The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-12-02
ATHENS

sorry to have them leave town.
ATHENS
Remember the b A. Chicken pie
supper, Dec I, l. D. O. F. Hall, fol-
lowed by an entertainment. Usual
prices.
Annie l.. Decker will be at Mrs
Robert Hayden's next Tuesday from
10 to 3. to meet patients.
The odd Fellows are getting ready
for their January anniversary. Some
of the committees are appointed and
the new set of dishes has arrived
They will expect the usual crowd or
course everybody will want to see the
very pretty new dishes made to order
Guaranteed Hot Water Bottles, post
paid, SIPS. Sampson & Avore.
Grange met in regular session, Nov.
81, with Worthy Oyerseer in the
chair. At the business session the
committee reported the Thanksgiv-
! ing ball as a success from a social
point though the treasury was en-
riched by only a few dollars. the at
tendance not being as large as usual
because of the dances in other places
/ Grange voted remembrance to Mrs
Hattie Towle who is on the sick list
| The committee on program, Myrtle
/ Drake presented the following: Mu
| sic "Wanet-a" by chorus; quotations
by members; story by Alden Buck
nam; readings, Eta Cooley Eta Ber
ry Abbie Fox, Ellen Jones and James
/ Chapman; piano solo by Winnie True
worthy; remarks by Mrs. Agnes John
son. In two weeks there will be
election of officers when all who want
an Office should be there and those
who do not want an Office should be
there to decline. n four weeks Mrs
Ellingwood and Mrs. Abbie Fox will
have charge of the program.
Friday afternoon. Nov. 26, at the
j. T Hight home was held the funer-
al of Josiah Fellows, whose death
occurred in Dorchester Mass, from
an attack of pneumonia following a
/ few weeks stay in a hospital where
he had undergone a critical surgical
operation. Rev. b. II. Johnson con-
/ Quoted the service in his usual com
! forting manner. Mrs Marion Drake
/ Flanders sang Rock of Ages and
Abide with Me. Ernest Cook, John
Curtis, Nelson Rowell and Waldo
j Sanders acted as bearers and the
body was placed in the receiving
tomb buried with beautiful flowers
of which there was a great profusion
Mr.. Fellows was born in this town
in what was then called Fellows
/ Mills in 1854, the son of Isaac and
i Hannah Whittier Fellows. He has
been in business for many years in
j Dorchester, Mass. in company with
his brother Albert, who accompanied
the remains here. Mr. Fellows is
survived by son Albert w, a stu
dent in medical college, who also
came with the body. funeral ser
vice was held Wednesday in Dorches-
! ter.
VIM. Morgan Post will meet on the
third Thursday in December, the 18th.
at the home of Samuel Foss in the
forenoon.
Clarence Paul of Dorchester has
been the recent guest Of friends in
town and was present at the funeral
of Mr.. Fellows.
Rev. b. II. Johnson gave talk on
/ The Harvest Wednesday evening, Nov.
"a. at the Union Church by invitation
of the Methodist pastor, Rev. J. E.
i Gibberd.
Nov 2S. two members were received
munion service held.
Rev. b. H. Johnson will occupy the
pulpit Sunday morning and evening,
Dee. and will be at West Athens in
the afternoon.
Joe Wiley after a long run of ty-
phoid fever is about again
Verna Beckwith has gone to Fort
Fairfield to spend the winter with a
sister.
Dwight Emery returned Nov. q to
his work at the State Hospital, Ban
/ gor.
Thanksgiving was observed in the
usual manner by many home gather
ings and also by weddings. Thurs
day evening at Robert Hayden's. Rev.
b. H. Johnson united in marriage
Charles p Gardner and Mrs. Abbie
/ Taylor Farmer The marriage of
Amos Rhines and Miss Beatrice True
worthy was soemnized out of town
and we haven't heard of their return
from the wedding trip.
DOWNS SMALL
Guy Elmer Downs and Beatrice
Mae Small were married or Thanks
giving Day. Nov. 25.
ST. ALBANS
Miss Edna Tracey returned We'd
nesday from Athens. where she has
been engaged in teaching
j. Elmer Goodwin. L. of M. spent
Wednesday night and Thanksgiving
at his home. returning on afternoon
train Thursday.
/ State Highway inspector Libby OF
Augusta was in town last week of
ticially.
Mrs. Robert Martin spent Thanks
giving with relatives in Belfast
Don Morrison of Waterville was in
town Thursday evening
The marriage of Vera Mae Emery
and Glen H. Hanson was solemnized
at the residence of Rev c. f. Jones
in Hartland at O'Clock "Wednesday
afternoon. November Gath. They
are at home for the present with Mr.
and Mrs. c. c. Hanson. parents Of
the groom.
Roscoe Longley. n native of Palmy
ra, and brother of ID. X. Longley o.
this town. passed away at his hom'
in San Jose. California. recently.
\ very pretty home wedding tool