Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-01-17

missioners, $3.50, each: county treasurer.
5000: Judge Drake OF Pittsfield NUM-
cipal court. $500; clerk hire, S12I2; road
agents in plantations S3553.4S: sheriff,
term bills, January s74S.06; April
/ $2S1.05; September s195.50. The treas
urer's report also indicates that the
cash on hand at the beginning of the
year was s20,923.41, while the bequest
| in the savings bank was s451, with
other debts gives total debit OF
+, $62.OS1.11 and the credit side notwith-
standing the Jail alterations amounts
! to sSt29 which shows the amount on
hand Jan. /. 1917 to be s7461.40 and
this together with the bequests in the
savings bank of s367.71 makes a total
| of s1s29.l1. The retiring county treas
/ urer and commissioners were ANXIOUS
| to clean up matter which had Tor
some time been hanging and this in
volved the sum of S31017 in checks
! which were enormously reported as
forfeited prior to 1915. The county tax
! for towns shows that Skowhegans tax
! amounted to $5731.17 which is all paid.
! Athens is yet due amounting to S4S45S.
/ Canaan is S461.10 and Cornville is
/ s506.56 and is still due. The county
! tax of Fairfield is S2S79.74 and Madison
1 s3S36.S4 which is still due. Norridge-
wock's tax Of s1O7o.13 is paid. These
/ county taxes together with the other
/ towns and plantations in the county
amounts to total county tax Of
: s27,6S639 and with the amount of un-
! paid of S10.1lS.56.
The wood account indicates that
s1916.s5 was received for wood sold
! during the year and this with the wood
! on hand and furnished for the COUNT
! buildings amounts to S212S10 The
I amount paid for wood was Sl50O.35 and
! this with incidentals leaves the sum OF
fS163.7a to the credit of the wood ac-
: count The iail accounts total S329412
and the court house with general eX-
! penses including janitor, $500 leaves az
! total of $3363.S9 The Jail account
/ gives the following figures; fuel, S312-
| 50: clothing. S116.55; repairs. S131S.20;
supplies, $71.95; provisions, S973.74;
| medicine and medical attendance.
$685.; bedding $500 The foregoing
/ reports indicate that the year has been
F.! prosperous one and speaks in itself
of the excellent amount of work accom-
plished. The renovating Of the Jail was
an expensive procedure but similar
/ sum was paid last year for road build
| ing in the northern part of the county.
+ 50 the balance remains practically the
/ same as last year.
| Mrs Mary Savage celebrated her
Goth birthday Tuesday at the home of
| her son, Ernest l.. Savage with whom
! she resides. The event while not for
NAL was delightful and was attended by
| neighbors and friends. This lady who
retains her faculties of reason and
| senses to such remarkable degree is
! able to be about much and assists
( somewhat in the cares of the Savage
/ household. Her birthplace was La
grange, and to Mrs. Savage belongs the
unusual distinction of having been the
! first girl baby born in that town after
it's incorporation. Feb. 26. 1S45, she was
married to Howard Savage. also of
| Lagrange and resided in that town for
! some years. Later the family moved
/ to farm in Glenburn where Mr.. Say
age died Mrs. Savage has lived in
! Skowhegan for eight years having come
here from North Arson with her son
| with whom she is passing the sunset
/ of her years, surrounded by many COM
forts OF her family of eight girls anI
five boys, eleven attained maturity and
i nine are still living. These are Mrs
! Melissa Homans Of Plymouth; n. H..
| Mrs. Maria Marston, Albany, N Y; Jas
/ Savage of Lawrence, Mass; Mrs. Emma
! Berwick of Pawtucket r. L.; Mrs. Es-
! telle Shields of Melrose, Mass; Ernest
1 T.. Savage of Skowhegan; Chas. Savage
! of Groveton, n. H. Mrs. Betsey Lewis
! of Lagrange and Mrs. Annie Mccormick
| of Groveton, N II. Mrs Savage who
| bids fair to become a centurian comes
/ Of long lived race. Her father Davlu
! Hinckley lived to be JS Years old while
| her grandfather attained the unusual
/ age Of 10i. She is descendent of
| Governor Hinckley. the first governor
| of Massachusetts,. This so year old
woman is still an adept with the needle
! In honor of the 18th anniversary OF
/ their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lee
! Ford entertained a party of friends al
/ their home on Madison avenue TUESDAY
evening. The guests were neighbors
! ana members of Bloomfield Temple, of
! which organization Mrs. Ford is a help
full and influential member The hours
We're passed socially, cards being played
and refreshments enjoyed During the
/ eNtIlilS MIS-. iOTd McfneterS III DeHaiL
! of Bloomfield Temple presented Mrs
| Ford with chain and pendant and Mr
, Ford with q diamond and touYmalne pin
charming little speech Of presentation
, accompanying each. Mrs. McPhetcr5
! also read Hunting a Mouse" a humor-
! ous selection, and another witty little
sketch entitled Mr.. Ford and His Wife"
Music from a Nictrola was enjoyed ana
a special feature of the refreshment ta-
BILE was wedding. cake concOCted by
Mrs. Flora A. Dealey and Mrs McPhe-
! tiers, which bore amidst its decorations
the dates of 1892 and 1917 Mr. and Mrs. :
Ford were married in the house owned (
by Fred French and opposite the one
where they reside, Rev. c. y. Hanson,
now deceased but then pastor of the
Bethany Baptist church, tying the nup-
tial knot Mrs. Ford was in maidenhool
Miss Jennie Durrell and her home was
in Pennington. AT the time of the we'd /
ding Mr.. Ford was employed in the tan
merry of Taylor & Delano but the next
year was appointed road commissioner
for the town of Skowhegan. He held