The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-02-11

Mr.. and Mrs E. J. Burns were in
Bangor for day or two last week.
A fine day greeted the Pomona
Grange members who met Tuesday
with kennebec Valley Grange and
there was a good large attendance,
members coming from Norridgewock
Skowhegan, North Arson, Bingham,
Scion and Starks.
Several members of Rainbow Branch
|. S. S. attended the last regular meet
ing OF Golden Glow Branch at the
home of Mrs. Frank Adams on Games
Hill, about five miles from town and
report a fine time. 1t was an all day
meeting and a picnic dinner was ser
we'd at noon.
Willis Clough is having lumber from
his lot in the south part of the town
hauled to the portable mill near Show
hogan, and has james Wills and James
WATSON with their teams at work for
him.
All the grades in the Pleasant
street school building were closed
Friday owing to the fact that the
teachers, Miss Maud Powers, Miss
Eyie Carl and Miss Annie Roberts
visited the public schools in Water
vile.
District Superintendent, ]. NJ Frost
of Auburn who has charge of the Au-
gusta District of the Methodist church
was in Madison and Skowhegan last
week The quarterly conference of the
Madison Methodist church was held
Thursday evening and the annual re-
ports of the various departments
showed gratifying gains in the amount
of work accomplished. The following
officers were elected for the coming
year: Trustees; Geo. w. Haynes, DR..
w. II. Kennison, T. H. Spear, Evan
Adams. G. w F. Morrill, Rev. J. p.
Roberts, o. l, Briggs, W. H. Spear, b.
F. Twitchell; stewards, Amasa Greg
DRY, w. II. kennison. James Brown,
Francis Moore, w. j. Foster, Reuben
Heald D. H. Randall. II. II. Perkins,
Cephas Walker, A. NJ. Holden, B. F.
Burns. Misses Grace Vose and Annie
Roberts; district steward, Amasa
Gregory; recording steward, Marc M.
Spear; class leader o. T. Briggs. A
very interesting lecture was given by
Mr. Frost on the recent religious sur
vey of New England and illustrated
with stereopticon views. Mr.. Frost
also gave an address Sunday evening
before a good sized audience.
Mrs. William Jardine and Mrs. Geo.
Miller left last week for Lewiston
where both ladies entered the Central
Maine General hospital for treatment
Mrs. p. j. Phinney IS critically ill
at her home on Weston Avenue with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Annie Felker returned last
week from Embden. where she had
been called by the death of nephew
Willard F'elker. He was an unmarried
man, aged SO and lived in the family
of his brother, Vanney Felker in Emb-
den. Mr. F'elker had not been in good
health for several years but was not
taken worse until just before his death.
Mrs Ava Sheridan of Skowhegan
was the guest of friends in town sew
eral days last week
Mrs. Lima Mckinney met with a
painful and peculiar accident Friday
evening. She was using a crochet
hook and in some way in rising from
her chair the pointed end of the hook
entered the fleshy part of the forefin-
ger of the left hand. inflicting pain
full wound and one which Mrs. Nc
kenney was obliged to call the doctor
to dress.
Two special jurors were drawn. Sat
urday on account of the murder trial
at Skowhegan. They were Albert
Burwood and Henry Reed of East