Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-01
.Sk0WHEGAN LOCAL NEWS
Somerset County Headquarters FARMERS PHONE

[ Miss Alice Wildes Anderson OF
( APittsfield was in town Friday.
I Enrol Chase of the Blunt Hard
h ware Co. returned Thursday night,
ri after a few days in Boston In at
Z tendance upon the New England
Hardware Convention.
,s,..M Mrs. Edna, Bunker of North An-
a. SON was the guest of Mrs. Mary
- StinchfieId over the weekend.
Miss Helen Hight went to Wa
terville, Saturday noon, to be In at
~ tendance upon the initiation of
!. members Of Delta Delta Delta Soror-
fly, of which Miss Hight is a MEM
Der. Saturday evening the annual
banquet was served at the Elmwood
~. Hotel.
Miss Amanda Corriveau left Sat
"1. Urday for Boston on business. Be-
- fore her return she win go to Provi-
81 dence, where she will be the guest Of
tT her sister, Mrs. Wendall Horns. IS
f@s Some Of the schools on Leavitt
street had special exercises during
@a7 the past week, in observance of the
birthdays of Lincoln, Washington
SO and Saint Valentine, when guests
- were especially invited to be pres
Sent. On Monday morning, Feb. 22
= E.in Miss Wolcotts room at the Gar
field building, the pupils presented a
February program. On wednesday
The mothers were entertained. The
regular lessons were carried on.
On Friday afternoon the following
program, consisting of songs, d1a-
logues and Rotations, was given by
Fourth and Fifth grade pupils OF
the Garfield school taught by Mrs.
q q n
birthday" by Fourth grade; read
ing of Gettysburg Speech, Richard
Plummer; recitation, Washington
and Lincoln" Parker Keyes; exer-
else by Kenneth Whittemore and
Carlton Osborne; George Washing
ton song by the school; recitation,
Henrietta Roderick; reading, Veron-
lea Flynn; flag exercise by Joe
Viles, George Fish, Mahlon Dane and
Mahlon Bonnin; reading, Being a
Baby" Robert Pratt; two part sons,
'"The Fairy Ring" by group of
Fourth grade children; reading,
February d." Elsie Smith; recita-
ton, "Washington's Birthday" Ruth
Danforth; recitation. Flag of Our
Country" Daniel Caouette; recita-
ton, Keep on a Conn.," Richard
Plummer; an exercise, ION His
Birthday" Althea Corson, Margaret
Page, Edith Thomas, Freda Morri-
son and Marguerite Robertson; rec
itation, Your Flag. My Flag"
Irene Demo; recitation, Frank Lip
man; recitation, February" Rob-
ert Pratt; Where Honor Is Due"
Blanche Lemieux: song by Evelyn
Thomas, Margaret Page, Ruth
Moore, Edith Thomas, Bertha Tur-
ner, Freeda Morrison and Marguer-
lite Robertson; recitation, Little
February" Emily Weston; Little
Boy Abe" Richard Healy; song, IAN
Through the Night" Fourth grade;
recitation, Marguerite Whittemore;
Lincoln exercise. Kirby Hight and
Champ Gould; "a True American. +"
Lloyd Edwards: recitation, Malcolm
Harrls; "A Little Boys Speech" Par
ker Reyes; song, Good English" by
the school. Lessons in arithmetic.
spelling and history were given dur
ing the first part of the afternoon
IN the 9th grade of this building
mere was also an interesting pro
cram carried out. The teacher. Mrs.
Deiia Sanford, varied her progra m
by regular work and interesting ex-
cioes' Ihere was goodly num-
Der Of guests.
Duncan Hall sof Augusta is the
weekend guest in the family of his
brother, Robert Hall.
Miss Elizabeth Hall entertained a
company of her young friends Sat-
nrday afternoon in honor of her
sixth birthday. Games were enioy-
ed and in one of them, peanut
hunt, two prizes were awarded, the
first going to Ruth Danfarth, the
second to Eleanor Larry. This
young company made an attractive
slght when they sat around the
dining room table to partake of their
refreshments, consisting Of ice cream
and cookies, with the birthday cake
bearing six candles, occupying the
center of the table Each guest
wore crepe paper hat and had as
a favor basket of candy. Eliza
beth was the recipient of MANY lit
tie gifts from her guests. :.
K. T. Patten was in Waterville
thursday evening, serving as one of
board OF judges at the intercolIe-
gate debate. participated in by
teams representing Colby college and
the University of New HAMPSHIRE
me question was: Resolved: That
the Government of the United States
Shouid Own and Operate the Coal
Mines" The New Hampshire team.
having the negative side, was given
the award On Friday morning Mr..
Patten spoke before the Colby Col
iese Journalism class, his subject be-
ing: Maine Men in Journalism"
FRED Tufts of Cornville was bust
ness caller in town Saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Farrin Foss and her
TWO children, Jane and David, who
have been passing a week with Mr.
and Mrs. Uriah Foss of West Front
street, returned to her home in Wa
terville, Saturday. Mrs. Foss also
visited her two sisters, Mrs. Charles
Decker and Mrs. Ernest Decker.