The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-31
=. SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS ~

The three Offices at the Court House
will be closed Saturday afternoons
during the months of June, July and
August.
The Eunice Farnsworth Chapter ID.
A. r. has recently placed flags upon
the graves of the Revolutionary SOL
diers. About 20 in all were placed.
Sheriff Harry L. Goodrich announces
that the flag raising at his home town
Palmyra, was postponed Tuesday on
account of the storm and will be held
Saturday, instead
Horace burlington of Waterville is
in town this morning and has a small
crew at work making repairs on the
Williams block, corner Madison ave-
nue. and Elm street.
The first church in town to raise a
flag is the Bethany Baptist and its
money raised by voluntary contribu-
tions, was raised Memorial Day
Miss Beatrice Hodgkins of the class
of IT, S. H. S. will leave here about
June 23rd for Parlin Pond where she
is to spend the summer months. Miss
Hodgkins intends to take up a train
ing course as nurse next Fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Lowe of Fair
field have taken the house formerly
occupied by Fred Turner on Mount
Pleasant avenue. Mr.. Lowe was for
merly employed in the Abbott Nelson
store in Fairfield but has accepted a
position here at the drug store of
G. R. Fogg.
Mr.. John Brush, Colby 20, who is
to spend the week end with his friend
and classmate, Mr.. Charles Coburn
Smith, will sing at the Bethany Bap-
fist Church at the morning and even
ing services, June 3rd. The subject
of the sermon at 10.45 will be snap
shots of the great convention The
choir will sing hymn which is being
God Save the King.
e. E. Towne has been engaged to
furnish the music for the senior dance
hccalaureate sermon and graduating
exercises. 1t is expected that the
soloists for the exercises at the Opera
house, Baccalaureate Sunday will be
Mrs. Eta Bradley, Miss Evelyn Elan
ders and Lyle Moore. The first num-
Der will be The Gloria from Concone's
Mass in F.; the second, ITO Thee, @
Country" by Eilenberg; the third
THE Friend Who Waiteth Nigh" by
Nevin
The chemical engine was called to
the tailor shop on Madison avenue
owned by E. B. Carter last evening on
what proved to be a false alarm. Guy
Debe who runs the fruit store next
door to the tailoring establishment
saw a lot of smoke next door and ran
all the way to the fire station. Upon
the arrival of the chemical, the door
was broken open by the firemen. There
was lots of smoke to be sure and the
fire fighters at first thought bad fire
was in progress but it proved to be
only two harmless sulphur candles
which had been lighted for fumigating
purposes and left in the store
A family of robbins has furnished
much interest to those who pass over
Written Brook bridge on Elm ST.,
daily. The nest is located just below
the level of the bridge and but a very
few feet therefrom. 1t has furnish
ed interesting study, first to count the
three blue eggs then to note the little
ones when first Matched out and now
to watch the parent bird feed and care
for them. During the cold rainstorm
preceding Decoration Day, the moth
er bird sat upon the nest with her
wings extended well down over the
side to keep out the rain. 1t looks
now as if the little ones would be try
ing to fly in about ten days.
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