Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-05
OAKLAND

f'he mid-week service OF prayer
and testimony will be held in the
church parlors of the Methodist
church this evening at 80 O'Clock.
The Christmas Club will meet this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Law
renee Livingstone.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Marie Ewell will be held at the
residence of her nephew, Eugene
Perry, Friday morning at 10 o'clock
and Rev. Weston r. Holman of the
Methodist church will officiate.
At a meeting Of joint commit
tee of citizens and members of the
Harry G. Decker Post, American
Legion, held recently. II. w. Greeley
was chosen chairman and Donald
Scott, secretary. a representative of
F. l.. Hour &c Coproprietors Of the
Northfield Marble and Granite
Works of Mortified. VT, was pres
rent and showed a variety of plans
suitable for monuments which were
presented for examination. One
plan was especially designed to be
placed in Lakeview cemetery and it
was unanimously voted to accept this
design and A. NJ. Bickford was au-
! thorized to sign a contract for a
d
copy of the contract retained by the
| committee. The contract calls for
a monument of best light Barre
granite, the total height of which
! shall be eight feet and two inches
. and shall bear the inscription: I'm
memory of our World war veterans"
The inscription is to be in sand blast
letters. The monument is to be de-
| livered by the above firm for $3.50
before May %. 1925. and will be
placed on a foundation furnished by
the citizens.
| The store windows of Oakland are
| attractively decorated this week with
i Maine made products and it is in
| teresting to take walk down Main
. street and note the variety of arti-
| cles which the merchants have dis
played in their store windows, all
| or which are of Maine manufac ture.
| Ierhaps the most interesting window
| of all is that of the Augusta Trust
| Co, which has a fine assortment of
| articles that are manufactured in
Oakland. The following manufacture
ing plants are represented: North
wayne Tool Co, axes, scythes.
knives and grass shears; Fleetwood
| Pride. last blocks; Roy z. Tracy,
| wooden boxes; Berst Forstir Dixfieid
W. eootiI pHhS, CIOlneS pins, appll-
Gators and tongue blades; Portland
Packing Co., canned corn; John
King Axe Co.. axes: Ames Shovel &
Tool Co, shovel handles. A variety
! of cloth from both the Cascade and
American Wooden mills; axes and
scythes manufactured by the Emer-
son and Stevens Co.; shingles. floats
and so forth. Amos Furbush Single
| mill: Getchell Machine Foundry.
brass and iron castings beside arti-
| cles which have been nickel plated
| there. The window Is tastefully ar
ranged and it is surprising to note
the variety Of articles manufactured
| in our own town.
The Mothers Improvement Club
extend an invitation to all the Camp
Fire Girls. their mothers, guardians
| and assistant guardians for a recep-
ton to be held at the Bethodist YES
| try.
At o'clock on Friday evening of
thsi week a special program has been
| arranged and a pleasant evening is
anticipated.
At the teachers meeting Tuesday
afternoon in the High School build
ing Miss Lena Kerr read a paper on
=, backward Children" and Miss
Martha Strachen gave a paper on
"Socialized Recitation as conducted
in the 7th and Sth Grades" The
question of giving certificates to pu-
pills who were not absent during the
. entire year was discussed and it