The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-23


visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. c.
Fred Fellows.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richardson of
Portland have arrived in town for a
visit with relatives.
Miss Faith E. Remission of Exeter
( is visiting her aunt Mrs. Frank w.
Bucknam, for few days.
Mrs Henry L. Winslow of Harthorn,
/ Mass. is visiting at the home of her
/ sister Mrs. r. S. Goodrich.
Roland Kilkenny of Nashua, n. H,
arrived Monday night to spend his
vacation with his mother, Mrs. Peter
Merry.
Mrs Howard N Weston, who has
been confined at the Somerset Hos
pital for several days, has returned
to her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank l.. Bray of Wor-
cester, Mass. are spending the sum
mer in this vicinity visiting friends
and relatives
Miss Marion Russell of Exeter, a
teacher in the public schools of Cas-
tine, is visiting for a few days with
Miss Agnes Mantor.
Miss Effie Nye departed Tuesday for
Long Island where she will be the
guest of Mrs Marshall Viles at the
Joseph Viles cottage.
Roy B. Lancaster, formerly clerk in
the w. B. Steward store, is in town
visiting friends. Mr. Lancaster is
now located in Waterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Graves of
Trenton, N. J. are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. c. Woodbury. Mr.
Graves being a brother of Mrs Wood
bury.
Among the patients at the Somer-
set Hospital are Master Edwin Dane
of Skowhegan; Carroll Goodrich of
Canaan and Miss Ellen Oliver of Nor
ridgewock.
Mrs A. r. Smiley of Bangor and
Kenduskeag, formerly resident of
this town and reader in the local
Christian Science church, is visiting
/
T. L. Sampson of Foxcroft, who
has been visiting at the home of his
brother George +. Sampson of Maple
street. left Tuesday morning to visit
his sister in Phillips.
Miss Dorothy Day left Tuesday noon
for Seal Harbor where she will be the
guest of Miss Elizabeth Macomber
She was accompanied as far as Water
Vile by her sister, Miss Helen Day.
Ralph Bunker and Henry Haley OF
Linn, Mass, who have been passing
several weeks in town the guests OF
Roy Paddock and other friends, have
returned to that city, departing Tues
day.
Lieutenant Reginald Foss, who has
been visiting in Boston and vicinity
since his departure from Plattsburg
arrived Monday evening for visit
with his parents Mr.. and Mrs L. L
Foss.
Miss Katherine Keene, stenographel
in the office of Dean Leon S. Merrill
of the University of Maine, Orono. ar.
rived Monday evening to visit hel
mother, Mrs. James Johnson of Water
street.
Perley Stevens is enjoying a few
days vacation from his duties in the
John F. Currier store and with Mrs
Stevens and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Estabrook will go to Embden Pond
today for an outing
Miss Ethlyn Steward, who had beer
passing the summer with friends in
Park Ridge, Ill. and Benton Harbor
Mich, arrived here Tuesday evening
She will leave for Bangor, early next
month, to resume her duties as Kin
dergarten teacher in that city.
A postponed meeting Of the Somer-
set Dairymen's Progressive League
will be held at the Municipal building
Saturday, August %, at 100 o'clock
E. c. Patten of Topsham, purebred
Guernsey breeder, will be the speak
er. The topic for discussion will be
Selling whole milk VS. cream.
A. NJ. Piper of Cornville was among
the callers at our Office Monday. Mr..
! Piper Is a curiosity in more than one
way, because while living in a coun-
try where fishing is of the best and
the habit of angling we'll nigh univer-
sal. he never caught fish in his life
and never made the attempt. His
second curiosity consists of the fact
that he has no beard to shave and no
hair to cut. This peculiar condition
is a result of a fever which he had
when nine years old, which left him