The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-08-07

Mrs. Willie Foster and son of Fair
field visited Mrs William Murray over
Sunday.
Miss Augusta Baker who has been
in town during the summer left Mon
day for a visit to Ocean Park for two
weeks
Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Nye are enjoy
ing a few weeks outing at Long Is
land. They are visiting with Mrs. NJ.
G. Viles there.
Mrs. Darius Barnes has been in
Hallowell and Gardiner this week. N
the first mentioned city she vas The
guest of her sister.
Miss Mamie Hayden left Saturday
IN the midday train Tor Providence,
l., where che was to join her mother
nd visit relatives.
Miss Agnes Mantor is substituting
in the office of Steward & Marston
during the vacation of the bookkeeper
Miss Beatrice Tilton.
Otto Folsom Jones, a Bowdoin Col
lege student, has accepted a position
as brakeman on the Maine Central
ring the summer.
Arthur Merrill. who is acting as
pastor in a church at Blanchard was
in town during the day Saturday
among former frienis
Fred Poulin, one Of the clerks IN
the store of the Charles F. Ward Co.,
left Monday for a four weeks outing
at the Jim Pond Camps in Eustis.
Miss Ella P. Merrill, of Brooklyn, n.
Y, who has been the guest of her
brother, Carleton P. Merrill and family
left Monday for an outing at Prout's
Neck
Mrs. Tobias Lord of Portland is tbe
guest of her nieces, Misses Frances
and Janet Lord. who are occupying
the Shepherd Bungalow at Lakewood
this week.
Mrs w. B. Fletcher and daughter,
Miss Marie, departed Monday fore
noon upon a trip to Nashua, y. II. and
Boston. They purpose to be away
about two weeks.
Robert Wildes, who Is connected
with a leather concern at Norwood.
Mass, is at home on his annual yaca-
ton, visiting his parents, Mr.. and
RS. w. H. Wildes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hill, who dad
been here about ten days left
Monday for their horne in Portland.
They were the guests of their son
Charles Hill and Mrs. Hill at The Oy-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McCrillis Mr..
md Mrs H. w. Fish and Miss Helen
W Fish of Dexter were among the
automobilists touring in this vicinity
Sunday. While in town they stopped
for a short visit with friends.
/ Miss Alice Rogers formerly employ
ed as proof-reader in the office of the
Independence Reporter, but who has
been in Pennington during the winter.
was in town Friday calling on friends.
She is passing the summer at her
home in Norridgewock.
There were no services at any Of
the four Protestant churches in town
Sunday. with the exception of the Is
land Avenue Congregational church.
Rev. r. L. Sheaff delivered an able
sermon, and there was excellent mu-
sic by the male quartette with a duet
by Messrs Leighton and White and a
solo by DIR. S. NJ. Cover. Next sun
day, Rev. Charles Winter Wood (col-
ored) of Tuskegee, will preach and the
Tuskegee quartette will furnish the
music.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Martha Dunton were held Saturday
afternoon from her late home IN
Beech street, Rev. George Merriam CT
floating. Her son, Elmer Dunton,
arrived on the 1925 train from Sa5
katchewan, Canada, Saturday fore
noon to attend the obsequies, while
others from away here to attend
these sad ceremonies were Mr.. and
Mrs Melvin H. Andrews, Mrs. Sarah
Pierce, Scion; Mrs. Elizabeth Rollins,
Mrs. Clarissa Andrews, Mrs. Elizabeth
Andrews, Bingham, Mrs. Albion Heal
ey, Pleasant Ridge and Clarence NJ.
Andrews of Moscow.
w. E. Sanborn of Canaan was In
town Saturday and left at the Office
of the Independent-Repor the
Skowhegan newspaper of August TO-
1886 Mr.. Sanborn now lives on the
Winthrop Sanborn place, the former
owner having died in 1895. The pre-
sent occupant w. E. Sanborn was
formerly engaged in the wholesale
sash manufacturing in Lewiston arc
came to Canaan in 1910, where he is
to make his permanent home 1t was
here that Mr.. Sanborn found the paper