The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-02
Scion.

The swallows have come.
Lester Shipley has got job in the sash
and blind factory at Madison.
Ed French of Madison was in town,
last week looking for oxen and coon cats.
Funny times when a coon cat sells for
more than a sheep
Mr.. Fentman is finishing the school
house in Dist. No. 2.
TIL County Commissioners are ex-
pected in town to view the location OF a
road around Williams hill on the road
from So. Scion to Scion village. An al
teration is much needed.
William Cuddy has moved on to the
John Bean farm.
Mrs. Turner Buswell was at Norridge.
wock visiting her sister, Mrs James
Conforth, several days, last week.
Mr.. p. j. Hill of Bingham was in town
one day, last week.
Alfred Berry of No Arson was in
town, Wednesday of last week.
VIM. Mcdonald of Embden was in
town, Thursday.
Mrs. EVE Whitney arrived home from
Rockand, Thursday night
Mr. Hall of New York was in town a
few days, last week, connected with the
pulp mill
:. NJ. Boynton and family of Bingham
we're in town, Friday, calling on friends.
The Odd Fellows anniversary was
observed, sunday, in the Congregational
Church. The sermon was preached to
the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs by Rev.
w. G.. Wade. There was large at
tendance of both orders. They march.
ed from their hall escorted by the Scion
band. The sermon was very appropri.
ate and interesting.
Mr. Oliver Irvine, Mariner Irvine and
Percy Maynard left here, Monday morn.
ing, for the Klondyke. We understand
they were to meet two gentlemen from
Kingtield in Boston, who will accom-.
psny them.
Mrs. +. H. Holey and Miss Lizzie
Dinsmore of North Arson were in town,
Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Tarbell of Hopedale
Mass, and James Stevens of North An
son were IN town, Tuesday.
The ladies of the Scion Whist club
entertained the gentlemen of the club
in most delightful manner at the town
hall, Scion, on Tuesday evening, April
%. AT p. M, the gentlemen were
escorted by Misses Geneva Clark and
Alta Gray from the main hall to the
banquet hall, where they were cor
daily received by the ladies'. After the
reception An elaborate banquet was
served. Misses Geneva Clark, Alta
Gray, Marguerite clark, Ruth Manson
and Master Carol Jones acted as wait
ers, and very attractive were they in
their dainty caps and aprons. The
table decorations of cut flowers were
very beautiful, A LoutOnniere of may
| flowers was at each plate, a large center
piece of cut flowers occupied the center
of the table, while scattered here and
there on the snowy cloth were beautiful
green leaves. The shining silver and
glass, the pretty china and other APP
pointments of the lastly arranged table
made the delicious viands even more
attractive. At the close of the banquet
were after dinner speeches by the gen.
| tlemen, Mrs. Mildred Manson being
POSTMASTER The remainder of the
evening was spent in a social game oil
whist. This was the supper which the
gentlemen won in their contest against
the ladies after playing whist three
evenings. 1t was we'll worth the win
ming for it was as nice supper as wal
ever served in Scion and the occasion
will long be remembered as one of thu
most enjoyable evenings ever spent by
the club.