The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-10
r. SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS ~

week.
Last Saturday Governor Milliken
nominated Thomas G. Lord of Show
hogan as trial justice.
Miss Elizabeth Olney returned last
week after spending the winter
months in Washington, d. C.
The County commissioners have
voted to paper the Jail house and tc
paint it inside. new steel roof is
also to be put on the barn.
India" was the subject for the af.
ternoon Friday when the First Baptist
Mission Circle was entertained by Mrs
e. W Marble at her home on Spring
street
The marriage intentions OF Dennis
Willett OF this town and Miss Alice
Miller. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Miller of Hanover street, were
registered Saturday.
f. b. Curtis, who has been enjoy
ing the Californian climate the past
winter. is en- route Eastward and Is
expected to arrive in Skowhegan soon
after the middle of this month
Mrs. ]. Palmer Merrill and Miss
Clara b. Varney we're the only ones
from Skowhegan who attended the
meeting of the Kennebec Federation
of Women's Clubs held at Oakland
last week,
Frank w Bucknam of Skowhegan
was installed as Grand Chapter Off
Ger at the meeting of the Grand
Chapter and Grand Council held last
week in Portland. Mr.. Bucknam's
office is Grand Senior Warden
The monthly report OF County
Treasurer John II. Lancaster shows
the cash on hand March fifth to have
been $24,S8S.76; receipts from county
officers have been $93457 and from
E. s Haynes for road tax, $75284.
The resignation of Miss Alma V.
Smiley of Caribou, teacher Of Science
at the Skowhegan High school, has
been accepted by the school board.
Miss Smiley will teach until the end
of the school year and her marriage
is to take place this summer.
Last Friday afternoon and evening
the new Green Brothers store was
opened for inspection. The store
was crowded with people the greater
part Of the time. No goods were
sold, this giving the public plenty of
opportunity for looking at the new
and attractive display as long as they
pleased. Each Of the clerks we're
wearing a white carnation and all of
the young ladies wore white. Music
was furnished both afternoon and
evening by Lyons orchestra.
Donald w. Philbrick, editor in chief
of the Bowdoin Orient, the son Of s.
W. Philbrick of this town, left Bruns-
wick this week together with Sher-
man Shumway and Arthur McQuillan,
also of Skowhegan, for the officers
training camp at Plattsburg, N. Y.
About 80 Bowdoin young men, 81
years Of age, have left for the Platts-
burg camp They will train there for
three months at the end of which time
they will be candidates for commits
sions in the army to be raised by draft
this summer.
surprise party was given for Rev.
and Mrs. Charles Fl. mckinney last
Thursday evening in the vestry of
the Island Avenue church, in honor
Of their 25th wedding anniversary
The pastors from the three other
Protestant churches were present
with their wives and there was
large number of members Of the Con-
parish in attendance
During the evening, Carleton p Mer-
rill presented In behalf Of the parish,
a purse of 800 made up of quarters
and Maybasket containing twenty
five Daybreak pinks. An enjoyable
musical and literary program was
carried out The committee on ar
for the affair were Mrs.
Leslie II. Goldsmith, Mrs. f. l.. Saw
age, Mrs. Isabel Donaldson, Mrs.
Ernest Rayner, Mrs. Fred Pooler, Mrs.
Daniel Lewis. Mrs. Elmer f. Green
wood. Mrs. Frank Morrill,, Mrs. Chas.
w Sheaff and Mrs. Willard Eaton
Five petitions in regard to changing
roads in the county were discussed at
recent meeting of the County COM
missioners and the dates for hearings
are appointed as follows On the
petition of Joseph Roderick to lay out
new street from Chandler to Dyer
street east of North street, which the
town refused to do, hearing set for
June 5th at Skowhegan. Petition to
and bridge near the home of Almon
Sanford on the River road by CON
Meeting with a point on the Canaan
road one-fourth mile out and doing
away with this steep hill hearing at
Skowhegan June 5th. Petition to ac-
cept an old discontinued road by the
Isaac Holway place in bingham