Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-02
RICHMOND

Dwight L. Moody has been re-
elected as school superintendent for
the ensuing year for the towns of
Richmond. Bowdoinham and Bowdoin
at a meeting held at Bowdoinham last
week. w. S. Maloon of Bowdoin was
elected chairman of this district
school boards for the coming year and
Emily Rideout of Bowdoinham sec
rotary.
Miss Lillian Johnson, Mrs. vanesa
Beedle. Miss Mildred Beedle and Mrs.
Margaret Groves were visitors in Nor
way Monday.
Reserved seats are on sale at the
express office for the Rebekah play,
"A Full House." which is to be given
at the Opera House Wednesday eve
ming. June .. This three-act comedy
will be given by local talent and is
under the direction of J. w. Rand
, lette.
Mrs. Eugene Edgecomb, who has
been in Augusta several weeks. and
grandson, Francis Meisner, who has
been visiting relatives in Gardiner.
returned home last Thursday.
Station WSAI. Cincinnati. Ohio,
United States Playing Card Company
have bought from Edward P. Favor,
the composer the exclusive broad
casting rights to the song Solitaire,
a game of cards in fox trot time.
Francis Proctor. formerly of Rich
mond. broadcasted a half hour violin
recital from Station WOR, Newark.
N. j.. Monday afternoon.
The Durand Co. baseball team
played their first game Saturday with
Wiscasset at the Lane athletic field.
Score, Durand Co. Is; Wiscasset IA.
A game was played with Richmond
High school Memorial day.
Commander. Victor r. E. Carey and
vice commander, Clarence r. Peacock
of Emerson Lane Post, A. L., and
commander, William r. Fairclough
of John Merrill Post. G. A. r. gave
very interesting talks on Memorial
Day" at the Emerson and at the high
school Friday afternoon.
The graduating exercises OF the
Richmond High school will be held at
the Opera House Friday, June II. Sun
day,SJune s, the baccalaureate SER
mon will be preached by Rev. S. A.
Evans Of Bath at the Free Baptist
church.
Members of the G. A. r., the Amer
lean Legion and D. of V. attended
memorial service at the Baptist
church Sunday morning.
Memorial day exercises were held
Monday afternoon at the Lane field,
Comrade Francis Bate of Winthrop,
department vice commander of the
American Legion Of Maine. being the
principal speaker. There are but four
members of John Merrill Post 1877, G..
A. r.. living. They are William Whit
ney, Thomas Herbert, Charles Tollman
and William Fairclough. These four
were helped in carrying out memorial
exercises by members of the Emerson
Lane Post, A! L., No. 1872, and the
Auxiliary, Amy Bradley Tent No. Is.
d. A. VI, members of the Red Cross,
and the school children who met at
Main and Pleasant streets and
marched to the water front to pay
tribute to the memory of naval vet
Grams and then to the Cotton and to
Evergreen cemeteries, and to Lane
field for exercises. The children of the
Emerson school sang appropriate
songs.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. McKenna and
two children. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Rickford, Miss Gladys Rodercl of
Gardiner and Carl Bickford of Lewis
ton were weekend visitors at the
home of Mrs. George Bickford
The members of the junior class of
the high school enjoyed very pleas
ant evening Friday, when they were
entertained by Miss Arabel Allen at
her home on Gardiner street The
members of Miss Aliens sophomore
Latin class We're also entertained a
few nights before.
Charles Clark of Seattle. Wash. IS
visiting at the home of his cousin.
Mrs. Fred l.. Rogers
Mrs. Laura Lewis and son Charles