Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-01
Total Of $2o,9s5.2S Is
Spent on Our Schools.
Odd Fellows Will Hold Dis
irict Meeting Tomorrow Night.
Educational Meeting Booked for
March I at City Hall.

Miss Ethel Merriam who has beer
visiting at Sharon, Mass, with her un-
Gle. +. f. Merriam, u. D., for several
weeks returned home Saturday.
"A very successful cake SAFE was held
ny the w. {. 7. L. at Grand Army
hall Saturday afternoon. The amount
OF money received will be used for
work connected with the society.
a prayer meeting was held at the
home of Edwin c. Tracy on Madison
Avenue Monday evening. There was
Il good attendance. There will be an
other meeting held at the home af V.
w. Nelson on Mechanic street Tues
day evening connected win the Beth
any Baptist church.
Miss Gala Dore of Athens spent Sun
day with her aunt, Mrs. John Moers,
and Monday morning left for Hartford,
Conn, where she will assume her du-
ties as trained nurse.
Judge F. F. Lawrence was in Madi-
son Monday where he presided at the
regular civil term of the Western Som
erset Municipal Court.
There will be an educational meeting
held at the City Building March H. At
that time there will be an exhibition in
the Municipal Court room of drawings,
sewing, and different work done by the
public schools of Skowncgan. There
will also tie the State tuberculosis En-
hiDit and in connection with this 4
trained nurse hired by the State Board
of Health will be present to answer ali
questions in regard to the exhibits OK
planning the work done in the state.
1tt- r .I,;<
of the w. c. r. u. In the evening
there will be three lectures. William
l.. Powers, Superintendent of Schools
at Fort Fairfield, will speak on "Ru-
raj Schools" DR.. J. f. Hill of Water
vile will speak on Medical Inspec-
ton in Public Schools" and Dr. Es-
tes Nichols of the Hebron Sanatorium
will speak on "Tuberculosis.' The
meetings will be open 10 all.
The School Report for 1899 as compile
ted in February shows the total eX-
penGiture for the Skowhegan schools to
be $23.4S565. The total expenditure Of
last year was s2O.9952S The number
of pupils in the Skowhegan schools for
1909 was 1897. The salaries paid
amounted to $S,675.70.
There will be a meeting of the Wo-
mans Missionary society of the Beth
any Baptist church at the home of
Mrs. Jessie F. Fletcher on Cedar street
Friday Afternoon at go.
The speakers at the Y. NJ. c. A.
meeting Sunday afternoon We're f. b.
Hinkley. Arthur Merrill, President of
the Boys Conference. and delegates
who attended the Boys Conference.
Their subjects were echoes Of the con-
ference held at Augusta last week
On March Q. Robert ], Sprague, Pro-
fessor of Economics at the University
of Maine will give lecture at Grange
hall on Town Government The lee
turc will be given under the auspices
of the Skowhegan Grange.
Fred Perkins has moved into the
house he recently purchased on Madi-
son avenue Mr.. Perkins was formerly
of Cornville.
Tuesday evening. March S. the Soro-
sis will give play in Grange hall. The
narts will he taken by the members of
the society.
The Odd Fellows Lodges of district
No %. consisting of Indian Spring No
115 of Madison. Quinnebasset No. 100 OF
Norridgewock and Carrahassct No. 81
of SkowheCan will hold district
meeting Wednesday evening. March
.. CarrahaSset Lodge No. "a will work
the first degree Supper will he served
after the work All members Of the
order are invited.