Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-26
FARM|NCTON

Mrs. Fred E. Pinkham Is In New
York visiting her son, Alvin Pink
ham, formerly of Pennington, and
wife.
Mrs. Blaine S. viles, State Regent,
will inspect Colonial Daughters
Chapter, d. A. r., Tuesday afternoon,
when the meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Maud N. Gray on Main
street, who will be assisted in
entertaining by Mrs. Mabel ID.
Thomas, Mrs. Evelyn B. Ennis, Mrs.
Laura p. Small: Miss Doris Clarke
of Strong, and Mrs. Marion j. Nc
Leary.
At the last meeting Of the Farm
ington Rotary club the principal
speaker was Frank Leary of New
Bedford, Mass, architect of the new
factory of the National Wood Pro-
cess, Inc, to be built here at once.
Other guests were Herman Mansur,
president of the Augusta Rotary
club, Fred Fish of Elkton, Md, and
Walter c. Nelson Of Augusta. w.
Raymond Davis, who has recently
returned from Philadelphia, spoke
regarding the Sesqui- Centennial, and
Frederick j. Barton told of a recent
hunting trip he enjoyed. The Au-
gusta Rotarians invited all Farming
ton Rotarians who could to visit the
Augusta club, and many accepted.
A large number( of Pennington
people saw Pennington football
teams win Saturday afternoon, many
Normal students in particular, ac-
companying the Pennington State
Normal school team to Hallowell,
where the local high school team
was defeated, and many others ac-
companied The Abbott School team
to Madison, where the Madison High
school was vanquished without a
score, after valient fight.
At the meeting of Alpha lodge,
knights of Pythias, Tuesday evening,
there will be work in the rank of
Esquire. A large attendance is ex-
pected.
John Jones of Valley Farm is
entertaining a party of Connecticut
friends, and a good deal of time is
devoted to hunting in the vicinity of
New Vineyard. mountain. There is
plenty of small game, but no deer
have yet been shot there this season.
At the annual meeting of the
Franklin County Farm Bureau the
following were elected: President,
Clyde E. Luce of Farmlngton; vice
president, Holmes H. Bailey of Farm
ington; secretary and treasurer, G.
H. Holman of East DiXfield. Pro-
ject leaders: Clothing, Mrs. Fannie
Weeks of East Wilton: clubs, Cedric
Ranger of East Wilton; crops, Heber
II. Allen of Jay; dairy, Charles
Noyes of East Wilton; farm manage
ment, Holmes H. Bailey of Farming
ton; foods, Mrs. Fife GRAHAM of
Phillips: forestry. Elmer Wright of
North Chesterville: household man
agement, Mrs. Robert e. McCleery of
West Pennington; orchard, Gale A.
Severy of Ehst Dixfeld; poultry, Neil
G. Luce Of Strong. The following
tentative agricultural program fer
1927 was presented. approved and
accepted: Clubs, crops. alfalfa, pota-
to seed plots, sweet corn, fertiliza-
ton, farm management accounts,
sweet corn survey, management
forestry, estimating, plant,
ing; dairy. better bull campaign,
know your COW; orchard, grating.
farm nurseries; poultry, management
meetings, selecting breeders. The
following home economics program
was also approved and adopted:
Clubs, clothing, healthful clothing,
millinery, selection of millinery;
foods, square meals for health, table
household management,
kitchen Improvement, home furnish
ings.
WheeIer's Community band is pre-
pairing for the first of its winter
indoor concerts. A lot of new music
has been purchased and is being
rehearsed, and the program will be
wholly new and entirely different
from any former program. Several
of these concerts will be given dur
ing the winter, but no dates have
vet been set. Several new instru
ments have recently ben purchased
for the band.
WEST-Elizabeth Glavin of An
son is the guest of Frances Clark.
Janice, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana Robinson of Pennington, pass
ed the weekend with Mrs. Harry
Josselyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. CLANCY Clark. Miss
Frances Calvin Hoyt and Miss
Elizabeth Glavin visited friends and
relatives in Augusta, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E w. Marble passed
the eekend in Rangeley guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Lowell.
William Love and Armand Fortier
have returned from a hunting trip at
Dyer and Blackwell's camps.
CLANCY Clark motored to Port
land. Sunday. to meet his mother.