The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-11-23

Miss Annie Cowie of Bangor visited
Miss Dorriee Brann at the Oxford
Hotel over Sunday.
Mrs. George Pishon departed Mon
day for Boston. where she expects to
remain Tor the winter.
william Lessor of Portsmouth, y.
II has been in town recently the
guest of Father 4. O. Lacroix.
Arthur Jones. agent for the Amer
lean Wooden Company in this town,
lcft Monday for Boston on business.
Mrs George X. Robinson, who has
been in the Hospital at Waterville
for treatment, arrived home satur-
day.
v. l.. Dutton and John Clifford re-
turned Friday from hunting trip to
Brassua Lake with two 2oO-pound
deer
Miss Edith Judkins of Auburn was
in town over Sunday visiting her
cousin Mrs. Alfred futile on Alder
Street.
Webster Williams of Wateryille
formerly of North Arson, was in
town last week, seeking TO buy few
good horses.
Miss Mildred Varney of Augusta is
expected home for Thanksgiving
when she will be the guest at the
home of her brother Allen Yarney.
The friends of Miss Annie Steward
will be glad to learn that she mas
improved from her illness of the past
three weeks sufficiently to return to
| her work this week.
: The Town Improvement society
will meet tomorrow afternoon IN ID
: brary parlors. Mrs. Elizabeth Mer-
= rll will be in charge of the program
n the subject of which is to be AT the
: Gates of America
F. w Buchanan was in Rockland,
> Monday evening to assist in the IN
> spection of the Claremont Command
= cry in that city. Mr. Buchanan Is
: Grand Junior Warden of the Grand
: Commandery of Maine.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn Marston of
: San Diego Cal, arrived in town Sun
ct fnptbpr MrQ
Sarah Marston on Main Street. Mr..
: Marston is a Skowhegan boy but has
: resided in California for the last few
] years
: Mrs. J. H. Steward and her daugh-
] ter Miss Martha arrived home Sun
day evening, from few days visit
with friends in Augusta. They were
: Joined at Waterville by Miss Marion
! Steward. who had been calling on
friends in that city.
Mrs Alice Lessard Whitehouse and
! daughter of Hallowell departed Mon
1 day for Los Angeles, Cal, where they
] plan to remain for the winter. Mrs.
Whitehouse formerly resided in this
! town and was the daughter OF Mr..
! and Mrs. Peter Lessard.
| Beatrice Hodgdon was taken with
an acute attack of appendicitis at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. F. 0. Sawyer,
Sunday evening and was removed to
the Sisters Hospital at Lewiston Mon
day noon to be operated on. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Sawyer and
Mr. Leighton.
Our venerable and esteemed towns
man. Sewell w. Smith, thinks of go
ing to Togus for the remainder of
the winter. Mr.. Smith was former
lily very active in business and public
affairs but for long time has been
confined to his home on Bloomfield
Street by i'll health.
Geo l.. Wheeler, who bought the
Norman Rand farm on North Avenue. |
about one and a half miles out on the |
AlnenS TOdu, has eSldUIlSHtu HIN
route, intending to make dairying the
principal feature Of his business. He
has given his place the name of Pine
View Dairy Farm. Mr.. Wheeler
came here from Utica, N. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert r. Dyer of
Madison Avenue entertained infor-
mally for ten of their friends at their !
home last Friday evening. the occa-
sion being Mr.. Dyers birthday A
feature of the evening was the re-
freshments which included a delic- |
ous cake presented to Mr. Dyer by |
his daughter Mrs. B. T. Steward. |
Among those present was Mrs. Lizzie |
Jones of Norridgewock, who has been
the guest of Mr. and and Mrs. Dyer
the past week, returning home Mon
day,
The members of the Senior Class
of the Skowhegan High School held
their first party for the season last
Friday evening. Miss Prudence
Wadsworth, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements, had as ef-