The independent-reporter., 1910-11-17
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jackson left
for ST. Cloud, Fla, Saturday morn
ing. where they will spend the win
ter.
! Employees of the Skowhegan Water
Co. shut of all the local drinking
fountains Thursday in preparation for
the winter.
E. ]. McNeelie, who has been visit
ing his brother, E. E. McNeelie, for
about a month. returned Monday to
Tacoma, Wash. with his wife.
Miss Edith Gledhill entertained six
tables at whist Saturday afternoon.
Trophy winners were Mrs. Forrest
Goodwin and Mrs. J. Palmer Merrill.
The public library has received a
years subscription to the Christian
| Science Monitor. as result of the
generosity of local business men at
the suggestion of Mrs C.. e Patten.
The new fire escape on the back of
Municipal building was finished re-
Gently by the employees of the Hus-
sey Plow Co. of Berwick. The iron
work cost s5SS, this sum representing
the contract price of $500 less 2 per
cent for cash secured by the select
men.
| Mrs. F. o. Sawyer entertained the
| Afternoon Bridge club at her home on
Madison street Friday. The gathering
was postponed from the usual hour
until evening, on account of the slight
! illness of Miss Sawyer earlier in the
day. Prizes were awarded to Miss
Clara Varney, Mrs. Forrest Goodwin,
and Mrs. Helen Wing.
Miss Ethel Knowlton, teacher in
Hebron academy, and her friend
Frank o. Dean, Instructor at Colby
college, spent Sunday in town with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Knowlton. Miss Knowlton attended
the initiation banquet of the Chi
Omega sorority of Colby college at
the Elmwood hotel Friday evening.
Miss Lucille Wing celebrated her
ninth birthday Saturday with the as
sistance of Misses Adelaide Lancaster
Molly Blunt, Lois Patten, Eleanor
Hawes, Helen Day, and Martha Stew
ard. Games, visit to the moving pic
/ lures, and refreshments rounded out
a very happy afternoon. The gifts
were numerous, beautiful and appro-
pirate.
A surprise party was given John
Farnham at his home on Summer
street last Saturday evening, it being
in honor OF his 10th birthday About
twenty-three of the neighbors and
friends were present and a most en-
joyable evening was passed. AS a
token of their respect for him he was
presented with pair of fur lined nit
tens. Refreshments of coffee, cakes
and cookies were served.
Jake Goldberg was brought Before
Judge F. F. Lawrence Friday on the
charge of larceny of old iron. Gold
berg claimed that he went to get the
iron by order of another man and paid
him for it but it appeared that the
iron belonged to somebody else. Judge
old Phillips appeared for the defend
ant and Edward F. Merrill for the
State.
Iyol Hall and Miss Frances Brooks
were married Saturday evening, after
which a reception was given to the
couple by the Good Templars at
Hinckley. The bride Is the daughter
of Frank Brooks, a prosperous farmer
of Clinton. For some time she has
been employed in the Maine Telephone
Companys office at Hinckley as opera
tor. The groom is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson Hall, a farmer at
Hinckley where the couple will make
their home.
Every seat in the First Baptist
church and all the standing room
were taken Sunday evening and over
100 people were turned away who
came to see the motion pictures which
were presented there by Rev. Robert
Morris, pastor of the church, this be-
ing the first time that motion pictures
have been shown at a church service
in Maine. He gave the life of Moses
which proved a success. The citizens
of the town are aroused with interest
in this move on the part of Mr.. Nor
ris and 1t is being met with approval
by everybody.
Skowhegan farmers are rushing
their potatoes on to the market this