The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-03-23

George Allen Of Oakland came the
latter part of The week to visit with
Charles Allen
Ernest c Butler. Esq. was in Hart
land Saturday attending 10 business
matters of legal nature.
Miss Mary L ROBBIE of Auburn is
passing two weeks at the home Of
her aunt Mrs. Nesta Webb on Pleas
ant St
Mr.. and Mrs. william Simpson and
child of Oakland we're guests last
week of Mr.. and Mrs Adam Simpson
on Maple ST.
! Eddy Dysart has been passing
few days in town with his brother,
Harry Dysart and with former &C
ouaintances in this vicinity.
! G. F. McFarlane of Augusta, a
deputy bank commissioner has been
here during the past week leaving
/ Friday afternoon for Bangor.
Mrs. John Chopin of North Vas
salboro Was among the outgoing pas
sengers on the 1855 train Friday She
had been visiting AT East Madison.
Prin. X W Leighton of Skowhegan
High School WIS at Pittsfield Friday
night to act as one of the judges in
speaking contest between teams from
Bangor High School and Maine Cen
trail Institute.
A special conclave of De Moiay
Commandery No 10 Knights Templar
was held at the Asylum Tuesday p.
m. The order of the Red Cross was
/ conferred about O'Clock and supper
was served at $50 Later the Temple
and Malta degrees were conferred.
Mr. and Mrs. f. H. Sinclair of
Harmony departed Friday. Mrs. Sin
clair having been with DR.. A. l.
Decker for treatment for ten days
DR.. Decker expects to move the first
of the month to the apartment over
Nash & Yiles, which has lately been
occupied by Mrs. Dexter White.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey
Locke who live on the Athens Road
in Cornyille, will regret to learn of
the death of their infant son, Chaun-
cey. Jr.. which was born last week
and lived but three days The
couple have no other children, a lit
tie daughter having died nine years
ago.
/ D. W Gilman of Pressure Isle has
been visiting relatives here and in
other Somerset County towns Mr.
! Gilman was delegate from the
! Northern Maine Fair association to
the conference of Fair Managers at
Watervile, and took the opportunity
to pass a few days with his Somerset
County friends.
NJ F. Stevens left here Friday af
| ternoon for Portland and from there
was to continue his journey to
! Rangeley. His errand to the latter
place was to aid in perfecting an or
ganization in that town of company
for conducting the black fox bust
ness Mr.. Stevens is to be a director
in the new company
The deferred Educational meeting
of the Skowhegan Womans Club will
occur Wednesday afternoon. Mich %,
in Library ParIors The speaker
will be Prof Herbert C. Libby of
Colby College, who is well known to
many Skowhegan people Mrs. Lena
Wentworth will direct the arrange
ments and the hostesses are to be
Mrs. Ethel NJ Hight and Mrs. Edith
S. Leighton. Each member is privi-
legged to invite one guest
The editorial board of the Bowdoin
Orient, the college weekly have or
ganized for the coming year with
Donald W. Philbrck II of Skowhe-
gan as editor-in-chief; Robert G. AL
bion rs, of Portland as managing
editor; and William S Cormack. Jr..
II of Newton, Mass, as alumni edi-
tor. New members elected to the
board are Roland c. Farnham 49, of
Needham, Mass. Raymond L. Atwood
10 of Paris and Clyde f. Stevens 49,
of Rockland.
New books lately added to the Pub
lie Library are as follows: Anton
Manor (MarshalD; The Book of Stars
Collins; Boy with United State In
dians (Wheeler); The Scent Play,
CBarbour) Texan Star. (Altsherter)
Guns of Bull Run, (Altsherter)
Fighting France (Wharton) High
ways and Byways in Shakespear
Country (Huttom; Walks About
Washineton, Uupp); England of My
Heart. (Huuon, Mldew Manse Man
iates); Persuasive Peggy. (Thomp-
SOM Handle With Care (TurnbulB
The Creyice, (Burns); Record No 80
(Clark); Prodigious Hickey. Uohn-