Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-07
|Sk0WnEGAN LOCAL NEWS
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PERSONAL MENTION


Leamon Pierce Of The Forks was
a business caller in town Friday.
F. o. Thompson. stock and
wool buyer of Hartland, was in
town on business Thursday.
Miss Helen Streed, who las been
the guest for several days of Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney johnson, returned
to Waterville, Thursday night.
George Laney. who. has been the
guest Of his mother. Mrs. Frank
Laney OF Court street. has returned
to his home in Sanford.
Miss Ethel O'Brien of Jackman
is the guest of her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Holden, at
Malbon's Mills.
Mrs. Ben Smith of Skowhegan was
in Clinton, Thursday afternoon, to
attend the funeral service Of wal
Kendall.
Miss Helen Sterling Of Augusta is
passing a week in town the guest
OF Mrs. Blanche M. Friend, North
Mrs. Walter Bachelor (nee
Gladys Pennell) and little son,
Franklin. of Portland, are in town.
the guests of Mrs. Bachelors par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin P. Pen
nell Of West Front street.
Willard F. Palmer who Is en-
ployed by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, is in town for a
few days, hiring men for line work.
and while in town is the guest of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank 7.
Palmer Of East Front street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Leborke
(nee Marietta Nichols) motored to
town Thursday from Norway and
will visit until Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Leborke's parents. Rev.
and Mrs. Herbert l.. Nichols, at the
Methodist parsonage on the Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Loucks of Los
Angeles, Calf, who are in Show
hogan and vicinity this summer rep
resenting the ''Wear-Ever" Alumni
mum Company, are to occupy the
Rolfe apartment in the DIR. A. e.
Parker residence on Pleasant street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell of
Carroll, Ia, who have been guests
of Mrs. Russelrs sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred V. Barker,
in Athens. have returned to Show
hogan and are guests of Mr.. Rus
sells sister. Mrs. Emma r. Robin
son of Bloomfield street.
DR.. and Mrs. l.. P. Geoffrion have
been on an auto trip to Worcester
and Marlboro. Mass. where they
took Mrs. Geoffrion's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. u. A. Beaulieu of Mon
treal, Canada, who have been guests
at the Geoffrion home on North
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Soule, Mr..
and Mrs. Percy Withee and Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Withee of Norridge-
wock were among the out-of-t town
people here to attend the Canton
Somerset and Somerset Fortress, No.
z. strawberry festival, held at the
I. o. o. F. hall. Thursday evening.
Friends of Mrs. Leon Tapley of
Harmony. formerly of Skowhegan,
will be interested to know that Mr..
Tapley. who Is railroad man. has
had his run changed and that they
are to locate in Waterville. Mrs. Tap
ley's little son. Cecil Nutting. has
been the guest of his grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nutting OF
Norridgewock avenue.
Many local friends of Miss Lois
Mantor. daughter of the late Clar-
ence Mantor, former Skowhegan
postmaster, and Mrs. Minnie Man.
tor, who now resides in North An
son, will be interested to know that
she has accepted a position as
teacher of Latin and French at the
Arson Academy at North Arson.
Miss Mantor was graduated from
the University of Maine this June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Russell OF
the Lakewood road returned Thurs
day night by auto from Royal
Heights, VT. where they motored
Tuesday. They were accompanied
by H. L. Foss and went to visit Mr.
Russell's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Kitdridge. Mrs
kitdridge was Miss Nellie Russell
formerly of Skowhegan. Her local
friends will be sorry to know that
she is nearly helpless and in a most
critical condition.
Lewis Mooers Of Washington, D.
c., who has been the guest of his
brother. Sheriff and Mrs. John A
Mooers of Court street and Sheriff
and Mrs. Mooer's son and wife, Con-
sui and Mrs. H. Tobey Mooers OF
Lisbon. Portugal. who are at Lake
wood. went to Vassalboro. Thursday
I. L. Carver of Bethel has been
in town a few days, the guest OF
Miss Ruth Homsted, at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. FIRE.
mont Homsted of West Front street