The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-23
TOWN and VICINITY.

John c. Griffin has been i'll since
last week and, though somewhat i'm
proved, is still confined to his home
Mrs. o. A. Priest left here this
morning TO join her daughter, Mrs. j
H. Lancaster, at Peaks Island, Port
land Harbor.
Nathaniel McQuillan took the trair
this morning for business trip to
Portland. He was accompanied by
his son. Arthur II. McQuillan.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Springer o.
South Portland arrived here today
and are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. II
Beal at their home on Hilton Hill.
Miss Vera Berce is in Portland Oh {
visit with her aunt, Miss Flora Hill
She is also to receive treatment fol
her throat at DIR. Kings hospital.
Mrs. Nellie Moses and her son
Howard, of Cambridge, Mass, arriv-
ed here last Saturday and are guests
of her cousin, Miss Una Robinson.
Frank L. Page of Cleveland, Ohio,
left here yesterday after a brief visit
at the home of J. E. Holden and
family, at their farm on the Russell
road.
Mrs. Theodore L. Frost LETT here
this morning for a visit Nsth her
father in Bangor. She will also pass
some time with friends in Charleston
before returning.
Miss Hannah Page and her guest.
Mrs. f. L. Marsh, have gone TO East
Mort hfeld, Mass, to be present at a
national missionary conference now
in session there. They will return
here next Tuesday.
Mr. John Leo and Miss Flossie
Beauford, both of this place, were
united in marriage by Rev. Father
Lacroix on Monday last. They gave
a reception to their friends Monday
evening in Milburn Hall.
A party of Skowhegan people, Miss
Florence Wyman, Miss Hattie Mar
BILE, Walter H. Hight and j. Harvey
White, passed Tuesday as guests of
Mrs. Daisy Stewart of Waterville, at
her cottage on the shore of lake
Cobbosseecontee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Barker of Cas-
par, Wyoming. arrived here Monday.
They were on their way to visit rel
atives in Athens and left for that
town the same day. Mr.. Barker was
graduated from the Skowhegan High
school with the class of 1892.
Mrs. G. F. Drew of Haverill, Mass,
who had been visiting with relatives
in Solon and Embden since early in
June, arrived here Monday and has
been passing the week with Skowhe-
gan friends. She will return to
Massachusetts next Saturday.
The fast public hearing, given in
this county by the Maine Tax Com
mission, will occur at the Court house
on Monday next, the session COM
mencing at 1.45 p. m. The official
notice in regard to same appears in
the advertising columns of this issue.
Under the direction of Highway
Commissioner George H. Webb, con-
crete tops are being put on the two
culverts built across the Susie brook
last season. This kind of a bridge
surface is somewhat more expensive,
at the outset, but as 1t is practically a
permanent roadway, it is much
cheaper than plank, which have to be
replaced about once in three years.
Miss Gertrude F. Whittemore, who
has been in Boston at the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music, since
last September, has arrived home and
will pass the summer with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph White
more. Miss Whittemore has now
completed one years work at the
Conservatory. She will return to
resume her musical studies in the
early fall.
The two Skowhegan autos, DIR. w.
S. Stinchfield and party and Sheriff
Clyde H. Smith and party, which left
here for a trip through Canada, on
July 7th, arrived home Tuesday
evening. Their route was by way of
Quebec and Montreal and from the
last city named to Burlington and
other points in the Lake Champlain
valley. From Burlington they made
their way home by way of the White
Mountains and Portland. The total
distance travelled was ITO miles.
Quite number of Skowhegan peo-
pie, chiefly autoists and motorists,
went to Norridgewock, Tuesday,
morning, to see the fifty or more
touring cars of the Glidden tour pass
through that town. The Glidden
party passed through Skowhegan two
years ago, on its way southwark,
having come through from Canada by
way of the Kennebec road. Their
route was up the river valley this
year and, on reaching Norridgewock,
they turned to the west through
Mercer, on their way to Rangeley
Lakes.
Work on the Griffin & Sampson
hloak oornar of Wotar atraat ond