Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-18

There will be meeting OF Mount
Moriah Council, this Thursday even
ing.
! Miss Lola b. Goodwin, who recently
went to Purcell, Oklahoma to visit
her sister. Mrs. Ralph Leavitt is
shortly going to Hot Springs, Arkan-
SaS.
J Francis w. Briggs left here Tuesday
afternoon for Purcell, Okla, where he
will join Mrs. Briggs and possibly
with her continue on a trip to Call
fornia. Mrs. Molie NJ. Stewart left
here Wednesday for Purcell and with
the Briggs will probably journey on
ward to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Whorff are eX-
pected the last of the week from Wa
terville where they have been visiting
for some time and where Mrs. Whorff
has been quite i'll. They will return
to their apartment on Middle street.
and Mrs Chas. Fentiman who has
been occupying the same will return
to Bingham.
Grand Warden, D. w. Lewis of the
Grand Lodge n. E. 0. p. is away this
week being scheduled to appear at the
lodges in Gardiner, Rumford Bangor
and Portland before the week is over
Miss Gaylord Maine Agent for the
Home for Little Wanderers and Miss
Keyes, a social worker from Water
Vile were visitors in Skowhegan
Tuesday last.
The school children of SkOwhegan
aided by their parents have turned
over the School Savings Bank purposes
to Miss Pearl Meader commercial
teacher in the High School this week.
the sum of $60.33 to be deposited.
This is slightly less than last week
the sum Of Staff having been deposit
ed then. The money which passes
from the pupils hands into the teach
ers' and from the teachers to the
principals before being handed to
Miss Meader is brought in every Mon
day morning.
J. Harvey White leaves Monday for
Boston and expects to continue ms
trip west to Los Angeles, Calf. where
business interests claim his attention
early in the spring. He will probably
return to Skowhegan about the first
of April
There were IS carloads of apples
shipped out of the Skowhegan freight
station during the month of December.
This was the heaviest month for ship
ming from the orchards of this section
for the fall
The general opinion among the at
torneys of Skowhegan appears to be
that the winter session of the Supreme
Judicial Court which convenes Tues
day next will be rather a brief one.
Judge Leslie c.. Cornish will be the
presiding Justice and his stenographer
will be Fred L. Wilson of Portland.
Hiram P. Thing will serve as court
messenger and Sheriff Goodrich has
announced the following list OF dep
uties to assist him during the term:
w c. Emery, North Arson, Frank l..
Harding Madison, Walter H. Maynard.
lockwood: r. B. Pooler, c. H. Chute,
Skowhegan and Wallace Hill. Fairfield.
There are on the Civil docket 313
cases many Of which are divorces The
equity docket contains II and the
criminal docket shows 10 cases. The
special assignments for the first day
are ten in number and the first is the
case Of Mabel n. Bunker, by Gen.
Aplt from Judge Of Probate in which
Judge Simmons of North Arson is at
torney for the plaintiff and B. I. Gibbs
of Madison for the defense. AS would
be inferred this involves a decree
from the Judge of Probate approving
the will Of the late Ellen P. Taylor
of Lexington The second case as
signed for trial the first day is that of
phi1lin p
Butler & Butler for the plaintiff and
Weeks & Weeks for tire defense. Ac-
ton is brought to recover for labor.
There are three cases in which Fred
r. Green and Josiah P. Prescott are in
volved Prescott being the plaintiff in
two and Green the plaintiff in one.
All three are understood to involve vi
olation Of contract. Other cases as
signed for the first day are Mrs. NJ.
/ l. Fuller Of Hartland against Henry
Baker Of Hartland, action understood
to be brought to recover for rental of
property; Mary E. Gibson, Admx. VS..
Samuel Wing: Elmer Z. Dore, VS.. Leon
F. Trask ct ais: John Sabol VS.. Henry
| Cyr Aplt.; The National Bank OF Com
merce VS.. C. T. Boone ct al. me
I January session last year was the
longest on record having occupied 81
days The shortest term since 1907
was days in length. and occurred
during the month of March in 1913.
The following are a complete list of
the traverse jurors for the coming
term: Lyman Bassett, Moscow: Har-
lon Boynton, Embden: William Brack-
EFT. I-auriston S. Lowe, Norridgewock;
Forrest X Brown, Joseph G. Cover,
Guy E. Kimball, B. A. Sawyer. Show
hogan; George W. Brown, Elmer
Withee, Madison: Henry Cooley. Bing-
ham: Herbert w. Durgin. The Forks;
Frank w Dyer. Palmyra; William e
Dyer, A. Wilson Lowe, Heroert NJ
Murray, A. Vilroy Worthing, Fairfield;
II. A. Goodrich. Hartland; Sidney y.