The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-11-18
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ White were at
Good viii Farm Saturday afternoon
visiting with Principal Allen.
Mrs. Eta Pearson of Vassaboro
has been visiting for a time with
Mrs. Pauline Hill on Norridgewock
Ave.
Frederick Avery of Portland de-
parted Friday morning following a
short visit with Colby T. HUFF and
family.
Mrs. Fred f. Lawrence, Mrs Mae
Fairbrother and Miss Leila Fairbroth-
err left Friday morning for a visit in
Portland.
Ex-Governor William T. Haines of
Wateryille was among the out-of-
town people to pay a visit to Show
/ hogan last Friday.
Gordon Bragg of Portland joined
his family here for a week end visit.
/ Mrs. Bragg and little daughter having
been here for longer stay.
The next meeting of the S. H. L.
! Club will occur on the last Tuesday
of Noyember The hostess will be
i Mrs. Leila Wyman Healey.
Miss Priscilla Colby. who has been
guest at the home of Mrs. Grace
Vail on Pleasant St, returned Friday
to her home in Maiden, Mass.
Russell Post will hold its regular
meeting next Saturday in Grand
Army Hall. The annual election of
officers will occur on December 4.
Mrs. j. L. Stewart, who has been
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. r.
w. Leighton, left Saturday morning
for her home in Middletown, Conn.
Mrs. Addie B. Gee, who has been
in town looking after her property
on Leavitt ST, left Friday on the
midday train for her home in Lewis
ton.
Mrs. Phoebe Jones and Mrs. Lottie
Weston of Augusta arrived Friday
forenoon for an over Sunday visit
with Mrs. C. ]. Abbey on Madison
Ave.
Miss Marion Brainerd of Augusta
departed Monday morning after
visit in town with her brother Judge
Fred f. Lawrence and wife of Pleas
ant St
Mrs. Miriam NJ. Brooks, daughter
of the late Dr. John ~ Merrill is
spending the winter with her sister,
! Mrs Robert Bratten in Wilmington.
Delaware
Howard n. Weston has sold To
Chas S. Dustin of Pennington, his
well known mare Pearl Braden, who
was fayorably known on the turf last
season. The animal had a record of
221A.
Joseph Pollard and his sister Mrs.
]. H. Murray have been at st. Come,
Canada, for some days, called there
by the illness of their mother an
aged lady of that town, who has since
passed away.
The sale of the Levi Greenleaf
farm in Norrdgewoek to Katherine
f. Valine of Cohasset, Mass and the
/ Roy r. Folsom farm also in Nor
ridgewock to Rev T. p. Hess of
JAMESON City, Penn. have been re-
ported in Skowhegan.
c. t. Embree of Wateryille, mana
ger of the Maine Farmers Unions and
| +. T. Armstrong, manager of the
Farmers Grain and Supply Co. in
| Waterville, was in SkOwhegan
Thursday evening at a meeting of the
Unions Board of Directors.
Elmer E. Harris, manager Of Show
hogan Jersey Creamery, has been
named as one of the judges of milk
and cream at the State Dairy Con-
| ference and annual meetings of Maine
Dairymens Association to be held in
Lewiston, Dec. 6. 7, 8, ., 10.
Funeral services for the late Josiah
Hayden were held from the Hayden
residence on East Front st, Friday
forenoon at 10 o'clock. Rev George
Merriam of the Bethany Baptist
Church oniciated and the re
mains were inferred in the family lot
I at the Twelve Corners Burying
Ground The bearers were W. G.
Hobart A. X. Rowell VIM Rowell
and r W French.
The Ways and Means Society Of the
First Baptist Church were response
Bile for fine supper and splendid
entertainment at the First Baptist
Church Monday night The supper
arrangements we're in charge of Mrs.
Louis f. Dow and Mrs. Annie Nolin
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