Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
FARMINGTON
Thursday Was
Big Day During
Merchants Week

| Week, largely due to it's being the
! first day when weather conditions
were at all favorable. The band con-
| cert in the afternoon drew a crowd,
! and in the evening there was some
| thing doing all the time After the
concert, which was pronounced the
| best of the series, there was dancing
| in the street to music by big or
chestra by musicians from the band
and others who happened to be on
the spot. Confetti and candy kisses
in great quantities were thrown into
and scrambled for by the immense
| crowd, mid excitement and great fun
land strange to say not a crop of
| rain fell during all this. Immediately
the concert was over Pilgrim Com
manery band, which includes several
members of WheelerS band, and
many other musicians from neighbour
| ing towns, got together and had an
| hour and half Of concert music,
| which had many interested listeners,
| although it played indoors in the Ma
sonic banquet all, but close by the
scene of the outdoor festivities The
most important feature of today's
Merchants Week program is a par
ade Of the school children Of the
town this evening, and there are also
/ dl LcTIlOOI dIlu eNCHIuS OdHo CCilCCl U.s.
as there have been every day this
Miss Pennington" voting contest,
Miss Eva Childs took big jump
yesterday and now has but a few
hundred votes short of ten millions.
and is more than three millions of
votes ahead of her nearest competi-
| tor. Miss Eveyn Backus, and about
four million ahead of Miss Mildred
Luce, who is third in line.
In the Harrington Municipal court
yesterday, Ludger Gastonguay of
| Lewiston, driver of an Atherton Fur
niture Co., truck, paid $15.a5. fine and
| costs, for speeding, having been TAX
en- into court by traffic officer Ralph
| w. Knowlton.
Atlanta Vachon of Chisholm, for
merly of Pennington, and before that
of Lewiston, has been released from
| the Pennington Jail under $4,000
bonds. He was convicted of passing
a forged note at the recent session of
| the supreme court, and sentenced by
Judge Dunn to an indeterminate stay
at the State Reformatory for men at
South Windham, but on being sent
there it was found that he was older
than the age limit for receiving men
at that institution, being 81 while
| the age limit is SO, and he was sent
back to Franklin county. He will re-
ceive a new sentence at the Septem-
Der term of the supreme court in
Pennington.
A number Of Pennington Rebekahs
attended the district meeting at
Kingfield yesterday afternoon and
evening, and report very successful
meeting in every way.
The graduating class of the Farm
ington High school is observing class
day at the new hotel in Kingtield, the
Herbert.
The next meeting of the Red
Schoolhouse district branch of the
Franklin County Farm Bureau will
be held at the hall of the West Far
mington Village Improvement coci-
ETY., July IA, when the hostesSes will
be Mrs. Alice Bamford and Mrs.
Maud Warwick, who will be assisted
by Mrs. Anna Ellsworth and Mrs.
Mabel Newell.
Announcement was made today
that the Miss Pennington" voting
contest will close at o'clock Satur-
day night. that the counting of the
votes will continue all day, that
uOQlly COllSCllOuS w al DG anu
the announcement of the result will
be made as early Saturday night as
the counting and tabulatign of the
votes can be completed. but it is not
believed that this will be very early
The West Pennington Literary
club will meet with Mrs. Claire Good
win Tuesday afternoon, when besides
a musical program. including duet
by Ethel Davis and Florence Bailey,
officers will be elected.
w. NJ. Pratt has been enjoying
vacation this week. which he has
passed at his cottage on the shore of
Varnum Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. Y. Dingley. who
have been in Auburn for some time,
have returned to Pennington.
Mrs. Henry Webster is in Orono
assisting in the care of her mother,
who is i'll.
Franklin Lodge. L Q. O. F., will
meet Monday night.
The Perham Street Priscillas will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Leo B. Russell High and
Church streets.
The monthly session of the Frank
lin County Probate court will take
place next Tuesday.
Alpha lodge, K. of P, will meet
Tuesday evening.
The monthly meeting of Farming
ton chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, will take place next Thursday
evening.
Merrill Rebekah lodge, 1. o. o. F..
Will meet Friday evening of next
week.
At the meeting of Pilgrim Com
mandery, No. 10, K. T., next Friday
evening there will be work in the
Order of the Temple with several
candidates. following which a lunch
will be served.
S. Clifford Belcher camp, S. of U.
", will meet Friday evening of next
week.
Pennington Grange will meet in
Drummond hall Saturday evening of
next week.
Mrs. Frank G. Gray Is passing a
few days with friends in Boston, and
next week will tour New Hampshire
with her husband, a travelling sales
man.
The Fall Road Social club will
meet with Mrs. Thomas Gilbert June
%.
An electric light il: attractive set
ting has this week been installed on
q pedestal over the drinking fountain
and watering trough on Main street
in front of the county building.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Thompson have
gone to Denver, Col, where Mr..
Thompson will represent the Farming
ton Rotary Club at the Rotary Inter-
national convention next week.
Mrs. Elbridge Gerry of Portland.
formerly of Pennington, is visiting
friends in town.
lIrS E1vat optortafrad he
Emanon Club this week. Mrs CARL
N 4Eendersnn wa c hioh Snnra and Mrs