The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-07-12

the afternoon train Monday for Au-
gusta where she will spend a few
days with Mr. Thomson at Camp
Reyes.
Two degrees were conferred at the
meeting of Sunset Chapter, o. E. S.
held Friday evening Mrs. Nellie
Conant and Mrs. Emma Witham were
the candidates.
Albert Dulac and sister, Celia, of
Bristol, Conn, are visiting in town
They were called here by the death
OF William Howard, who dropped dead
Friday in Boston.
Members of the Helen Coburn Mis-
sion circle were delightfully."- enter
tanned Friday afternoon at the home
of their president, Mrs. r. F. HON.
sted of West Front street.
Special Auditor George H. Bangs
was in Skowhegan Monday. He was
visitor at the Reformatory while in
town on tour of inspection and to
audit the books of that institution.
Ira A. Norton and family departed
Monday morning by auto for the
Rangeley Lake region. Mr.. Norton is
taking his annual vacation and ex-
poets to be away for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Bragg are in
town, guests of Mr. and Mrs. ]. H.
Murray and Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Bragg
Before returning to their home in
Portland they will spend several days
at Lakewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Lewis, John
Lewis and Miss Mildred Chute left
Saturday for Wilton where they are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Wilkins.
Mrs. wilkins is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis.
Mrs. ]. Wallace Blunt and children
and the Misses Pauline Emery and
Margaret Leavitt, departed this
! Thursday morning for Spruce Point,
Boothbay Harbor, where they will
spend several weeks at the Blunt cot
tage.
Former Congressman Frank E.
Guernsey of Dover, Willis Parsons, a
Dover attorney, j. Sprague, also of
Dover, were recent visitors in town.
Mr.. Guernsey was in this section look
ing over the territory in contempla-
ton of his candidacy for United States
Senator.
William H. Wildes arrived Monday
morning from Chicago for a visi.
with his mother, Mrs. Abbie X. Wildes
at her home on Madison avenue. Mr..
Wildes is now Corporal in the End
Regiment, Illinois National Guard and
is home on a furlough His COM
pany will be called into service July
25th and he expects to remain in
town until summoned.
The class of 1908, Skowhegan High
! School, will hold a reunion at Lake
wood this Thursday afternoon. All
members of the class WILL of course,
! be present, and all who desire may
bring visiting friends and immediate
relatives The party will leave on
the 80 car and those who go by auto
should be at Lakewood by ? p. m. Ow-
ing to the hotel being closed it will
be necessary for all to bring basket
lunches
In our account of the fire, last week,
we entirely ignored the fact that DR..
A. B. Borden was the owner. DR..
Borden is also a member of the Som
erset Laundry Co, which operated
the laundry in this building. His
partner is Clarence Dunlap. Here
after we presume, should we have oc-
casion to mention this building again,
it would be proper to refer to it as
the Borden Block
Alfred T. Morrill,, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Morrill, of Baptist Hill,
has received an appointment for SER
vice in France with the Emergency
War Work Council of the Information
al Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Mr.
Morrill,, with four other secretaries,
will be In charge of an association
building near the fighting front and
he will have jurisdiction over all
others connected with the work. He
expects to leave for France In the
early part of September.
The annual meeting of the Search
light Club was held Friday at the
home of Miss Hannah Page on High
street. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President,
Miss Gertrude Sampson vice presi-
dent, Miss Mabel Mckinney; secre-
tary, Miss Dorothy Pennell; treasur-
err, Miss Christie Rollins; leader, Miss
Hannah Page. During the afternoon
the young ladies sewed for the bene-
fit of French wounded. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.