The independent-reporter., 1910-03-17
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


Mrs Clara ]. Williams left this
morning on a business trip to Bos-
ton and New York.
Mrs Augustus Nelson of Waterville
WAS the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Van
Nelson over Sunday.
Mrs. William Keene of Fairfield, ar
rived in town last night for visit
in town with friends.
few Skowhegan people are plan
ming to attend the indoor interclass
meet at Bowdoin Friday evening.
O. R. oliver of Athens, one of the
enthusiastic electric car line men of
that place, was In town yesterday.
w. L. Bonney of Bowdoinham,
former principal of Skowhegan High,
was in town last Friday and Satur-
day
F. H. Carpenter, general superin-
tendent of the mills of the American
Woolen Co., was in town yesterday
and this morning.
Harry Dinsmores new song entitled
Just a Little Spray of Roses" has
Just come out and is having a good
sale. The words are by Mrs. Annie
L. Merrill.
Friends of Harold Rowell, a senior
at Bowodin will be pleased to learn
that his name appears among those
who are to have honors at Com
mencement Time.
The dance in Grange hall last Fri
day evening under local auspices was
we'll patronized and everyone of the
select crowd who were there enjoyed
themselves very much.
A boxing match will lbe held at the
rink at the old bowling alley this ev-
ening, the bouts being between Jim
Hammond and Kid Vance and Desire
Vigue and AL Getchell. Each bout
will be of six rounds.
Ralph Ames of Waterville was in
town yesterday the guest of his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Smith Whittier. Mr..
Ames is an agent for the Metropolitan
Insurance Co. Mrs. Ames and two
children are still here.
The High school seniors are very
busy at present selecting subjects
for their essays. These are due to
be passed in about two weeks after
the Easter vacation, which occurs
from April l to April 18, inclusive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkie Clark will
leave tomorrow for Lincoln, Neb.,
where Mr.. Clark has a position with
the Western League of baseball The
season commences about the middle
of April, there being 16S games to
play
Several of the High schools in other
towns are to leave Friday on their
trip to Washington, but Skowhegan
High is not to be represented this
year. Some outside of the school are
thinking of taking the trip with out
of town parties, but 1t Is not entirely
certain that they will go.
James Tuttle, superintendent of the
Town Farm. has just been engaged
to remain in the position for another
year. Mr. Tuttle Is regarded as a
very efficient man in running the af
fot, IL ,rI, l. hte, nf
forts the fine new barn was authoriz-
ed, and the farm has been well man
aged under his direction.
There was a good attendance at
the smoke talk of the Independent
Order of Foresters last Friday even
ing in G. A. R. hall. The meeting
was strickly informal and a number
of outsiders were invited in. Speeches
were made by L. L. Walton, Leslie
Jacobs and several others. The pur-
pose of the gathering was to add to
their membership.
Friends of Mrs Pauline D. Little
field will be pleased to learn that she
has improved enough since her acci-
dent several weeks ago, to walk
around the house and she has been to
the door several times. The injury
to her leg was thought to be so seri-
Gus that it would prevent her from
walking, unless only for a short dis
tance, but the prospects are much
brighter than that now.
Did you hear those giant blasts
Yesterday? The first one was at 1870
and there were two or three others
later in the afternoon. The work
men who are removing the lost bridge
steel from the Kennebec have been
blasting the joints apart so that the
heavy pieces can be dragged out One
day a piece of steel was blown
through the municipal building, aud
Yesterday a flying piece crashed
through window in the old Brown
q Ward building, also called the old
bakery building, on Water street
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