Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-09
|SKOVVHEGAN LOCAL NEWS
ISomerssi County Headquarters Phones, Farmers -, =;

I, This Friday morning at 7.30
o'clock at the Notre Dame de
Lourdes church will occur a mass
of Requiem which will be offered for
| Hormidas Renaud, the father of the
| Notre Dame pastor, Rev. Father J.
Louis A. Remand.
! Mrs. Joseph Fl. Murray is pass
| ing a few weeks with her children,
MIR. and Mrs. Gordan Bragg and Mr..
| and Mrs. Lawrence Murray in Port
! land.
Mrs. Lena Foster and son, Lionel
! Foster were business callers in Wa
terville, Thursday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. David Plauff, left
| Thursday for Worcester, Mass,
where they will make their future
home and where Mr.. Plouffe has a
| position as a weaver.
| Marie Rorke, Madeline South
worth, Bella Gerard and Henriette
Fraser, making up the College Sing
ing Gilrs of the Redpath Liceum
| Course, who gave a concert in Ca
naan Wednesday evening were in
town Thursday on their way to Oak
land where they gave a concert that
evening.
Mrs. Gentoon Scoon went to
| Springfield Thursday morning where
she formerly resided, and where she
will be a guest of elatives.
| Miss Margaret King, a stenogra-
| pher in the office of the John c.
| Griffin Insurance agency is having a
vacation and left Thursday morn
ing for East Walpole, where she
will be guest of her aunt. Miss
Theresa Donnahue.
| w. III. Hennessey of Boston, a
representative from the r. T. Sulli-
van company was a business caller
in town Thursday.
! Miss Lulu Chapman who is en-
| ployed at the Central Maine Power
company's local Office will have a
vacation next week and will leave
Sunday for Worcester, Mass, where
she will be guest of friends.
Rev. G. w. Hinckley. founder of
Good Will, and Roland T. Patten,
manager of the Observation-Disclosures
er, were entertained at dinner last
Tuesday by DR.. and Mrs. ]. Leon
Williams at their summer homo in
| Concord-Haven in Embden.
| r. T. Patten, business manager of
the Independent Reporter, spoke
and gave a demonstration of Indian
/ SANO swinging CT 6tdI M 1IdukC
Wednesday evening. The Commits
sioner of Agriculture, r. B. Wash
burn, was among the other speakers.
Mr.. Patten is to go Tuesday of next
| week to talk to the pupils of the
Pond school in st. Adams, OF which
| Miss A. Irene Libby Is the teacher.
| Among those attending the meet
ing of the Maine Press Association
in Portland this week are Mrs. Ava
v. Sheridan, John L. Fish, Francis
| E. Croteau and Roland T. Patten.
Mrs. Sheridan is the secretary and
| Mr.. Patten the manager Of the In
| dependent Reporter Company. Mr..
Fish and Mr.. Croteau are members
of the same organization, the former
being the editor of the Reporter and
Mr.. Croteau being the advertising
| manager.
Mr.. r. g. Patten received an in
vitation Wednesday from Robert e.
Turner of Orono to be one of the
speakers at the journalistic confer
ence to be held under tho auspices
Of the U. of NJ, on November 10 and
IA. This is an annual event, at
tended by the editors and business
managers of high school publica-
lions throughout Maine. This is the
fourth year that Mr.. Patten has
been invited to participate in this
program.
Frank Willett of Clinton and Eu-
gene Field of Detroit who were in
jured in the automobile accident at
Skowhegan, Wednesday evening, and +,
taken to the Somerset Hospital, were
reported Thursday to be improving !
and probably not seriously injured.
Mrs. Eugene Field of Detroit was
in town Thursday calling on her
husband who Is q patient ut Som
erset Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Chase were
in Canaan attending the Grange Fair
Thursday.
The Methodist choir will meet at \
the church this Friday evening at |
o'clock for practice, under the l
direction of Mrs. Rose C. Burrill. AIM
members of the choir and any who I
would like to sing in the choir are t
urged to gather promptly at seven l
o'clock.
Many Skowhegan people were in
Canaan, Thursday attending the Ca
naan Grange Fair an annual event /
and one attended by many people (
from this section of the county.
Mrs. Damase Lafond returned [
Wednesday night from a few daysI
business trip to Boston for the Ia-l
fond Dry Goods store.
James Stanley who has been in
New York in a business trip re-
turned to Skowhegan Wednesday /
night. Mr.. Stanley has recently
been promoted to assistant superin-
tendent of the American WOODEN
Mill in Pittsfield and he and Mrs,
Stanley will go to Pittsfield early
next week to make their home,
The Pennington High School will
meet the Skowhegan High School in |
a football game at Fairview Park. |
Saturday afternoon.
The Bonnet Shop conducted byt
the Misses Bouchard will hold its
fall opening tomorrow, Saturday, the
10th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harrington of
Brewer were guests at the home of |
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Davis Miller, We'd
nesday.
Miss Anna Philbrick who has been
In town visiting her sister. Mrs. I
Pauline p. Hill has returned to Bos-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dane Given q Surprise !
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Dane of |
North avenue were given a surprise |