Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-31

sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
! James Gilfillian Of Mount Pleasant
avenue.
Mrs. A. l.. Robinson ana children
Tobey ana Elizabeth OF Auburn,
were in town over Memorial Day the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Merchant Of
the Back Road.
tored to Waterville Memorial Day
afternoon to call on their daughter.
Miss Eleanor Halves, at Foss Hall
Colby college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McKenney Of
Gardiner were guests over Memorial
Day of their niece, Miss Marquette
Savage, at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
f. L. Savage, Water street..
| Mrs. A. NJ. tiidder and Mrs: Anna
| l.. Twist of Fairfield, wh6 were IA
THssass t ssss,'tns te ts.r cos sHs
nishs sasuts q Mrs' Sssa T. Msrs:
Professor and Mrs Lester =. Weeks
ana two daughters. Louise and Mary
OF Waterviile were guests Memorial
Day of Mrs. Weeks parents, Rev.
and Mrs. George Merriam, Madison
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. y. Mckay and
son Harold and Mr.. S. w. Loskey of
Lynn, Mass, were in town Wednes-
day noon on their way to Bingham
where they will be guests at the
home of Perley c. Foss.
Mrs. Hannah Barney of Fairfield
who was In town Tuesday in attend
ance at the County w. c. T. u. con-
vention returned home Wednesday
morning after being the over night
guest at the home of Miss Hannah
r. Page on High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Thurlow
and daughters Mrs. Marion X. Moore
and Miss Marjorie Thurlow Of Wat
ertOwn, Mass. are spending a few
days in town visiting their brother.
Rev. George l.. Thurlow and family
at the parsonage on Leayitt street.
, Mr.. and Mrs. p. r. Merrill of Lynn,
Ma.e., arrived in Skowhegan about
one O'clock Memorial day after noon
to visit with Mrs. Merrilrs mother,
Mrs. c. E. Cleveland at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Berry on East
Front street.
Mrs. Ella Nelson and her little
grand daughter Phyllis Melvin Of
Waterville came to Skowhegan Tues
day and Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs.
Bertram Melvin and little son Mel
son came up to pass Memorial day
in Skowhegan at their old home on
Mechanic street.
Miss Eleanor Halves. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Symons Of
Water street. aud Miss Myrtice
Swain. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
ohm Merton Swain OF Pennington
formerly of Skowhegan both of
whom are seniors at Colby college
will go to Bowdoin to attend the Ivy
Day party and will be guests at the
Deke House.
Mrs. Bessie M. Thompson. daugi1-
ter Mrs. Marion T. Oddly and Mrs.
w. Fred Turner motored to Nor
ridgewock in the Thompson car
Tuesday afternoon and decorated the
graves of Mrs. Turner's relatives and
ridgewock to call on Mrs. Thomp-
sons sister-in-law Mrs. William G..
Fletcher who is ill having suffered
severe burns.
Hon. and Mrs. George w. Cover,
Mrs. Thomas G. Lord and A. A. POr-
ter who have been at Norton to at
tend the May Day exercises at the
| Wheaton college where their daugh-
ters, Miss Carolyn Cove, Helen Lord
! and Alta Porter are students return
ed Tuesday night making the trip in
the Cover machine. Mrs. Porter
who went with them remained in
| IpoS'oi WieIc tie younger udugHtef,
Miss Verna Porter, on June fourth
will be graduated from Miss Lucy
| Wheelocks School OF kindergarten.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Arthur Jewett- of
Boston arrived in town at about
three a'clock Memorial Day morning
to visit with Mr.. Jewetts mother
Mrs. Ella N. Jewett and sisters Mrs.
Cecil Tilton and Miss Blanche Jew
EFT. Mr.. and Mrs. Jcwett left Bos-
ton and at Newburyport they saw
the sun set and the moon rising in
the east and they reached Skowhe-
! gan just at the break of day. hav-
Ing been nine hours and twenty five
minutes on the way besides stopping
in Portland for lunch and to re-
place two bulbs which burned out.
They planned only to come as far as
Portland but aside from being very
cold it was so comfortable driving
when the traffic was so light that
they decided to keep on to Show
hegan. Mr.. Jewett is foreman in the
Becker Stutz Service Station in Bos-
ton and they will return Sunday
| and he will resume work Monday