The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-09
=. The News of Somerset's Busy Towns *

grammar schools Sunday morning.
The church was very prettily decorat-
ed and the singing was fine The
sermon was one which could we'll be
given heed teeming with points of in
terest and advice to those to whom 1t
was directed.
The graduating exercises of the
grammar school will be held in the
Baptist church on Wednesday after
noon of this week. The members of
this class are Miss Fayette Barker
Miss Dorothy Folsom. Miss Beryl
| Fuller. Miss Lillian Whitney, Miss
Gladys Spaulding, Miss Dora Shedd
Miss Hattie Benson, Miss Mary Wood
Miss Emma Wood. Miss Hazel Bailey
and George Fairfield
The graduating exercises of the
/ high school will be held in the Grange
hall on Thursday evening of this
week. Music for the occasion will be
/ furnished by Kendalls Orchestra. The
members of this class are: Miss Hill
dred Parlin, Miss Eva Louise Saw
telle, Miss Zetella Fairfield, Miss Ha-
eel Knowlen, Miss Maymie Bigelow
and Almont Stanley. A dance will
be given at the close of the exercises.
Master Alfred had a present of a
uice bicycle last week on the occa-
sion of his eighth birthday. Now all
the small boys are making life rath-
er interesting for their fathers with
statements of the very desirable quail
/ ties of the little machine.
Charles Whiting spent last Sunday
in Wateryille visiting relatives
At the annual meeting of the VIII
lage Improvement Society last week
Friday Mrs. Henrietta E. Wood was
reelected president; Mrs. Grace Smith.
and Mrs. Grace Whitney, vice presi-
dents; Mrs. Sarah Frye, secretary.
and Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, treasurer.
4 fine strawberry supper awaited the
members and guests and ample justice
was done to it, AT eight O'Clock in the
evening the program consisting OF Sc
lections on the piano by Miss Battin
of Madison and readings by Mrs
Iewett of Skowhegan and a panto-
mime by local talent was listened to.
The church had been thoroughly dec
GRATED and the entertainment was OF
high order and was thoroughly en-
loved. The various committees who
/ had matters in charge are to be con-
graduated upon their success.
! C. o. Normandy of the shoe shop
has had calls from two other towns to
come and establish shoe, shops for
them and is assured of good terms
Elmer Dyer of New Sharon has
been in town this week visiting.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Barker of Glou-
cester, Mass, who have been spending
couple of weeks visiting Mr. Bar
ker's mother, returned to their home
ON Monday of this week. They Will,
however, go to New Hampshire direct
ly where they will continue their va
cation among the mountains.
NJ. F. Carr still remains very critl-
cally ill.,
William Bracket who recently sold
his three cylinder Elmore to parties
! in Arson is expecting a new seven
passenger machine of the same make
within a few days, it having been
shipped from the factory several days
ago.
Remember j. H. Wood optometrist,
will be In Norridgewock Thursday of
each week. See ad on page 2.
Horace E. Bates and Alta r. Holt
we're united in marriage Wednesday,
June i, by Rev. J. F. Taylor at the
home of the brides parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Holt. Refreshments OF Ice
cream and cake were served after the
ceremony.
| There was a game between the shoe
I shop and Smithfield mines, and be-
tween the Skowhegan and Norridge-
wock mines at the grounds last Sat
urday. The Farmers of Skowhegan
showed the town team that they could
play If they did live on farm. 1t
was a very close game, and the town
team lost on account Of many errors.
The two farmer pitchers played a
good game and Palmer and Lane were
not far behind. But Merrill, the cap
tain and second baseman, was the star
player on the field that day. He filled
up all the weak places like profess
sional. The game ended with score
six to five in favor of the Farmers"