Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-01

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Following Miss Moulton, Mrs. John
Lane spoke for the Ball Bird Club,
thanking the; Winthrop ladies for their
hospitality, and MIS- G. r. Sargent re.
sponded sracefsiliy for; the winthrop
club.
Verses cohcSrntSs nature, written
on the place cards, wefe read by each
guest and were q feature OF the pro
Mrs. Pitman, the president Of the
local class. widely known az .
naturalist through her contributions
70 various periodicals. made the fol.
lowing pleasing address, summing
up the seasons work BY the Win
throp club.
'.The past season our class have
been studying one Of Gods scenic
masterpieces. Winthrop, its birds,
flowers aud ferns, and we have found
natures storeh0use full of treasures.
songs OF birds. whose teacher n the
one great Teacher, that knows not
/ error or mistake. We have found
/. the home OF the hermit thrush, the
chaplain of wild-folk land. In look
ing over my list find we have seen
and heard LII different birds.
In flower land we have studied the
plants from the putting forth OF the
leaves to the fruit. When we first
went into the woods we found Jack
in his pulpit but when last we saw
him. there was q bunch OF red ber-
RES on his altar. On all our walks
we have kept our eyes on the star
OF ambition and in doing this we
nave crawied under and over barb
wire fences and crossed streams.
When we crossed the outlet of the
Norrows Lake we did so on a mar
row log some of the members lost
their courage and went over ON
stepping stones, one lost her footing,
but all retained their heads. Always
We have been rewarded for all the
sacrifices We have made to learn
the secrets of Mother Nature. This
summer we have tabulated about
ESQ flowers and IS ferns.
The more we know the more we
want to know, the wonderful beauty
of it all sinks deeper and deeper into
the soul as we come into closer con-
tact with the Divine Mind and. Au-
thor or the wonderful Book we are
st',tv,itE. ~ b..
~ leaf contest was much en-
Joyed, the ladies guessing what
trees bore the leaves which had been
mounted and were passed by Miss
AAoACA 1lluidAs 2nFS. N'nAfle1 Alex
ander was the winner oil ..ts event,
and received as a prize an axa,Ii-
sitely mounted Modesto moth.
The ladies all adjourned to the
stevens lawn next door for group
pictures. and the meeting broke up
az O'Clock, when the Augusta ladies
departed by electric car for home.
Mrs. Amanda Putnam has been
visiting. in Livermore Falls. :,
Evelyn and Charlene Mcnamara
OF Madison were week end guests of
relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Raymond and
daughter, Muriel of Lewiston were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. VIII
liam r. Mcnamara.
Winthrop Royal Arch CHAPTER at
q meeting held Tuesday evening at
Masonic hall. elected the following
officers: II. p, w. f. Packard; King,
o. M. Maxim: Scribe, s. L, Wood
ton; Principal S6journer E. l..
1orke: r. A. Capt, Charles Morri-
son; treasurer, L. b. Jones; secre-
tary. Wilson Schwartz.
Miss Lenore ellis left Wednes-
day morning for Enfield. N. H., where
she will stage "Springtime." Miss
ellis directed the Legion play
"katcha- koo." and during her two
weeks in town, made many friends
here.