Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-20

pISStHt tune, WIN biFS. fOSt, IS at
the home of his daughter and family.
Mrs. Byron Tilloston, at Fort Ed
wards, MY. DIR. Post came to this
city from Bath in April, 1922 The 20
cal church will be supplied with pas
tors until the meeting of the Metho-
dist Conference in Portland next
March.
Harry A.. Brinkerhoff, Portland's
new city manager, was presented
with new broom at the Christmas
luncheon party of the Lions Tues
day at the Congress Square hotel at
Portland. City Manager Brinkerhoff
smiled refiectively as the broom was
passed to him and was cheered as he
remarked quietly, 81 shall not hest
tate to use the broom If l find that
it is needed" More than so gifts
were brought to the party for the
members and distributed from a real
Christmas tree. All of the gifts were
suitable for children and after the
Lions had their laugh over them tho
gifts were again made UP into at
tractive bundles and they will be
taken to the Female Orphan Asylum.
Mrs. Addie J. Parmenter, widow of
Edward Parmenter of Boston, who is
in her oath year, claims the distinc-
ton of being the oldest resident of
Old Orchard Beach, and is greatly in
terested in the plans of Henry Ford,
automobile manufacturer. in regard
to the famous Waysde Inn at Sud
bury, Mass, as her husbands grand
father was born and married in the
old Colonial tavern. Mrs. Parmen-
ter. who is the last of her genera
ton, is one of the few persons living
today who saw President Lincoln S
body lying In state at the White
House. With her nephew she was in
Washington. April IA. 1865, the day
of Lincoln's assassination. and had
planned to attend Ford's theatre that
evening. Because of the sudden ILL
ness of her nephew they were unable
to so to the theater and late in the
afternoon she took a train for her
home in Baltimore. She had only
been at home few hours when word
of the assassination of the President
was received A tragic event that
she witnessed was the fall of the
Pemberton Mills at Lawrence. Mass.
Jan. 10. 1860. when nearly 100 lives
were lost She tells vivid story of
that tragedy which caused thrill
~ Ioli vi tHlOu6uouG NcW EILS Idhus
There are few people alive today
who were eye witnesses of the fall
ing cotton mills, with the largest loss
of life that ever resulted from a
similar tragedy in this part of the
country. During the war of the Re-
bellion she was a war nurse for a
number of months. later returning to
Massachusetts, with nurse who was
sick. Then she returned to Balti-
more, where she was engaged in
making clothing for the soldiers. 1t
was in 1861 that she first became
war nurse, going to Washington with
the First New Hampshire Regiment
in that capacity. Mrs. Parmenter
had a speaking acquaintance with
Henr~ G. Longfellow, John G. Whit
tier and Charles Sumner. Mrs. Par
menter was born in Kenduskeag,
Me-. June 3, 1880, the daughter of
Michael and Sarah (Hutehins) Jack
son. At the age of seven she moved
with her parents to Bangor, and at
the age of II she went to Lawrence,
Mass, and then to Lowell. being in
the former city when the Pemberton
tragedy took place. She married Ed
ward Parmenter of Boston, Sept. 5.
1871. He was steward of the Perkins
Institute for the Blind in South
Boston for some Yeas and was also
engaged in the trucking business.
Her husband died July 8, 1891, and
about that time she came to Old Or
cottage on Evergreen avenue.