The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
State Schools

State Schools
Most IT he isil fr,ms Of the Ste
schools ia he "Wilivaod E!ue II oJ
District OF Franklin, Somerset nd Pr
cataquis counties have clos, only
Lowelltown and Moosehesd b,Eg row
In session and they close soon. The
interest manifested BY both cit zeus and
pupils, the average Of attendaf &c a. d
the amount and quality Of work done by
teachers and scholars has been greater
than In any previous year. The agent
has been able TO give more personal at
tention 10 the work than ever before and
| thus has been enabled to extend and i'm
prove the graded work In all the schools
and by personal explanation to ctiz ~,
pupils and teachers to cause the nature
and desrabilty of this feature Of the
work to be better understood and more
| enthusiastically supported.
New school houses have teen donated
as follows. At Long Pond BY Haines,
Lanigan and Boston of Waterville and 4 .
P. Page Of Skowhegan, at Moxie bv Mrs
| M. Piel of Brooklyn, n. Y, at Moose
| head by Nj. G. Shaw Lumber Co. Of
Greenyille and at Skinner by Skinner.
French q Co. Flags have been raised at
Lowelltown, Skinner, Holeb, Long Pond
and lockwood. School Improvement
Leagues have been organized as follows (:
Blaine OF lockwood, Mckinley OF Holeb,
Sheridan of Skinner and Dingley of
LowelltOwn; while the N. A. Luce
league was revived at Long Pond. Each
/ school and school house bearing the
name of the league. Parents and other
citizens are assisting in this work and
much good is being done.
AT Skinner and Holeb new organs
have been purchased ard placed in the
school houses. At the latter place a
| chimney has been built, new stove
procured and quarter rounds put between
the logs OF the walls both inside aud out.
This makes the house with its flower
beds and surrounding groves a very
| pleasant place for school. At Rock
wood new floor of matched boards
with sheathing paper has been laid.
Graduations were held at Skinner,
Holeb, Long Pond, Moosehead and Rock
wood; the children showed careful train
ing and the exercises were very credit
able. The comforting of the diplomas
bearing DR.. Stetson's official signature
was very gratifying to the recipients as
we'll as to their friends and we believe
this will stimulate all to do better work
next year. Two classes were graduated
as follows; Primary class, Arsenault.
Delina, Berube, John, Blaine school,
lockwood Bovine, Mary Exlla, Booth
man, Flora May, LeClair, Alfred Leon,
| Sheridan school, Skinner; Meservev,
| Maude, Bowtown; Parsdis, Mary Ann,
n. A. Luce school, Long Pond; Parent.
David, Richie, Geo. Jr., Blaine, Rock
wood; Vintiner, Sarah Ethel, Wald,
Eveline May, Mckinley school, Holeb.
intermediate class, Calder, AVIS Eliz =
beth, Calder, Clarence John, Blaine
school, lockwood; Conley, Frank Pat
rick, Moosehead ;Curran, Herbert George.
Sheridan school, Skinner; Gaudet, Albert
Leo, Blaine school, lockwood; LeClair,
Albert joseph, Sheridan scnool, Skinner;
Perry, Anna, Perry Alfred, Redmond.
| Noel, n. A. Luce school, Long Pond
| Wad, Arthur James, Mckinley school,
Holeb; Wentworth, Ellis Merrill, Sheri-
dan school, Skinner.
The teachers during the fall term
were, Laura M. Williams OF Caratunk at
Bowtown, K. A. Rowell of Cornvile al
| Lowelltown; Eli l.. Martin of Fl. Kent
at Skinner, Mrs. Ethel B. Orr at Hoeb,
Mrs. Lena Head of Long Pond, George
Kicker of Cornville at Askwith, Leslie
| L. Barrows of Greenville at Moosehead,
Stella X. Finn of Henderson at Kineo
and the agent at lockwood. The efforts
made and the spirit manifested by all
| these except the last were very COM
mendable and satisfactory. No fall
terms were held at Misery or Moxie and
the schools at Nelson's on the ives
shore of Moosehead and at Spencer Bay
on the east shore will be held during
the winter for both places, Stella K.
Finn teaching at the latter place. The
pupils from Bald Mountain and Tom
hogan were schooled in Moose River and
lockwood respectively
school houses are sadly needed at
KneO, Askwith ana Bowtown. When
these are supplied and the others CON-
pleted the work will be better performed
and the results will he far more bene-
fetal. Who wishes to donate these
buildings? c. +. BALL