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k ‘So lb by Most (.roc rr', COFFEE Brownell Vj Field Co. Provident e. P.l BELFAST 50 Year* Dressmaking Mias Annie Going of Belfast has Just rounded out a half century of continuous work at her trade, dress making, and expects to continue for some time to cotne if her health re mains as good as it has been for the past 50 years. During that long pe riod of service Miss Going has seen many changes in style and has made everything flr*m the house dress to the most elaborate evening and party gowns, tailored suits and sport clothes. She had made skirts long and skirts short, full and tight, gath ered and plaited and of every con ceivable color. Hoopskirts, sheath skirts, hobble skirts have come and gone in her day. The first short skirt known as the rainy day skirt which just cleared the ankles was a long one compared with the longest worn today. Then came the bicycle skirts when women dared to wear them well above the ankles and many people were shockeii, ar.d it was necessary, to wear leather boots to the knees. What would they think of the modern young woman with her skirts just be low her knees. Skirts with trains sweeping the streets, picking up all the filth and germs from the sidewalks were for many years considered not only at tractive but were scarcely ever spok en of as unsanitary. Who would dare wear one today? Not the modern woman with her fear of germs and who has been educated in sanitary science. Aliss Going learned licr trade with Kllen Burkett of Union and for aliout three years was located in the village of Appleton, Knox county, associated for one year of that time with Miss Ella Conant. now Mrs. Ella C. Thomas of Columbus, Xeb. For forty five years Miss Goins: has beefi locat ed in Belfast and of these forty three have been spent in her present location in the Pythian buildinp:, cor ner of Main and 1Tisrh streets. Pile is doinsr her work without an assis tant although in past years she has employed from eight to ten girls. Notwithstanding her busy life, Aliss Going finds time for a great deal of church work and is active in the Methodist church of which’ she is a member and head of the primary ■de partment in the Sunday school. A ftlear T»ro'n and health'' hr.dv are ps*=cn*tal for success. Business men. teachers, students. housewives, and other workers say Hood’s Sarsa parilla gives thorn nnpetite and strength, and makes tliejr work seem oasv. It overcomes that tired feeling. —Adv. CHELSEA Miss Mary Allen has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Sadie Farns worth in Boothbay for the past week. Jerry Dow has moved with his fam ily into his new home recently pur chased of Alls. Marcia Page. Clifton Thompson spent the week end in llichmond with his brother, E. C. Thompson. Mrs. Emily Geroux and little daughter are stopping for a time with Mrs. Besse Cain, while Air. Ge roux is in Boston. Mrs. Charlotte McLaughlin was a recent guest of her parents, Air. and Mrs. A. P. Cain. Ruth Fowler was the guest of Mrs. Ruby Thompson last week, in Rich mond. Miss Louise Caldwell is away from town, nursing. Theodore Hayes has recently treat ed his house to a new coat of paint, and is now making repairs on the born and out buildings. The X. E. Telephone Company is in stalling a new system on the farmers’ lines. Several persons from this place are planning to attend the fair and play given by Enterprise Grange at Rich mond, Wednesday and Thursday, nights. May IS and 19. S. D. Beckwith of Fort Fairfield Steadman D. Beckwith is dead at his home in Fort Fairfield, aged 67 years. He was a native of the Prov inces, spent his early life in Massa chusetts, and had been a eontraetor and builder here for the past 40 years. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. OAK GROVE The school enjoyed the company upon Monday and Tuesday of a com mittee of five representatives of the society of Friends who are visiting institutions of the denomination. In the evening they held a splendid ser vice in Sophia Hailey Memorial chap el which was attended by the faculty and student body. Melvin Bailey, a member of the Board of Managers of Oak Grove, who lias recently return ed from a year of social service abroad, presided at the meeting. Alice Goddard, one of the officers of Bible school work in New England gave a delightful address along the line of individual development that was very inspiring. Mabel Bailey, who has re cently returned from Palestine, show ed some beautiful slides of the Holy Land and spoke interestingly of the Friends' mission fields there. The evening closed with an appealing ad dress by Rev. Harvey Jones. Miss Edith White, the head of the Xew York City Mission, was also a guest of the school on Monday and Tuesday. Miss White addressed the students at the regular mid-week service in Sophia Bailey Memorial chapel, and explained the vast scope of the work she represents. Miss White is a charming woman of strong personality and she spoke^with grace and forc-e. The girls who are look ing forward to some line of social service held conferences with Miss White on Tuesday. The following delegates attended the Kennebec Sunday School Conven tion in Oakland on Tuesday: Miss Emily Kelley of the faculty: Dorothy Gifford, ’21; Mary Wilcox, ’22; Ethel Miller, ’22; Harry Muir, ’22: I.eon Odlin. '22. and Beatrice Freeman, ’23. Mrs. Robert Owen left on Tuesday afternoon for a trip to New York, where she will attend the reception at Carnegie hall. May IS. in honor of Madame Curie, as a delegate from Colby College. PITTSFIELD The Gospel Mission will conduct an nll-dnv meeting at G. A. R. hall Sun day. May 22, at 10.30 o’clock. Rev. K. E. Wood will he the speaker. All are invited to attend. Ernest Smiley was the guest of rel atives in Bangor, Monday. F. M. Fogg was in Augusta Mon day, on business. Frank Gilman, who is employed in Freedom, passed Sunday with his family in town. Miss Bessie Warren was a visitor in Newport. Monday. Mrs. George Wilber of TTartland was a business cnller in town, Tues day. Miss Helen Cole of Waterville. representing the Kittle Wanderers’ Home, was in town. Monday. F. M. Jones, who lias been visiting bis brother, Sidney F. Jones, for a few days, left Monday for Boston. G. R. Chadbourne, private secretary to Governor Baxter, who was a week end guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Dyer of Harmony, was in town, Monday, on his return to Augusta. Miss Dorothy Crawford, a. senior at Colby College, returned to Waterville, Monday, after passing a few days with her father. Arthur B. Crawford. Hollis Jacobs and a crew of car penters began work, Tuesday, on a large piazza at the home of Post master S. H. Frost. PALMYRA J. S. Smith and family of St. Albans were callers In town Sunday. Otis I,, Rlalsdell has sold his farm to parties in Piscataquis county. The transaction was carried on by W. H. Smith of the Strout Real Estate Agency. The Newport degree team of Sebas ticook Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees at Palmyra Grange Saturday evening; a very interesting meeting is reported. The soldiers' monument is being rlacod on the foundation in front of the church. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Cole are board ing one of the State children. Mr. and Mrs. AVillis Mlllett have moved from Auburn to Mrs. P. P. Dearborn's. TROUBLE ON TROUBLE IS HEAPED UP *► __ That’s What Has Come In the Highway Problems Work of the Old Road Overseer of 25 Years Ago Much Different from What Confronts Road Officials To day.—Wheel Improvement Against Increased Loads (By James W. Brooks) Director, American Highway Educa tional Bureau The problems of the old road over seer of twenty-five or thirty years ago were very different from the prob lems which confront road officials to day. There was no need in his day for an extensive educational cam paign, for the reason that the roads under his supervision were not ex tensively used. Traffic originated and terminated mainly within the narrow confines of his neighborhood, so that whatever his road problems may have been they were in plain view of everybody. The propaganda end of his job was, therefore, a very simple matter. A few hours on horse back to notify the neighbors when I and where to bring their axes and I picks, and the thing was done. | But as population increased, traffic grew and mileage lengthened. Our processes of development have gone on until today our highways extend in their daily use miles beyond the mere range of neighborhood vision. \\ ith this new traffic extending un der the pressure of modern needs against an all-too-slow extension of modern roads to meet those needs, complex problems have been created* with the result that an educational campaign for highway improvement how amounts to more than a ride around the neighborhood to collect a group of farmers with primitive tools. It means an exhaustive research into the true relationship of the road to the entire public—city and country— and the presentation of facts so ob tained honestly and clearly before the people. The truth is, much as we discuss good roads, we very often go into a campaign with a woeful lack of actual bedrock, vote-compelling in formation. Few of us realize tliat thousands upon thousands of aor?s of land have been set aside a« routes over which to haul produce and supplies from one point to another, and yet these routes are permitted to remain in such con dition as to prevent the full use for which they were intended. Such land is worse than idle. It becomes an inexcusable and enormous drain on the public, a drain which will in crease annually until we shall have completed the construction of com prehensive systems of well connect ed highways in every state. The public must be brought to a realization of the fact that inventive genius, in the application of motive power to the wheel, has improved both the wheel and the vehicle which it conveys. It must also realize that man by his industry has increased the load, while the road remains prac tically in its primitive state. As a re sult of this uneven development, the modernized wheel with its increased load has stalled on the unimproved highway, making the delivery of food products in suflicient quantity irregu lar, difficult and expensive. Here the road problem begins to fork in every known direction, piling trouble upon trouble for all con cerned. The farmer is forced to de vote too large a part of his time to unproductive work, thereby lessening his chances of profit, and upon the whole discouraging rather than stim ulating the extension of farm opera tions. The average loss of farm time oue to unimproved roads has been estimated as equivalent to the loss of more than a quarter of a million men engaged in farm labor. On the other hand as a result of this same uneven development the consumer, "ho *s engaged in necessary com mercial and industrial enterprise, is burdened with ever increasing prices for food, due primarily to traffic con ditions which discourage maximum production and direct delivery from the farm. Both producer and con sumer are therefore paying toll to the unimproved road and the amount they pay benefits no one—not even the road itself—for the, money and energy thus expended ultimately dis appears in mud. So that the educational side of highway work has become a very important matter. Booscly drawn arguments in favor of road improve ment are as bad as poor construction. BotU defeat their own object. FORDSON Power Fanning Se"1 Fordson 9625 f. o. b. Detroit The Fordson Tractor is taking care of every power job; it is taking the drudg ery out of farm work and solving the labor problem. Power farming with the Fordson reduces the cost of preparing land to almost one half what it would be with horses, and saves a third to a half of the farmer’s time. What machinery does for the factory, the Fordson Tractor is accomplishing on the farm—it is in creasing production at lower costs and making farm life attractive. Tires, Tubes, John F. Hill Co. Waterville maylS-jn29 /S r.oor»,'v*'> var ' I Sc"\ , ■ St ttion V-'-C' Accessories Holt & Hlght Skowhegan REOLO BUILDS STRENGTH AND ENERGY Ara You Worn Out and Tired at the End of the Day? To feel weary without having earned It by hard work throw* tho mind Into disorder and confusion. Too Weary to be Efficient A hundred people describing their weary condition would each tell it differently. One can’t think, an other is drowsy, the next feels weak, others are irritable, moody, depressed, apprehensive, as the casa may be. 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For sale by John Coughln, druggist Augusta. OAKLAND Mrs. Kellie Ellis has returned from a business trip to Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Helms pleasantly entertained a family par ty at their home on Church street Sunday evening, the occasion being the birthday of Mrs. Helms’ mother, Mrs. Luke Ivors of Waterville. Those present besides Mrs. Ivers were: Luke Ivers, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gus tafson, the Misses Harriet and Frances Ivers, Miss Grace Scott and Ray Kelly. Mrs. Ivers was present ed with a beautiful present by the entire family and a delightful eve ning was passed. Fred Scribner and son, Herbert Scribner of Belgrade, were guests of Mr. Scribner's son, Jay Scribner Sun day. > i Mrs. Percy Butterfield and chil dren, Mary and Isabelle, yrere in town Monday on their way to Madi son after visiting relatives in Pitts field. Miss Elizabeth T.ufkin, who is teaching in the public schools in Augusta passed the week-end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lufkin. Miss Ethel Brann is quite sick at her home on Dunn street. Sergeant Wyman Women’s Re lief Corps will hold their regular meeting in G. A. R. hall this eve ning, there will be a birthday party for the members whose birthday’s occur in the month of March, April, May and June. The committee in charge of refreshments are: Mrs. Stella Bartlett, Mrs. Carrie Russell, Miss Louise Benson, Mrs. Mary Dingley, Mrs. Anna Bailey, Mrs. Emma. Beverage and Mrs. Zilla Bartlett. William Penny was in Ko. Fair field Sunday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fairbrother. Mrs. Ella Ellis has returned from No. New Portland where she was called by the death of her niece. Mrs. George H. Winnegar, Mrs. C. Jesse Blake, Mrs. Myrtie Pierce, Mrs. Ralph Stowell, Mrs. A. H Oliver, Mrs. .1. H. Scribner, Mrs. William A. Blake, Mrs. James H. Stevens, Mrs. W. E. Vigue, Mrs. Harry Dawe, Mrs. H. H. Hatfield, Mrs. M. L. Strickland, Mrs. Earle C. Goodwin, Mrs. William G. Simpson and Mrs. Zilla Bartlett were guests yesterday afternoon of the Twentieth Century, club at a whist party held in Masonic hall in Waterville. Mrs. Fred Guptill will leave this morning for Boston, Mass., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Pres cott Chamberlain, Mrs. Sylvia Letourneau has gone to Lynn, Mass., where she will visit her brother, Greenlief Farnham. There will be a meeting of the Oakland High school alumni this evening at 7.30 in Library hall. Arthur Thomas of Dover, N. H., is visiting at the home of his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas. At a meeting of the Republican Club held in G. A. R. hall Monday night, papers were read by the fol lowing: ‘Town Government," Mrs. M. L. Strickland; “The Rights of Women and Minors,” Mrs. Fred Leech; and one by Miss Louise Ben son on "The Better Observance of Memorial Day;” George W. Goulding also spoke on the same subject. Word has been received of the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Benson in Wollaston, Mass. Eugene Richardson, who has "been employed in China, was in town Monday on his way to his home in Rome. There will be a regular meeting of Royal Arch Masons this evening at 7.30. Dean Wheeler, E. W. Vigue, Everett Gower, J. Henry Morse, A. H. Lord, H. L. Hunton, C. H. Martin, George H. Winegar, J. E. Morrisette, George D. Pullen and A. H. Oliver were among the business men who at tended the “Boom Maine” meeting held by the Chamber of Commerce in Elk s’ hall Monday evening. A bountiful turkey supper was pre pared by Harmon and served by the Girls’ City Club of Waterville. All the grocery stores in town will be closed every Wednesday after noon commencing today and continu ing until October 1, closing at IS.SO noon. Miss Margaret Steeves, who has been caring for Mrs. Mehltable Hal lett the past eight weeks, has com pleted her duties and gone to her home In Lewiston. Mrs. Stanley Plummer of tMxfleld is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight P. Macartney on Main street Robert Dualey is quite sick at his home on the Middle road. Miss Mildred Sawtelle and Keith Sawtelle of Augusta have returned to their home after visiting at the home of their uncle, Henry Sawtelle on Alpine street. Miss Edna Hutchins, who was call ed to Belgrade by the serious illness of her aunt, Mrs. George Farnham, returned to her home Sunday. Friends of Claude Crowell, a native of Oakland but now of Hunt ington, Calif., will be interested to know of his great success In the de velopment of oil Helds. Mr. Crowell has been for a number of years located In the west, first being locat ed in Colorado, but for the past five years has been in California. In this work of development he has made himself a very successful man. Mr. Crowell is the son of the late Albert Crowell.' Mrs. Henry Rice of North Vassal boro has returned to l»er home after visiting at the home at Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rice on Fairfield street. WINSLOW Charles W. Wixson, a delegate from the Winslow Congregational church, left Monday to attend the State con ference of Congregational churches at Presque Isle. Rev. O. E. Rarnard, pastor of the Congregational church at Norway, and a former Winslow pastor, while on his way to the State Conference on Monday was a dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Smi ley. The play “The Great Melon Case” will be presented at the East Win slow P.aptist church this Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Ep | worth League Dramatic Club of Den ton. At a church meeting, Sunday, Mrs./ j Minnie Garland and Mrs. Susan Pat# terson were elected delegates from the Congregational church to the ordina tion of the South Gardiner pastor, to 1 be held at the Congregational church, South Gardiner on June 15. The High school alumni team and the school nine will meet in a bill game this afternoon on the Winslow grounds. ! The vital statistics of the town fur the month of April are: 27 births; 3 marriages, 2 deaths, j Harry A. Wood has purchased a new automobile. Mrs. Arthur B. Robinson and Mrs. Charles I). Robinson were visitors at . Fairfield on Monday. Miss Dorothy Chaffee is confined to her home by illness. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Webber have re turned from East Winslow where they have passed two weeks with rel atives. I Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Smiley were guests recently of Mr. dnd Mrs. ; Eugene Holt of Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peters of Fairfield are the parents of an eight pound daughter born recently. The baby has been named Lora. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Norton and family who have been guests since their return from Florida at the hom^ of Mrs. Norton's sister, Mrs. Harry H. Britton, have gone to their I home on the Reynolds road, i A muss meeting was held at the j Grange hall on Monday evening to I plan for the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Win slow to be held under the auspices of the Fort Halifax Chapter, D. A. R„ on Monday, the 22rd. The parade W ' form at 10 A. M„ on Birch street. Sand Hill. Drew’s band and the Waterville Military band will furnish music. At 1:30 P. M., an interesting program will be given on the Con gregational church lawn. There will ! be several speeches by well known j speakers. The history of the town will be given by Miss Jennie Howard and Mrs. Grace Thompson. Miss Ju j Ha Patterson will recite a poem she has composed for the occasion. The | children will furnish music and ap | pear in exercises. A ball game at 4 | P. M., on the grounds at Sand Hill, j will conclude the exercises. Mrs. H. j S. Hotvard is chairman of the com mittee on parade. The committee on ! entertainment will be chosen from i the different societies. If stormy, | Monday, the celebration will be held Tuesday. The Missionary Society will hold a food sale at the Congregational church parlors this Wednesday afternoon. DRESDEN Mrs. John H. Mayers, who has been visiting in New York, has returned. The Dresden friends of Lawrence Gahun of Portland, formerly of this town, will be pleased to know that he has received an appointment as rail way clerk, and at the present time is stationed at Union Station, Portland. Mrs. Emily Blum is caring for Mrs. J. Clark Flagg who is critically ill at Richmond. Capt. C. F. Wade, Charles Wade Jr., and Miss Marcia Wade were Sunday guests of Mrs. S. E. Sheldon. H. Winfield Mayers and wife ar rived Saturday from Massachusetts, and will occupy their home, formerly owned by William Choate. Mr. May ers is slowly reeovering from his seri ous illness and his many friends hope for a speedy recovery. - At the last meeting of the Eastern River Grange, P. of H„ three new members were initiated and many of the old members returning. Pearl Rittall is quite ill with rheu matism. Mr. and Mrs. William Choate of Bath attended the Grange here on Kl-MOIDS (Tablets or Granules) Esl indigestion With or without waters pleasant to take. QUICK RELIEF! Pries, 25-50-75^ MADS BY SCOTT * SOWN* MAKERS OF SCOTT’S EMULSION it Better Goodyear Tires Than You Have Ever Known Goodyear Tires for passenger cars are better today than they have ever been. You need only to compare them with others to see their manifest superior ity. We have given them a thicker tread, a more powerful body, an im proved construction throughout— making them larger,stronger, heavier, and even more durable than before. If you seek the utmost in economical and satisfactory tire equipment, ask your nearest Goodyear Service Station Dealer for Goodyear Tires. The Goodyear Tire &. Rubber Company Offices Throughout the fVarid New Prices On OAKLAND CHEVROL Oakland Touring Oakland Roadster Oakland Sedan Oakland Coupe F. O. B. Pontiac, Mich $1145.00 $1145.00 $1815.00 $1815.00 Chevrolet 490 Touring Chevrolet 490 Roadster Chevrolet 490 Se$an Chevrolet 490 Coupe F. O. B. Flint, Mich. $645.00 $635.00 $1195.00 $1155.00 GOOD SALES and SERVICE Blaisdell Automobile Co. WATERVILLE Tel. 770 SKOWHEGAN Tel. 270 DEXTER Tel. 119-4 mayl8dlt,hoM Thursday evening. Mrs. Choate re ceived the degree here as this is Mr. Choate’s native place. He is one of the loyal citizens and a charter mem ber of this order. The shad seem very reluctant about entering Eastern river. Thus far the catch has been very limited. WASHINGTON NORTH—Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Mor ang. and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cun ningham visited relatives in Apple ton and Union, last Thursday, mak ing the trip in Mr. Morang’s touring car. He has a situation and began^ work in a Belfast garage Monday. A very serious accident occurred at the Curtis and Rose Steam Mill, located near here, last Wednesday, when the log carriage struck Mr. Cur tis, injuring him internally, and breaking some bones in the thigh, i He was taken to Augusta city hos- j pltal and it is reported he has very i little chance to live. Will Leighton was stricken with a ' partial shock last week while work- i ing on the road with his team. He was taken home and the doctors pro- j nounced the trouble as blood pressure on the brain. George Kellen of “Liberty Tnn” was here on business last Saturday. Mrs. Carrie Lenfest has a bad at tack of asthma, at this writing. Miss Florence Babbage visited friends at West Washington last Sat urday and Sunday. George Letner of Union, was here on business Saturday. Mrs. Annie Davidson was in town for a while on Saturday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Rev Prescott and Mrs. Pelkay of the Comeau Mill camps, made an auto trip to Lewiston Sun day. Dr. Holt was at F. W. Cunningham’s Sunday to see Robert, a little son, who is somewhat ill. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Lenfest have received the news of the marriage of their son, Morris, to Miss Gladys Pearl Ring, which event occurred Saturday, May 7, at the home of the bride’s parents, at Somerville, Mass. Mr. Lenfest is a skilled auto me chanic and has lately gone into busi We Sell Them And Give Service P. M. Lawrence Co. Service Station may i g, wed, 91 I * Service Station Norcross Motor Sales Ford Sales and Service Winthrop, Maine mayl8,wed,9t ness for himself, at Someryille. His many friends here unite in wishing this young couple a happy and pros perous future. JEFFERSON SOUTH—Rev. T. H. Fernald of South Waldoboro supplied the pulpit in this place and at Bunker Hill last Sunday. Mrs. Lilly Erskine, who submitted to an operation in a Lewiston hos pital last Tuesday is convalescing. • Oris Hopkins passed last week at Augusta visiting Harold Clark and also taking treatment of Dr. Hoff man. S. L. Erskine, H. A. Clark, E. T. W eeks and W. T. Hemenway were business callers at Wiscasset Tues day. Mrs. Margaret Kerr has returned home frqjn Damariscotta •where she passed the winter. H. A. Clark is repairing the roads at Bunker Hill. Mrs. Lucy B. McCurda is visit! her sister, Mrs. L. E. Newell Damariscotta. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cunningham art occupying the J. T. Hemenway home* stead. Pennsylvania has 971,000 d*iry cows. for sick headaches Reecham’s Pills 'J