The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-05-20
News of Interest From Madison
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Among those who left town Tues
day for Portland to attend the Grand
Lodge of Knights of P'Sthias and the
Pythian Sisters were Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Booth Harding and
Richard Cox.
Messrs NJ. C. Adams and William
b. Brown returned Monday afternoon
from fishing trip of several days to
Lake Noxie and report a good catch
a business meeung or me On1cial
Board of the Methodist Church was
held Monday evening in the Church
vestry Erwin l.. Nichols and S. G..
Tinkham were added to the Board of
Stewards and Erwin l.. Nichols to the
Board of Trustees. Miss Alice j..
Spear, Mrs. Ethel Nichols, T. H.
Spear, George w. Haynes and Mrs
W. H. Kennison were elected com
mittee on church music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brofee went
Tuesday morning to Rumford for
few days visit with relatives in that
vicinity.
Word was received by relatives in
this place of the birth of son on
Tokyo. Japan Mrs. Holmes Is the
daughter of Mrs. Juliette Edwards and
was formerly a well known Madison
girl Soon after her marriage in the
summer of 1913 she left with her hus-
band for the mission field in Japan.
Master Clyde Monroe who under
went critical surgical operation for
appendicitis at the Central Maine
General Hospital in Lewiston, five
weeks ago, returned home Friday
night.
Street Commissioner Wallace john
son has had a crew of men at work
for the past few days rebuilding the
concrete sidewalk on the east side OF
Weston Ave. from the corner of Head
street to the school house. This is
in accordance with vote taken at
the annual town meeting and will be
much appreciated by pedestrians in
this, section of the village.
The pulpit of the Methodist Church
was filled Sunday morning by Rev.
]. ]. Hull, superintendent of Adult
Bible classes for the Maine State Sun
day School Association. Sunday
evening union Gospel service was
held in the Free Baptist church with
an address by Mr.. Hull on the work
of his department.
George Sylvester has crew of car
penters at work erecting new dwell
ling house on his lot on Pine street..
A new pool and billiard room has
been recently opened by Mike George
in the store formerly. occupied as
lunch room in the Wentworth Block
on Madison street.
A meeting of the Madison baseball
Association was held Monday even
ing in the office of w. B. Brown. Plans
were perfected for the games in con-
nection with the Fourth of July cele-
bration, and it was voted to retain
Mcdonald as one of the pitchers for
the Club this season.
A meeting of the Madison merch~
ants was held Tuesday evening in
Fireman's Hall with forty business
men in attendance The evening was
spent in perfecting plans for the cele
bration to be held on July 4th.
Mrs. Susan F. Dinsmore died We'd
nesday morning at her home in An
son after an illness Of several weeks.
Mrs. Dinsmore was 70 years old and
was a native and life long resident of
Arson.
Arrangements have been made for
the presentation of the drama "a
Fishermans Luck" in Union Hall on
May 28, for the benefit of the Senior
class of the Madison High School.
The schedule for the Madison town
baseball team as announced for the
coming week is Volunteers of Lewis
L. 1atr aff
Colby at Madison, May 27; and Will
ton at Madison May 20.
Madison fishermen are reporting
big catches at Lake Embden Mon,
day night in a space of three hours
Messrs Guy Lambert, E. H. Holt.
Mahon Boyington and ], r. Emery
landed Is togue and one salmon, none
of the fish weighing less than pound
and a half The catch as exhibited
in the window of the Curtis restaur-
ant Tuesday afternoon attracted much
attention.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Silver died Tuesday night at
their home on Main street after
critical illness of three days.
The funeral services of Mrs. Sylvia
Williams were conducted at her late
residence on Pine street Friday after
noon by Rev John A. Harding. The
interment was in the family lot in
Sunset Cemetery in North Arson. Mrs.
Williams died on May IL, after
critical illness of month. She was
native of the town of Arson and
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Carnage. She leaves one son
Willard williams of Benton Station;
two daughters Mrs. Estella Fogg and