The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-25


Portland, will be here on Thursday
next for a ceremony of confirmation,
which will occur at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
Miss Rose E. Rogers, daughter of
Henry s. Rogers of this place, went
to Lawrence Saturday to remain with
her grandfather, E. c. Doyen, until
September.
F. H. Carpenter of Providence, r.
l., was in town over Sunday, joining
his wife and her mother Mrs. Brooks,
who are guests at the home of Miss
Hannah Page.
Mrs. j. H. Woods has gone to
Woodstock, Me-, on invitation of the
local organization of the Seventh Day
Adventists, to assist them in their
work for the next few weeks.
Depositors of the Skowhegan Saw
ings Bank will be interested in the
annual statement of that institution,
exhibiting its resources as certified
to by the bank examiner, which we
shall publish in our next issue.
Fred W. Nash and his son Cecil
arrived here last week and have gone
on an outing to Garry Ponds. Mr..
Nash is a native of Skowhegan and
for many years resident here. He
is at present employed at Norwich,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anderson of
Portland were in town last week,
guests for a brief visit of Mr.. and
Mrs A. II. Heselton. They were on
their wedding journey and had come
to this section from Buffalo, n. Y.
Mr.. Anderson is train dispatcher at
the Portland station.
Miss Edna Cushing, eleven years of
age, went to Portland Tuesday MORN
ing to be the guest of her grandfather
Henry Pearson. She had often made
the trip in company with her mother,
Mrs. G " Nash, out goes alone on
this occasion. quite elated a being
permitted to make the journey on
her own responsibility.
DR.. George Otis Smith OF Washing
ton, D. c., has been in town, this
week. Dr. Smith was among the
leading speakers at the Colby Col
lege commencement. and an abstract
of the address delivered br him on
Tuesday, ''The Nations Dependence
on Nature" before the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, will be found else
where in this issue.
Miss Eunice L. BodwelI, formerly
assistant in the Skowhegan High
School, sailed from New York, yester
day, with a party of teachers, who
are bound for tour of the Mediter
ranean countries. They are to be
abroad through the months of July
and August. Plans for this journey
occupied her attention to such an
extent as TO prevent Miss Bodwell
from coming here for commencement
week as she had originally designed.
Mr.. and Mrs w. B. Moody of Stod-
dard, n. H., with their three children,
Bessie, Oscar and Lester, are in town,
guests of Mr.. Moody's brother, Fred
L. Moody and family at their farm
home on the Eaton Mountain road.
Mr.. Moody was a native of this town
and attended the Skowhegan schools
in his youth, but has lived elsewhere
for about twenty years, most of this
time in New Hampshire. He now
contemplates a change of residence
and may return permanently to this
section although the plan he is most
likely to follow will be that which
will lead him to the state of Wash
ington. If he goes to the far west, he
will make the change in September
and will probably settle in Bellingham
in the state named.
Company E. Band visited the resi-
dence of Fred G. Dunlap on North
avenue lastevening, giving that gen.
tleman am his family a serenade
through the evening. They arrived
about sunset and this made appropri-
ate the "salute to the colors' and the
ceremony of lowering the flag. 1t
will be recalled that Mr.. Dunlap, who
has always been int crested in mill
tary matters, maintains a fine flag
pole in his yard and from this, as is
usually the case, the national colOrs
were flying when the band arrived.
The salute to the flag was played, the
sunset gun was fred and the flag
slowly lowered while the band played
the Star Splangled Banner. This is
the ceremony which is observed in all
military posts and each evening and,
with the corresponding ceremony of
displaying the eolors at sunrise each
morning, forms most impressive
and interesting event in the daily
program. Mr.. Dunlap greeted his
visitors most Hospitality and cigars
and punch were provided in gener-
GUS quantities.
Bernadette Poulin, the five year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francois
Poulin, was quite severely burned at
the fire in the residence of Leon
Boutin on French street late last
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