The independent-reporter., 1910-05-05

| w. H. Pearson of Portland Is on
visit this week to his daughter, Mrs
G. w. Nash.
The Good Will club will meet at the
Congregational vestry next Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Isaac Pierce, meat cutter in the I'm
ion store in Madison, spent Sunday in
town with his family on Jewett st.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Wood spent Sun
day in Bingham with their son, DR..
Philip Wood Mrs Wood will remain
there for week
| ]. ]. Lander and E. w. Moore of
Bingham, two prominent business men
of that town were in town Saturday
for few hours.
The Congregational Working Lea
que held a meeting, Monday afternoon
in the church parlors. The attendance
was small owing to the rain.
S. J. Foster of Oakland, one of the
employees in the Office of the Maine
Central Railroad was in town over
Sunday calling on friends.
The opening sale of seats for the
Junior Exhibition, class of 1911, S. H.
s., is Tuesday morning, May 10.
There is sure to be a rush so be on
hand.
The annual meeting of the Social
Circle of the Centenary Methodist
church was held Monday afternoon in
the yestry. A picnic supper was sery-
ed at $50
The Junior Exhibition of the class
Of 1911, S. H. S., occurs at the Opera
House next Thursday evening and
tainment.
julie Albert Pooler and Miss Ellen
Bannor were married Monday morning
at the st. Marys Church by Father
Des Jardins. Mr.. and Mrs. Pooler
will live in Winslow.
Miss Grace Chute of Cambridge,
Mass, is here for her health and will
spend the summer. She Is the daught-
er of Albert Chute of Philadelphia, a
leather manufacturer.
A cottage prayer meeting was held
Monday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Edwin C. Tracey on Madison
Avenue under the direction of the
Bethany Baptist church
The unique name of our town has
been mis-spelled in an amazing num-
Der of ways. The latest, on an en-
velope addressed to well-known
citizen was "Skehewgan."
At their next regular meeting, Fri
day evening, May 9Th, at p. m, Sun
set Chapter o. E. S. will observe their
annual children's night. Members
may each bring one guest.
Mrs. Sarah Harris went to Water
Vile, Tuesday to attend a State Con-
ference of Congregational churches,
she being a delegate from the Island
/ Avenue Congregational church.
Members of Russell Post No. 96, G.
A. R. will meet on Friday evening to
see what action the post will take in
regard to the placing of the statue of
R. E. Lee in statuary hall in Washing
ton.
The Comedy Drama to be given in
the Opera House Thursday evening,
May II. is looked forward to with
great anticipation by our people. 1t
is the Junior Exhibition of the class
of 1911. S. H. s.
Daniel Jones, formerly boss section
man for the Maine Central here, has
recently been promoted to the posi-
tion of foreman of the spare construc-
tion crew. This means an increase
of salary. So far this spring Mr..
Jones has received 1900 new cedar
sleepers which will be laid at once in
i this vicinity.
The Young Peoples Society of the
First Baptist Church will have their
monthly social evening tomorrow.
The members of the church and So
ciety are all invited to be present. A
short program consisting chiefly of
The Last Day of School" will fur
nish some amusement and entertain
ment in the early part of the even
| ing.
William B. Webb, better known in
Skowhegan as Billie Webb, will ar
rive Saturday and will remain with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Converse l..
Webb, for three or four weeks. For
three years he has been in the Phil
/ lipines, and in coming home made
the ten days trip on the Trans-Siber-
ian Railroad to st. Petersburg, thence
to London and home by North German
Lloyd steamship.
On the evening of April 21 the home
of Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd was the
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