The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-09-04


their son Prof R. ". Leighton.
Miss Sarah Pennell arrived Satur-
day from Fairfield where she had been
visiting her sister Mrs f. l.. Tozier.
Mrs. Sophia F. Marble who has been
spending the greater part of the sum
mer in Harmony arrived home Satur-
day forenoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Bartlett and
their guest. Miss Theo Currier of Ober-
lin, Ohio. made an auto trip to Har
mony, Tuesday
Mrs. John Totman and little daugh-
ter of Winthrop, Mass. have been
passing a few days with the family Of
Carl Holt on Pleasant st.
Mrs. Herbert Broadhead OF Provi-
dence. r. L, who has been visiting
in the family of her brother, Ernest
Raynor, departed Saturday.
Llewellyn Goodwin arrived home
Friday evening from a visit at the
home of his granddaughter, Mrs.
Francis Briggs in Pittsheld
Mrs. H. c. Gillings of West Somer
Vile, Mass. who has been here visit.
ing her niece, Mrs. Ethel Whittier
Ames, departed Saturday morning.
n. 4 Il Rf,r1
cellus Cain of Clinton were among the
out-of-town people in this vicinity TO
attend the Grange Field Meet at Lake
wood
Miss Emma Dutton of Putnam,
Conn, who has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Louis f. Dow, and with rela
tives in Starks, departed SATURDAY.
forenoon.
Mrs. Charles A. Jones and daughter
Miss Mona Jones left Saturday for
Providence, r. l., where they were
summoned owing to the illness of Mrs.
Jones aunt
Mrs. Alfred Downs who has been
visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. James
Gilfillen left Saturday for her home
in Andover, Mass, Mrs. Downs is
sister of Mr.. Gilillen.
Miss Glenda Matthews of North Ber-
wick has departed after visit with
Mr. and Mrs. W. NJ. Stinchfield Miss
Matthews is a student in a Boston
kindergarten school.
Miss Elizabeth Parker has been for
several days visiting Miss Ethel Litch
field. operator in the local telegraph
office. who is passing her vacation at
her home in Freeport.
Skowhegan friends of Rev. W. H.
Spencer, formerly pastor of the
Bethany Baptist church. will be inter
ested to learn that his present home
is at GO Dana St. Cambridge, Mass.
| A Glee Club is to be formed among
the members of the High School dur.
ing the coming year under the direc"
ton of Elmer e. Towne, superintend-
ent of music in the Skowhegan-M
son schools.
Miss Maud Merrill left the first of
this week for Westfield, n j., where
she has been a teacher in the public
schools. She will not be employed
thus there this year however, but has
accepted a position as teacher of Eng
fish in Salem. N H.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Judkins of Cliff
tondale, Mass, who had been visiting
Somerset County relatives the past
fortnight left home, Monday. They
formerly resided in Skowhegan and
for 25 years Mr.. Judkins was in the
dry goods business here.
Raymond Allen who has been atten-
ding an automobile school in Boston
has arrived home and will resume his
studies this fall at the Skowhegan
High School His mother Mrs. Clar-
ence Allen, who has been in Boston
for several weeks returned home with
him.
Friends will regret to learn of the
illness of Mrs. M. II. Mason at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Fred Pooler
on Pleasant st. She was taken i'll
at her summer home at Lake Mariana
cook and before her removal to Show
hogan was treated for two weeks in
a hospital in Bddeford
G. w. Weeks of Canaan and A. D.
Bailey shipped a car load of sheep
and lambs to the State Fair at Lewis
ton, Saturday. Mr.. Bailey will take
charge of the stock for both parties
at Lewiston and Waterville. Miss
Ethel M. Bailey accompanied her faith
er to Auburn to visit relatives during
the week of the fair.
Mrs. Michael Corey and children
who have been living on Summer ST.,
left Saturday for Bangor where they
are to reside. The family is of Ar.
menian nationality and Mr.. Corey has
already preceded them to that city,
where they are to make their future