The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-05-08
ATHENS

ATHENS
Good VIII entertainment by Baptist
Auxiliary. Thursday evening, May 10
Grange Hall.
The Baptist Auxiliary met April 80
at Elmwood. The program presented
consisted of singing, piano solos by
Mrs. Ellingwood; quotations and cur
rent events and reading by Martha
Judkins, Olive Williams and Ellen
Jones. The current events" given
were so instructive that one could but
feel that they were losers when not
privileged to attend these meetings.
'rhe next regular meeting will be May
% and will be a G. A. r. program
when all quotations, readings and mu-
sic will be selections appropriate for
the day. Instead of the regular
meeting, May Ia, the society voted to
have free entertainment in Grange
Hall, May Is, hoping to realize from
the sale of Ice cream the value OF a
quilt presented the society by Mrs.
Helen Chapman. The quilt is to be
presented to Good Will Home. A
social hour for the young folks will
follow the entertainment.
At the last regular session of Athens
Grange, May 3, there was one appli-
cation for membership and one candi-
date was accepted. The Grange voted
to invite the members of VIM. Morgan
Post G. A. r. and their wives to an
open meeting in two weeks, May II.
The Baptist Auxiliary are to serve ice
cream and cake In the dining hall at
the Gloss of the business session the
lecturer presented a program on
Birds" with readings by Ellen Jones,
Eta Berry and Eta Chapman follow
ed by remarks on the subject by sew
eral of the members and remarks for
the good of the order by John Lo-
berg, L. A. Stinchfield and others. Let
there be a good attendance May II to
welcome the veterans.
Rev. c. l.. Kinney returned Monday
of last week from Bucksport Confer
ence and entered upon his second
years work as pastor of the NJ. E.
church. Sunday morning, May 4, he
delivered fine address to the Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs who attended
church in body. The choir prepar
ed special music and f. d. Merrill
favored with a solo. Potted plants
formed the decorations. The Sunday
School began preparations for Chill
dren's Day, June 8, by appointing
committee of arrangements with Mrs.
B. H. Johnson, chairman.
Mrs. L. c.. Williams class of girls.
the victors, report the following list
of officers for this quarter Pres-
dent, Eva Cleveland; vice president.
Florence Sanders; secretary, Vera
Deering; treasurer. Oracle Fox;
chaplain, Florence Dunton; organist,
Velma Bush; servers, Eleanor VIII
liams, Pauline Emery, Madeline En-
cry, Doris Braley, Mildred Fox and
Thelma Cook.
May /, there was wedding in town.
Miss Eva Gladys Drake was married
to Harold C. w. hatcher. Owing to
the recent death of the brides father,
the wedding was a quiet one only the
immediate family being present The
ceremony was performed at 7 o'clock
in the evening by Rev. B. II. Johnson.
in the same room in which the bride
was born and on the twenty-fifth an
niversary of her parents marriage in
the same room. She was gowned in
will continue to reside here. Mr.
hatcher having recently purchased the
Drake farm. All join in wishing
them much happiness.
The graduating exercises of the
High School are to be Thursday even
ing, May 30.
Friends of A W. Boston will be in
terested to learn that he has secured
the position of principal of Caribou
High School,
1t is to be hoped that as many as
possible of our teachers will attend
the Convention at Madison, May 16.
Friends of Mrs. Laura Whittier who
left here a few weeks ago for her
western home in Oelrich, S. D., will
be glad to learn that she is recover
ing from the i'll effects of her jour-
ney. She made a call at Chicago to
find her son Charles Whittier about
moving to Winnipeg. At Coleridge,
Neb., she attended the wedding of her
son James Ray Whittier, April 16. The
birdie was Miss Blanche Linkhart Of
that town. Mr.. Whittier will be re-
membered by friends here where he
has visited and by more in Skowhegan
where he passed his boyhood
Norman Hight is home from Hart
land where he has been working for
several weeks
Paul Dunnigan of Rockland, Mass,
Is in town. Mrs. Dunningan has been
for several weeks to assist in caring
for her mother, Mrs. M. A. Locke who
is slowly recovering from pneumonia
Charles Brayel and wife returned
May 3, from Boston where they passed
the winter. Little Doris came a few
weeks earlier to enter school here Mr.
Braley came just at this time to be
in attendance at the funeral of his
father. Mr.. Edward Braley of Palmyra
Notice has been given out for an
"Old Folks Ball" at Grange Hall,
Fridey evening, May 23 with music
by Goodwin and Moulton, who were
here last Friday evening Mrs
Berry who prepared the oyster sup
per had the pleasure of using the new
lamp recently placed In position over
the entrance.
George Tibbetts had barn raising
May 2.
Dwight Emery is teaching in We'll
lington.