The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-15
TOWN and VICINITY


son. George, and her daughter, Miss
Edith, is passing the present week with
relatives in Efna, Me.
Mrs. R. w. Brown left, Monday MORN
ing, on business trip to Boston. She
was accompanied by Miss Mabel Witham.
The Snow Bound club held one of its
regular meetings with Mrs. Llewellyn
Goodwin, last Friday afternoon and even
ing.
The Savings Department of the Second
National Bank of Skowhegan pays inter-
est on deposits from the first day of each
month.
Mrs. Sarah j. Fogg leaves here tomor-
row morning for Massachusetts, where
she will visit with relatives for the next
few months.
The members of the Clover Leaf club
passed the afternoon at whist with Mrs.
C. J. Dow on Madison avenue, Thursday
of last week.
Miss L. NJ. Withee and Miss Abbie
Harvile left here for Boston and New
York City, Monday. They are to make
study of the new things In millinery
in the markets of those two cities.
Horace Reed of the contracting firm of
Noah Reed & Son has recently returned
home from business trip along the line
of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Be-
ginning with the first of April this firm
has long job on the extension OF the
Somerset Railway doing the stone work
for the trestles.
Ia the Bethany Baptist church Sunday
evening Rev G. w. Hinekley delivered
an address before a large congregation
By request he told of the founding of the
home for boys and girls at Good Will
farm and the work that Ia now being
carried on there. 1t was a most interest
ing lecture.
Mrs. w. r. Giffprd and Mrs. Mabel
Philbrck are In Bangor, today, attend
ing the annual meeting of the Maine
DduRuLGls Vi iiiC hENolhLlpD'
A receptiouis to be held this evening by
the State Regent, Miss G. A. Baldwin,
and Friday will be occupied with the
business sessions and other exercises.
DR.. Edmund Il. Stevens of Cambridge,
Mass, was in town over Sunday. DR..
Stevens comes here at this time to ar
/ 81 r.. Il
this spring at bis summer home, Bloom
field. Among these will be an extension
of SO feet to one of his barns. The doc
tor will sail from New York April for
Porto Rico, joining his wife for stay
OF three weeks.
We note In the columns of another
paper the announcement that Edwin o.
Head, formerly of this place, for some
years past resident of RocRland, is a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the Office of Sheriff of Knox
county. The account states that he has
rather the lead over bis competitors and
that he is likely to be successful before
the Knox county Democratic convention.
The regular March term of the Su-
pteme judicial court convenes at the
court house next Tuesday, with Judge
A. r. Savage as presiding justice. The
court stenographer, WIN. II. Conforth
is a Somerset county boy, the son of
James F. C0nforth who now resides on
he Duo TO ndilao
from Skowhegau on the Norridgewock
road. There are a large number of en-
tries on the docket and many of the civil
list are OF unusual Importance. Az
Judge Savage has an assignment for
court 10 Waldo county, four weeks hence,
it seems that the term will be but one
month 10 length. Ia this case 1t is not
expected that all the docket will find an
opportunity for trial.
Miss Fern Thomas, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Thomas of East Front
street, was rendered surprise party by
her school friends, last Saturday even
ing. II had been arranged for her TO
pass the day In the country and on her
return home she found the six members
OF the s. P @. club, of which she is
member, and others of her sehoolmates
TO the humber of forty or more, ready to
greet her. At a proper time Ia the even
ing, Miss NJ, rifle Goodrich stepped for
ward and, with a charming little speech,
presented Miss Thomas with a very
pretty gold ring in behalf Of the Assem-
BLEED guests. The special significance Of
the gathering and he gift arises from
the fact that Miss Thomas is to &C.
company her parents to Fort Fairfield 10
the near future, where the family expect
to reside after April lat. A few years
since Mr.. Thomas bee me tie owner OF
farm at Fort Fairfield, bit after oc-
eupying 1t for time he leased 1t to other
parties and returned TO S.owhegan,
working the past seven years 10 the cut
ting room at the shoe factory. He has
now made up bis mind TO try the farm
again.
a recent issue of the Kennebec Jour-
nal contains the likeness OF j. Frank Bill
odeau with the announcement OF his
election as captain of Company M, the