The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-31

Caswell Sent 400 feet of fire hose and
a crew of men.
The following officers of the G. A.
X. Post have been elected for the en-
suing year: W. II. Mckinney, Com. 4;
jefferson Spearin. S. V. C., Frank
Parlin. j. V. c.; J. W. NORM, Adjt. /;
Charles Crymble. @. NJ; Orlando
Hooper. Officer of the Day; W. II. Hol-
brook, Sergeant of the Day; Eli Hoyt,
Surgeon.
The Eastern Star installation will
be Monday evening. Jan. 4. An in
y~itation is extended to the Masons
and the adult members of their ia
miles. There will be a banquet at
six o'clock and the installation will
be in the evening.
The big willow which has stood for
many long years on Madison street,
has been taken down as it was dead,
or so nearly SO. hat it was unsafe
to let it stand longer. This tree,
which stood in front of f. H. Holley's
residence, the former home of the
Dinsmore family, has quite a history.
1t grew from a willow stick which
the late Benjamin Dinsmore's grand
mother Bedell used as she was riding
horseback from Hallowell more than
a hundred years ago.
Your correspondent has received
from T.. b. Williams of Twin Falls,
Idaho. an artistic book of l12 pages,
every page being a photograph show
ing the wonderful growth which ma
tural resources and hustling men have
wrought into a city since 1904, when
it was nothing but a sage brush de
sert. The twin falls from which the
city takes its name are $50 feet high.
25 feet higher than Niagara. Great
Shoshone Falls, PIP feet high. furnish
es electricity for the city. Mr.. Will
liams was one of the pioneers that
helped bring about the grand results,
and being a North Arson boy. his
schoolmates in the old Academy of
30 years ago, are very proud and
pleased to hear how Maine boys are
booming and building up new towns.
Friends here will be glad to hear
that Everett Burbank of Madison, who
has been very i'll, has begun to i'm
prove in health. AT Christmas time
he received a post card shower of
116 cards.
Will Forsythe came down from
~Forsythe, Friday, and remained a few
days. Mrs. Forsythe has been here
for two weeks On account of the ILL
ness of her father.
Among those who spent the holidays
here were Raymond Whitney, Ber-
nard Whitney. Talbot Rogers, Mrs.
Augusta Bailey. T. Leon Patterson,
Miss BeryI Aver, Arthur Brown and
Wallace Parsons.
The regular meeting of Arson
Grange will be Saturday evening next.
The joint installation of Table
Rock Lodge of Odd Fellows and En-
erald Rebekah Lodge will take place
Thursday evening, Jan. 7.
H.. NJ. Norton and A. E. Bunker
were drawn Saturday to serve on the
traverse jury.
Married at the Congregational par
sonage at North Arson, by Rev. c..
Wellington Rogers, on Dec. "a. Harry
Bunker of Franklin, Mass, and Miss
Mamie Blaisdell of the same city.
They will reside in Arson for the
present. The bride is we'll known
here, having been a student at the
Academy and has many friends who
VAlCnu lellClLdtIOuS.
Prof, Perley F. Walker of the Uni
versity of Kansas, of Lawrence. Kan
sas, was in town Christmas day call
ing on friends. He is Dean of that
institution and has filled the chair
in that capacity for the past ten years.
Previous to going there, he was Pro-
fessor in the University of Maine for
seven years. He is an Embden boy,
a graduate of Arson Academy and
later of the University of Maine. He
is n of the progressive men that
has made a great success of life and
is still young. Mrs. Walker accom-
panied him to Maine and visited rel
atives at her girlhood home in the
eastern part of the State. They
started back West the latter part of
the week.
The next meeting of the Womans
Club will be held Friday afternoon,
Jan. /, at Stewart Public Library. The
subject will be Domestic Science and
the program will be in charge of Mrs.
E. G.. Andrews, chairman of the Do
nestle Science department.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Witham spent
Christmas week with Mrs. Williams
brother E. c. Phillips and family in
and in Gardiner with their
daughter Mr.. and Mrs. O. H. Rollins
and family.
Mrs. Sadie Perkins returned to Mad
ison Tuesday after a visit of several
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. C. w.
Witham of North Arson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Skillings
spent Christmas with friends in Scion.
Joseph Norton and family spent
Christmas in Embden.
The dancing school was in session
Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Ed Scott and son have been
visiting relatives in Waterville.
Miss Lois McKechnie was a guest
at Arthur Buxton's Friday.
Bernard Scanlon of Melrose. Mass,
has been visiting his aunt. Mrs. Nora
Holbrook.
Mrs. VIM. Holbrook and son Alfred
were guests of Mrs. George Flanders
Christmas day.
VIM. Robinson of Stratton was the
week end guest of Miss Hazel Fland-
ers.
CLYMENIA S. GILMORE
Mrs. Clymenia Sally Gilmore, aged
81, a native of North Arson, passed
away at her home, 81 Knight Street,
Auburn, Wednesday, Dec. %, at 7.0S
O'Clock a. m. Mrs. Gilmore, wife of
William King Gilmore, was born at
Embden. May Is, 1853, the daughter