Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-05-08

Walter C. Weston and family have
removed here from RoXbury, Mass,
and are to reside in the future IN the
Cushman house on Bailey street.
John w. Steward has gone to Jack
man tes begin operations In the sbuiid-
ing of his new lumber mill.
John F. Merritt has gone to Port
land. where he will spend a week ow-
ing to the illness of his mother, who
is in a hospital there.
Hon. and Mrs L. L. Walton are
in Foxboro. Mass, visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Byron G.. ingalls,.
This town is to have, probably.
concrete garage building now being
planned by Warren futile to be plac-
ed where the present Skowhegan gar
age is located. The present buildings
are wood and he has an opportunity
to sell these buildings, which were
for many years used as livery sta
bles, but for the last four years
garage, now run by the SkoWhegan
Garage Co If Mr.. futile builds d
concrete garage it will probably be
two stories high and 1870 feet long
One chief object will be to save in
surance, as concrete will eliminate
this expense, the plans being to have
il fireproof throughout. This will
probably be the largest garage in
the State. the present one being the
largest outside of the big cities.
Supt. of Schools L. w. Gerrish an
nounced Thursday the list of teach
ers as elected by the School Board
for the ensuing year: Supervisors, W.
l.. Goggin, manual training; h. b
Towne, music; Alice j Harvey, do
nestle science, and Marjorie Loring,
drawing; High school, Miss Dorothy
Elliott, Miss Blanche Emory, Mrs.
Ethel w. Scales, Miss Florence Burn
ham, Miss Effie Noddin; Grade teach
ers, Ethel Crook, Lizzie w. Healey,
Lizzie Higgins, Kate C. Holbrook, Jo-
sephine Leighton, Alice E. Mitchell.
Grace Ramsdell, Harriet Simpson, Ad-
die NJ. Swain, Mabel Z. Sweet. Ger
trude Townsend, Leila Wyman, d.
Jet Briggs, Nellie Parlin; Kindergar-
ten. Ethelyn Steward, Mabel Ross.
Practically every teacher received a
substantial increase in salary, the to-
tai amount probably being more than
any other year for some time, so that
the average salary of teachers now
EQUALS that of most of the towns and
principal of the High school will be
made later as this is done by the
School Board and Bloomfield Acade-
my Association.
Children,s evening was observed by
Skowhegan Grange Wednesday eve
ming and was one of the pleasantest
meetings of the year. Little chairs had
heen arranged for the tots on the plat
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prettv appearance in their dainty
clothes. The program was as follows:
Piano solo, Miss Beatrice Smiley: ad-
dress of welcome, Norman Watson;
singing, Doris Clough and Phyllis Blu
ker; recitation. Mildred Rowell; sing
ing Helen Gates and George Hawes
recitation. George Patten; whlstling,
Royce Tuscan, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Grace Tuscan; recitation,
Mary Patten; recitation, Lloyd Stinch-
field; music by the mandolin club and
encore: recitation, Annie Dillingham;;
recitation, Harold Bean; recitation,
I,ouiso Stinchfeld: piano duet, Hazel
Merrill and Gladys Kicker; recitation,
Oriada Swain: recitation, William
Wildes; recitation, Louise Herrin; pi-
ano solo, Virginia Stinchfield; recita-
tions by Helen Hawes Everett Smiley
and Belle Dillingham;; piano solo,
Gladys Kicker; Rotations by Gerald
jeanette Swain and George
Beatham; piano solo, Howard Holden;
recitation, Freeland Croker; piano
solo, Ella Flanders; selection and en-
core by Mandolin Club.
George w. Cover went Thursday to
Portland to attend the Masonic meet
ings
Miss D. Jet Briggs has resigned as
teacher In Grade v of the public
schools here. She has been a teacher !