The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-08-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Allie RoWell nave
been at Old Orchard for several days.
Mrs. Alden Bouchard OF Portland,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hiram
Thing.
Miss Rosa Jewett of Waterville was
visiting her sister, Mrs. Roy Lam
caster, last week.
Miss Lula Adams went to Wal
than, Mass, Midday, where she VIII
spend the winter.
o. b. Porter and family went to
Southport Monday where they Will
spend a vacation of week.
Road Commissioner E. L. Ford be-
gan last week to macadamize North
street from High to Water street.
Miss Marjorie Salley. who has been
spending several days at Christmas
Cove with friends, returned home
Friday.
Charles Matson went to Bangor
Friday where he will spend the win
ter employed as a carpenter helping /
to build up Bangor.
Rev. George Merriam occupied the I
pulpit of the Methodist church Sun
day morning. The other Protestant
churches were closed.
John L. Cox of Portland after Wis
iting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dysart on Madison avenue for
short time, returned home Satur-
day.
Isaiah Crowell, who has been
spending a few days with his son,
County Commissioner Crowell re-
turned to his home in Brooks, Mon
day.
Rev. F. L. Hayward and two sons,
Ralph and Ray, went to Livermore
Friday where they will spend ten
days at the Campmeeting there OF
which Mr.. Hayward is president.
Ralph and Ray will furnish music at
the meetings.
Mrs. Margaret Dusty died Sunday
Of cancer. She was the daughter of
William Frye the veteran gate keeper
of Skowhegan. She leaves besides
her father, one sister Mrs. Charles
E. Bushy of Berlin, N. H., two
brothers of Waterville, and James of
Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stinchield
and daughter. Virginia, went to Old
Orchard Monday where they will Wis
it Mrs. Stinchfield's aunt for few
days. From there they will go to
Dorchester, Mass, where they Will
visit Mr.. Stinchfield's sister, Mrs.
Annie Sanborn, for few days.
Mrs. H. A. Ascroft and her daugh-
ter, Bernice, returned to their home
in Groton, Conn, Monday, AFTER
spending the summer here at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard yea
ton. Mrs. Ascroft Is niece of Mrs.
yeaton and her visit to Skowhegan
has been a most pleasant one to her
and her aunt.
| Maurice Merrill, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Palmer Merrill, successfully
passed the Maine bar examination
for the practice Of law recently. Mr..
Merrill was one Of the twenty eight
candidates to take the examination.
He is a graduate Of the High school
| here in the class of 1904 and OF
Bowdoin college in 1908 and Harvard
Law school in 1911.
Skowhegan boasts of having the
smartest old lady in the State and
nobody will dispute it. She Is Miss
Mary Pugh who is now past eighty
years of age, yet has the activity of a
school girl She quite often walks
from Lakewood to Skowhegan, a
distance of six miles. She does this
in the winter as well as in the sum-
mer. The heat or cold has no serious
effect on her. About five years ago
she took a trip to California to see
her brother making the distance both
ways alone. She is a familiar figure
in Skowhegan because of her genial
ways and loving disposition towards
all.
William Hoyt, young man OF An
son, has made a house to house can
vas of that town and found that rs
per cent of the voters were to vote
to sustain the Prohibitory law, Sep
TENDER Il. At gathering of G.. A. R.
men at South Scion, Thursday, OF
about a hundred present. an inform
al canvass made showed that 80 per
cent were for Prohibition. Arson
has a population of 2209 In an in
terview a man of Skowhegan who
has been a leader In politics for a
number of years in this county stated
that he believed the State would vote
to sustain the Prohibitory law by
majority of to l.