Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-01
. Telephone Meeting

" in Norridgewock:. While She .pflns.
cfpal contest will be ovef th& ad fof
manager, wallis c. Hobakf ~ sSi&7
IAN and Attorney Frank H. Az Af
*osids ock being thes two caHais
dates for the office. Others ar9eWihfng
or anxious to become directors Of the
company. Among these are Delbeft j.
Matthews, representative for Show
hegan, and Edgar D. Clarke for the
district of > Madison, Cornville ana
Athens. Mr.. Clarke lives. in thss vicln-
ity of Twelve Corners and established
and financed, with the. support OF all
his neighbors, it is said. the line from
Skowhegan village to. East Madison.
The manager will be elected at the
afternoon session.
A pretty party was given Saturday
afternoon by the Misses Faith and
Freda Harris at the home of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Harris. In
honor of their guests, Miss Margaret
Wilcox and Miss Eleanor Mason. All
four of the young ladies are students
at Mount Holyoke College, South Had
ley, Mass.
The first of the series in the enter
tainment course to be participated IN
by Skowhegan people this winter was
given Friday evening in the opera
house. There was good sized attend
ance. although the balconies were not
occupied to any great extent. The
Copley Quartet, composed of Messrs.
Clark. Hunting, Simonds and Near
thur sang, and Miss Wilcox gave a
number of readings, including juvenile
selections of several numbers.
The next meeting of Skowhegan
Grange will occur next Wednesday
evening. officers, lately elected, will be
installed by w. B. Whittier, the retir-
ing master. and a supper will be
served in the banquet hail. Next week,
Tuesday and Wednesday. the annual
meeting of Somerset Pomona Grange
will be held with the Patrons here and
as meals are to be served at the hall,
the good cooks of Skowhegan will want
to have a good supply of food to bring
with them for the servings.
Mrs F. w. Briggs, accompanied by
Miss Lola B. Goodwin, have started
for Purcelle, Okla, where they will be
the guests of Miss Goodwin's sister,
Mrs. Ralph Leavitt and family. Mrs.
Briggs will only be absent a fortnight
or three weeks. but Miss Goodwin may
remain longer. Mrs. Briggs will, besae-
companied back to Massa chusetts: by
Miss Margaret Leavitt, the daughter
Of Mrs Leavitt, who wilE.come East
to enter a preparatQzBs school before
taking her college cUurse Mr.. Briggs
accompanied the two ladies assear s
Boston. - =. Is -
Expensive Liv. stSsk ~
A pure bred GuerHyey Cow 5ubIh bhe.
farm of George E.. Hetsx IN 5Sritt
was shipped by expr1ess ffQeH SkowAfS'
gan Saturday to MachiaAa 38he. IKE
paid to Mr:II Foster by thet 3Sa rS
party was said TO be- $3.50, any hee ~
ship remained AHer night in Skowhe-
gan under the care of Dr.. SalleysThe
tuberculin tsst~was applied. -satsHssay
forenoon HepsTMa tsop,' q fansnes esSasv- :
ing out Mhje Mills. WY, had a
handsome GheNtf sheep ne from
Long BranchRf4Em at B0Wdoinham
for which he paid the fancy price of
$50 Mr.. Watson lhought cheviot buck
earlier in the season for which he paid
the sum OF $50. He has a fiocR of 81
sheep at present.
One of the prisoners at tho county Jail
was quite i'll the last of tstefweek. The
mans name is Jos. Blais, having been
brought here from Jackman and Dr.
Young was called to give medical at
tention, his malady seemed so serious.
Mrs. F. r. Philbrick returned Satur-
day from Fairfield, where she and Mr.
Philbrick had attended the day previ-
Gus the Golden wedding of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage.
Ersley Goldsmith of Gardiner who
has been the guest of his brother, l..
II. Goldsmith and family, departed
Saturday.
M. z. Abbott, manager of the Maine
Telephone & Telegraph Co., was in
town Saturday having business at the
local office of the company.
Miss Annie Bergman, who has been
passing her vacation with relatives
here. left Saturday for Easton, Aroos-
took county where she is a teacher.
She was accompanied by her friend,
Miss Victoria DeCory of Eastport, who
is also teacher in Easton.
A regular conclave of DeMolay Com
mandery, K. T., will be held tomorrow
evening in the asylum, at 7.30. There
will be balloting and the order of the
Temple will be conferred. Refresh
ments will be served after the work
and arrangements for the 50th anni-
versary will be in order.
Prof. and Mrs. Charles Cleveland,
who have been passing several days
with relatives in this section, are leav-
Ing today for New York. wheer they
will attend the Madison Square Poul-
try show before returning to their
home in Rock Hill, S. c. Prof. Cleve-
land is now connected with the bu-
reau Of animal industry.
Ralph e. Frazier Of Presque Isle is
the guest Of Gerald c. Marble Mr..
Frazier Is q student at U. Of NJ. being