The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-08-22
Old Home Reception.

Weston Hall was the scene of a
brilliant gathering last evening, the
occasion being the eighth annual OBJ
servance of Old Home Week, under
the auspices of the Skowhegan liter
airy and social clubs. The hall had
been deliberately decorated, this de-
tail of the preparation never having
received more careful or skillful at
tention. The stage was a mass Of
golden rod with a mammouth cluster
of large white lilies in the center,
while golden glow and evergreen with
other flowers and shrubs filled the
corners and adorned other portions
of the room.
The following ladies greeted the
guests in the capacity of reception
committee, they being the presidents
and vice presidents OF Skowhegan's
literary clubs: Mrs. Alice Steward,
Mrs. c. A. Weston, Mrs. Clara B..
Leavitt, Mrs. Cornelia E. Jackson and
Mrs. Lois w. Patten. They were as
sisted also by Messrs. Rupert E.
Jackson and Walter F. Robbins, rep
resenting the Milburn Club.
Shortly after eight O'Clock, Geo. w.
Cover, Esq., made an informal ad-
dress in which, with the ability and
grace which such an occasion de-
mands, and with which he is SO hap
PLY and abundantly qualified, he
welcomed the company, townspeople
and visitors, in behalf of the organi-
cations under whose auspices the
affair was held.
Many people meet each other at
these Old Home Week receptions
who are widely separated throughout
the remainder of the year and some
were present who had been long alb
sent from Skowhegan, one at least re-
turning after an absence of nearly
forty years. The Impressions receiv.
ed by these returning visitors by
reason of the changes they have OBJ.
served in our town and people, made
very interesting subjects of CONVEX
sation, and many acquaintance were
very pleasantly renewed during the
hour which followed Mr.. Covers ad
dress.
The committee, made up by ap'
pointment from the various clubs
who were charged with the RESPONSE
bility of arranging and carrying ou
all details of the reception, were Mrs
W. P. Ordway, Mrs. W.. F. Robbinl
and Mrs. Kate Jewett, from the Soro
sis; Mrs. F. W. Bucknarn, Mrs. Editl
S. Shepherd and Miss S. J. Anderson
from the Woman's Club; Mrs. Hiram
C. Gage, Mrs ]. F. williams and Mrs
c. Davis Miller from the Town I'm
provement Society; and W.. F. Rob
bins and r. E. Jackson from the Mil
burn Club. Refreshments were serv
by committee consisting of Misse
Edna Page, Miriam Merrill, Heller
Steward, Bessie Allen, Grace Cove
and Elsie Walton. Kendall's orches
ira rendered selections from time tC
time throughout the evening.
The guests present from out o
town, as shown by the names entered
in the visitors registry, were as fol
lows: Daniel Kennison, Detroit, Me.
Mrs. John Wilson, Miss Abigail Viii
son, Miss Myra Hall, Rockville
Conn; Mrs. D. w. Webber, Auburn
Me-; Mrs. E. M. Tolman, New Sharon
Me-; Miss Grace M. Wood, West Med
ford, Mass; Mrs. Clara Collins, Phil.
adelphia; Mrs. L. j. Stevens, DIR
Edmund H. Stevens, Mrs. Melissa
E. Stevens, Miss Luella B. Stevens
Mrs. Agnes Walker Stevens, Cam
bridge, Mass; Mrs. E. H. Paine, Miss
Ethelyn Gardner, New York City;
Mrs. Jennie Shumway, Mrs. Elizabeth
P. WEIGH, Los Angeles, Cal; Miss
Anna Philbrick, Miss Maud E. French
Ruth E. Redmond, j. H. Blaisdell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Palmer, Miss
Bertha Palmer, Boston; Mr.. and Mrs
X. A. Withee, Mrs, &. B, Leavitt
Norridgewock; Miss Mary d. Pollard
Pawtucket, R. l.; D. H. Snow, Joplin
Mo-; H. L. Smith, South Braintree
Mass; Miss B. E. Thurston, Lebanon
N. H.: Geo. r. Merriam, Freeport
Me-; Miss Helen F. Delauo, Everett,
Mass; A. E. Huntington, Somerville
Mass. Mrs. Joseph L. Patten, Brook
Ign, n. Y.