Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-19
Sk0WHEcAN

! An interesting meeting of the W. C.
| 7. L. was hold Thursday afternoon
with Mrs. f. w. Coolidge. In the alb
sence Of the president, Mrs O. II.
Drake, the vice president, Mrs. A. f,
| Wright, presided. The subject of the
meeting was What the w. G. T. L.
Has Accomplished. The leader was
Mrs. c. p. Libby and several of the
members took part.
! The annual parish meeting Of the
First Universalist church will be held
| in the vestry of the church Monday
evening. Jan %. for the election of Of
| ficers and such other business as rlay
come before the meeting.
| Miss Gertrude Haines has returned
| from visit in Hartland with her
brother, Leon Haines.
Frank ". Briggs Of Skowhegan. for
merly q resident of this town, has gone
TO Oklahoma to join Mrs. Briggs, who
is visiting relatives.
A large audience was assembled in
tho Opera. house Wednesday evening
TO listen 10 Arthur ]. Fischer in his
reading of The New Henrietta under
the auspices of the Skowhegan Wo-
mans Club. Mr.. Fischer delighted his
hearers, especially Interesting the men
with his witty representations and hu-
morous expressions. Mrs. Edward f.
Merrill. president of the club. gracious
~ welcomed the people of SkowheGan
and introduced Mr.. Fischer and those
appearing on the program. The other
numbers were entirely musical and
included q delightful piano duet by
Mrs. Howard Friend and her daugh-
ter. Miss Mary II. Friend, and songs
by Miss Ar!en Mckepney OF Madison.
Miss Mckinney is a soprano vocalist
of much ability, having been a student
of various Boston masters and her
songs included z selection from Car
men with an encore. and later in tlpe
evening an arran geTnent of Old Songs
Sweet ard Low with Rogers Wind
Song as an encore. The best liked was
probably the Old Gongs. Miss McKen-
ney's aCcomparist was Mrs. Roy L.
Marston of Skowhegan. The affair
which was to have been the clubs an
nual gcrtlemen's night. was arranged
as g. benefit for the high school stu
dents and they derived therefrom the
sum of about $40. Young men stu
dents of the high school served as ush-
ers.
The slumbers Of Sllowhegan people
were considerably disturbed around 1
o'clock THURSDAY morning by an alarm
of fire. The blasts were so loud that
it was thought for g time that some
local building was being consumed hut
it finally developed that the fire was
in Madison, the sound being commu-
nicated TO this section unusually plain.
The home of Lafayette Dilaway was
the scene Of the confiagration, the roof
being burned off the dwelling. The
damage wcs heavy aside from the fire
because of the furniture being badly
wet down in fighting the flames.
Mrs. T. w. Thorndyke of BOSTON.
who joined her brother, Luther Cay
ford, wife and son of Saskatchewan.
Canada. for a visit with relatives in
this section, returned to Boston Thurs.
day. Her brother and family accom-
panied her for visit there before
continuing their trip home While here
they visited their sister, Mrs. AIonzo
Smith, their brother, Maurice Gaylord
on Hilton hill. and another brother.
Ben Gaylord of Cornville. It was the
first time that Luther Gaylord had
been with his brothers and sisters for
% years.
Benjamin Green of the firm OF Green
Brothers. pToprietors of the and 10
cent store here, has been in town this
week and has contracted for the Chas.
F.. Ward store, now owned by S. w.
Philbrick. The stock of goods will later
be moved from the Goodwin block to
Its new headquarters.
Ambrose Leighton of Portland has
been in town during. the present week
passing portion Of his time while
here with his nephew. Prin. r. w.
Leighton OF the High school,
The office of the Western Union will
probably be moved within a few DAYS
from the Morrison Mcclellan block to
the rooms in the Dodge block, being
fitted up for the same. 1t is expected
new instruments as we'll as new fur
nishings will be installed.
Mrs. Geo. Otis Smith and compa n
ion, Mrs: Thorpe, left Thursday after
noon for the winter home of the
Smiths in Washington. D. G. Miss Iva
Jackins and little Louise Smith are
leaving for Washington today (Fri
day..
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs OF
Athens are planning for their annual
entertainment and ball which has
been scheduled to occur on the evening
of the cath. The Athens Dramatic Club
is to present the drama. "A Foul TIo"
prior to the dancing for which music
will be furnished by Smells orchestra.
Herbert Partridge. student at
Stanford University in California. left
here Thursday for visit with relatives
in Searsport following a visit with
Fulton MCKINNEY. son Of Rev, C. n.
Mckinney.