The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30


al days with friends.
The Somerset baseball team defeat
ed the Norridgewock town team last
Saturday II to 8 on the park grounds.
Lois Steward. Senior in the High
school, will go to Bangor this week
to spend the summer with her par
ents.
The Social Circle of the NJ. f.
church will hold a food sale in the
vestry on Friday afternoon, July l.,
from three to FIVE.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson of
Portland are spending few days in
town with Mrs. Andersons parents
Mr. and Mrs. A. X. Perkins.
Miss Olive Green, teacher In He
bron Academy, came home Thursday
and will pass the summer with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Green
DR.. and Mrs. Charles Pepper of
Concord, Mass, are in town, called
here by the serious illness of Mrs.
Peppers mother, Mrs. Helen Coburn.
The year 1911 will be the first in
thirty-two years that Mr.. and Mrs.
James Steele of Madison Centre have
had no children attending school and
the family numbers nine children.
Eben Goodridge of North Anson and
Lila Trask of Skowhegan, were unit
ed in marriage at the NJ. E. parsonage,
10 Island avenue, Saturday, at $50
p m., Rev. F. L. Hayward officiating
Professor F. G. Davis, formerly of
Norridgewock and known to many
teople in Skowhegan, gave an ad-
dress on New Orleans" at Norridge
wock Professor Davis Is one of the
instructors at Leland University, New
Orleans.
Mrs. William Mitchell and Mrs.
Stocks Barrow left Saturday for a
few days visit with friends and rela-
tiyes in Lawrence, Mass. Today they
sail on the steamer iceland for a
three months visit in England and
Scotland Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Bar
row accompanied their wives to Law
renee and will return after the boat
sails.
The Somerset hospital, owned by
DR.. ]. E. Wadsworth, is being en-
larged one story higher. A crew of
men is already raising the roof. The
third story will contain six additional
rooms besides the hall and general
baths. Two of the rooms will be
equipped with privates. Minor chang
es will also be made in the lower
stories.
Jewett School, Grade |, closed Fri
day, June "a. The following pupils
were not absent during the spring
term: Amelia Cowette, Leo Sioris,
Turcotte, Alfred Turcotte, Royce Tus-
can and Virginia Vigue. Major Les
sor, Edward Lessor, Ernest Cowette
and Flora Cowette were absent one
half day; and Wayland Cowette one
day only.
Roscoe Conklin Emery, principal of
the Waterville High school, was in
town over Thursday, the guest of
George E. Ferris of England, who is
passing two weeks at Lakewood. Mr..
Ferris is well-known English writ
er his pen name being Cover
Glynn." He has contributed stories to
nearly all the English magazines. He
row has a book with the publishers,
the name of which is Tales in Wig
wam."
1t is seldom that a man 90 years
mere soldiers. Benjamin Priest of Ca.
naan was one of the speakers recent
" of a veterans meeting, where he
was a guest for the day. Mr.. Priest
Is the oldest veteran in Maine and
the Oldest in the United States so far
as is known. He served in the Civil
war, being at the time of his en-
listment the oldest member of the
company.
Edward Lowe has been assigned the
CT nductor's position on the Sunday
train from Waterville here. During
the week Mr.. Lowe is conductor from
Portland to Pennington. Until his
run here, since the change of time
last Monday, Mr. Lowe has not been
in Skowhegan for twenty-eight years
He is veteran railroad man and a
brother of James Lowe, one of the
conductors from Waterville to Show
hegan.
Golden Business Opportunities" is
the title of one of the Grand Trunks
latest publications, issued by the Com
missioner of Industries. 1t Is con-
else treatise on business openings in
Western Canada, and contains fund
of facts and valuable information. A
Quarterly Bulletin" has also been
issued, which tells of spxc;6c business