Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-28
Sk0WHECAN
Christmas Exercises of X. T.
Commandery-Movement to
Purchase More Land for
The Public Library
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHANGES
PERSONALS AND LOCALS


for the winter term Tuesday There
will be new teacher at the Garfield
building to succeed Miss Ethel Parker
who has resigned during the vacation.
A new department has been added
which will require new teacher. This
is necessary because of the crowded
condition at one of the Leavitt street
schools. The new department will be
in the municipal building. The Kinder
garten will still remain there though
this is contrary to the first plans when
the new department was thought of.
At the Pitts school Miss Leah Viles
will succeed Miss Helen Pratt, who
has resigned during the vacation. The
Madison schools will open at the same
time and there will be a new teacher
in the High school to succeed Miss
WinnibeI Cover, who has resigned to
accept a position at Kents Hill. Miss
Cover is a graduate Of the Skowhe-
gan High school, class of 1905. She
continued her education at Colby Col
Iege and has been a teacher of Latin
and history in the Madison High
school for five years.
William Fleming, who claims his
residence as Lawrence. Mass, died
Friday night at the home of Charles
Steward on the Plains quite suddenly.
1t is thought that he had a sister in
Lawrence, Mass, and the city marshal
there has been notified. The body will
probably be taken to that place Sun
day.
Alton Mason, an overseer In cot
ton mill in Dover, N. H., is passing
the Christmas holidays with his fam
| lily on Battle Ridge and they took
Christmas dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Manson in Clinton.
| l.. w. Gerrish. superintendent of
schools of Skowhegan and Madison,
was Saturday granted a life certift-
| cate as SUPERINTENDENT Of schools of
Maine by the State school department.
Somerset Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will
hold special meeting Monday at 1870
p. M. when the Third degree will be
| worked.
Mrs. w. f. Hackett was Friday OPP
Grated upon for appendicitis.
Christmas exercises were held at
the Bethany church and the following
program was given: Music; responsive
service; prayer; AT Christmas Time
three little girls: song, Primary de-
partment; recitation, Maurice Waller
and Athea Healey; song, Junior choir;
exercise by six children, shepherd
and Angels; recitation, Francis Bean;
exercise, Good Will Toward Men, 20
children; song by choir; remarks by
Rev. George Merriam.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Momsted and
their daughter Ruth passed Christmas
in Fairfield.
The Misses Katherine and Nellie
| White arrived Friday night from New
York City to pass their vacation with
their parents, MIR. and Mrs. c. B.
White. Sal - -
There is a move on the part OF In
diyiduals of the Public Library Asso-
citation to purchase more land ior the
Skowhegan Public library for the puf-
pose of putting an addition on TO the
present building It is not necessary
for this addition at present put pc
cause of the increasing use or the IL
brary and the many new acquisitions
in books and periodicals the ouliolhs
is becoming inadequate to supply TINS
demand and to meet the prospectN9
increase Of population within a Re"
wears, The proposed plan Is to puy
| land In the rear of the present build
ing on Elm street.
Charles Gage died Saturday III
/ Lewiston at the age of "a. HIS poay
will he brought to Skowhegan Mon
day and placed in the tomb. Mr.. Gage
was a former resident of this town but
had been living with his daughter IN
Lewiston for the last few years. his
brother, John Gage, died IN Callior
| MIA about year ago. When resi-
dent In Skowhegan he was engaged
in the harness business. He married
the sister of Fred French or TINS
town.
The annual Christmas observance OF
DeMolay Commandery, No. 10. X. L"
was held at the asylum Friday noon
about so Sir knights being present
Toasts were offered and responses
made to the eminent grand master OF
the Grand Encampment and TO the
presiding officers of the several Ma
sonic bodies of Maine, to Sir Knights
of DeMolay Commandery. who have
passed away during the year and to
the craft in general The following
program was given: organ Volunta
~, Sir Harry A. Dinsmore; 1l.oo'
Prepared Sentiment" by En-. George
! H Plummer; II, Sir knights parllci
nate in sentiment to eminent grand
master: response to grand COMMAND
err of the Grand Commandery by Slr
w. r. Elliott; response to NJ. T. l.
master of the Grand Council by H.
EN-. Sir George w. Cover; response
to the grand master of the Grand
Lodge, En-. Sir j. w. Blunt; response
bv EN-. Sir w. R. G. Estes; solo by
Sir Lees Hall; to the Sir Knights OF
DeMolay who have departed this Ire
in last year, remarks by Sir Z. F. Mer-
rill: solo by Sir Lees Hall; TO all SIT
Knights whoever dispersed. response
by En-. Sir J. c. Griftinffi Postlude. Sir
Harry A. Dinsmore. The Sir knights
of this Commandery who have died IN
the past year were: A. R. Armstrong
| Sewall A. Dinsmore; Ellis Hey
| Charles B. Haskell; William M. HAY
den: Thomas A. Linn; Alonzo +. Mer-
rill: G. w. Nash; Elmer Quint; w. r.
| Wildes.
Mrs. Mable Cote Lemieux lies crit
! ically i'll at her home here as the re-
suit of taking too many headache