The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-12-13
~ SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS ~

Philip Nadeau departed Monday for
Boston. where he has a position In
rubber factory In that city.
Mrs. Walter Gingrow of Gardiner
has returned home after visiting here
for several days with her mother, Mrs.
George Goulette.
Lieut.. Earl Patten has moved his
family into one of the Davis bunga-
lows on upper Madison avenue. He
will report at Camp Dix on Dec. Is.
Miss Myra RoweH, stenogTapher at
the State House, Augusta, has return
ed to her duties following a brief visit
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. X. Rowell.
Mrs. George Robinson and her
daughter, Mrs George Parker. return
ed Friday from Portland, where they
visited for several days with relatives
and friends,
The ladies are invited to a Special
Sale of Switches, direct from the man
ufacturers, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, Dec. 1915, at Miss Towne's,
Merrill Block, Room 16.
Mrs. A. NJ. SWEET has taken a po-
sition as bookkeeper in the office OF
the Somerset Farmers Cooperative
Telephone Co, TO succeed Miss Beat
rice Hodgkins, who has resigned.
Thru the efforts OF Sheriff Harry
Goodrich, High street is to be better
lighted as he has obtained permission
from the county commissioners to
place bright light on the north cor
ner of the County Jail.
Miss Ethel Thurston. the trained
nurse. who has been in attendance
npon Mrs. f. r Goodrich, was sum
moned to her home in Cascade, N. II
owing to the serious Illness of her
mother and left Skowhegan Friday.
Fire apparatus at the Central sta
ton has been undergoing alterations
preparatory to winter work. The fire
truck has been shifted onto runners
and the sled which conveys chemicals
has been fitted out for two horses in
stead of one,
Extensive repairs are being made at
the local factory of the Portland Corn
Packing Co, under the supervision of
Harvey Goodwin. New piers are be-
ing put in and also new flooring, pre-
paratory to the installation of seven
husking machines.
Many young people in Skowhegan
, are apparently unfamiliar with the
fact that sliding is prohibited on the
principal streets of the town. Dur
ing the past week Chief of Police
Frank Thompson has been kept busy
informing the sliders that such a law
exists.
Twenty men of the Congregational
parish have met for the consideration
of the annual church budget items and
for making preliminary arrangements
for the every member canvass which
will be conducted Dec. 16. meet
ing of the teams will be held this
! Thursday evening.
Miss Gertrude knight. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Seldom knight, sustain
ed a bad fracture Of her left leg by
fall. the result of slipping on the vesti-
/ bue floor at the High school build
! ing X-ray pictures have been TAX
en- Of the injury which show several
] broken ligaments in the leg.
Clarence SWEET Of Westboro, Mass.
formerly of this town. departed Fri
day morning after visiting with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy
SWEET on Summer street. He has
Joined the Aviation Corps as balloon
pilot and has received orders to report
at training school in Omaha, Neb.,
next Tuesday.
Miss M. Louise Merrill, student at
Colby College has been at her home
here for a few days. She states that
her brother, Capt John N. Merrill,
will arrive in the United States, from
Persia, in February, and will come to
Skowhegan for a short visit. During
his sojOurn here Capt. Merrill will en-
ter the U. S. Army
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Malley had as
house guest over the week end, Lieut..
Rex Peacock of Freeport, Me. Lieut..
Peacock is a Bowdoin man and was
recently commissioned from Platts-
burg. He Is a classmate OF several
Skowhegan boys of Bowdoin IL. He
departed Monday morning for Hobo
ken, N. j., and expects to leave for
France, January /.
Two water fountains have been
ordered for the High school building
to replace the present unsanitary
source of the drinking water supply.
The fountains will be placed on the
first two floors. Tanks are arranged
with the inverted bottle system and
are to set upon slabs connected with
a sink. This should be good news
to the paretns of the High School stu
dents who have righteously objected |
to the present drinking water system. |
Edward Spear was elected captain
of Canton Somerset at the annual in
spection aud election, held last Thurs
day evening Other officers elected |
were, Lieut., Stephen c. Mills of Nor
ridgewock; Frank l.. Gipson, Bling |
ham, ensign; Fred Williams, clerk.
Major Charles L. Cushman of Gardi-
ner, acted as inspecting officer and
was assisted by Captain Joseph j,
Randlett of Richmond. Following
the degree work baked bean suppeE
was served in the dining hall.
At the annual meeting OF the Wo-
mans Relief Corps. held Friday after
noon In Grand Army Hall, Mrs. Minnie
Burns was elected president for the
ensuing year. Other officers elected |
we're. senior vice president. Mrs. Ma
bel Smith; Junior vice president, Mrs.