The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-03

Leland B. Currier went yesterday
to Concord, Mass. for a vacation visit
with relatives.
Miss Rose futile of Newport is
passing the week in town as the guest
of Mrs. Colby Huff.
Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson are
to be congratulated over the birth
of a daughter born Sunday. The
little lady has been given the name
of Lucille Powers.
A letter was received here Monday
by NJ. B. Heselton from C. +. Hutch
inson. Ontario, Canada, formerly OF
Skowhegan, which states that snow
was at the time the letter was writ
ten thirty feet deep in front of build
ings.
Rev. T. F. Jones, pastor of the
Methodist church at Greenyille juno
ton and former presiding elder of
the Rockland district of Methodist
churches has been here for few
days visit with his daughter, Mrs
G. X. Robinson.
At the meeting of Priscilla Rebekah
Lodge, No. 50. |. o. o. F., Tuesday
evening it was voted to extend an in
tla DNln cd nf
District No. 13 to hold their District
meeting this year at Skowhegan on
Tuesday June 3. Lodges in District
No. 10 are Norridgewock, Madison and
Skowhegan.
George B. Fairgrieyes went to Will
ton, Tuesday for visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. Agnes Goodspeed. Mrs.
Goodspeed is to sale April Il for Eu-
rope. She will visit while away
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland,
France and England, and will be ac-
companied by Mrs. Lizzie Williams
Dyer of Arlington, Mass, formerly of
| Skowhegan.
Skowhegan Lodge, No. SOB, Loyal
Order of Moose, will dedicate their
new hall in the Brown block, We'd
nesday evening, April 9th. exercises
| to consist of the installation of Of
ficers, followed by dancing and whist
! Refreshments will be served and each
| member is privileged to invite one
| friend. The committee of arrange
ments are J. d. Vaughn, G. l.. Cleve-
| land and S. Russakoff.
The members of the Sunday School
class of Miss Dorothy NJ. Elliot al
the Congregational church were en-
tertaned by Miss Elliot, Saturday
evening. The members of the class
have been for sometime working to
earn money for the piano fund of the
Sunday School and the other even
ing was spent in telling their ex-
periences in earning the various sums
which they were to turn over. II
was an amusing list of stories and
showed that the girls had worked all
sorts of ways in order to contribute
their little mite toward paying fol
the Sunday Schools piano.
One of the Pathe pictures shown al
the Star Theatre, this week, was oil
a reception given to Roland Amuns-
den the discoverer of the south pole
Among other notables in the group
We're Commodore Peary, of north po-
| lar fame, and what is perhaps of more
/ interest to our readers, our towns
man DR.. George Otis Smith, Director
of the United States Geological Sur
yey, The group were shown in sew
! eral situations and near the close o.
| the reel on the steps of the capitol.
/ The picture terminates just az DR..
! Smith and dscoverer Amunsden ap-
proach each other to shake hands.
/ John Loberg an Athens farmer was
in town Monday and was to leave for
Bangor the day following where law
case in which he was involved was set
for trial in the Penobscot County
Court room The case arose from
the sale of lightning rods purchased
from an agent which Loberg and
other Athens farmers claim did not
fulfill the requirement guaranteed at
the time of the sale. The farmers
gave their notes in payment for the
rods and the agent sold them to a
party or parties in Newport. The
buyer Of the notes is the one who
now wants his money and Messrs.
John Loberg, Rudolph Loberg, Beck
with and Taylor of Athens are among
those who refuse to pay.
Friday marked the closing of the
High and Village schools. Many of
the teachers are out Of town for
their vacations. Among those who
have departed were Miss D. j. Briggs,
who is visiting at her home in Corin-
ma; Miss Mary Armstrong at her home
In Bridgeton; Miss Marion Esta-
brooke at her home In Orono; Miss
Mabel Sweet at her home In Holden;
Miss Harriet Simpson at her home in