The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-02-01
ATHENS.

served baked bean and pastry supper
in Grange hall. The supper was FOL
lowed by a "Longfellow' entertain
ment consisting of music open Win
dow" by a chorus of young people
exercises by children; song by Mr..
Milligan; THE Rainy Day" trio by
Milliean children; Star of the Sum
mer Night" song by Emma Dore;
The Arrow and the Song; recitation
by Christina Milligan; Paul Revere's
Ride" tableaux, Child Asleep; The
Village Blacksmith" Two Locks OF
Hair" "Hiawathas Wooing," Court
ship of Miles Standish, The Dawn
of Day." The Death of Minnehaha;
Song by Cora Goodwin and tableauX.
The usual social hour followed. There
was a good attendance notWithstand-
ing the entertainment at Wessurrun-
sett hall.
A travelling company gave moving
picture entertainment in |. o. o. r.
hall each evening of last week. There
WAS a good attendance and consider
able interest in the contest in which
Miss Marie Bunker was the winner.
We are glad to hear of the good
luck of one of our school teachers,
Miss Lottie Reed, who recently re
ceiyed prize from Harper's Bazaar for
sending the correct answers to list
of eighty-six questions.
Rehearsals are in order this week.
The dramatic club of the High School
is preparing to present the drama,
Our Folks" Friday evening, Feb. y.
The Ladies' Baptist Auxiliary are pre-
pairing a short play "Tattlewood as
a part of the program to be given Fri
day evening, Feb 2, following the
chicken pie supper A postponed en-
tertainment is always a failure but
we hope this will not prove true In
this case. At the last regular meeting
of the auxiliary with Laura Rowell,
Ian. "a, the members hardly knew
what to do about the supper which
had been twice postponed. Mrs. Elllng-
wood who had one of the leading parts
in one of the plays was reported 10
be suffering relapse and it seemed
best to again postpone II, but at her
advice ii was decided not 10 and Feb.
Q is the evening set 1t is to be hoped
that Candlemas win favor. Mrs
Ellingwood has been improving slow
Nv and hopes to be able in few weeks
to act her part of the program at
later entertainment Her mother, Mrs.
Parsons though having bad cold
has been able to act as nurse. Owing
to the commission of part of the pro-
gram the price of admission will be
reduced and will be rs cents for sup
per and entertainment and 10 cents
to entertainment alone.
Miss Marion Drake of East Somer-
VILE. Mass. is visiting friends IN
town.
Mrs. Horace Johnson, who received
a gold watch as Xmas present from
her son, Lester Brown, has lately
found a new use for it to time the
pulse of the little granddaughter, born
Jan. %. in the family of her daughter,
Mrs. Phineas Poland.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Holman who re-
ceived each a nice rocker as an Xmas
present from their daughters In New
York have found them unusually at
tractive of late while they have been
kent indoors more than usual. Mrs.
Holman who was kept in by an attack
of erysipelas in the face is now ABOUT
as usual and Mr.. Holman is able TO be
about town.
Mrs. Holman was at her place as
Superintendent of the Sunday school,
Jan. 2S. She has for her assistants
this year Mr.. Wilbur Taylor with Mrs.
Jennie Wescott as secretary and treas
urer.
Mrs. Fannie Tibbetts of the Sunset
Hill Springs Sanitorium who was at
home several days suffering from an
attack of acute rheumatism returned
to Norridgewock last Wednesday.
Mrs. George Tibbetts who was at
Scion for a time as nurse has lately
been at her home here.
Mrs Lizzie Corson, another of our
nurses is now in Waterville.
Arthur Ward who was taken Ill Jan
81, is reported much better.
Harold Doe and wife came down
from Bingham last Saturday. Harold
returned Sunday but Mrs. Doe will
remain few days.
Mrs Ella Russell has closed her
rent in Cornville for time and with
her Father ]. H. Hight is stopping
with her sister, Mrs. Clara Doe.
Who remembers a January like
that of 1912 when the temperature has
been from zero to 40 below nearly all
through the month? Perhaps we may
seem to forget cold Maine for the
time and imagine ourselves in a
warmer climate while we read the
following letter written to his parents
here by Claude Barker who left here
several weeks ago for Bermuda where
he is passing the winter, playing in
an orchestra at Princess Hotel Writ
ing under date of Jan. IA, he says;
Yours of Dec. 2Sth received Jan.
9th and very glad to get news from
home. The mail service here is very
irregular. Some times a ship comes
in, lands her passengers and goes
right out and one has no time to
write an answer to a letter If fortu-
nate enough to receive one. We have
had lots Of damp, rainy weather, but
the temperature has not been below
60 degrees above, and / notice the
cable report from New York is around
zero lately.
I'VE are as far east as Halifax, ~
S., but no farther south than Charles
ton, S. G. The sun rises three min
utes earlier than in New York. All
vegetables, potatoes and onions are
ripe now and every ship that goes
out carries quantity. Talking with
man the other day he said: When
we dig the potatoes we plant onions
on the same piece, raising three crops
a year of each. We have had fresh
Bermuda strawberries and short cake
for two weeks. The beef we have here
at the house is shipped alive from
New York, and they kill it as they