The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-29
Skowhegan Local News

Benton on business trip.
Miss Marjorie Cornish of Rumford
is the guest this week of Mrs Frances
Kelley
Miss Winona Paddock left Saturday
morning to visit with friends in VA
teryille.
DR.. Julia Nay Kineaid arrived home
from visit in Sanford and Biddeford
Monday night.
Postmaster Clarence Mantor and
family spent Sunday at the cottage at
Pleasant Pond.
Miss Agnes p. Mantor a member of
the faculty at Castine Normal School
has returned home.
Mrs. Annie Mills of Portland who
has been the guest of Mrs Albert F.
Dyer departed Saturday.
Miss Ethelyn Steward. a Kinder
garten teacher in Bangor, has arrived
home for the summer vacation.
Leon Titcomb, formerly of Madison
who has been visiting Mrs. Titcomb
in town left Tuesday forenoon for
Bangor.
Miss Margaret Young, who has been
UP from Belfast to visit her grand
mother, Mrs. T. B. Barrett, returned
Monday.
Miss Olive Hayden left here Satur-
day morning to attend the Spiritualist
convention at Etna as delegate from
the Madison Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall of Proyi-
dence, r. L arrived Monday night to
visit with Mr.. and Mrs David Lyons
and other relatives in town,
Mrs. r. B. Cole and children left
here Tuesday forenoon for China,
whittier they were called owing to
the critical illness of a relative
S. h. Bailey with his daughter, Miss
Lottie Bailey of Amesbury, Mass. are
being entertained this week by Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin W. Marble of Spring
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Houghton of
New Gloucester, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Houghtons sister Mrs. Min
ME Green and son Clyde, departed
Monday last.
Mrs. Della Sanford went Tuesday
to Augusta for a visit with her son
Joseph Sanford, member of Com
pany f prior to his departure for the
Mexican Border
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. NJ. Moore of
Jaekman were in town the first of the
week leaving Tuesday for Southport,
where they are to be guests of Mr..
and Mrs. d. c. Jewett at their shore
cottage.
jefferson Savage, a veteran of the
Civil War has been critically i'll this
week at his home on Middle st. 1t
is expected however that he will re-
cover in a degree. He has been an
invalid for number of years.
f. o. Eaton, Verne Wiley and Nor
ris Cleveland attended the X. +. d.
Carriers meeting in Pittsfeld Satur-
day. 1t WAS an unusually interest
ing session and one of the largest in
the history of the Carriers Associa-
ton
Joseph Lawley of Someryille. Mass.
accompanied his sister Miss Mary +.
Lawley home Monday and will remain
for several days. Mrs. Lawley and
Mrs Mary Webb, the latter a former
Skowhegan resident are expected the
last of this week.
Mrs. L. E. Boya and son Leo E.
Boya, Jr. of Auburndale. Mass. are
expected to arrive tonight. They will
visit briefly with Mrs Bovas brother
John l.. Fish and his mother, Mrs
Annie f. Fish and Master Leo will
later leave for a stay of some weeks
at the home of his uncle, Albert Fish
in Athens.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alonzo
Lacroix were held Saturday after
noon from st. Marys Church,
requiem mass being sung by Fr. j. L,
a Renaud The deceased who was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
O'Reiley, had been ill for about four
weeks and was about 81 years of age
She was born and had always re
sided in Skowhegan except for a
short residence in Lewiston. Be
side her parents and husband there
is one son. Lewis LacroiX, three sis
tiers, Mrs. Peter LacroiX, Bernadette
and Mary OReiley of this town and
two brothers. John and Frank ORei-
ley. both soldiers in the United
States Army. There was a very
large attendance of out-of-town peo-
pie present at the funeral among
them being, Patrick O'Reiley and
Miss Mamie O'Reiley of Dedham,
Mass, John Dorothy. VIM. O'Keefe,
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