The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-06-06
TOWN and VICINITY

will be at car Monday.
Miss Margaret Griffin passed Me-
mortal Day as the guest of her uncle,
Chas. E. Wing in Wayne.
Mrs. E. c. Dunton, who has been in
Boston for several weeks, arrived
home, Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Smith went to
Augusta this morning to attend the
funeral of Miss Angie Messer, Mr..
Smiths cousin.
The next meeting of Golden Rod
Branch, |. S. s., will be held with
Mrs. Ada Abbey, No. 7 Park st. at
2.30 p. m, June IL.
James T. Leavitt met with severe
injury to his hand, Tuesday, while at
his farm on the Norridgewock road,
by getting it caught in the gear of the
manure spreader.
The baecalaureate sermon is to be
delivered at the evening service of
the Bethany Church, next Sunday,
instead of the morning service as
previously announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Lewis and
Harold A. Wood, members of Milburn
Commandery, United Order OF the
Golden Cross, visited Mercer Com
mandery, Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. St. Clair went
to Kennebunkport, Me-, this morn
ing, where Mr.. ST. Clair is to be en-
ployed in the Granite hotel, the same
position he had last summer.
Captain H. NJ. Weston, chief of the
Skowhegan Fire Department, was in
Waterville, Tuesday, investigating
the fire apparatus and fire depart
ment buildings of that city.
Myra Gowen who had been en-
ployed at the Commonwealth Shoe
factory, and her sister, Ida who
worked for the Maine Spinning Co.,
went to Gardiner Monday They
both have positions in shoe factory
In that city.
Owing to The serious illness of a
member of his family, G. e. Clancy,
piano tuner, of Portland, was not able
to complete his engagements on his
recent visit here, but will return next
week. Leave orders at Dinsmore x
Bickford's or at Hotel Oxford.
Skowhegan Lodge, Ancient Order
of United Workmen, is to hold a
meeting of more than usual impor-
lance tomorrow Friday evening.
The degree will be conferred on eight
candidates and it is expected that
grand master workman, Geo. S. Long
ley of Lewiston will be present. Re
freshments will be served.
The annual meeting of the Kenne
bee Valley Baptist Missionary asso-
citation was held, last Friday, at the
Baptist church in Oakland. Miss
Louise Coburn, who has been presi
dent of the association for the past
year, and seven other SkoWhegan
ladies were present as follows; Mrs.
Llewellyn Goodwin, Mrs. E, T, Good
rich, Mrs. Herbert Judkins, Mrs. A.
NJ. Thompson, Mrs. Newton Caswell,
Miss Ann Morrison and Miss Edith
Withee.
Edmund, the seven year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dulac, fell from
the top of the North Channel bridge
to the roadway, distance of nearly
ten feet, last Thursday afternoon.
The Memorial Day procession was
just returning from the South ceme-
terry and the boy had climbed to the
top of the truss work to get better
view, and lost his balance. He was
stunned by the fall and was taken to
his home on Poplar street by X. c.
Woodland who was driving by at the
time. On arriving at the house he
revived somewhat and has since i'm
proved to such an extent as to indi-
cate that he was not permanently
injured.
The Maine Mount Holyoke Alumni
Association held meeting at Water
vile, Thursday of last week, and Mrs.
f. w. Buchanan of this town was
among those present Mount Hol-
yoke College is located at South Had
ley, Mass. 1t was established in 1887
and has the distinction of being the
first college for women to be founded
in this country, and there are now
from 700 to 800 students on it's rolls.
It's graduates now residing in Maine
and those who attended the institu
tion for an important part of the
course, have formed an association
which holds meetings four times
year in the different cities of this
state. Its next session will occur at
New Meadows Inn Bath, August
Il. There are about 100 members.
Two only reside in this county, Mrs.
Buchanan and Miss Dora p. Cleve-
land, both of this town. On Satur-
day, Miss Alice Mcdonald of Bath
and Miss Grace Berry, dean of the
Colby College faculty, both class
mates of Mrs. Bucknam's at Mount
Holyoke, were entertained by her at
her home on Toburn avenue