The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-01-01
SKOVVHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

L. l.. Walton. Esq, left Monday fore
noon on business visit to Augusta.
Fred Brown returned TO Corinna af-
ter visit with Mrs. Brown here, Mon
day last.
Mrs. Jefferson Savage has been re-
ported as among those i'll. due to an
attack of la grippe
( Mr. and Mrs H. l.. SWEET visited last
week with relatives in Bangor and
friends in Pittsfeld.
Miss Florence Fortier and Miss Mary
Gilbert returned Monday to resume
their work in Gardiner.
/ Prof and Mrs. r. W Leighton and
daughter Helen arrived home Saturday
from Middletown. Conn.
Dr. Stanley NJ. Cover has been con-
fined to his home for several days
with an attack of bronchitis.
Enrol Chase returned Friday to Port
land after a brief visit with his pa
rents Mr.. and Mrs. E. b. Chase
/ Mrs. Edwin Bessey and child of Oak
land returned Saturday to their home,
following visit with her mother, Mrs.
Fannie Luce.
Harriet Walsh and Clara Upper of
Good Will returned to that institution
Monday following a visit with Mr. and
Mrs Robert Hall.
G. X. Barnes left Monday afternoon
for Waterville. where he is to be en-
poyed in a shoe shop. He will not
remove his family there for the pre-
sent.
Miss Pauline Oak who has been at
home for the holiday vacation return
ed Monday to Boston to resume her
studies at the Leland Powers School
of Oratory.
Thomas Porter and Mrs. Porter left
Saturday for their home in Pressure
Isle following a visit in the homes of
Mr.. porter's brother, W. E. Porter and
his sister, Mrs. l.. G. Traitor.
Among the out-of-town people here
to attend the Merriam-Griffin wedding
Saturday were f. W. Foster, daughter
Lucille and Miss Annie Foster of Wa
teryille and Miss Holden of Bowdoin-
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thomson en-
tertained last week their son Hunter
Thomson of Providence, K. L., and their
daughters Miss Elizabeth of Green
Vile and Miss Carrie of Gardiner Will
Thomson, their nephew. of Amesbury
Mass, was also a guest in the Thorn
son home
Mrs. Charles W. Day entertained
eighteen young ladies, friends of her
daughter Miss Dorothy Day at a
breakfast Christmas morning. Pre-
vious to its being served, the parti-
cipants took a long walk about town
and made merry with singing songs of
holiday cheer.
The Secret Society of Romance held
its first meeting Saturday evening last
1t was in the form of a Christmas
celebration. A part of the evening
was devoted to initiatory work, follow
were served. Next meeting will be
announced later
THE Church: A Backward Glance"
was the theme upon which Rev Will
son dwelt Sunday at the forenoon SER
vice in the Congre gational Church His
address brough to the mind of his lis
teners something of the work which
the church and its auxiliaries had been
doing during the past year
Henry Hubbard came here from Ca
naan Monday for brief visit with his
son Harry Hubbard. From here he
started for Oregon, where he purposes
to locate. Mr.. Hubbard was for some
time resident of that state. his bust
ness there being blacksmithing and he
now returns to resume his former oc-
cupation.
There will be a union service in
the Isuand Avenue Congregational
church next Sunday evening at =
O'Clock. The speaker is to be Martin
d. Kneeland, secretary of the Lords
Day League of New England, the men,
bers of which are banded together for
the sake of preserving the old time
Sabbath day on Sunday.
Miss Olive Green returned Monday
to Hebron Academy to resume her