The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-03-23

Mrs Williams sister.
Mrs l.. J. Delano of Augusta and
Mrs. j. w. Robbins of Livermore
Falls arrived Tuesday forenoon to
visit Mrs c. W. Jewett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hall arrived
home Tuesday night from Lewiston
where they had been visiting since
Sunday with Mrs. Halls aunt.
Miss Rate Tozier and her niece
Miss Pearl Harville leave tomorrow
morning for Washington, D. c., on
their return they will visit Miss
Toziers brother in New York
Nathan Cohen, who has been pass
ing sometime in Skowhegan with his
son. Harry Cohen, well known
poultry and junk buyer of this sec
ton, has returned to Lynn. Mass
Owing to an event in Masonic
Circles, the annual meeting of the
Skowhegan Board of Trade will not
occur on March 81 as previously
planned but at the regular meeting
on April 81.
Mrs S. NJ. Sawyer left here yester-
day to visit her sister Mrs. Parthena
Bowman in Fairfield. Mrs. Bow
mans many Skowhegan friends will
be interested to learn that she is re-
covering from her recent illness.
Mrs. W. \. Richardson of Lewiston,
daughter of the late George Pishon of
Skowhegan accompanied Mrs. Grace
A. Wing here Tuesday, the latter
coming especially to address the club
women at a meeting given under the
auspices of Sorosis Tuesday night.
Mrs Michael st. Ledger, who has
been i'll at her home on Bloomfield
st. has sufficiently recovered to al
low her nurse. Miss Emily Jones of
Lewiston TO be transferred to the
home of E. f. Russell. Mr.. Russell
has been very i'll again but has begun
to improve.
Among the Skowhegan ladies who
plan to attend the State Council
meeting of the Daughters of Amer-
can Revolution which will be held
tomorrow in Lewiston are Mrs. f. T.
Goodrich. Mrs E. F, Danforth, Mrs.
E. w Marble and Mrs. Lois w Pat
ten, regent of Eunice Farnsworth
Chapter.
In spite of the storm an apprecia
tive audience gathered in the Metho-
dist Church last evening to witness
the playlet Queens of the Kingdom"
presented by the girls of the Queen
Esther Circle. Other members in
Guided a recitation Il Come ter Stay"
by Mrs Olive Grundy, a piano solo by
Mary Friend and a song by Gladys f.
Pencil.
Funeral services for the late Mrs,
Harriet Ames were held Sunday at
The Richardson School House, Rev
Fred Jackson officiating. Her age
was SO years. Mrs. Ames was the
wife of Fred Ames and died of pneu-
monia as is stated elsewhere in this
issue. Four of the dead womans
children are i'll with pneumonia at
the present time and three with the
humps. Two of the pneumonia pa
tents were reported yesterday as be-
ing in serious condition
A special conclave of De Molay
Commandery No. 10, Knights Temp
lar. will be held at the Asylum,
Thursday evening, March 20. This
will be the occasion of the official in
spection by Right Eminent Sir Ar
thur S Littlefeld, Grand Commander
of the Grand Commandery of Maine.
There will be work in the order of
Temple and a banquet will be served
at $50 O'Clock under the direction of
Mrs. Emma Simpson and committee
of ladies from Sunset Chapter
Md-lent will be marked in the par
ish of Lady of Lourdes by the pres
entation of a three act drama en-
titled Vildac on the evening of March
80 in Convent Hall. The presenta-
ton will be in French and will be
directed by FIR j. l.. A. Renaud The
parts will be taken as follows: Count
Vildac. Rene Sirois Sons of the
Count, Alonzo LaCroiX, Joseph Fluet;
Ricordo Amidee Couture; Gullieme,
Jos. Thibodeau; Brule Moustache,
Hector Thobeau; Dandinent. Leon
Boutin; Zezo, Eugene Dumont;
Drummer Boy. Horace Fortier; re-
cruits, Robt. Bolduc, Willie Lewis,
Linnwood Lewis. Wilfred Cowett,
Ned Lessor. Geo. Boutin, Thos. Les
sard, Jos. Provost, Clarence Syncir,
Napoleon Latulippe, Ernest Bolduc,
Willie and John Lessor.