The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-06-20
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Members of Skowhegan Lodge,
Ancient Order of United Workmen,
are to attend worship at the First
Baptist church next Sunday morning.
The next meeting of Golden Rod
Branch, International Sunshine So
ciety, will be held with Mrs. Belle
Gates on Silver street Wednesday
of next week at 2.30 p. m.
Company E Military band will give
a concert of seven numbers from the
veranda of Hotel Coburn, next Tues
day evening, commencing at 7.30.
This is their first open air concert of
the season.
Fred T. Addition of Boston was the
guest over Sunday of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Addition. He is
employed in the auditing department
of the Boston & Maine in the Offices
in the North Union station.
The entertainment at St. Mary's
Hall, last Monday evening, called out
a good sized audience. 1t consisted
of songs and dialogues in both French
and English, all by local amateurs,
members of St. Mary's parish.
The annual military ball under the
auspices of Company E will occur next
Thursday evening, June the 9th, in
Milburn hall Music will be furnished
by the Crescent orchestra. There
will be a special return car to Maids
on.
Mrs. Mary Cobb of Roxbury, Mass,
is in town, guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Williams. Mr.. Cobb is
expected in about two weeks and
they will pass their annual vacation
at cottage at North Pond in Smith
field.
Miss Maud Merrill passed Saturday
and Sunday in town, returning to
Colby College Monday morning. She
was accompanied by Helen Robinson
of Portland, also student at Colby
The two ladies are room mates at
Foss Hall.
The degree staff of Scion Lodge,
II. o. o. F. will visit Carrabassett
Lodge /. o. o. F. of this place on
Wednesday evening June 26 and
work the second degree. All MEM
bers of the order in town are invited
to be present.
Messrs. w. P. Ordway, Walter
Hight and Arthur Dunlap have been
fishing in Dead River waters since
the first of the week. They went to
The Forks by team and train and
from that point 10 miles up the West
Branch by boat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine s. Viles with
their two children, Dorothy and
William Payson, and maid, arrived
here Sunday. Mr.. Viles returned to
Newport, N. Y, Monday morning
Mrs. Viles and the children will re-
main as guests of E, P Viles and
family for several weeks.
Donald Morrison, who has been at
the University in Oberlin, Ohio, dur
ing the past winter, is expected to
arrive here about July 8th, and will
remain in this vicinity for the sum-
mer. Mr.. Robert Steinemann, under
whose management Mr.. Morrison has
been filling engagements as a violin
soloist and reader, will come to Maine
about one week in advance of Mr..
Morrison's arrival and will arrange
for several concerts, one of which of
course, will be in Skowhegan.
Maurice P. Merrill of this place was
one of the winning side in the Heath
Whittimore prize debate at Bowd DIN
College last week. This is an annual
event at the college and the prize
comes from a fund given by Hon.
Herbert NJ. Heath of Augusta and
Mr.. Whittemore, both graduates of
Bowdoin. The subject debated this
year was the Initiative and Referen-
dunn. Mr.. Merrill is now member
of the Junior class. One of his duties
the past six months has been the care
of the Zeta Psi chapter house and
other property he having been ap-
pointed manager of that fraternity
last January.
Tomorrow will be the final day for
for such of the village schools as have
not already closed, and also for the
rural schools in the Lake George,
Blunt and Pitts districts. The schools
in the Malbons Mills, Dudley Corner
and Richardson districts will close
Friday of next week. Tomorrow af-
ternoon at 2.30 in the Bethany
Church will occur the commence
ment exercises of the ninth grade,
Academy building, this being the
class which will enter the High
school next fall. The program will
be largely of musical numbers and
short address to be delivered by the
Rev. T. L. Frost who will confer the
diplomas. The public are cordially
welcome to these exercises.
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