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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31

find anyone who was in favor of the
whole bill, some believing that the
present method OF selecting the
school board was all right, but de-
string that the city council appro-
pirate the money, while others felt
that by the mayors appointing the
members it would make the school
board again board governed by one
party and make the schools a foot
ball of politics.
She said that one argument adj
vanced for the appointment of the
members by the mayor was that the
Office would seek the man but that
she felt, that in as much as the posi-
ton pays no salary, and entails much
hard work and often adverse public
opinion. the wrong kind OF men
would not seek the job il the present
system of election is continued.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
CANAAN
o. E. S. Elects Officers

At the last regular meeting of
Sunrise Chapter Q. J.. S., on Satur-
day evening, Jan. 81. the following
officers were elected for the coming
year:
w. matron, Mrs. Clara Moody; w.
patron. Edison Hunt: associate ma
iron. Mrs. Addie Williams; secretary.
Mrs. Addie Holt; treasurer, Mrs
Edith Tibbetts; conductor. Mrs
Merle Harris: associate conductor.
Mrs. Mabel Gardner. The officers
will be installed at special meeting,
Saturday evening. Feb. 3rd.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. TT. Harris left
Friday for Medford Hillside. Mass.
to visit several weeks with their
daughter and son-in-law. Prof and
Mrs. Walter f. Farnham.
Mrs. Whitehouse. who has been
passing several weeks with her son
and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Orwood
Whitehouse, returned to her home
in Harmony on Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
PALMYRA

Virginia. a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Magnus is very i'll. Dr.
Cook of Newport is attending her.
Mrs ID. S. Emerson and Miss Edith
Emerson visited among friends IN
pittsfield few days last week.
Otis l.. Blaisdell Of Dexter was in
town recently visiting his parents.
Bert Spaulding and Ray SpauldinG
Of Hartland were callers in town,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parl,man of
Newport were Sunday guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Parkman.
David Turner has gone to Bald
Mountain. where he has employment
for the winter.
The high school Carnival held at
the home of III. d. Littlefield Saturday
afternoon and evening was a very
enjoyable time. Winter sports OF
all kinds afforded amusements for
$50. Supper was served to about IFS
people.
Miss Helen Savage has gone to
Connecticut, where she has a posi-
ton as teacher in one of the public
schools. .
Miss Julia Turner was the guest of
her mother, Mrs. Annie Turner, for
the week
Mrs. Herbert Peterson was called
to Waterville. Saturday by the seri-
Gus illness of her Slother, Mrs. john
son.
Y. X. Tracey passed several days
this week in Pittsfield with his
grand daughter, Mrs. Laura Lebeau.
Miss Edna Lenfest, who is teach
ing school in Aurora, is passing the
winter vacation at her home.
Mrs. Matte Mason of Skowhegan
is visiting at the home Of II. II. Cos
ton.
Mrs. Vernal Gray returned We'd
nesday from two weeks visit with
relatives in Mars Hill.
Mrs. Addie r. Holt has been IN
Bangor the past week on business.
School was closed Friday. the 18TH:
on account of the County Teachers
convention held in Pittsfield.
Two new pupils have entered our
school. Alfred Hughes and Carrie
McAllister.
The following had perfect spelling
for the week ending Jan. &c: lola
Snowman, grade 8; Stewart Salley.
grade s: Perry Furbush. Edna Salley.
Edith Lewis, Hilda Furbush. Dwight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
MANCHESTER
Funeral Of Mrs. Jennie Nicksr

Funeral OF Mrs. JENNIE NickerSon
The funeral of. Mrs. Jennie II.
Nickerson was held at II o'clock
Tuesday morning from her late home
on the Demon road. Mrs. A. N.
Smith of Hallowell OBLIGATED. The
funeral was private with only the
immediate members of the family at
tending. Flowers were had in pro-
fusion. The bearers were Ernest
Niclerson, Carl Nickerson, o. s. Roll
Inns and +. A. Rollins. The body was
placed in the receiving tomb in the
Hallowell cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
Double Funeral

Foye on services of Miss Ella F..
vje in and Mrs. Ida B. Hall. sisters.
urdav vi vi gas asphyXiation last Sat
st2 o.o Mere held yesterday afternoon
Trousnv.t ock at the Funeral Home of
Aa I%ss q Bates, Rev. C. o. Perry of
prof,,s;el' officiating. Flowers in
shch t ,ho testified to the regard in
Md ra. me young ladies were held
leson REPRESENTATIVES of the American
Bearer, ~ and the Standard
We're N.Y., vi the Methodist church
John k;esent. The bearers were,
lei Jewat.s William Reid. Dam
ftmains and Stanley Crocker. The
Peasan. were placed in the Mt.
terment T., eceiving tomb to await in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31

MISS Mary Gray of this city, en-
srlalned ten of her friends Tuesday
uehing at her home ON Franklin
suee.. flames and music were en-
tD curing the evening" and re-
a n.shments of candy. ice cream and
saae were served by the hostess.
~. ,ne guests departed at a late hour
nt,st passing a most delightful eve
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31

D, tne members of the seth Infantry
w ,r,.S y. headquarters Company are
emf . ~. " make everf effort to be pres
rO,, a. . Inc drill tonight as the signal
Az v'H N, VIII probably begin at this time.
mi. '"e company is Il moccunication
i mn,. .hls work is one of the most
,aI p",'ant duties which are to be
shou,a up and the first instruction
'0'u hot be missed by any member.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
Hrm'tage Club Entertainment

n,nn. el!thlng is in readiness for the
,ha sp s entertainment and dance at
Tho pIllsh mouse. Saturday evening.
karsS supper menu consists of baked
slad hume cooked ham. potato
dou" ut raised rolls, coffee, cake and
e. li,t,s entertainment will be a clev-
Bri,s s.e s sI arranged by Miss Elsie
NAV h. tickets are now on sale and
The o He purchased from members of
numhsne your tickets early, as the
""er Is limited.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
''a''atIon Of X. Of p. and
n, Sisters

Nights o I'd Lodge, No. 81
ilaallatioo,n Iythias will hold a Joint
Temple BIO, Oh officers with the Queen
Mig al ~ thlan Sisters this eve
,,tactiye we ne y. of p. hall. A very at
E Otis i Ingram has been arranged
@, ms. =, Douglas and James Jack
s'and Ch 'a 'nag officer will be Deputy
a,eSrn'ii,n1cellor. Henry S. Haskell
Ea at 8 Oh The program will be-
sespecteaI A large attendance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
Mary M. PIajsted Of BANGOR

Funeral services for Miss Mary NJ.
Plaisted of Maiden, Mass. formerly
Of Bangor Me-, who died Thursday i'm
Sunday from the home of her cousin,
j. NJ. Robinson. "a Appleton street.
She was a resident of Bangor for
many years and had large number
Of friends in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31

me East Side Association will
meet TINS Wednesday evening at the
INK.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31

inc Helping Hand Sewing Circle
WY meet Thursday evening with
Ms. kervin Hanks, Il Maple street.
members please bring ships.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
AUGUSTALOCALS

The Junior League Of the South
nrlsh congregational Church will
meet this evening with Miss Madeline
Tobey, Arsenal street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-31
LOCAL NOTICE

= aaaee th dsa i, big Thursday night
Essll Haliowow,,e week at Granite cutters
liaseryone vel Good time, fine floor.
~ 3ldst sues. Smiths Orchestra.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06

iailed, and she was at home to stay.
her absence had made both father
AND daughter understand how much
each was to the other. The little
signs of endearment did not vanish as
lie days wore IN. She smoothed his
hair when she passed him, and he
caught her dress and touched her sim
ply with his hand as she came near
MIN at her work. So much was his
heart wrapped up in her that he did
not notice the absence of the neigh
bors from the house, and when he
y asked them to come, and laughingly
upbraided them for their social care
lessness, he accepted their eXplana-
lions with no thought of their insin-
certify.
His pride in her knew no owen
tionality and no propriety. Once,
when the boys in the shop were eat
ing their MONDAY lunch in the shade
of the building, he looked up from a
piece of pie to say in a lull of the
conversation, "You fellers may talk
all you want to about your purity
girls, but l bet I've got n at home
at i beat all yours put together.
Some o. you young fellers Crto come
out an see her. And when the fell
lows winked at one another and set
up a laugh, the old man laughed, too,
and said, That's what l said and |
didn't smile when | said it she's the
purtiest girl you ever saw-ef her dad
does say so"
He told her that night how they
had laughed, and how he had stuck
to his words and made them shut up"
but she was bending oYer the stove in
the dark corner, and ne could not see
the flash in her eyes, and the quick
culver of hate that curled the muscles
of her upper lip. The old man and
the children prattled on until she
composed herself, and Joined the FAM
lily group.
That night she tossed in her bed
and turned her feverish pillow a hun
dred times. She cursed the world, its
people. and its social arrangement.
She wanted to make people suffer.
Her fathers disgrace, and the thought
that she could not defend him made
her frantic. When it was nearly morn
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
THE HABIT OF RESPECTING PROPERTY RIGHTS
By Zahrah +. PrebIe

After ten years or more of work
ing with children from kindergarten
to high school ages, in the school
room, on Fairgrounds, and at sum-
mer camps, the most prominent prob
lem with which l had to deal was
that of PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Not one child in twenty-five has a
well-balanced attitude of mind toward
the property of others. Most children
will fight to protect their own prop
erty, but are absolutely Indifferent,
if not criminally careless, with the
property of others. And the occa-
sional child will be wantonly destruc-
tive. But it is usually an intense care
~lessness due to lack of training which
is to blame for this condition.
Public property-libraries, school
buildings. Fairgrounds and fences,
and materials used in public class
work-are deliberately or carelessly
or thoughtlessly destroyed, defaced,
or mutilated every day, all over the
land by every class of children.
Children will scrawl words and
drawings with chalk upon public
walks and walls, and also upon pri-
vate houses, and go u%nreproved.
What is at the bottom of this uni
versal indifference to the use and
abuse of property not distinctly
"Mine?" Is it entirely the fault OF
the children? After a careful study
of sources 1 would say, Put it up to
the parents"
Do parents instill into young minds
under their charge that the personal
property of each one in the family is
sacred and not to be used without
express permission, unless it is COM
munity family property?
How often, for example, does mother
forget that baby Katherine has her
property rights in the bits of scrawled
paper which mother consigns to the
waste basket without consulting Kath-
crime first? How often does father
kick down the carefully constructed
pile of blocks which to Johnny's eyes
represents a wonderful palace OF
bridge which is quite important, and
say to his son: Here, get that mess
out from underfoot; quicki"
And yet, how perfectly astonished
and enraged mother would be if little
Katherine, in a righteous effort to
clean things up, should rummage
mothers desk and destroy all the pre-
cious memoranda and receipts which
were of value to mother, but which
were meaningless to Katherine. And
how violent father would become il
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
1880 EASTER EXCURSIONISTS

Last Sunday, April LIST, the West
Jersey and Seashore management a
three trains to Five Mile Beach to
accommodate the Easter excursion
lists. The first and second sections
were made up of twelve coaches each;
the third was composed of four
coaches. The number of passengers
carried on all three sections was 1920.
On the return trip the first section left
Wildwood venue station at sos, the
second section at 5.1S and the third
at 5.3S.
The Reading ran two sections, one
having ten coaches, the other nine
coaches, both hauling 600 passengers.
On the return trip the first section
left Wildwood at 5 o'clock; the second
section at $50. The Wildwood band
met the excursion trains Sunday morn
ing and serenaded the passengers. The
band was also or hand in the evening
when the trains departed.
The total number of excu~rsionists
brought down that day was 1880, not
such a bad showing when the frigid
state of the weather is taken into con-
sideration or the last day of March
and the first day of April, this year
breaking all previous records for in
tensity. When cold weather hangs on
like this it is a common thing for
someone to try to assuage our criti-
cisms by reminding us of The poetic
~allusion, where winter is said to be
lingering in the lap of spring. Why
linger longer in 1928 than usual? Is
this a hoodoo number?
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06

ing she cried herself to sleep, brood
ing over her own personal sorrow.
She vas awakened by her father
scraping the ashes from the kitchen
stove, and her heart rose to her
throat with great love for him. Dur
ing that entire day the girl held her
father in her mind as she went about
her household duties. 1t seemed to
her that her life with him was really
worth living, and she was glad that
since her return she had sent her old
companions away. Yet her hand was
raised against the world-her narrow
world that is the epitome Of the great
narrow wOrld-because it prosecuted
her and pointed its finger at the one
being she loved. But the very fact
that her father was set apart fro 4
his fellows because of her drew him
close to her. And the night thoughts
followed her all through the day, till
she longed for his return. 1t was a
good day in her life.
She heard his footsteps on the walk
in front, and heard him coming
around the house to the kitchen door.
When he crossed the threshold she
kissed him. The old man was a little
abashed at the s%uddenness of it, but
he was pleased. He took a chair and
sat In the back yard leaning against
the house. From there he talked with
her through the open door. They had
passed the usual questions of the day,
when the old man said, allie, v can't
guess what Mrs. Hinkley said about
you this evening"" The daughter
blanched as she stood in the doorway,
and said nothing. 1t was dusk, and
the old man did not notice her. "She
said, SEE she, Mr.. Beasly, do you
know that you are dom wrong to
keep Allie in the house there?' 1 says,
why so, Mrs. HinkleyT and she
wouldn't say nothin' but Well, y are,
that's ALL l s'pose Mrs. Hinkley
thinks that cause you're grown to
be so purity an'-an' all that-you're
ashamed to stay here in Jersey with
your old daddy" Strange things
were crowding into the girls mind
a fearful immastery in her heart.
Then the temptation came with her
fathers question. But you amt
ashamed to stay with your poor, hon
est OF pap, are ", Allie?"
There was a short silence. AS it
heightened into a distinct pause the
mans heart was shot with fear. He
felt remorse wrap him about-re-
morse and humiliation. He sprang
lamely from the leaning chair to his
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06

Johnny should grab up his blue print
of a large contract and stuff it into the
stove because it meant nothing to
Johnny, and was in his way on the
table where he wanted to study.
The real trouble is that from the
start parents do not respect the pre-
cious little belongings of childhood,
and set a mighty bad example of ig-
noring property rights in the heart
of the household. 1t is not the value
of the things destroyed or mutilated
which counts, it is the principle of
consideration for others and their be-
longings-the conscious recognition of
the fact that others things are as
valuable to them as your belongings
are to you. If this trait is developed
early in regard to even the little
things which hardly seem to count,
the habit of consideration for other
peoples property will become a fixed
one and will last a lifetime.
Parental indifference is appalling
when it comes to public property.
"Oh the government, or the town, pays
for that. 1 should worry if it is de-
stroyedl" This will be said right be-
fore the impressionable youngsters.
Naturally the children respond to such
an attitude with scorn for such prop
erty.
Respect your child's property if you
expect him to respect yours. Teach
him that he is to respect the property
rights of others and resent to a rea-
sonable degree any infringement upon
his own. He will take better care of
belongings he has been taught to
respect.
In his address at the celebration
of Lincoln's Birthday, President Hard
ing said: "The world today sees civili-
cation brought to it's supreme test.
The SOLDERING and distressing realiza-
ton has come at last that, in it's eager
ness to harness and dominate the ma
terial forces of the world, humanity
had lost it's anchorage to the ultimate
things of the higher, the nobler, the
spiritual universe"
Since a knowledge of the things of
the higher, the nobler, the spiritual
universe" is given to little children in
kindergarten classes, it were well for
every community to provide this early
educational advantage for all of its
children.
Advice and leaflets may be obtained
from the National kindergarten AS
ISOLATION, 8 West 10th street, New
York, N. Y.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
HOME EDUCATION
@THE CHLD'S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMI

National Kindergarten Association s West 4Oth street, New
articles are appearing weekly in our columns.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06

feet and staggered to the door, cry
ing ~piteously with woe in his voice,
"Oh, Allie, Allie-my-my little girl,
Allie Well move, Allie; We'll move"
He came to her and stood help
lessly before her. He could not know
why she was dumb. He misunder-
stood and was turning away in a
slow agony of shame, when her love
for him swept her as upon a wave
into his arms, sobbing.
She recovered quickly, and has
tened to a suffering pan which she
pretended needed her attention. The
old man touched her dress in his
wonted way, as he passed her going
toward the door. He hesitated, and
seemed to have another protest upon
his lips. The daughter felt that she
could not keep her sorrow back If
he spoke. The old man did not note
the pathetic tremble in her voice as
she cried to her little sister, playing
at the door:
"Jen-nee, Jennie, ooh Jennie, you
go cut me a switch l got to tend
to your pa. He's maxim me spoil this
supper" She added in a frmer
voice, 1.-THE very idee of our movln'."
And the old man, looking back with
a smile, went into the twilight full
of joy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06

new happiness that had come to him,
yet he feared that his daughter would
be so far above him hat she would
not care for it. He put on his best
suit of clothes, and sent the children
away. The house was in conspicuous
company order; he arranged thingE,
himself, and a Sunday stiffness and
quiet prevailed. He sat in the front
room waiting for her. When he
heard voices at the fence, he recos.
nized that of his daughter, and his
pulse q%uickened but when he looked
through the curtain and saw a stran-
ger with her, his heart sank.
Father and daughter met at the
door; he held out his hand to her and
she passed in, followed by the stran-
ger, while the father said awkwardly,
"Well, Allie"-and after a pause.
chow are your
A smile Enclosed the commonplace
answer, and the old mar continued
in a high-keyed tone with the upward
infection, looking vacantly at the
dapper stranger who had not been
introduced, Il s'pose you've been get
tin to be such a grand lady" He
laughed nervously, and with conscious
embarrassment. The daughter seat
ed her guest, and the father, with a
feint at cheer, chirped, "Well, you're
lookin' hale and hearty"
rs there anything in the cupboard,
pap asked the girl, as she took off
her soiled gloves and threw her long,
shabby cloak and her expensive, but
betowsled hat upon the bed. 81 am
just dyin' for a bite; we didn't get
any breakfast" The old man went
to get something, and when he re-
turned the stranger was gone. She
did not taste what he had brought,
but turned and threw her arms about
his neck there were tears in her eyes
as she said, ooh, pa-pa-ain't it
good to be back again. :"
The father, summoning all his cour-
age to break away from the common
words of welcome began again in a
quavering, nervous voice, well, Al
lie-I guess at mebby you-you think
someway that yer daddy has forgot
you, but-Allie, 1 tell you, do
you know, l think a whole lot of
you" 1t was the best he could do,
but he kissed her, and that was some
thing-it was a great deal for both of
them. Then they relaxed, and talked
of the children, about whom she asked
a great deal, and of the neighbors,
about whom she asked nothing.
The comedy Company had
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
BIG DELEGATION WENT TO COURT
HOUSE TO MRS. GRIEBEL'S
DEMONSTRATION

Mrs. Washington Hilton took a num-
Der of Wildwood women to Court
House in her auto on Thursday of last
week to meet Mrs. Catherine Griebel
and hear her talk on and illustrate
the making of hats. Mrs. GriebeI is
employed by the state as a clothing
specialist and travels over the state
for this purpose. Those making the
trip with Mrs. Hilton were Mrs. Lam
ming Myers, Mrs. Harry Wise, and Mrs.
John Hilton. In other cars from Five
Mile Beach were Mrs. Frank Shop
pard, Mrs. Al Taylor, Mrs. Otto Huff,
Miss l.. F. Bergman, Mrs. r. Corson,
Mrs. NJ. A. McCombs, Mrs. ]. Hoffman,
Mrs. Charles Glenn, Mrs. Caterson,
Mrs. Charles Epler, Mrs. E. L. Rice,
Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Clegg. Mrs.
w. Hilton was selected by the Wild
wood delegation to represent them in
the extension work of the state and
will meet with Mrs. Griebel during
April when the district extension
worker, Miss Ely, will come to Wild
wood. Mrs. Hilton will then instruct
a class of twelve in the work and in
this way the state reaches small COM
munities.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1923-04-06
Lacked Press Aaenta.

The king ordered all the men to
take the field. The chancellor trem-
blingly approached the throne and
whispered something, but his majesty
shook his head impatiently.
Let the publicity end be taken
care of by the women and children"
But Che women and children ven
tured the chancellor. will have all
they can do to till the soil, operate
the factories, keep the bourses open,
and so FORTH
"Then let the publicity end take
care OF ITSELF" the king insisted
stubhornly.
The result was about what you
might expect The war was fought
with valor and brilliancy. but when it
passed into history it did so with al
most a total lack of anything like dis
tinction.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.