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

eral of an acquaintance.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pratt and Mr..
and Mrs David Hall of Madison were
visiting Skowhegan relatives Sunday.
The many friends of Mrs Fred F.
Lawrence will be gratified to learn
that she is improving from her severe
illness
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Green and son
went Saturday to Gardiner for a visit
with Mrs Green's brother, Charles |
Nichols.
Mrs R. F. Jones of Waterville and
Mrs. Inez Vickery Mendell of Green
arrived Monday forenoon to visit Mrs.
w. f. Smith.
John Lewis, a student at the Bon
gor Law School is at the home of his
parents MI and Mrs. Daniel Lewis for
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fish of Athens !
were in town during the day Saturday /
attending to business matters, and WIS.,
iting briefly with relatives.
w. o. Wildes is expected tonight
from Passaic N. j., to spend Thanks
giving with Mrs. Wildes and their son
at the home of George L. H. Smith.
Mahlon Dane, formerly of ]. H. Dane
& Co., has secured position as fore
man of a large woodworking estab-
lishment in Winslow, owned by Proc |
tor G. Bowie of Waterville.
Eugene c. Tarbox is on two weeks .
vacation to be passed in Boston and
at Epping, N. H., his boyhood home.
Mr.. TarboX came to Norridgewock in
1901 and six years later to Skowhegan.
He has planned to visit his parents in
Epping every year since coming to
Maine.
S. r. Bailey of Amesbury, Mass, de-
parted Saturday following visit with
Mr. and Mrs f. w. Marble Mr.. /
Bailey has become well known as a
carriage manufacturer, being the pion
eer maker of the pneumatic carriages. |
He is at present engaged in the au-
tomobile business.
Mrs. Henry Winslow of Danvers,
Mass, who was called here by the
illness and subsequent death of her
mother, Mrs. Mary Griffin, returned
home Monday. Mrs. Alice Townsend |
of Fairfield was among those here
from away to attend the memorial SER
vices on Saturday.
Evangelist Judson w. Packard left
Monday for Oakland where he is con- |
Quoting religious services during the
present week in the High Street Mis- |
sion. Mr.. Packard has previously |
conducted services in that town with
the results that those interested now
wish him to return.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Steward who
have been residing at the Oxford for
several weeks have removed to their
home on Madison Ave, which was for
merly the General Isaac Dyer home
stead. The structure has been thoro /,
ughly renovated and now is most at
tractive modern dwelling.
Mrs. Albert Holster of Norman, Neb. !
departed Saturday on the midday
train on her homeward journey fol-
lowing a visit of a month or more
with her mother Mrs. Esther Withee
and her sister, Miss L. M. Withee. Pre-
vious to this visit Mrs. Holster had
not visited Skowhegan for twenty
seven years.
Special music features at the morn
ing service in the Congregational
Church Sunday were singing by a
choir composed of sopranos, Mrs. |
Harold Bradley, Miss Gladys Pennell |
and Miss Marie Merrill; altos, Miss
Faith Harris, Miss Freda Harris Miss I
Marion Lord; tenors, +. E. Harris, r.
W. Leighton; bass, J. Harvey White, /
DR.. S. NJ. Cover These people will T
continue to sing at the morning SER
vices for a time.
The Missionary Committee OF the
Christian Endeavor Society of the Is |
land Avenue Congregational Church .
gave concert at the church last Fri /
day evening, The program was di-
rected by Mrs. Harold Larry and con-
sisted of piano duets by Marion Lord I
and Faith Harris; vocal duets by I
Freda Harris and Helen Lord; comic I
songs by Messrs. T. G.. Lord and +. +. .
Harris in costume and solo by Miss I
Ruth Greenwood with Miss Beatrice |
Smiley. accompanist. Another enter
tanning feature was the playlet en-
titled The Courtship of Hiram" in I
which parts were taken by Lillian .
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