Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-10
FARM|NCTON

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The Pennington women's Repub-
lican club will meet at the court
house Monday afternoon at $50
! O'clock
Columbus Hayford, 80 years old,
! who has been visiting his relatives
J in Pennington and vicinity for sew
/ eral weeks, has returned to his home
in Presque Isle, accompanied by his
| nephew, Chester L. Dodge, a teacher
| in an art school in Providence, who
/ has also been visiting here. Mr..
| Hayford was born in Salem, and
went to Aroostook County as a pion-
| Ger when the most of that county
| was little better than a wilderness,
! and has been an important factor
| j., the affairs of that section of
| Maine ever since. Mr.. Hayford is
| still in good health and very active
| for a man Of his years.
Mrs. ]. Llewellyn Carvill Is In
| Stonington visiting her daughter,
Mrs. John Dunton, and family.
The Opportunity Circle of the Old
South Church will meet at the YES
| try next Thursday afternoon, the
hostesses being Mrs. Roy F. Gam
mon, Mrs. Frederick P. ADAMS. Mrs.
| Fabyan Turner. Mrs. Mittie T. Wade,
MFS. CHSSI6T ". OtuTlcNdllt, MIS- tM
| c. Hutchinson and Mrs. e. I. Ken
nison.
The triangle bus line conveying
| passengers between Pennington and
Belgrade. Augusta and Waterville.
| has changed it's schedule to better
meet the changed railroad time
| tables and the change back to
| standard time of those towns and
! cities which have had daylight saw
| ing time this summer. One of the
| Sunday trips has been discontinued,
but all other trips are made with
| the changed time.
i A large number Of Pennington
people have attended the Bingham
! fair this week. DIR. E. E. Russell Of
this village had horse entered in
! one of the trotting events.
The Protestant churches of the
village have combined in securing an
entertainment course for this win
| ter. 1t will be something after the
idea of the Chautauqua indoor
| courses, the entertainments being
| given In Merrill hall in the Normal
| school building. being of varied cha
racter and being presented about
| once month. The dates and char
| acter of the various events cannot
yet be given, but they will be Of
| high class in every respect and the
| best obtainable. They will proba-
bly, be four in number.
Mrs. Lucy B. Bracket Of Phillips
called on friends in town yesterday
coming down especially to attend the
South Church.
Mrs. w. S. Dodge Of Strong called
on friends in town yesterday.
The Old South Male Quartette of
Pennington, consisting of Leon A.
|, Luce, first tenor and conductor; DR..
Clyde L. Austin, second tenor; Rev.
Arthur A. Rouner, baritone; and
Winfred Chapman, basso; furnished
the entertainment Friday night at
very pleasing function at the New
Vineyard Congregational Church,
which many Pennington people at
tended. The ladies of the church
furnished an excellent supper IN the
early evening, and after an hour of
sociability the very fine musical pro-
gramme, which called for numerous
encores, was given.
At the meeting Of the county COM
missionerS this week CheStervllle
was visited and the piece of old
unused highway between the Bur-
rough school house and the Rich
Robinson place. so-called, was view
ed. The selectmen had previously
presented to the commissioners a
petition, asking that this road be
discontinued as a public highway,
which petition was formally grant
ed, the road thus being legally
abandoned.
The annual meeting of Franklin
r. A. Chapter, will take place next
Tuesday evening, and that of Pill
grim Commandery, knights Tenn
plar, the Friday evening following.
In each case installation will follow
the election of officers. and the an
nual reports will be presented. There
will also be lunch after the work,
and a good attendance is desired.
The Falls Road Social club will
meet at the home CT Mrs. Charles +.
Davis next Thursday afternoon at
go o'clock, and refreshments will
be served instead of having the tast-
ing party previously announced.
The October meeting of Farm
ington Chapter, No. 143, Order Of
the Eastern Star, will take place in
Masonic hall Thursday evening of
next week.
Frank w. Butler has sold a cot
tage lot in Sandy River plantation
to Mrs. Josie Hammond and Mrs.
Bertha s. Parker of Phillips.
Horace Andrews and family of
Limestone have moved to Farming
ton, Mr.. Andrews being employed
as baker in the Domestic Bakery.
They have taken rooms in the Mrs.
Ida Zingg house on Arson street.