The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-10

Cross at her home on Water street.
L. II Folsom of Dexter was in
town a few days last week, the guest
of his brother c F. Folsom at his farm
home on the Norridgewock road.
The house lot on Maple street
owned by Sanford Reynolds, which is
portion of the Harvey White prop
erty. has recently been sold to Har-
vey Mcclure.
Thornton Merriam, who is in Ohio
has been appointed as delegate from
the Bethany Baptist church of SHOW
hogan TO the Northern Baptist Con-
yention to be held at Cleveland
Randall Nye succeeded, altho al
most 80 years of age, in saving and
splitting his big wood pile. He has
this Spring planted over 300 hills of
potatoes and 100 hills of corn.
Mrs. Nina Steward and Mrs Jessie
Steward entertained the Philathea
class last evening at their home on
Water street at which time plans were
made for the observance of the tenth
anniversary to be held May Is in the
yestry. The plans are to be kept Sc
cret and the celebration will be for
members only.
On Monday, May second, 1898, just
nineteen years ago, Company E left
Skowhegan for Augusta. This was in
preparedness for the Spanish-Ameri-
can War. This year, Monday, April
80 1917, Company E of Skowhegan
left again for Augusta where they
have been divided into squads to
guard property
The members of the Searchlight
| Club have commenced to sew for the
American Fund for French Wounded
At meeting of the club held last
Friday afternoon at Miss Doris Cow
er's home, handkerchiefs were made.
The next meeting will be held Fri
day evening. May IS, with Miss Lyle
Stinchfield on Court street.
The first meeting of the creditors
of Felix Chamberlain of Scion who
fled his petition In bankruptcy recent
ly, was held last Friday at the Office
of Lewis & Lewis. No creditors ap-
peared, no trustee was appointed and
the matter was laid on the table un
til Mr.. Chamberlain files his petition
for a discharge from bankruptcy.
The Skowhegan Juvenile orchestra
played at Madison under the direction
of Professor E. e. Towne last Friday
evening for the play produced by anna
teur talent for the benefit of the
Madison school band. The members
OF the orchestra are the Misses Beat
rice Weston, Lois Hubbard, Virginia
Stinchfield and the Messrs. Hector
Chabot, Charles Cariveau and Ken
meth Copp
Little groups OF interested specta-
tors gathered near the Green Bros.
store Thursday afternoon to watch the
big sign swung into place. Three
ladders, one at each end and one In
the middle of the building, were oc-
cupied by one man at the top of each
ladder and one at the bottom, requir-
ing the united efforts of all six. The
preparations made, 1t took but few
moments to raise the sign into po
sition.
The funeral services for Edmund
Roy of Oakland were held at II
o'clock last Friday morning, following
the arrival of the noon train, at st.
Mary's church, FIR. Renaud officiat-
ing A delegation from the Catholic
Order of Foresters was present. The
church was we'll filled with relatives
and friends of the deceased and there
were many beautiful floral tributes.
The four brothers-inlaw, James,
George, Henry and Thomas Lewia, all
of Skowhegan, were the bearers
At the annual business meeting OF
the Epworth League of the Metho
dist church, the following officers
were elected: President, e. b.
Grundy; first vice president, Mrs.
Lena Cleveland; second vice presi-
dent Miss Pearl Harville; third vice
president, Miss Lila Weston; fourth
vice president, Miss Hazel Burkhardt;
secretary, Miss Mildred Ames; treas
urer, George Cleveland; financial sec
rotary. Eva Cleveland; organist, Miss
Pearl Harville.
The members of Russell Post GAR.
and Woman's Relief Corps have been
invited to be present at the next
meeting of Skowhegan Grange to be
held Wednesday evening of next
week, supper will be served at $50
under section d. Patriotic evening
will be observed with the following
program: Music by the Grange
quartet; welcome to our G. A. r.
Guests" by Wilmot b. Whittier; wei
come to the W r c." by Mrs. Susie
e. Jacobs; solo by Miss Winifred
Gardner monologue by Mrs. Nellie
L. Hill