The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-06-03
News of Interest From Madison


The Memorial Day exercises of n.
4. Weston Post G. A. r. were held
Saturday afternoon The procession
formed at the foot of Madison street
at 40 p. IN. in the following order
and preceded by Towne's Lakewood
Band Marshall II. II. Steward; Bo-
mazeen Uniform Rand Knights of Ply
thias; members of -. A. Weston
Post G. A. R.; Madison Fire Depart
ment in uniform; members of Mar
cellus S. Perkins G. A. K. Circle;
clergymen and veterans, who were
unable to march. in teams; children
of the Madison and Arson public
schools. The line of march was up
Madison street and across Bean st.
to Maple street down Maple street
TO Main street and to the old Gene
terry The procession then returned
to the Methodist Church, where the
order of exercises was: Selection
by the Band; reading Scripture, Rev
John A. Harding; address of welcome,
Col. E. E. Gould, Commander of n. A.
Weston Post; prayer, Mr.. Harding;
music by a male quartet composed of
Messrs. E. E. Towne, George Viles,
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shire; recitation, Lincolns Gettysburg
Address, Clarence Walton; music by
the quartet; reading the general or
ders. Judge c. o. Small; singing The
Boys in Blue. by Mr. Gould; reading
The Roll Call, Mrs. Mary w. kennl-
son; reading poem written by Kew.
W. II. Wood and entitled MY Coun-
trys Flag, Mr.. Harding; next came
the principal address of the day by
Mr.. Wood who took for his subject
The New Patriotism. There was
good sized audience present and the
address was followed with close at
tention. The interior of the church
was prettily decorated for the occa-
sion with flags and bunting and at the
back of the platform was suspended
large picture of Abraham Lincoln.
Sunday morning the Veterans and
members of NJ S. Perkins G. A. K.
Circle met at their hall and marched
in a body to the Congregational
church, where the annual Memorial
sermon was delivered by Rev. F. n.
Means.
The annual baccalaureate sermon
to the graduating class of the Madi-
son High School will be delivered by
Rev John A. Harding at the Free
Baptist Church. The graduating eX-
ercises will be held in the Methodist
Church on June 10. The annual ex-
hibition of the Junior class will be
held in the Congregational church.
The Madison High School baseball
team were defeated by the Winthrop
High School in a game on the Old
Point Ave. ground Saturday forenoon
by a score of 81 to 7.
Mr.. and Mrs John Keefe of Dover,
N. H. arrived in Madison Saturday
night for short visit with their son
Faye Keefe.
Lawrence Briggs, assistant secrc-
tary of the Portland Railroad Y. Nj.
C. A. was the guest of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs O. T. Briggs Sunday and
Monday.
The Plant of the American Wooden
Company and the Madison Wooden
Mill were shut down Friday night to
reopen Tuesday morning Madison
merchants and business men observ-
ed Monday as Memorial Day and
practically all places Of business were
closed. Beginning with Thursday,
June 8, by mutual agreement Madi-
son merchants have agreed to close
their places of business on each
! Thursday afternoon during the sum-
mer months.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. waldron and
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Booker went Sat
urday night to Lake MoXie for an out
ing and fishing trip.
Mrs. Nellie Farnhum of Norwood,
/ New York arrived in Madison Satur-
day night and is the guest of her sis
| ter Mrs. T. II. Spear at her home on
the Arson side.
Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Weston, who
have been in Port Orange, Florida,
since last November, arrived in Madi-
son Friday night
/ Miss Irma WILDER went to Portland
Saturday morning to visit her sister
Miss Blanch WILDER
In the hottest baseball game of the
season to date in this village the
] Madison town team defeated the Col
! by College Independents in a game
Monday afternoon on the Old Point
Avenue ground, by a score of 2 to l.
The game was witnessed by an en-
thusiastc crowd of over 800 fans and
abounded in sensational plays from
SldTt 10 HIlSH. CODY prayed an er-
rorless game. The work of McDon-
aid, who was in the box for Madison,
called forth much favorable comment,
and Curtin, the new Madison catcher,
showed up in fine form. Colby shut
out the Madison team from scoring
until the fourth inning. In the ninth
inning Allen of Colby made "a three
base hit The fly was neatly bagged
by Bearor, Madison's center fielder,
who by magnificent throw home pre-
vented the Colby man on third from
scoring. The summary:
MADISON
pc alb bh sh
Head, SIS. ......,2 l 0 A 3 0
Cavanaugh, 2b % 0 2 l 2
Thorne, 1b ...6 0 3 0 0
Reed. 3b ,...1 l 2 4 0 l
Curtin, c .......l0 l 0 4 l 3 0
Bearor, CT .......3 0 3 0 l 0
Gray, RI .........2 0 0 2 0 0
Moore. II ........0 0 0 2 0 0 o
Mcdonald, p III 2 0 3 0 0 0