Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-19
PITTSF|ELD

H. M. Whitney was in Waterville
Friday for the day.
Mrs. Lancey G. Milliken and Mrs.
Leon Haines were hostesses at a
hospitality party given at the home
of Mrs. Haines on Main street, Fri
day afternoon Seventy-five ladies
were present. During the afternoon
/ auction. bridge, whist and Nah Jong
We're enjoyed. The prizes for the
highest scores were awarded to Mrs.
! Roy c. Brown for auction. Mrs.
Verne Smiley for whist. and Mrs.
Frank Haseltine for Nah Jong.
, There was a packed house Friday
evening when home talent presented
minstrel show in Union Hall for
tn benefit Of the Firemen's Relief
fund. Several numbers played by
the boys band added to the even
ing's prooram. At the conclusion of
the evenings performance a dancing
program was carried out. The min
strel show was staged by George
Kennedy and resulted in adding$33O
to the Firemen's Fund. All deserve
great credit for the able manner in
which they carried out their parts.
Arthur Moreau went to Waterville
Friday where he will enter the Sis
; ters' Hospital for a surgical opera
| tion. He was accompanied by DR.. c.
! j. Strong.
/ Mrs. c. c. Hanson of st. Adams
was in town Friday leaving later for
! Skowhegan for a few days visit with
| her daughter.
i Men and women Of Importance,
people with pull" and mere tour
lists besieged the Hollywood studios
, clamoring for admission to the big
stage where William Beaudine was
! directing "A Self Made Failure"
which is the picture that will be
shown at the Bijou Theatre, Jan. 81
and %.
! Early in the making Of the picture.
the rumor was verified that McDon-
aid had cast the most beautiful
swimming and diving girls in the
world in the bathing pool sequence.
| From more than two hundred Of
! Hollywoods most beautiful girls. ten
were finally accepted for these scenes
and every one of them with an al
ready established record for face,
form and ability in water sports.
Engenia Gilbert, one of the ten
, bathing beauties. is the winner of
more than a dozen beauty contests,
,, among them being the national con-
test in which Rudolf Valentino de-
clared her the most beautiful girl in
America.
I.oretto Rush. the golden blonde.
appearing in the same sequence. Is
champion girl diver and swimmer of
, the Panama Canal Zone. and has
C. .ptured many prizes on the Pacific
/ Coast.
In this sequence "Chuck Rte: Ter"
who was BORROWED" from Charlie
Chaplin. appears as Spike Malone"
manager of a read show of diving
Venuses, and while the scenes have
no important bearing on the real plot
of the story. they add to the humor
and the physical beauty of the pic
ture.
Mrs. Burns. president Of the BPW
club. and chairman of its Board Of
Directors, has called a meeting of the
board at the club rooms. Tues. even
ing. Jan. 20, at o'clock sharp. just
previous to the regular meeting at
40 o'clock.
the officers and the chairmen of the
standing committees. and they are
: urgently asked to be present at this
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". Manson left
Thursday afternoon for vacation
of a month or six weeks in the south.
The Pittsfeld Tuesday Club was
entertained at the home Of Mrs. .Jen-
ME Randlett on Main ST.. with Mrs.
Randlett and Mrs. Myrtle Graves as
hostesses. At tie business session
Mrs Nellie Hunnewell reported that
the work of furnishing a room Mt the
Community Hospital is now complet-