The Somerset reporter., 1909-07-01
LOCAL MENTION

Chas. 9. Heselton has been in Bos-
ton on business since last week.
Ira w. Page returned Tuesday from
short business trip to Hartland.
Mrs. John Carroll of Hyde Park
Mass. is the guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Fred o. Sawyer for a few days.
Mrs. Henry Crowell left here, Tues
day, for Five Islands, on the Maine
coast, where she will remain for the
summer.
Mrs. Ed. Spear, who has been at
the Sisters hospital in Lewiston for
several weeks, was 30 far recovered
as to be able to return home, last
week.
Paul Murray left for Pennington,
Monday, where he will enter upon his
summers work selling fire extin-
guishers for his father, Joseph II.
Murray, the oil man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur r. Jewett with
their son, Langdon, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Thbeault are having ten
days. vacation at cottage at Sebas-
co, a summer resort on the co lst ne ir
Bath.
Miss Zaidee Morrison of New York
City arrived, Monday evening, to
Join her sister, Margery, and brother,
Donald, who are passing the summer
vacation season with their father, l..
l.. Morrison.
Alfred Page of No. New Portland,
with his daughter Miss Grace, were
| in town on Tuesday, guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Sewell w. Smith on
Bloomfield street. Mr.. Page is a ma
tive of Norridgewock and cousin to
Mr.. Smith
Madame Louise G.. Stevens and
Miss Luella arrived, Friday, from
Cambridge, Mass. They are to spend
the summer at Bloomfield cottage.
The Doctor, Mrs. E. III. Stevens, and
Mrs. w. F. Stevens and son are to
arrive, AuSuol uioo.
Professor Roy i. Marston and
party of thirty, chiefly young men
from the various New England col
leges, left, Tuesday morning, for the
Moose River region where forestry
work over large tract will be carried
out during the summer.
Drs. Fred o. Sawyer, Chas. r. Viles
and Cleba Smith attended the forty
fourth annual convention of the
Maine Dental Association at Peaks
Island, Casco Bay, last week. DR..
Smith will open his Office in the Mer-
rill block, the first of July.
The Portland papers of Monday
last announced the death in that city,
on the preceding day of Miss Bessie
Madeline Henry, fourteen year old
daughter of Mrs. Alice Boucher
Henry, formerly of this place. Among
the surviving relatives are Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Thing, uncle and aunt OF
the deceased.
Mrs. George Estabrook of Manches-
ter, N. H. is passing the week in,town
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
A. Towle at the Maine Central Hotel.
Mrs. Estabrook was resident OF
Skowhegan in 1907, her husband at
that timesbeing superintendent of one
of the departments at the shoe fac
tory of the Commonwealth Shoe &
Leather Co.
Richard W. Brown has bought the
Isaac Morse farm in Norridgewock,
consisting OF the farm buildings and
26O acres of land. This includes also
s'Tbe Pines'', the excursion resort
fitted up by the Skowhegan and Nor
ridgewock railroad in 1894. The
buildings erected at that time are
still there and Mr.. Brown proposes
to refit and re-equip the place so that
it will be adapted to outings of large
or small parties, meetings of societies
etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. P. Neal of West
Boylston, Mass. have been guests
this week of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Haines on Middle street. Both have
many acquaintances in this section as
MIR. Neal lived for several years at
East Madison and Mrs. Neal, former
ly, Miss Flora G. Cummings, taught as
assistant In the Skowhegan& High
school from 1898 to 1895. Mr.. Neal is
now principal of the high and graded
schools of West Boylston.
The furniture was removed from
the Salvation Army Barracks on
Water street Monday. The work of
the Skowhegan Corps, which COM
menced on April 5, 1902, was discon-
tinued about one month since. 1t
had never enlisted very large num-
Der in actual membership, probably
not over 80 at the most, but it had
been at times very active in religious
and charitable work, and doubtless
accomplished a considerable amount
of good. Members of the Corps an
nounce that the Skowhegan head
quarters will be opened again in two
years.
Rev. Harold Hanson, of Rumford