The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-08-03
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

has been the guest of Mrs. Chester
Hussey for the past week.
M. P. Abbott, smanager of thu
Maine Telephone company, was In
town Wednesday on business.
Frank I. Estes and his brother, B
F. Estes of Durham, are In Hartland
visiting friends.
Jacob Morris of Glyn, North Wales
is here visiting his son, Rev. Robert
Morris, for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Norton and
little daughter, Florence, returned
Saturday from ten days trip to Que.
bee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manson OF
Clinton, spent Wednesday in town
visiting their sister, Mrs. Mary P
Archer.
Miss Mary Ward, teacher In the
Agassiz school In Boston, is spending
uGI annual foSdtlOU WIFI ldlut1,
Sumner Ward.
Rev. F. L. Hayward went to Cas-
co Bay Wednesday where he will
spend the remainder of the week at
his cottage there.
Norman Gould of Boston, is spend
ing two weeks vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Gould, at
their home on Madison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hubbard and
two children went to Bingham Tues
day. where they will visit Mrs. Hub
bards parents for the next two
weeks.
Mrs. Charles Carnage and two
children, Carlton and Floyd went to
Southport Saturday to visit her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Gilman, for
two weeks.
Edward Whiting of New York city
will arrive here this week to visit
his nephew, E. B. Whiting and his
brothers in Norridgewock, Henry and
Charles Whiting.
Miss. Lottie Davis, after spending
a month in Portland with her sister,
and in Boston, guest at the home of
William Cakes, formerly of this
place, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Elijah Alden and two children
left here for their home in st. Joseph,
Mo-, Wednesday. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Alden's father, George
E. Snow, who will spend the winter
there.
The Misses Blanche Perkins and
Ella Parsons of Newburyport, Mass,
who have been spending two weeks
with Miss Parsons uncle, Fremont
Homestead and family, returned home
Saturday.
George Robinson has been in Port
land for several days, returning Fri
day night. He was a member of the
Hospital Corps at the muster of the
First Maine Regiment which took
place at Fort Mckinley last week.
The First Baptist church will be
closed during the month of August
for vacation; also the Congrega-
tonal. The pastor of the Methodist
church will take his vacation during
the last two weeks of this month.
Harold Rowell has been elected prin-
cipal of the Conant High school at
East Jaffrey, N. H. He graduated
from Bowdoin in the class of 1910
with honors and for the last year he
has been instructor in the Chauncy
Hall school, Boston.
About So members of the Priscilla
Tuesday to attend the annual field
day meet. They spent the afternoon
in social time and enjoyed a shore
dinner at Lakewood Inn, ard in the
evening attended the theatre.
E. E. Greenwood went to Bangor
Wednesday. He has been awarded
the contract as engineer for the con-
struction of the Bangor-Brewrr
bridge From there he will go to Il.
John where he will inspect the St.
Johns bridge of which he was en-
gneer.
There was a great deal OF disturb
ance in this vicinity Friday night
caused by the heaviest rain storm of
the season. There was an incessant
wind which blew limbs.from trees and
broke several boats loose from their
mornings at Lakewood. The fire
alarm wires were blown together and
for about two hours In the middle of
the night the alarm would blow. This
caused considerable annoyance. When
the alarm was sounded everybody
leaped from their beds, realizing that
the alarm was caused by the wires
blowing together they went back to
bed and when nearly asleep again
the alarm would blow In and in
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