Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-27
SKOWHECAn
Fire System in Skowhegan Is
Neutrality-suspicious. for
The Next Meeting of the
Skowhegan Grange
NEW MILL AT JACKMAN is
=. NEARING COMPLETION

Earl Green and Miss Gertrude
Townsend were married Thursday,
Rev. George Merriam officiating The
couple are we'll known. in Skowhe-
gan. The Bride is a prominent teacher
in the public schools, position she
has held many years. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Townsend of Winter street The groom
is a weaver and has always been
resident of Skowhegan.
The unsatisfactory FIRE alarm sys-
tenn in Skowhegan was strikingly
shown "a little after midnight Wednes-
day when the dwelling house of Frank
Burril on Cross street caught fire.
An attempt was made to blow in the
alarm from one of the main boxes.
The first alarm was two blasts which
designated no particular box. The
next alarm was three blasts known as
the chiefs CAL; then came alarm des-
ignating Box "a at the postoffice. A
part of the house was saved but most
of the furniture was damaged by wat
er and smoke. In that the fire alarm
system has given considerable trouble
of late there is likely to be some
change soon. 4.s
Miss Blanche NJ. Emory passed
Thanksgiving with her mother at Good
Will. s
Maurice Philbrook, student at
Bowdoin, was home over Thanksgiv-
ing with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Philbrick.
Miss Vira Lawton of Augusta was
home over THANKSGIVING
The next meeting of Skowhegan
Grange is Dec. and the program that
has been planned is as follows: How
to Prepare a Good Vegetable Dinner"
Mrs. Martha Emerson; reading,
Mothers Cooking" Mrs. Emma B.
Folsom; "Mothercraft and Homemak
ing" Efie c. Furber; Are We Eat
ing Too Much Sweet Food and Not
Enough of Plain Nourishing Kind?"
S. F. Emerson; talk, Breakfast and
Breakfast Foods for Winter" Mrs.
Clara W. Eaton; THE New Inventions
That Tighten Household Labor" Mrs.
Angie Steward: vocal music. r. F
Parker; 1.-The Art of Making Good
Bread" Mrs Zettie Rowell THE Au-
tomato Servant Girl" Mabel and An
gle French: THE Grange Cook Book"
Anna and Gala Kennedy.
The new mill of the Jackman Lum-
Der Co. at Jackman is now nearing
completion. 1t is situated on Head
stream and the mill itself is 210 by
20 feet and is to be equipped with
the most modern machinery. Mr.
Hauserman, the installing engineer, is
pushing the work The equipment
consists of two bandsaws and re-saw
track on the long side to be 96 feet;
short side 60 feet; two gang edges of
five saws eaeh and an up-to- date
trimmer. The engines are Of Corliss
type, having 500-horsepower develop
ments. The main line shaft begins
with a diameter of Tie being en-
iarged to 1916 for the main drive
and is tapered to 15-t6 and being
ITS feet long. The boiler house is Of
brick As feet square with steel roof
and housing four boilers, giving about
24o0 horsepower The whole plant will
cost about 100000. This is consid-
cred the biggest plant Of the kind in
Maine.
Harry Ennis of Gardiner was home
over Thursday with his parents.
Miss Myrtle Green a teacher in
Rumford is home for a few days.
The engagement of DR.. E. M. Wing.
a prominent physician of this county,
and Miss Nellie Porter. both Of North