The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-04
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Miss Mary Anderson of Hartland,
is the guest of Lawrence Coburn and
family.
Placide Gallant and Mary Quirion
were married July 20 by Rev. P. E,
Desjardin.
Thomas C. Tinkham and son, Earl
of Mattapoisett, Mass, are guests of
Make Jewett.
Six marriages, three deaths and
nine births were recorded in July at
the town clerks Office.
1t is understood that the State
Board of Trade will meet Sept. 1928
with the Skowhegan Board of Trade.
Miss Lucy Taylor and Miss Edith
Withee went to Kennebunkport Mon
day to pass the remainder of the sum-
mer.
John F. Taylor has been appointed
representative of The Associated
Press for this section of Somerset
county.
Mrs. Edgar Dunton and Mrs. George
Arnold went to Old Orchard Monday
to spend a month in Mrs. Dunton's
cottage.
Mrs. Fronia Traitor and Mrs. Floyd
Nye with her daughter, Dorothy, are
spending a week at the Bert Lamb
cottage, Lakewood.
E L. Clough has moved into his
new house on Madison avenue, Som
erset park. This is one of the finest
residences that has been built In town
this summer
bennett Emerson, who is employed
in Attleboro, Mass, by watch man
ufacturing company, returned to his
work Monday, after spending a week
with his father, George Emerson.
VIM. H. Smith arrived in town
Monday night from Ridgefield, Conn.
Tuesday morning he went to Brigh-
ton where he will visit with his |
mother, Mrs Marie Sherwood for sew
e!al weeks.
Arthur Merriam, who few weeks !
ago returned from Porto Rico, where
he had been teaching for year in
the government schools, has gone in
to the upper Maine woods near Dead
river, where he will act as fire war
dent for the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Oranges will be held Sept. II at
Eaton Mountain farm owned by Ro-
land T. Patten. The members of the
different Oranges will have their pic
mic dinner baskets and Mr. Patten
will serve the whole company with
coffee.
At the last regular meeting of
Court Wesserrunsett, No. 1920, the !
| following were elected delegates to
attend the session of the High Cou.S
of the order at Calais, Me-. Aug. II
and IS: c. A. Burnor, c. n. Bragg,
J. H. Murray, o. B. Porter and o. A.
Abbey.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Som
erset County Veterans Association
will hold it's annual field day at Lake
wood on Thursday, August II. Picnic
dinner with an entertainment at the
theatre in the afternoon. Veterans
and members of their family invited.
The usual reduced rates over the
Somerset R. R. from Bingham and way
stations to Madison.
A play entitled The Old Fashioned
Inn," was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Greenwood Thursday
evening. The following took part;
Violet Robinson, Ruth Greenwood,
Geneva Smith, Christie Rollins Mar
gerry Mitchell of Bingham, Helen
White, Violet Priest, Linwood Jewett
and Emery Dyer. These nine little
people proved 10 D0 BOOu dClOiS anu
took their parts well. The play was
we'll patronized there being 65 tick
cts sold A large part of the play was
composed by the members. The par
ents of each one and their friends ap
preciated the play very much and they
may we'll be satisfied at the talent
manifested by each actor,
Frank Merriam, son of Rev. George
Merriam, left here Monday morning
for Pittsburg, Pa. where he has
position with the Westinghouse Ma
chine company Mr.. Merriam was
one of the graduating class at the
University of Maine this year, hay-
ing taken the Mechanical Engineering
course. Mr.. Merriam is we'll adapted
to this work. Before going to col
lege he worked some time in the ma
chine shop of Hackett & Witham. He
Is a graduate of the Skowhegan High !
school and of the Freeport High
school. He Is q young man who has
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