The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-07-12
The News of Somersefs Busy Towns

Robinson, Tuesday afternoon, when
twenty-five young people were pre-
sent. including the invited guests oil
the Winners The girls had all
kinds of delightful games and the
boys had a track meet. Golf French
won at high jump and running broad
jump and Ercell Gordon won the l0V
yard dash
Charles Crymble of this village had
his eighty-third birthday Monday
Mr. Crymble is a remarkable man
and has been active and industrious
all his life He was born in Embden
but has been resident OF this town
for many years. Mr. Crymble ser
we'd through the war. being in the
4th Me Battery The ladies OF the
Grand Army Circle And Others gave
him a postcard she on his birth
day when he RI E~Nd thirty-two
cards which he greatly appreciated
The following town committee for
War Relief Work has been appointed
from the different societies and chur-
ches: Woman's Club Mrs W r Wait
Mrs Gould Porter; Eastern Star
Mrs Mark Pullen. Mrs. f. c. And
rews: Sunshine, Mrs Henry Field
Miss Josie Moulton; ID. A. r., Mrs
Wallace Emery, Mrs. F. II Holley;
Rebekahs, Mrs George Clark, Mrs
L. p Lincoln; Past Noble Grands
Mrs. John Benjamin, Mrs Ostie Al
len; Methodist, Misses Edna Robin
son, Lizzie Clifford; Congregational
Mrs w. s. Jones, Mrs. Walter Shaw;
Universalist, Mrs. E. E. Sawyer, Mrs
Nellie Wing; Free Baptist, Mrs. Al
media Cults, Mrs. o. w. Counce; G.
A r., Mrs Frank Crymble, Mrs. M
l.. French Grange, Mrs. Albert Reed
Mrs. w c. Emery This committee
will meet sometime this week for or
ganization
For the next two months the Sun
day evening service at the Congrega-
tional church will be suspended and
instead of these evening meetings, the
pastor will give his illustrated lee
ture on 1.-THE Training of the Country
] Boy" at various schoolhouses near
| by Last Sunday evening, he Wis
tied the Shakespeare schoolhouse
and next Sunday evening he will give
the lantern-slides In the schoolhouse
in Bookerville.
Another case of small pox was re-
ported last Sunday in the house next
to the house where the first patient
was quarantined
Mrs. Carrie Hutchins is spending a
| few weeks at Waterville
Mrs. Hickok of New Jersey is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. William Hoyt
John A. Gray of Maiden, Mass, son
of Uhlar G. Gray, passed such ex-
| cellent examinations at entering the
School of Technology that he won
a scholarship. John is a grandson
of the late Stickney Gray.
Albert Ware Bailey of Worcester
Mass, son of Lester Bailey and JOS
! eph Rogers of Gray, son Of Rev. c.
w. Rogers, are in training camp at
Allentown Pa, for ambulance work
DR.. Hill of Waterville, nose and
throat specialist was in town Friday
and performed an operation for Wal
lace Emery. Mr.. Emery is doing
well and expects to be out of doors
in a few days.
H. Fl. Marston had for guests the
frSt OF the week, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Goodrich of Waterville, NJ Marston of
Nova Scotia and Mrs Mary Blanchard
of Dexter.
The following will be of interest to
our village people as Mr.. VIII wife
is a former North Arson girl, her
maiden name being Miss Fannie
Gould, daughter of the late Ward
Gould; George A. Wells of DesMoines,
secretary of the Western Grain Deal
ers' Association, has been selected by
Mr.. Hoover as one of committee of
nine representatives of the grain trade
in the United States to confer in
Washington as to the best means to be
adopted to conserve the grain supply
of the country
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Eustis and two
sons of Strong were visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Day the first of the week
The Methodist society held a lawn
social on the church lawn Wednes-
day evening.
Ruth Head Cragin Chapter has the
July meeting today at Skowhegan at
the home Of Mrs. M. A Eames, one Of
the members.