The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-16
A son was born Monday last to Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Esterbrook, Leavitt st.

A son was born Monday last to Mr..
and Mrs. E. E. Esterbrook, Leavitt st.
ST.
c. n. Perkins of Springfield, Mass ;,
has been the guest recently of his
cousin. Mrs Carrie F. Fairbrother.
c. D. Reed of Whitman, Mass, treas
urer of the Commonwealth Shoe and
Leather Company, was in town Fri
! day of last week
Mrs. G. E. Ayore has recently re-
turned from trip to Bridgeton, where
she was the guest in the family of
her brother. William Simpson.
Mrs. F. A. Benner arrived home Sat
urday evening from a trip to Angus
Ia and Gardiner. In the latter city
she was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
G. E. Royal
Wednesday evening, Oct 22nd will
be observed as Roll Call night in Car
1 idOdootli AAOd6Ct l. " ". + Lei GN-
cry member be present to respond to
his name. Refreshments will be SER
we'd.
Mr. and Mrs Harrison Weston plan
to leave here on the Goth of this
month for Florida, where they will
spend the winter. They will return
in the spring to again occupy their
home on Turner Avenue.
Leslie E. Jacobs, Past Noble Grand
of Carrabassett Lodge, No "a, l. o. o.
F., left last Tuesday morning for Port
land as representative from that
lodge to attend the Grand Lodge of
Maine which convened in that city
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson of Lewis
ton have been visiting in town recent
ly registered at Hotel Coburn. Mr..
Anderson. now conductor between
Lewiston and Bath, was formerly in
charge of trains running to Skowhe-
gan and has many acquaintance in
this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Carpenter of
Brookline, Mass, returned home Mon
day after a@sit here as the guest of
Miss Hannah Page. Mr. Carpenter
will be recalled as formerly agent of
the Anderson Mills in this place. He
is now the general agent of the mills
of the American Wooden Company.
About ninety people, friends and
relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Lewia, assembled to give them house
warming at their new home on Win
ter ST, Saturday evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewia were presented on this
occasion with handsome parlor set.
Mr.. Lewia has been for fifteen years
an employee of the Independence
porter Company and is now foreman
in their composing room.
The work of rebuilding the Bethany
church. damaged at the time of the
Hotel Coburn stable fire, is now pro-
ceeding very rapidly. 1t is expected
that services can be resumed the lat
ter part of next month, and that the
ceremony of dedication can be held
in December. Besides the new or
gan there will doubtless be installed
pulpit chairs and other new furni-
ture, also a new supply of hymn books.
A largely attended hearing was held
before the State Highway Commission
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
in the City Hall of Waterville last Fri
day afternoon. The purpose of the
meeting was to determine the route to
be taken by the State highway through
this section. There was a large at
tendance from this town and among
those who addressed the commission
in the interest of Skowhegan were
w. P Ordway, Bin w Page, E. e.
Greenwood and W T. Hackett.
Charles c. Cleveland has gone to
Hebron where it is reported he has
a position as instructor or farm man
ager at Hebron Academy. Mr.. Cleye-
land is admirably fitted for work of
this kind. He graduated from the
Skowhegan High school in 1905 and
from the Agricultural College at Oro-
no in 1909 He has since taught one
year in the agricultural department
of the Skowhegan High school. More
over he has had considerable expe-
rience with actual farming. Mrs.
Cleveland is to accompany her hus-
band and their home will be estab-
lished there for the present.
The high wind of Tuesday did some
slight damage here. A handsome
hemlock on the grounds of George o.
Smith yielded to the blast just before
one o'clock, falling across Elm ST.,
breaking down the wires on the oppo-
site side 1t took several hours to
make the street passable again and
the electric lights in that section were
obDt off for tho aVpDiDp AT about