The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-01-04
NORTH ANSON

Dwight French was at home from
the University Of Maine during the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Emery went
to Boston Monday to be gone a few
days.
Miss Kate Robinson who has been
attending Bliss Business College al
Lewiston, has a position in the office
of Bernard Gibbs in Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Emery have
both been quite i'll with the grip
during the past week.
The meeting of the Womans Club
will be held in Stewart Public Ii
brary, Friday afternoon, January D
at 230 o'clock.
Fred Parsons numbering teams
went to Bald Mountain Friday.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gatonal Church and parish will be
held at the church. Tuesday Jan. g.
at 1890 a m. Picnic dinner at
l1l30. All members are expected to
be present
The pupils and teachers of the
Mark Emery schools gave j. W. Golf,
former janiIor of the Mark Emery
building. a Christmas post card show
er when he received large number.
Mr.. and Mrs John Benjamin went
to Fairfield Friday to attend the
golden wedding of his uncle and
aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Savage
! Edwin Hilton who has been liy-
i .ng on the "OX-bow' farm in Starks,
has moved with his family to this vii
lage into one of the Bunker houses
on Main street on the south side OF
the Carrabassett river.
Mrs Lena Marson of Concord is the
guest of her brother Alfred Berry
and family
! The North Arson Manufacturing
Company has improyised winter
sled-coach for conveying some of the
Office employees who live at dis
lance from the mills.
There is quite demand for green
and dry wood in the village this Win
ter and the price is unusually high.
Mrs. Carrie f. Hutchins returned
home from Bingham Monday noon.
Miss Florence Noddin spent Christ
mas at Danforth.
Harry Curren of Gorham. n. II. was
visiting relatives here at Christmas.
RAYMOND Whitney was recent
visitor in town from Odtown.
Earl Wing and f. ] Woodwork
Of the North Arson Mfg. Company
were in Boston last week on bust
ness.
There were large number present
at Harry Beale's auction of household
goods at the Beale house on Union
street, Saturday Alonzo Richards
of Pennington has bought the house.
The crews that have been working
on the water system in this village
all the fall have thus far got the
pipe laid across the two bridges and
the long strip of blasting on Elm
street partly completed. Monday
eight inch pipe was being distributed
along upper Main street and up
Pleasant street six inch pipe.
The annual roll call of the Metho-
DIST church will take place, Wednes-
day, Jan 10, at the church with din
ner at Grange Hall. In the after
noon DR.. Holt will give an address
The winter term of Arson Academy
opened Tuesday. Prof. and Mrs.
Rollins spent their vacation at Sulli-
van and Ellsworth.
stephen NORM went to Scion Mon
day to visit his sisters.
Earl Mitchell went to Worcester.
Mass. Saturday, where he has begun
work in lathe factory.
The Mark Emery schools opened
Monday for the winter terms.
Several stockholders from this vii
lage and vicinity attended the annual
Farmers Telephone meeting at Nor
ridgeWock Monday
Mrs. Cyrus Walker was quite ill
Tuesday but is now better.
Frank H. IEolley. representative
from this district, went to Augusta
Monday to attend the session of the
legislature
w c. Emery, deputy sheriff went
to Skowhegan Monday.
Monday afternoon about o'clock
the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
o. r. Weese and six children was
totally destroyed by fire with all of
its contents. This house was in the
Bookeryille neighborhood and was
known as the Brad Spencer house.
Mr.. Weese had gone to North Arson
village for groceries, and Mrs. Weese
who was i'll in bed. was alone in the
house when she heard the cracking
of the flames in the ell. The child
rem ran into the house and attempted
to get their mother out and got her
as far as the door but were unable TO
open the door and the mother became
unconscious. Frank Smith and Omar
Gates went thru the smoke to her
rescue but could not open the door
so were obliged to take her thru the
glass panel of the door She was
taken to Silas Pullen's and remained
unconscious and a doctor was sum-
moned but it was a long time before
consciousness was restored. The
children, the youngest of whom is
three years old, were taken In around
the neighbors. This Is a particular
ly pitiful case as the mily is left
wholly destitute. COlributions of
clothing or anything else will be
gratefully received. Contributions
for the Weese family may be left with
or sent to Mrs. Cyrus Walker, North
Arson, r. f. D. 2.
Mrs. Lila Emery is recovering
from a severe attack Of bronchitis.
Nahum @. Hilton is sick with a
stomach trouble.
Harold Collins is assisting in the
Drug Store during Mr.. Holley's alb
sence in Augusta.
| Fred Pullen is hauling boards from
divers mill.
Commencing with the new year,
Emerald Rebekah Lodge changes the
time of meetings from Saturdays to
the second and fourth Wednesdays Of
the MONTH and the next meeting will
be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 10.