The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-03-29
r. SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS n


There will be no meeting of the
Skowhegan festival chorus until
Wednesday, April eleventh.
Miss Carrie NJ. Carpenter, teacher
OF domestic science. is spending the
spring vacation at her home in Pitts
field. Mass
The next meeting of the Good Will
Club will be held at the home OF
Mrs. E. F. Greenwood on Madison
avenue. Wednesday, April fourth
The regular meeting of the Knights
OF Pythias will be held this evening
when plans are to be made for the
anniversary celebration. April 10.
Leon Smiley, assistant engineer in
the State highway department, is re-
turning to Augusta today. after
spending five days with his parents,
the Delbert Smileys of Dyer street.
/ Frank W Knowlton, supervisor of
manual training in Skowhegan and
Madison is to spend a portion of his
vacation in New York City and Bos-
ton. and the remainder in West Penn
broke.
/ {. II. Boyle OF the River road is the
owner of fine Jersey COW that
freshened few daye ago. She
gives fifteen quarts OF milk to a milk
ing the fifteen quarts weighing 2512
pounds.
Mr. aud Mrs. Roy b. Lancaster are
moving to Waterville where they are
to make their future home after April
fifteenth, Mr. Lancaster having ac-
cepted a position with the Emery
Brown Company.
Miss Blanche Jewett entertained a
few friends at her home on Maple
street last Friday evening. The
guests were the Misses Corinne Sal
| ley. Annie Caswell Xaverine Bison,
Mildred Beale and Charlotte Dow.
The SkoWhegan carpenters have
decided to cut the intended advance
in wages effective the first of April.
Instead of asking fifty cents more per
day for their labor, they have de-
cided to ask only twenty-five cents
more
The high and all the village schools
closed last Friday for a two weeks
vacation. The Dudley Corner rural
school also closed The other rural
schools will close this week Friday
and will not reopen until April %
or later, depending upon the travel
ing
Mrs. Charles Dulac is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Sadie Mclnyaine, in
Whitman, Massachusetts, and will
visit Paul Dulac at Gardiner en- route
To her home in Skowhegan Mrs.
Dulac went to Lynn, last week call
ed there by the death of her daugh-
ter-in-law. Mrs. Orville W. Dulac.
Mrs. Maude Albee daughter of a.
f. Adams of Norridgewock and Free
land n. kincaid of Skowhegan, son
of George N. Kincaid OF Cornville,
were married last week at the par
sonage of the Free Baptist church,
Dr.. o. II. Tracy officiating. There
were no attendants Mr.. and Mrs.
Kincaid are to live on Water street,
Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Lynn Viles return
ed the last of the week from Dead
River and were the guests of Mrs.
Viles parents, the f. NJ. Greenes and
other relatives in Skowhegan for a
few days. Mrs. Viles left Monday
for Boston, where she will spend two
weeks and Mr.. Viles returned to their
home in Madison where they will
pass the summer months.
Charles f. Turner, janitor of the
Park school, was pleasantly remem-
bered last week by the pupils of the
school. Mr.. Turner has been sick
for two weeks and the members of
the school took the gifts to his home.
The present was appropriate for the
Easter season and included five doz
en- fresh eggs, a dozen colored Easter
eggs of various sizes, two dozen
oranges and a four pound chicken.
At the annual meeting of the Show
hogan Woman's Aid Society held in
Library parlors last Thursday after
noon, the following officers were
elected President, Miss Sarah j.
Anderson; vice president, Mrs. w.
b. Steward; secretary, Mrs. Fred
Emery; treasurer, Mrs. e. E. Green
wood; board Of directors, Mrs. D,
Maria Bacon, Mrs, Ada r. Dascombe
Mrs. George Merriam, Mrs. Paul
Roullard, Miss Clara B. Varney, Mrs
| +. II. Goodrich and Mrs. E. f. Dan
forth. Mrs. Danforth was elected
to fill the vacancy of Mrs. Annie
Nolin, resigned. There is now a