Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-17
MONMOUTH

The graduation exercises Of Mon
mouth Center grammar school were
held in Cumston Opera hall Thursday
evening before a large audience, The
hall was decorated with evergreen and
the class colors, pink and white. The
stage decorations were very dainty In
pink and white with the young ladies'
dressed in pink. The class motto,
Loyalty" was in pink letters on
white. The class presented q drama
entitled Graduation at Gayville." 1t
represented the class getting ready
for graduation, decorating the school
room and rehearsiHg their parts. fin-
ally the eventful time arrived for the
exercises to begin. Clarence Carr gave
the salutatory; Thelma Hill the essay;
Virginia Longfellow the class poem;
Martha Blake the yaledictory. The
class ode, Here's to Monmouth gram
mar" was sung, diplomas were pre-
sented by Hon. Harry Coehrane.
The class numbers seven and are
as follows: Martha Blake, Clarence
Carr, Elton Frost, Thelma Hill,
Virginia Longfellow, John Lunn, Rob-
ert Pettingiil. The class presented
the teacher, Mrs. Gertrude Barron,
with nice handkerchief and a bottle
of perfume. Mrs. Barron has taught
this school for the past four years
with marked success. Her return for
another year is desired. At the close
Of the exercises the class held re-
ception In the Opera hall, followed by
a social. Friday morning the gradual
ing class, accompanied by their teach
er, motored to Portland and passed
the day very pleasantly visiting the
beaches and other places of interest
in and around Portland, attending the
theater In the afternoon.
The pupils of the intermediate
school with their teacher, Mrs. Mabel
Norris, enjoyed picnic in Q grove
just outside of the village last Friday.
Mrs. Ruth Day Of the primary de-
partment took her school On straw
ride, stopping on Morris Hill for q
picnic.
Miss Elizabeth Ham, a teacher In
Uxbridge, Mass, returned to Mon
mouth Saturday and will occupy her
bungalow on the north shore of Coeh-
negawan Lake.
The essays receiving prizes at q
gold medal contest held in Monmouth
last January under the auspices of
the local Women's Christian Temper
ance Union were submitted to be
judged with others from Kennebec
county in a final contest It was an
nounced at the county convention in
Gardiner last week that a Monmouth
girl, MISS Madeline Gilman of the
seventh grade received first prize of
bank book showing a deposit of S.,
and Clarence Carr of the eighth grade.
Monmouth, had honorable mention.
The subject of the essays was on THE
Evil Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco"
Miss Madeline is the youngest daugh-
ter of the late Frank H. and Eva NJ.
Gilman and is IL years of age. Master
Carr is the only son of w. C. and
Daisy Carr and is Is years old. Mon
mouth has reason to be proud Of some
of her boys and girls.
William Henry Gilman, q resident
of this town, suffered a shock Friday
morning., His wife is in a deaconess
hospital In Boston for treatment.
]. Hobart Pierce of Lewiston, a
sophomore at the University of Maine,
was in town Thursday to attend the
graduation of the grammar school.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Osea
Richardson, wife of the late N. NJ.
Richardson, were held from the Con-
gregational schurch Saturday after
noon. Rev. George L. Finnie of the
United Baptist church of Lewiston
was the officiating clergyman, assisted
by James Howell, student pastor of
the Congregational church in Mon
mouth. A large number of relatives
and friends were present. The inter-
ment was in the cemetery on High
street.
A meeting of Monmouth Camp, Mod
ern Woodmen of America, was held
Friday evening, June IL, at Grange
ho1 To
the different camps Of the order in
the Kennebec county. The meeting
was preceded by a banquet. State
deputy, George G. Wood of Bangor,
was present. The work of initiation
was performed by the Waterville de-
gree team. Officers of Monmouth
Camp are consul. Phillip johnson; adj
visor, King Witherell; past consul,
II. II. Witherell banker. George Mer-
rili; clerk, r. e. Woodbury.; sentry,
w. C. Carr; watehman, l.. C. Davis.
Four sisters were guests Wednes-
day Of their cousin, Mrs. ]. i.
Buker, and Mr.. Buller at their home
on South Main st. The guests in
cluded Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Stewart of
South Paris, Mrs, Walter Bigeiow of
Northboro, Mass, Mrs. Charles Frost,
birmingham, Mass, and Mrs. A. NJ.
Chase of Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Mrs. Owen and SON Kenneth, Mrs.
Forsyth and son Earl of Swampscott,
Mass, were weekend guests of Mrs.
Ernest Hogden.
Mrs. Lucy Hobert Day Of Portland
was the weekend guest of Mrs. Eliza
beth Woodbury..
Monmouth Grange will entertain it's
many friends on Wednesday. June II.
at Old Friends day. This has long
been the custom of Monmouth Grange
to entertain the elderly people of the
town once a year.
Miss Helen Andrews of Lewiston
passed the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. E. C. Andrews