Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-16
Schools Close for the Sum-
Iner Vacation.
Supi. GeTrish Announces New
Teachers for Next Year.
Skowhegan High Team Defeated BY
Madison Nigh, 9 to s.

The final event of the Commence
mcnt week took place. saturday. when
The Senior class with teams made The
annual trip 10 Smithaes6 fog The pie
ME at North Pond. This MAS one 81
The most enjoyable events a he NEE
Following the POSTMASTER NSs car
roll Flanders. The speakers included
Donald Philhriek Agnes. Manfnr Miss
Dorothy Elliott, Ralph w. Leighton.
Joseph Sanford. ClifIon Wheeler.
The schools closed. Friday. for Z
vacation until Sept. $. !; has been \
very successful sclseai year and n1anS
of the graduating e,aSs VIII continue
their studies in other institutions al
learning. sherman Shumwas, Eunise
Chase and Carroll Flanders wiu at
tend Colby College III the fail. je-
seph r. Sanford viii take course
in the University of Maine Donald
Philbrick plans To 90 II Bowdoin and
Gerald c. Marble Will go 10 the Uni-
versity OF Maine. Several Of the young
ladies plan 10 go % Normal school
and few 10 teach.
Supt l. ". Gerrish announced
Saturday, new teachers to fill va
eancies. for the coming year IN Skow-
hogan and Madison: Miss Ethel Scales
of Monson, educated AZ Colby College,
Gorham Normal school and business
college in Boston. has been engaged
10 become Commercial teacher in the
Skowhegan High school to succeed
Miss Dora Petersen. who resigned TO
accept position in Massachusetts.
Miss Rachel Phelphs of Pennington
has been engaged To teach elocution
and English in the Madison High
school. She is a graduate of Bos-
ton University, having also had train
ing at the Pennington Normal school
and has taught in the upper grades
of Fort Fairfield and Houlton, also
substituting at Kicker Classical In
stitute. She was one of the best stu
dents in her class in the Boston Uni
yersity. Her father, NJ. y. Phelps,
MAS former principal of Kicker CLASH
cal Institute and for some time SUI
perintendent of schools at Waterford
and Norway He is now principal Of
Caribou High school. During her col
lege course Miss Phelps taught elo-
cution to the lower classes. Miss
'Tdce NbSt VI aduisoH lids pSeil ti
gagged TO teach in the Madison schools.
She is a graduate of Colby College in
the class of 1912 and has taught in
Kingfield and Arson. Miss Bertha
Paine of North Arson has been en-
gagged to teach in the public schools
of Madison to succeed Miss Maud
Dyer. Miss Ethel NJ. Crook of Brew
er has been engaged to teach in the
village schools at Skowhegan to sue
coed Miss Daisy Shaw. resigned. Miss
Crook is a graduate of Castine Normal
and for the last three years has been
a teacher in the graded schools at
Winter Harbor.
Flag day was observed in Skowhe-
gan, Saturday, and besides the public
buildings a large number of the
dwelling houses were decorated with
flags.
A most original plan was devised,
this week, in moving a large pitched
roof barn. The barn was separated at
the ridge pole and moved in halves
at the farm of Charles Smith on Nor
ridgewock avenue. The barn was
moved about so rods and then put IT,
gether.
Principal and Mrs r. w. Leighton
left, Saturday, for their home in Mid
dletown, CT, where they will pass a
large part of their vacation.
Dinsmore Bunker of Auburn was
here. Saturday, visiting friends.