue of
April 81 1922. We will pay five cents
for each copy sent to this Office. Send
er please give full name anu address
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Gard OF Thanks

We desire to express our apprecia-
ton to our friends and neighbors for
their kindness and help during the re-
cent sickness and death in our family
Mr.. William J. Kiger
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Kiger
and family
Mr.. and Mrs Albert F. Gehrke
and family
Scion, Me-, June l, 1922.
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Your Nr1ehbor Is go'ns 10 ,ot.. l,t
N. st. Ledger for High Sherin and
you should.-Adyt. 4Wl9
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II you want a good clean admins
traticn Vote For NJ. St Ledger TO
High Sheriff at the June rrmaries
hdvt. iWla
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Praise for Miss Carpenter

The pictorial section of the New
York Tribune of Feb. 10, contains Il
very good likeness of Miss Doris Car
penter, who is now with Olga Pet
rova in "The White Peacock" Miss
Carpenter Is a Madison girl and has
many friends in this section of the
State who are delighted with her rise
in the theatrical world Mrs. Car
penter, mother of the talented Car
penter sisters, comes to Augusta Of
ten, being travelling saleslady for a
candy concern. Her other daughter
Miss Laura Carpenter. is starring in
a company that is also very success
full. The Tribune picture of Miss
Doris was accompanied by the fol
lowing story: "A newcomer to Broad
way and a most welcome one, accord
ing to the dramatic critics is Miss
Doris Carpenter from down New
England way, who is giving New York
theatregoers a treat by her talented
performance as Marietta in THE
White Peacock.r the sentimental
melodrama in which Olga Petrova
appears as authoress and star-Ken
nebec Journal.
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Hartland School Notes

The Sebasticook Teachers Club
held a very interesting meeting Sat
urday, April 8, with all members pres
ent but two.
The meeting was opened by sing
ing led by Supt. Clifford. A dis
cussion, The Proper Assignment of
the Lesson, followed conducted by
Supt. Clifford 1t proved very help
full and instructive to all The big
part of the program came when our
president, Miss Libby introduced Miss
Collins of Augusta, who was received
with much enthusiasm. Her subject
was Reading. which she handled with
ability and led the teachers into new
fields of thought on the subject. She
left many new ideas and much new
material that can be put into practi-
cal use.
Supt Clifford urged all Of the teach
ers to enroll as members OF the Ma
tional Education Association. ply
steal Education was taken up by Miss
Fuller of Hartland and Mrs. Tolman
of Palmyra. Palmer Method Writ
ing was conducted by Carver, Libby
Fuller and Connolly.
A delicious lunch was served in the
lunch room, conducted with the V and
VI grades, by Mrs. McCrillis and Mrs
Jordan.
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Resolutions Of Respect

Whereas. 1t has pleased Almighty
God to remove by death from the
scenes of his kindly ministrations. our
honored and respected Brother, Past
Chief Patriarch, Fred V. Dyer
Resolved, That Athens Encampment
No. Ga in the death of Brother Fred V
Dyer, an honored Past Chief Patri-
arch, has lost an honest, upright con
scientious member, whose labbrs were
ever directed toward that cause which
was just and right.
Resolved That our charter be
draped for a period of thirty days.
Resolved, That this encampment do
hereby extend to the bereaved family
their utmost sympathy and condol-
ence in this, their great bereavement
Resolved. That these resolutions be
entered on the lodge records and a
copy be sent to the Independent-Re-
porter for publication.
HAROLD HURD
l.. r. CHASE
CLIFTON FLANDERS
Committee on Resolutions.
Athens, Maine. April 10, 1922.
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Bingham Grange

Bingham Grange celebrated it A.
anniversary April /. A bountfnl
dinner was served to about $50 per-
sons and appropriate exercises car
red out In the afternoon.
Bingham Grange was founded by J.
S. McIntire, then deputy for Somer-
set County with IS charter members.
or this number thirteen are still liv-
ing, some of, whom have withdrawn
from the rolls. Many very efficient
persons have filed the respective of
ficers chairs and two of our present
officers are very worthy Of mention.
These are our treasurer Joseph Whit
ney. who has served very faithfully
in this Office for the past ~ years
and our chaplain, Cyrena Carl who
has held her Office for the past Is
years.
The present officers are working
with each other in their efforts to
make the meetings interesting and
instructive and to hold their Grange
up to the standard of model Grange
At the present time it has 256 men,
bers, many Of whom are young peo-
pie.
The Bingham Grange Home was
built in the year 1902 and the first
meeting held there in October 1902.
have been made to the hall but of
the most needed and attractive adj
ditions is the stage which was built
in 1917
The Grange is a permanent institu-
ton, agricultural, moral and intellec-
| II m 10
| tions and measures that are constant
ly coming up. There is no rest for
a true and faithful granger. 1t is
their duty to be up and doing as this
is day of progression
This 42nd anniversary day was APP
propriate with the following program
Opening song, Beautiful Grange
that we love-. Grange choir; well
come greeting. Worthy Master, Frank
whitney; entertainment on stage,
Pumpkin Center Grange Meeting,
when Anna Savage Smith was Mas
ter; Eunice Hardy. Overseer; Hosea
Whipple, Lecturer, Elva Anna, Secre-
tary and John Hardy, Asst Steward
This number caused much merriment
and proved taking feature. Roll
Call of the Charter Members: his
tory of the Grange read by May Baker;
song by two small girls; address,
state deputy, Kate b. Ellis; vocal
duet, Martha Savage and Lila Morri-
| son: readings. Eunice Hardy and
i Edith Hunnewell; instrumental duet
Gladys Henderson and Gala Hume
well; recitations, Helen Golf and My
rna Foss; vocal duet, Savage and
Morrison; remarks by visiting mem
bers.
1t was much regretted that \. S
Burke was unable to be present as
he was to give talk on the subject
of Sand"