The Somerset reporter., 1909-04-22

! Mrs. j. b. Herrin returned to her
home in Augusta yesterday, after a
visit here as the guest of Mrs. George
Elsmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Briggs of Pitts
field have been passing a portion of
the present week as guests of Mrs.
Edith s. Shepherd.
Fred G. Pooler has gone to Wash
ington, D. G. and Atlantic City, N. j..
to Join his mother and sisters, Misses
Florence and Mabel, for the next few
weeks.
The nineteenth anniversary of
American Oddfellowship is to be OBJ
served by Carrabassett Lodge by ap-
propriate exercises at their hall on
Monday evening next.
William Coleman of Lyons, Wayne
county, N. Y. has moved into the
Ivory F. Curtis place, which he pur-
chased short time ago. MIR. Curtis
and his family left, Monday morning,
for Willows, Cal.
Leslie E. Jacobs has bought the
handsome residence on Mt. Pleasant
avenue, built by Chas. North a few
years since, and will occupy it as a
home for himself and family. He is
to move there Immediately.
Twelve candidates were initiated
to membership at the last meeting of
Crescent Tent, Knights of the Mac
cabees. This order is to give dance
in Grange Hall. on Thursday evening
April 30, with music by Kendall's Or
| chestra.
A carload of looms for the Oriental
Rug Works, arrived last week. L. l..
Morrison, the proprietor, has gone to
M Massachusetts, to purchase the rest of
his machinery, all to be installed in
the new brick building in the rear
of the Milburn Block lot.
Chas. H. Packard has been passing
the present week on visit to his son,
Arthur w, who is student at Gray's
business college in Portland. He
also planned on stopping for a few
days with brother, Jos. E. Packard,
in Winthrop.
George l.. Cleveland arrived home
this morning from Portland where he
had been as a delegate of MilDurn
Commandery, United Order of the
Golden Cross of this place, to the
meeting of the Grand Ccmmandery of
that order. Mr.. Cleveland also at
tended the reception, given Tuesday
evening to the visiting delegates, in
the Portland Red Mems hall.
Hon. G. S. Stetson of Alta, Master
of the Maine State Grange, was in
town Tuesday evening, remaining
over night at the Coburn. Mr.. Stetson
had been at Norridgewock to attend
the 35th anniversary of Somerset
Grange and drove here after the exer-
cises. He left by the 7.55 train yester-
day morning for Bowdoinham to full
fl an appointment with the Grange in
that town.
Skowhegan friends have received
invitations to be present at the COM
mencement exercises of the Leland
Powers School of Oratory, in Boston,
which occurs during the last three
days of the present week. Miss Ha-
eel Leavitt of Norridgewock is a
member of the graduating class.
Miss Elizabeth M, Pooler, one of the
instructors of the Leland Powers
school, has given dramatic readings
here on several occasions and is to be
! the entertainer at the gentlemen's
night of the Skowhegan Won ans
Club, Wednesday evening OF next
week, April 2sth in the Methodist
church.
DR.. and Mrs. j. E. Wadsworth are
to leave here next Monday to pass
the next two months in New York
City, the Doctor to occupy this time
in study at the Post Graduate Medi-
cal School. He plans also to attend
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the annual meeting of the American
Medical Association at Atlantic City,
N. j., the second week in June. The
children, Prud ence and John, will
pass the time with their aunt, Mrs. d.
A. Ball, in Mechanics Falls. DR..
Wadsworth's residence on Madison
avenue will be occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Gledhill during his abb
sence.
Arthur G. Knowles, who went from
North New Portland in this county, a
few years since, to enter the forestry
service at West Point, N. Y. has re-
Gently received a promotion, carry
ing with it raise in salary to S1200
per year with a residence for himself
and family. He is now the woods
foreman of the West Point reserva-
tion, in charge OF the crew who work
under the direction of Professor Roy
r. Marston of this place, the govern
ment forester for the Military Aca-