The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-04-01

MI. anu MIS-, JOHn " REILLY were
in Waterville Tuesday to attend the
funeral of John ONeal.
! Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Edwards. who
have been visiting relatives in An
son and Madison have returned home.
l.. (. Jacobs of the Blunt Hardware
CO., has been confined to his home
this week with an attack of the grippe
A. A. Lampher of Waterville. super
visor of the International Correspon-
dence School was in town Thursday
and Friday.
Franklin Danforth has been pass
ing a portion of the present week in
Portland. having left for that place
Tuesday forenoon.
Mrs. F. o. Furber and young son
Robert have been visiting this week
in Brooks with Mr.. and Mrs l. Crow
ELL the parents of Mrs. Furber.
DR.. Regan of Bath was in town
Thursday visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Bean of that city, who have lately ac
cepted a position at the Peoples
Laundry
Mrs. F. M. Sedgeley returned Mon
day to her home in WatervilIe after
being here because Of the critical i'll
ness of her mother, Mrs. Loantha
Wentworth
John F. Casey, who is now located
in Lewiston visited with Mrs Casey
and children in town Monday. They
have been spending some weeks with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Norton and
children are planning to spend Eas-
ter with relatives in Lewiston Mrs.
Norton's sister, Mrs Emma Bigelow
will probably accompany them.
Master Wendell Thompson left
Saturday morning for East Boston,
Mass, where he will join his grand
mother, Mrs. A. M. Thompson, who
has been spending the winter there.
After living in Skowhegan seven
months, Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Hen
dry have returned to Oldtown, where
Mr. Hendry resumes his old position
as designer with the Oldtown Wooden
Company.
Among the out-of-town people here
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph
Buker were her son. Fred of Ray
mond, N. H., Sidney Buker of Itch
field and Mrs Emma McCausland of
Farmingdale.
The official board of the Skowhegan
Woman's Club held meeting Monday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. w.
Phllbrick and the official board of the
Town Improvement Society Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. Annie F. Fish.
The following pupils of Jewett
School were not absent during the
winter term of thirteen weeks: Oral
Corvette, Henry Demo, Kathryn Ian
ey, Blanch Lessor, Beatrice Perry and
Antoinette Turcotte. Sabastine Rod
erck was absent one-half day only.
Mrs. Miriam s. Merrill has arrived
home from Wilmington, Delaware,
where she has been spending several
months with her daughter Mrs. Maude
Merrill Bratten. Another daughter
NJ. Louise Merrill Is at home from
Colby College for the Easter recess.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Kendall of Oak
land, Calf, who were expected here
shortly to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Morrill,, have changed their
plans somewhat and will probably not
arrive until sometime in May. They
had covered portion of the journey,
but decided to go to New Orleans and
elsewhere before coming to Maine.
Members of the Milburn Club en-
joyed social evening Monday In the
Club rooms. buffet lunch was
served early in the evening under the
direction of Caterer Lambert, the
High School orchestra furnishing
music during the progress of the
meal Later Sherman Shumway gave
two readings. Warren C. Merrill play
ed piano numbers, r. w. Leighton
sang and the orchestra played addi-
tional selections, Three new men,
bers became affiliated with the Club.
Register of Deeds, j. w. Higgins. W
r. Merrill Esq. and Ernest Leighton
There was a large attendance.
Last Sunday Prof Henry w, Brown
of Colby was again the speaker at
the First Baptist Church. Very many
people attended and were much de-
llghttd with the discourse The pro-
gram of music was unusually fine and
included o difficult anthem by the
choir entitled Ought Not Christ" by
Hayden Morris Mesrs Chubbuek and
Kilgore sang Looking Beyond" and
Miss Harriet l., Marble sang II Will
EXtoi Thee" from the Oratorio Eli by
t'osta Miss Mildred weston's yolun-