The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-16

| Gingrow in Gardiner.
Rev +. l. Marsh of Providence, r.
l. arrived in town Tuesday evening
| Joining Mrs. Marsh and daughters at
/ the home of Miss Hannah r. Page on
! High street.
/ Wallace Bilodeau, formerly of the
/ firm of Bilodeau & Pooler bakers,
with headquarters in Skowhegan, has
/ arrived in town where he is visiting
/ friends and relatives.
The management of the Somerset
| Central Fair have secured the ser
vices of Walter Bullock, an experienc-
ed aviator, who will make flights each
day during the Fair
Mr. and Mrs Eldon Boyd, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Beane, Miss Clara Libby,
Miss Pearl Bowton, Carroll Flanders
and Chester Nutting took an auto trip
/ to Augusta Sunday and spent the day
with Company E.
Mr. and Mrs NJ St Ledger and fam
/ lily and Mr.. Lawrence Cockburn spent
Wednesday afternoon in Augusta with
their sons Harry ST Ledger and Will
liam Cockburn. making the trip in
/ the Cockburn car.
Corporal Charles F. Smith, Co. G,
Harvard Reserve Corps, is expected
here tomorrow for visit with his
/ father j. N. Smith. Following this,
he will return to Plattsburg for fur
, Their military training
| Madison avenue which has been
! closed to traffic, from a point near
| Maple street, almost to the car barn,
will be re-opened today or Friday.
About 900 feet of the street has been
! plowed up and renovated.
ten of the best musicians in this coun-
/ ty will go to Madison next Tuesday
evening where a dance will be held
in Union Hall Mr. Lyon has spared
! no expense in making the orchestra
a success and will be ready with some
! real music.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. |. Allen, Jr. Of
Everett, Mass. accompanied by Mrs.
Aliens sister, Mrs. E. G Emerson of
| Portland were in town yesterday,
They we're travelling by automobile
coming here from Winthrop where Mr..
and Mrs. Allen have been passing
their vacation.
w. w Savage, vice president of the
d-Savage Company, dealers in fruit
and agricultural land in Sarasota, Fla.
has been a guest at Hotel Coburn for
several days. Mr.. Savage has many
to welcome him. He made the trip
from Florida by auto.
Michael St Ledger has been very i'll
at his home on Bloomfield street dur
ing the past few days with an attack
of acute indigestion. His son, Pri-
vate Harry d. st. Ledger of Company
E was called to his home here owing
to the illness of his father At pres
/ ent Mr.. st. Ledger is recovering rapid
ly.
A special meeting of De Molay
! Commandery will be held tomorrow
! (Friday) evening to choose commit
/ tee of three to act with like commit
tees from the other local Masonic
/ bodies in forming a building corpora
fairs of their recent real estate pur-
! chase.
( Thirty-ive ladies, all residents of
/ Baptist Hill, met on the lawn at the
home OF Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Bailey,
/ Tuesday afternoon. Several hours
were spent in doing work for the
/ soldiers. A picnic lunch was served
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, able afternoon and much work was ac-
complished
/ 1t will be of interest to the many
friends of Raymond D. Allen to know
that he has recently received a full
scholarship in the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. Mr. Allen is
thus honOred because of excellent
rank in all his studies During the
summer recess he is identified with
the General Electric Co. in Lynn,
Mass
\ B. Chapman who played second
base with the Skowhegan team during
the season of 1916 and 1917, has been
at Pleasant Pond for the past ten days.
Mr. Chapman is an assistant to DR..
Gornfinkle of New York City, proprie-
tor of the Boys Camps at Snow Pond
in kennebec county. He had with
him a party of rs of these boys at
Pleasant Pond. They all took the
train at Bingham, Monday on the re-
turn to the home camp. There are
81 in all at Snow Pond. These boys
pay 500 a month each as tuition.
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