The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-12-20

Adolph Stevens, resident of Mon
hogan Island is a guest at the home of
Hon. S. j. Walton, Madison Avenue.
Mrs, b, F. Webb has arrived from
Jackman and will remain until after
the holidays with her sister, Mrs. w.
/ H. Fowler.
Miss Myra Cross, member of the
| high school faculty will pass the
Xmas vacation at her home in Cole
brook, N. H.
A cablegram has been received by
Michael St Ledger from his son Harry
D. St Ledger, stating that all the boys
of Co. E "over there" are we'll and
received their Xmas packages o. X.
The marriage intentions of William
! o. Flewellyn, a farmer of this town
to Miss Merle E. Damren, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Damren Of Show
hogan, has recently been published.
The Misses Faith and Freda Harris,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E.
| Harris, have arrived home for the hol-
idays Both are students at Mt Hol-
yoke College, South Hadley, Mass.
Miss Ruth Greenwood and Miss
Beatrice Smiley, students at the Farm
ington Normal School, are visiting at
their respective homes and will re-
main in Skowhegan during the holiday
recess,
Another Red Cross shipment is to
be packed for shipment, Saturday.
Those who have finished articles, and
can conveniently bring them in, should
do so, not later than 2 p. m. next Sat-
urday afternoon.
Latest reports on hides indicate that
they are very much lower Both are
four cents or more below the figures
given in the market quotation printed
elsewhere in this issue. Horse hides
are now from 81 to Sc each.
1t is expected that a large number
of alumni and undergraduates of the
Skowhegan high school will attend
the Alumni ball which is to be held in
Grange hail. Friday evening, Dec. 2S
The High School Athletic Council is
in charge of the affair.
Miss L. NJ Withee, for some years a
milliner in Skowhegan, who has been
in Salt Lake city and on the Pacific
coast for about a year, has returned
here for visit, being guest of DR..
Julia Nay Kincaid. She expects to
remain in the east for several months.
1t is reported that Capt Roy L..
| Marston has recently been placed in
charge of securing all the fuel, wood
and coal, for all the American Expedi-
tionary Forces now in France. The
Captain has about 1000 under him. He
is especially we'll fitted for this ser
vice as he is a trained forester of wide
| experience.
Christmas display windows in the
various stores are very attractive Es-
! pecially pleasing to the eye are the
windows in the store of Bison &
| Conant Two large paintings, COM
! pletely fill the background of each ;
/ these depicting winter scenes in the
woods. These paintings were pre-
! pared by +. r. Goring of Waterville.
A nice lot of cattle were shipped to
Massachusetts. yesterday, by r. G..
! Bigelow They were, four short
| horned steers, one pair of three-year-
old and one pair of fiye-year- bred
and raised by r. G. Bigelow The
weight of the four animals was esti-
mated to be about 5000 pounds. Mr..
Bigelow also shipped carload of
! sheep.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W Tarbell de-
parted Tuesday for Boston and from
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visit with Mr.. Tarbell's mother. Mr..
| Tarbell has been in Skowhegan for
several weeks and his wife has lived
in Athens during the past year 1t is
probable that they will stop for some
time in Arizona, where he has mining
interests.
knights of De Molay Commandery
| will hold special Christmas observ-
ances at the Asylum and members will
assemble. at IL 80; ceremonies to be
gin promptly at II o'clock, noon. EN-
inent Commander John II. Lancaster
will open the observance with appro-
pirate remarks to the Sir Knights
present and the other bodies while
res ponses are to be made by several
of the Sir knights. The double
quartet will furnish music with solos
by Sir Lees Hall and Prof. r. w.
| Leighton.
| At the Island Avenue Congregation
al Church. next Sunday will be observ-
ed as Christmas Sunday. The regu-
lar choir will be assisted by some of
the Sunday School children in the pro-
cessional and occasional; also in the
singing of several Carols. The choir
will sing for anthems, king, All
Glorious; "Heralds of the King" one
of J. C. Bartlett's best compositions;
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night"
! by Manney; perhaps the "Hallelujah
Chorus; the evening chorus will
close with the singing OF very sym
pathetic, daintily arranged, unusual
Cantata There Is very great va
riety In special parts In all this music,
the soloists for the entire day include
Fred Rayner, Arthur Plummer, R. W.
Leighton, Miss Ruth Greenwood, Mrs.
Bradley, Mrs. Malley. 1t is the nm
est array of fitting music, rendered by
| greatest variety and abundance OF
home talent within the parish, that
this church has ever put forth, which
is saying a good deal All strang-
ers in town, and all who do not wor-
ship elsewhere are most earnestly in
vited to come to these services.
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