Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-24
JosephineL Leighton Of Lubec
To Teach Grade |.
The Skowhegan Woman's Club
Holds Its Christmas Meeting.
Mrs. Phllo Steward Presented with
Handsome Electric Chandelier.

Miss Josephine Leighton of Lubec has
been elected teacher of Grade | of the
public schools to succeed Miss Lucy Far
ron, who has resigned The school board
has been faekunate in being able to get
Miss LeightxA las her experience is among
the best She has taught seven years
and for four years was principal of a
four-room building in Fort Fairfield and
she was the teacher in the grade at the
Lubec school that burned. She was grad
uated from Westbrook Seminary in 1904,
Portland Training school in 1896 and has
had wide experience in the arst four
grades She assumes her position at the
opening of the term. Dec. %.
George Young a student at the Bur-
iington. Vt. Medical College, is home for
the vacation with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Young.
Eugene Abbey is seriously i'll suffer-
ing with what is supposed to be ptomaine
poisoning.
The latest birth recorded at the town
clerks Office is a boy, born to Mr. and
Mrs. F. w. Bickford.
Herbert Hanscomb and family have
gone to Lewiston to spend Christmas
with his father.
Capt and Mrs. R. L. Marston went
Tuesday TO New Haven, CT, to pass
Christmas with her mother.
The Skowhegan Womans Club held its
Christmas meeting Monday afternoon in
the library parlors Mrs Anna Merrill
vice president of the club. presided and
the hostesses were Mrs. Mollie Stewart
and Mrs Annie Hackett. Christmas
tree. resplendent with ornaments. was
the center of the decorative scheme, COM
pleted with garlands of red and green,
poinsettias, red carnation pinks and ev-
ergreen. The program was largely con-
tributed to be children. appropriately at
this season of the year. and was as fol-
lows: Piano solo with encore. Miss Ar
line Burnor; recitation with encore,
Langdon Jewett; piano solo. Christine
pooler; recitations, Mollie Blunt; solo,
The Holy CITY," with encore, Mrs. Ag-
mes Steward. accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Ethel Ames; vocal duet, Helen
and George Hawes; reading Of two
Christmas poems, THE Christmas Mira
Gle" and when Jane Fixes the Nick
nacks," Mrs Della Bartlett; vocal duet,
Mrs Eldena Hawes and Mrs. Agnes
Steward with encore, accompanied on
the piano by Mrs Abbie Lambert. Re-
freshments were served by the hostesses
assisted by the children and then the
Christmas gifts were distributed under
the direction of Mrs. Santa Claus, who
was Mrs Lola Blunt. The next meet
ing will be held Jan. Z. the subject to be
Health" The hostesses for this meet
ing will be Mrs. Lola Blunt and Mrs
Edith Philbrick.
The members of the First Baptist
church choir have made their leader.
Mrs Phiio Steward, beautiful Christ
mas gift in an electric chandelier. Mrs.
Steward was the organizer of this choir
which has come to be one of the most
important musical associations in town,
being started about 10 years ago
Mrs Robert Billodeau has been elected
president of the st. John the Baptist So
ciety.
The Christmas tree for the children of
the convent was held Sunday and cards
and candies were given to each child.
Father DesJardins was presented with
two large bouquets.
C. D. Miller went Monday to Portland
on business.
Emily Chaude was taken to Waterviue
hospital Monday for treatment