The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-20
Skowhegan Local News


Mrs. 0. II. King has gone To Mar
tin Stream on a vacation
kenyon Cox of Salem Falls, \. H.
is visiting With ms cousin Iarr! by
sart
Miss Madalin Gomez OF Monsoon.
Mass Is the guest of Doris Went
worth.
Miss Minnie Mahoney of Hebron
visited last sunday with Mr and Mrs.
James Nutting
Mrs. Nora Dodge of Augusta was
a guest the first OF the week of her
cousin Mrs. Jennie NJ. Whittier.
Annie L. Decker will be at her Of
fee, Madison Ave- one week from
next Monday all day and evening.
Ira a. Norton and family are en-
joying an outing at Marblehead, Mass.
making the trip in their automobile
Mrs. 0. L. Greenleaf of Haverhill,
Mass. is visiting her sister Mrs Ben
jamin A. Sawyer until the first of
next week
Chester Nutting has returned to
Beverley, Mass. to resume his duties
in the factory of the United Shoe
Machinery Co
Mrs. Cora Rice left Tuesday morn
ing to visit with the family of Syl-
yester Ham, formerly residents of
North Hartland
Mrs. Ethan Allen and daughter of
Good Will have been guests during
the present week of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Halves.
Mrs. S. NJ. Cover and children ar
rived home Monday from Limington,
where they have been visiting for
number of weeks.
Mrs. f. D. Martin of West Winter
port has come to Skowhegan to pass
the summer with her sister Mrs.
Timothy B. Barrett.
Willie Jones of The Forks, one of
the proprietors of the Mosquito Lake
sporting camps had business here
Monday and Tueday
Dr.. and Mrs Milburn NJ, Fowler
of Water St are the parents of a
young son born during the day Sat
urday. The little lad has been nam
ed James Abbott
Mrs. Hannah Bussey left Tuesday
afternoon to visit with her daughter
in Gardiner. Letha and Marguerite
Savage her granddaughters left for
that place yesterday.
j. Guihueettee and party Of three
also p. Mllette and party Of three
from Quebec were tourists coming to
Skowhegan Saturday They were
guests at the Skowhegan House
Mrs. Joseph Butler went to Wa
terville Tuesday to visit Miss Irene
Hunter. who has lately undergone an
operation for appendicitis at the Sis
ters of Charity Hospital in that city.
Miss Leona Wentworth went to
Ocean Point Monday where she will
visit her aunt Mrs. Frank Sedgeley
for the next two weeks Mrs c. j.
Abbey will go the last of this week
to remain a few days with the family.
The Married Mems Baseball club
is challenging the Single Mems club
date. The Reporter is informed that
further details may be determined by
writing the Married Mems Baseball
Asso. Box 115.
Last Sunday morning Rev. George
Merriam, the pastor at Bethany
church, began a new feature of the
forenoon services by delivering a
brief sermon to the young people. |
This will be a permanent feature of
the opening exercises during the 1916
hour of worship.
Plasterers have already begun on
the interior of the new bungalow be- |
ing built on Free st. by Morris Pro- !
Yencal, and the structure will prob |
ably be ready for occupancy the first
of September. 1t will contain five |
rooms and a bath on the first floor
and is conveniently arranged. The |
living room has an attractive fire
place on the south side and when en-
tirely finished the dwelling will be a
coy one.
J. Howard Haley, Democratic can
ddate for county attorney, was in
Skowhegan Tuesday, having business
at the Court House. Mr.. Haley, whose
home is in Hartland reports that
business conditions are greatly i'm
proved in that town since the pur-
chase of the wooden mills by the
American Wooden Co. His sister
Miss Kathryn Haley who is now a
teacher in Massachusetts, but for
merly an instructor in the schools