The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-25


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last FRIDAY ia attend the funeral OF
ms mother Mrs Eliza keyes.
" n BAILEY Of Portland. Was In
town Thursday OF Last week calling
on Nr and Mrs Walter h. Fletcher.
Mrs Fletcher being his sister
Mrs Smith Whittier returned home
Saturday night from Waterviile where
she had been passing the week Wit
her daughter Mrs. Ralph Ames.
MIR. and Mrs. James ". Holt went
to Lowell. Mass. last Saturday to
visit their daughter. Mrs Eta II Ad
/ lington until after Thanksgiving.
Mrs. u. T. Cornell and daughter.
Miss Florence OF pittsfield. arrived in
town last Saturday for visit OF g
week with Mr. and Mrs. +. +. Haines
Mrs f. II. Jones OF Maiden, Mass,
arrived in town last Friday night and
is visiting her brother. George A.
/ Huckins and family on West Front
street.
Carleton p. Merrill cashier of the
Savings bank, was in Pennington last
week on a business trip. Pennington
was his home for several years before
! he moved here.
! Harry Chase. of the firm of Chase
/ Brothers, who run the Coburn Hotel
livery stable, left last Friday on the
noon train for Amesbury, Mass, for
visit over Thanksgiving with his
mother, Mrs. L. w. Chase.
Mrs Bruce White left on the z
O'Clock train Sunday afternoon for
Nelson, B. C. During her stay of
several weeks her little sons, Bruce
and Jamie. are to remain with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Fellows.
l.. ]. Friedman, assistant in the Of
fee of Roy L. Marston, was in Cam
bridge. Mass, last Saturday attending
the HervardYale football game. 9th
ers from Skowhegan who were In at
tendance upon this great football
game of the year were Prof. Mars
ton and J. Wallace Blunt.
The Senior class of the High school
has been visited this week by Franz
L. Beck, a graduate of Colby. at
present on the road getting up the
play termed, 1.-THE Union Depot,
which he wants them to put on the
stage here about two weeks later.
The play needs one hundred and
twenty-five performers to make 1t
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sents scene in a depot, which all
sorts of people enter and therefore
many characters are required. The
exact date will be decided later but
it is UNDERSTOOD that the play will
given
The whist party, held under the aus
pieces of the young people of the
Catholic church, last Thursday even
ing at Convent hall, was very sue
cessful, the net profits amounting to
about seventy dollars. There were
forty-five tables, four at table, and
the admission was thirty-five cents
each. The manager of the evening
was Arthur Cayouette; the president,
Miss Cora Poulin; and the music com
mittee, Ned Dudley. The music con-
sisted of a sixrpiece orchestra, or
ganized and lead by Mr.. Dudley and a
large chorus of young people. The
first prize for the gentlemen was won
by DR.. Borden; for the ladies', by Miss
Annie Murray The BOBBY prize for
the gentlemen went to Sebastian Bis
son, and that for the ladies to Miss
Lena Cariveau.
About twenty-five of the school
teachers held social gathering at
the home of Miss Addie M. Swain last
Saturday evening in honor of Miss
Della NJ. Ross, who is to be married
this week to j. H. Stone of Augusta.
Each one present was supposed to
provide at least one feature of the
program, which consisted of recita-
lions. charades, conundrums. puzzles
and music. 1t was planned before
hand that the one furnishing that part
of the entertainment, voted most in
teresting, should receive prize but
all voted for Miss Foss, although she
did nothing. The present was nice
table cloth and napkins, toward which
all paid proportional part. Miss
Foss has been a teacher In the Show
hogan schools for eight years and has
many friends here. At present she Is
principal of the Garfield school and
plans to continue in that position dur
ing the remainder of this term.