The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-04-12
r. SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS II


Note important announcement, on
10th page, by the First National Bank
as to the five billion dollar war loan.
c. w. II. Moulton & Co. have an ad
on page nine that will interest any
Somerset county citizen who has lum-
Der to sell
Mrs. William McCoombs. who has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Roullard on Summer street the past
three weeks, returned to Waterville
last Sunday
The annual meeting of Sorosis will
occur next Tuesday evening The
supper, under the efficient manage
ment of Mrs. Mary Rowell, Georgia
Goodwin and Jennie Sampson, will be
served at $50 p. IN.
John H. Lancaster, Grand Scribe of
the Order for Maine inspected the
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at
Liyermore Falls Tuesday evening. 1t
was in that town that Mr. Lancaster
was made Mason about twenty
years ago, and this was his first visit
since that time
OF the five liquor cases. brought be
fore the recent S. J Court. thru the
activity of Sheriff Goodrich. four re
suited in conviction, the fifth being
thrown out on technical grounds.
Three OF the offenders were sentenced
to jail. The fourth, having moved
his family to Boston and agreed to
leave the county. was let off with a
fine of 500 and costs
Manager Harris of the Skowhegan
Jersey Creamery finds the prospect
very encouraging that many dairymen
will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity of associating in Dairymen's
Progressive League. The Creamery
is lending its aid to this proposed or
ganization so that the various mem
bers can cooperate to ascertain what
the individual animals in their herds
are doing. A notice in next weeks
paper will advise as to the date and
place of the first meeting
The Town Improvement Society
will meet in Library parlors at $50
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. The
meeting will be in charge of Mrs
Emma Simpson and the subject will
be American Humorists" Papers
will be given on Washington Irving,
the Father of American Humor",
Present Day Humorous Writers and
poems by Eugene Field. James Whit
comb Riley and also minor poems
will be read Members are request
ed to bring in their nominating bal
lots at this meeting.
The engagement of Harvey f. Nc
CURE of Augusta to Miss Emma
Shumway of Los Angeles, Calf, is
reported. The prospective groom is
the only son of Mr.. and Mrs Walter
f. Mcclure of Cornville He was
for several years in the employ of the
Central Maine Power Company at
their Skowhegan salesroom and is
now with the same corporation at Au-
gusta. Miss Shumway is Cali
fornia girl who has made many
friends here while member of the
household of her aunt, Mrs Matte s.
Goodwin She is at present at the
home of her parents, in Los Angeles,
where she went last January
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron NJ Chapman
have sold their farm in the Blunt
district to Charles Jarvais of Seigis,
n. b. They have owned the place
for four years, coming from the Chap
man Ridge in Athens. Mr. Chapman
has been employed in the Skowhegan
Jersey Creamery and they will locate
in town so as to be near his work
The adjoining farm, the Albee place,
owned the past nine years by w Ire
land, has also been sold to Fred Jar
Wis from the same New Brunswick
town. Mr.. and Mrs. ireland came
from Caribou 1t is of interest to
note that the house on the Albee
farm Is located almost exactly at the
geogra phical center of the town of
Skowhegan.