The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-05-18
LOCAL NEWS

has been visiting her sister Mrs
Ernest Decker. left Friday for visit
with another sister in Waterville.
During the month Of April the sta
tisties of the town clerk indicate the
death of fifteen persons. the births OF
twelve children and three marriages.
About sixty dollars MIS- cleared at
the whist party last Thursday even
ing in Convent Hall. y number Of
prizes were given and the event was
very happy one.
Willard Gagne appeared before
Trial Justice Lancaster in Municipal
Court. He was charged with hav-
ing disturbed the peace of his house
hold and was fined sell with costs
which he paid.
Mrs. II. c. Morton of oquossoe,
who has been visiting Mrs. II. S.
Hopkins departed Friday forenoon.
Mrs. Hopkins had been visiting IN
the Rangeley district and was accom-
panied by Mrs. Morton.
D. +. Faulkner Of New York has
been passing several days here a
guest at the home of {. j. Abbey.
Friends will regret to learn that Mr..
Faulkner has been suffering from a
long attack of typhoid fever and that
he is still quite lame from the effects
of the malady.
An enjoyable party occurred Fri
day evening in the Assembly Hall OF
the High School Building when the
pupils of the two VII Grades met for
games and a social evening. Special
guests were the teachers, Miss Doris
Rayner and Miss Bessie Charles and
a former teacher, Mrs. John W
Healy. During the evening ice
cream cones were served.
The engagement of George Risteer
formerly of Oakland and Miss Alice
Twombly formerly of Oxford, botf
residents of Skowhegan at the pres
ent time, has been announced. The
wedding is set for the first week il
June and the couple are to reside il
the lower apartment of Mrs. S. F
Marbles house on Madison Ave. Mr.
Risteen has for quite a period beer
baggage agent at the Maine Central
station in this town.
Joseph (Peachy) GARNER was il
court again Monday charged witt
using improper language and wantor
conduct. Some time ago he haC
been sentenced to sixty days in Jail
but instead of commitment at thai
time he was placed in the hands Of
the Probation officer. Saturday il
appears he was intoxicated and al
the trial Monday he was ordered
committed by Trial Justice Lancaster
and was given an additional sentence
of sixty days to the one which has
been held over him. The intoXica-
ton case was continued.
AT a meeting of the Skowhegar
School Board held Friday night, tht
High and Grade teachers were re-
elected with the exception of Princi-
) pal Leighton, who is elected at a
joint meeting of the School Board
and trustees of Bloomfield Academy
The rural and kindergarten teachers
will be named at a meeting of the
board to be held May &c. All teach
ers who had not reached the maxi
mum of teachers salaries in this
town were advanced. II is under
stood that not all of the instructors
reelected are to remain with us an
other year as the indications are that
Cupid has been decidedly busy among
them during the past several months
Mothers Day in Skowhegan was
observed by special services at the
various Protestant Churches. honor
ing the occasion. In the absence Of
Rev. George Merriam. who was OF
his way to Minneapolis. Mimi, to at
tend the Northern Baptist Conven
ton as a delegate from the State
Board of Education, Prof. H. c. Libby
of Colby College occupied the pulpit
of the Bethany Baptist Church. He
delivered an excellent sermon. Mr.
Merriam will probably be absent for
three Sundays. Rev +. c. Rogers
and Harry Upton, who have been
supplying in the Methodist and First
Baptist Churches respectively, spoke
as usual and Rev C. II. Mckinney
preached at the Congregational
Church. The second Sunday in May
which has been set apart as Mothers
Day, has in a few short years grown
from a very small beginning to a day
of national Importance, Mothers
Day was founded early in 1908 by
Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia and
the movement was extended by an
organization at its head known as the
Mothers Day International associa-
t;o, until In 1914 oon 1,ooloi,,,