The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-04-23
Skowhegan Local News

Among the out of town people here
10 attend the Heroux- Pooler nuptials
were Napoleon Heroux of Berlin. y. H.
the father of the groom.
Mrs. l. b. Pollard left Tuesday on
the mid day train for Bangor where
she will remain for time with Mr.
Pollard who is employed as a chef at
The Colonial"
Mrs L. l.. Griffin who has been for
some time the guest of her cousin
Mrs. John H. Steward, left Monday for
her nome in Fall River, Mass. Mrs.
Steward accompanied her.
Donald W. Philbrick returned Mon
day to Bowdoin College after a short
visit at his home here. Everett Ba
con, a student at the same institution
has also been visiting his parents in
this town.
Skowhegan friends will be greatly
interested to learn of the birth of Il
daughter, April Is, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Coburn S. Marsto9 in San Diego, Cal.
The little lady has been given the
name of Marjorie
Edmund Cyr & Co. contractors of
Watervile, began work Tuesday on
the brick and concrete sub-station for
the Somerset Traction Co. This sub
station Will be located on the {. \.
Symons place near Lakewood. ard it
is expected that it will be completed
about July LIST
The spring meeting of the kenne-
pee Union OF Womens Clubs will oc-
eur at Oakland. Friday May first. 1t
is hoped a large delegation from the
Clubs of Skowhegan may be present.
Lunch will be served for thirty-tiHe
cents The program is arranged to
accommodate the trains from this di
rection.
The following new books have been
lately added to the public library:
Jim Davis, Masefield; "Roughing it
With Boys" c. w Hinekley; Under
a Fools Cap" Holman; Three Plays
for Puritan" Shaw; Primer of Sci
entifc Management Gilbreth; THE
Efficient Kitchen" Child; Making
Built In Furniture Abbott; pitch
ing in Pinch" Mathewson; Notes
of a Son and Brother" James; mir
acles of Science" Williams; Miss
Billy Dcnnison," Porter; "Carice Con-
rad, -; THE Foresters Daught-
or" Garland: William and Bill"
Cook and Morrison; THE Double Life
OF Mr.. Alfred Burton" Oppenheim;
Capt. Dams Daughter Lincoln;
Miss Billy Married" Porter.
report from the Maine state
Grange issuing the Maine Register,
lately received here shows that
SkoWhcgan Grange has the largest
membership in the State. with the
exception Of Houlton Grange, having
fS9 members. while Houlton has l027.
This county has another distinction
in having the third largest Grange in
the State, that of Canaan of a little
more than 400 members, and Dexter
is the fourth largest. Somerset Pc
mona has S77 members. The report
gives the following Oranges in the
county with their membership: Nor
ridgewock. 284 Fairfield. $50; Starks,
80; Arson. 1871; Mercer, 81; Pitts
field. r.; New Portland. AZ, st. Al
bans 226; Madison, -; Harmony
is; Scion, 1853; East Madison, 1862
Bingham, 215 Athens, ri; Smith
field, 81; Palmyra, -; GornYllle'
-: Cambridge 1871; West New Port
land. A; Hartland, is; Ripley, 49,
The trustees of the Congregational
Fund held their annual business meet
ing recently and transacted
the regular routine business. The
trustees were first incorporated in
1917 and 1918. The Congregational
lists having come into possession of
fund each of these years. We are IN
formed that there has never been
loss made thus far in connection with
either of them. The present board
consists of w. A. Pitts. Sewell w.
Smith, Chas. Fosom-Jones. l.. l.. Wal
ton and Elmer f. Harris, while the
treasurer of both funds is Chas. Fol-
SOMEONE'S. The records of these two
funds have been kept continuously
and are still in a good state of pre-
servation. 1t appears that the first
board of trustees for the first fund in
1917 was Bryce Mcclellan, John KIM
bal, Seth Wyman, Jr. Pickard Jewett.
John Weston, Solomon Steward,
Brooks Dascombe while those of the
fund which originated a year later
we're Bryce Mcclellan. Eleazer Co
burn. Brooks Dascombe. Benjamin
Shepard and Pickard Jewett.