Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-09
k0yvnEGAM LOCAL NEWS
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, !:,a.,. IS. 81;
Proclamation by skowhe1an Select


men
President Calvin Coolidge having
designated Friday, August 10th, as
day set apart as memorial for
the late President Warren G. Hard
ing, therefor, we the selectmcn of
Skowhegan. in accordance thereof do
hereby request that all business be
suspended and places of pleasure
be closed from IL o'clock noon on
Friday for the remainder of the day,
i except drug stores, which are re-
| quested to close at one. Signed by
the selectmen, George Solue, Lester
H. Packard, and Joseph Butler.
Reception for Mrs. Mary w. Libby
On Tuesday afternoon the Stevens
cottage at the State Reformatory for
Women was the scene of a delightful
reception rendered to Mrs. Mary w.
Libby Of Portland who has accepted
the position of superintendent at that
| institution taking the place Of DR..
; Cora NJ. johnson resigned by Dr.
Johnson. The hall and the entrance
/ and the dining room were all most
atUactively decorated with an album
. dance of golden rod, there were also
bouquets of summer garden flowers.
In the receiving fine were Dr.
Johnson. who introduced the guests,
! Mrs. Sadie aBtes trustee of the in
] stitution of Sandy Point, Mrs Ger
trude Stevens Leavitt another trus-
tee of Portland and the new superin-
| tendent Mrs. Libby, who will assume
! her duties of the new office the first
| of October.
; The ladies of the Clementine Wes-
ton Woman's Christian Temperance
Union were special guests and after
they had greeted the new official the
! girls of the reformatory were each
presented to Mrs. Libby. Those who
| have little babies found seats on the
porch and many of them stood about
the rooms during the short program.
The program was directed by Mrs.
Everett T. Goodrich, who presided
and beside her was seated a past
president of the local union, Mrs.
! Elizabeth A. Marble, who conducted
the devotional services. The program
/ consisted of music by a trio of young
girls, Miss Phyllis Weston, piano;
Priscilla Lord and Charlotte Gates,
voilins; remarks by the State vice
| president of the Womans Temper
ance Union, Mrs. Sadie Bates also
one of the trustees of the institution
/ who expressed the regret of the State
w. C. 7. U. president, Mrs. Althea
/ Quimby of Turner, who was unable
! to be present because of the serious
illness of her husband who on that
! day submitted to a surgical opera
=, ton which it is hoped would save his
| life. Mrs. Bates stated that the girls
at the reformatory had no better
friends any where than the Christian
Temperance ladies and that Mrs
! Quimby had the welfare of the girls
at heart and was truly their friend.
Mrs. Gertrude Stevens Leavitt of
Portland the daughter of Mrs. Lillian
NJ. n. Stevesn, for whom the Stevens
cottage was named and whose picture
hangs over the fireplace, gave the
principle address of the afternoon and
as always spoke earnestly and in
opening paid a beautiful tribute of
love and appreciation to the late Mrs
Clementine Weston OF SkoWhegan for
whom the local chapter is named and
whose daughter Miss Gertrude S
Weston is the treasurer of the local
chapter. Mrs. Leavitt told the story
of the Woman's Crusade most i'm
pressively and spoke briefly Of the
work undertaken by the w. c. T. Z
and their successes because their eff
forts were right.
Mrs. Randlett, the county president
of Pittsfeld. gave interesting remarks
and she also said that the ladies' OF
! the county w. c. T. L. loved the
girls who were in training at the in
stitution and would do all in their
power to aid them. The program
closed with singing by the girls with
Miss Madeline Franklin one of their
number at the piano.
Delicious ices and crackers were
served in the dining room at small
tables which were decorated with
golden rod. After the refreshments
the guests fingered to visit with the
babies and the girls and also to in
spect their needle work which was or
exhibition and for sale and which is
done with much skill and taste in the
patterns and designed at very low
prices. The afternoon was certainly
a delightful occasion for the guests
and also for those whose home is the
| Reformatory which is doing it's ut
most to train the girls for gooo
| apd 11Sefl1 women