Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-18
SK0WAEGAN.
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''Don" Merrill Is Home
From The Philippines.
4 Dinner Party for Mr.. and
Mrs, Roland patien.
Fiftyiwo Years in Employ OF the
Maine Central Railroad.

The marriage Intentions of MAY Morris
Mitchell of Athens. Pennsylvania and
Miss Julia Fairbanks Boynton, were re-
corded saturday at the town clerk 5
office.
Charles Nichols went Monday 10 Card
.ner. Whera 3ile win make his home His
family will ioinj Sim some time this week.
He has been employed for about a year
in the worsted mills at East Madison.
Al Barron Of Concord has been spend
ing a few days at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. X. G. Rigeow.
y saw mill IN West Athens owned by
James NJ. Dysagt burned one day last
week. The FIRE originated around the
engine No insurance.
John L. Cox will 80 to Portland this
week, where lie viii have charge of Il
boarding house.
Mr.. Romeyn. a sophomore at Colby
college, occupied the pulpit at the Beth
any church Sunday morning.
\ sunrise meeting was held in the Y.
N. c. y. rooms at y. NJ. sunday. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. Robert
Morris.
Lieut.. John y. Merrill. Ir.. known 10
the people of Skowhegan as Don, arrived
here Monday morning from the Philip
pines to spend five months with his pa
rents, Dr. and Mrs. j. y. Merrill He has
not been home for eight years. he is
first lieutenant in the constabulary ser
vice on the island of Mindano, being sit
uated about 1000 miles from Manila. He
has also been warden of the provincial
prisons there. During his absence he has
had some very exciting experiences which
show that he has had real fighting.
| Herbert L. Grten and Miss Milie Fitz-
simmons We're married Sunday by Rev. :.
f Emerson. Mrs Green is the daughter
Of John Fitzsmmons of Anson and Mr.
Green is the son of Frank Green OF
5kowhegan. They will live in Madison
where he is employed in the woolen mill
| A special program was carried out al
| the Congregational church Sunday eve
ming in observance of Easter 1t was as
| follows: Selection b choir; Eecitation
| Evelyn Healey; selection by children''
! chorus; recitation. Trifena Russell; an
! them choir; recitation. Kenneth Copp
recitation. John OGdy, song, Joey Taylor
Rotations Harold Lord, Harry st. Led
ger, Joey Taylor, Raymond Lacasce
Easter story Margaret Smith: remarks
by the pastor; song by children; song
Helen Lord
! \ dinner party was given Saturday eve
ming by Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Steward
| in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. ROLAND t. rat
| ten. who had been married 10 years. The
affair was kept as a surprise TO Mrs. Pat
en- until the last moment and her recep
| ton proved a great satisfaction to the
| host, hostess and guests. Those presen
were: Mrs. John II. Steward, Mr.. and
! Mrs Patten Mr.. and Mrs. William r. El
! att, AIr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Gallup and DIR
ard Mrs. William Nj Pulsifer.
| The body of james Steele was brough
here Monday and sent to Cherryteld fol
| burial.
! After being in the employ of the Maine
Central Railroad Co. for 81 years, Tom
Howard resigned his position in tn,
freight station here Saturday. Mr.. How
ard is 70 years old ard lie began his ca
reer as a railroad man in 1858. He was
conductor on the old kennebec & Port
land through the Civil ,.ar and he is o
the opinion that he saw as mucn tightine
while on the job as did many of the sol
diers. Those riding to the front to de
fend their country often forgot where
they were and sometimes forgot their OBJ
legations to the civilians around them. 1
was up to the conductor to qUell all dis
turbances and he was equal to the occa
sion Mr.. Howard was also of the frs
crew that ran the first train into 4oa
iIarbor in 1884. He was on that division
for a number of years. He has done near
ly everything in the operating department
Of the railroad.