Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-09
SKOWHECAN,
Local Plant Making Paper
From Various Waste.
The Evening School Attendance
Requires Another Teacher.
Dissatisfaction with Our pollceSys.
iem..iiigh School Site.

The industries of Skowhegan have
acquired an addition--to manufacture
paper from the waste of wooden mills
old papers, old rags and many other
kinds of waste materials. This BUSH
ness is now being carried on by the
Savage Manufacturing Co., and rs
hands are at present employed for the
work. The mill was started by E. l..
Savage as a ground pulp mill but the
present product makes the mill unique
in Maine. He IS at present making IA
grades Of paper and contemplates the
making of more. The present pay roll
amounts to over 5000 weekly and, with
contemplated machinery, he would
employ 100 hands. The paper that he
now makes is used largely in the man.
ufaeture of pasteboard boxes. The Cen
trail Maine Power Co. has asked to buy
the water right now owned by the
company which would drive the bust
ness from town. The only drawback
that the new business has is that the
raw material is shipped largely from
Massachusetts, This requires the pay
ment of freight twice and the taxes
here are a burden that makes the prob
lem worse.
X. A. Withee of this town has been
appointed aide de-camp from this
State to the general-in- of the Ma
tional @. A. r. Mr.. withee was one of
the men from this county who was in
many of the fiercest battles of the Civ
IL War. He was on the front in the
battles Of Hanover Court, Mechanics
vile, Savages Station, Champion
Pass, Antietam, Fredericksburg and
Gettysburg. On account of this work he
was promoted sergeant and later to
first sergeant He was in commant of
his company from April IL to July /.
1864 He served in the Civil War from
Aug. 81, 1861, to September 5, 1864. He is
one of the charter members of Russell
Post, G. A. r., and has served as it's
commander
Cleber Harville, who has been in
Concord. Mass, for the summer as au-
tomobile driver. has returned home.
Tho Bethany Guild met, Monday aft
ernoon, at the home of Mrs. c. Davis
Miller.
The increase of students at the eve
ming school has necessitated the en-
ploying Of Miss Mabel Sweet as ex-
IRA CeacncT III the common SCHOOL
branches. There are now about 35 at
tending the school, there being three
sessions a week and the ages of the
students range from Is to middle-aged
persons. The subjects taught are the
commercial branches. mechanical
drawing and all common school
branches. Has
The last regular. meeting of the
Skowhegan Grange for the present
year will be held, Wednesday evening,
and the Third and Fourth degrees will
be conferred. The program will con-
sist Of question, Resolved, That
Might Makes Right Is Not an indie
feasible Doctrine" discussed by Major
J. w. Fogler and r. T. Patten for the
affirmative, and Frank P. Pennell, Will
liam L. Walker and S. F. Emerson,
negative; vocal duet, arranged by Miss
Winifred Gardner; monologue, Mrs.
Nellie L. Hill; paper, The Ideals of
Life, and How TO Reach Them" Mrs.
Lois w. Patten; the Grange news, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas G, Lord refresh
ments: Swapping party arranged by
Mrs. Ava V. Sheridan, Edna NJ. Tuttle,
Susie E. Jacobs and Mabel B. Wilson.
Gentlemen's night will be observed
by the Sorosis, Tuesday evening, and