The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-25
Skowhegon Local News

Mrs. C. A. Marston.
Miss Mabelle E. Ross attended the
Sophomore hop and tea at Bowdoin
College Thursday evening.
Late births recorded at the office of
the town clerk are son, Joseph Mel
vim to Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Goulette.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. McNeelie left
Monday for Philadelphia where they
will remain for the rest of the winter
as the guests of DR.. and Mrs. w. H.
Diller.
At the 18th annual session of the
A o. U. w. Grand Lodge of Maine
held in Portland last week Hon. L. L.
Walton of this town was elected a
member of the Advisory counsel
Many friends in Skowhegan will
doubtless be interested to learn of
the safe arrival of a daughter Elice,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred F. Moore in
Pasadena, California. Weight IA
pounds.
Andrew Lumsden left Friday for his
home in Everett, Mass, after being
here to visit his mother, Mrs. Anne
Lumsden who is improving from her
recent Illness Mr. Lumsden was ac-
companied by his daughter, Jessie.
Judge and Mrs. E. F. Danforth left
yesterday for West Virginia and Ohio.
The Judge has business in the state
first referred to and Mrs Danforth is
to pay visit to her aunt in Newsom-
erstown in the state last mentioned,
R. w. Haines. landlord at The Co.
burn. was in Bangor Monday to at
tend the funeral of Captain Horace C.
Chapman. Captain Chapman was a
well known hotel man having been for
more than rs years proprietor of the
Bangor house
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Fellows left Fri
day on their return to Maiden Mass,
after paying visit to the Skowhegan
Novelty works here In which Mr..
Fellows is Interested. They were
guests while in Skowhegan of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. F. Fellows.
Mrs. Mae Allen of this town and
Mary B. Prince, teacher in the Mad
ison schools visited the schools in
Waterville Friday, attending the His
torical Pageant at the Opera house In
the evening, which was given by the
pupils of Coburn Classical Institute.
Carleton p Merrill of Skowhegan
will soon figure as defendant in a
breach of promise suit, but his many
friends in Pennington have no cause
to fear for the result as it features
mock trial to be given under the
auspices of the High school, Feb. &c.
George w. Cover, formerly of Farm
ington, will be the presiding justice
Franklin Journal. Pennington.
The next meeting of the Womans
Club will be held Wednesday afternoon
and the subject will be Civics. Mrs
Elizabeth p. Merrill will give a talk
on Making the Best of Our Town."
and paper upon 1.-THE Modern News
paper written by Miss Mida Webb,
formerly of Skowhegan now of Cali
fornia will be read. Miss Blanche Pol
lard will be in charge of the event.
George Hebert who was burned out
last summer is to move to his farm In
Emden from the Middle Road this
week. He plans to live there during
the summer and possibly another win
ter, but eventually will return to
Skowhegan and rebuild upon his farm
'here. According to present ideas Mr.
Hebert will plant about seventyfive
acres of potatoes on his Emden farm
and will SOW nearly as many acres to
grain doing other general farming such
as raising both sweet and yellow corn.
etc. His property there includes about
four hundred acres of land, practically
Two hundred of which is cleared.
Another new society has been added
to the list of Skowhegan's social or
CARNATIONS, which will be known as
the Searchlight Club The member
ship is composed of young lady men,
bers of Miss Hannah r. Pages Sunday
school class at the Congregational
church. but other girls attending that
school may become members a mis-
sionary study will be taken up as fol-
lows Foreign missions. in the spring;
local and state work in the summer,
while next fall the Trinity school at
Athens, Ala, will be considered. the
class having annually sent a box to
that institution. The president of this
organization which was formed at Miss
Pages home Is Miss Doris Rayner.
The girls basket ball team from the
high school played against fast team
from Pennington high school Friday
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