The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-28
TOWN and VICINITY


dies, every day, at Lambert's.
Miss N. L. Walker is on visit this
week with friends in Lewiston.
A Federated Meeting of the Wom-
ans Climb, Town Improvement Society
and Sorosis, under the auspices of the
latter club, will occur in the Congre-
gational Church Parlors on Tuesday,
FEBRUARY 9.
Skowhegan friends learn that Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Fogler, who are
passing the winter in Washington, d.
C. have been on trip to Florida and
nave been at Daytona in that state
for the past fortnight.
William Mitchell, superintendent of
the plant of the Maine Spinning Com
pany and member of the board of
directors of that corporation, arrived
home Monday from business trip to
Boston and Providence.
John Oak, postmaster of Bangor,
and Chas. E. Oak of the same city,
resident agent of the American Real
ty Company for this state, were in town
for brief visit last week, guests of
Joseph P. Oak and family.
Leon S. Merrill of Solon, at the
head of the dairy department con-
nected with the State Board of Agri-
culture, is to speak on the general
subject of Dairying in Maine, at the
next meeting eff Skowhegan Grange,
Wednesday evening OF next week.
The F. o. Bailey Company, well
known carriage manufacturers of
Portland, have leased the lower floor
Of the F. P. Moore carriage repository
on Water street and will open re-
pository there OH April 1st with full
line of their vehicles. J. M. Scrib-
ner, formerly of Charleston, Me. will
be in charge as manager.
David w. Lewis, grand deputy of
the Maine Commandery, United Or
der of the Golden Cross, will install
the offers of Somerset Commandery
at Madison tomorrow (Friday) even
ing, and the members of Milburn
Commandery of this place will accom-
pany him. The party will go on the
seven O'Clock car from here and re-
turn by a special.
The Skowhegan Kindergartens,
Miss Alice Moore and Miss Jeanette
Emery teachers, resume their ses-
sions on Monday next. They closed
on December IS, with the other
Skowhegan schools, but their vaca-
ton has been two weeks longer, six
weeks instead of four. The forenoon
session is held in the Lincoln build
ing and the afternoon session at the
Mechanic street school,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leander F. Nc .Intire
of Solon passed a portion of last week
in town at the home of Mr.. McIntire's
sister, Mrs. Alvenus Goodrich, on
Leavitt street. They have now gone
to visit with friends in Portland and
from that city will 60 to Westerly, R.
|. to pass FEBRUARY and March with
their daughter Mrs. John H. Swain
Mr.. and Mrs. Swain were both gradu
ates of the Skowhegan High School,
of the class of 1895. They have both
followed the profession of teaching
and Mr.. Swain is at present the prin-
cidal of the Westerly High School.
Mrs. M. B. Beane left here by the
early train this morning for Florida
where she plans to remain until
spring. She will pass the time in St
Augustine and at Fort Gates. Mrs
Beams home was in Florida the great
er part of the time from 1875 to 1908
During those years she resided at St
Augustine and at Norwalk, which is
not far from Fort Gates above men
toned. She anticipates, therefore,
renewing her acquaintance with
many former friends and neighbors
She will be i'll st. Augustine on April
1st, at the great Ponce de Leon cele-
bration, which assumes the import
ance in Florida that Mardi Gras does
in New Orleans and the various Flow
er Festivals in the cities of Southern
California.
A crew of fifteen men, III charge oi
A. E. Conant, have been at work re-
building the Hotel Oxford Block, and
in spite of the stormy weather have
made very good good progress. The
timbers and first flooring at the
ground level have been p ut in place
in that part of the building formerly
occupied by the Wildes-J -Judkins
company, and crew of masons will
commence laying brick tomorrow
The Bucknam drug store is the part
that will be pushed to completion first
but it so happened that the lumber
for the western part OF the structure
arrived in advance of that which is tC
be used in the other end of the build
ing. Morrison and Mcclellan also
have a crew at work preparing the
foundation for a building, on the
river bank to take the place of the
one destroyed, in which was located
the Oriental Rug Works.
There are little things that you ex-