Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-14
SkoWHEGAN.
The Pepper r-Hoar Church
Wedding and Reception.
Town Improvement Society Holds
Interesting Session, Friday.
Somerset's Vital Statlsiics...Hew
Junior Epworth League.

Charles Hovey Pepper of Concord.
Mass, was married Thursday at
o'clock to Miss Ellen Hoar, grand
daughter of the late ex-senator Hoar.
The ceremony was performed In
church and followed by e reception at
the home of the bride. Mr.. Peppers
mother was Miss Fannie Coburn of
Skowhegan before her marriage, and
Mr.. Pepper is we'll known here.
The funeral services for the late
Miss Mary Belle Morse were held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. /. ]. Smith
Friday at 10 A. NJ, Rev. II. G. Nc
Glauflin of the Methodist church off,
ciating.
Miss Mabel Judkins. teacher in the
Athens schools. is visiting her broth
er, Herbert Judkins, for several days.
George r. Day has arrived from
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. and is visiting
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph n. Smith have
been in Portland for the past few days.
Initiation ceremonies Will be held
at the meeting OF the Catholic Fores-
ters Monday evening.
the Helen N Howard homestead
where he will make his home. He
has recently sold the Sacred Heart
Farms on the same road.
Following are the vital statistics for
the county for the past week: Births:
West Embden. Feb. 2, a son to Mr..
and Mrs. Linwood Berry; Norridge-
woek, Feb. 5, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Campbell: Skowhegan, a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Buteau
and a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Trask. Marriages. Hartland. Jan. 81.
Harry Thomas and Miss Amber
Wheeler: Hartland, Feb. 7, Daniel
Southards of ST. Adams and Miss Cora
Buzzell: Concord, Mass. Feb. IL.
Stephen Pepper and Miss Ellen Hoar;
Roxbury. Mass. Feb. S, Pryor Cod
we'll Goodwin and Miss Jennie May
Morrill,, formerly of Skowhegan:
Bingham. Feb z, Chester Lombard and
Miss Annie Carr. Deaths: Bingham,
Millie Bean, aged IA years; yelling
ton, Vivian Bussell, aged 81; Skowhe-
gan, Mrs. Mary Holden; Madison, Feb.
4, Mrs. Susan Smell: Bingham. Wash
ington Horne. aged 80 years; Hartland,
Marie Nevens. aged 2 years; Smith
field, Andrew b. Cole; Norridge-
wock. Feb. S, Mrs. Irene Tucker; Cam
bridge, Ora B. Quimby; Cornville,
Feb. 10, Roscoe Mcclure; Wellington.
three year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Grover; Skowhegan, Feb.
9, Miss Mary Wentworth: Skowhe-
gan, Feb. 10. Miss Mary Belle Morse;
Lynn. Mass, Eliot Harding, formerly
of Norridgewock.
Children's day will be observed by
the woman's Club Saturday afternoon
and the members are allowed the priv
ilege Of inviting one guest each, eth
er a child or an adult. Children will
furnish the program, which will be in
charge OF Mrs. Lola Blunt. The host
esses will be Mrs. Maud Jewett and
Mrs. Vivian Woodbury..
Stories Of Lincoln were given by
members Of the Town Improvement
Society In answer to roll call at the
meeting Friday afternoon. A very In
teresting program was arranged by
Mrs. Angie B. Steward as follows:
Paper, San Francisco, Past and Pres
ent," written by Mrs. Viola Smith and
read by Mrs. Emma Goodrich; song,
Miss Winifred Gardner; "A Lincoln
Story" Mrs. Arazina Miller; paper,
THE Chinese and Japanese in Cali
fornia," Mrs. Nellie Conant: piano
solo. Miss Ella Flanders; poem, Co
lumbus," with sketch of author, Joa-
quin Miller, Mrs. Della Bartlett; song,
Miss Alta Jewett; paper. Education
al Institutions" Mrs. Mabel Judkins;
piano solo, Miss Harriet Simpson.
A Junior Epworth League has been
formed at the Centenary Methodist
church and officers have been elected
as follows; Pres, Dorothy Gaylord;
1st Vice Pres, Pearl Berry; I'd Vice
Pres, verna Porter; Sd Vice Pres.
Gladys Dutton; 4th Vice Pres, Ella
Flanders; Sec., Alta Porter; Treas,
Mahlon Jacobs: Supt.. Mrs. H. c..
McGlaulin; assistants, Miss Lila
Weston, Miss Ethel Mitchell and Miss
Ethel Cook.
Mrs. John N. Levine and son, John,
Jr., have gone to Maiden, Mass, for a
visit.
Hon. Peter Charles Keegan Of Vn
Buren, was in Skowhegan Thursday
visiting prominent Democrats.