The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-10-12

will be gone ten days. He will visit
hicago, Minneapolis and other
aces.
Snow was seen Tuesday morning
the mountains for the first time
fall.
RS. Caroline Hittenger of Boston,
lerly Caroline FIapgood, has just
Seventeen" by Booth Tarking-
o Stewart Library.
'ong those who took long auto
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
I and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Ber-
10 went to Stratton, and Mr.
-. rs. o. w. Bryant and Mr.. and
larles Bryant, who went to
- ,Orton Brothers and the Ella
were loading a car of pota-
is station Tuesday, shipping
the Farmers Union.
- meeting of Stewart Library
Monday evening F. S.
us was reelected trustee and
.lIss Mary Porter was elected trustee
for five years. At the trustees meet
ing the old board OF officers was re-
elected as follows: President, j. NJ
Getchell; vice president and secre-
tary, Mrs. V. d. Hilton; treasurer,
Mrs. Wallace Emery; curator, Miss
NJ T.. Porter. The book committee
was reelected. consisting of Mrs.
A. Porter, Miss Porter, Mrs. V. ID.
Hilton,
Buy this paper at Holleys.
william Holbrook and family and
his father Harrison Holbrook took
an auto ride to Stratton Sunday and
stopped at THE Pines for dinner
Afterwards when Harrison HolbrooN
who had on his e. A. r. button, was
at the monument recently erected 10
mark the Arnold trail, an automobile
came up with two men on the back
seat, one of whom remarked as they
saw Mr.. Holbrook, Heres another
old veteran" After few minutes
conversation. it was fouu1 that one
of the men was a comrade by the
name of Niles from Rangeley, who
was in Mr.. Holbrooks company and
tented with him. but they had not
met since they were in the war.
The quarterly communion service
will be celebrated next Sunday morn
ing in the Congregational Chureh. In
the evening A. f. McAlary the en-
gineer now engaged on the construc-
ton of the water works, Will speak
on the water powers of the kennebec
Basin, their present and future de-
velopment.
Mrs. lrinda Danforth, widow of
Menzer b. Danforth, died in Portland
Oct 4. She had been in failing
health for some time and was about
so years of age Mrs. Danforth was
born in Embden, the daughter of
Jonas and Susan (Sayage) Cleveland.
Her married life was passed on a
farm near this village and later she
resided in the village until she went
to Portland to live with her daughter,
the late Mrs Fannie Gould Mrs.
Danforth leaves one son Guy +. Dan
forth of Portland. The funeral was
held at the Congregational Church
in this village Friday afternoon at
! 2.3O o'clock and the burial was in
Sunset cemetery.
Horace Bickford who has been at
Skowhegan in Somerset Hospital for
several weeks. has returned home.
Mrs. E. J. Clark and Mrs. Laura
Noddin went to Waterylle Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Elliott have
gone to housekeeping at Ira Cush-
! ing's.
Mrs. Flora Wait entertained the
Woman's Club at her home on Friday
afternoon. After the business meet
ing an informal reception was given
the new president. Mrs. Carrie E.
Hutchins. Mrs. Barnaby presided at
the piano and Mrs. Thorne sang in
her usual charming manner. Mrs.
Hutchins gave an interesting report
of the State Federation at Kineo, and
the hostess served ice cream and
cake.
Robert Whitehouse is at home
| from Massachusetts.
During the past week work on the
water works in this village has been
progressing The pipe has been laid
on Main street to the foot of Steward
| hill and down Madison street to w
c. Robinson's, which is all that will
be done on the north side of the river
at present, but these pipes on Main
and Madison streets go as far as by
drants which will afford fire protec-
tion for the village, and hose at
tached to the hydrant at the foot of
the hill will cover the school build
ings. The digger was taken across
the bridge Sunday and operations be-
gun on the South side Of the Cara
bassett, and the pipe will be laid as
far as the North Arson Manufacture
ing Plant up Union st. Then the
work will be continued on the main
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