The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-08-16
TOWN and VICINITY

husband Al Belfast Me.
George y. Page and his daughter
Miss Hannah, were 10 Augusta, Tuesday
TO attend he funeral Of Mrs, Byron
Savage.
R.v. B. B. Merrill and family, who
have been at Standpoint, Me, during
Mr.. Merril's vacation, arrived home last
evening".
Judge A. f. Clarey and wife Of Bos-
ton are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Il
Atkinson at the Thompson cottage,
Hayden Lake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Atkins Of bingham,
Mass who had been called here by the
death Of his father, M. Frank Atkins
returned home yesterday
Mrs. George L. Nay, Mrs. Kate NJ.
Kendall and Miss Mae Bowman left here
Tuesday morning to pas the next ten
DAYS at Higgins Beach, Ne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren LOOMS left
here his morning TO pass the rest OF the
week with their daughter, Mrs. Lura
Fahey, at her cottage, Old Orchard. Me
Mrs. Guy L. Conant of Manchester,
N. Fl. is expected to arrive Saturday for
visit with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph French at their home in Cornvllle.
VIII Tufts Of Manchester, n. H., who
has been passing his vacation at East
Pond in Smith6eld, has been in town
this week, visiting his mother, Mrs.
Celia E. Tufts,
Major Alonzo York, Col. W. r. G.
Estes, Col. A. G. Blunt and E. E. Nc
Neelie are in Augusta today attending
the State Encampment of the Second
Regiment at Camp Cobb.
AR. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Cullen of Boston
arrived here, last week for visit with
Mrs. Cullon's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alb
ner Currier. They are accompanied by
Mrs. Flora M. Shaw Of Auburn.
james Sheppard, Jr., superintendent
of the Marston Worsted Mill, returned
from New York by the 1890 train,
yesterday, having been in that city on
business in connection with the mill
Mrs. j. F. Whipple, accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Hope, of Pawtucket,
R. l., arrived on the five o'clock train,
last Friday, and will pass three weeks
with her SOD, Roy Whipple at Lakewood
MIS-. John Lancaster and her daughter
Adelaide, are passing this week at Dres-
dep, Me. They are the guests Of Mrs.
Lqncaster's mother, Mrs. O. A. Priest,
at her cottage at the Dresden Camp
grounds.
Alexander Weston, who has been
making his home during the past year in
Lynn, Mass, arrived here yesterday,
by his SOD, Forest. They
are to pass fortnight 10 renewing their
with the people Of Skowhe-
gan vicinity.
Dan't fail to hear HerweRh Won Ende
and Sammie Kotler at the Bethany Bap-
fist church Tuesday evening, August,
Is b. The reserved seat sale started
few days ago at G. r. Fogg's drug store
and it looks as il they will all be taken
before many more days.
Members of the Town Improvement
Society passed the afternoon and even
ing very pleasantly at the cottage of
Mrs. Abbie Wildes, Hayden Lake, last
Friday. The contents OF the lunch bas-
ket WAS arranged for picnic supper at
s o'clock and with &C flee served by
the hostess made a most enjoyable re-
past.
A party consisting Of Mrs. Edith s.
shepherd, Miss Lola B. Goodwin, Mr.
Herbert L. SWEET and Mr.. and Mrs. E. E.
McNeeie enjoyed al outing at North
port, Me. from Saturday OF last week
until Tuesday, being entertained by Mr..
SWEET at the family cottage. From Ban.
gor the trip was made In 80 IT. naptha
launch owned by his brother, who with
u sister joined the party then, and they
cruised each day about Penobscot bay.
Two OF the cars of the Somerset
Traction Company were involved In a
rear end collision last Saturday after
100, fphoy mara runpinu doup Madi
son avenue about five O'clock, just after
the close Of the baseball game at Fair
view Park, and in coming down the
grade OF Dyer hill, motorman Lyman
Murphy was unable to control the speed
of his car and it struck the car running
ahead Of it which bad stopped TO take on
u passenger at Spring street. The
damage TO the cars WAS not great al
though they came together with force
enough to shake up the passengers con-
and cause some cases Of slight
injury among them.
Mr.. Elmer E. McIntire, for many years
superintendent OF schools in Crookston,
H., who has been on trip to Maine and
10 this town since last week as the guest
OF bis uncle, John Weston, left here
this morning for his return to the West.
Mr.. McIntire was born in Illinois but
received bis education in Maine at Co.
burn Classical Institute and Colby
College, graduating from the latter in
1884, During one Of his college vaca-