The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-08-10

Miss Sarah Pencil left Saturday
morning for a visit in Hartford,
Conn.
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Smith left Saturday
forenoon to visit for time in Ports
mouth. \. II.
Miss Louise Lowell of Washington,
D. c. has departed after visit with
Mrs. Anne Emery
Edmund NJ. Woods of Portland was
the guest Friday and Saturday of En-
nest c. Butler, Esq. at Lakewood.
Miss Minnie Stinson of Clinton, a
former teacher here has been visit
ing with Mrs. J. n. Smith of Water
Street
Mrs. L. E. Rines of Athens, who
has been visiting with her daughter
Mrs. Daisy Savage, left Friday for a
visit in Augusta
John H. Lancaster went to Peaks
Island Saturday morning to join Mrs
Lancaster for a visit at that pleas
ant summer resort.
Miss Dorothy Pennell, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Pennell left Sat
urday morning for visit with rela-
tiyes at Orr's Island.
David W. Lewis. Grand Warden of
the Grand Lodge n. E. o. P. was in
Pittsfeld Friday to pay an official
visit to the Lodge in the place.
Mrs. Flora McPheters left Satur-
day for a visit in the cities of Ports
mouth, y. II. and Portland. She will
also visit in West Buxton before her
return.
Joseph c. Viles is at his summer
cottage at Long Island for week. He
was accompanied by his housekeeper
Miss Sue Whitney and Mrs. A. NJ.
Knight.
Mrs Clearance Pirington and two
children, Doris and Donald of Lowell,
Mass, are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Ida NJ. Pirington on the Malbon's
Mills road.
Misses Frances and Ards f. Lam
cey of Hartland were in town last
week accompanied by their guests.
Robert and Alice Crosbie of Ashmont,
Mass. for a short visit.
]. Harvey White took an automo-
bile trip to Bangor Sunday carrying
with him Mrs. Anne Palmer, Miss
Mabel Robinson and Deacon r. w.
Morrill, to visit with friends and rela-
tyes there.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Aver of
Athens were in town Saturday, Mrs.
Aver leaving here for a visit in Port
land She was accompanied by Miss
Esther York, who was returning to
Portland after a visit in Athens.
Mrs. William Mebane of lockwood
was in town last week visiting her
cousin Mrs. I. c. Nye Friday she
went to St Adams to visit her pa
rents for a week, after which she Will
20 to Detroit. Mich. to join her hus-
band, DR.. Mebane. who has been
south to Mississippi. From Michi-
gan the couple will pay visit to the
Great Lakes. Niagara Falls. Montreal
and Quebec before returning to Rock
wood.
Miss Marah b. Stevens of Chester
willie has been elected supervisor of
drawing in the schools of Skowhegan
and Madison to take the place of Miss
Marjorie Leonard, resigned. Miss
Stevens has had considerable expert
ence in the line of work she is to
this fall, having had charge
of drawing in Bar Harbor and Lewis
ton. She received her training in
Pratt Institute, New York. gradual
ing in 1914.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs James
Hunter of New York, who are guests
at Lakewood Inn, are grieved to learn
of the death of their little daughter.
Laura Beatrice, which occurred dur
ing the night of Thursday last The
child was but a few days old and its
death was not noted until its attend
ants awoke in the morning. The re-
mains were inferred in the Hayden
lot at the Madison Center Burying
ground, FIR J. l.. A. Renaud of st.
Mary's Church conducting brief
service Mr.. Hunter is a member of
the Beall Stock Co. and is filling
summer engagement at the Lakewood
Theater.
". H, Clark and his sister Mrs.
Imogene c. Merrill of Caratunk, the
treasurer and secretary of the Madi-
son Spiritual Association with Miss
Olive Hayden of Madison Center were
in town Friday in conference with
local Spiritualists regarding plans
for the September Camp meeting at
Lakewood. The sessions are to last
from the third to the tenth of the
month inclusive and Mrs. May S
Vanderbilt of Brooklyn, N. Y, Dr.