The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-09

Miss Grace Wood of West Nleford,
Mass. is Il guest at the home of Mrs.
Hannah Hobart on Summer street
Sheriff Goodrich announced Tues
day the appointment of Thomas Har-
per as deputy sheriff for Fairfield and
vicinity.
Mrs. II. ". Bowker of Los Angeles,
Calf will arrive here the last of this
month for a visit with her sister Mrs.
Pauline p Hill
Miss Fern Rowe of Smithfeld re
turned to her home Tuesday after a
weeks visit with her aunt Mrs Leon
Lancto. Water street.
Charles Moody still remains criti-
cally i'll. He was recently removed
from his home on Turner Avenue to
the Somerset Hospital
Mrs. Lena II Taylor and her daugh-
ter Miss Polly. of Longmeadow, Mass,
are expected today for a visit at the
home of Mrs. Pauline Hill.
Mr. and Mrs Stephen Pepper of
Concord, Mass. are the parents of a
daughter born July 2S Mr.. Pepper
is a former resident of Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Crawford and
child and Miss Edna Crawford of
Fredericton, y. b. are passing sew
eral days in town the guests of Mrs,
George Brooks and Miss Nellie Craw-
ford.
Owing TO the illness of Mrs. Parker,
the Grange Field Day which was to
have been held at the home of the
Master on August 18th has been post
poned Further notice will be given
later.
Mrs. Lottie Loyejoy of Seattle,
Washington is expected to arrive next
week for a visit with her brother,
George e. Sampson of Maple street.
She is now in Foxcroft visiting her
mother Mrs. b. E. Sampson.
Mrs. Flora McPheters left this
Thursday morning for Kittery Point,
where she will visit her sister, Mrs.
S. E. Woodbury. She will also visit
two brothers in Boston, daughter in
Portland and a daughter in West Bux-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert X Steward of
Lansing, Mich, are passing the pres
ent week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
w B. Steward ON Coburn avenue.
They are accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Sweetser of Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. Steward is a professor in the
Michigan Agricultural College.
First intentions for declaration of
naturalization have recently been filed
( with Clerk of Courts w r. Seekns
as follows: Joseph L. Fontaine, Moses
Cloutier, William Bolduc, Joseph
Octave Grondin, Alfred Fontain, all of
Skowhegan; William Crossman Will
lie Rhodes, William Eyeyard, Pitts
field; John Patrick Lynch, lockwood.
At 1.-The regular August session of
the Board of County Commissioners
held Tuesday at the court house, it
was ordered that new piece of road
be built from Scion village to Nor
ridgewock, between the latter village
and the house of Forrest Thompson.
1t was claimed by the selectmen of
Scion that this road was unfit for
travel since a recent washout
Mrs. Esther Leach of West Front
street has a plant known as the night
blooming Ceres. This plant blossoms
but once a year and then at night.
Monday evening a large number of
her friends gathered at the Leach
home to watch this peculiar fauna
burst into bloom. 1t blossomed about
II p. m. and was picked before it
wilted. 1t will again blossom August
7, 1918.
The ladies' of the local Finch Club
were delightfully."- entertained by two
of its members, Mrs. A. b. Lamb and
Mrs r. F. Wilson at Lake Wesserun-
sett yesterday afternoon. The ladies
took their work and the forenoon was
pleasantly spent at the home of Mrs,
r. F. Wilson. After the noon meal
at the cottage of Mrs. Wilson, the
company adjourned to the A. B. Lamb
cottage, where a few games of finch
were enjoyed and delightful refresh
ments were served before the guests
departed. Among those present we're
Mrs. Laura H. Dinsmore, Mrs. Jessie
B. Fletcher, Mrs. Carrie s. Webb, Mrs
Minna B. Savage, Mrs. Mabel c.
Bragg, Mrs. Carrie Bearce, Mrs. Mary
H. Bailey, Mrs. A B. Lamb and Mrs
X. F Wilson.
A kitchen shower party was given
| by Miss Sarah p Snow, at her home
on Main street, last Friday evening
in honor of the approaching marriage
of Miss Mildred B. Chute. The guest
of honor arrived to make an informal