The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-11-27

Mrs. Minnie c. Pishon left Friday
afternoon to visit with relatives IN
Bangor
Miss Edith Heald was a week end
visitor with her cousin al Oak Grove
Seminary.
L. l.. Walton, Esq, left Friday for
a visit with his mother, Mrs Martha
Walton in Pennington.
Mrs. William Howard returned Fri
day to Waterville after visiting with
her mother. Mrs. Groder in town.
Mrs. W H. Gilchrist of Knox Sta
ton left Friday afternoon after visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. II. J. Schmitz
here
a. B. Armstrong has resumed his
duties as an official on the local trains
after being off duty for several weeks
owing to illness.
Fred Hurley arrived home Thurs
day from a hunting trip to Pleasant
Ridge. He brought home with him a
Ii pound buck deer.
Mrs. Lillian Burnor left Friday fol
lowing a four weeks visit with rcia-
lives here. for Lakewood, y J. whore
she will pass the winter.
Herbert 5. Hopkins left Friday al
ternoon for Boston TO attend a meeting
of the chairmen of the Order of Rail
way Conductors of New England.
There will be no prayer meeting this
Thursday evening at the First Bap-
fist Church The pastor Rev }. G.
Osborne and Mrs. Osborne are passing
the holiday with DR.. and Mrs. Pitts at
Wells.
DR.. and Mrs. Ezra r. Bridge are
passing Thanksgiving in New York.
They accompanied Mrs. Bridges moth
er. Mrs S A. Douglas Volk back to
that city, she having been here for
several weeks.
without doubt last Thursday was
one of the warmest November days for
many years as the mercury reached
the 20 degree mark According to
past records there was some exceed
ingly warm weather for the time of the
year seventeen years ago this month.
The body of Mrs. Olive Russell Bur-
leigh was brought here Thursday from
Boston for interment at the South
Side cemetery. The deceased former
ly resided between this town and Nor
ridgewock. Prayers were said at the
cemetery by Rev. Theodore Halbert
Wilson. The remains were accom-
panied by Mrs. Burleigh's daughter,
Miss Flora Burleigh.
The school census report from the
superintendent office, gives the mum
Der of pupils in the public schools as
931. This gives the number of pupils
in town as 1862, there being about 125
in Parochial school that opened this
fall. The report gives in the High
School Seniors "a, Juniors Is, Sophie
mores 38, Freshmen so, Specials 7,
Weston Al, Grade VIII 20. Garfield l47,
Lincoln 16l, Park 167 Academy 50,
rural schools 1870. The physical con-
dition of the schools of the town is
much improved since medical inspec-
ton has been introduced The minor
diseases have been lessened and the
parents are now cooperating in the
work
A certiGcation of organization of
corporation to be known as kennebec
Valley Farmers Exchange, was lately
filed at the Somerset registry of Deeds.
The purposes of the corporation are
to carry on the business of buying,
selling and handling of grain, feed,
flour. seed, posons, farm machinery,
fertilizer and produce of all kinds The
amount of capital stock is $4,000 and
the par value of the shares is five dol
lars. The corporation is located at
Madison with five directors, William q.
Ford, Harry s. Reynolds, A. II. Nc
Kenney, Elmer T.. Towne and Charles
A. Manner. Elmer +. Towne is presi-
dent and Harry S. Reynolds is treas
urer
E. T.. Harris. manager of the Show
hogan Jersey Creamery has issued a
report of the business of that COM
pany. during October. The total num-
Der of pounds of butter fat was l7,430.5
which is little more than last year.
The price paid to farmers is 3SR cts.
The patrons having $50 pounds and
more were: George N. Weston, 263.5
pounds, cows and heifers; Lucy
Bigelow, 209.2 pounds, cows; l.. G.
Traitor, 2215 pounds, 5 cows and 4
heifers; L. p. Rogers, 174.5 pounds, Z
cows; Eta Frederick, 1868 pounds, 9
cows Eugene Watson, 1851 pounds, 5
cows; Turner Boswell, PISS pounds,
u COWS; +. A. Thompson. 1927 pounds
7 cows and / heifer; B. f. Burns, 1886
pounds, 16 cows; Perley Withee, 1888
hounds. s COWS and 6 heifers; c. J.