Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-23
FARMINCTON

The annual meeting Of the Mason
ic Building association of Farming
ton will be held at the Masonic club
rooms, Monday evening, April s, at 8
o'clock, for the purpose OF receiving
the reports of the president and
treasurer, electing officers, and to
consider the sale of some of the in
dividually owned stock, which the
local bodies are now in q position to
purchase.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Clinton Metcalf,
who have been in st. Petersburg,
Fla. for some time, have returned to
Pennington.
Arthur Cutler is in the hospital at
Strong recovering from the effects of
a successful operation for appendi-
citis.
At the last meeting Of the Ema-
non club, Mrs. Ethel Dill took the
high score at auction. and Mrs. Doris
Stanley received the consolation.
Mrs. Stanley will be the host at the
next meeting of the club.
At the last meeting OF The Idlers,
Mrs. Arbo C. Norton held the high
score at auction, and Mrs. H. Burton
Voter received the consolation. Mrs.
H. p. White was the hostess.
Mrs.. Hilda G.. Doble was a week.
end guest Of Mrs. Mary D. Briggs Of
Wilton.
The West Pennington Literary
club will meet Tuesday afternoon at
the home in this. village Of Mrs. Flor
ice Bailey, who will be assisted in
entertaining by her mother, Mrs.
Clark E. Childs.
Howard Newell has moved his
family from Temple to West Farm
ington.
Miss Florice johnson, who was OPP
Grated on for appendicitis a short
time ago, is now able to be out and
about.
New signs have been painted and
have just been put up throughout the
village and suburbs, replacing old
ones and many being put UP where
there never were any before but
where they have long been needed.
lemuel Hodgkins
Word has been received of the
death near Bangor of Lemuel Hodg-
kins OF Pennington, from exposure,
his body having been found in the
snow, but further particulars are not
known. He leaves a wife, living IN
this village, and large family of
children, who are scattered. He had
not been living with his family for
some time. He was a native and for
many years a resident Of Chesterville,
coming to Pennington with his fam
lily a few years ago. The body will
be brought here for burial.
Mrs. Pearl Sampson currier
Word has been received Of the
death Of Mrs. Pearl Sampson Currier
at the sanatorium at Fairfield, where
she had been for some time for treat
ment for tuberculosis. She lived In
West Pennington a number Of years
and had many friends on both sides
Of the river. Funeral services and
burial will take place in Pennington.
The Roderick post Of the American
Legion will conduct another old
fashioned dance in Drummond hall
the evening of Friday, March 26. the
one given recently having been so
successful that there has been ever
since a popular demand for another.
There will be another benefit pic
ture for excursion party to the
worlds folders contest at Lewiston
on Pennington day, at the Broad
way theatre Thursday evening of this
week, when the picture will be "Thc
Danger Girl" Slam Bang Durrell,
who will dance the old-time dances
for Pennington in this contest, has
been putting in a lot of practice and
at this entertainment will again APP
pear to show what a lot of improve
ment work will do even to a cracker
Jack dancer like him. Thirty two
members of the local band have
signed up to go along and give their
support right out loud when the
Lewiston trip really comes off.
The Perham Street Priscillas will
meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs.
Sumner P. Mills Of lower High street,
a former resident Of Perham street, |
Tuesday afternoon. :
Miss Marianne kennison, a teach
er in Wilton, is visiting her sister.
Miss Muriel Kennison.
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