Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-30
SKOWHECAN
Miss Pauline Oak Entertains So
rOsis-CantOn Somerset Has
Election of Officers and
Holds Inspection
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
DECREASE IN DOGS

Miss Pauline Oak delightfully."- enter
tanned the members and guests of
Sorosis lat its meeting Tuesday eve
ming and her program included; Mon
ologue, Buying Theater Tickets"
"One Word Play" and scene Romeo
and Juliet" Miss Oak is from the Le-
land Powers School of the Spoken
Word, Boston, and daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. p. Oak of this town and
her entertainment was a rare treat.
This was the Christmas meeting and
music was furnished by Miss Mildred
Weston and Miss Mabel Ross. Gifts
from the Christmas tree finished the
program. Mrs. A. K. Butler had charge
of the meeting and Mrs Adelaide Ord
way and Mrs. Mary Stinchfield served
as hestesses and arranged the decora-
tions for the occasion.
Somerset Chapter, R. A. M, will hold
a special meeting Wednesday evening
and the Royal Arch degree will be
conferred.
Miss Lucy Taylor is at home from
Colby College during her holidays.
John Maven, whose life was written
about few days ago, asks that cor
rection be made in regard to his be-
ing a tramp weaver when he came To
Skowhegan and states that he was
regular weaver at his trade and came
to Skowhegan in the usual way.
Willis Hobart, manager of the SOM
erset Farmers Cooperative Telephone
Co, reported Tuesday that this COM
pany had increased in the number OF
subscribers to about "a, with a gain OF
about so. In the past year the COM
pany has built a metallic circuit from
Scion to Bingham, a distance of eight
miles. giving the company now met
allie circuit from SkoWhegan to Bing-
ham, a distance of % miles. The COM
pany now has 40 miles of trunk line Of
metallic circuit. The 7eompany has $50
miles of circuit With property valued
at about $4,000. In the past year new
Office hours have been added, begin
ming at 6 in the morning. This COM
pany now employs IS hands and its
lines extend into Franklin county
through to Flagstaff on the north,
nearly to the extremity of the county
on the east, and negotiations have
been going on to extend the lines into
Jackman.
Skowhegan has decreased her pop
ulation in dogs during the year about
to close, showing the number to De
1853 as to 10 in 1918. This would indi-
cate that there are fewer poor people
in town as it has been noticed that
dogs increase with hard times.
Ira A. Norton Is building over his
house on Court street near Maine
Central hotel into a 8, two-tenement
house.
John w. Higgins, register OF DEEDS
elect, has been In Portland for sew
eral days visiting friends,
Mrs Mott Russell, who recently unr
derwent an operation, Is now able 10
sit up.
The committee for the new historical
room at the Public library consisting
of Levi w. Weston, Major ], w. Fog
Ter and C. P. Merrill. has reported that
a section of the basement Is aVailapie
for this department. Henry A. Wyman'
a former resident, now living in Bos-
ton. has offered 500 towards the de-
partment, but about $500 is necessary
tc fit up the room for this department.
The matter may be brought before the
next town meeting. The object of tins
new department is to preserve ana
place at the use of the public all his
torical matter of interest to the town
of Skowhegan, which viii incluae Ut
erature, pictures, or other ooJeets
which speak of the former lie OF
Skowhegan. g