Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-31


stretch which is being built between
here and Canaan will be completed
this week also the big sewerage sys-
! tenn.
Local order, No. So of the Painters,
Decorators and Paper Hangers Asso-
citation held a meeting Tuesday night
at the Municipal building
Miss Margaret McGregor went to
| Fairfield sanitarium for treatment
Monday afternoon. She will remain
probably for the winter. Her moth
er, Mrs. Grace Tolman, accompanied
| her.
The new cottage at the Woman $
| Reformatory is practically fur, THIS
early after it's completion. 1T would
seem that it would be rather a per-
picking problem to care for the fu-
ture inmates should the number in
crease as rapidly as it has so far,
and there is no appropriation for the
building of another structure
The next meeting of Golden Rod
Branch, I. S. S. will be held Thursday
afternoon at the Municipal building.
/ Mrs. I. s Wheeler Of this branch has
been elected first vice president of
the State Association
Mrs. Mae r. Clark who with her son
| Wilkie Clark of Waterville has been
passing some days at the Ledge House
has returned to her apartment at Ho-
! tel oxford
! According to reports received from
Various towns of the county the first
! cay of the Food Conservation Cam
paign resulted very favorably and a
large number of pledges were signed
by the women. The first days total
for Skowhegan wos 494 with other
! towns of the county as follows: New
| Portland 40, North Arson 1913, Bine-
! ham l2J. Canaan LOG, Harmony II, So
! lon 80, Detroit SO, Hartland 80. Athens
II, Cambridge q, Embden II, West
! Forks IS. Pleasant Ridge 9.
Mrs. Andrew Lessard and child
went Tuesday morning to visit for
time with friends.
Mrs. Eflan NJ Smith has closed her
home on Norridgewock road and left
! Tuesday for Boston where she pur-
| poses to remain for the winter.
Charles Turner Of Guilford, accom-
! panied by Undertaken Drew OF Gull
| ford came to Skowhegan Monday to
accompany the remains of the late
Mrs. Alma Turner back to Guilford
where the funeral will be held and
the body will be inferred. Mrs. Turn
! err died Monday at the home of Mrs.
| Warren Loomis.
Members of the Milburn Club en-
| ioyed a buffet lunch Monday night
! at the club rooms, n. II. Lambert ca
| tering. Two new members, DR.. Carl
! Hutchinsor and George Allan Went
worth were voted into membership.
! Nine Of the club members are now in
1 4 l,. Cd I1,y;, ~
the session to put out a service lag
| in their honor.
It is expected that Miss Alice y.
Mantor who suffered a serious all
ment in one eye while engaged in
! her duties as teacher at the High
! school will he able to resume her work
| in shout month. Meantime. Miss
! Heddon, a niece Of Mrs. w. f. Hack
/ cit is acting as substitute teacher.
A genuine surprise party was ten
dered Lewis Treall at his home on
| Maple street the first Of the week
| when about fifteen couples gather
! ed there in honor Of his 2Sth birth
! day. Both he and Mrs. Treall re-
ceived thoir visitors with great pleas
! ure. Cards were played and a pro-
Gram including piano numbers by Miss
! Rosa LemieuX and songs by Mrs. Alice
! True otte were greatly enjoyed. Re
freShments were served and before the
departure Of the guests Mr.. Treall was
| presented with a handsome gold chain.
! Edward Savers making the speech OF
presentation Both Mr.. Savers and
/ Mr. Treall wore formerly members of
/ Company T, and the remarks offered
! by Mr.. Savers were of a patriotic ma
ture.
| Evening school opened for the win
ter sessions Monday night at the high
school building with a registration of
| As pupils. a large per centage of those
registered being adults. Frank w.
! knowlton is the new principal and
will also conduct classes in manual
training. The other teachers are:
! Miss Sarah Snow Miss Nora Plum
mer, Mrs. Earl Green and Miss Pearl
Meader, the later being teacher of
CONNIE rcial branches.
| Mr. and Mrs Mark w Savage are
! in receipt of a letter from tneI. son,
| Brooks Savage. a member of Co. f.
which was written in England. He
| stated that the soldiers We're at that
time in resting camp. that the food
was good and other incidents Of camp
| life. He was well and but few of the
men crossing in the ship were sea-
sick. A number of other Skowhegan
families have received tidings from
their soldier members since the ar
! rival of their ship. included being Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bucknam, Mr.. and
| Mrs. George Tobey, Mr. and Mrs. M.
St. Ledger, Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. But
| lcr, and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank HoXie.
Mrs F.vie McNally of Clinton is com
ing to Skowhegan to remain probably
! for the winter with Mr. and Mrs. JOSH
! ia Williams CT Mount Pleasant ave-
| nuo. Mrs. Williams who broke her arm
| in falling down a flight of stairs is
| making favorable progress toward re-
! covery Her daughter, Mrs. Da"iel
| Weber of Lewiston is at present riS
| ting her. hut will probably return 70