Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-29
PERSONAL MENTION

PEkSONAL MEN1lON
Harry J. Dysart arrived in town
Tuesday night from waterville.
Mrs. r. H. Harris Of Canaan was .
business caller in town Tuesday.
Horace Spear Of Madison was q
business caller in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Herbert L. Ames is Ill with
tonsilitis at her home on Mount
Pleasant Ave.
Hiram Walker. State Humane
Agent, Of Brunswick was In town on
official business Tuesday.
r. p. Berry left for Portland We'd
nesday where he viii be the guest of
relatives over Memorial week end.
Percy and Edmund Violet and
Walter Stevens are in Jackman on a
business trip.
Mrs. William H. Paine Of Portland
arrived in town Wednesday noon to
visit.
Mrs. Edward Hicks of Hinckley
was business caller in town We'd
nesday.
Highway Police Officer Arthur W.
Cushman was at The Forks on off,
cial duties Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nichols left
Wednesday for Gardiner. Mass. be-
ing called there by the death of Mr..
Nichols brother in law, James Ball.
Mrs. Carrie Mcpherson returned
from Brighton, Mass, Tuesday where
| she has been passing vacation with
relatives.
Mr.. Burton D. Dunlop Of East
Madison has sold his farm to Mr.. D.
NJ. Boyes of Gull Lake, Saskatche-
wan. Canada.
Mrs. Henry Crowell. Mrs. Warren
Tuttle and Mrs. Caroline p. Fair
brother were in Waterville on BUSH
ness Wednesday.
Wednesday returning to Waterville,
having been in Madison to attend
the funeral service Of a sister.
Mrs. Margaret Macphail, left for
Boston Wednesday where she will
join Mrs. Macphail and where she
will make her home.
Mrs. Lura Loomis Arnold who
passed the winter in Pasadena, Cal,
arrived in Skowhegan Tuesday even
ing and will pass some time in town.
Miss Annie Arsenault and Miss
Jennie Perry who have been guests
of Mrs. Arthur oulette left Wednes-
day for their home in Lawrence,
Mass.
Miss Alice 2. Goodrich, Mrs. Ethel
Mitchell Christensen, of the Sunset
Chapter No. SO Order of Eastern Star
are in Portland attending the meet
ings Of the Grand Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver and
family of Lubec have moved to
Skowhegan to make their home. Mr..
Oliver has purchased the bungalow
on Mount Pleasant Ave, formerly
owned by Carroll Gates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Taylor of
Wellesley, Mass, who have been in
Scion the guests of Mrs. Flavilla
Gates were in town Tuesday shop
ping.
Mrs. Myrtle Moody and son and
daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Benner and children of
Madison We're in town Tuesday
calling on friends.
Mrs. G. Carl Dunbar is working at
the Ordway Dry Goods store during
the absence of Miss Goodrich. who is
in Portland and Miss Nellie Bean
who is in Belfast.
w. B. Woodbury., Col. Sherman n.
Shumway. George H. Plummer. and
Col. Roy L. Marston were in Water
vile Tuesday to attend a meeting Of
the Rotary Club Executives.
schools observe Memorial Day
Several schools in town held spec
ial exercises in observance of Me-
mortal DayA At the Park building
the 9th and 9th grades with their
teachers, Mrs. Kate c. Holbrook
4th., Miss Lizzie b. Higgins; 9Th.
Miss Charlotte Doe 9Th, Miss Z.
Mitchell. the principal of building.
The pupils met in the 9th grade
room which was beautifully decor
ated with sprays of fir, pine and
white shade bush and the American
flags. The spirit of cooperation
was demonstrated by the pupils of
all the grades in working together
making the effect most attractive. II
is an annual event in the life of the
Park school to entertain the mem
bers of the Grand Army at Memorial
time, but this year because of age
and illness nearly all soldiers were
prevented from attending.
Major John w. Fogler, command.
er of the Russell Post, G. A. r., was
present and spoke interestingly to
the young people. w. 3. w. Wood
bury, superintendent of Skowhegan-
Madison schools was also present
and spoke briefly. The guests mum.
bered 40. well filling the room. The
following program was presented:
Piano solo. Vida Watson: bugle cali
Abraham Russakoff: Flag Salute
John A. Phillips; Blue Bird Song
9th grade pupils; song, Scattering
Flowers" 3rd grade pupils; song
Flag of My Native Land" 9th
grade pupils; "a Hallowed Song
Edith Bishop, Myrla Dow and Win
ona Richards of 4th grade; Gettys-
burg Address," Bonnie Gilbert; scarf
drill. girls from 9th and 9th grades
directed by the music instructor
Miss Marguerite Craig, with piano
accompaniment, by Miss Craig:
singing. Star Spangled Banner and
America by entire school.
At the Garfield building where
Mrs. Della A. Sanford Is principal
on Wednesday afternoon the pupils
observed Memorial Day. Col. Shur.
man n. Shumway, commander OF
Simon Peters Post, American Leg.
ion, and a member Of the school
board gave an address. The flag
which this school won some time ago
for excellent display and numbers in
parade, was presented Wednesday
afternoon. Supt Woodbury. was a
special guest.
Memorial Day Program
The following program for the OBJ
servance of Memorial Day under the