The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-01-25

| l.. Thompson of West Acton. Mass.
Miss Cora NJ. Hopkins will enter
| tain the members of the Searchlight
club at her home Friday afternoon,
/ February second.
Miss Margaret Chase, teacher of the
Pitts school. spent the week end with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. E Chase
of North Avenue.
Rev. Charles II. Mckinney of the
Congregational church is also among
those from Skowhegan in attendance
at the eonyocation week exercises in
Bangor
Preceding the prayer service at
+ the Bethany church this evening.
there will be special meeting for
the teachers and officers of the Sun
day School
Mrs. Walter II. Hight and son
Kirby, who have been visiting with
relatives in Middletown, Conn, for
several weeks, returned home the last
Of the week.
Miss Hannah r. Page and her
house guest Mrs. f. L. Marsh of
Providence, r. l., will return Satur-
day morning from Bangor, where they
are attending the conyocation week
exercises this week
| Fred Howes has returned to Bur-
! lington, Vermont, after a visit with
| his sister. Mrs. Martha p. Davis of
! formerly engaged in business with
Frank Thompson at Skowhegan, is
now in the grocery business at Bur-
| lington.
| r. F. Merrill and r. +. Atwood Of
Skowhegan have been chosen meln-
bers of the general committee on ar
rangements for Shriners Ladies' night
which is to be held in Portland
Thursday evening, March first Mr.
Atwood will be among those in the
receiving line.
Sherman Shumway of Skowhegan
spoke before the Portland Bowdoin
Alumni Association last week on the
new plan for athletics which has re-
Gently been adopted at Bowdoin Col
lege 1t will be recalled that Mr.
Shumway is the originator of this
new college athletic program
Horace burlington and Company are
planning to make a million bricks
this year 500 cords OF wood is now
being hauled to the kilns, half cord
being reckoned as sufficient to burn
100 brick. Last year only about half
a million were manufactured, some of
these being used for the new building
at the Woman's Reformatory while
others will be used in the erection of
the new postoffice.
Mr.. and Mr.. Robert Wentworth OF
SkOwhegan, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Clark
of North New Portland and Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Gibbs and Shirley
Gibbs of Madison are to leave Thurs
day. February first for the South
where they are to spend the next two
months. The party will 90 direct to
st Petersburg, Florida, and will oc-
cupy a bungalow owned by Mr.. Clark
on Eighth avenue.
The annual meeting of Bethany
Guild was held in the church parlor
last Thursday afternoon when Mrs.
Jessie +. Fletcher was reelected
president for the third year. Mrs.
Ella Nelson was elected vice presi-
dent and Mrs Mary p. Archer, secre-
members, Mrs, Mary SWEET. Mrs. Kate
Mason and Mrs Alice Lang were adj
mitted to membership. After the
business session, there was a social
hour during which delicious refresh
ments were served.
A Billy Sunday service was held
Sunday evening at six o'clock at the
I Bethany church by the Christian En-
deavor society Clyde Badger, vice
president. was leader and program
of music by the orchestra under the
direction of Mrs Cecil Gates with vo-
cal numbers by Miss Dorothy Potts,
was carried out Rev. George Mer-
riam, Bertram Melvin of Waterylle
and Miss Velma Fogg, all of whom
attended some of the Billy Sunday
meetings in Boston, gave short talks
which were of great interest.
w A Libby of Norridgewock was
the loser of nearly seven dozen prec-
ious eggs last Thursday afternoon,
when his horse which was hitched in
front of the Jewett market on Madi-
son avenue, became frightened. and,
breaking its bride dashed down Rus
sell street, down Water up High
thence to Court. and finally was
caught back of the Maine Central
hotel The seat was torn from the
jumper, the bride and reins lost, and
the fender and shaft broken. Mr..
Libby was in the store making a mar