The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-06-22

Ms Fanny P. Nash and daughter
u. Edna Cushing arrived home
go Westbrook Monday night.
NJ and Mrs. Albert Fish of Ath-
we're among the out of town
,as5ness visitors in Skowhegan Fri
day last.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bailey and
,teir daughter Letha from China
wore guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
pnrnar over Sunday.
annual meeting of the Skowhegan
Famers' Union will be held at the
Municipal Court Room at 1.30 p m,
sharp, Saturday, June "a.
levi Bean accompanied William
Brown TO Lewiston Friday morning
whore the latter was operated upon
for appendicitis at Sisters Hospital.
Miss Vera McCoombs is expected
home tonight from st. Anne's Acade-
my in Marlboro, Mass. Mrs. Mary
Ronlette is to meet her in Waterville.
Mrs p. A. Cleveland arrived home
Monday night from Clinton, where
she had been visiting her sister Mrs.
Melinda Decker, who has been criti-
calIy i'll.
Edgar H. Emery or Boothbay, who
has been the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Anne j. Emery and his sister
Mrs. Henry Mitchell departed Tues
day forenoon.
Mrs Albert C. Bowman of Spring
field Vermont, arrived Monday even
ing to visit her parents, DR.. and Mrs.
l. \. Dascombe. She was accom-
PANIED by her son.
Russell Post G. A r. was repre-
s,nfed at the annual encampment
meeting in Portland last week by Ed
ward Walker as delegate and Major
]. Y Fogler as alternate.
Mss Lucille Walker of Warren is
visiting with Mrs. William Folsom
Merrill at her home on Bush St. Mrs.
Nen.ll's sister Miss Ruth Lander of
Maiden. Mass. has also been her
guest for several days.
Mr.. W. L. Hill left Monday after
noon for Portland, where she enter
ed the Maine General Hospital for a
surgical operation. Her daughter
t-Iaw. Mrs. Fred Richardson of
Portland accompanied her from here.
Mrs. /. c. Trufant and daughter
Mss Delight left Friday afternoon to
1.st With her mother in Bath for a
month"; Mr.. Trufant who is going to
Aaaosrook County on IA business trip
raHs to join his family in Bath at a
later date.
Mrs. Gideon Pooler and son Arthur
.ett here Tuesday for visit to Que
bee and St Anne Among others
Vile nave pldhuGu " hlolL luO9c al
Gent portions of the Dominion dur
M lie week have been Mrs, David
cmhey Mrs. John Lacasce, Miss
Mamie Lacasce, Mrs. Mary Ann Muir
.aE Mrs, Joseph Dulac and Mrs.
Archie Lashon.
NJ and Mrs. X A. Withee return
"a sunday from Medford, Mass,
Where they had been visiting their
-Mddaughter Mrs. George Smith,
Mo is the mother of young son.
Tie advent of the little stranger
Particularly occasioned the visit OF
" grandparents at this time.
Hs= Withee has been in the Smith
.aue for several weeks.
Frank W. Knowlton, superintend-
-. of Manual Training in the Show
Madison schools left Monday
.ae Waterville where after brief
visit with his sister he will continue
his journey to Bangor and later join
ne members of De Molay Command
ery on their trip to Camden to partic-
pate in st. Johns Day observance.
from Camden he will go to Boston
and then will return to West Penn
brook to spend the summer with his
parents.
With the exception of the schools
in the High School Building, the
various village grades have all
closed. A feature of the closing was
The wonderful exhibits in Assembly
Hall, which showed the work of the
Manual Training and Sewing De-
partments under the direction of
Frank w Knowlton and Miss c. NJ.
Carpenter, the respective superin-
'ondents of these two departments.
Among the Manual Training exhibits
ere shown several library tables, a
irving table and many smaller ar
ueles such as cake spoons, hammer
Landles, gun stocks, bird houses and
i'ading lamps with glass panels. a
norris chair and an umbrella rack
made by the evening school students
We're also interesting pieces of the
exhibition. Miss Carpenters de-
Iartment did not show food but ex-
hi6ited examples of fine sewing. Not