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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-02-03
To Rent.

~ NCNt.
TO RENT - Downstairs tenement,
Birge st. 2S2-tf |
TO RENT - Front room at III Main
st. Mrs. 7. G. Simonds. 2s2-2S7*
TO RENT-Downstairs tenement, 81
rooms c. c. Fits Estate. 246tf
TO RENT - Pleasant tenement, 4
rooms. Mrs. Thomas VIM, 3 Elm st.
2s4-tf
TO RENT III Tenement in Market
Building. Inquire of f. A. Richardson.
2S4-tf
TO Furnished room, electric
lights bath, heat; IA Forest Street.
2S3.tfI
TO RENT = Room with heat, electric
lights and use of bath. So Clark St.
267-tf
TO RENT-Downstai tenement. J.
l.. Barney, West Brattleboro. Phone
293-W. 269-tf
TO RENT-Modern tenement; )
rooms; Sl4. Inquire at IA Prospect
Street. 27S-tf
~ MN n pdIluGut an LUZ
nished, for light housekeeping. Tel. 1877.
Charles Miner. 252-tf
TO RENT-One six. room tenement on
River View St., Fort Dummer Heights.
Holden & Martin. 257-tf
TO LET = job of cutting and haul
ing logs from nearby lot. Holden. 6
Martin Lumber Co 2S0-tf
TO RENT-Warm, comfortable fur
nished rooms. Mrs. j. c. Newton, Eels
Court, opposite Home Bakery. 2S0-tf
TO RENT-Pleasant tenement, FIVE
rooms, at % Brook st. Inquire Chas.
G.. Staples, at Vermont Nat I Bank.
255 If
TO RENT-House of rooms, city
and aqueduct water, plenty of closet
room, gas and electricity, large piazza,
at % Pearl Street C. l.. Cobb. 241-tf
TO RENT-Onc broom apartment
/ in Grandview, electric lights, hot and
cold water, bath, set tubs; 81 pei
month. Tel. l46-M. Leslie Smith.
2s-ti
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
Annual Visitation Next Monday
Evening.

Franklin Il. Redlon of Portland.
Deputy Grand Commander. who is TO
be among the distinguished Sir
knights present, next Monday even
ing at the annual visitation and in
spection of DeMolay Commandery.
has held many Masonic Offices of i'm
portance He is a Past Master Of
Ancient Land Mark Lodge of Port
land and is at present High Priest in
Greenleaf Chapter of that city He
is also a Past Commander of St Al
bans Commandery and Past Junior
Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of
Maine. He has also served as Grand
High Priest of the Maine Grand
Commandery of Maine 1t is in the
latter capacity that he comes here al
this time as inspecting officer.
Others of the order who have held
or now hold high Offices expected To
be present. are Grand Commander
Edwin B. Mallet of Freeport; J.
Frederick Hill of Waterville. Grand
Generalssimo. F. W. Bucknam of
Skowhegan. Grand Junior Warden.
and Geo. W. Cover Past Grand Com
mander 1t may be noted that the
inspecting officer Mr Redlon, now
holds the Office next to Grand Com
mander Mallet. and will doubtless
succeed him in that highest knights
Templar office of this State
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
GRANGE MEMBERS TO
GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Committees Already Appointed And
arrangements Now Under Way.

HE committee who are aiming to
eNtlnguish the debt OF SkoWhegan
Grange announce sale from one 10
six. on the afternoon of March 18th
with supper from slA to even-thirty.
followed by play. the evening clos
ing with dance.
Tickets for the supper are already
on sale by the supper committc
which is comprised of Nj and Mrs
Charles Tu1tle. All. and Mrs. Wilmot
b. Whittier. Mr.. ana Mrs. Leroy sand
ford. Mr.. and Mrs Cyrus Goodrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Emerson and
Mrs Charles Gardiner
rho nome of III, nf.,,. IN ne nresent-
"a i. Miss Rnzhv.. Roardors" II is
to he eivan hv Local talent The cast
iueIndine many nrominent Grange
members
~. ,.n,o .a,.,..,.... f.r ,ho af,or
...,,,. ,a1a a nm ,...# ,..,,aa... aaran.
,,, 0 ,asio M paa1 a. NJ. l,,Ion smi,h
,,;z4 ,,s ,Iau I'D NJ. uYora
Da..,o,.. ,a.,a,. wi. Nv, ,,oio c+ou-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
PAUL MURRAY ELECTED
j. OF N. COACH
son of SkoM hegan Family to Assume
New Position

Paul f. Murray son of Mr and
Mrs. J. II. Murray of Skowhegan,
was elected by the University of
Maine athletic board at Orono, yes
tcrday, as coach for the season of
1917. With the choice OF Murray. L,
of NJ. begins a try-out of the gradu-
ate system of coaching.
Mr.. Murray is now with the Gener-
al Electric Company at Schenectady,
y. Y, and is taking two years
course in Union college. Last fall
he was assistant coach of the foot
ball team at the college He has
recently joined the Edison boat club
at Schenectady. and has been the
winner of three prizes this season,
one. silver cup for rowing.
He graduated from Maine Univer-
sity in 1914 with the degrees of B. S.
and f. T.. He was varsity tackle
during his four years at the college
and in 1915, was assistant coach. He
was the unanimous choice for tackle
on the all-Maine football team.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE ELECTRIC AGE- WONDERFUL DE-
VEL0PMENTS IN LIGHT, HEAT, POWER
Description of Buildings of the Franklin Power Compan Plant the
South Side of Carrabasset Stream the Town of Anson

find the talloH caud Tic whale oil
lamp. gas lights and the more gener-
ally used Kerosene TIE last named
article came INTO use dGy or sixty
years ago and in ~ country espe-
cially has been a great boon in many,
many homes Ir IS still in general
use in the farming districts and may
be for some time 70 come. but to all
within reasonable distance Of electric
light lines the greatly superior qual-
ities Of electricity a. IA illuminat-
ing power make strong appeal and
many farmers homes are ALREADY
cheerily Frightened With the ever
ready-to-use electric fluid.
Foreseeing the general demand
there would be in few years for
electricity for light and other uses.
c. o. StnrteXant. a native Of Water
vile. early engaged III the study Of
the nature Of this wonderful element
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
JOTHAM b|XbY DIES
IN THE WEST
Estate Estimated at S.,
100000
Millionaire Was II Former Somerset
County Resident

Jotham BiXby, one of the wealth.
est men on the Pacific coast. died at
Long Beach. Calf. February 9th. He
was born in NorridgeWock. January
about five miles out on the Madison
road. He was great grandson of
Joseph Weston the first settler Of
Skow whegan. With his elder broth
er Llewellyn. he set out for the gold
fields of California in 1852 After
amassing small fortune at the
mines. he went into sheep ranching.
This he continued for 10 years from
1S56 to 1866 A partnership WIS
then formed with the late Senator
Frank p. Flint, also Il former Somer-
set county man. for the purchase OF
27,000 acres of land. embracing the
present town sites of Long Beach,
Clearwater and Llewellyn. Calf This
investment and subsequent land pur-
ehases made him very wealthy and
gave him the title of the Father ol
Long Beach He is said to have
left an estate of over three million
dollars.
He MAS married To Margaret Wins
low Hathaway. daughter of the Rev.
George w Hathaway of SkoWhegan,
in 1862 at San Juan. Calf His
fiance crossed the Isthmus to Cali
fornia with party of friends. SiN
children were born to the couple. the
three survivors Of whom are George
II. Bixby. the oldest son. Fanny Wes-
ton Bixby. social worker and artist
and lothian Winslow BiXby.
The Hathaway and BiXby families
were both very prominent here about
/ ~ or 70 years ago. Jotham BiNby
above mentioned was the son of
Amasy BiXby of Norridgewoek Mar
garet Hathaway, the daughter of the
pastor of the congregational Church
of ~Skowhegan, taught school in the
Old Iolnt nelghhofhOod Whele she
met Jotham, son of Amasy BiXby,
whom she later married as above re-
lated We are publishing in another
column. pictures of her father Rev.
Mr. Hathaway. one taken when a
young man and the other in his ma
ture years, with "reminiscences of the
family. written by another daughter
Miss Martha ~ Hathaway, now OF
Clearmont Calf.
Augustus Bixby, for many years a
prominent Skowhegan business man
who built the house on Elm street
now occupied by Colonel A. G. Blunt
was also born in the same neighbor-
hood, in Norridgewock. and was Il
cousin to the deceased.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
rwO Somerset Students 0i VI. {. |. At
Home With Scarlet Fever.

Donald O'Brien OF The Forks. a
student at the Maine Central Insti-
tute at Pittsfeld, was taken sick with
scarlet fever at the boys dormitory
At that institution Sunday. Arthur
Moulton. another student, taken sick
last Friday is now at his home in
Hartland
As the result of the outbreak of the
disease. all precautions are being
taken The school closed Monday and
will not open until next Wednesday.
The buildings were fumigated Monday
and the out of town teachers and
students were fumigated before leav-
ing for their homes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
LAURANT, THE MAGICIAN,
ENTERTA|NS
Second Entertainment in High School
Series, II Pronounced Success

The second in the series of four
entertainments under the auspices of
the Skowhegan High School, was Civ
en- Monday evening before a large
and enthusiastic audience in the
Opera House.
Laurant the great magician, prov
ed a yeritable wonder at performing
all sorts of miraculous tricks. He
had with him, five assistants, two
men and three women, who aided
him in carrying out his program and
also by giving musical numbers dur
ing the evening. The stage settings
and costumes were very lovely and
the entire production was a most
enjoyable affair.
In one act, a trunk was shown to
the audience empty, The ladies in
the audience then wrote upon slips
of paper, their fayorite colors.
Laurant selected one of these and
suddenly, the trunk was discovered
to contain a woman gowned in a
green dress, the color written on the
chosen slip of paper,
In the act THE Magic Supper
coffee made in a miraculous manner
right on the stage, was passed to
members of the audience, while all
sorts of dainties were "manufactur-
ed" right before the very eyes of the
spectators, and in no time the bare
table was laden with tempting foods.
There were card tricks without
number. Laurant suspended a box
with a pack of cards on a cord near
the back of the stage, after which
he joined the people in the audience,
getting them to call out various
cards In answer to their call, the
exact card which they named would
appear, separating itself from the
rest of the pack, and dropping to the
floor Sometimes two cards would
appear. sometimes only half a one,
but always, it was the precise card
or cards called.
The third entertainment in the
course will take place tonight when
fine program will be given at the
Opera House by the Bowdoin College
Musical clubs. with a complimentary
dance in their honor at Grange hall
after the concert
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
POST OFFICE MON.
les GRANTED
$4,000 Appropriated
Last Monday
NrW building 10 he Completed Dur
ing the Coming summer

The House appropl alton commit
lee al Washington. D. {. reported in
the Sundry Civil Bill. Monday. an ap-
preparation of $25.ooa for the compile
tion OF the new SkoWhe gan postoffice
building. appropriation of S4o.ooo
having previously been granted This
will become law at this session and
viii make available all necessary
funds to complete Tn building the
coming summer
Il was the first OF January, le13.
when the Treasury department at
Washington decided upon the Hesel-
ton lot at the corner of Water and
North streets. fer the site Of the new
postofhce building on July first.
1919 the deed was recorded at the
Office of the Somerset Registry Of
Deeds The consideration was S1G.-
534e> OF this amount. $751; was
paid Bisson and Young: $3.457.2l paid
Orm \. Priest and $>.N9o paid Henri
eta VI Heselton.
After waiting nearly four years.
the eIfizens Of skowhegan are al las
To have their ,ong desired post Office
and il vii be good news to all OF
them that the last appropriation
made Monday, Will hasten the COM
pletion OF ihe work 50 thai the new
office viii be completed By another
EnlI
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
Eunice Farnsworth Chapter Members
Are HOstesses

The members of the Eunice Farms
worth Chapter, d. A. r., entertained
twenty members of the Margaret Goh
Moore Chapter Of Madison at the
meeting Monday afternoon held at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Merrill.
An interesting program was fol-
lowed by a delightful social hour dur
ing which tea was served, and it
proved to be one of the most enjoy
able meetings ever held by the local
chapter. There were sixty present
The program consisted of an ad-
dress of welcome by the Regent, Mrs.
Florence W. Danforth; a talk on
George Washington, by Maurice
Merrill Negro Melodies read by
Mrs. R. T. Patten; When Independ-
ence Was at Stake, read by Mrs E..
f. McNeeie; and singing by Mrs.
Agnes Steward and Miss Arlen Nc
Kenney of Madison.
The dining room was attractive
with the color scheme of pink and
green effectively carried out by the
use of daybreak pinks, ferns and pink
and green candles. The refresh
ments were in charge of Mrs. Edith
Philbrick. Mrs. Lois w. Patten and
Mrs. Lola Blunt poured, and were as
sisted by the Misses Margaret Patten,
Martha Steward and Mollie Blunt.
The next meeting will be held
March nineteenth when Mrs. Patten
will be the hostess. The subject will
be "St Louis" and Mrs. Philbrick and
Mrs. Currier will be in charge of the
program.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
BOWDO|N GLEE CLUB
TO GIVE PROGRAM
Entertainment is Sure to
Prove Enjoyable
The Readings of II. Tobey Mooers OF
skowhegan Delight Audiences

The Bowdoin College Glee clubs
are 10 give their concert at the Opera
House in Skowhegan this evening.
This years program is an especially
good one and ii is said that the club
is fully up to the high standard set
by former Bowdoin clubs on previous
visits to this town. The work of the
mandolin club under the leadership
of Daniel True of Portland. is eX-
ceptionally good.
Monday night the clubs gave a
very fine entertainment in City hall,
Bangor, before an audience of be-
tween 500 and 600 persons. The
readings of H. Tobey Mooers of
Skowhegan" says the Bangor News
was worthy of commendation and
each number was encored several
times, the applause being hearty and
sincere
Tuesday evening the clubs gave "a
concert at Dexter. Wednesday night
they we're booked for a program at
Good Will, but cancelled the engage
ment and spent Wednesday night at
Skowhegan Tomorrow they return
to Bowdoin and will give a concert
at Topsham tomorrow evening.
The following program will be
given here tonight;
PART
Forward the White OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
....... Words by Robinson, II
Glee and Mandolin Clubs
Tenor Solo ...,..,.....,... Selected
Mr. Hill
Song of the Sea 80. u. w. Stebblns
Glee Club
Forward March .....,... Thompson
Mandolin Club
Reading ................. Selected
Mr. Mooers
At the Crossroad ...... f. r. Bullard
Glee Club
Violin and Flute Duet. Aug. Labitzby
Traum der Sennerin
Mr.. McGorrill and Mr.. Sturgis
Romance of Rose ........ O'Connor
Mandolin Club
PART II
The Musical Trust ....,..H. Hadley
Glee Club
Flute -Serenade. Victor Herbert
Mr. Sturgis
The Piaziacatto Polka from Sylvia
............... 'ViipNH
Mandolin Club
Tenor Solo ............. Selected
Mr.. Hill
Reading .................. Selecleu
Mr.. MooerS
Sweet Miss Mary w. II. Niedlinger
Glee Club
(a) Bowdoin Beata ...........,.-
........... Words by Pierce 96
% Phi Chi, Words by Mitchell, u
Glee and Mandolin Clubs
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
Lamb Weighs Over Sixteen Pounds at
Time OF Birth

G. W Weeks, a sheep breeder of
purebred Oxford Downs, reports the
following sales for the year of 1916:
Ewes TO ]. W. Hoyt of Dexter; Arth-
ur Blaisdell of Corinna; Alton Wilson
of Pittsfield; Charles Williams of
Canaan; c. f. Hussey of Presque
Isle rams to f H. Hayes of DeX-
ter; E. E. Libby of Pittsfield; NJ. f.
Clemons of Lee; L. B. Rowell of
Madison; f. Bridges of Wilton; and
one ram and one eve to c. H. Craw-
ford of Dexter
Mr. Weeks has at the present time
fifteen in the flock. A lamb born
Feb. 18th, weighed l6 12 lbs. at birth
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

Freetown, Massachusetts, December
eleventh, 1907.
The Captain Joseph Philhrick men
TONED in the article, was the great
uncle of Samuel W Fred r.. and J.
r. Philbrick. three of Skowhegan's
prominent citizens at the present
time. John r. Mcclellan is a grand
son of Lawyer Mcclellan and Levi
Weston, who died in 1918 al the age
OF ninety years, was a distant cousin
of Mr. Mcclellan and father of Miss
Gertrude Weston who resides on Is
land Avenue. Herbert Jewett. {
Davis Miller and J. Palmer Merrill OF
Continued on Page Two
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

published by Courtesy of Farming
ton Cmonicle)
At creations dawn God said Let
there be light; and there was light
From that time to this. light, natu-
raj or artificial, has been considered
one of the prime necessities of the
human race and We are told that
only those whose deeds are evil pre-
fer darkness to light.
To meet the need OF more light
from the day of Adam till now vari-
Gus means of illumination have been
employed to supplement the light Of
sun, moon and stars.
But from the lurid torch of the
primitive man to the brilliant sun
like, steady brightness of the modern
electric arc light or the small in
candescent globe, even. there is a
wide difference. In this sketch we
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
Linen Shower for Bride Elect

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orri-
son Clough on the Lakewood road
was the scene of pretty event,
Friday afternoon and evening when
Mrs. Clough gave a linen shower for
Miss Ruth Perkins whose marriage
to Fred E. Foster is soon to take
place. Miss Perkins received many
lovely gifts. Among those present
were Mrs. Ed. Clough, Mrs. Fred
Tuscan of Skowhegan, Mrs. Ernest
Emerson, Mrs. Ned Reed, Mrs. H. L.
Stilson. Miss Pearl Currie. Miss
Eleanor Foster, Mrs. George Brown,
Mrs. Jessie Barley, Mrs. Forrest
Luce, Ms. Chas. Manner, Mrs. Lew
Foster. Mrs. Ben Perkins, Mrs. o.
Clough and Miss Ruth Perkins
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
"REMINISCENCES Of
MY FATHER
Contributed by Elder
Hathaway's Daughter
Several Persons Mentioned Ancestors
OF Present Sk0Mhegan Citizens

The following communication sent
us by Miss Martha ~ Hathaway of
Claremont. California. is entitled
"reminiscences of my Father. and is
an interesting account of some of
Key. George Hathaway's experiences.
II viii be remembered that Rev Mr..
Hathaway assumed the pastorate Of
the Skowhegan Congregational
church in lS33 and vas minister for
tWenty-seven years. He was born in
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
Mrs. I harleS Green

Mrs. Emma j CWrighO Green.
aged 62 years. wife of Charles Green.
the we'll known lumberman of Skow-
hegan. died al Somerset Hospital
Sunday evening as the result of a
fall on Water street sidewalk last
week Tuesday
The deceased was the dauehter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wright and
was born in Coplin, May :. 1884. She
was educated in the public schools
of that town and lived there and at
Stratton nearly all her life.
In 1873 she was married to Mr..
Green and they lived in Stratton un-
til eighteen years ago when they
moved to Skowhegan. She is sur
yived by her husband. three sisters.
Mrs Z. \ Gordon of Eustis. Mrs.
Mary Foter of Stratton and Mrs.
Abbe Moody of Bangor. and eight
children, Mrs. Charles K. Niles of
SkoWheEan Oscar ". Of Auburn:
Mrs William ". Fairclough of
White Plains. y. y Grover c OF
Eusts Ernest c. OF Chicago.
Myrtle l.. of Skowhegan; z. Sheri-
dan Of Eustis and Margaret f. OF
SkoWheean
The funeral vii be held at eleven
O'Clock this Thursday morning
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

The Skowheean branch of the
american Fund for French Wounded
met Saturday evoniae at the Dodge
block rest rooms and appointed !
COMMITTEES To purchase and distribute
the hospital supplies Mrs. H. {. T.
Atwood is chairman of This commit
tee. John Mcclellan has consented
to loan his store ON Water street as
a distributing station Another COM
mittee was formed TO take charge
of a food sale to be held in the old
Dyer store on Madison avenue COM
mencing Al one O'Clock Saturday af-
ternoon of this week The store has
been kindly loaned for the occasion
by f. n Merrill. There will be on
sale English tea cakes rolls. etc,
and also a few aprons
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

Last Friday evening a family party
was given at the Viles home on High
street in honor of the birthday of
Carroll Viles. Those present were
Mrs. Alfred Smith, Miss Margaret
Smith, Mrs. Eta H. Viles, Miss Leah
Viles, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Dunton,
Mrs. Henry Sheridan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carroll Vifes and the Misses Olena
and Evelyn Viles.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

Mr. and Mrs Luther Edwin Moore
(nee Kennedy have returned from
their wedding trip and are now at
the home of Mrs. Kennedy's parents.
the Matthew G. Kennedys
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22

CLYDE II Smth and partner Har-
old Smith are in Portland today
Whore they are attending the auto
mobile show.
y meeting of the first Uniyersalist
parish was held last Friday evening
at the home of Miss clara Yarney on
Madison Avenue. The following Of
tcers were elected, VI. b. Heselton.
moderator; Miss Clara Narney. clerk
and treasurer Mrs Clara Burril
Moore, Mrs Carrie Fairbrother and
Mrs Emma Faeg trustees Il was
voted 10 accept the legacy left the
church by the Will of Mrs Ellen NJ.
Whaconb of poroho~fer Mass.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-22
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
TEAM v|CTORS
S. H. S. Wins Two Hard
Fought Games
Defeats Wateryille and COny Highs in
Exciting Contests

The members of the Skowhegan
High school team defeated Cony High
at Augusta Saturday evening by the
score of II to g. Miss Steward made
three goals from the floor and two
from fouls, while Miss Lessor made
one from the floor and two from
FOULS. Miss Marion Steward was
referee. The game was played in
hree ten minute periods. After the
anne. a dance was given in honor of
he visiting team followed by an in
"ormal party at the home of the
lisses Hussey on Bangor street
A fast game of basketball between
Skowhegan High and Waterville High
was played Thursday evening at
Firemens Hall This was a very in
teresting game to watch and a great
deal of praise is due the S. II. S.
Girls as they won hard fought bat
tie. Skowhegan High met her first
defeat for the season with this team
the previous week.
After the game both teams were en-
tertained at the home of Capt. and
Mrs. r. l.. Marston on Main street.
Lineup.
S. H. S. Wateryille High
Steward. IF, lg., Larrabee
Lessor IT,, rg., Leahy
Blunt, jc., jc, Chamberlain
Wentworth, Sc, Sc, Paganucci
Emery, lg,, re-, Cobb
Smiley, rg.. IT,, Mcclellan
Score. Skowhegan 5; Waterville 3.
Goals from floor, Lessor ?. Goals
from fouls Steward, Cobb ,, McLel-
Ian. Referee, Miss Norrin. Umpire,
Miss Steward. Scorers. John Stew
ard and Paganucei. Timers, Hilton
and Buchanan. Time three 10 minute
periods.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-28
MIGHTY FINE DINNER"
Is the Way One Barre Boy Describes
Thanksgiving Menu in France.

The following letter has been received
from Private Dean Brock by his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Il, C. Brock:
Dec. 2, 1917
Dear Folks: Just line to let you
know that | am all o. X and hope you
are the same. Well, it has showed here
Just enough to cover the ground and
that is all. / have received but one let
ter that you sent and told about Clarence
Geddes going to Cuba. | hope you folks
had good Thanksgiving | hope we will
all be back next year. Well, we had a
mighty nice dinner here We had $50
pounds of turkey and so we had turkey,
sweet potato, cranberries, peach pie, cot
fee or beer. Our officers bought for
US barrel of beer, so we had some to
settle our supper. It was dinner to
be thankful for.
During the day we had races of all
kinds and at night we had readings,
singing and speeches, so you see | must
have had pretty good time,
Well, I suppose by the time you get