The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-08
s. SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS ~

The regular meeting of the Pythian
Sisters will be held at 100 tomorrow
evening
Mr.. and Mrs W. P, Ordway who are
attending the automobile show in
Boston are expected home Friday
evening.
Miss Lillian E. Martin and Miss
Nellie E. WEIGH of Waterville were
weekend guests of Mrs. p A Jack
son of Madison Avenue.
The Pioneer Past Noble Grand AS
sociation will meet with Mrs f. L.
Savage at her home on Winter street
next Monday, March twelfth.
The members of the D. A. r. are to
meet Monday afternoon with Miss
Louise H. Coburn to make surgical
dressings for the French wounded.
At last reports yesterday afternoon
there has been 500 tickets sold for the
performance, .Lilliputians," at the
Opera House next Thursday evening.
The Coburn heirs, Inc have sold an
undivided oath part of the east half OF
No. in Range 8 of town
ships north of Bingham's kennebec
Purchase, consisting of 400 acres, to
Fred w. Bunker of North Arson.
Norris NJ. and Frank S. Clough are
in Boston this week at the Auto Show
in the interest of the Wesserunset
Garage Co., representing the Stanley
Steam car, they being the State
agents for Maine.
Horace LaBree. formerly of Strong
who has bought the Walter {. Hobbs
farm on the state road between Madi-
son and Norridgewock, is living on
North avenue this winter. He will
move to his farm the last of this
month.
The window display of hospital
supplies at the food sale recently con-
Quoted by the English ladies OF the
local branch of the American Fund
for French Wounded, was arranged
and largely prepared by Miss Mary c.
Murphy.
In last weeks write up of the
change of business locations of G. B.
Dow, an error was made. The store
which Mr. Dow vacated last week was
not sold to Pooler and Emery; the
lease was sold to them, M. B. Hesel-
ton being the owner of the entire
block of which the store is a part.
Following the regular meeting of
the Rebekahs Tuesday evening, a
short entertainment was given under
the direction of c. N. Bragg There
were readings by Leslie f. Jacobs,
Frank Folsom and Charles Burnor
and vocal selections by Charles Tur-
ner with Mrs. Turner at the piano.
The members of the Pythian Sis
tiers have recently formed a sewing
circle known as the Willing Workers
of the Pythian Sisters. The meetings
are held every two weeks, the next
one being scheduled for Thursday,
March fifteenth The officers are as
follows: president. Mrs. Emma Thorn
son; vice president, Mrs. Jennie
Ford secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Anna Gilfllain.
Work is to be commenced immedi-
ately upon the temporary office which
is to be erected on the new post Office
site for j. Serimgeour of New York,
contract superintendent for W. II.
Fissell & Co, the New York firm who
have in charge the construction of the
new government building. Work on
the new building will be commenced
as soon as the frost has sufficiently
left the ground.
Carleton p. Merrill has been chosen
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements for visitors night at the
Milburn Club when the merchants on
Water street will be entertained 1t
was planned to have this affair some
time this month but convenient date
has not as yet been found and the
plans are now somewhat indefinite.
Probably it will not take place in the
future.
There will be meeting of the
Association Saturday
evening at 7.30 in assembly hall of
the high school building. The sub
ject will be "Kindergartens" and is of
especial interest just at this time as
that phase of the school work is to
be worked up much more extensively
in this town than it has ever been in
the past. There will be musical num-
bers furnished by the young ladies of
the High School.
At Tuesday evenings meeting of
Sorosis, the following nominating
was appointed: Miss Rattle
Tozier, chairman; Misses Marie
Fletcher and Mabel Ross The an
nual meeting will be held April II.
The members of the Womans club