The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-30
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has a fine position in an Augusta Pu-
blishing house.
Blanche Longley visited her sister
in Skowhegan last week
Ethel Ward was home from Skow
hogan Sunday.
Mary Thomas who has been work
ing for DR.. Smith for some time is at
her home in Mercer enjoying short
vacation.
Geo. Sawyer and wife who have
been staying with their daughter,
Mrs. Leland Merrill at her home on
Main street expects to be moved TO
their new home on Oak Hill this
week, they are both in very poor
health still.
Mrs. Ella Wetherell arrived in town
last week to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Staples.
Sidney and Forrest Knowlton were
in town this week from Waterville.
Rev. F. G. Davis will arrive home
this week from New Orleans and de :
liver the sermon Sunday morning in
the Baptist church.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered In the Congregational
church week from Sunday June 9th
by Rev. j. II. Gould.
VIM. Ireland has gone to New York
state to work.
There was a large attendance at the
monthly Rebekah supper in their hall
Friday evening. A good program
was furnished which included the
laughable farce, "Mrs. Willis Will"
and musical selections and several
readings.
Chester Hussey has been confined
to the house by sickness.
Mrs Nettie Sawyer returned re-
Gently from Massachusetts where she
has been visiting relatives.
Neva Johnson spent few days last
week in Madison visiting friends.
The ice cart makes regular trips
Just as though we wasn't having win
ter weather still.
Mrs. Philena Boston is at home from
Massachusetts where she spent the
winter with her daughter.
We are glad to learn that Mrs. Ma
ria Hopkins is again able to attend to
her duties as organist in the Congre-
gational church.
Mrs. Lydia Ramsdell is in very poor
health.
Will Flanders and wife have moved
on to the farm to do the farming
They have begun on their house but
will only build the ell at present.
Ada Nadeau was operated upon
Monday for appendicitis by DR.. Smith
l.
Ames. Miss Nadeau had comtem-
plated having an operation at the
Maine Central hospital at Lewiston
and recently went there but the con-
ditions were not right at the time and
she finally decided to have it done at
her own home. She is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. H. w. spauldine is rather
poorly.
VIM. Hobbs is having quite extern
sive repairs on his buildings on Main
st. a new piazza is being added to
the front of the house and all the
buildings are being painted.
Tue graduating class of the gram
mar school are busy getting their
parts ready for the great occasion.
Mrs. Lloyd Powers of Hallowell is
for short time visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Walton.
Mr.. Sawyer of Foxcroft was in town
last week tuning pianos.
VIM. Bracket has been busy at the
pond repairing his own cottage and
/ building others for friends. He ex
poets to get through this week and
then we shall look to see him abont
town with his Auto Car enjoying the
good roads which now prevail
Our school superintendent, Mrs. L.
II. Folsom and Florence Hall attend
ed the Teachers Convention in Fair
field last week.
DIR. j. d. Ames spent few days of
last week in Portland and Boston.
While there he got entirely new parts
to replace those which he broke re
Gently in his Cadillac automobile and
will have the machine in commission
again next week.
The annual meeting of the Village
Improvement Society has been slated
for Saturday evening of next week at
the Town hall and Congregational
vestry. Parts of the pragram will
consist of illustrated war songs of va
rious periods.
Mrs. j. D. Ames has cat or rather
couple of them that are in the
chicken business. They take turns in
mothering five of the little feathered
fellows.
The work on the addition to the
Baptist vestry is progressi Ig finely
and is now boarded and the roof shin :
ghed, while the lathing Is being ra-
pidly carried forward.
Memorial Sunday was observed by
a union meeting In the Congregation
al church at which there was a large
attendance. The sermon was exceed
ingly interesting. There were only
fifteen of the veterans present this
year.
The ice cream social which was
given by the high and grammar
schools in the Town hall Monday
evening was well attended in spite of
the rain and a good sum made toward
the payment of the electric light bill
for these schools.
R. A. Whitney and crew are busy
this week putting in the electric wir-
ing in the Congregations church.
Memorial day will be observed here
much the same as usual. The speak
er of the day will be Rev. II. E. Dun
mark of the Green street Methodist
church of Augusta.
Mrs. M. A. Head who has been in
Skowhegan for several months is
again in town stopping with her son,
Harry