The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1914-12-17


Mrs. Smith Whittier has been i'll
this week at her home on Summer st.
Mrs. Lizzie Blanchard has been on
the sick list for the past week, but
is better at this writing.
Peter Liberty of Jackman was in
town yesterday ON business at the Of
fee of S. w. Philbrick.
Irving B. Gates, who has been criti-
cally i'll, is now much improved and
a permanent recovery is looked for.
Mrs. Edna Blake of Calais was a
guest the first of the week of her pa
rents Mr., and Mrs. II. A. Varney of
Hathaway st.
The Freshmen and Sophomore
classes of the High School played
basket ball Friday evening, the score
resulting in favor of the upper class
men % to 4.
MiSS Gl0lC AhOl0i VIII accompanied
Mrs. S. d. Coffin on her return to New
York, is to pass Christmas with her
sister Mrs. Morris Gledhill in Sykes
Vile, Maryland.
There will be a concert, particupat-
ed in by all the Skowhegan parishes,
at the Bethany Church, about the
middle of January, for the benefit of
the Sunshine Society.
Word was received here yesterday
of the critical illness of Charles Gage
at his home in Lewiston. He suffer
ed a paralytic shock on Tuesday and
the indications are that he will not re-
cover.
The members of the Bethany Guild
met Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. W. B. Fletcher, president of the
society. Plans were made for the
Christmas tree and seasonable work
was attended to.
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height for several days and the young
people have had great sport on the
Kennebec. Saturday the Sophomores
played hockey against the rest of the
High School and won by a score of
3 to /.
Miss Constance Anderson, who has
been spending several months i'll
Skowhegan at the home of her cousin,
Miss Sarah J. Anderson, departed yes
terday for her home in Pittsfield,
Mass, where she will remain for the
holidays.
Mrs. Charles English accompanied
by her daughter Miss Grace English
and son Master Willard, accompanied
the remains of Mrs. English's brother,
Joseph Pomlow, here for final funeral
ceremonies. They returned to Lewis
ton this morning.
Charles B. Russell of Maiden, Mass.
is in town, called here by the illness
of his brother, E. f. Russell, who
suffered a shock last week. Friends
will be pleased to know that the in
valid has already made substantial
progress toward recovery.
The members of the Boys Club of
the Bethany Church were addressed
Tuesday evening by Mrs. E. f. Dan
forth in their Club room. She told
them of the Rindge Training School
for Boys in Cambridge, Mass, where
she was formerly a teacher, repeat
ing incidents connected with her work
there.
Skowhegan Grange held a busy and
largely attended session last evening.
Owing to the absence of Worthy Mas
ter Gardner. the chair was occupied
by Peregrin White. A large class
were present to take the third and
fourth degree and there were several
proposals for membership. A pleas
ing program was presented under the
direction of the Lecturer and a sub
stantial supper served by Section c..
Local people, old time friends of
w. M. Abbott, formerly of Skowhegan
will be interested to learn that he has
resigned his position at the Smiths
Agriculture School and Northampton
School of Industries at Northampton,
Mass. to take a position in the city
of Springfield, Mass. In his new To-
cation Mr.. Abbott is at the head of
pattern making in the Vocational
School and instructor of Mechanical
drawing in the Central High School.
The following pupils of Jewett
School were not absent during the fall
term of fourteen weeks: Francis l..
Adams. Raymond Adams, James Dona-
hoe. Oral Corvette, Henry Demo, Lot
tie Dore, Kathryn Laney. Abbie Stinch-
field and Antoinette Turcotte. Those
absent one-half day only were Marie
Beaufort, Roland Daggett, Evelyn
Lambert, Verna Osborne, Florence
Stinchfeld and Blanch Lessor. Thirty
six pupils were registered with an