The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-27

! Joseph Butlef.
The Bethany Guild is meeting this
afternoon in the Ladies Parlor of
the Bethany Church.
Mrs. Elsie Stowell of Freeport ar
rived Tuesday to visit with Mr. aid
Mrs Maurice Magoon.
Miss Theresa Bisson went to Wa
teryille Tuesday to attend the Junior
Promenade at Colby College.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. O. Fab arrived
home Thursday. after a visit with
their daughter in Boston, Mass
George II Dickens left here Tues
day afternoon for Pittsfed where he
is to be employed by Everett Call.
Mrs. l. y. Mills of Portland is Wis
iting this week with her parents Mr..
and Mrs Hugh Hurley of Vest Front
Street
Arthur Pollison of Good viii was in
Skowhegan Tuesday to give the local
High School students a little instruc-
ton in track work. It is the plans
to have Mr. Polison come here every
week for a time for similar purpose.
Deputy Sheriff Rufus Mckinney OF
Madison brought to Skowhegan yes
terday Thomas Smith of Arson, WHO
was arrested on an ntoxicatiol
charge. Smith is an old visitor at
the County Jail and this time is to
remain for fifteen days.
William Powers, principal of the
Machias Normal School and his son
John Powers were in town Tuesday
to attend the funeral of Mahlon r
! Gerrish. The son was a room mate
of the deceased at Bates College and
the two young men were cousins.
The High School baseball team will
/ play their second game of the season
next Saturday at Fairview Park. Mer-
row and Pulsifer will be the batter
les for Skowhegan and Wyman and
Clement batteries for Good Will. The
/ local High School Band, new Or
ganzation with Francis Croteau as
leader will furnish music for The
event.
In spite of the storm there was a
large attendance at the various
houses of worship in Skowhegan
! Easter Sunday. About one hundred
members of the Masonic Fraternity
/ led by TONNES Band attended the
/ forenoon service at the Congrega
tional Church There were many
beautiful decorations emblematical of
! the Easter tide.
In the mail match shot the past
two weeks by the All-State indoor
rifle team against the Munjoy Rifle
club of Portland the State team won
by a margin of II points, the scores
being, State team. 1126; Munjoy, l138.
Each member of the team shot four
targets, two prone and two off hand
In the score of the State teams shoot
Frank C. Parsons of the Skowhegan
Club comes fourth on the list with
an off hand of As, prone 40 and total
81.
Rev. George Merriam of the Beth
any Baptist Church goes to Canaan
this afternoon to oniciate at the flu
neral of Mrs Frank Rand, whose
death occurred Sunday at her home
about one mile below Canaan Village
There are two surviving sons Charles
Rand, who resides in the west and
Bert Rand Of Massachusetts, who has
arrived home. 1t is the third funer-
al in the same family that Mr.. Mer-
ram has attended within the last few
years.
Joshua f. Williams has sold to the
Central Maine Power Co all of his
land on the south side of Mill St.
and waterpower privileges herewith.
This property has been in the Will
lams family since 1856 and was the
scene of various activities in which
Mr. Williams and his father were en-
gagged. The buildings thereon have
three times been burned. the last time
in October 1915, when Thompson &
Fox, woodworkers and A Nj. Percival
a blacksmith. were the tenants
The excellence of the music at the
Bethany Baptist Church Sunday
morning through the efforts of Mrs.
Ethel Whittier Ames, organist, Miss
! Winifred Gardner. solost and the
choir of twenty girls was especially
noted as we'll as the interesting ser
mon delivered by Pastor Merriam. In
the evening. there occurred the Sun
day School concert eighty persons
being grouped together ON the plat
form at one time. Among the de-
lightful features of the program was
the professional with Mrs. Ames at
the organ and Mrs Cecil Gates at
the piano the greeting by Thornton
Merriam and recitations and songs
by the following: Maurice WALLER.