The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-11-30

cuSSed There was a large dtlenu-
ance and nearly all the officers were
present. The next regular meeting,
when there will be an election OF Of
ficers. is to be Saturday evening,
Dec. End. All members are request
ed to be present if possible.
S0L0N
Miss Nellie Brophy spent a few
DAYS last week in Skowhegan.
Mrs. J. r. Hodgdon spent a few
DAYS last week in Pennington Wis
iting schools and friends.
John l.. Foss and Miss Eula How
land were married last Saturday
night at the home Of the brides pa
rents on Ferry St. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. H. I. Glidden
of the NJ. f. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Gilman OF
Pressure Isle were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. York last week.
While here they. together with Mr..
and Mrs. York, went to Madison
Friday afternoon. Saturday they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Clark.
Miss Maud Lovejoy of Chesterville
is the guest of her sister Mrs. c. ID.
Abbey.
The grade schools in the village
closed last week for a vacation thru
the rest of this month and the month
Of December.
Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Glidden,
Misses Alberta Whipple, Chispa
Rowell and Mrs. Alice Lombard at
tended the special meetings. which
were being held at the M. E. Church
in Madison last Friday night.
The independence Reporter is for
sale at w. H. Sopers.
Mrs. Caroline Rowell went out to
John McCollor's last Friday to spend
a few days but was forced to return
home Saturday afternoon as she was
suffering with an abscess in her
throat.
The Central Maine Power Com
panys men are in town setting the
poles on the lower end OF Mill St,
preparatory to wiring the house of
George Cross for lights.
william Corson and Miss Rena
Thompson of Embden were united in
marriage at the M. e. Parsonage last
Saturday evening by Rev. II. C.
Glidden.
A very pleasant afternoon was
spent last Friday by the parents and
friends of the pupils of the Grammar
School in listening to the following
program which was given by the
scholars: Music, Christine Adams;
The Passing of Summer, Merton
Brown; November, Mavourette How
land; The First Snowfield, Thomas
Cross; A Song for the Homeland,
Lawrence Davis; Landing of the Pill
grims, Marion Wiley; First Thanks
giving Day Laura Eaton; In 1921,
Albert Head; Thanksgiving, Alice
Hodgkins; Our Menu, dialogue; A
Thanksgiving Dream. Eliza McCarty;
A Cats Reverie, Ernest Moody;
Thanksgiving Time, Christine
Adams; Thanksgiving Hymn, Marian
Wiley and Alice Hodgkins; recita-
ton, willard Cross; dialogue, Boys;
Justice, Matte Merrill Gentlemen's
Gay Thanksgiving, Linton Clark;
Grandma's Cake, Kenneth Hume
well; Joy of a Glad Good Morning,
Sidney Wilson; Sins of Omission,
Leonel Lombard; Beautiful World,
Pearl McClintick; Can You? Carrie
Lombard; America for Me, Charles
Moody; Maine, Verdeil Mcfarland;
Recessional, Miriam Irvine; Our
Sshool, Vesta Adams; School Song.
At the close of the exercises Rev.
H. C. Glidden gave an interesting
talk on Thanksgiving, after which re-
freshments consisting of cake and
cocoa were served by the pupils.
Thomas Cross Is working for Geo.
Fogg at Cornville thru his vacation.
Last Wednesday. as o. w. Hilton
was going down Mill st. to his home,
he was run into by sled on which
some children were sliding. He
fell to the ground. breaking his left
arm just below the shoulder. Drs.
Greene and Piper reduced the frac-
ture and at this writing he is rest
ing as comfortably as possible.
Friends of Mrs. Eliza Davis re-
Gently received word OF her death
which occurred at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Whitcomb at West Fair
lee, Vt. last Thursday Mrs. Davis
has been in failing health for the
past few years but only about six
weeks ago she made the trip from
this town to West Fairlee accompani-
ed by Miss Beatric Hall. Mrs, Davis
husband, Lyman Davis, passed away
about fourteen years ago. Mrs.
Davis was born in South Scion 80
years ago last April. She leaves
one sister, Mrs. Ellen Hobart The
funeral services were held at West
Fairlee last Saturday where she was
buried.
A clipping from a MADEIRA, Califor-
mia paper of the issue of Nov. 10 has
been received by Malon Patterson
an account of the death
of o. A Corson: 1.-THE funeral of
q. A. Corson, resident of ONeals,
who fell from a wagon in the hills
n week ago and subsequently died at
the county hospital from a broken
back. was held this morning from
the r. C. Jay chapel, Rev Jonathan
Nicholas. officiating. Interment was
in Arbor Vitae Cemetery. The
of the deceased. Virgil A.
Corson and Mrs. D. G. Andrews, both
of Pasadena. came to this city to at
tend the funeral" Mr.. Corson had
many friends in this vicinity where
he was better known as Allen Cor
SON He was born in Scion in 1854
and was a resident of this town with
the exception of two years in the
West. until he went to California
thirty years ago since which time
he has lived in that State.
SOUTHWEST CANAAN
Mrs. Blanche Decker closed a very