The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-09-17
TOWN and VICINITY


turned from business trip to Portland
Monday evening.
Miss Josephine Healey has gone to
Collinsville, Conn.,, where she is to
teach the present year.
The Misses Annie and Bell Flanders
of Skowhegan have been guests Of
their sister Mrs. Herbert Hall for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. A. P. Lawrence and Mrs. II
Annis arrived home Monday evening
from weeks visit with friends in
Lewiston and Auburn.
1t has been decided to operate the
water wheels on the South Side till
Sunday night next, shutting out the
water from the canal for repairs Mon
day.
C. E. Townsend left here Tuesday
morning for Portland, where he en-
ters the employ of the Listers Agricul-
tural Chemical Works as travelling
salesman.
Miss Harriet j Bussey, who is en-
ployed as stenographer in the E. 7.
Burrows Co. Portland is in town for a
few weeks visiting her sister, Mrs.
Arson Savage.
Mrs. J. A. Savage left here by the
early train Tuesday morning for
Greenville, where she will be the
guest of her son, Clair H. Savage, for
the remainder of the present month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Danforth of
Boston with their daughter, Alma,
arrived here Monday evening, for a
visit with Mr.. Danforth's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elba Danforth.
Prof. and Mrs. Albert Currier who
had been the guests of Hon. and Mrs.
D. H. Bartlett, for the past two weeks
left here this morning for Boston
where they will pass the winter.
Mrs. D. H. Williams, who has been
for many years the news writer OF the
Reporter for Caratunk and vicinity,
was in town Saturday last. Mrs. Will
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party of friends at Hayden lake.
Alexander Hunter of Galashiels,
Scotland, is in town, the guest of his
sister, Mrs. George Thompson. This
is Mr.. Hunters first visit to America.
He is to remain here until the middle
of October and then go to Lawrence,
Mass, where he has already secured
employment, planning to permanently
remain in this country.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Emery left
here yesterday for Dresden, where
they are to be guests of Mr.. Emery's
brother, E. B. Emery, and family.
Their nephew, Fred Chenery of
Wayne, Me-, who had been their
guest for several days, left by the
sumes his studies at the University of
Maine as mem Der of the Sophomore
class.
It. D. Rollins, who resides on Spring
street in this place, has arrived home
from Garry Pond, where he had been
employed for the summer. He was
the government mail carrier between
Bingham and Garry Pond, fifteen
mile route, and was also in the en-
ploy of Henry Lane who ran the
sporting camps at Carry Pond. This
mail route is in operation for the sum
mer and fall only and is discontinued
for the months from December to
May.
The Social Circle of the M. E.
church rendered q farewell social to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Collins of Pasa-
dena at the home of the president,
Mrs. l. j. Smith, last Friday evening.
The members entertained with pic
mic supper and spent a social and
friendly evening together. Mr.. and
Mrs. Collins were former residents of
Skowhegan and also active workers
in the Centenary Methodist church.
They left for their home on Wednes-
day morning at eight o'clock.
Twelve Skowhegan students are
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classes at the University of Maine
this fall as follows: Glass of 1909,
Chas. C. Cleveland and Guy French;
1910, Frank E. Merriam, Chas. F.
Smith, Edward N. Snow and Walter
s. Merrill; 1911, Fred E. Fish; 1912,
Thomas Arbuckle; Miss Marta Bick-
ford, Robert P. Wildes, Leon Smiley
and George Parker. The college year
opened on Monday and most of the
scholars left for Orono early in the
present week.
The forest fires in the northern por-
tions of the county, some of them not
more than forty miles from here,
demonstrate their existence by red
dening the sun, especially in the
morning and toward evening, and at
times by banks of smoke. The fires
themselves are visible from the
highest points about Skowhegan, or,
more accurately speaking, the glow
from them lights up the sky at night.
On Tuesday evening, G. H. Blackwell,