Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

hunE from the ceilings. The lawn
| was hung with Japanese lanterns,
and made very Pretty setting for
the gay party of young people who
danced and played games there. Mrs.
! Stapleford gave reading for her
guests, and latter this Miss Ada
| Wright and Merle Corson gave read
ings; Mr.. Corson and his son. Mer-
lon, played a cornet duet; and Mr..
Elwood Allen gave a clog dance.
Following the program and dancing
and games, refreshments Of ice
cream, cakes and fancy cookies and
saltines were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stapleford have ten
children: Violet M. (Mrs. Lyndall
| Abbott), Earl Victor, Charles Tozier,
| Gladys Ethel, Dorothy Ruth, Clar-
ence William, Gray Hamilton. Vern-
on Daniel, Grace Edith and Ruth
Evelyn. All of the children were
home except Earl, who was detained
| on account of sickness. Mrs. Abbott
resides in Augusta, and Earl Is en-
! ployed as a printer in Rutland, VT.
! The other children are still at home.
Many beautiful gifts of silver were
presented during Intervening. Among
| set, silver tea strainer, with cut
| soup ladle. butter knife, pie knife,
gravy ladle, serving spoon, two de-
| sert spoons, one half dozen orange
| spoons, one and one half dozen tea
| spoons, sandwich basket Of silver,
silver door knocker for guest room,
| box of candy, two linen towels, a
silver nut bowl with crackers and
picks and twenty-three dollars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stapleford came to
Embden from Madison six years ago
and purchased the farm where they
now live. Mrs. Stapleford's girlhood
was in Mattawankeag. while Mr..
| Stapleford was a native Of Wood
| stock, N. B. Mrs. Stapleford's fam
| lily history includes an interesting
account Of an ancestor who fought
in the Revolutionary War on the side
of the Colonists, while his son, who
had gone back to England on some
mission, was pressed into military
service by the British and forced TO
fight in that army against his will.
Mr.. Stapleford's family history tells
of the first of that name who came
| to this country from England, and
was shipwrecked off the coast Of
/ New Brunswick and managed to get
to shore alive by means of an empty
cask. He landed on the shore near
the mouth Of the st. John River and
later located in Sussex, N. B. in 1927,
where the family We're pioneers.
Miss Vivian Eaton of South Port
land, Maine, Is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. VIM. Brown, and uncle, Wilbur
F. Eaton. Sunday Mr.. Eaton and
Miss Eaton went to Kineo and while
there climbed Mt. Kineo, going by
the so-called dangerous" trail. In
one place On this trail which is very
steep 1t is necessary to, swing one
self UP by means Of a heavy chain.
Mrs. Lettice Bradbury will teach
in Stanley High school in Kingfield
again this year; having been elected
to take charge Of the History and
English DepartmentNof that school.
i Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Durgin and
son. Donald and Mrs. Alfred Berry
motored to Augusta Sunday to pass
the day with Mr.. Dursin's sister,
Mrs. Lille T.. Gilman and family.
l Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Dunton and
children. Elizabeth and Ezra, Jr.
passed the week lend in West Bux-
ton with Mrs. Dunton's aunt, Mrs.
Ella Smith.
| Mrs. Vesta Caswell, Mrs. Mellen
Berry. Mrs. Eugene Paine and Mrs.
Alfred Berry attended the Pomona
meeting at Cornville, Tuesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Leslie w. Grundy
and children returned home Satur- =
Gay and Sunday. morning Mr.. Grundy
occupied the pulpit Of the NJ. y.
church after an absence of four weeks
on account Of a critical surgical op-
Grafton which he underwent in the
Deaconess hospital in Boston.
Mrs. Georgia Keene of Waterville
returned home Monday afternoon
after a weeks visit with her sister,
Mrs. John Benjamin.