Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-27
SkOWnEcAN.
Sudden Death Of Mrs.
E|ba Danforth.
Members Of Council levant
Attend Mass at Madison.
Movement for New Band Stand on
Foot...Other Local Items.

will be no Sunday meeting OF the j.
p. s c. F.. of the First Baptist church.
This meeting will be held in conJunc-
tion with the Thursday night prayer
meeting. r.
A movement is on foot to cree. band
stand in what might be 'termed Rail
road square. AS soon as this piece OF
land is macadamized and the sidewalk
moved to the east side of the street
there will be quite a space available
for this purpose. 1t would be fine
thing to have stand. for as the matter
is at present the municipal concerts
are given from the verandas of the
three hotels and the coverings deaden
the sound.
De Molay Commandery has engaged
Co. F. Band for the two days when
Dunlap Commandery of Bath will be
their guests at Lakewood. these dates
being Aug. % and 20. The visiting
fraters will bring band with them
so this insures plenty of music.
DR.. Cora NJ. johnson of Waterville,
formerly in practice here, was the guest
of friends over Sunday.
Z. Z. Hight was in WaterVille Mon
day.
Miss Flossie Wyman observed her
18th birthday Saturday night at her
home on Main street. A number of-her
girl friends gathered to congratulate
her and a dinner was served at q
6 O'Clock. There was a large birthday
cake cut and the affair was q most
pleasant one.
f. c. Holman, clerk in the Fogg
drug store, arrived home Monday from
a weeks vacation.
n. Posner and party of friends, who
have been guests at the Mohican. Lake
George, for the past two weeks. re-
turned Monday to their homes.
The total number of tickets sold on
the Old Orchard excursion Saturday
was 207. The special train returning ar
rived here at 2.25 Sunday morning.
Edward Mccarthy, linotype operator
at the office of the Somerset Independ-
ent, chaperoned a party of friends to
Waterville Sunday afternoon in the
Norton touring car. Those who made
the trip We're John Erickson, Arthur
Boyle and Edward Body.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Heath of Wa
terville were the guests of Skowhegan
relatives Sunday.
Mrs. B. F. Eaton passed Monday
with relatives in Fairfield.
Mr. and Mrs. George Crimson of
Oakland were in town Sunday. guests
of +. Il. Morganson at the Skowhegan
House.
Miss Edwina Atkins. who has been
employed for the past year as teach
er in the public schools in Waterville
arrived here Saturday night and is
Scir ln =;
atives in Canaan.
j. 7. Wright, clerk in the Buchanan
pharmacy, arrived home Monday from
weeks vacation passed with friends
at Hayden lake. During his absence his
place was filled by Miss Eolia Bray
Miss Pearle Corson. who has been
employed for several weeks in an office
IN SomerswOrth. n. H., as a stenogra
pher. returned home Monday night
Mrs. Flba Danforth died Sunday
night at her home in the Eaton dis
trict. Death was very sudden and was
no doubt due to heart failure. During
the day she had entertained company
and retired at about 100. A few min
utes later she complained of feeling
badly. A few simple remedies were APP
piled and then her husband hurried to
nelghbor and summoned physician
by telephone. Returning hime Mr..
Danforth's wife lived by a few min
utcs. When the physician arrived he
stated that she had been dead some Is
minutes. Mrs. Danforth was a member
of Skowhegan Grange. The husband
and two sons, Charles and Low of
Boston. survive. Some seven weeks ago
she was thrown from an automobile.
sustaining a fracture of the leg. but
1t is thought hardly probable that this
accident would result in so pronounced
nervous shock as to cause death
Thomas COrrigan and Robert Raney
left Sunday night for Boston. where
Trey VIII pass the week with friends.
Gerald Seward of Willimantic. CT,
is In town. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Meddie Roullard He has passed a nor
ton OF his vacation in Skowhegan for
several years.
Mix" Mountain of North Vassalboro
was in town Sunday. the guest o.
friends. He is the organizer of the A
q. H. and was here in the interest OF
that order 1t Is probable that lodge
will he instituted here in the near flu
ture.
Sunday the members of Council La
val. the womans auxiliary connected
with the Order of st. John the Baptist
OF America. attended Mass at st. Sc
bastidn church, Madison. sung by Rev.
FIR. Silk. the resident pastor. After
ward a Picnic dinner was enioyed at
Lakewood