The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-20
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Fred " Prebles.
A regular bushes meeting Of Bling
ham Grange will be held Saturday,
Sept - \ program VIII be FUR
nished There viii be special
meeting SatnrdaE sept 18th, at { p
m For entertainment one-act
play Will he presented by the young
people At the close OF the meeting
refreshments Of ice cream and cake
will be served Sisters are requested
10 bring cake.
Mrs Jennie Baker went to Bangor
last Wednesday and will spend a
week among friends and relatives
Mrs 4. S Burke returned from
Boston last Saturday Her mother
Mrs Clark accompanied her from
Portland and Is now her guest
Mrs. Lille Merrill from Scion spent
Sunday with her friend Mrs Rose
Lander
Mrs George Roundy is visiting rel
atives in town.
Mrs George Baker and Mrs Maria
Carney were shopping in 9ko~heeah
last Tuesday.
Mrs. Della Webster started last
Thursday for New York where she
will spend the winter.
Miss Anna Savage, the 9Th and 9Th
grade teacher. boards and rooms with
Mrs Ross Henderson
Robert Moore is spending week
ia home. He is accompanied by a
gentleman friend.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Taylor and
daughter expect to spend this winter
In Jackman He will have charge OF
numbering operations OF the Jackman
Lumber Co.
Mrs. f. D. Taylor and her son
Frank who has been in the grocery
trade here for the past two years, are
soon to move to Sanford, where they
will reside while f. o. Taylor is
working in York county in the in
terests of the Maine Bibe Society.
Miss Mary Foss came home from
Rangeley last Friday night. Miss
Foss, Misses Laura and Geralding
Baker plan to attend Colby College
this year.
Mrs Harry Cummings will open
The Curtis Branch Store in the Dins-
more Block, Thursday, Sept 81, with
a full line of Fall hats for ladies
and children.
Mrs. Pearl Wood and her daughter
PHILIPS and VIM. Estabrook have gone
to Rockland, where he has employ
ment and where they intend to reside
for the present.
At this writing Mrs. Edwin Robin
son is still critically i'll. trained
nurse from Lewiston is In attendance
Her sister Mrs. Atwood from Fairfield
is also with her and Mrs. Ida Ellis
Is assisting in the homework.
K. NJ. Savage and J. +. Owens made
an auto trip to Bangor last Wednes-
day. Mr. and Mrs. Grindle from No
Brooksville returned with them and
are guests of their daughter Mrs.
Savage
The Sunshine Society was enter
tanned on Thursday of last week by
Mrs Myrtle Cummings. The Octo-
Der meeting will be at the home Of
Mrs Oman Sawyer
Just received a few cars Of The D.
& II. all rail Lackawanna Coal Price
$llO0 per ton, Terms cash when de
tiyered. Inquire Of S. J. Whitney,
Bingham.
Orrin Hill visited Hon. A. F. Doni-
gan in Lewiston last Friday and found
him in good courage Mr. Donigan
has recently had his leg amputated
above the knee and the doctors hope
for the best
Mrs. Perley Bickford and her
daughter Esther were in Wateryille
last Saturday for the purpose of hay
Ing an operation performed on Miss
Esther for adenoids.
Miss Florence Colby. who has been
visiting in the West during the past
summer, has recently accepted the
position OF superintendent of the Ply
steal Culture department in the
schools Of Emyra, N. Y. Mrs. F.
II. Colby and Miss Lena Colby went
to Boston last Friday Miss Lena
intends to enter training for nurse.
Mrs. Lena Smith entertained the
Ladies' Aid, Tuesday afternoon. There
was large attendance, each one en-
joytng the afternoon. Two persons
joined the society
Miss Laura Smith from Gardiner
arrived in town Monday night to |
teach the 3rd and 4th grades
The War Relief met at the F'raterni- |
~ last utoudy dllGIIOUH
with the usual good attendance. Thus
far the society have shipped 1873 am
bulance pillows; 125 fracture pillows
and have ready for shipment over
1000 surgical dressings; large num-
Der of mufllers, wrlstlets, socks and
nurses mitts. The yarn for the
sweaters Is expected next week.
Two more of our young men Robert
i
Tuesday morning for war training.
Mrs. John Witham and her twin
boys are spending a few days with
her parents on Pleasant Ridge
Arlo Collins the son of Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Collins while riding on the
running board of an automobile last
Sunday afternoon, tried to jump off |
and fell, hitting on his head and hurt (
ing him seriously. He seems to be !
much better at this writing.