The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-11
TOWN and VICINITY.

W. J. McKinnon OF Gardner was III
town last week and passed Sunday
at the farm home of Jesse Reed.
Ping Pongs, the most popular of all
photos, are selling, 2 dozen for 20
cents at No. Il, Island Avenue, for
short time only.
Richard K. French Of Portland, un-
til FIVE years since a resident OF this
place, has been visiting friends in
SHOW hogan and vicinity since last
week.
Miss Augusta Savage arrived here
Tuesday and is to remain as the guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Savage until the middle or latter part
of July.
The Somerset County Spiritualist
Association announces that Mrs.
Mary Pepper Vanderbilt will speak at
Lakewood, both forenoon and after
noon, on Sunday, June 2sth
The repairs which nave Deen In
progress at the Parsonage of the
Centenary Methodist Church are
now completed. 1t presents a fine
appearance in its new coat of paint.
Some forty or more residents of
this place, chiefly members of the
Good Will Club, were present at the
commencement exercises of the Good
Will High School at Hinckley, Friday
forenoon of last week.
Elder and Mrs. P. B. Osborn, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Osborn and family,
Mrs. j. H. Wood, Miss Lettie M.
Rowe and A. L. Weston, attended the
annual meeting of the Seventh Day
Adventists of Maine, held at Rich
mond. the fifth to the eighth of the
present month.
William Griffin, the truckman for
the Anderson Mills, sustained an in
Jury to one of his legs while unload
ing some barrels Of oil at the factory,
Tuesday. No bones were broken but
falling barrel jammed and lascerated
the muscles to such an extent that he
will be laid up for several weeks.
Invitations are being issued by Mrs.
Abbie c. Lambert, secretary of the
Bloomfield Academy Glass Asso-
citation 1858 1872 for their eighteenth
annual reunion, to be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Robbins
on Coburn avenue, on Wednesday,
June "a.
Mrs. O. T. Huff of Newport arrived
here Friday, being on her way to
Madison, where she attended, by in
vitation of her cousin, Miss Gladys
Phillips, the valedictorian of the
class, the commencement exercises
of the Madison High school on Friday
evening. Mrs. Huff returned to pass
Sunday here as the guest of Skowhe
gan relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Whitney of
Raymond, N. H., have been visiting
in Skowhegan, called here through
their acquaintance with Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Goodwin of Raymond, who
are passing their vacation here. Mr..
Whitney is the superintendent of the
Chase Chamberlain Shoe Factory,
the same firm with which Mr.. Good
win is employed as foreman of the
stitching department.
The board of state assessors, Messrs.
Otis Hayford, George Pottle and w.
J. Thompson, with Mr.. James Plum
mer, clerk of the board, are to make
this county their annual visit and will
be at the courthouse in this place on
Tuesday, June 23d, and at Bingham
on the following day, June Oath A
formal notice regarding these meet
ings appears in the advertising col
umns of the present issue.
Hon. A. F. Donigan was in this
place con Tuesday on his way from
Portland to his home in Bingham.
Mr.. Donigan has been having a Sc
rious time as to his health during the
past winter and this was the occasion
of his visit to Portland. He had been
under treatment at Dr. Cousen's hos
pital in that city for something like a
month and part of the ordeal was a
severe surgical operation. He is
much rejoiced to find himself rapidly
gaining at the present time.
AS the railway tickets, to be sold
at reduced rates to the clubwomen of
this vicinity who are TO attend the
meeting of the National Federation in
Boston are to be sold on the certifi
cate plan, Benjamin F. Eaton, agent
of the Maine Central at this station,
is anxious that, SO far as possible,
those who are to purchase them, do
SO on the day preceding the date of
their departure. The reason for this
is obvious. Should a considerable
number of those who wish to attend,
make application for these tickets
and certificates just preceding the
departure of the train they wish to
take, the time required to issue them
would be of great Inconvenience to all
concerned. The tickets will be
ready for sale beginning June 18th.
Mrs. Henry Lewia, residing on
Lawton street, was injured by. the
explosion of can of kerosene, Tues