The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-23


to town and resumed her practice.
Dr. Charles r. Viles is numbered
among the patients at the Somerset
Hospital
Sumner Ward has been in attend
ance at the Grand Army Encampment
at Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Lawley of Mel
rose, Mass are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lawley.
Rev. E F. Merriam, D. D., of Brook
! line, Mass, will arrive today to visit
his brother Rev George Merriam.
Rev. Theodore Halbert Wilson who
has been visiting in Skowhegan for
the past two weeks returned yester-
day to Olivet, Mich
Harry Day, who recently resigned
his position with the Skowhegan Trust
Co, has entered the grocery store Of
his father c. W Day.
Miss Helen E. Merriam accompanied
her brother Arthur this morning for a
brief visit with her sister Mrs. Lester
Weeks of Randolph
Chin King, who for a number of
months has conducted a laundry here,
has gone to Portland and Charlie King
has come here to continue the bust
ness.
Master Winston Ward who has been
visiting for several weeks with his
grandfather, Henry Ward and Miss
Ethel Ward, has returned to his home
in Worcester, Mass.
All ladies of the town who are in
terested in Woman Suffrage are in
vited to meet at the home of Mrs r.
T. Patten, on Norridgewock Avenue,
Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Emerald Young, a graduate of
the Skowhegan High school, class of
1917, is to enter the Skidmore School
of Fine Arts at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
The term opens early in September.
The first service of the Bethany
Baptist church will be held the even
ing of Thursday, August 80. 1t will
be a special service for the boys and
girls There will be no services
August %.
Raymond Pratt of Main street has
recently brought into this office a Gu
cumber raised in his garden that goes
one better than any freak vegetable
yet seen here. The freak consists
of four cucumbers grown together and
are arranged like fingers of the hand
with only the thumb missing.
Arthur B. Merriam, son of Rev and
Mrs. George Merriam, who has been
visiting in Skowhegan for ten days,
left this morning for Plattsburg
where he enters the officers training
camp. Mr.. Merriam has been a
member of the Reserve Officers Train
: ing Corps of Harvard University.
Mrs George L. Smith who had been
visiting her grandparents MI and Mrs
X. A. Withee returned to her home
in Medford, Mass. last Saturday Hell
J four children accompanied her on this
, visit Dallina Ryo
Bernardine who will be three next
October, George Xanthius who was
two last April, and Malcolm Milford
who was one last May.
r The usual service will be held al
Centenary Methodist Church Sunday
: and a special invitation is extended tc
r visitors in the community and those
: whose churches are closed The pas
tor will preach at the morning service
subject THE Good Mans Hope" Al
the evening service the preacher will
be the Rev Leslie w. Grundy of West
Paris Special music The Metho-
dist Church is the friendly church.
The second of a series of monthly
musical services was held last Sunday
evening at the Centenary Methodist
church and was attended by large
audience Rev. Henry Clay Turner
the pastor, gave an address. Miss
Gladys Meservey of Watervlle delight
ed her hearers with many vocal Sc
lections and Carl Malley did his usual
splendid work at the organ Another
of these services will be held Septem-
Der 16.
S. l.. Allen of Hampton, Va. made
a brief visit here, Tuesday, at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. George w.
Steward. He and Mrs Allen, former
ly Miss Matte Windell of Yarmouth,
have been guests at the home of his
father, l.. l.. Allen, In Fairfield Cen
ter. Mrs Allen was graduate of
Colby in the class with Miss Gail
Taggart of this place. MIR. Allen is
a graduate of Bates College. He
taught as principal of the Clinton
High school, two years, and since 1915
has been an instructor in the Hamp-