The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-05-11
ATHENS.

Saturday afternoons oliee N =,
weeks as they did last summer. II
was found necessary TO hN the u".e
of Miss Laughton's readlhe Nes
near the last of June as she mas peeii
reeding in New Hampshire anu Mass
achusetts and goes next Weeh ~
Aroostook county not returning lni
after June 10. The date oil the en-
recruitment and strawberry supper
win be announced later. After 'he
transaction OF business. Louie holu'
committee an entertainment. pIese"'
cd the following which MAS atehtl'c-
" listened TO: Quotations. Singing
Rotations by Florence and heieh
Johnson; readings. Bianche Nn"P-
man Laura Rowell and ANNE on
niano solo, Winnitred Locke Ie'l'"-
lions. Alice Foss and Ellen Jones'
piano solo. Ella Elling"ood. A Al,
the closing song God BE With You
Till We Meet Again, the society du
iourned TO meet May Il with MIS-
Martha Judkins for memoFlai p,o
gram with Ella Elllngwood, Eiie'
ZONES and Abbie Farmer, cohlihi''ee.
Each member will be expecleu "
give an anecdote of the war
Athens Grange met IN regular SEES
sion Saturday afternoon, May b. ooile
of the officers were necessarily a." az
sent and many of the younger "
members were attracted py the uoil
game between the Harmony nlen
school team and the Academy team
in which the home team was Deateh
One candidate was instructed III tne
first and second degrees and the most
important ma tier OF business lha'
came up was to ask the ACADEMY
Dramatic club to repeat the drama
"Mr. Bob" in Grange hall FRIDAY e'-
ening MAY II. with admission hfteen
cents. A pie supper will follow the
nlav each sister to bring two pies.
The committee of the VIM Morgan
Post. G. A. R.. announces that Rev.
Mr.. Mitchell of Wateryilie Will De
the speaker, May 80.
Our schools took a recess MONDAY
of last week, many of the teachers
attending the East Somerset Educa-
tional association at Hartlanu.
Frank S. Reed of Mapleton, Aroos-
took county, was a recent visitor
here with his sister, Mrs. A. E.
Locke and other relatives. Mr.. Reed
was called to Skowhegan to the fun
eral of his brother Willis Reed and
renamed d lew ddy W
tiyes and friends whom he mad not
seen for seventeen years.
Mylon Elliott returned from Bos-
ton last week 49,.
Austin Barker returned to Casper,
wyoming, April 81. He was called
here nv the death of his father, e.
F Barker. January 81, remaining
few weeks to attend to business mat
I'D xfyifh a lpmenT
the estate he having been chosen as
executor OF his fathers will.
N. NJ. Johnson of Bangor was IN
town Sunday to visit his mother
Mrs. H. P. Bush, who has been very
i'll, but is now improving and hopes
soon to be able to go to Bangor for
a visit. Mr.. johnson says he didn't
have to move out at the time OF the
great fire but had to fight fire some
though living some distance out. HIS
brother, Edwin luckily escaped being
burned out. He moved his goods
out but the fire was stopped before
it reached him.
Athens hasn't had a big fire but
has had two scares lately. Two
weeks ago one of the youngsters set
2 fire near the Washington school
HOuS6, las Wuo uloboNSiSN 'AA
to save any alarm. April %, soon
after D. M. Fred Barker found his
fence and grass on fire presumably
set by sparks from a nearby brush
fire. The alarm was quickly given
by bells and telephone and the fire
was soon controlled after burning
over a few acres of his fields, some
sixty rods of fence and running sew
eral apple and shade trees Sun
day, May T. the telephone rang an
alarm to put out brush fire near
the river on the Greene farm.
Charles Ireland returned last week
from Wayne where he has been
working for several weeks for Ruel
Clark. He found his father 80 much
improved that he Is able to go about
town and call on his neighbors.
Mrs. Nellie Taylor and daughter,
Lila, went to Norridgewock May 6
to see her aunt, Mrs. A. s. Barker, |
who had a sudden Ill turn several |
weeks ago. She reports Mrs. Barker |
as somewhat improved and hoping to
be able to return to her home here !
In a few weeks.
Mrs. Lizzie Curtis, who has been |
at Leonard Taylor's for several |
weeks, took the stage May 8 for
Skowhegan to visit friends few |
days, then going to Scion where he |
has employment
Rev. H. f. Milligan preached in
Athens and North Cornville on the
Sabbath, taking his text from Exc
dus PIT, And Moses stood up and
helped them" He made an appeal
to every citizen to stand up from now
until September IL and assist the
boys and girls, and the wives and
mothers of our homes. in preventing
the saloon from becoming establish
ed In the State of Maine
Regular preaching services will be
held at West Athens and Brighton,
Sunday, May IA.
The pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church will meet every boy and
girl who desires to study and learn
the Catechism of the church, on Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock The
meeting will be held every two weeks
at the church.
The Sunday school voted to OBJ
serve Sunday. June 4, as Children's |
day and each teacher is expected TO
provide part of the program from |
among hisSor her class
The M. e. B. Society will meet at !
the home of Mrs. l.. C. Williams on |
Friday afternoon, May II. The an
nual election of officers will take |
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