Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-24

the closing edmonitlonS and men,
cries will be conducted by Mrs.
Sadie S. Marble.
Word has been received of the
death at Madrid Of Sumner E. Aus
tin. of Phillips, for a number of
years a resident of Pennington, and
a member of all the Masonic bodies
in this town. He was 46 years of
age, and had been an invalid for a
good many years. He leaves a wife,
two children, mother and other rel
atives.
The next meeting Of the Red
Schoolhouse branch of the Farm
ington division Of the Franklin
County Farm Bureau will be held
in the hall Of the West Pennington
Village Improvement society, Tues-a
day, August 4, with Mrs. Mabel
| Newell as hostess, basketry being
the subject to be considered.
Henry Dearborn. Wesley Camp
bell and Ed Campbell. accused of
breaking, entering and larceny in,
the night time. and the place on
Chesterville hill, owned by Harry
Clark of Wilton, who were bound
over to the Supreme Court, have
been unable to obtain bonds thus
far, and are still in Jail. They were
| arrested in Corinna, where at the
time some of the stolen property
was recovered at the time of the
arrest. A second trip to that town
by the officers. resulted in the re-
| covery of more of the stolen goods.
Mrs. Lyde Pratt and son, Loring.
| of PENIS Grove, n. j., have arrived
, for their annual visit at the home of
the parents of the former Mr.. and
| Mrs. Roland L. Withee.
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of his vacation at Old Orchard
Beach, with friends.
There will be free clinic in the
Masonic club rooms Wednesday of
| next week for the benefit of suffer-
ers from hay fever and asthma, and
those showing symptoms of tuber-
| culosis in any form. DIR. Francis
| WEIGH and DR.. Charles B. Sylvester,
| both of Portland. will be the spe-
| cialists in attendance, and there
will also be present local physicians
and nurses.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Voter will
start Saturday on their annual va
cation camping trip.
The Pennington town tax rate
will be the same this year as last,
"a mills. The completed inventory
shows q total of $2,S5S,260, of which
| $1,919,125 is resident real estate.
| s150,470 nonresident real estate,
| $712,130 resident personal estate,
and resident personal estate
| $76.535. The assessed valuation of
| taxable live stock is given as $127.-
| $40, and of exempt live stock as
| $25.06S.
Charles H. Pierce has gone to
Peaks Island for his annual summer
tarry. His family has been there for
some time.
Word has been received Of the
death on Wednesday. at North DeX-
| ter, of Abbie Stanley, widow of Jo-
seph Boswell, who was born in
Pennington July 28, 1912, the daugh-
ter of Daniel and Eliza Tuck STAN
| ley A sister, Mrs. Laforest Tufts
| of Pennington. is the only surviv-
ing near relative. although there are
others more distant living in the
| West.
Rev Arthur Buckner will preach
at the Unitarian church Sunday
morning, his subject being, rs
, Death the End?"
| Miss Mary Elwell and Miss Helen
| Clancy of Salem. n. j., have been the
| guests of friends in town the past few
days. coming by automobile
| Word has been received of the death
| at Touealoo, Miss, of NJ. Augusta
| Evans, widow of Rev. Osgood w. Rog-
! ers. Mrs. Rogers was member of the
| first class that graduated from the
| Pennington State Normal school, she
| and her husband both having been
! present at the opening of the school
| in Beals hall on the morning of Aug.
"a, 1854. She and Mr.. Rogers then
formed a friendship which resulted in
| their marriage Aug. /, 1872, Four
! years later Mr.. Rogers again came to
| Pennington as pastor of the First Con-
! gregational church and they rema ed
here until near the close of 1878. The
husband died in Oklahoma some years
i ago, buried there, and Mrs. Rogers
now lies beside him. One son, Rev.
| w. O. Rogers, survives.
Freeman D. Blake of Reading, Mass,
| has been visiting friends in Farm
| ington Falls this week.
Mrs. John A. Havey of Roslindale,
Mass, is the guest of Mrs. Sue NJ.
Morrow at Pennington Falls.
| A. w. Bennett. who has been pass
ing two weeks at his summer home at
| Pennington Falls, has returned to
| Boston.
Mrs Harold Halls of Pennington
| Falls is at home again after a two
weeks visit with relatives in Weld and
| Carthage.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Hale have gone
| to Old Orchard for few days, where
they will visit their son. DR.. Bert
| Hale, and family, of Oxford. Mass.
! after which they will go to Harpswell,
| where they will remain through the
| month of August.
| The Pennington Falls Sunbeam Club
will meet Saturday afternoon with
| Miss Evelyn Hovey.
There will be preaching services at
! both the churches at Harrington Falls
Sunday. In this village the Methodist,
| Baptist and Congregational societies
| will have a union service.
| Mr.. and Mrs Robert F. White and
son, Robert Jr., are in Boston, guests
| of Mrs. Whites mother, Mrs. Anna
| Maurer, going by automobile.
| Mrs. L. A. CarVill has gone to Elk
| ms, N. H, where she will remain a
| month or more with relatives at cot
tage on the shore of Pleasant Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Adams of Burl-
| ington, VT, have been guests for a
week of Mrs. Adams mother, Mrs. Car
RE Backus of Perham street.
The Epworth League of the Method
| list church had lunch and social gath
ering on Titcomb Hill this evening,
/ first meeting at the church and going
in a body. There was a good attend
ance and it proved a very enjoyable
| occasion.
Rev. D. P. Policy, pastor of the
Pennington Methodist church, will
| speak to the children Sunday afternoon
at $50 at the chapel at Fairbanks. Mr.
service in his own church in the
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