Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-24
NATIONAL HOME

Officer OF the day. Capt. Leroy Sias
Alfred j. Gagne has been granted a
furlough to visit relatives in Lewiston.
Passes have been granted TO John
i. Mccarthy and Christopher Miller TO
Portland, and Alfred Ii. Strangman to
Lynn.
The returns from passes Saturday
were Charles Provost from. Eustis and
Joseph II. G. Thomas from Portland.
The returns from furloughs Satur-
Gay were Albert LeClair from Lewis
ton, William Black from Portland and
John Donahue from Boston.
The Home store will be open Tues
day from to and II to 10. and the
roSt office. will be open from 7.30 to IL
o'clock noon
Daniel f. Ivory and Leonard Maillet
left Saturday for Lewiston, where
they will visit relatives until Tuesday
night.
The Sunday evening concert was ex-
cellent. but owing to the bad weather
not many ventured out. William Snow
| rendered a very pleasing piano solo.
The moving picture program for this
| week will be: Monday. Richard Bar
| thclmes in "F'ury." sea story. with a
kinogram and comedy: Tuesday. Thorn
as Meighan in "Homeward Bound"
| with Ben Turpin comedy; Wednesday,
Misses Estelle Taylor and Sylvia
| Bremen. Wallace Berry and Forest
| Stanley in "Bavu'' with a Pathe News
and comedy: and Friday. Dorothy Dali
| ton in Fog Bound with a Kinogram
and comedy.
! Ralph II. Wood of New York City.
| accompanied by his cousin. Miss Bea-
trice Sebring of Brooklyn. have ar
| rived to pass the holidays with Mr..
| and MrC TTeprN- ~ Wood
holds an important position with the
Western Electric Cit.
| An SA-pound daughter was born Sum-
| day morning to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
/ l.. Cooper, and congratulations are in
order.
Col. John A. Hadley left Saturday
for Chelmsford, Mass. to visit his
brother and father over Sunday.
| When Col. John A. Hadley, governor,
| entered his Office Saturday morning he
| found an excellent travelling bag and
box of cigars. d gift from the treas
| urer's and quartermaster's employees,
| as n token of their esteem. The COL
| cncl was surprised and deeply moved
| by the token of affection and thanks
the boys most heartily.
| Tuesday, Christmas Day, viii be OBJ
| served Acre as a general holiday and
all unnecessary work Will be suspend
| cd. A fine turkey dinner with all the
| fiXings will be served at noon. The
mess hall is being decorated for the oc-
casiOn. There will be a special pic
ture show in the evening.
a special feature at the Sunday
chapel services was Christmas tree
and exercises which included songs
| by the choir, reading by Miss eJssio
Alexander and Miss Myrtle Va-nun1 and
Rotations by Frances Varnum. Frank
Burdel. Niles l.. Perkins Jr.. Robert
WhitfoTd. John LcGault. Marguerite
Whitford, Charles Burdel1 and Anna
bel Kirk. Santa Claus arrived at the
close Of the exercises and di strbuted
the presents on the tree, which includ-
ed many personal gifts to each men,
her of the Sunday school and bags Of
candy. oranges and apples. Old Santa
Kept the little ones in good humor
by his jokes and witty remarks. Chap
lain Phalen and his assistants deserve
much credit for the success of this
Christmas tree.
Miss Hazel Fall and IT. c. MacDon-
aid of Sanford arrived Saturday to &C
company their grandfather Melvin
Fall. to Sanford to pass the holidays.
Harold Ryan of Augusta passed Sun
day with his brother, Major Keith
Ryan.
Miss Anna F.. Alden Of Veazie Is the
guest Of her father. John 3. Alden.