The Somerset reporter., 1907-10-10
TOWN and VICINITY



Water St.
Mrs. Edwin L. Clough and her little
daughter, Dorothea, attended the
fair at Athens last week and returned
home, Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph o. Smith went to Bev-
erly, Mass, last Friday to pass the
month of October with her daughter,
Mrs. ". B. Pierce.
William Tolman and his sister, Mrs.
Jennie Malbon, arrived home last
evening after a weeks visit with rela-
tives in Massachusetts,
The members OF Golden Rod Branch,
l. S. S. are busy at the present time
with preparations for their annual din
ner and fair which is TO occur in the
near future.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of 81 per cent; interest COM
mences the first of each month on de-
posts made on or before the 10th.
Mrs. Cora NJ. Pooler of South Franz
ingham, Mass, arrived here Tuesday,
summoned by the death of James T.
Leavitt. Mrs. Pooler is a sister in
law of the deceased, and native of
this place.
DIR. Cora Johnson went to Boston
last Monday. She expects to pass the
winter in post graduate study, in the
hospitals of Boston and New York
City, and to resume her practice>her
in the spring.
Mrs. Col amore Willard of Caratunk
went from this station to Lewiston
last Friday, to be treated at the Sis
ters' Hospital. On her return here
she will remain for some weeks at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Paine on
Milburn street.
Ansel Holway went to Pittsfeld
Saturday to attend the funeral of his
brother, Thomas Holway. In this
family but three brothers now sur
vive, Ansel, above mentioned, of Nor
ridgewock, Leonard of Larone and
Charles of Waterville.
Gervais Nolin went to Oakland
Monday on business for the Nolin
Manufacturing Co. This firm is now
just starting up for their winters
run, the twenty ninth season that
they have been doing business in
Skowhegan. The busy months of the
year with them are from October to
July.
The children of st. Mary's Convent
are enjoying their annual outing and
picnic at Sacred Heart Farm on the
Norridgewock road today. They
number between three and four hun
bred and made long line as they
marched through the town about nine
O'Clock this morning accompanied by
their eleven teachers.
Thos. Spear of Madison, superin-
tendent of the telephone company at
that place, and representative of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
in this section, took the train at this
station for Portland Tuesday morn
ing. He was accompanied by his
daughter who was to be treated at the
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary.
The residence property on Madison
avenue, owned by Henry Washburn
of Bingham, has been sold the past
week to Elmer Dunton, formerly of
Jackman. He is to leave for the west
In the early future, but his family
will remain here for the present
and, together with Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Savage, Mrs. Dunton's parents, will
occupy this home on Madison avenue.
Messrs. Savage and Dunton we're in
trade at Jackman until the time of
the fire which destroyed their place
of business, about six months since.
The drawings, selected from those
done by pupils of the Skowhegan
schools, and shown at the Somerset
Central fair, will be sent to Bangor
and exhibited at the annual meeting
of the Maine Teachers Association,
on October "a, % and 20. Last year
the various exhibitions of school
work, at the meeting of the associa-
ton came from the cities, but this
year the exhibits will come from
towns about the size of Skowhegan,
and no work from the city schools
will be shown. 1t is expected that
many of the teachers of Skowhegan
and other Somerset county towns will
attend the meeting at Bangor.
Bidden without his knowledge, but
evidently none the less welcome on
account of the surprise their arrival
occasioned, fifteen of the gentlemen
friends of Herbert Wentworth called
on him at his home on Norridgewock
avenue, Thursday evening of last
week, the date, October 8, being his
birthday. The evening was passed in
playing sixty three, and at the close
of the game delightful refreshments
were served by the hostess who had
planned the affair as a surprise to her
husband. All present enjoyed the
privilege of passing the evening with
Mr.. Wentworth in his pleasant home
and of offe ring him best wishes on his