The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST
NORTH ANS0N
From our Correspondents

Miss Bertha Paine has been spend
ing a few days with relatives in Wa
terville.
Gov Milliken has appointed Willis
L. Hodgdon agent for the protection
OF animals.
Ward Jones was down from STRAIT
ton Saturday visiting his daughters,
Mrs Scott and Mrs Elliott.
Work on the water system was re-
sumed Monday. The digger COM
meneed where the work was left off
last fall near Benjamin Walkers. The
first thing will be to lay the pipe to
the end of the travelled bridge at
Arson and connect with the Madison
system A crew of Portuguese labor
ers have been hired to do the work.
Putting in the materials was commence
ed in this village Monday. commence
ing with the house of Baron DeKalb
on Union street.
There Will be no preaching service
in the Methodist church Sunday morn
ing on account of the union service In
the Congregational church.
Memorial exercises will be observed
In this village as follows: On Sun
day May 27, at ten o'clock comrades
will meet at Grange Hall to march to
the Congregational church to attend
divine worship at 1890, when Rev. A.
r Boisen will preach. There will be
special music by the Ladies Quartet
and solos by Mrs. Hutchinson. This
will be a union service to which all
are invited On Wednesday, May 80,
comrades and friends will meet at
Grange Hall at nine O'Clock to receive
flowers and a generous offering is re-
auested Line will form at one
O'Clock to march to Sunset cemetery.
All societies, school children and citi-
zens are cordially invited to join in
the exercises and assist In the decora-
tions. After the services at the Gem
etery, line will again be formed and
march to Grange Hall where the pro-
gram will be in charge OF the teachers
and pupils of the Mark Emery schools.
Also there will be an Grafton by Wal
lace Ireland of Norridgewock and ad-
dresses by Mrs. Lettuce Bradbury, Ell
mer Sawyer and others. The North
Arson band will be in attendance.
The meeting of the Woman's Club
at Mrs Baranby's Friday afternoon,
was one of the pleasantest OF the year,
and the program arranged by the
hostess gave the members delightful
afternoon long to be remembered.
There were many present and Mrs.
Hutchinson, who had been delegated
to visit the Mark Emery schools, gave
| her report on the musical condition
Of the schools. The program fol-
| lows: Contralto solo, Mrs. Murray;
! paper on the lives of Bach and Men
delssohn, Mrs. Hutchinson; piano solo,
| Andante In A, Miss Inman; soprano
solo, In the Deeps O. the Daisies, Mrs.
Thorne; piano duet, Stand by the
Flag, Miss Inman and Mrs Barnaby;
| paper on classical music, Mrs. MUIR
ray. The next meeting will be June
l., when the subject will be Domestic
Science.
w. c. Simmons arrived home Tues
day noon, after an absence of nine
months, having been up in the big
woods near Skinner as bookkeeper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bryant with
his parents took an auto ride to Mer-
Ger Sunday. 1t being the SD birthday
of Mrs. 0. w. Bryants aunt, Mrs. Ell
len Brown.
II. B. Merry was in Chesterville,
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. Baron DeKalb was called to
Granville, N, Y, Friday, by the Illness
or ner fatner, Mr. Parker.
1.-THE Japanese Girl' an operetta,
was presented to crowded house in
Carrabassett Hall, Friday evening un-
der the direction of Miss Ellen Nell
son. twenty-five young ladies OF
Arson Academy attractively gowned
in Japanese costumes, took part in
the operetta. The leading role was
sung by Miss Verna Bothwick Bailey's
six piece orchestra furnished music,
and a social dance followed
Rocky Point Encampment No. SO
will be instituted in this village about
the first of June.
G. L. Hovey has begun work of
clearing out the cellar on his lot on
Center street preparatory to building.
This cellar was made by the late
Benjamin G. Allbee, who built house
there in 1853, which was burned many
years ago, and the cellar has grown
up with trees.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Brackley of Nor
ridgewock were in town Sunday in
their new Dodge car and called on
Walter Mckinney and family
William Benjamin of Portland has
been spending the past week in this
village.
The Rebekah District meeting will
be held at Scion, June 18th. The
degree staff of Emerald Rebekah
Lodge Of this village will do the work.
Saturday afternoon will be the reg
ular meeting Of the Ladies' Circle of
the G. A. r. Let all members be
present as arrangements for Memorial
| Day will be completed.
There will be lantern-slide lecture
next Sunday evening at the Congre-
gational church The subject will be
| Country Life and the Country