Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-23
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Dr. Marguerite Holman Of James
town, n. Y, formerly of Pennington.
and Miss L. L. kueston of Mt. Holy
oke College are passing a two
weeks vacation here, coming by
automobile.
Earl H. Lyford Of Berlin, N H.
and his cousin, Frank Skinner of
Tacoma, Wash, were guests early in
the week, Of the parents of the
former. DR.. and Mrs. +. 0. Lyford, of
Perham Street.
Maj Harold E. Mari. who has been
passing the summer with his family,
at Searsport, and occasionally visit
ing his relatives here, has been call
ed to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
for a years service. re, having just
completed his term Of service at
!, Fort Sill.
Wheeler's Community band will
give another concert from the new
band stand in the park Monday
evening. The stand has now been
painted, the interior white, and the
senting a very attractive appear
ance.
Glenn V. Butler. who has been at
home a few days after attending the
Harvard college summer school, has
gone to Kingston, Mass, where he
win have charge of the athletic pro-
gramme in connection with the cele-
bration of the 200th anniversary Of
the settlement of the town. He has
been a teacher and the athletic coach
in the high school in Kingston for
the past two years.
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stoned as postmaster at Dryden, eff
fective from July /, last
J. Clinton Metcalf, George D.
Clark, Byron NJ. Small, Kenneth A.
Rollins, and Carl n. Henderson all
of Pennington and all republican
candidates for county Offices, took
part in the Republican whirlwind
tour of Franklin countv Thursday.
A crew OF painters from the state
highway department is repainting
and in some instances changing the
location or numbers of the route
markings on the highways in this vi
cinity. The new color scheme is
black and white, the color of the U.
S. highway markings. and much
more easily DISTINGUISHED than the
old yellow and Hack markings.
Fred Morrill, of Bangor has been
passing the week with relatives in
Farmington Falls.
Mrs. Nettie Ingham of Chicago has
arrived at her Pennington Falls
home forthe remainder of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bennett and
three children, of Boston, are at their
summer home at Pennington Falls.
Owen Gilman of Pennington Falls
is visiting relatives in Fayette.
Elmer Hamilton has returned from
a motor trip to points in New York
and Connecticut
John Varnum has leased the
Zingg house on Arson street, and
will move in with his family, at once.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Libby and Mr..
and Mrs. Montell Gray have returned
from a delightful motor trip to Con-
necticut; where they were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Libby, who
were recently their guests in Farm
ington.
The cement floor in the basement
Of the Odd Fellows building, which
was in places found insufficient to
resist the seeping water underneath,
is being reinforced with more ce-
ment.
Work has been begun on the base
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the F. Z. McLeary Co., on the site of
the old Stoddard House stable, across
the street of the present garage of
this company, and there is much
blasting to remove lodges e, there.
Only the basement will be completed
this year, and the building will be so
by 65 feet on the ground, with 8 feet
in the clear in the basement. What
will eventually be steel and cement
floor on the Church street elevation
level, will next winter form the roof
of the basement which will be used
for storage until the remainder of
the building is put up next year.
The estimated cost of the completed
building is rising twenty thousand
dollars.
Andre Marcus of Pennington is
one of the $40 young men under
going a month of intensive training
in the Citizens Military Training
camp at Fort Mckinley. He has
been assigned to Company K, and is
taking what is known as the Basic
course. He has written home that
he likes very much.
This evening the workers for the
Franklin Memorial Hospital cam
paign will have dinner in Drum
mond hall in which progress will be
reported, and the situation discuss