The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-03-12
Skowhegan Local News

Nj aud Ms. W T.. Hacket are III
Session during the present week.
Frank L. PARKER left Saturday fore
noon for Il visit in Boston and Nieini-
~
\. s. Ledger of riusdeld VAS a
guest thu drst OF tins week With N. s.
Ledeel and family on Bloomfield ST
George 3 Farsricycs went Tues
Ia3 10 Wilton To visit tor a few days
q5h lis nephew. George T. Goodspeed.
Nj = = Emerson and Mrs Horace
NIfaee III Monday forenoon to visit
In Camden with their daughter and
SISTER.
LAST Friday Dr. Arthur Rodden adj
dressed members of Prof. Benson's
Physiology class on the care OF the
/ teeth
Manley 7 Pooler is among the
Skowhegan people who have been at
tending the automobile SHOW in Bos-
/ ton his week
/ Mr.. aud Mrs PcrJcy stevens are 10
make Their future home IN the upper
apartment of ] q McClellan.s house
on Pleasant 81
Re, Theodore Halbert Wilson VAS
at East Madison yesterday afternoon
to ofileiate al the funeral of Mrs
Elisha { Moore
According to the annual report of
the SHOW hogan Fire Department out OF
of these was a false alarm. This was
for the year just passed.
Among the recent births recorded
in Skowhegan are son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry stevens and son to Mr..
and Mrs Elmer Cowett.
Mrs. William Hall and daughter
Miss Mildred of Fairfield returned
nome Tuesday following a visit with
relatives here and at Madison.
f. NJ Brownell, manager of the
/ White Warner Co. Household Ranges,
/ Boston, was the guest Tuesday and
Wednesday of c. r. Oliver and family.
c. NJ. Holt of the firm of Holt &
! Hight left Tuesday on the midday
! train to attend the automobile show
in Boston. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Holt
II. Tobey Mooers was in Madison
| Monday evening where he acted as
reader at the twenty-fifth marriage
anniversary celebration of Mr. and
Mrs f. A. Dinsmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Fellows of
! Boston departed Tuesday afternoon
/ following a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Fred Fellows on Baptist Hill. The
two gentlemen are brothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. Guerney,
Miss Elizabeth Il. and Edward }.
Guerney. Jr., departed Tuesday for
their home in Portland following a
visit with Mrs. Guerneys parents, Mr..
and Mrs. NJ G. Kennedy.
Misses Annie, Clara and Mary LIE
Massey Joseph and Peter Levassey all
of Waterville and Henry Leyassey OF
Connecticut have been in town dur
ing the present week owing to the
death of their sister Mrs. +. J. But I
Ter.
c. F. York of Portland who for thir- I
teen years was resident of Show
hogan left Saturday forenoon after a |
visit here spent in renewing old ac-
quaintances and visiting old scenes
Mr. York was formerly an engineer /
with headquarters in Skowhegan and |
spoke glowingly of the town and the
improvements which have been made
since his home was here
According to the report of John w. ,
Fogler. chairman of the Board of |
Trustees of the Coburn Library Fund |
the receipts together with the cash |
on hand, Feb. 20. 1913. which was
$23G74. amounted to a total of S6277. !
50. The cash on hand Feb. 20, 1914 I
was $7554S, and the expenditures for
the year were $552234. Through |
the generosity of former citizen /
Henry A Wyman of Boston the initial
step toward adding a historical de-
partment to the library has been taken !
He has placed during the year at the
disposal of the trustees the sum OF
500 to be used as a nucleus of fund
to provide a permanent repository for
the safe keeping of articles books, +
papers. documents. etc. of historical
interest and value. The Board of
Trustees at their annual meeting in
November. voted to set apart suit
able space for this purpose.
The Senior class of the Skowhegan
High School gathered in the dining
hall of Hotel oxford Friday evening
through the kindness of Landlord and
Mrs Hill Guests of h NOR present