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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-17
md his complete recovery is looked

and his complete recovery is looked
for.
There was a good attendance last
evening at the meeting of Farming
ton chapter, No. 143, Order of the
Eastern Star, and after the work a
fine lunch was much enjoyed.
There was a meeting of Morrill,
Rebekah lodge, l. o. o. F., in Odd
Fellows hall tonight, with a good
attendance.
The Opportunity Circle of the Old
South church met at the vestry yes
terday afternoon. with a good at
tendance, the hostesses being Mrs.
Roy +. Cannon, Mrs. Frederick P.
Adams, Mrs. F'abyan Turner. Mrs.
Mittic T. Wade, Mrs. Chester o.
Sturtevant, Mrs. M. c. Hutchinson
and Mrs. E. l. Remission. A fine
light lunch was an enjoyable feature
of the afternoon and sociability was
intermingled with the work.
The next meeting of Pennington
Grange will take place in Drum
mond hall the evening of Oct. "a,
when the third and fourth degrees
will be conferred. A supper will al
so be served under the direction of
a committee consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Manning E Titcomb, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charleton III. Furbush, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Keene, Mr.. Ernest Vining,
and Mrs. Vernon E. Millitt. The
night Of the first November meeting
which will come the 7th, will be
Dixie Night" and a special pro-
gramme is being arranged for this
occasion,
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Large Demand Tickets
Community Service

Tickets for the concert to be given
in the City Opera House next Tues
day for the benefit of the Waterville
Community Service have met with a
large demand thus far but there still
remain plenty for all who wish to
attend. The tickets may be checked
next Monday at $50 A. NJ. at the
Choate Music store and no more
than six tickets will be checked for
any one person. For the children's
concert on Wednesday afternoon the
tickets are largely being sold
through the public schools but those
wishing to attend the second concert
may get their tickets at the box Of
flee at the Opera House or at the
local Chamber of Commerce.
Besides being of a material bene-
fit to the social life of the city, the
concert Is to bring to Waterville two
artists of much ability and 1t will
be- a long remembered evening for
those who are~present. Miss Gladys
NJ. Cyr. the promising contralto of
this city. has been heard here but
once before and her program for
Tuesday is to be entirely different
from that sung by her at her previ-
Gus appearance. The associate artist
is to be Harold Kravat. the we'll
known Russian bass. Both the sing
ers are to be accompanied by Justin
William of New York
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CHURCH NOTICES

Getchell st. United Baptist church.
Rev. Benjamin Beatty pastor: 1890
A. NJ. preaching service: topic, THE
Grace of Forgetfulness;" Has A. M,
Sunday school hour; p. NJ. Junior
meeting for boys and girls; $50 p. M,
Christian Endeavor; 1880 p. NJ, evan
gelistic service. The young peoples
orchestra will play. The chorus choir
will sing. Mid-week prayer meeting
Thursday at 7.S0 P. NJ.
Methodist Episcopal, E. A. Pollard
Jones minister: Morning worship at
$50: Epworth League at $50: evening
school at IL noon; Junior League at
1890: sermon, Left Undone:" church
service at 7.30, installation of Epworth
League officers. Quarterly conference
Thursday evening at 7.30.
First Baptist church, Leopold H. r.
1890 and evening worship at 7.so in
sermons by DIR. A. K. Foster of the
board of education of the Northern
Baptist conventions; Bible school at
11.50 A. NJ. in the Coburn Institute
building: Christian Endeavor Societies
at $50 P. M. in the vestries of the
Congregational church. A hearty well
come is extended to all for these serv-
ices. The pastor has moved his effects
into the church study and win keep
Office hours there from s to / daily ex-
. cept Saturdays. Telephone 10SS-W.
First Congregational church, Tenn
pie street: Morning worship at 1880
with sermon by Rev. Allyn K. Foster.
Phi. D., of New York: church school at
noon; harvest supper Wednesday eve
ming at 6.
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PITT'STON

EAST-Miss Luella Mustard, who
has been guest of Miss Mary Mar
son at the homestead on Beach Hill
for several weeks, leaves Monday
for her home in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Marson Of
Boston are in town for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Reed and
children of Randolph and Mrs.
Georgia Russell are passing their
vacation at the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Roper and
daughter, Miss Lucy, and Mrs. Ed
ward Marson were business callers
in Augusta, Tuesday.
Miss Helen Hanly of Boston pass
ed the week end with his sister, Miss
Elizabeth Hanly at the village.
Mrs. Ella Abbot, who has been
housekeeper for Miss Elizabeth
Hanly for the past few months, has
returned to her home in Alma.
Mrs. w. E. Seekins recently re-
turned from Athens, VT. where she
who was very ill.
The many friends of Miss Emma
Boynton, who recently underwent
surgical treatment at the Gardiner
General Hospital, are glad to know
that she has returned to her home
and all wish her a speedy recovery.
Among those who attended Top
sham Fair Wednesday from the viii
lage were Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Reed,
Mrs. Flora Wentworth. Miss Mar
guerite Scott. and L. c. Moore and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Marson.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Little and
granddaughter, Burnita Pray Of
Dresden Mills, and Mrs. Ella Bal
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Waterville High Holds
Enthusiastic Rally

The most spirited rally in the his
tory of the Waterville high school
was the unanimous verdict of the
hundreds who attended the rally in
the auditorium of the school build
ing last evening. Its purpose was to
put both team and student body in
the best of spirits for the hard game
which is to be played with Winslow
high on Seaverns field this after
noon.
Preceding the rally a majority or
the students. led by the school band,
snake danced through Main street
and their enthusiasm affected all
those who stopped to watch the
jewellers pass. The band did nobly,
the best it has done in years, and IT
will be a factor for success this al
ternoon.
1t was perhaps the largest crowd
ever to pack the auditorium. All the
seats in the pit and balcony were
occupied and standing space was at
\ premium. Cheers for the school.
the faculty, Coach Bill Millett and
the players and managers of the
team were led by Francis WEIGH and
there was TO one in the large assem-
blv but what had a hoarse voice
when the festivities were over.
The speakers were many and each
had something to say which hit the
crowd favorably- They put spirit
into the team which will be hard to
vanuuish. Among them were DR..
Paul r. Baird, mayor of Waterville;
Hon. Leon o. Tebbetts. former
mayor: DR.. John G. Towne and r.
Harold Dubord. members of the
board of education; A. Raymond
Rogers, local attorney; Miss Jean
REYNOLDS. representing the school
Miss Clarkin. a member of the ia
Guilty, and Ernest Pooler, repre-
sentative.
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Waterville Youths
Guilty EmheZzlement

Probable cause was found on
charges OF embezzlement when Ray
mond L. Arsenault and Stanley Nc
Intyre were arraigned in municipal
court Yesterday before Judge Charles
w. Atchley for taking $50 from the
cash register of their employer,
Harry M. Harmon last Tuesday
night. Bonds for leach respondent
were placed at $500 and these were
furnished.
The boys pleaded guilty to the
charge against them and at the con-
clusion of the hearing they had lost
much of the nonchalence with which
they faced the future after they had
been brought back to this city from
Boston by Police Officer George P.
Beckett, Thursday evening.
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FOSS HALL NOTES
Pledges

SIGMA Kappa-Martha E. Allen,
Wafertown, Mass; Eleanor G. But
Ter, Portland; Ruth Daggett, Water
VILE; Virginia Dudley. Houlton;
Eleanor A. Hathaway, Columbia
Falls; Helen S. Leighton, South
Portland; Betty Morse, Brooklyn, n.
Y; Dora M. Rideout, Raynham Cen
ter, Mass; Muriel v. Sanborn, Dry
den; Barbara A. Weston, Madison;
Annie Hooper Goodwin, Waterville;
Lora G. Neal. West Boylston. Mass;
Corona C. Hatch, Fairfield and
Florence C. Young, Brockton. Mass.
Delta Delta Delta-Ruth Bartlett
Waterville; Leola M. Davis, New
port; Irene G. Jersey, Watervilie;
Eleanor M. Lunn, Waterville; Natalle
M. Downs, Alfred: Polly Getc si,i
Augusta; Mary E. Vose, CARIBOU
and Elizabeth M. Marshall, Water
vile.
Chi Omega-Frances Hall, New
York City; Harriet w. Kimball East
side. Martha A. Holt. Clinton: Jean
watson, Houlton; Lillian B. Collins
south Berwick; Phyllis T. Shean,
Houlton: Ethel r. Henderson, Houl-
ton: Annie I. Merrick, Pittsfield.
,Phi Mu-Hester NJ. Fifield, Port
land; Grace A. Stone, Lawrence,
Mass: Miriam E. Tyler, South Yer
nor. VT: Rosalie d. Mosher, OAK
land. Doris W. Wyman. Oakland
Amelia G. Buchanan, Waterville'
Ruth ". Plaisted, Dryden; Theima
%. Short, Waterville; Violette ~
Boulter, Kittery; Edna II. Hun
Pennington; Beatrice M. Fai,her'
Pittsfield: Marion L. CHM, Carlpou'
AIpha Delta Pi-Lucy Z. Cnapih'
Greenfleld, Mass; Dorothy p. Deetn'
Jvinchendon. Mass: Lillian +. Morse
walnut Hill: Beatrice l.. Miller
North Jaw; Dorcas w. Plaisted'
FLORENCE E. Libbey, Waterville' A1a
Steelbrooke, Wilton. and irene ~
Woodford, Waterville
Miss Doris Groesbeck. Lawrence
Mass. has been elected FRESHMAN
hockey manager.
Miss Virginia Dudley, Houlton, mas
heen elected Freshman class TENNIS
manager. ho,d
dramatic club meeting was heso
Thursday noon. The following or
finers were elected: President Emily
Heath: Vice President, Lena n.
nr;sko. Secretary Treasurer, MARI"
nevis committee composed OF ths
threa officers. Irma v. Davis anu
Mo,Iie Settler was elected to MAKE
Mans for a pageant to be given" II
Colby Day. fy w c.
A entertained Miss Nettie M KUN
nails and the Cabinet meh'oei''
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FARM|NCT0N

Postmaster Harry B. Brown, H. c.
Russell, ]. Prentice Flint and Sam
uel o. TarboX have gone to the
Moosehead region by automobile, to
enjoy a week of big hunting.
Charles w. Hayden who left town
for Massachusetts soon after grad
uating from the Pennington High
school,, is calling on friends in town.
He is now travelling salesman for the
Andrews Paper Company of Bosom.
Rev. c. Donald Pioneer. pastor of
the Wilton Congregational church,
will preach at the Old South church,
in exchange with the pastor, Rev.
Arthur A. Rouner. Both have been
attending the conference of Congre-
gational churches at Bangor the past
week.
At the next meeting of Colonial
Daughters chapter, D. A. r., which
will take place October u, there
will be a discussion of Interior Dec
grafton by Mr.. Pratt, an expert, and
a lunch will be served. The hostess
es will be Mrs. Alice Steele, Mrs.
Evelyn Ennis, Mrs. Elizabeth Gam
mon. Mrs. Maude Gray, Mrs. Martha
Hayes, Mrs. Frances Butler and Mrs.
Thelma Connors.
The students of the Pennington
State Normal school are planning to
have the usual Halloween dancing
parties, and the Abbott School will
have a Halloween dancing party,
arrangements for which have not yet
been completed.
The Baptist, Congregational and
Methodist churches of Pennington
have arranged with The Alber-
Wickes Platform Service of Boston
70 70 Of 10 fnr
a series of high class entertainments
during the winter months. 1t fea-
lures The DeMarco Harp Ensemble
and the Musical Arts Duo. A pro-
gram of unusual charm is that Of
fered by The DeMarco Harp En-
semble which will appear here on
the evening Of December 10Th, at
Merrill Hall. The course will open
with Ada Ward, lecturer. authoress
and traveller. On Thursday evening,
November II, at Merrill Hall. Then
will follow The DeMarco Harp En-
semble. The John Ross Reed Com
pany with a superior recital program
with artistic novelty features, on
Thursday evening, January %; c..
Everett Wallace. entertainer, on
Tuesday. February 90, and The
Musical Arts Duo consisting of Eva
May Pike. lyric-coloratura soprano,
saxophonist and pianist. Tickets will
go on sale next Monday and can be
procured at Tarbox and Winters
Drug Store and of the following per-
sons: l.. A. Luce, d. T. Stevens, E. B.
Tibbetts. A. NJ. Thomas, C. 1. Preble,
w. r. Davis, r. v. Davis, H. M.
Card, A. l.. Hardy. Mrs. Harriet
Written, Harriet Henderson, Percy
Gould. f. H. Lowell, r. V. Davis,
William Love, Plummer Grant, Will
bur BODICE and L. A. Voter.
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OAKLAND

Miss Lucille Thompson will meet
her piano classes at the Post room,
Memorial hall, this afternoon from
1 to o'clock.
Mrs. Jane Knox is attending the
Advent Conference held in Bidde-
ford and will visit relatives in Port
land before returning to her home
on the McGrath pond road.
Mrs. John S. Tapley Is passing he
week end in Dresden. the que: of
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Blinn.
At the regular meeting of Cas- ade
Grange held this Saturday evening
in Grange hall, pop corn and candy
will be on sale, the proceeds to be
used in purchasing material for the
candy table for the Grange Fair to
be held October 21st.
A public whist party will be held
on Tuesday evening in Murray ves-
try. The affair Is under the aus
pieces of the Ladies' Social Circle of
All Souls Universalist church. The
public are cordially invited to at
tend.
The, second number of the Ly-
ceum Course under tie auspices of
the Harry G. Decker post, Ameri-
can Lcc.on. was presented on Tues
day evening in Memorial hall by
Hugh Fuller, humorist and imper-
senator. Mr.. Fuller relates the COM
monplace incidents of life with
charming simplicity that has a de-
cidedly human appeal and his i'm
presentations are excellent. He has
been termed a wet" and his ORR
ginal songs and poems met with
hearty applause on Wednesday eve
ming. The next number in the
course will be given next Thursday
evening in Memorial hall by Charles
Howard Plattenburg, the noted lee
turer. 4.
The Mems Club of All Souls Uni
versalist church held their regular
meeting Thursday evening in MUIR
ray vestry. There was a brief bust
ness session, after which refresh
ments were served and there was
smoke talk and social hour followed.
The program for the evening was
in charge of Alden Savage and Hor-
ace Damon. The next meeting will
be held in two weeks, further details
of which will be announced later.
The Misses Lillian Kelley and Ar
lene Adams who are attending the
Pennington State Normal school will
be guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Kelley of Hubbard
street, and Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Adams of High street over the week
end.
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"Old Croker :"
WHY He Yet Lives

For every one who knew HMM
the Salvation Army and out-he's
living today, is "Old Crocker"!
Every day there's a new tale about
him, and yet-he died year ago.
He made mo bones" about telling
his story. Just lumberjack from
Bangor! He had no memories of 4
home. Mother died when he was
three months old. He was the Wild
est of young fellows, recklessly brave
in getting out the key log in q jam;
reckless, too, in his designations. He
had barely turned thirty when ne
went rowing to the west. He spent
years In the Devils Heart country
and the Bad Lands of the Dakotas
as cowboy. He joined Buffalo Bill
when Buffalo Bill was fighting In
dams. He was quick at pulling a
gun and he was dead shot. He was
a savage drinker of whiskey.
But the wild west vanished, and
CROKER came back to Maine-lum-
berJacking. The years passed and he
was old and grey. One winter he
was laid low with double pneumonia
He felt that the end was near and he
sent for the Salvation Army man.
i've lived a bad life,' he said.
"Sixty-seven years I've lived, and for
sixty-seven years I've never entered
a church or opened a Bible. Tell me
what a man like me ought to know
and to do, when he is dying"
In. simple words the young Ensign
told him the old story. He prayed
for him. He prayed with him. Pen
itence came like a tempest. The sick
man vowed that If God pleased to
raise him UP. he would devote the
rest Of his life to His service.
His recovery seemed a miracle. He
fulfilled his vow. He was a powerful
exhorter at the open air meetings of
the Army and in the Army Halls. He
travelled over New England speak
ing in the churches.
1t was always the same moving
message-the lesson of his own ex-
perlence. Il am feather-white wa
ter man., he always began. Then he
gave a vivid picture of the evil, evil
upon evil, piling up in a mans life,
like the thousands of logs climbing
perllously, mountain high, in the
jam: The roaring cataract, the
splash and foam of the deadly wa
tiers. Then, the finding of the key
log; the courage, decision, the swift
action needed to get it out; the
thunder Of the breakfast like re-
pentance and conversion suddenly
overwhelming the heart of man,
Then. the smooth water afterward,
and the logs floating gently down the
stream to the mill-like the days Of
the repentant sinner who has made
his peace with God.
Gently the years passed with "Old
Croker. He lived in the home of
the Ensign who had converted him.
When he grew too old for service in
the field, one day he said to the En-
signs wife, you go out and do the
Lords work. I'll take care of the
house and tend baby. And they
used to smile and watch him through
a crack in the door, holding the nurs-
ing bottle and happily rocking, with
"the old timer" in his arms-now and
again tenderly bending over and
kissing him.
When his hour came, and "Old
Croker" lay dying, his lips moved
to speak. Leaning over him, they
heard the closing lines of his favor
lite poem:
I'll lie down to my dreams with a
conscience at rest,
When I come to the end Of the
trail"
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VassalbOrO Man
In Auto Accident

Eric SherStrom OF North Vassalboro
suffered painful bruises and was
shaken up when the wagon In which
he was riding on Main street yester-
day afternoon near the Fashion was
run into by Chevrolet touring car
driven by John B. Coombes of 230 Riv-
erside Drive, New York. Mr.. Coombes
was driving slowly along the street in
the car tracks in when he came to a
switch the car was thrown out of its
course and struck the team on the
side.
The wagon was not damaged but Mr..
Sherstrom was thrown heavily to the
street and for time 1t appeared that
he had been seriously injured in the
back. He was Immediately taken to
doctor, where 1t was announced that
the man would be fully recovered
within few days. The case was in
vestigated by Police officer Henry
Higgins.
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Wednesday afternoon, at the home of
Mrs. Clarence Hf White.
The advisory Ncommittee is COM
posed of the following five members:
Mrs. Clarence H. White, Mrs. Curtis
H. Morrow. Mrs. Ernest C. Mariner,
Mrs. Henry Z. Trefethen, and Mrs.
Harry S. Brown.
The afternoon was passed very
pleasantly in sewing and talking.
Tea, sandwiches and various kinds
of cake were served.
The following girls have beeh
elected to Y. w. C. A. big cabinet.
Florence c. Young, Caroline A. Her
rick, Lucy Z. Chaplin, Marion E.
Sprowl, Martha Sondberg, Methyl A.
Page, Dorothy Hannaford and Ruth
Dagget.
A senior class meeting was held
Thursday night. Miss Irma V. Davis
'26, Burnham. was elected Senior
Colby Day speaker. Miss Davis is
member of the Chi Omega Sor-
GRITTY and has had much experience
in public spanking. She won 1st
prize in Hamlin Prize Speaking Con-
test, and has spoken in Coburn
Speaking Contest. Miss Davis is a
reader of rare charm and ability.
The song committee for the Senior
class was appointed at the meeting;
the two members of this committee
are Edna NJ. Tuttle 20 and Evelyn
Rushton '26.
An executive board meeting of the
Student government association was
held Thursday night. Candidates for
House Chairman of Foss Hall We're
nominated and win be voted on Fri
day after lunch.
Eliza F. Tarrant 20 Manchester,N
H., and Harriet w. Kimball '29, East
Boothbay, Maine were elected to the
Census Committee of the Student
Government Association.
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Chicago Manager
FayOrs Advertising

J. w. Greist of Chicago, genera
manager of the National Retail Mer-
chants Bureau, appeared before a
group of Waterville business men at
the American Chinese restaurant
last evening and outlined to them
many reasons why they should adopt
a cooperative system Of advertising.
He also urged them to sponsor a
course of study in the fundamentals
of advertising.
Advertising, declared Mr.. Greist, Is
nothing but a system of education
and the only way to accomplish sat
isfactory results is repetition. Ad-
yertising is not for the gutter, ne
declared but for the man who, Will
keen it I'D until he feels its good re-
suits. He also spoke of the opposi-
ton that the large retail stores In
the larger cities and the mail order
houses are offering the local dealers
and he said that the home people
should league together to combat
this.
A committee Of four was appointed
to see the various business men of the
CITY concerning the institution OF
so,lrse of study of advertising. The
members are Harry S. Brown. Isaac
HiIson, o. A. Meader and George
POOler.
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colin Of Palermo, were visitors Tues
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
E. Seekins.
John w. Scott of Lewiston was
visiting his parents at the village
Thursday.
Thomas Roper has been working
for Wadsworth Lewis in Joice the
past week.
Mrs. Lillian Heath of South Gar
diner has been visiting relatives and
friends in the village the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. o. f. King were
business callers in Gardiner Thurs
day.
M. D. Dockendoff is making quite
extensive repairs on his house.
DR.. and Mrs. George Smith of Bos-
ton were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Smith
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COBURN NOTES

A meeting of the senior class was
neld Yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of sending George Mari card
of appreciation for the financial aid
Whlch Mr.. Mari gave the students so
mat they might attend the Captain
u HAY lecture last Tuesday evening.
Many OF the students of the school
1ourneyed to Brunswick yesterday to
see their football team battle that of
the Bowdoin freshmen.
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SOMERVILLE

SOUTH-The death of Mrs. Emery
Hewett occurred Friday afternoon at
her home in South Somerville, aged
"A years. She is survived by three
sons, Ernest p, of Augusta, Martin
of Coopers Mills, and w. B. Hewett of
South Somerville, and two neices,
Margaret and Irene Bartlett of
South Somerville. The funeral will be
held Sunday at IL o'clock noon, at
the late home and will be private.
Friends will please omit flowers.