Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-09
OAKLAND

Farm Bureau Will hOlQ an dll udy
meeting Tuesday in Grange Hail.
The subject of the meeting Will be
Cookery" and dinner will be served
at noon under the direction OF
committee of which Mrs. Alton Bow
man Is chairman. The meeting Will
open in the morning at 1870 and
all those not solicited from are re
quested to bring pastry.
The Mems Club of All Souls Uni
verSalist Church at their regular
meeting held on Friday evening en-
tertained the ladies and the public
school teachers of the town. The
meeting was in charge of the fol-
lowing committee: j. H. Stevens,
Jay Scribner and Dean e. wheeler.
The program for the evening opened
with the singing Of old fashioned
songs in which all Joined. There
was a short business meeting ana
a brief address of welcome was
made by c.. H. Martin. Supt. John
S. Tapley introduced the teachers
of the public schools. and social
card game of bid whist followed
Refreshments of fruit punch, sweet
cider, doughnuts, ancy cookies ana
crackers were served.
An exceptionally fine entertain
ment and rare musical treat Will
be afforded the Chautauqua audi
ence here when Marchetti's famous
Swiss Yodler's. give a repertoire OF
Swiss Folk Sonv and instrumental
numbers. An interesting account OF
the origin of yodeling and the many
uses to which it Is put in his coun-
try is given by Mr.. Marchetti. Yod-
cling Is highly cultivated art and
dates back to about 500 B. G. The
al criu hxy 20 ntafn ITn-
ton is said to be worth the price of
the season ticket. During the war
he directed the physical training for
10000 men in the army, later being
commissioned in the air service. At
the conclusion of the war, Captain
Upton made three tours of the
Western States, being recalled to
many of the cities as often as three
times.
Through the State Department of
Education the School Library of the
Milton La Forest Williams High
School has received the following
books: 1.-THE Lure of the Labrador
Wild" Wallace; inorganic Chemis-
try" Smith, "Wonderbook and
Tanglewood Tales" Hawthorne;
practical Forestry" Clifford; Gran
ford" Gaskell; Tales of Mystery
and Imagination" Poe: "Story of the
Living Machine" Conn; Bacteria,
Yeasts and Molds in the Home"
Conn; Care of the Teeth" Brack-
EFT; Vocational Mathematics" Doo-
ley; practical Physics" Watson;
Book of Wireless Telegraph and
Telephone" Collins; 1.-THE Country
of Pointed FRS" Jewett; "Stover at
Yale" Johnson; Days Off," Van
! Dyke: Adventures in Contentment,"
Grayson; Poultry Keeping" Lewis;
Methods of Teaching in High
School," Parker; Writing an Ad-
vertisement," Hale; Manual of Ar
gumentation," Laycock; and Spot
ford; Little Shepherd of Kingdom
Come" Fox, Jr.; "Blazed Trail"
White: STORY Of My Life" Kelter:
Virgins; David Harum," Westcott;
Money and Banking" Holdsforth;
History of the United States"
Beaugarde: How We Think" Dew
ey: Psychology of High School
Subjects" Judd; Textiles" Dooley;
Life at West Point" Hancock;
Business Letter" Dwyer; Kindred
of the Wild" Roberts; Abraham
Lincoln" Nicolay; My First Sum-
mer in Sierra" Muir; shelters,
Shacks and Shanties," Bard: Base
ball." Clarke and Dawson; "Argu-
mentation and Debating" Foster;
Engineering as a Career" Promi-
nent Engineers; Complete, Practi-
cal, Up-to-date Hardwood Finishes"
Hodgson; How to Live on "a Hours
man Girls" Brown; Material for
the Study of Elementary Econom-
ics," Marshall: Wright, Field: Key
to Trees" American Electricians
Handbook" Croft; Essentials of
Lettering" French, Mieklejohn;
Problems in Farm Woodwork"
Blackburn. This increase makes a
total of approximately 425 volumes
including 175 loaned by Maine State
Library, which are directly avail
able for pupils, reading and refer
ence work.
A special meeting of the Mothers
Improvement Club will be held at
the Methodist Vestry on THURSDAY
of this week. Members of the cup
will come to dinner as usual, but
the school children will not be en-
tertained, In the afternoon Miss
Jackson and Miss Bernard will fur
nsh music and at the close of the
afternoon session of school the chill
dren of the public schools areinvited
to attend and give some of their
motion songs accompanied by Miss
Jackson and Miss Bernard and their
ukuleles.
The Masquerade Social given on
Friday evening in the gymnasium of
the new High School building, by
the Freshman Glass of Oakland High
School was a success both socially
and financially. Games were played
and dancing was enjoyed. The cos
tunes were both attractive and I'M
iaue. Miss Mary Tapley received
the prize for having the best CO.'S
tune for girls and Bruce Manor re-
ceived the prize for the best boys
costume. Refreshments of ice cream
was served and a delightful evening
enjoyed.
Mrs. Frost, who has been a guest
of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Glea-
son, the past week. has returned to
her home in Winthrop.
The Women's Missionary Society
of the United Baptist Church will
meet Wednesday afternoon in the
church vestry at $50 o'clock. The
hostesses will be Mrs. Frank Her.
som, Mrs. Laura White, Mrs. c. T..
Hewes and Mrs. Zillah Bartlett and
the subject of the meeting will be
Colombia"
A young lady, on being introduced
to an eminent astronomer, expressed
her regret that she had missed his
lecture the evening before.