The independent-reporter., 1909-09-30

toa Monday TO be present 81 the mar
rage ot hsr son. Earl. to Miss Ivan
eta warren o. Lynn.
Miss Iva Brlsgs. stenosrapaer aud
book Ike, per IN the Office Of the Som
erset Traction Co. was in Ws,eryille
over Sunday. the guest OF her friend,
Miss Florence Jewett and Mrs. Frank
sedgeley.
Maurice r. Merrill left yesterday
for Cambridge, Mass. where he Is
in his second year at Harvard Law
school. Mr. Merrill Is a graduate of
Bowdoin college. having been a mem
ber of the class of 1905
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Perley return
ed TO their home In Andover Mass
where he has a position as station
agent for the Boston & Maine. For a
week they have been the guests of
his cousin, DR.. H. c. Taggart and
family.
The first social of the season un-
der the auspices of the Philathea, an
organization of young women con-
uected with the First Baptist parish.
was held Wednesday night in the
vestry A musical program was Civ
,en and refreshments were served.
Miss Della D. Adamson, who had
been employed in the family of E.
" Marble for the past year. started
Friday for Camden, S. c., where she
is to complete her education. Her
brother came from the south to ac-
company her home.
jefferson Savage left Tuesday for
Auburn, where he will attend the ma
tional meeting of the Union Veterans
Union. Charles Folsom-Jones went
down yesterday morning. The an
nual meeting of the State U. V. U.
will be held here two weeks from to-
day.
George Groder, who has been em-
ployed for several months in an Au-
gusta shoe factory returned home
Saturday night. He has secured a
situation in the Lang market, where
he will commence work when it opens
Mr.. Lang expected to go into bust
ness this week, but on account of
delays in freight he will be unable
to do so until sometime next week.
George R. Pray, who resides in
Bigelow hill neighborhood, returned
home Tuesday night from a weeks
trip to Houlton> where he was in at
tendance at the court where the law
suit between the water works and
the Merrill Bros. was tried. He tells
us that there is to be a large crop
of potatoes and that they are not
fotting much, as has been the cur
rent report.
James F. Curran, who has been
employed here the past summer in
the barber shops of A. H. Elwood
and G. l.. Cleveland, left Monday
noon for Bath. There he will be
Joined by Mrs Iva Jack, who will 60
to Philadelphia to study for a trained
nurse. Mr.. Curran is a graduate
nurse and will have charge of two
wards in st. Joseph hospital, Phila-
.delphia.
R. r. Patten has bought the Calvin
Eaton farm, 210 acres, located on
both sides of the Eaton Ridge road,
about four miles from this place. The
place has about 100 acres of tillage
land, a 20 acre woodlot and the bal
ance in pasture, the latter containing
the top of Eaton mountain. A field
of 26 acres on the east side of the
road is to be planted with 1000 ap-
pie trees, Stark, Gano and McIn-
tosh being the varieties selected.
Those interested in Athletics and
especially in the welfare of the Show
hegan boys, will be pleased to learn
that both James Reed and Ernest
Green played on the Varsity football
team at Colby last Saturday in the
game with Kent's Hill. Reed, a
member of last years graduating
class played the larger part of the
game at right tackle, while Green
who graduated in 1907 played about
five minutes at left guard. Reed put
up a very good game and stands well
for making a regular man.
The Skowhegan Boys department
of the Y. M. c. A.. held business
meeting Tuesday evening. The boys
voted to have a reception for all
contributors to the fund which the
advisory committee have been rails
ing next Tuesday evening at their
new rooms from 8 to $50 p. m. The
opportunity will afford any one de-
string to see the new quarters good
chance 1t was also voted to have a
few of the boys who were willing to
be teachers in the night school meet
those who want to take up studies
during the winter, Wednesday, Octo-
ber 6, at their room and make plans
for beginning in the near future. The
number who attended last year was
about twenty and there are expected
to be more than that this year. The
usual Young Mems meeting will be