The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-02

Clond on brief visit last week
Arno Lawrence and William Pow
Ter spent Memorial Day at Lake
Moxie
Joshua F, Williams went to Carry
Fl nds, Saturday,, where he will spent a
lew days fishing.
Mrs. Martha Dunton went to Bling
ham. Saturday, where she will visi
latives for several days.
{. K Tilton, superintendent oil
schools in Bangor spent Memorial
Day in town with his mother
Mrs. Grace Coburn Smith arrived
here Monday night with her daugh-
ter, Helen. from Washington, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph St Peter OF
Watervine spent Sunday and Monday
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Jo hn Leo.
Miss Sadie Pennell. Robert Wildes
and Ernest Green, students at Colby
College. spent Memorial Day with
t,ieir parents.
Miss Nellie Morse, who has been
visiting with Manley Pooler's family
for several days, returned to her homo
in Burnham, Saturday.
Skowhegan citizens who deliver
ed Memorial addresses Monday were:
George W. Cover, ESQ.,, at A..,ens and
Major ] w. Fogler here
Mrs. Sumner Boyce of Oakland was
guest for two days last week of Mr.
end Mrs. Hiram Thyng. Mrs. joyce
was formerly a resident of this town
Miss Hannah Page and Elizabeth
Marsh went to Sandy Point, Saturday
where they were guests over
Monday with Mrs. B. B. Merrill, who
is spending several days at her cot
tage.
Carroll Goodwin. launched a fine
motor boat at Lakewood, Saturday
The boat was made by Mr.. Goodwin.
He has another one nearly completet!
which he is building for Hon. Forrest
Goodwin.
J. H. Mathews and son, Delbert,
have returned home from a few days
pnn6o ThpV
had excellent luck with the rod and
brought home fine string of spotted
beauties.
Rev. H. F. Huse, pastor of the
Springvale Baptist church, delivered
the Memorial address at that place
Monday. Mr. Huse was for several
years' pastor of the First Baptist
church in Skowhegan.
Hon. S. J. Walton was-in North An
son, Friday, where he attended meet
ing of the North Arson Academy AL
umni Association. Mr.. Walton when
a boy attended this academy and later
WAS oil luSlIuClOl liClC.
D. F. Judkins of Springfield, Mass.
is in town for a week on business Mr..
Judkins was a dry goods merchant
here for several years. He is now
engaged in the grocery business in
Springfield with his brotherin-law.
Charles Bagley has been elected
End lieutenant by the members of
Company E, N. G. S. NJ, to succeed
Ansel Newton who resigned the posi-
ton few weeks ago. Mr.. Bagley
will go to Augusta to take. the ex-
animation for the office.
F. H. Carpenter, Superintendent for
the American Wooden Company in the
New England states and now a resi-
dent of Providence, R. l., was in town
several days last week. He and Mrs.
Carpenter, went to Moosehead Lake on
fishing trip Saturday. Mr.. Car
penter was for several years agent
for the American Wooden Company
here.
1t may not be an uncommon thing
to see women working in the fields
and garden in Skowhegan but it is
something unusual to see women
fitted out in mems clothing and
welding the hoe equal to any man.
This was seen, however, at one of
the farm houses on the electric car
line last week when two women fitted
in complete style of a working man
were planting a half-acre garden.
They we're not only taking the place
Of men but by the work they had done
that day showed that they were equal
tn anV man when II comes tO using