Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-22
SkOWHECAN
$1,000 Spent For Repairs on
Town School Buildings In
Past Year-A Youthful
Composer of Music
REPORT ON SKOWHEGAN
CATTLE-LOCALS

A lectu-e-recital on the Folk song
of Shakespeare plays was given py
Miss Harriet L. Marble Saturday aft
ernoon before the members OF the
Shakespeare class and invited guests
ia the home of Mrs. Mabel W. Phil
brick on Coburn avenue. Miss Marble
has but recently returned from
course Of study work with Ivan MO-
rawski and her singing and playing
showed her at her best. The program
presented was a rare treat, consisting
of music little known to people now
1t was in three parts as follows: Part
l. songs mentioned by Shakespeare in
his plays: Gay, Greensleeves-W. Bal
let's Lutte Book; (b), Heigh-ho! For
a Husband-John CANDLES M. s.,
Common place Book; (c). Light
o.Love-(Circa 1870. Part II, songs
probably sung in the original perform
ances: (a), The Willow Song-Thomas
I.allis's "Lute-book' d52s); (b), 1t
was a Lover and His Iass-Thomas
Morley: (c), Where the Bee Sucks
Robert Johnson; (d), Lawn as WHITE
as Driven Snow-John Wilson Part
III settings composed since shape
speares time: (a). When Daisies PIED
and Violets Blue-Thomas Arne; CD,
She Never Told eHr Love-Joseph
Hayden; (c) Hark! Hark! the Lark
and (d), Who is Sylvia Franz Schu-
bert.
About $500 has been spent for re-
pairs on the school buildings IN the
town the past year, according TO the
report of Supt. L. w. Gerrish. The
Jewett school has been painted on the
outside. The Pitts and Malbon's Mills
schools have both had their undeTpln-
ming reset and both have been painted
outside and in. The Pitts school has
had a new steel ceiling. At the Lin
coin school all the roof except a part
Of the north side has been covered
with iron roofing and considerable
work has ben done on the interior.
Two rooms at the Garfield school have
had steel ceilings and two rooms ana
one hall have been painted. The girls,
Easement and hall at the Park scohoi
have been painted and had steel cell
inrs. Other buildings have had minor
repairs.
Grade VIII under the direction OF
the teacher. Miss Minnie Stnson,
Stinson, gave patriotic entertain
ment in the High school building Sat
1,rdav evening. The main room vas
decorated with American flags ana
picturcs of Washington and Llncoin.
Spec!ments of the work Of the class IN
drawine, were also on exhibition Inc
program: Girls chorus. Mt. Vernon
nells: Life Of Lincoln, Rachel con-
ant: violin solo, David Lyon: Gettys-
burg speech, Grace Paradis: ouet'
Marguerite Merriam and Dorothy
Pencil: reading. Martha steward
bovs' dioloGue, six boys; vocal SOLO.
SOLO, Lois Mantor: exercise. Spirits
Of Vanished Years; reading. Elsie
pavncr: duet, Gertrude Laney and
Tucv Goulette: girls dialogue six
e;r,s. Life Of Washington" karl
FhiIbrick. vocal solo. Florence Muir
~. reading. Moll!e Blunt: chorus, "A
Song Ct Washington.
George Smith, Sr. and Jr.. OF smith
field were in town on business FTl-
day.
warren Merrill, Harold Dumont,
1ol7n Emery, Brooks Savage, Lboy
r,uIsifer and Prof. Ralph w. Leigh
ton have been in Lewiston this week
attending the Y. NJ. c. A. conference
Miss Marion Kicker, State supervls-
ar Of domestic arts and also head OF
ne department at Pennington Normal
which trains teachers of domestic SCI
nnce. was in town Thursday lnspecuhs
the domestic science department OF
the Skowhegan schools.
The school Board voted to give the
echools a holiday Tuesday to atteno
the Horse Show. Schools VIII Keep
Monday though it is holiday.
D- / L. Salley, one of the state IN
snectors of the live stock sanitary COM
mission. has made the following report
70 the State department in regard to con-
trol of CONTAGIOUS diseases in Sko"he-
can during the past year: Number OF
herds of cattle tested with tuberculin, So
number of herds Where tuberculosis was
4ound. l3; number of cattle condemned
q: total number Of cattle tested VIII
t,1l. ercl,in. 50o; number of imported horses
inspected, "a: number tested with maA'
lein. 9; number of herds supplying mlb
to Skowhegan. u; number OF those herds
tested, g. He states: The slaughter
houses are far from what they should
be and no improvement has been made
in the last year
Probably the youngest composer n
Maine if not in ali New England is little
Dorothy Nye. She is the only child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Nye of Skowhegnn
and her mother, Mrs. Dora Trafton Nye
is talented musicion. so that Dorothy
comes naturally by her ability in this di-
rection Those she is but six years old
she has composed two pieces for the
piano and recently played them at D.
A. r. entertainment here. Mss Dorothy
has played the piano for several years
now and frequently plays short piece
at some club meeting or social. Besides
musical ability inherited from her moth
ers side, her fathers family for several
generations has contained good singers
all the members inheriting this gift.
Miss Annie Cover a member OF the
Office force at the State House. Augusta
is spending the week end and Washing.
toms birthday with DR.. Stanley NJ. Cow
er and family on Maple street.
Company E basketball team and the
D. L. team of Colby College will play in
Arrnory hall Tuesday evening.
Judge F. F. Lawrence is in Augusta
for several weeks to act as official
stenographer in the Senate.
Maurice Philbrick and Arthur McQuil.