The independent-reporter., 1909-12-09

MI anu Afs N I foolef Went 20
Boston GA Wednesday for a weeks
visit
The Clover Whist club we're enter.
tained by Mrs. Mary Brainerd on
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. George s. Webb entertained
the snowbound club at her pleasant
home. Pleasant street. Wednesday OF
last week.
h. II. Holman is again occupying his
former position as head clerk
Foggs drug store after an absence Of
some weeks.
F. w. Bucknam was in Augusta
yesterday In attendance upon a meet
ing OF the Maine Board of Pharmacy.
OF which he is a member.
The next meeting of Skowhegan
Sorosis, evening of December IA, will
be Gentlemen's Night and will be
held In the Congregational Parlors.
W. r. Elliott. paymaster In the An
derson Mills. is in Boston this week,
in attendance upon the semi-annual
meeting of the several paymasters of
the American Woolen Co.
! J. r. Provencal has purchased the
handsome residence on Mt. Pleasant
avenue just completed by E. H. Co.
nant, and will occupy it as a home
moving thereto this week.
The vested choir at the Methodist
church under the direction of Mrs.
Will Emery has grown to be very
popular and their singing has re-
ceived many compliments. They ap-
peared in black robes for the first
time Monday night.
On or before January first, the
5kowhegan Electric Light Co. pro-
pose to remove their offices to the
room now occupied by Gould & Law
renee, and we learn these attorneys
have secured the handsome Offices ov
er the Second National bank.
The Crocker Fountain Pen Co.,
through their local representative, G.
R. Fogg, have awarded to Forrest E.
Cross the $40 pen for the best answer
to their question, why is a Crocker
self-flling pen more desirable than
the old style pens that fill with a
dropper?" There were many replies
received.
Henry E. Waugh, superintendent of
the factory of the Commonwealth
Shoe & Leather Co., in Whitman,
Mass, was in town last Friday max
ing an inspection of the local fac
tory. The work here is the best at
present 1t has been for several
months and good winters run is
! looked forward to.
Tuesday afternoon while Abner
Currier was blanketing his horses,
the team took fright and ran nearly
half mile before they could be
stopped. When startled, they were in
the vicinity of Pishon's potato house
AS they turned the corner at High
street they upset a coal team and
came near running over the driver.
Oashing at full speed toward North
street the horses passed the Jail
where several of the workmen tried
to stop them and one man did sue
coed in getting on behind but being
unable to reach the reins he jumped
off, Another man gave chase and
finally caught the runaways on Wa
er street near the park. The speed
of the horses was SO great that the
fact that no damage was done seems
very remarkable.
The chairmen of the committees
chosen by the president of the Y. M.
c. A. for the coming term of six
months were reported Tuesday night
as follows: Religious work, Frank
Emery; educational, Elroy Lacasce;
membership, Harold Larry; social,
Mahlon Dane, and physical, Arthur
Merrill. The religious work com
mittee has charge of the Sunday
meetings, Bible classes, ETC., the edu-
cational, of the special features along
that line for the Tuesday meetings,
the membership, of new members;
the social, of social gatherings; the
physical, of athletic sports of all
kinds. The first committee is ar
ranging meetings of special interest
for Sunday afternoons and the speak
er next Sunday will be Edgar Brown,
a business man of Bangor. The 9th
er committees are all busy and plans
are being made for a supper and
snowshoe tramp to SmIthfield pond in
about two weeks.