The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21

+ her Christmas vacation of TWO weeks.
Union services will be held next
Sunday. morning and evening, at the
I Conversational Church in charge OF
Rev. Gardner Wills.
SOLON
! Dr. s. f. Greene spent Thursday
j and Friday of last week in Portland
on business.
The Misses Gertrude Brophy, Rena
McCollor and Mile Young. who are
attending Pennington Normal School
are spending the Christmas holidays
/ ut their homes here in town.
/ A special meeting of North Som
erset Grange will be held in the
Grange Hall next Saturday after
noon. Dec. 23rd, at the usual hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Curtis are at
tending the State Grange meeting at
Bangor this week.
Word has been received from Don
aid Kelley, by one OF his classmates,
that he is Lieutenant Kelley now and
in command of the gendarmes OF
Hayti. He expects two months
furlough next summer, which he Will
spend in Maine and will then return
for four years more of service.
Miss Claire McIntire, accompanied
by her friend, Miss Lille Wolfram OF
Dallas. Texas, both of whom are at
tending the Posse Normal School of
Gymnastics in Boston, are the guests
of Miss McIntires parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. w McIntire.
Mr.. and Mrs. A w. Starbird left
town Friday morning for Florida,
where they will visit Mr.. Starbrd' s
mother and brother. They spent
Sunday in Hudson, Mass, where they
were the guests of their daughter
and husband Mr.. and Mrs. Malon
Whipple They are to attend the
Billy Sunday meetings while away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hews of Pressure
Isle were the guests last week OF Mr.
and Mrs. E. w. York. Mr.. HeWs
has attended the U. of NJ, where he
took agriculture and is much inter-
ested in potato raising in Aroostook
County. He raised about eight thou
sand bushels this last year HIS
wife will be remembered as Esther
Gilman. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel w. Gilman. Before her mar
rage she was a State worker in the
w. c. T. U.
This community was saddened last
Friday night to learn of the death OF
Miss Ruth Manson. While she had
been in poor health all the fall and
winter. death came suddenly. She
has been a sufferer from tuberculosis
and while everything possible was
done for her it was not the VIII oil
the Heavenly Father that she should
remain here longer. She was born
in North Arson, April 10, 1893 and
was the daughter of DR.. and Mrs.
Manson. She was graduate oil
Scion High School after which she
attended Colby College for two years.
Her first term of school was taught
in Athens after which she taught III
the public schools of this town Tor
about two years when she became
assistant teacher in the High School
for about one year. She united
with the Methodist Church here
about one year ago and as long as
her health permitted, was teacher
in the Sunday School. She was also
member of Keystone Chapter o. f..
S. The funeral was held from the
Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. H. C. Gldden officiating. Safe
in the Arms of Jesus" was sung by
Misses Alberta Whipple, Esther
French, Claire McIntire and Chispa
Rowell. The many beautiful flow
ers were silent testimony of the
esteem in which she was held. She
was buried in the village cemetery by
the side of her father who passed
away several years ago. The bear
erS were E. l.. Paul, j. A. Pierce,
o. c. Ward and Ira r. Adams. Be
sides her mother, who has tenderly
cared for her, she leaves one brother
who is attending Mt. Hermon School,
but reached home in time for the
funeral, and one sister Miss Esther,
who has been spending tina past few
months in San Diego, Cal Miss
Manson, upon receiving word Of her
sisters death, started for home Sun
day morning and will arrive here
the latter part of the week
The Woman's Club will meet with
Mrs. Myrtle Rowell Wednesday af
ternoon, Dec. 9th. Subject of the
meeting Famous Music and Musi-
clans; roll call. Title of Fayorite
Song
Mrs. Smith, who has been living
with her daughter Mrs. George Toz-
Sunday morning about six o'clock.
The funeral services were held from
the house Tuesday afternoon at 5
O'Clock conducted by Rev. II. l.. Gid
| den.
j. H. Gray spent few days last
week in Portland on business.