The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-31
r. SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS =,


Miss Annie WEIGH and Miss Beatric,
Hodgkins spent the day Sunday II
Waterville.
How to Kill a Sinner" this even
ing at the Methodist Church Every
body Is cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Folsom Merrill have
returned home from a few days fish
ing trip at Pleasant Pond.
There will be first Friday deyotions
at the Catholic church at five anc
seven O'Clock tomorrow friday.
Private Carl Sandberg of Company
/ f. whose home is at The Forks, was
in Skowhegan Sunday on "a furlough
Or. and Mrs George f. Young left
his morning for three weeks triI
to Burlington. Vermont and New York
city
j Edward Merrill and Ernest Paradis
of the SkoWhegan High school have
enrolled as Junior Volunteers for farm
i work
] The Walter p Ordways have re-
i turned home with their new automo-
bile which they drove to Skowhegan
from Detroit, Michigan.
Mrs. Charles Elwell and son will re-
turn Sunday after spending the week
with Mrs. Elwelrs sister Mrs. Frank
Boynton who lives on farm between
Athens and Brighton.
The Misses Verna Abbey, Elizabeth
Marsh and Dorothy Potts Of Skowhe-
gan left today for Brunswick where
ercises at Bowdoin College.
Miss Magma Gordon has arrived
home from the Posse Gymnasium
School in Boston which she has been
attending the past winter, and will
pass the summer vacation in Show
hogan.
A regular meeting of Golden Rod
Branch l. s s. will be held on We'd
nesday p. m June 9th with Mrs. Paul
Roullard, Summer ST. The members
will sew for the French soldiers A
full attendance is desired
Rev. George Merriam returned home
Monday evening from ten day trip to
Cleveland, Ohio. where he attended
the Baptist Convention. Rev. Mr.
Merriam visited in Dayton, Ohio and
in Boston during his absence.
The Eunice Farnsw0rth Chapter ID
A. II. will meet tomorrow Friday af-
ternoon at o'clock at the Library
parlors to work on surgical dressings
for French wounded. Every member
is requested to be present.
The Helen Coburn Mission Circle
will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs.
| Frank Green on Middle street. The
ladies' who attended will report on the
Maine meeting recently held in Oak
land and the members will continue
the reading of the text book THE
Kings Highway"
There is to be a business meeting
of the w. c. T. u. next Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Library parlors at half
past three Delegates are to be
elected to attend the county confer
ence and also to make arrangements
for Field day 1t is very urgent that
every member be present
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crowell were
the guests over the week end of Mr..
and Mrs. Wesley Grover at Pleasant
Pond. Saturday was spent fishing
and the party was fortunate In bring
ing a fine string of trout. Tuesday
Mr.. Crowell went to Jackman with
Captain Roy l.. Marston, returning
last evening.
Mem bers of the Woman's Relief
Corps met Tuesday morning at G. A.
K hall and spent the day in making
bouquets with which they decorated
the graves yesterday. $67 was spent
for flowers and the bouquets were es-
pecially beautiful. The ladies took
their luncheons and hot coffee was
served at the hall
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben T. Steward, Mr..
and Mrs. G. e.. Durrell Mr.. and Mrs.
K. A. Wentworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter II. Hight, Mr. and Mrs. G e. Avore,
Mr., and Mrs. J. w. Blunt, Mrs. Roy
l.. Marston and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
c. Woodbury. were the members of a
party who went to Moosehead Lake
yesterday. They will be away until
the end of the week.
Several hundred tickets were sold
for the pictures at the Bijou last Mon
day evening when a certain portion of
the proceeds, amounting to between
twenty and thirty dollars, were given
to the local organization of Boy
Scouts for their troop gardens this
Summer All the tickets sold have