The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-10-21

TIE annual fair of the Congrega-
iloaal Working League will occur
Wednesday. December 1st
Al the meeting of Sunset Chapter
o. f. 5. Friday evening the degree was
conferred upon three candidates
Mrs. Perley Stevens visited in Wa
terville Tuesday with Mrs. Carl
Pierce. She was accompanied by
Mrs Ned Reed.
The next meeting of the Searchlight
Club will be held at the home of Miss
Hannah r. Page, October 90 All
honorary members are invited.
Miss Stella F. Sanborn has arrived
| from Pawtucket. r. |. to spend the
winter at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Parker Sanborn on Lea
witt St
\. y. Eaton and B. A. Hight mem
bers Of Wesserunsett Lodge at Athens
were in Skowhegan leaving here for
Portland to attend the Grand Lodge,
/ |. O. o. F. sessions.
Judge c. o. Small of the Somerset
County Probate Court was in town
/ during the day Tuesday and accom-
panied BY Mrs. Small left on the mid
( day train for a visit TO Portland.
Alr. and Mrs. A. NJ. Knight have re-
taraed faom a hunting trip TO Bakers
Siding. They were accompanied by
Mr. ard Mrs. Elmer Knight of Port
land the two gentlemen being cous-
/ ms.
John f Merritt. newsboy on the
! Skowhegan-Po trains starts
today on two weeks vacation which
will be spent in Boston and Waltham
ard with his father, DR.. Merritt in
Jay
Miss Ruth Anderson of Pittsfeld,
Mass. who has been spending some
time at the home of her cousin, Miss
Sarah J. Anderson. went Tuesday
forenoon to Augusta to visit briefly
with a friend
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis A. Bailey left
here Tuesday forenoon for Portland
Mrs. Bailey attended the Rebekah AS
sembly there and Mr. Bailey the
Grand Lodge of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows.
Among the out-ef-town automobile
lists Sunday were Mr. and Mrs Will
liam Barney Of Fairfield and Mr.. and
Mrs Lester Holway of Shawmut.
They were guests of the ladies' uncle
Henry p. Cannon and wife at their
home on Mcclellan ST.
Percy Porter and F. J. Porter of
Mapleton were guests early in the
week of their relatives, W. E. and
D. A. Porter, leaving Tuesday fore
noon for a visit to the California Ex
position The two Mapleton gentle
men are cousins, Percy being broth
err of D. A. Porter and F. J. brother
of W. E. Porter.
The Skowhegan Woman's Club
holds it's first meeting next Wednes-
day in the parlors of the Library An
MI nj 1
O'Clock under the direction of Mrs.
Minna B. Savage Mrs. Emma Pooler
and Mrs. Georgia C. Wilson. This
will be followed by an address by the
president and echoes from the Maine
Music Festival.
Bill" Townsend of Bangor is
among those sojourning at present in
the County Jail having been brought
over from Pittsfleld following his ar
rest by Sheriff Thompson at the Four
County Fair. Townsend was arrest
ed for pocket peddling and pleaded
guilty when arraigned before Judge
Drake in the Municipal Court in that
town. He was fined $50 and costs
or thirty days in Jail, taking the latter
method of punishment. Three pint
bottles of whiskey were found on
Townsend's person.
Tomorrow (Friday) evening in Con-
gregational parlors a reception will be
rendered Rev. Charles McElhiney, The
new pastor and his wife and family.
The program is to be directed by Mrs
]. p. Merrill and Miss Elizabeth Webb
and will include a welcome from the
town by Congressman Samuel W.
Gould. a welcome from the Methodist
Church by Rev. II. G. McGlauhin;
welcome from the Bethany Baptist
Church by Rev. George Merriam and
welcome from the First Baptist
Church by Mrs. Z. w. Marble Mrs.
George f. Paddock will give a greet
ing from the Working League and
there will be several music numbers.
The High School orchestra which
last year was composed of male stu
dents. has been re-organized this
season and aside from being much
larger body than formerly, VIII be