The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-01-16
TOWN and VICINITY

Skowhegan relatives.
DIR. P. H. s. Vaughan, who had been
in California since last June, arrived
home, Saturday evening.
Miss G. J. Williams arrived home,
Friday evening, from a brief visit
with her brother, Henry Williams, in
Bangor.
Fred G. Dunlap attended the annual
convention of Maine laundrymen,
held at Augusta on Monday. In the
election of officers, Mr.. Dunlap was
chosen second vice president.
The annual meeting and banquet of
the Society of Maine Opticians oc-
Cured at Waterville, yesterday.
John R. Philbrick and Walter F. Rob
bins of this place were in attendance.
Mrs. Sadie Nelke Smith would be
pleased to meet all those interested
in vocal art every Monday and Tues
day at Mrs. George Simpsons. We
are glad to have her here to interest
the young people in the art of singing.
Members of Good Will Tent of
Shawmut will perform the degree
work at the meeting of Crescent Tent
Knights of the Maccabees next Tues
day evening. A banquet will be
served to the visitors and the mem
bers of the local tent at the Maine
Central Hotel.
Miss Annie Flanders went to Port
land, Tuesday morning, where she
will remain for the next few weeks
under the care of DR.. Geo. II. futile,
taking a course of osteopathic treat
ment She will also visit with Mrs.
Richard French and other friends be-
fore returning home.
The excellent sleighing which fol-
lowed the storm of Sunday and Sun
day night led to very large attend
ance at the sessions of Somerset Po-
mona on Monday and Tuesday. The
meeting is spoken of as one OF the
best ever held by that organization.
An account of considerable length
appears in another column.
For the past two years the Sunday
School of the Island Avenue Congre-
gational Church has been working
for a Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton fund. The amount thus far
raised has been SITS. OF this $40 was
given, for the Boys Conference, held
last year at Waterville and like
sum for the Conference which will be
held next week at Portland, which
several of our our young men plan to
attend.
L. w. Weston, F. s. Morrill, and
Fred F. Lawrence attended the an
nual meeting of the Maine League of
Loan & Building Associations at
Waterville, yesterday. F. A. Nolin,
who has been president of this league
for several years, was i'll and unable
to attend. The Somerset Loan &
Building Association, of which these
gentlemen are members, was organic
Gu III 1000 dIIo 10 INV thC OioCob III ShO
state.
Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd left here on
the noon train, yesterday for Boston,
where she will be the guest of rela-
tives until next week. She is then to
be joined by Miss Florence Pooler OF
this place and together the two ladies
will set out for the south, their desti-
nation being Summerville, N. G.
They will pass several weeks on the
journey, stopping at New York City,
Atlantic City, NJ J. and Washington,
D. @. Both have previously passed
several winters at Summerville.
They plan to return here about the
middle of April.
The sixteenth midwinter meeting
of the directors of the Maine Fedora
ton OF Woman's Clubs will be held in
Lewiston on Wednesday, January %,
in the Pine street Congregations
church by invitation of the Woman's
Literary Union of Androscoggin
county. The session will open at ten
O'Clock and close at four-thirty with
an int Emission for dinner, which will
be served in the church parlors by
Grant at fifty cents per plate. The
usual reduction will be given by the
railroads. The educational committee
has secur ed DR.. Paul Hams of Har-
ward University, chairman of the
commission of Industrial Education
# the commonwealth of Massachu.
setts, as speaker of the afternoon.
The Bowman Hardware Company
after negotiations which have beer
in progress for the past ten days
have closed trade for the stock o.
the Builders Supply Co. of Lewiston
who are just going out of business
and the goods arrived here today. Il
is undoubtedly the largest single
shipment of general hardware tha
ever arrived at this station, being
composed of twenty six boxes with I
total weight of $500 pounds. 1t doe'
not include carpenters tools but doel
include about everything else eve
carried in a hardware stock, and ii
of the class generally spoken of al
shelf hardware. Mr.. Bowman Is decid
edly pleased with his trade and Il
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