The independent-reporter., 1909-10-28

Istkn an Saturday Tor lev days
hunting.
Nr and Mrs. A. Il. Jewctt are
nsss.fE this week on n vacation trip
10 fos,on.
Nr and Mrs D. H. Bartlett ar
rived home Monday from a two weeks
trip u Boston.
Miss Bessie Allen and Mrs. H. p.
Campbell passed the day in Water
vile yesterday.
T l.. Savage. superintendent of the
uaper mill, accompanied by his wife.
was in Waterville Tuesday.
F. ~ Merrill, ESQ.,. returned home
Saturday from Portland where he has
been attending the law court.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Philbrick and
Mrs Fred Philbrick went to Port
land Tuesday on business and
pleasure trip.
Benjamin A. Merrill of Bath re-
turned home yesterday after a visit of
several weeks with his grandson,
Ralph w. Emerson.
Mrs. Marcellus Irvine with her two
children, Norman and jeanette, from
solon have been visiting her sister,
Mrs O. r. Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Robbins,
who went to Los Angeles last July to
visit his brother, A F. Robbins, have
decided to pass the winter there.
The Junior class of the High school
held a dance at Weston hall Friday
evening and cleared SIG. Music was
furnished by Kendall's orchestra.
Walter B. Fletcher and o. B. Por-
ter returned yesterday from Augusta
where they have been putting on gal
yanized iron roofing for private par
ties.
DR.. and Mrs. A. T. Smith left We'd
nesday for Sioux City, Ia, where they
will spend few weeks as guests in
the family of Mrs. Smiths son, VIM.
Leavitt.
The Freshmen of the High school
land the boys of the ninth grade
played game of football at Fair
view park Tuesday afternoon, The re-
suit Deing to 5.
Miss Lois Steward left yesterday
for Bangor to pass a few days with
her parents, the High school being
closed Thursday and Friday on ac-
count of the teachers convention in
Lewiston.
Mrs. Joseph c. Viles. Mrs. Marshall
E. Viles and children, and Mrs. Clyde
Whipple arrived the latter part of
at Long Island, Casco Bay, in j. c.
Viles' cottage.
Frank B. Mitchell of Baker City,
Ore, was in town the past week, the
guest of relatives. Mr.. Mitchell is
the son of james Mitchell, who left
Skowhegan for the west 33 years
ago. He is at present a law student
in the Ann Arbor Mich, law school,
Bert A. McCoombs and J. NJ. Scrib-
ner were in Waterville Tuesday on
horse business. When Messrs. Nc
Coombs, Scribner, Manley Holt and
Thomes Benson were at the TopshG m
fair two weeks ago, Mr.. McCoombs
purchased a handsome new span of
horses for the hearse
Rev. Robert Morris, Harry Tay-
lor and Albany Smith we're in Wa
terville Monday attending the meet
ing of the Kennebec Baptist Min
ed Colby college and were present at
the opening exercises there. Mr.. Tay-
lor gave a brief talk and Mr. Smith
sang a solo.
The Skowhegan boys department
of the State Y. M. C. A. has recently
had a tennis court made on Turner
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and hired men to level, haul clay and
roll They do not expect TO use 1t
this fall but in the spring there is
no doubt but that It will be fire.
quently occupied.
The railroad bridge crew, which
has been at Bath for the past week
have returned and the first steel
piece of the new bridge was lowered
into its place yesterday The false
bridge on the east side of the old
bridge has been constructed on the
north side of the river as far as the
pier and that on the west side is pret-
ty we'll along.
At the w. c. T. U. meeting held
Tuesday afternoon in G. A. r. hall,
Miss Mabel Irish, a white ribboner,
who Is matron of the Ryerson cot
tage at Good viii Farm, spoke brief
ly about the temperance work done
among the boys and girls at the
farm. The remainder of the meeting
was taken up with the transaction of
business left over from the annual
meeting. The department superin-