The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-04-13
Skowhegan Local News

The machinery las begun 10 arrive
for the shoe shop.
Miss Florence and Miss Mabel
Pooler left TUESDAY morning for a
visit in Boston.
Frank Bcrube arrived Tuesday fore
noon from Chisholm for a visit with
old acquaiutances here.
Miss Lillian Farley of West Forks
is spending some time in skowhegan
with the family of Edwin 2 Whiting.
Deputy Sherifrs Thomas Collins OF
Bingham and Henry Brophy of Fair
field were at the Court House Tues
day
Mrs. George r. Paddock has been
spending a few days in Wateryille
this week visiting with her sister. Mrs.
Geo. Kidder.
Mr.. and Mrs [. o. Fall of Corn
willie left Friday morning to visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Arthur H
Paul Of Dorchester, Mass.
II. Tobey Mooers was one of the
Bowdoin College fencing team TO 60
to Boston last week to compete in
the preiminaries with Harvard anc
Yale.
The Skowhegan Board of Health or
ganized Saturday and elected L. f.
Jacobs, president; Fred A, Wood. sec
rotary and treasurer, and Dr. O. J.
GAIA, health officer.
Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Welch of Lew
iston. have been at the William II.
Heselton home this week. Mr. WEIGH
is nephew of Mrs. Heselton, who
passed away Monday.
Mrs. A. E. Gldden who lately
came here from Vermont, left Tuesday
morning for a visit in Wateryille.
While here she has been visiting with
Mrs. Blaine Emerson on Mechanic
street.
Capt. Roy L. Marston and 1t. John
W. Healy of Company E, were in
Watervile Tuesday evening to attend
banquet given by the officers of the
End Battalion in honor of Comapny A,
which has lately been organized at
Dexter.
Friends of Ray Nye, formerly OF
Skowhegan will be interested tC
learn that he and Mrs. Nye have a
daughter, born April 9Th. They are
now residents of North Arson. The
little lady has been named Mary
Elizabeth.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Childs, who
have been living in Skowhegan during
the winter having come here from
Canton, are moving this week to
Lewiston where Mr.. Childs has been
engaged to look after the State Fair |
grounds He was in the livery bust /
ness in this town for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lowther "a. |
Beatrice Robinson) of Skowhegan !
engagement of their daughter, Vera
Isabelle Ruth, to Arthur Burnell .
Ross, Nalpo IS. second son of Elmer
p Ross, Valpo SO Gowanda, n Y
The wedding will take place in June
Word has been received by Mr.. and |
Mrs e. W. Marble of the safe arrival !
of their daughter. Miss Harriet l. |
Marble at Jaro, Philippine Islands
where she is to teach music Miss
Marble had a delightful trip, stopping
for some time in Japan and expresses
herself as delighted with her location
and surroundings.
The meeting of the Womans Re-
formatory Commission which was to
have occurred in Skowhegan Monday
evening, has been postponed for one
week A session which was attended
by President Smith of Skowhegan,
FIR Carey of Hallowell, and DR.. Snow
don of Portland was held, however,
at the Coburn. Mrs. Lawrence of
Lubec and Mrs Cleayes of Bar Har-
Dor were neither of them able to be
present
George Sprague of Madison Lower
Mills was in Skowhegan Tuesday and
while here announced that there was
IN effort on foot to have the name of
hat locality changed to Hobartsville
Daniel Hobart. an aged resident of
Madison and long a selectman of that
own lives there as does his son. d.
B Hobart, at present one of the
board of selectmen and this gives
rise partially at least to the sugges
ton of the new name.
About sixty people were present at
the experience social last Monday
evening in the Methodist yestry and
heard the experiences of the twenty