Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-24
OAKLAND

Th. Basket Clus met Tuesday At
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry
Gordon. The time was devoted TO
the making Of baskets ana trays Va.
Sar the supervision Of Mrs. Alden
Moore ana q good amount OF WORK
WAS Accomplished. The following
members beside the hostess. MRS.
Gordon, were present.: Mrs. Man!on
knight, Mrs. John O'Retlly, Mrs.
Jesse Hallett, Mrs. Harry Crockett,
mrs. Everett Garland. Mrs. Alden
Moore, Mrs. Fred Wood ana Mrs.
Alton Bowman. The club will meet
again OH Wednesday of next week
at the home Of Mrs. Gordon.
The Christmas Club will meet TINS
Thursday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Lawrence Livingstone.
A meeting of the Farm Bureau
will be held at Grange Hail next
Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 70. MISS
Branard, assistant state librarian OF
Augusta, will be present and speak
on the subject, "Why Read" All
women of the community are in
yited to attend this lecture which
win be held at $3.50 o'clock. follow
ing the lecture there will be a busi-
ness meeting at which time all MEM
hers will be given an opportunity TO
nav their dues. At $3.50 o'clock sup.
Der will be served to. the ladies and
their husbands Of the womens d.
vision and members Of the mems
division and their wives. After sup
per there will be an interesting pro-
gram. Clarence A. Day, county
aren't and Miss Grace Pennock,
home demonstration agent, will be
present. A literary and musical en-
tertairment will be given by MEM
bers OF the Farm Bureau. The meet
ing will be In charge Of Mrs. Chas.
Wheeler.
Mrs. Lewis Swift ana Mrs. Deli
ven Weeks of Sidney were guests
Tuesday of their sister. Mrs. Chas.
Wheeler.
The Progressive Class of the Unit
ed Baptist church held their month
ly picnic Tuesday afternoon at the
cottage Of Mr.. and Mrs. William III.
Cowan in Sidney. Ladies' Of the FL
deity class and husbands OF the
members were guests Of honor and
the party numbering in all IL left
the vestry about 4 o'clock In the af-
ternoon making the trip to the Cow
an cottage by. auto. The spacious
cottage and beautiful grounds prov
ed an ideal place Tor social gath
ering and at o'clock q delicious
supper Of sandwiches, salads and
pastry of all kinds was served. Sup
per was followed by an informal
program consisting Of recitations by
Margaret Mosher Hurd and Rev. F.
S. Bernauer. There was a social
hour and a hearty vote Of thanks
was extended to the hostssses, Mrs.
r. w. Longley and Mrs. w. H. Cow
an for the delightful manner in
which they had been entertained
and also to Mr.. and Mrs. Cowan foI
the use Of their lovely cottage. The
place Of the next melting will be an
nounced later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Wood
sum attended the fair at Pennington
Wednesday.
The Harry G. Decker post, Ameri-
can Legion. held their regular meet
ing on Tuesday evening in the Le-
gion hall. Oakland's quota for the
American Legion Endowment fund
was $A1s and a report Of the solicit
tors in charge OF the drive. which
has been carried on for the past few
weeks, showed that Oakland had
reached her quota and gone over the
top. The Legion have decided to
have a Redpath entertainment festi-
val during the month Of October.
The talent will be furnished by the
Redpath Lyceum Bureau Of Roch-
ester, N. Y. The course consists OF
four entertainments, one to be given
on Tuesday Of each week beginning
Oct. Sth and continuing Throughout
the month. The first entertainment
will be given by the College Sing
Ing Girls, consisting of four TALENT
ed, versatile attractive young ladies',
presenting selections from grand and
light opera, popular songs and the
happy. 90 lucky songs of college life
with refreshing enthusiasm and gen.
uine artistry. Readings and piano.
logues by Miss Henriette Fraser are
a pleasing feature Of the program.
On the second week Hugh Fuller in
Bits Of Life from the Byways" Of
fers an entertainment that forcibly
demonstrates his talent as a writer.
humorist and impersonator. The
third week, Charles Howard Plat
tenburg will lecture on the subject
Worms Beneath the Bark" On the
fourth week the entertainment will
be given by the Gasford Concert Co.,
consisting Of Fern L. Gasford. read
or and pianist, Winifred Gasford,
vioiinist and Burne Smith, harpist
and soprano.