The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-09

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the guest over Sunday of Mr.. Henry
Hight.
DR.. F. s. Bigelow has few tons OF
first class hay to sell at the highest
market price.
The Town Improvement Society
will meet with Mrs. L. W. Weston
Friday May 10th at 2,3O p. m.
Chester H. Mills, Esq, of Jaekman
has been in town this week, as the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
NJ. Mills.
The Good viii Club will meet with
Mrs. Edith Shepherd, Water street,
next Wednesday afternoon at two
O'Clock.
Mrs. E. c. Dunton went to Boston
this morning, where she will remain
the guest of friends until some time
in June.
S. w. Philbrick and Master Donald
left this morning to join Mrs. Phil
brick and another son, Carl, at Lake
wood, n. J.
Miss Alice NJ. French, who came
from Augusta with the remains of her
mother for burial, was the guest over
Sunday of Mrs. Fannie Cushing.
The next meeting of Golden Rod
Branch, international Sunshine So
ciety, will be held on May Is, at the
home of Mrs. Nellie Pratt, 134 Madi-
son avenue.
Ernest Lessor and Mrs. Amanda
Clukey were married at st. Mary 8
Church Monday afternoon at six
O'Clock, by the Rev. Father Lacroix.
They are to reside at No. 26 Railroad
street.
E. b. Seekins a mechanist in the
employ of Hackett & Witham, went to
Lewiston, Monday morning. He had
been advised by his physician to sub
nit to a minor surgical operation and
enters the Sisters Hospital for that
purpose.
Miss Myrtle Hoxie is expected to
arrive here this evening for visit
with her grandfather, James A.
Hoxie. Miss Hoxie and her sister,
Miss Laura, are employed at the fac
tory of the General Electric Co. in
Lynn, Mass.
Rev. B. B. Merrill will return to-
morrow from Portland where he has
been since Tuesday at the Conference
of the Congregational Churches of
Maine and also attending the annual
meeting of the Maine Missionary So
ciety. Mr.. Merrill was a delegate
from Somerset county to the latter
organization.
At the annual meeting of stock
holders in the Skowhegan Water
Power Co. held at the Office of its
Treasurer, May 8, Lewis Anderson
J. w. Blunt, David A. Haig, John r.
Mcclellan, and Chas. E. Young were
elected directors and f. A. Nolin
clerk and treasurer. At a subsequent
meeting of directors Lewis Anderson
was elected president.
The old time friends and neighbor
of Paul Murray called upon him al
the home of his son, Joseph, on the
Waterville road, Monday evening fol
congratulations and assist him in cele
brating his seventy fifth birthday
Mr. Murray continues in good health
and is employed seven days in the
week at the Maine Central rounC
house where he has worked continu
ously for fifty one years.
Rev. Fred A. Leitch left here las
Monday for Chicago, where he is tt
receive the degree of Doctor of Phil
osophy at the Illinois Wesleyan Uni
versity, for which he has been study
ing for quite time. His place at thu
morning service of the Methods
church, next Sunday, will be filled b.
Rev. Wilbur F. Berry, president o
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary o
Kent's Hill. Mr.. Berry will alst
preach at the evening service.
Yesterday mornings papers con
tanned accounts of the annual session
of the Grand Bodies of Masonry a
Portland. Col. w. r. G. Estes, mem
Der of the Grand Lodge, and its mas
ter for the years of 1884 and 1885
Geo. Simpson, master of Somerse
Lodge, j. e. Griffin, eminent com
mander of De Molay Commandery
/ Geo. W. Cover, grand commander o
the Maine commandery were in at
tendance, also G. M. Lambert, j. II
Lancaster, L. j. Addition and j. Wal
lace Blunt, other Skowhegan Mason
going in various capacities to repre-
sent their respective lodges.
Albert j. Libby, who left his barbe
shop under Hotel Coburn to try farm
ing for a time, and who has been will
Arley Shaw, corner of Court anC
Water Streets for the past six months
has purchased the shop at the Coburr
of A. o. Roberts, and is ready for hi
old customers again. He Away
made a speciality of honing razors ant
selling barber's supplies and boil
these branches will be continued a
formerly. in connection with all othe