The Somerset reporter., 1907-07-04
TOWN and VICINITY

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nade Skowhegan a brief visit last
Sunday.
Vera Berce is passing the week as
fbe guest of friends in lewiston and
Portland.
II. Swain reports the sale of the
Hiram S. Skillin farm in Fairfield to
sdiu Brooks of Fairfield
Mrs. F. A. Hatch of Worcester,
Mass. is visiting her mother, Mrs. G..
\ Wing, at her home in North Fair
field.
&. W. Hall has bought nice stand
in the village at Rumford Centre, Me-,
and moved his family there last Fri
day.
Mrs. Thomas P. Talbot and daugh-
ters Marjorie, Leslie and Katherine
of Roxbury, Mass. are guests of Mrs.
NJ F. Webb, Madison Ave.
Carl Powers, Maurice Merrill, Har-
old Rowell, Uhas. Walker and Guy
Estes. Bowdoin college students, are
home for their summer vacation.
Myrtis Genthner, stenographer in
tbe office of Butler & Butler, is pass
ing three weeks vacation at Port
land and at points in New Hampshire.
Mrs. D. S. Holden and son, Gerald
left Monday for Jackman where they
will be Joined by Mr. Holden for
visit with relatives and friends in that
place
Mrs. F. L. Tozier and her young
daughter, Doris, who had been visit
ing at the home of F. P. Pennell and
family, returned to Washburn, Me.
Monday. Mrs. Tozier was accompan-
led by her sister, Miss Sadie Pennell.
Robert Wildes has gone to Mouse
Island where he has accepted a
position in a store for the summer.
He will also be assistant post master
as the local mail arrangements are
cared for in the place of business
where he is employed.
The class of 1906, Skowhegan High
school held a reunion at Lakewood
last evening. The program included
banquet at the Inn at O'Clock and
attendance at the theatre. OF the
original 2S who formed the class at
graduation some over 20 were pre-
sent
The Skowhegan Postoffice will be
closed today, Thursday, July 4th., as
follows, from $50 a. m. to 1870 a. M,
from 100 a. m. to y. M, from 1870
p. m, to 2.l5 p. M, from 2.3O p. M, to
1902. M, and at at night. The
city carriers will make their regular
morning trips but all trips by rural
carriers will be omitted. The car
rier's window will be open from 5 to 8
in the afternoon.
Miss Louis Piel, who has been the
guest of the Westermanns at killcare
cottage on the Hayden Lake road, left
for Lake Parlin, Me-, this morning
She is the daughter of Michael Piel, a
wealthy New Yorker, who purchased
the Parlin Pond property, several
years ago and has built new buildings
and made other important improve
ments until it is now one of the most
elaborate summer homes in the state.
G. c. Hume of the Shawmut Manu-
featuring Co., was in town Monday,
coming on the 1890 train with a crew
of twelve river drivers on their way
to Sandy river. They were taken to
their destination by way of Norridge-
wock in team from the Chase sta
bles Mr.. Hume's company has about
twelve hundred thousand feet of tim
Der in the Sandy river which they
wish to get into the main river as
quickly as possible.
Captain Francis H. Wing of this
place was elected secretary and trea-
surer of the 18th Maine Regiment As
sociation at the fifth annual reunion
held at Windemere Park on the shore
of Unity pond Thursday of last week.
Captain Wing was the only citizen of
Somerset county present. Very few
of those who originally formed the
l4th Maine now reside in this county.
The next reunion will be held at the
same place during the last week of
June 1908.
Practically every manufacturing
plant in Skowhegan is closed this
Thursday morning, as well as large
proportion of the retail stores. The
Shoe Factory and the Marston mill
will not resume operations until Mon
day morning The r. L. Mitchell
factory, the Anderson Mills and the
Maine spinning plant will start up
again tomorrow. The indications are
that the celebrations at Norridge-
wock, Lakewood Madison and Pitts
field will be we'll patronized by
Skowhegan people.
Skowhegan's evening passenger
train, due at 4.3O, was held up by the
wreck of the Bar Habor express at
Oakland last Saturday, and its place
was supplied by special which ar
rived here one hour late. This train
brought no mail from points beyond