The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-09-14
Skowhegan Local News

ton and vicinity
Golden Rod Br. L s. S. will hold
the next regular meeting in City
Bldg. Sept. q. az 80 p. m.
Miss Eva Dulac returned 10 Card
uer Monday afternoon following a
VISIT with relatives in town.
Mss Agnes z Mantor. member Of
the faculty at the Castine Normal
School. returned to that place Mon
day last
Lucy and Lotue Adams of Water
willie entertained their great grand
father from Wateryille few days
last week.
out of town officers noted on the
Fair grounds were Deputies Frank
Donley Of North Arson and Lirwood
Foss of Scion.
Jos. Haskell, who has been spend
ing some time at the home Of his son
Louis Haskell, returned Monday to
Brookline, Mass.
Mrs. L. F. Parsons, who has not
been in good health for some time is
now numbered among the patients a
Somerset Hospital
Fr. J. l.. 4. Remand left Monday at
ternoon for Portland. where he Will
remain until Friday in attendance at
a Catholic Retreat.
Mrs. Charles Tibbetts returned
Monday to her home in Fairfield af-
ter a visit with her cousin Mrs. c. D.
Eaton on Middle St.
The Misses Cyr of Salem, Mass.
who have been visiting at the Bouch
ard farm and Mrs Adelord Bouchard
and Mrs. James Lewia, for the past
three weeks, departed Monday af
ternoon.
Miss Cora Hopkins, who has been
spending several weeks with her
aunt in Monmouth and previous to
that in Portland, has returned to her
home and resumed her studies at the
High School,
Next Sunday morning Rev. Freder-
lex Rogers. pastor of Centenary
Church, will give another sermon Of
his series on Famous Women of
Sacred Story; subject "Jezebel, the
Pagan Queen
Margaret, Jessie and Marion Scott
who have been visiting their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott, returned
the first of the week to Portland
where all are students at the School
for the Deaf
Miss Kate and Miss Nellie White,
who have been spending the summer
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs c.
b. White in the Hilton Hill neighbor-
hood started Monday on their return
to New York City, where they are
both instructors in the Public
Schools.
Among the out of town people here
to attenc the Fair Friday was Fred
s. Burrill, president of the East Som
erset Agricultural Society at Hart
land. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Burrill and Mrs, E. L. Fuller with
her little daughter, Angelina, also of
Hartland
Herbert S. Hopkins resumed his
duties as conductor on the Skowhe-
-Watcryille trains after being off
duty for five months and eleven days.
The lay-off was due to his official pO
sition on the board of direetopship
connected with the Railroad Order of
and their deliberations
the railroad situation at
large.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Currier of
Main St entertained at Family din
ner party the first of the week the
guests Mrs. May Woeck
of Seattle, Washington; Lacey Rus
sell of Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. Pau
lima Wiley of Washburn; Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Russell of Woodland;
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Bailey of Carl
bou and Mr.. and Mrs. Almer Russell
of Skowhegan. Mrs. Woeck is a
cousin of Mrs. Currier and the two
ladies had never before met each
other.
The recent sale of the chas. F.
Ward Cos. stock of mems Te1Sthing
to a New York Syndicate, marks the
removal from the towns commercial
center of a long established business.
In 1861, Col W h. G. Estes, who died
last February at the advanced age of
Sc years, became proprietor of a
clothing store which occupied yari-
GUS locations in Skowhegan He
maintained this store for a period of
80 years, but ten years before his re-
tirement, Chas F. Ward became as
sociated with him in the enterprise
the first name becoming Estes &
Ward. Later Mr. Ward assumed full