The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
Il The News of Somerset's Busy Towns ~

Cooley; piano solo. Mable Johnson;
recitation, Dolly Rush; vocal solo,
! Bertha Milligan; dialogue. Laila and
Mildred Wright, Eerina Stickneyand
Vera Leighton: violin solo, with re-
spouse, Miss Evelyn McPheters. Miss
3 Mildred Baker, accompanied; dial
ogue, Vera and Alice Leighton; violin
solo, with response, Miss McPheters;
= recitation, Rena Buzzell; recitation,
Laila Wright; dialogue, Ruth Hight
Caro- Cooley, Mable Johnson, Eugenia
Staples and Rena Buzzell.
/. At the close of the program the
! class lead the march to the dining
i hall below, where the mysterious
I part was enacted. The girls waited
patiently for the orders from the
menu cards. There was lots OF run
D guessing what article OF food was
8 meant by "A Piece of the Moon,
u "A Midsummer Nights Dream,
Boston Pride" AN Island OF the
Sea-" 'Miggie Circle" What a Eel
!, low Calls his Sweetheart" Hidden
4 Tears" etc, etc. The supper hour
! passed very pleasantly. after which,
! those who wished. passed social
hour playing games in the supper
; hall, which was prettily decorated
with evergreens. The dining hall
decorations were OF crepe paper,
: with flowers and pyramids OF apples
on the tables. The net receipts OF
the evening were about fourteen dol
lars. which will be used by the class
in union church work.
Athens Grange met in special SEES
, sion, Saturday evening, Sept. 30. The
third and fourth degrees were con-
. ferred upon a class of three and
q few matters of business discussed
!, and laid upon the tables till the next
: regular meeting, which was Saturday
, evening. Oct. Z. At the business ses-
J. sion, the treasurer, J. E. Chapman,
A. made his quarterly report, from
- which we learned that there was
" money In the treasury to pay another
s hundred dollar note, one having
r been previously paid this year. 1t is
very gratifying to see the building
v debt growing smaller SO rapidly
r The grange voted to hold an all day
, session Oct. 81 with the usual baked
, bean dinner The forenoon session
will open at 1890, when it is expected
n there will be degree work. After
q
: sion to give place to the railroad
meeting in which all are interested.
After the business hour the lee
turer presented a program OF music,
quotations, stories and readings.
L Brother Albion Clark of Bingham
Grange and Brother Dell Hobart and
u wife of East Madison Grange were
q present and favored with remarks.
An invitation was given to Athens
q Grange to visit East Madison Grange
: Oct %, not Oct. IA as previously an
nounced through some mistake. The
|, lecturer, H. S. Elliott, did not call
: upon himself to report his trip to the
l. White Mountains, but he may be ex-
9 pected to tell us of his visit to Lam
caster and the beautiful N. II. scene
ry at some future meeting. Mrs. Ell
n lott left here Sept for visit there
: and Mr. Elliott left here Sept % to
u join her for the return trip arriving
:, home Sept. IS.
j. Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dunnigan left
+" here Sept. % to return to Rockland
Mass, after several weeks passed
y with friends here. Mrs. Dunnigan's
brother, A. e. Locke, went with them
a to visit in Boston and vicinity and
- attend the big" fair at Brockton.
Charles Goodwin left here Sept. 80
to visit relatives and take in the
Brockton fair
l. Arthur Bush also left here Sept. 30
to return to Auburn after several
months at his home here.
:; Apple picking and potato digging
is the work program of late while
hunting Is the pastime. A party of
several from this vicinity went up
country last week. We haven't learn
ed the particulars only that Dr. c.
A. Smith drove into town Friday eve
ming with a pretty deer in his wagon.
His many friends are glad to konw
that the doctor is quite fully recover
ed, from his accident of Sept. 81
when the report reached here that
his neck was almost broken. 1t
seems that as he started from the
> hotel at Athens In the evening. In
passing q team he collided with an
other coming In the opposite direc-
ton. He was thrown violently to the
ground, striking on his hands and
knees. He picked himself up and
walked back to the hotel in dazed
condition. DR.. Moulton was quickly
| duu hC iC-
; covered 80 as to return to Athens the
next day. His wagon was somewhat
damaged, but the horse escaped in
jury.
Fred Hight Ia making slow recov-
!, cry from his accident Of Sept. IA.
AS he was driving into the village
with a horse hitched to the rear axle,
: the horse took fright at an automo-
bile and reared, overturning the
, wagon. When he was rescued from
q beneath the wagon 1t was found that
he was much bruised and his left
arm broken at the wrist. The auto
party took him at once to DR.. Smith s
office. Though all has been done
r that could be, seemingly, Mr.. Hight
I has suffered much. We think he
s must believe in the saying, "Misfor-
| tunes never comes single" for a few
. mornings after the accident he went
out and found one of his cows dead
The Athens baseball team is quite
satisfied with their victory over the