The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-30
TOWN and VICINITY

Mrs. Helen s. Coburn, returned home
Saturday.
An opportunity to learn nursing
will be afforded some young woman
who will apply at once at the Somer-
set Hospital.
Mrs. Mixter, widow of the late Dr.
Orlando Mixter of Worcester, Mass,
has been visiting in town, the guest
of Mrs. Randall Nye and other rel
atives.
Fred ]. Parker and wife of Boston
and their daughter, Miss Gladys, ar
rived here Monday evening and are
guests of his brother at his home on
the Beech Hill road.
Joseph K. Goodrich, who has been
employed in the Office of the Western
Electric Company at Chicago for the
past year, is passing his vacation in
town with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. T. Goodrich.
Mrs. William Netherwood of North
Adams, Mass. and her sister, Miss
Lillian Delano of this place, who had
been at Dover and Sebec Lake as
guests of Mrs. Lena Palmer, arrived
home Monday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. M. J. Twomey, pastor
of the first Baptist church, Portland,
and William T. Howeth contractor
and builder with his wife, who have
been visiting at s. M. Gates have gone
for weeks camping in the Moxie
region. Cecil and Carroll Gates ac-
companied them.
II. L. SWEET, Col. A. G. Blunt, Jos.
P. Oak and E. E. McNeelie arrived
home Monday evening after a few
days sojourn at Northport on
Penobscot Bay. They were the
guests of Mr.. Irving SWEET OF Bangor
and made the trip from that city to
Northport and return in his motor
boat.
The Maine Central railroad an
nounces an excursion to Old Orchard
Beach for Sunday next. The train
and the fare for the round trip is
$1.75. Prices from other stations,
with full train schedule, are given in
the announcement which appears
elsewhere in this issue.
g., Miss Annie Judkins, left here Sat-
urday to return to her home in Gram
ston, R. l. She had been visiting in
this section for some weeks, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Danforth,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Fogg and other
friends. Miss Judkins formerly re-
sided here and taught one of the
Leavitt street schools.
Those who had the privilege of wit
Messing the production in Madison,
Thursday evening of last week, of
Tomorrow Never Comes" the soci-
ETY. melodrama written by w. T.
Clarke, who is spending the summer
at his Lakewood cottage, speak in
very high terms of the piece. 1t was
for the benefit of st. Sebastian Catho-
lie church. That society presented
Mr.. Clark with handsome cut glass
pitcher, which was filled with pinks.
The play was produced for the first
time on any stage.
Miss E. Frances Hutchinson of
Wareham, Mass, arrived here last
week and has been visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Emery on
Skowhegan friends. Miss Hutchin-
son was formerly a resident of this
town and was graduated from the
Skowhegan High School In 1894. She
taught several years in the Bar Har-
Dor High School and is now one of
the teachers in the High School at
Wareham. She passed the vacation
season of 1907 abroad, visiting the
most important European countries
and devoting several weeks to the
study OF the French language in the
city of Paris.
The Fire Department was occupied
during the early morning hours o
Friday in extinguishing blaze which
was discovered just before three in
the attic of the dwelling house on
Park street, owned by the Skowhegan
Electric light company and occupied
by two tenants, the ground floor by
Bert Russell and family and the other
tenement by Walter G. Lessard an
employee at the Jewett & Pennell
market. In the absence of any other
theory it is thought possible that the
electric light wires may have been
responsible for the fire, although
there is nothing to specifically indi-
cate this. This house formerly stood
on the present location of the Fire
Department building and was known
as the Hartwell House. 1t was NOV
cd to its present site on Park street
about four years since. The house
received considerable damage from
the fire and smoke and the cutting of
the roof which was necessary to get
at the flames. The household furni-
ture of both tenants was also injured
bat not beyond the amount of insur-
ance carried by each.