Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-19

fails. For the last ten years lie mas
been at the station 1t $50 each morn
ing. He has lived for 4f years en- Mid |
die street. where he now has a beau |
tiful home He viii be succeeded at /
tho Skowhegan baggage rooms by |
Henry Thomas. Nj. Ward will begin |
his new life of retirement on the ami |
Nersary of his career as railroad man |
by going 10 tina game woods TO get |
deer.
Probably the first real concrete house |
to re built i'm this county is now the |
homie of civil Engineer Humphrey OF
Madison. II is unique as far as the
people here are concerned. 1t is not of
cement blocks but of the poured ce-
ment 1t is now practically completed
and is one of the best equipped houses
found.
The farmers of this section are TO |
have something new in the way of
progressive ideas. There will be pub
lie demonstration WORK carried on,
soon BY the having of the big seien-
tific farm of r. r Patten it has been
made possible TO have the people of
Skowhegan realize the advantages OF
these demonstrations. The work will
commence in this State, soon. At pres
ant the work will start upon four lines,
truck garden farming fruit growing
farming for dairying purposes and
growing potatoes and grain crops.
Mrs Maria Hopkins, who is proba-
bly, the oldest organist in the United
States will leave Norridgewoel, this
week, for Providence, r. L.. where she
will pass the winter She has recent
Ix- Cd fet la
/ gregational church at N0rridgewock.
after holding the position SO years.
| Skowhegan has another writer, To-
| hey Mooers. son of Sheriff John u
| Mooers The younger Mooers is meet
i ing with considerable success a a
! writer of historic articles, and has
! found favor with the editors of sew
| eral publications. Mr.. Mooers is now
| a Junior in the Skowhegan High
school, and people here anticipate pro-
nounee success for him within a few
| years after his graduation.
In view of the fact that last vim
| ter was so cold many of the people
| of this county are planning to seek
warmer elinles during the cold months.
There are several families who will
60 South or West from SkoWhegan,
and many in other counties have al
ready gone,
The annual meeting of the trustees
of SsoWhegan Public Library was
held, Thursday afternoon and the fol-
loving officers reelected: President,
Gen. Isaac Dyer; vice president, Levi
w. Weston; secretary, Amos Is. But
Ter; treasurer, Major John w. Fogler;
librarian. Mrs Fannie j. Cabot. The
treasurer's report showed that the
funds now held in trust amount to
$l9, 2S0.9l. The running expenses for
the past year were S1405. 30, Tota
number of volumes in the library is
11,000
W. A, Pitts has sold his farm on the |
Middle road TO Henry Dionne through
the S H. Swain agency.
The Skowhegan Woman's club will |
hold its first meeting of the year, oct !
80 The club meets at go p. NJ. AT |
the first meeting there will be a re-
port If the Federation. 4 new caIen- |
dar is being issued by the club which !
shows that the subject of the meeting |
Nov. 10 will be "Travel;" Nov 30, |;
"Education;" Dee II. philanthropy"
Dee. 30 will be Guests Evening; sub
Jtftt jan. -. MUSIC. req. . VIII De /
Dramatic Day" Feb % "Children's |
DAY. March ). subject will be
"Literature;" on April >, f. w. och
ampaugh Will deliver lecture on
ARTS and Crafts" April 10, will he
the annual meeting The calendar
shows that the following members are
the officers. President. Miss Lizzie r.
Hussey; vice president, Mrs. Anna
Merrill; secretary, Miss Hannah Il.
Page; treasurer. Mrs. Margaret x.
Goodrich. Three members have died
during the past year; Mrs. Maria f.
Addition Mrs. Pauline Littlefeld and
Mrs. Hattie A. Danforth. The cal
endar shows that the club has II hon
orary members and 10 regular mem
bers
The marriage intentions of Joseph |
Mennier and Marie Voileux are re-
corded at the town clerks office
Complaint has been made that there |
is considerable vandalism going on at |
the LaFone schoolhouse. and at the /
Lake George schoolhouse. Windows |
have been broken and somebody has |
broken into the school buildings at va
rious times.
A wonderful record has been estab- |
lished in the rural schools this fall. |
Six weeks of the school year have
ended, and during that time in all of
the schools there hasn't been a word
misspelled by any one of the pupils.
With the increased demand for eve
ming school work and new members
| being added every day, ii has been
| found necessary to get a domestic sci
ence teacher for the evening school
alone. The regular teacher is now
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