Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-03
SKOWAECAN.

Mrs. Mae Palmer Hathorn has arrived
here from her home in Iowa, called East
by the serious sickness of her father,
Fred Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Allen of Oak
land are guests of his brother, Henry
Allen.
The voters will be asked at the coming
! town meeting to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
of building new barn at the town farm.
| The old barns have outlived their useful
ness and are too far gone to pay to be
repaired. 1t will not be necessary to buy
lumber sufficient quantity has been
cut from the wood lot on the farm and
| this has been sawed and is now piled at
| the farm ready for operations. The stone
| for the foundation is also on the lot
ready for use. 1t is estimated that an ap-
preparation Of $1,000 will complete the barn.
| 1t will be S4x4S feet, with a basement the
| entire length. ...s..--... j.
The funeral of the late Harrison Baker
was held at 8 o'clock Tuesday AFTERNOON
from the family home on Elm street, UNI
der the direction of Somerset Lodge, No,
a. F. and A. M. Mr.. Baker was also a
knight Templar and DeMolay Command
cry, No. 10, acted as escort There was a
| large attendance of old friends and neigh
bors. Burial was in the South cemetery.
DIR. E. H. Stevens of Cambridge, Mass,
arrived in town on the late train Monday
night, called here to perform an operation
on Mrs. Mark Harville, being assisted by
DR.. L. A. Dascombe.
From the annual report of the school
department, which will be ready for dis
| tribution at the town meeting next Mon
| day, it would appear that all the schools
are overcrowded and should the present
rate of increase in school attendance con-
| tinue it will be necessary to provide adj
ditional accommodations. There are 1854
pupils Of school age in town.
Extended repairs will be necessary be-
| fore the fall term begins. The Garfield
building will require painting inside and
out and new ceilings must be put in. The
third floor and halls of the High school
building also require new ceilings. Con-
siderable repairs are also necessary on
| the rural school buildings. During the
past year fire drills have been established
| in all the schools as a precaution to guard
| the children from danger in case of fire.
The committee makes the following es-
| innate of the appropriations for the en-
suing year: Schools, repairs. fuel etc.
$1,000; school supplies 500; school books
| $500: High school, $4,000; repairs and fur
nishings, $500; manual training. $500; ref
| erence books for High school. $780,
To maintain the schools for the year
ending the 10Th of last month the sum of
$19, 1919 was expended. The salary of
the principal of the High school is $780,
l. 1T 4,
| other 800 being paid by the trustees of
Bloomfield Academy. Among the larger
items Of expenditures are the following:
Janitors and Janitors' supplies $12S3.70;
| conveyance. $1G2o.355: fuel, sl17O.S3 salaries
| of teachers. $lO.372.32: text books. s742.6s;
supplies, $7O9.43 music and drawing,
sS97.S7.
The number of teachers now employ ed
is 80. Five are in the High school and %
| in the common schools. During the past
year there have been as teachers in the
employ of the town. The High school has
an enrolment of 1871 with an average at
tendance of l31. There are 81 boys and 20
girls. BY classes the registration is as
follows: Seniors o5, Juniors Is, Sopho-
n,ores 80. Freshmen AZ.
Outside the High school, included in the
graded and rural schools, there was an
enrolment of GA The largest was in
the Garfield school, 159. Next came the
Park with 40. the Lincoln with 112 and
the academy with 66. There are 116 pupils
in the nine rural schools. This makes
total of 751 pupils in the Skowhegan pub
lie schools.
There have been but few cases of tru-
ancy. The number reported was IA and 70
of these were investigated by the truant
officer. A. I. Sawyer. In over so per cent.
the absence from school was caused by
the sickness of the pupil or someone of
the family.
Some interesting data is furnished as
to the average wage of the teachers and
the cost per pupil. The rural teachers re-
ceive an average weekly salary of S7.47.
Those in the village common schools
s1O62 and common schools $3.50. The cost
per pupil in the common schools is $23 per
year. In the High school it is sS4.1O. The
average number of pupils per teacher in
the common schools is 81 and in the rural
schools Is.
3. f. Eaton Tuesday commenced his 43d
year as station agent here for the Maine
Central He had worked for the road
previous TO that in Fairfield. Few men in
the roads employ have longer record
for faithful service than Mr.. Eaton. His
friends hope that he may be able to
round out half century with the COM
pany.
The Royal Neghbors of America tomor-
row night will present in Caratunk hall,
Scion. the three drama 'Lucia's Low