The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-06-15
ATHENS.

ATHENS.
Last week was a busy one for the
carpenters. Byron Hurd began on
an addition to his barn and had II
quite we'll along when Mondays rain
came.
Mr.. Trueworthy has completed the
foundation for his new grist mill and
the walls are rising for building
4Ox60 it., 2 stories In height.
improvements at the church began
Thursday and 1t was ready for the
service of Sunday morning, though
there still remained little more
work to do.
Charles Cleveland and son have
this spring continued the improve
ments begun last year, having recent
ly completed the grading up, sodding
and seeding of the lawn.
Bert Hight will have his house
ready for occupancy soon. The plas-
tering is being done this week by
Charles Gardner.
Charles Ireland has gone to Kings
bury to work
Fred Hight has opened meat mar
ket in the Greene store, vacated by
a Mr.. futile, who has moved his ram
lily into the building occupied lately
by Sumner Williams, who now sells
meat from his home and drives out
also.
We like our new neighbors at Fair
view farm. Mr. and Mrs. G. l.. Aus
tin, but we call them heightened for
they have a farm bell to call to
meals something the rest of us don
have. 1t was brought from the farm
of Mr. Austins father at Battle
Creek. Mich. 1t makes one hungry
to hear it ring. Mr.. and Mrs Aus
tin are entertaining for few weeks
their daughter, Mrs. n. A. Bower of
Detroit. Mich, who will be joined
soon by her husband and her young
err sister, a kindergarten teacher of
New York. who will pass her summer
vacation here in her parents home
Friends and relatives here learned
Monday of the death of Mrs. Dexter
Foss of Scion. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon.
H. S. Elliott and wife were called
to Cambridge Sunday to the funeral
of Mrs. Elliott's mother, Mrs. Betsey
Chadbourne, whose death occurred
fering. at the age of ".
O. L. and H. P. Bush were called
to Scion Sunday to the funeral of
their only sister, Mrs. Melvin Wyman
whose death resulted from shock
after brief Illness.
Flyers are being circulated for the
Methodist meetings to begin next
Monday evening. June 10, after sup
per at Grange hall, Tuesday evening.
Rev. w. F. Berry will speak on
why Retain Prohibition" Every
body should hear this free lecture
and all who are willing to pay to
hear another able lecturer and some
good music will want to come We'd
nesday evening. Dinners and sup
pers will be served in Grange dining
hall and visiting friends will be fur
nished lodging and breakfast In the
homes.
The graduating exercises of the
common schools will be held Friday
evening.
The Baptist Strawberry Festival of
which notice was given for June 30,
will be postponed on account OF the
graduating exercises to Friday even
ing, July 7, when some other kind of
a supper will be held II the straw
berries are all gone. Miss Vivian
Laughton, who read here so accept
ably December II, will be the reader
of the evening with a musicale by
home talent. Look for notices later.
James Chapman will soon have his
barn repaired of the damage done
by the shower of May %. Thankful
that the men and teams who took
refuge there escaped injury. though
the damage to the building is esti-
mated at thirty dollars. The dam
age to the beautiful elm in front of
Asa Emery's cannot be SO easily re-
paired but must always bear the
scar.
Erma Stickney arrived last week
from Cumberland Mills and Is with
her grandmother, Mrs. Annette
Hinckley. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Hoyt,
with whom she has resided for two
years past, arrived June ~ and are
located for the present with Mr..
Hoyt's father, Philander Hoyt, who
has been in poor health for several
months. Mr.. Hoyt's business, bar
boring, at Cumberland Mills, has
proved too hard for him since the at
tack of infantile paralysis nearly a
year ago, when the use of his left
arm was impaired
Several from here went to the
dance last Friday night at Will
Chapman's, North Hartland, given on
the tenth wedding anniversary tu
celebrate the laying of a new barn
floor. A large number were present
o. A. Wright lost one of his work
horses about three weeks ago, and
last week Dana Cooley, N. E. Corn
vile, lost nice two-year-old heifer.
BRIGHTON.
Loren Smith has gone to the state