The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-11-19
Skowhegon Local News

Ben Collins spent the day yesterday
in Augusta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie E. Jacobs were
in Fairfield Monday to attend the
funeral of Mrs Katherine Kidder, a
cousin of Mr.. Jacobs.
At the meeting of the Fraternal
Order of Eagles to be held November
20, officers will be nominated and re
freshments will be served. =
Miss Pearl Morrow of Hartland de-
parted Monday afternoon following a
visit at the home of her brother VII
liam Morrow on Madison Ave.
Miss Gail A Taggart, member of
the Gorham, Me. High School faculty.
is expected home to spend Thanksgty-
ing with her parents DR.. and Mrs. II
c. Taggart
Earl Patten is building a story and
a half residence on his farm on the
upper road to Norridgewock near thu
home of Charles Smith. He plans 4
possible to have the structure reads
for occupancy this fall
Education is the subject assigned
for the next meeting of the SkoWhe
gans Woman's Club which will be
held next Monday instead OF Wednes
day owing to the holiday Ways of
improving the local schools will be
taken up and the hostesses for the ar
ternoon will be Mrs. Ada X. Dascombe
and Mrs Mary Brainard
The Womans Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Church will
meet tomorrow tFridaY afternoon
with Mrs II G MeGlauhin at the par
sonage at $50 The first chapter of
study book The child in the Midst
will be taken up and the Mystery
Box in the November Missionary
Friend Answers in October mum
Der
Rev George Merriam. a member
and secretary of the Maine Baptist
Education Society attended a meeting
of the organization at the Elmwood in
Wateryille, Monday Tuesday Mr.
Merriam was also in Wateryille to at
tend session of the Maine Baptist
Education Commission. which is COM
posed of representatives of the Maine
Baptist State Convention, the Educa-
ion Society Colby College and four
Aeademys of the State Mr. Merriam
attended as a representative of the
State Convention
The Centenary NJ. e. Church. the
Congregational Church and Bethany
Baptist Church have reached a deci-
sion to conduct an every member can
Yass, as planned at the time of the
Church conference This means that
members of both the church and the
parish are to be called upon by per
sons from the church with the idea
of increasing the interest in church
attendance and work The Methodist
Society has already begun upon its
campaign but the other two churches
will not enter upon the work until
December 6, it being the plan to COM
plete the work in that day.
There will be no session of Show
hogan Grange next Wednesday, the
meeting coming December 8. The
first and second degrees will be con-
ferred and a program for entertain
ment has been arranged as follows:
" How to prepare a good vegetable
dinner, Mrs. Martha Emerson; read
ing, Mothers Cooking, Mrs. Emma
r. Folsom; Mother Craft and Home
Making, Mrs. Etfie Crowell Furber;
Are we eating too much sweet food
and not enough of plain nourishing
kind? S. F. Emerson; Talk-"Break-
fast and breakfast foods for winter,
Mrs. Clara w. Eaton; THE new in
yentions that tighten household labor !
Mrs. Angie Steward; THE art of good
breadmaking, Mrs. Zettie Rowell !
THE automatic servant girl; al
Grange Cook book, Gala and Anna
Kennedy. The vocal music is to be |
by r. Francis Parker.