Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-03
SKOWHECAN

! Mrs. John Lutz was in town Tuesday.
! the guest of her daughter. Mrs. Frank
! Parsons. Of Maple street.
| Fay Croker. who has been en-
! ployed with his heavy team by the Au-
| gusta Lumber Co.. In the Spring Lake
| region. has been at the home or his pa
! rents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Crocker, on
| West Front street, for few days and
has now gone to their farm in Clinton.
| Mrs. Frank futile and Mrs. Asa
| Shores of Canaan were In town Tues
day on business.
Lester. the young son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Joel Whitney, who has been very i'll.
threatened with pneumonia. following
the measles. is much better and now
little Charles is i'll with a similar at
| tack. /, t
| The ladies who are to have charge Of
! the March social and business meeting
| of the Ella F. Mitchell Philathea class
of the Bethany Baptist church met on
| Tuesday with Mrs. Collins at ner home
on East. Leavitt street and made ar
rangements for the meeting Those
present were: Mrs. Ben Collins, chair
! man. Mrs. Ellie -Currie, Mrs. Margaret
Crafts, Mrs. Margaret Cram, Miss
| Dorothy Day. Miss Anne NJ. Caswell.
| Mrs. William Clark, Mrs. lsola Decker,
| Mrs. Melissa Dolbier and Mrs. Ger
trude Gates.
| John Avore, the sexton at the South
side cemetery, is confined to his home
| on Baptist hill by illness.
| On Sunday afternoon, in response to
an invitation of the superintendent. the
Christian Science Society held at SER
vice at the Reformatory for Women.
Their usual service was conducted
with John L. Fish as first reader and
Mrs. F. L. Flint as second reader. with
Mrs. Howard Friend at the piano.
There was very pleasing song service,
in which the girls at the Rerormatory
had a part. The service was largely
attended and one. of much interest and
pleasure to all in attendance.
Mrs. Charles Jones of Bloomfield
street is very ill with the measles. Her
little daughter, Jessie, is also i'll with
the same disease.
Miss Lubelle b. Patrick Of Portland,
field secretary for the Ch1idren's Heart
Work society of Maine, is IN town for a
week in the interest of the society.
This work is growing in its usefulness
each year. Four little children from
Skowhegan weer taken to the nome on
Forest avenue in the cry or portland
or Monday of this week.
The following seven boys from the
Federated church will go as delegates
to the Boys Conference in Portland
Friday. Saturday and Sunday: Walter
Wilson, Allan Stinchfield. Myron Towle.
Harold Lord Bernard Holt. erad Tobey
and West Tobey. George w. Tobey
will go as the leader. Five otaer boys
from the same church, Harry Buxton,
Dwight Cleveland, David Thurlow, Ben
Oddly and Linwood Meader, will also at
tend the conference with Montrord
Meader going as leader.
Mrs. William Donaldson is confined
| to her home on Baptist hill by severe
| attack of neuralgia in her race.
Mrs. Alice S. Baker has closed her
home on Turner avenue ana will pass
! the remaining weeks Of the winter with
Mrs. Olive Dealey at her home on
! Pleasant street.
| Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Withee Of Canaan
were in town on business Tuesday.
| The funeral service for Mrs. Samuel
/ W. Gould was held on Wednesday aft
! ernoon at 2 o'clock at her late home
on Elm street. Rev. Charles H. Nc
Elhiney of Madison officlated. The bear
! ers were John Mcclellan, Charles
! Young, William T. Seekins and Alfred
II. Lang. The remains were placed in
I the tomb at the Southside cemetery.
! On Thursday, March 10, the Skowhe-
gan Sorosis will give motion picture
benefit for the district nurse. The play
will be THE Highest Law" by Lewis
Allen Brown and is an Ralph lnce pro.
duction. There will be excellent music
throughout the production by Carl w
| Malley. The ladies' in charge of the
benefit are the president, Mrs. Harriet
l.. Parker and Mrs He:en Pulsifer.
Charles Folsom Jones. I'd. arrived
in Washington, d. c. February 10th
in season for the Inauguration"
The above notice of the arrival of {
little son to Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Fol
Jones of Washington D. c., viii
be of much interest to many Somer
set county people. Mr.. Jones is tn,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Folsom
Jones of Locust avenue, and grad
uate of Bowdoin College. Mrs. Jones
before her marriage was Miss Mad
alene Plummer of Lisbon, in which
part of the State they have man.
friends who also will be pleased t,
know Of the birth of their son.
Miss Edna Crawford, of Frederic
ton, N. b., who now resides with he
sister, Mrs. George Brooks. at he
home on the Middle road, has accept
ed position as bookkeeper in the of
flee of the Skowhegan Jersey Cream
cry.
Many friends in town will be inter
ested to know of the arrival of lit
tie son to Mr. and Mrs. Clair Savag'
of Portland, born on Feb. %. Mr.
Savage is the son of Mr.. and Mrs
Jewett Savage of Pleasant street TIL,
little lad has been named Harry May'
Savage. ~
At the mid-week meeting of thu
Centenary Methodist church, thi
Thursday evening, the women of tn,
church will conduct and take all tn,
parts in the service. The men, how
ever, are urged to attend, as listeners
only.
Mrs. Charles Joyce and Miss Mil
dred McAllister of Scion, were IL
town Wednesday on business.
This Thursday afternoon the Goot