The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-06-07

Bridge was in town last Friday on a
short business trip.
Rev. and Mrs C. II Mckinney and
Miss Hannah r. Page were at Good
VIII to attend the Graduation exer-
cises last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice p. Merrill
NEE Ruth Lander) who we're married
May "a at Maiden, arrived in Skowhe-
gan last Friday and will reside on Co
burn Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Dow moved last
Friday into the Dunlap house on
Cross street, vacated last week by the
c W. Jewetts. Mr.. and Mrs. Dow have
been living on Summer street.
Among the names that have been
handed in at the recruiting Office late
" are those OF George A Clukey, Ed
ward G. Nedeau, Clorde Thornton.
Amadle Belanger and Fuller Croker.
Mrs Elizabeth ID. Pullen, who has
been visiting in Portland for the past
four weeks, returned last evening to
Skowhegan and is again with the
James Hollis at their home on Alder
street.
Leland York, who has been work
ing for the Central Maine Power
Company for the past four or five
years, has gone to work for Charles
Wood OF the Maine Telephone & Tel
egraph Co.
Miss Thresa Bison has returned
home for her summer vacation at the
home of her parents, the A. E. Bissons
on Water street Miss Bison has been
studying designing in New York City
the past winter and en- route home at
tended the Ivy Day exercises at Bow
dom College.
Some OF the high school boys who
enlisted in Company e have been in
town on 24-hour furloughs the past
week. Cassimir Bison came home
last Thursday. Alvan Buchanan Is
expected tomorrow friday and
Brooks Savage came home yesterday.
Harry St Ledger has also been visit
ing here
The last rehearsal of the local fes-
tival chorus was held last Thursday
evening in the assembly hall, high
school building There will be no
more until the first week in Septem-
Der. After the rehearsal, a short but
enjoyable program was carried out
consisting of solos by Mrs Eta Brad
ley, Miss Coda Keene and Charles
Turner John Oddly played piano
composition and Mrs. Bradley and J.
Harvey White sang a duet
Chester C. Burrill. son of Mrs. J.
N. Burrill of East Skowhegan, will re-
turn here from Augusta, with his fam
lily, In the early future. He is to be-
come one Of the employees In the job
department Of the Independent epor-
ter. Mr.. Burrill learned his trade In
part In the Somerset Reporter Of
fee. He has worked in many places
since then including the Bulletin Of
fee at Madison, the Journal at Fair
field and, more recently for the Ken
nebec Journal at Augusta.
Invitations have been received by
friends in Skowhegan for the wedding
reception Of Miss Alma Velma Smiley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A.
Smiley of Caribou Miss Smiley will
be united in marriage with Kenneth
Farwell Witham, Wednesday evening,
June twentieth at the home of the
brides parents in Caribou. The
groom-elect Is engaged In Y. M. c. A. |
work and the young couple are to
make their home for the present in
Pittsfeld, Mass.
udi 6diCl III tuiI NiCi ldh anu
1er daughter, Martha, from the West |
will arrive the first Of July for visit |
with Mrs. Merriam's parents, Mr.. and |
Mrs. John c. Griffin. Her husband,
Frank Merriam of Dayton, Ohio, will
visit his parents, Rev. and Mrs George
Merriam In August. 1t Is not pro-
bable that either of the other two
Merriam boys, George of Boston and
Thornton of Cleveland, will be able to
come home this summer as they are
engaged in Y. M. c. A. work and their
is connected with the
war service Y NJ. C. A.
The new telephone office on Madi-
son avenue was opened last Thursday.
1t has been finished in buff colored
beaver board and is sheathed with
oak The furnishings including
desks, chairs, telephone booth, etc,
are all of oak finish and the entire Of
fee is most attractive. Charles Wood
and a division crew of four came to
Skowhegan Monday and began work
upon the hanging of the temporary
cable for the cut-over into the Phil
brick block where the telephone
switchboards are to be installed. In
all probability it will require about
month longer to establish the switch
board
Children's Evening will be observed