Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-01-28

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Because Of the seriousness of the coal
and fuel situation in general the members
of the Skowhegan school board were IN
conference with Supt. l.. w. Gerrish at
the superintendent's Office Saturday night
and arrived at a decision to aid very ma
terially in the fuel conservation. In MAX
ing the change the Park school building
Is to be closed up entirely, and the third
grade will be moved to the upstairs room
in the old Bloomfield Academy building on
Baptist hill. The fourth fifth and sixth
grades from the Park building will be
moved to the Garfield building on Leavitt
street, the sessions to last from 1890 until
a O'Clock while the grades ordinarily in
session at the Garfield building will be
confined to the forenoon period, which in
the future will be from $50 to u O'Clock
noon. The grades in the Lincoln building
will be in session from $50 to II O'Clock
and from 13O to 3 O'Clock p. NJ. The
evening school will be in session on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at
the High school building. but on Thurs
day and Friday. when there is no evening
session. there will be but one session a,
the High school. The selectmen will lend
every effort possible to procure enough
coal to keep the present room arrange
ment comfortable and an effort will be
made to burn green wood in some of the
buildings.
Or. T.. A. Dascomhe Of this town has
been appointed to serve on the Somerset
county medical advisory board in place OF
Dr. Hopkins of Bingham. who has been
;ptn will On Ia v
a meeting of the board was held at the
office Of DIR. 0. ]. GAIA here and one man
underwent physical examination. lie is
guy Maurice Durrell OF Pennington, who
is employed in North Anson. The first
time he did not pass physical examina-
ton. but on this occasion with rulings
much more lax relative TO physical con
dtions the man passed the examination
Or. C. II. Niles of this town has been ap-
pointed to serve with the board dental
specialist and Or. J. f. Hill Of Waterville
eye specialist.
The Mems Community Club of the First
Baptist parish met at the First church
parsonage Friday evening with DR.. q. Fl.
Tracy as the host. Various subjects. re-
igious political, moral and social. were
cellent talk on Current Events DurinS
the evening Miss Annie Scott. accompa
MED BY Miss Besse Scott. sang 4 selactioN
and refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. George jones are the pa
rents of a son.
One of the interesting events Of the
coming week will be 4 Red Cross benefit
a the First Baptist yestry given unde;
the direction of the First Philathea class
assisted by the Ladies' Aid The program
will be in char of Mrs Philo Steward
and Miss Gertrude Carter, and Will in
clnde one-act patriotic play and a mu-
seal tableau in which Miss Mary Lyor
VIII represent "Britanria. T. Mrs Eta S
Bradley, "France;' Mss Scott. "Colum-
liza. and Miss Whitehouse, Joan of
Are Mrs. Bradley will sing The Mar
selllaise" in French and Miss Scott will
sing The star S2ansled Banner There
Will also be solos. choruses ana 4 trio.
win angels. Red Cross nurses ana sailor,
appearing in the various numbers On this
occasion a service flag will be presented:
to the church by Miss Gertrude Carter for
the Ladies Aid and Philathea respective-
" Refreshments are 10 be served
Francis Croteau. who is cmploy..,'
hN he Texas co. nj Bath. passe,. til
hr' k~s-t!i II iii, !lInr \ XII.
Word was received here hv relatives
:'a' nrday that ono of the children ..
G. f. Barnes of llamariscotta was
critically i'll with slight hopes Of rec, n
cry. while the other one is ais, report
cd as being seriously i'll with pneumr.
MIA. The family formerly lived in >kow.
hogan and the mother has ms, f#ssed
away after q seven-months illness with
pneumonia. Mrs. +. Z. Fstahrook. :.
sister of Mrs. Barnes. is in Damaris-
Gotta with the children.
The directors of the Six ,Whegan
Farmers Union. Is in number. met
saturday Afternoon Tor general con-
ference in the municipal com, ro' n,
President l.. l.. Sandford presiding, and
Z. c. White acting as secretary in tie
absence Of Thos, Dionne. Seven new
members We're voted into the organiz-
alton and the report Of the business
done was very encouraging. Crop prod
uct conditions We're not generally re-
ported. but the outlook for potatoes
and apples is not a bright one at the
present time.
Master Emil Thibodeau. son of Fred
Thibodeau. met with an unusual acci-
dent the other day in which he lost lie
end of one finger. He was riding on a
load of wood. when a companion
jumped from the team and picked up
an ave which had fallen to the ground
In throwing the axe back onto the team
the blade struck the boys finger III
such way as to sever a portion of tie
member.