Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-15
Farm Bureau 1925
Membership Results

Cornville is the first community in
Somerset county to report 100 per cent.
renewals and a larger membership
than for 1924. All is due to the efforts
OF Mrs. George Foster. Chester Wood,
Mrs. Lee Kelley and Mrs. John Scott.
The total membership in Cornville for
1924 was %. TO celebrate their sue
cess In the campaign supper is being
planned BY the men and women some
time in the near future.
r October Q the membership campaign
for Hartland was started at the month
~ meeting held at the home of Mrs. II.
III. Coston. At that time 20 old MEM
bers and three new members were Sc.
cured, leaving only IL old members to
be secured as renewals in order. to
make 100 per cent renewals for the
women. The men also are well along
In their drive for membership. Fl. II.
Fuller securing renewals from all of
those whom he had as solicitor. The
solicitors for Hartland are II. II. Full
leE Elmer Baird and c. u. Draper.
who is chairman for the men. and Mrs.
Coston and Mrs. Draper for the women.
At the committee meeting held in
Palmyra Friday evening at the home
OF James Robinson the following pro-
ject leaders were appointed to act as
time Set for the close Of the campaign
In that community. The solicitors are
c. II. Johonnett. Miss Helen Johonnetr
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Robinson. It
Is expected that Palmyra membership
VIII he equal to. il not exceeding, that
of 1924
The solicitors for Ripley, Mr.. and
Mrs. III. +. phinney. state that they are
sure of at least equalling and proha bly,
exceeding last years membership Mrs.
fhfnney is to act as a solicitor for the
women in Ripley and the prospects Of
a ladies' Farm Bureau being organized
there are exceptionally good. For the
past four years the men have been OF
canned. but up to this time the women
never have been.
Cambridge solicitors are Glenn Ring
and Roy Watson for the men, and Mrs.
j. -. LaBree has charge for the wom-
en-. The date set for the close of their
campaign is October Is for the men and
October IS for the women
ST. Adams has appointed the fol-
lowing as solicitors for their commune
ty: Drel Cole. Mrs. Cole and Mrs. H.
T. Phinney.
The campaign has also been started
IN Harmony with Mrs Brown in charge
OF the women soliciting, and Preston
Chadbourne for the men.
A Farm Bureau organization was
started in Pittsfield the evening OF
Thursday, Oct 16. A numper of So
ilcitors and women In the vicinity of
the home of Neal Dow Stanley of Pitts
Held orsanized Il membership campaign
drive for that vicinity Thursday eve
ming. Oct. 1G. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Served as host and hostess 10 those who
gathered there in the interest Of Ex-
tension and Farm Bureau work While
the men were pressing apples enough
to make sweet cider. the women we're
frying the doughnuts. To sctate that
all had an enjoyable time would be
only putting it mildly. At the meeting
which was held the first of the evening
IL mon and four women were secured
with the prospect of having a member.
snip of IA men and of the same num-
Der OF women. This should make an
exceptionally good new community in
that the majority Of the members will
live quite close together and are a
neighboring group. Miss Atherton will
meet within short time with the
women after their membership has
been secured.
The membership campaign has now
been started in all of the districts for
the county. the communities being di-
Nided as follows: 1st district. Har-
monE. Cambridge, Ripley: end district.
IIartland. st. Adams and Palmyra: 3rd
district. Cornyille. Athens and Canaan:
4th district. New Portland. Anson.
Madison and Scion: 9Th district. Nor
ridgewock. Skowhegan. Fairfield and
Larone: undistricted community, Mer-
Ger: ney organized community, Pitts
field.
The following communities have re-
ported their membership to date as fol-
lows. although in most cases all So
iicitors have not been heard from nor
is the campaign completed in any conf
North Arson, Is men, 1el
women. with a total of IS; Cornville,
inen. 81 women. with total of IS: Har-
mony. men, women, with a total OF
s: Hartland. 81 women, no report from
the men yet; Larone. 5 men, 10 women,
with total of IS: Madison, total of
81; Moscow, women: New Portland.
men. % women. with . total of %;
men. ~ women, with a
total of So: Skowhegan. 81 men, II
women. with a total of Al
The new organized community of
Pittsheld has 1: men and 1 women.
All communities are progressing well
on the campaign and 1t looks as though
by the time of the annual meeting Oc-
tober IS considerable more members
will have been secured than by the
time OF the annual meeting last year.
Municipal Court
Eddie Nigue Of Skowhesan, who
was apprehended by highway police |
officer Charles Sfmnsor, faur .3ora