The Somerset reporter., 1909-01-21
TOWN and VICINITY

Robbins fire sale continues until
Saturday, January 30th.
Remember the opening of Lam
bert's New Confectionery Store.
Ezra X. Delano has been in Portland
en- business portion Of the present
week.
Kendall's orchestra plays at "Dairy
Farm Convent Hall, Tuesday even
ing.
A. Arthur Jewett, formerly pres
oription clerk at the City Drug Store,
is now employed at G. R. Fogg's
pharmacy.
Frank w. Bucknam left here on
Tuesday for Boston to attend a meet
ing of the New England Association
of state boards of pharmacy.
John Provencal passed Sunday at
Lewiston, visiting friend who is re-
covering from an operation for ap-1
pendicitis at one of the hospitals of
that city.
Mrs. E. w. Sheperdson of Wellesley
Hills, Mass. arrived here Monday
evening, the visit being occasloned
BY the serious illness of her father,
d. F. Palmer.
At the next meeting of Sorosis,
Tuesday evening of next week, Mrs.
Blizabeth Merrill will address the
members and guests on the subject of
"Woman and Marriage" There will
also be special music, and recitations
by different members.
The Skowhegan ladies attending
the meeting of the State Federation
Of Women's Clubs at Augusta yester-
day were Mrs. w. B. Steward, Mrs.
Re. Greenwood, Mis-. B. F. Eaton,
Mrs F. A. Leitch, Mrs. E. w. Marble,
Miss Louise H. Coburn and Miss Han
nah R. Page.
A recent issue of the Fort Fairfield
Review contains a picture of the
residence of P. II. Reed, a native of
this place, whose home has been in
Aroostook County for the past thirty
years. Mr.. Reed has of course visit
ed in this section during that time,
the last occasion being in 1907.
The class of 1910, Skowhegan High
school, held class party in the lab
oratory room, on the third floor of the
High school building, Friday evening
Of last week. Miss Dorothy Elliott
was the chaperon for the evening
and the members of the senior class
were present as guests. Each Of the
three upper classes is allowed part
of this kind in the School building
twice each year.
G. H. Playse, deputy chief ranger
of the Maine division, Independent
order of Foresters, arrived here
Tuesday and held meeting with the
local lodge of that order on that
evening. Mr.. Playse was resident
of Skowhegan for many years, leav-
ing here in April 1907 He and his
wife now make their home with their
son, DIR. L. F. Playse, who is a prac-
ticing physician in Hopkinton, Mass.
Some supplies arriving this week
for the Skowhegan Schools have
been, by direction of Superintendent
D. H. Perkins, stored in the
room designed for the purpose, con-
nected with the School Board rooms.
at the new municipal building. This
constitutes the first use of the struc-
ture for public purposes and for that
reason is worthy to be chronicled as
an event of considerable Importance.
Mr. Perkins expects to establish his
office there within the next ten days.
Town clerk G. Milton Lambert
would appreciate it if motions made
at the next town meeting, and at sub
sequent meetings at which he may
be called upon to act as recording Of
fcer could be submitted to the mod
orator in writing. The presiding Of
ficer can require this and often does
where the matter under the discus
sion is of Importance, and it would
doubtless facilitate the business of
the town and tend to greater accu-
racy if the custom could be generally
followed.
A copy of the Welle sley Townsman
is sent the REPORTER, containing the
announcement of the election of
Charles N. Taylor to the presidency
of the Wellesley National Bank. Mr..
Taylor was native of Hampden, and
was graduated from the University of
Maine in 1891. He had short resi-
dence in Skowhegan, about fourteen
years since, being a member of the
contracting firm of Dacey & Taylor,
who built our system of sewers in
1894. His wife is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Gates who live in So
Ion on the Brighton Road and the
family made Mrs. Taylor's parents
visit last summer, making the jour
ney to and from Wellesley in Mr..