The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-08-01
TOWN and VICINITY

DE0tnl0G ana DuTUSu III the sloiih Vi
July 20. estimates his loss at $1,000,
on which he had 81 200 insurance.
Miss Fern Thomas of Fort Fairfield
has been passing the month of July
in town as the guest of Mrs. Alfred
Thompson. She expects to return
home about the middle of August.
Mrs F. w. Briggs and a party of
FIVE ladies from Pittsfield,. who passed
last week at the Shepherd cottage at
Lakewood, returned to their homes
on the noon train, Saturday. The
only Skowhegan lady who was
member of the party was Miss Flor
ence Wyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Phibrick and
their three children, Donald, Carl and
William, leave here today for Popham
Beach, Me-, where they will pass the
month of August. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank T. Ross of St. Stephen, y. B.,
are also 70 be at Popham Beach for
the same period.
ARRANGEMENTS arc ptldE POiiSNbNN
for the annual Old Home Week re-
ception which will be held at Weston
Hall on the evening of Wednesday,
August 21st. An excellent orchestra
has already been engaged to furnish
music for the occasion. More COM
plete announcements will be made In
a subse quent issue of the REPORTER.
Clarence Brooks, who has been the
guest since Friday of DR.. and Mrs. j.
n Merrill and family at their home
on Water street, left Tuesday morn
ing, for his home in Keene, N. H.
Mr.. Brooks was a classmate with the
DOCTORS son, Don, at West Point.
The latter is now lieutenant in the
constabulary service in the Philip
pines.
Word has been received here of the
death, July 29th., of Corydon Veasie,
formerly of Norridgewock. He was
one of the deputies under Sheriff Geo.
II. Pishon in 1891 and 1892 and was
well known and respected through
out the county. Mr.. Veasie went
west about five years ago and had
been living at La Juanta, Col. His
body will be brought east for inter-
ment in the family lot.
On Tuesday evening of this week
the class of 1904, of the Skowhegan
High school, held its annual reunion
at Lakewood. The party was made
up of members of the class and their
friends, there being present seven OF
the graduating class of Is. After a
supper at Lakewood Inn, the party
enjoyed motor boat ride at the in
vitation of one of their number,
Maurice P. Merli !, and later attended
the theatre in body.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Emery and
Mrs. Emery's aunt, Mrs. Caroline
Jones, left here, Tuesday morning,
for Lake Embden, where they are to
occupy the family cottage for the
next month. From Lake Embden
they will go to the No. Arson Camp
grounds at the opening of the annual
campmeeting, Monday, August 26.
After campmeeting week they will
return to Skowhegan. Mrs. Jones
has now been member of the Emery
household for several months. Her
home was formerly in Lynn, Mass.
Miss Annie Barbeau, formerly of
this place, for several years employed
as teacher in the schools of Medford,
Mass. is in charge of the nine play
ground schools in the city of Boston
during the present summer season.
These schools have daily attendance
of four Thousand pupils. Among Miss
Barbeau's assistants are two former
Skowhegan teachers, Miss Linda
Graves and Miss Margaret Wyman.
Miss Graves has been teaching in
Westfield, Mass, and Miss Wyman in
Maiden and both are to be reemployed
as formerly at the beginning of the
school year in September.
Two rowing characters, bud"
Robinson and Oscar Davis, looked
upon with more or less suspicion by
our police force, left town on raft
down the Kennv bee river, to escape
arrest, on Thursday of last week. They
had been about the streets intoxicat-
ed and had been warned by Chief of
Police Dunlap that they must clear
out, but had subsequently given out
word that they would not allow any
official or company of them to take
them into custody. Hiram Thyng
became apprized of the circumstances
and learned that the men had re-
tired to the vicinity of Coburn Park.
Feeling sure that it would be to the
advantage of the community to have
them leave if they would do so he
hunted them up and warned them that
the local authorities had determined
to take them "dead or alive" Under
the impression that Chief of Police
Dunlap and all his force were on their
track Robinson and Davis took to
raft which they found at the Great
Eddy and when last seen were safely
navigating the current past the curve