The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-14
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS !
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Mr. and Mrs. Walter Savage have
returned to their home in Somer-
Vile Mass.
Frank Dulae of Hayerhill, Mass
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Clara
Dulac of this town. He will also
visit other relatives before returning
to Massachusetts.
Dr. Blinn o. Goodrich from the Nc
Gill Medical school at Montreal, is
expected home next week to pass the
holidays with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. E. T. Goodrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fluette were
in Waterville last Saturday on a
shopping expedition They are to
leave next Wednesday for St Fran
els. Canada, where they are to visit
their son for two weeks.
The soloists who have been select
ed to sing at the entertainment at
the Opera House, Dec. 81, when Lin
coin Halls cantata THE Shepherd
King" is to be given. are Mrs. Harold
Bradley. Professor r. W. Leighton,
Lyle S. Moore, Fred Rayner and Ray
mond Lacasce.
Not over a dozen persons were in
attendance at the meeting held at the
Municipal Building last evening for
the purpose of arousing interest in
the Chautauqua movement next sum
mcr. After a discussion it was de
cided that none of those present
wished TO back it and probably moth
ing will be done this year.
There are now TWO inmates at the
Woman's Reformatory The first, a
pitiful case, a. woman of ffty-two
years of age sentenced for a term of
five years by Judge Curran Of Lew
iston for mtoXication The second
inmate arrived from Portland Tues
day. She is thirty-eight years of
age and her sentence is also for in
toxication. Two more have been
sentenced and will arrive as soon as
the sleeping quarters on the third
floor of the farm house are in readi-
ness
The members of the Ladies' Aid
80 =, let
elected the following officers and
standing committees for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Louis f. Dow
| vice president, Mrs. Manley Pooler;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Minnie
Murray; work committee, Mrs. Ida
| Smith, Mrs. j l.. Webendorfer and
Mrs. Charles Simonds relief com
mittee, Mrs. Annie Nolin, Mrs. Rach-
ell Webb and Mrs. George Thomson;
social committee, Mrs. Philo Stew
ard. Mrs. Leon Wtham and Mrs.
Fred Horne. other committees will
be appointed later. The next meet
ing of the aid will be held in the
Church yestry, New Years afternoon
at o'clock.
Judge Fred F. Lawrence has com
pleted his Law Digest and has just
received the book from his publish
ers, Little, Brown & Co. 1t includes
the first 113 volumes OF the Supreme
Judicial reports from 1920 when
Maine was made a State up to 1915
1t is in two volumes, 1928 pages in
all. 1t is the only up-to-date law
digest which the profession has had
for number of years since the In
dex Digest published in 1897 by A.
r. Savage, new Chief Justice Sav-
age and the supplement to his book
which covered the reports up to
volume 1893 The new one by Judge
Lawrence includes ten more volumes
but is of type much more compre-
hensiye, being modelled after the
general legal encyclopedias. The
book is meeting everywhere with ex-
cellent success and the compiler has
received many complimentary letters
from well known attorneys and for
mpr Justices thruOut tho State