The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-27
TOWN and VICINITY

Carl NJ. Holt, local manager for the
Maine Telephone Company, left here
on Tuesday for a business trip to
Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Whiting and their
young daughter, Phyllis, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Jewell in Fair
field over Sunday.
Mrs. A. K. Rowell went to Lewiston
Tuesday TO accompany Mrs. L. +.
Savage who is to remain for treat
ment at the Sisters Hospital.
DR.. and Mrs Phillips of Lewiston
returned TO their home Tuesday, the
Doctor being called here as consult
ing physician in the family of w. Guy
Pennell.
The Savings department of the Sec
ond National Bank pays interest at
the rate of 4 per cent; interest COM
mences the rst of each month on de-
posits made on or before the 10th.
c. e. York of The Forks has been
passing the week in town as the guest
of his brother, George York, and
family. Mr.. York made his home in
Skowhegan for thirty years previous
to 1876.
On Tuesday evening, March 10,
! there will be an illustrated lecture
entitled, Tin the Footsteps of Cortes."
The illustrations consist of seventy
/ five lantern slides of views of the
country which is now the Republic OF
Mexico. The object is to raise funds
for the pictures to be placed in the
Skowhegan schoolrooms.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM Moore of Port
land were among those summoned to
this ounty to attend the funeral of
/ Henry Washburn at Madison on Mon
day Mr.. Moore was formerly resi-
dent of this town, being employed by
the Maine Central Railroad in the
capacity of brakeman. About twelve
years ago he was injured while coupl-
ing cars at Shawmut and this led to
change to another department of
the railroad service and his removal
to Portland.
All interested are invited to be
guests of the Woman's Club at a lee
ture to be given in the Methodist
church next Wednesday evening,
March 4, at eight o'clock, by Mrs. J..
w. D. Carter of Portland, on Scottish
Songs and their Interpretation; illus
trated with songs by Mr.. Thos. Hem
derson of the same city. 1t will be
recalled that Mr.. Henderson has sung
for Professor Chapman at several of
the Maine Musical festivals. No ad
mission will be charged and all who
choose to come will be welcome.
The invalids in the family of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Pennell are improving,
after period of illness which has
been very trying. MIR. Pencil has
been i'll for over four weeks, the last
two with pneumonia. His son,
Ralph, four years of age, has also had
pneumonia with a complication of
other diseases that threatened to ter
inmate fatally for a time and that
now leaves the little fellow very
weak. The youngest, Donald, has
been i'll, though not as seriously rs
the two members of the family al
ready mentioned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy l.. Marston left
here Tuesday morning for an extend
ed tour, from which they will not re-
turn until next May. Their trip takes
them to the Pacific coast by the Sou
thern Pacific route, which is by
steamer from New York to New Or
leans, and thence by rail to San Fran
cisco. From that port they will en-
bark on the Pacific Mail steamship
Siberia for Honolulu this being the
westward limit of their journey as
now planned. Mr.. Marston is to in
spect the government forests in the
Hawaiian Islands, and ON the return
journey, he may go to the state of
Sonora, in the republic of Mexico to
examine a tract of 40O, 900 acres