The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-17
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


Miss Lena Heath went to Bangor
Monday to visit friends.
Mrs. Frank Malbon went to Sidney
Monday to visit relatives for a few
days.
Parker NJ Sanborn has purchased
,be D. L. Bunker homestead on
school street.
daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred S. Haseltine of Heselton
street. Friday.
On account of the rain there was no
game between the Fairfield and Show
hogan foot ball teams Saturday.
Fish and Game Warden. Fred c.
clark of Smithfield was in town Sat
urday on business.
Mrs. Clara Wyman and daughter
Leila have rented the Flora Brainerd
house on North street for home.
Miss Julia Gilblair who is employed
in the Gardiner shoe shop spent Sun
day with her father, Augustus Gill
blair.
Prof. L. c. Bateman of Lewiston was
in town Monday at Eaton Mountain
Farm. where he was a guest of R. T.
Patten.
Miss Hazel Leavitt, who has been
in Aroostook county conducting plays
among the schools for several weeks
returned home, Saturday.
Mrs. Laura Gerrish of Brownville,
who has been visiting her son, L. w
Gerrsh, is now in China for a short
visit with relatives.
A local hunter to get deer from
the nearby woods is Manley Lambert
who went out Friday and after short
time shot a good sized doe.
T. H. Anderson of PORTLAND came
Friday night to join his wife who has
been visiting her mother Mrs. A. l.
Perkins and to visit his father, Lewis
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crowell Mr..
and Mrs. J. d. Symons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Turner, Mrs. Flora Deaiey and
Frank Hooper are spending their hunt
ng vacation in Brighton.
Miss Lena Wyman, Mrs. John A.
Mooers, Mrs. Robert Lord, Mrs. F. F.
Lawrence, and Mrs. Carl Holt are
among those from here attending the
musical festival in Portland.
\ meeting of Russell Relief Corps
will be held Friday afternoon of this
week. Ladies are requested to come
prepared to discuss the question of
better pension for soldiers widows.
Arrangements have been made for
the following Progressive rallies to be
held in the county: DR.. J. w Per
kins of Wilton and Arthur Stacey at
Starks. October 81; Mercer, October
%.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Jewett drove to
Hartland last week to visit Mr. Max
we'll and their daughter. Mrs. Jewett
will remain with them for few days.
Mr. Jewett's sister is at their home
until Mrs .Jewett returns.
There will be "a teachers with SUI
perintendent l.. w. Gerrish to attend
the Maine Teachers Convention at
Portland next week. r. w. Leighton,
principal of the High School, is chair
man of the secondary school commit
tee
Skowhegan is to have a new direct
DRY and work was begun Monday upon
it. There has been a long need for
directory here and this one will in
clude all the families and all the
school Children The work is being
done by local people
One of the greatest curiosites to be
found in Skowhegan is on the farm Of
Fred Hill. There is maple tree
there that is now 100 years old and
through the middle of the butt are two
cedar rails, the tree having grown
completely around them. The tree is
Two and one-half feet in diameter and
each rail sticks through on either side
and have not decayed in the least. Old
residents claim that they have been
there - years. The other end of the
rails are partly grown into big oak.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Billodeau cele-
brated their goth wedding anniversary,
Saturday night at their home on Win
Ter street. They were presented with
many beautiful china presents from
about fifty of their friends. The even
me was pleasantly spent playing cards
and in a social time, and following re-
ireshments were served. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bllodeau have four children. Mrs.
BilIodeaus maiden name was Miss
Sarah Belanger. '7hey have lived
ther entire married life in Skowhe-
gan.
The sewer system on West Front