Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-04
WINTHROP

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen Of Wilton
and Miss Edna Brown and Rodney
Brown Of Bangor are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. NJ. Brown.
The grocery stores will be closed
today in observance Of the holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop Webb and
Miss Dorothy Webb of Quincy, Mass,
are at Lakeview Homestead. During
the summer Miss Webb will be engag-
ed in gathering material and writing
a historical pageant Of the Pondtown
Plantation, which included Winthrop
Wayne and Readfield. The pageant is
Miss Webb's thesis requirement for
the degree of master Of arts at Boston
University. The main sources Of In
formation in this project are Father
Thurston's History Of Winthrop, sew
eral newspaper accounts of the towns
centennial in 1871, scrapbook be-
longing to Miss Webb's grandmother
and a list Of books on Maine Indians
from the State library. The town and
church records Of Winthrop Will be
valuable sources of material. Miss
Webb is anxious to obtain old copies
Of The Winthrop Budget, and the still
older paper The Winthrop Bulletin, old
letters, traditions and stories of pio-
neer life in Winthrop. She will appre-
ciate greatly any help that her towns
people may give,
The home nursing class met Thurs
day with the president. Mrs. Roy
Thomas. The class voted to give sl00
to the hospital fund. The afternoon
passed socially and refreshments were
served.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kneeland and
family of Winthrop and Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Clark of Monmouth are occu-
pying the Holmes cottage.
Mrs. Abbie Kimball has returned
from a visit in Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Young and son
Russell and Albert H. Young, in COM
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred LORD
and son of Augusta, are enjoying a
trip to the White Mountains. albert
Young is today celebrating his 91st
birthday. He is still very active and
works each day in the Winthrop
mills, where he has been employed
for a great many years.
The Helping Hand class Of the
Methodist Sunday school held thei:
monthly meeting Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. w. L. Dow. Mrs. Sarah
Hall was elected secretary In place
of Mrs. Ellen Moffitt, who has re-
signed.
Mrs. M. L. Stanley and Mrs. Della
Stockford left Friday night for a
trip to New York.
Miss Marjorie Rowell has returned
to Waterville after a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Rowell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dow and family
of North Anson are guests over the
holiday of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Dow.
Mrs. George Sleeves and son Ar
thus Of Melrose are guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Holmes.
Mrs. May Woods of Melrose,
Mass, Is visiting her father, Frank
Hyatt.
Mrs. George Murch has returned
from Oakland. She was accompan-
led by her mother, Mrs. George
Blaisdell, who will remain for a few
days.
Cradle Roll Sunday will be OBJ
served at the Congregational church
Sunday morning.
There will be no services at the
Methodist church during the month
of July.
Mrs. Carrie Hawes of Pasadena,
CAL, and Mrs. Isabel Bailey Of Farm
ington are guests Of Mrs. Fred L.
Williams.
Miss Alice Spear. has entered the
nurses training school at the Angus
ia General hospital.
Mrs. Lulu Hammond has returned
from a visit with relatives in Mass
achuSetts.
DR.. and Mrs. Ralph Putnam of
Portsmouth, Va, are visiting rela-
tives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Brown are
making a trip to Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ". Macomber are
visiting relatives in Livermore Falls.
Clifton Spaulding has accepted a
fine position in Jacksonville, Fla.
Ralph Neal, Donald Pitman and
William Loon, are making a holiday
trip to Montreal.
Quite a number from Winthrop at
tended the. grange meeting at Man
chester Friday evening.