The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-10

Miss Helen Luce returned the first
of the week from visit in New Port
land.
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Schwartz went to
Pittsfeld Tuesday to visit with Mrs.
w. G. Morrill,.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ross of Pitts
field, Mass, are guests at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hopkins and
daughters Cora and Virginia spent the
Fourth in Bucksport with Mr. Hop
kins' mother.
Mr.. anu Mrs. F. " Wyman retur ed
here Monday after few days visit In
Winslow, spent with Mr.. and Mrs.
Allln Prescott.
Claude Barker, cornetist of Athens,
was in town Monday, leaving here for
the White Mountains, where he plays
during the summer.
Ralph E. Brown, clerk in Ira A
Nortons clothing store left this
morning for a vacation visit to Au-
gusta and Sidney
Mrs. Thomas A. Min of Brighton,
Mass, has arrived for a visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Cockburn on Baptist Hill.
Lee Prescott spent the week end
with his brother A. D. Prescott in
Winslow, making the trip on his mo-
torcycle in just q of an hour
At the Bethany Sunday School Sun
day, Fred Nye was elected assistant
superintendent; Maurice Magoon, sec
rotary and treasurer and Airline
Burnor pianist.
John Mcpherson has re-established
his office and paint shop in his former
location on Water street, the building
being now known as the Wentworth &
Bison block.
The Uniyersalist and Methodist So
cieties have rendered the use of their
churches to the Bethany Baptist So
ciety, while it is without a home, ow-
ing to the recent fire.
Mrs. D. NJ. Bean and son Frank
Bean accompanied by NJ. and Mrs. J.
W. Amazeen visited the formers
daughter Mrs. Ernest Morrow in Bel
grade Sunday. The trip was made
in Mr. Beams auto.
Among the Skowhegan people to go
from here to Boothbay, Saturday were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Blunt and child
rem and Mrs. Roy l.. Marston. Mrs.
Marston was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Henry Parmalee of New
Haven, Conn, who has been visiting
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Fogg enter
tanned the members of Mr.. Foggs
Sunday School class of the Bethany
Church, their wives and a few friends
at "Day-break Villa" on the evening
of the 4th. Gorgeous fire works We're
not small feature of the evenings
entertainment.
II. S. Hopkins, who returned from
New York, Thursday, left again Mon
day afternoon for that same city. Mr..
Hopkins, who is chairman of the
Board of Adjustment of the Order of
Railway Conductors, has been there
in attendance upon the conference
committee of managers.
Landlord o. E. Blackden of The
Presque Isle, a we'll known hotel of
the town having the same name, was
in town Saturday Mr.. Blackden was
at one time engaged in the blacksmith
ing business here. He has lately
shipped to the Skowhegan Oriental
Rug works a ton of carpeting which
was to be worked over there, this
large shipment calling him here on
business.
Roscoe V. Hurd, a jeweler in New
York city was in town Monday, hay
ing been in Norridgewock to attend
the funeral of his mother. Mr.. Hurd
who was born in Harmony was once
a resident of Skowhegan, having been
at that time in the employ of the late
George Philbrick of this town. He
went from here to Hallowell, then
again returned to Skowhegan, still
later he went to Boston and has been
located in New York for 20 years.
The following account of European
travels will be read with much inter
est by Skowhegan acquaintance by
niece of Mrs. George B. Fairgrieyes
of Skowhegan
Mrs. Favius ]. Goodspeed Of Will
ton, Maine, together with Mrs. Hum
phrey Dyer, formerly Miss Elijah III
Williams of SkoWhegan) SAL for
home July Stn, from Liverpool on
the Laconia of the Cunard line after
an extended trip abroad. Mrs.
GCodspeed and Mrs. Dyer sailed I'm
New York April 18th on the Princess
Irene of the North German Lloyd
line for Gibraltar and Naples, arriv
ing at the latter place Just at the