The Somerset reporter., 1908-12-17
TOWN and VICINITY

Miss Williams is showing her usual
attractive line of holiday novelties.
Supper will deserved at the regu-
lar meeting of Skowhegan Lodge, A.
o. U. W., tomorrow Friday evening.
Teddy bears, wild bears, and Christ
mas, are all coming, next Thursday,
Christmas eve at the Congregational
Church.
Joseph Tantish, residing on South
street, who suffered paralytic shock
ON the 9th instant, is reported to be
improving.
Professor and Mrs. Roy L. Marston,
who have been in Connecticut aud
New York for several weeks past,
arrived home, Tuesday evening.
Ira A. Norton returned home
Monday from business trip of sever
al days in Boston. Mrs. Norton ac-
companied him as far as Lewiston.
There viii be concert by the
Tufts College Glee Club in Grange
Hall, Friday evening, January LIST,
under the auspices of the Junior
Glass, Skowhegan High School.
The annual election of officers in
the Degree of Honor will occur next
Monday evening, Dec. 81. large
attendance is desired as business of
importance will be brought before
the meeting.
Miss Sarah F. Coffin left here on
the 9th instant for Lynn, Mass. and
will not return to Skowhegan until
spring. Her niece, Mrs. Mary @.
Brainard, went to Boston Saturday to
pass the winter with her daughter,
Miss Carolyn, who is a student at
Simmons College.
Mrs Mary c. Bean and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Currier, were in Au-
gusta on Monday last, called there to
attend the funeral of distant rela-
tive, Miss Annie Bean. The deceased
was the daughter of Albion Bean, who
at one time was resident of this
place, moving to Augusta long years
ago.
Mrs Edith Bailey of Harmony,
officer of the Humane Society, and
Fred G. Dunlap, SkoWhegan's Chief
of Police, went to Canaan, yesterday
and Investigated two cases where
horses were being i'll treated. One
was ordered destroyed and the
owner, in the other case, is placed on
probation, under promise that his an
imal shall be humanely treated in the
future. Mr.. Dunlap and Mrs. Bailey
are in Cornville on the same errand
today.
The employees of the Somerset
Traction Company were entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs Rufus Mckinney at
their home, Lakewood Hotel, at Mad
ison Center, by dinner given Sat
urday evening. Mr.. Mckinney, who
is to be one of the deputies sheriff's
under appointment from sheriff John
A. Moores, after January LIST, will
hereafter reside in Madison He
will, however, retain his connection
with the Traction Company so far as
his new duties will permit.
A new pump IS being installed at
the Ele ctric Light station by the
Skowhegan Water Company, to in
crease its pumping facilities at that
point. 1t has a rated capacity sof $50
gallons per minute. The Water Com
pany has had in operation at this
same location, a pump of about $50
gallons per minute capacity and it is
their purpose to keep both in use, or
ready for use, in the future. The
power for both pumps is furnished
from the dam of the Skowhegan Elec-
trio Light Company.
Miss Fancher Sawyer, who is a
member of the freshman class at
Lasell seminary, will arrive home this
evening to pass the Christmas holt
days with her parents. Misses Mar
agret Griffin and Bertha Merrill, stu
oChoo Nv W OhAOoiOy1 S'iS GA POSOou bOlC
tomorrow. They had planned to
stop in Portland for one day as the
guest of Miss Eunice Bodwell, their
former teacher. Miss Florence Phil
brick, from Simmons College is also
coming home for Christmas. She will
arrive here early next week.
Russell Post held largely attended
campfire at Grand Army Hall on Sat
urday evening of last week, there
being many business and professional
men present as guests besides the
members of the post. Company +.
band was also numbered among the
guests and played from time to time
throughout the evening. A baked
bean supper was served to both en-
tertainers and entertained from six
thirty to seven thirty, and this was
followed by a'post prandial program
of speeches and songs, presided over
by Post Commander, Chas. Smith.
G. r. Fogg sells the famous Hicks
Almanac.
Ira A. Norton has tenement on