The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-01-11
ATHENS

ATHENS
The Athens Union Sunday School
starts on the year 1917 with the fol
lowing officers: Superintendent,
Ella Z. Ellingwood assistant super
intendent. Bessie Brayton; secretary
and treasurer, Florence Dunton, FL
len Z. Jones. Annie Fox and Ella FL
lngNood. library committee; Lillian
Williams and Winiired Locke. or
ganists.
The Methodist pulpit was supplied
last Sunday by Mr. Dunbar, a Colby
student. Rev a. Z Whidden. The
e1as..e>ss At~tSs.a>,e S.-se>: -!
several Sunday evening services and
an afternoon service December u.
The Baptist Auxiliary held their
Christmas meeting with Mrs. Laura
Rowell, December %, when an inter-
esting Christmas program was car
ried out The last meeting was with
Mrs. A L Locke January ., when a
Tennyson program was carried out
Ellen Jones gave a sketch of the
author and Mrs. Locke. Mrs. Richard
Clark. Mrs. Ellingwood, Annie Fox
and Bessie Brayton read selections
from his works. Mrs. Ellingwood
gave a piano solo The BROOK" Mgs
Locke sang Break, Break on Thy
Cold Gray Stones o Sea" and Mrs.
these three numbers also being from
Tennyson as were the quotations.
Next meeting January II at Elm
wood with a Burns program. the
roll call being answered with quota
tons from Burns.
w. II. Russell who has been renting
the H. b. Johnson farm at Athens
for the past two years, left Saturday
for Boston where he is to be employ
ed at the agency for Cadillac automo-
bles His son, Jesse, is also con-
nected with the same agency.
Athens Grange held an all day
meeting January 6 with a fair at
tendance about fifty partaking of the
appetizing dinner prepared AT the
business before noon the reports
were heard and the election of ofli-
GERS was completed After dinner
the following officers were installed
II. S. Elliott MASTER Herbert +.
Corson. overseer; Fred McCollor
steward A. A. Hall, assistant stew
ard; Mertie Drake, lady assistant
steward Eta =. Berry, lecturer; FL
len p Jones, secretary; James f.
Chapman, treasurer; Eleanor Hol-
man, chaplain; Edith Corson. Pomo-
ma; Florence Elliott. Ceres Ethel
McCollor, Flora; Winifred Truewor-
thy pianist Eta Berry. librarian :;
c. f. Dore, gate keeper; II. S.
Elliott, janitor. Mrs. Sydney Walk
er was the installing officer assisted
by Mr. Walker. Mrs. Flora Judkins
and Mrs. G.. +. Aver. The form
used was somewhat different from
any previously used and was pro-
nouneed unusually pleasing. Mrs.
Walker was given slight token of
appreciation of her work. The mat
ter of delinquent members in arrears
for several years was brought up and
it was decided to drop such ones as
did not settle arrears after due noti-
fcation and time It was also sug-
gested that each member act as a
committee to try to bring in new
members For the next meeting,
January 20 each member is asked to
bring in newspaper clipping toward
the program. There will probably
be a rehearsal of installation and de-
gree work
Friday evening. January 5. Athens
EnCampment |. o. O. +. held their
installation of 1917 officers with
Henry Aver OF Nassalboro district
deputy grand patriarch and Leslie f.
Jacobs of Skowhegan, district deputy
grand marshall. installing officers, L.
ID. Bosworth was the retiring Chief
Patriarch. Following are the OFF,
GERS installed. Chief Patriarch, H.,
c. W hatcher; high priest, II n.
Flanders; senior warden, W, II Tib-
belts; scribe, Edgar J. Fox; treasur-
Fred V. Dyer; guide, Elmer T. slap
les; sentinel, Wallace +. Jones; out
side sentinel. Harold Hurd LIST
watch, b. W. Hurd 2nd watch Arth-
ur W. Smith; 3rd watch, George W.
Tibbetts; 4th watch. A. W. Eaton;
LIST guard of tent, S. T. Williams;
End guard of tent. Riley Hall, The
exercises were followed by the usual
supper
Monday evening January the pub
lie installation of officers OF Wesser-
unset Lodge No 1l3 |. o. o. F.
and Winona Rebekah Lodge No. II
was held. Mrs. G.. r. Fogg of
Skowhegan, district deputy grand
president and her suite, installed into
the chairs of the Rebekah Lodge the
following officers for 1917; Noble
grand, Ethel McCollor; vice grand,
Lottie Roberts; r. s. n. G.. Ellen
p. Jones; l.. S. n. G.. Ella H. Rus
sell; r. S V. G, Laura Rowell; l..
S. V G. Nellie Fox chaplain. Elean-
or Holman, warden Winifred True
conductor. Eugenia Aver; I.
G.. Marion Flanders; o. G., Susie
Bosworth; secretary. Rena Fox;
4 l.. L, IL