The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-11
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

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week with his friend, Arthur Merrill
The ordinance of baptism was OBJ
served upon one candidate at the
bethany Baptist church Sunday even
ing.
Linwood Jewett returned Saturday
from a weeks vacation spent with
Arthur Merrill at his cottage in Sandy
Point.
Mrs Geo. Paddock accompanied by
her daughter. Winona. has been
spending a few days in Waterville at
the home of Geo. Kidder.
Miss Ella Parsons and Miss Blanche
Perkins OF Newburyport, are visiting
Miss Parsons uncle, Fremont Home
sted and family for several days.
L. d. Harding of Franklin Park
Mass, has been in town during the
past week visiting old friends. Mr.
Harding was formerly of Norridge-
wock
c. w. Frost, formerly of Cornville
now Boston representative of the E.
A. Strout Farm Agency, has been in
town this week on a brief vacation
visit.
Mrs. William Rowell and daughter
Mildred, of Madison, took the train at
this station Monday morning for
Clinton, where they will visit rela-
tiyes for several days.
Mrs. Blanche Wildes and her son,
William. of Lewiston, who have been
the guests OF Mrs. Wildes' sister Mrs.
George L. II. Smith, for several days
returned home Monday.
Miss Marvette knight left town
Tuesday morning for Attleboro, Mass,
where she will be the guest for the
remainder of the summer of her aunt,
Mrs. Edward V. Provost.
Thomas Oscar Burt, Good Will
High School, 10, is employed by the
Steward e Blunt Co., Skowhegan.
The business of the firm is plumbing
and steam fitting.-Good Will Record
Duncan Hall ana Bernard J. Mac
Nally, employees of the Independent
Reporter will leave for Portland
Friday noon where they will be the
guests of Mr.. MacNallys parents for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Holmes, ac-
companied by Ernest L. Moore, left
town Monday morning for vacation
in Boston and vicinity. Before re-
turning they intend to visit New
York city for few days.
North avenue, from High street
has been macadamized to Leavitt
street. This now makes one of the
finest pieces of streets in the town
number of the driveways into the
different residences have been built
up and macademized and this whole
section shows an improved condi-
ton. The work was in charge of
Road Commissioner Edgar L. Ford.
A mistake was made in our last
issue regarding the date of the next
session of Skowhegan Grange. On
account of the Pomona Field day at
I al
cided to postpone the meeting until
August 81 when the third and fourth
degrees will be conferred and the
supper served. Mr.. and Mrs. Orrison
Clough, having resigned their posi-
ton as chairman of the supper COM
mittee for that evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. H. Mathews have been appointed
to serve in their place.
most interesting address was
given at the Bethany Baptist church
Sunday evening by Miss Annie Har-
thorn on the Student Volunteer
Movement" The phase of the sub
ject which she took up was the con-
vention which was held in Rochester,
New York, last December, she being
delegate from Boston university.
There were five thousand student
volunteers present at the convention,
these being students who had pledg-
ed themselves to go to other coun-
tries as missionaries. She portrayed
the need of missionaries in Africa,
China, and especially South America
One great speaker at the convention,
she said emphasized the fact that if
China needed a certain number of
missionaries South America needed
ten times as many. She said that
Mohammedanism was spreading and
that ten thousand volunteer students
would go from Cairo to Africa to
teach Mohammedanism and that 1t
was the wish of this country to send
as many missionaries to spread
Christianity. There will be 80 dele
gates go from this country within a
year to missionary fields. Miss Har-
thorn plans to go to foreign field
as a missionary in the near future,
She is well fitted for the work and