The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-12-12
TOWN and VICINITY

Miss Mabel Smiley, who had been
employed in Allston, Mass. since last
July, arrived home, Friday evening
of last week.
Miss Olive Green is teaching Fair
field school, grade TX, during the ILL
ness of Miss Grace Drummond, the
regular teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Nudd have
gone to Fitchburg, Mass. and will
pass the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. G. H. Bacon.
Samuel W. Philbrick and Forrest
Goodwin were in Bangor on Tuesday
to attend meeting of the Carrabas-
sett Dam Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira w. Page, Sr. ar
rived home, Monday morning, from
a brief visit with their daughter, Mrs.
w. II. Moore, in Hartland.
Mrs. L. r. Brown, who had been
the guest of her father, Noah Reed,
of this place, for the past three weeks,
returned to her home in Burlington,
Sunday, driving to Waterville and
taking the train at that point.
Frank w. Buchanan arrived home
from Bangor, this morning. He had
been in that city since the first of the
week to attend a meeting of the
Maine Pharmacy Commission and to
assist in conducting the examination
of applicants for pharmaceutical reg
istration.
L. @. Williams of Athens, chairman
of the board of county commissioners,
who has been in town, this week, at
the December session of the county
commissioners court, shot fine doe
at Moxie on the recent trip of the
commiss toner's to that section. The
animal weighed 1856 lbs. and Mr.. Will
liams proposes to have the skin
mounted.
The schools of the eighth and ninth
grade and the high school are to have
two weeks vacation, reopening again
on Monday, December 30th. The
other schools, grade seven and below,
including the rural schools, will re-
main closed for three weeks and open
again on Monday, January 9th. The
Jewett street school, preparation for
which has been going forward for
some time, will open on the latter
date.
Iuta oI1ifin, n tho nnl1nntiOn
of portraits of former state officials,
at the state house in Augusta, is that
of the late William Philbrick, former
ly OF this place. Mr.. Philbrick was
among the first to fill the offices of
Bank Examiner for this state, his
term of Office being for the three years
ending in 1873. The picture, which is
the gift of his son, Samuel w. Phil
brick, has been given place on the
walls of the bank examiners office i'll
the Capitol building.
Mrs. Silas Leland and Mrs. Eliza
beth P. WEIGH left here this morning
for Florida and are to pass the winter
at Jacksonville, Datona and other
places in that state. Mrs. WEIGH
whose home has been for some years
in Los Angeles, Cal, has been passing
the summer and fall in Skowhegan as
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Pauline
P. Hill. Mrs. Leland and Mrs. WEIGH
will stop at Portland for few days
as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Pier
son, and will set out from that city
for the south next Monday morning.
A handsome stained glass window
has just been put in place in the front
wall of the new Congregational
church now nearing completion at
Flagstaff, by E. Payson Viles of this
place, in memory of his father, Rufus
Viles. When the church society was
first organized at Flagstaff the late
Mr.. Viles was very active in its for
nation. He was early appointed a
deacon, continuing this connection
until he moved to Industry, twenty
years later. The memorial is thus
specially fitting az it calls to the
minds of the present generation of
worshippers one of the founders of
their society.
All hats marked down at Curtis.
All the Cooper remedies are for sale
at Bucknam's.
Butler & Butler have some good
tenements to rent.
1908 diaries and Maine farmers al
manacs at Fogg's drug store
F.P. Moore has some bargains in