The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-04
Roy L. Marston is receiving treat
ment at New York hospital.

home of Miss c. B. Varney.
Mrs. Maria Folsom expects to leave
Monday for Someryille, Mass, to visit
for a time with her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Marston of Wat
erville visited in Skowhegan with rel
atives the first of the week
James Galway is going to lockwood
Monday, having a job as turning lathe
operator for the Gerat Northern Paper
Co,
Mrs. F. p, Pencil returned home
Monday night after being treated for
time in the Maine General Hospital at
Portland.
Stephen Adams, day fireman at the
plant of the Skowhegan Pulp Co. has
been confined to his home on East
Front st. by illness this week.
Lawrence Cockburn left this morn
ing for visit with his son, William
in Wilton, ~ H. and his daughter,
Mrs. T. a Min in Cambridge, Mass.
w. E. Spencer, the Waterville Motor
Car dealer has just taken on the
Chalmers-Detroit and Peerless motor
cars for Somerset county along with
his Overland agency
The sale of the Peter Brennan farm
on the banks of the kennebec River
in Skowhegan has been reported, the
purchaser having been Alvin Quimbv
of Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. Peter Boardman and grand
child Marie Provost arrived home
Saturday from Lewiston where they
had been visiting at the home of Ell
mer Boulette. They were accompanied
by Miss Prevost's mother, Mrs. Theo-
dore Provost, of lockwood, who left
the same day for her home
The officers of Woodbine Lodge D.
of H. were installed Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. Henry WALLER of
North Ave. by Mrs. Ella II. Crowell
vice grand lady of Honor of the Ma
tional lodge. After the ceremonies re-
freshments of harlequin ice cream and
an assortment of waters were served.
The rooms were beautifully decorated
with cut flowers.
The following officers were install
ed Friday night by Past High Priest
Ernest c. Butler to serve Somerset
Chapter K. A. NJ. during the coming
year: II. p, Adam Simpson; X,
George Robinson; Scribe Harry b.
Harris; sec, C. M, Lambert; treas,
George E. Sampson; C. of H., C. w.
Sheaff, p. s.; F. G. Davis, r. A. c., Har-
ry Smith; NJ of LIST w. DR. NJ. M. Fow-
Ter; M. of End V, Harvey Mcclure; NJ
of 3rd Y, William Folsom Merrill;
Tyler, Edgar c. Dunton
A Somerset County Boys Confer
ence was held last evening at the Co
burn, among those in attendance from
out of town being Messrs White and
Heald of Wateryille. A committee
was chosen consisting of f. l.. Allen,
principal of Good Will school, Rev.
+. H. Means of Madison and Rev. r
|. Sheaff of Norridgewock to make
preparation for the Somerset delega-
ton to Boys Conference to be held in
Portland March 5, 6, and Z, also to
outline plans for organized work for
boys in this county.
The Philathea Class held a literary
meeting, Jan. 81, in the yestry of the
First Baptist Church The subject
of the evening was the Book of Mat
thew, and the essays were along lines
of thought suggested by the studies of
the Class in their regular Sunday les
sons. Papers were given as follows:
Intervening History Between the Old
and New Testaments", Miss Gertrude
Carter; "The Book of Matthew, Mrs
Winifred Goodwin; Parallels Record
ed in Matthew, Mrs. Nellie Durrell;
Miracles Recorded in Matthew, Mrs
Annie Nolin; THE Twelve Apostles.
Mrs Fannie Fletcher; "Discourses of
Jesus Recorded in Matthew, Mrs.
Helen Knight; "Docthinal Points and
Teachings" Mrs. Minnie Murray. Mrs
Julia Marston furnished a radiopticon
and copies of the Tissot pictures of
the life of Christ illustrating events
referred to in the different papers, and
these were shown by Mrs Bertha Hall
and Mrs. Eta Bradley. During the
evening Mrs. Bradley added much to
the pleasure of the audience by two
exquisitely rendered vocal solos. The
ladies of the other adult Bible Glasses
of the Sunday School were guests of
Philathea on this occasion. After
the program the President called q
brief business meeting of the Class to
plan for the next meetings entertain
ment