Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-28
a Below Zero Registered
Here Early Saturday.
Debate March 8 Between Show
hogan and Madison High.


new electric sawmill has been started
on Jewett street by Francis Sirois. This
Is the only mill of the kind in town.
L. e. Trafton, wholesale potato deal
er here, has shipped six carloads Of po-
tatoes this season from skowhegan- There
are about 600 bushels Of potatoes to
carload.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Blunt Bin Page
and Miss Nae Nay returned home FRIDAY
night from Lewiston, where they attend
ed the meetings of Kora Temple A A
o. ". NJ 8. Mr.. Blunt was on the com
nittee Of arrangements
The debate between the Skowhesan
High school and the Madison High school
will take place Friday evening, March -.
The question for debate Is: Resolved,
That Public Libraries and Museums
should Be Opened to the Public on Sum
days" There will be three disputants on
each side. This will be the first debate
Skowhegan High school has held for
number Of years.
Walter Waller went to Richmond Satur-
day to attend the funeral services of his
father-in-Iaw. Frank Wyman. Mr. VAL
ier's place was taken on the express
team by John Healey during Mr.. Waller
absence
The Thermometer registered "A degrees
below zero in many parts of the village
at s o'clock Saturday morning 1t was
considered the coolest morning for the
year.
Seymour Rateles Of Portland, who has
been the guest of his mother. Msr. Mar
garet Rawles. returned home Saturday.
Henry Wright died from peritonitis, not
from shock Of An operation for appendi-
citis, az previously reported.
Fourteen applicants took the State
teachers examination at the Municipal
building Friday afternoon. among whom
were: Ethel Bedford, Evie Learned and
Belle Reed, Madison: Bernice D. Hight,
Cornville: Flora Lucas, st. Adams. CIR
trude Emery. Alta Ellis and Annie Ger
ryman, Skowhegan; Maude Powers. Madi-
son; Lillian E. oliver, Bath; Louise Mer-
ry and Grace Bradley. Madison.
Miss Annie Bergman will assume her
duties today as teacher in the Pitts dis
trict. Miss Mary Wentworth. who is the
regular teacher was obliged to resign on
account of sickness.
Fred Russell. employed in the woods at
Scion, passed Sunday in town with his
family.
A. F.. Bowman. who has been in Yer
mont for several weeks, was home over
Sunday.
The bearers at the funeral of the late
Mrs Kinds were DR. l.. y. Dascomb, Wal
lace Blunt. Francis Parker and Judson
Packard The services were held Satur-
day noon at the home.
Maurice GledhilI was in Fairfield Sat
urday attending the ice races.
Carroll Goodwin and Robert Wildcs
were at home from Colby College over
Sunday.
The Skowhegan Electric Light Co NOV
ed It's electrical fixtures from the J. 2.
Merrill block to its new quarters near
the bridge recently vacated by Gould &
Lawrence. Saturday.
The regular meeting Of the Town I'M
provement Society was held Friday af
ternoon In the Library parlors. There
was a good attendance. The meeting was
in charge Of Mrs. Ella Holt. The follow
ing program was carried out: Papers.
Beautiful Ecuador" and COLOMBIA"
read by Mrs. Ella Holt: paper, Railroads
Of South America" by Mrs. Vone Traf-
ton: recess: song. Tommie Coburn: paper
on Some South American Industries"
Miss Sarah J. Anderson; song. Miss Ethel
Mitchell; monologue. Mrs. Violet Fogg