The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-10-18

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,,,tins on Water street.
# YOU enjoy the one-step, waltz
ond Fox-trot come to Grange Hall to-
n,orrow. Friday evening. Watch
Your Step.
Mrs. John Hamblen of Augusta ar
rived Monday night for a visit with
Miss Hannah r, Page at her home on
High street.
The first D. A. R. meeting of the
soason will be held at Miss Louise
Coburn's, next Monday afternoon, at
half past two
Mrs. A B.. Plummer, who has been
nj for some time at her home on
Madison avenue. has been removed to
the Somerset Hospital
Employees of the Maine Spinning
Company have recently received an
increase iii wages OF &c per cent. This
brings the weekly payroll up to ap-
proximately $500.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. j. Smith departed
Tuesday morning for Boston, where
they are visiting their daughter, Miss
Geneva Smith. student at the Posse
Gymnasium school.
Elmer E. Harris, manager of the
Skowhegan Jersey Creamery, has
been in Boston during the past week
attending to matters of business ma
ture in connection with the local
creamery.
f. L. Affair of Lowell, Mass, is
here to superintend the Green Bros
store during the absence OF Harry
Barker, the manager. who is spend
ing the week in Boston and other
cities of Massachusetts.
Mrs Emma Bigelow, who has been
passing several weeks here with her
sister. Mrs. Ira A. Norton, departed
Tuesday for her home in Lewiston,
mother, Mrs, Annie Upham.
Amos X Butler and Judge F. F.
Lawrence will go to Harmony Satur-
day evening Mr., Butler will address
the people of that community on Red
Cross work while Judge Lawrence
will speak on the subject of Feed Con-
servation.
The Skowhegan Grange debt COM
mttee have arranged card party
and box social to be given in Grange
Hall on Friday evening, Oct. &c. The
public is invited. All ladies are re-
ouested to bring boxes containing
lunch enough for two persons.
Leon Parlin, for several months
driver for the local branch of the AM
erican Express Co., has several his
connection with that firm and accept
ed a position with the Central Maine
Power Co. Roy Pratt is taking the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Mr.. Parlin
The Somerset County Red Cross
Chapter sent shipment of knit wool
en- garments to the Boston headquar-
ters on tuesday The shipment con-
sisted of 80 sweaters, is mufflers, Is
pairs of wristlets, II pairs of stock
ings and 2 helmets. The chaper now
has 261 members.
Several citizens of Skowhegan have
offered their services as lecturers in
the Food Conservation campaign in
Somerset county. Those who have
already come forward are Rev. c. ~
Mckinney, pastor of the Island
Avenue Congregational church and
Attorney l.. l.. Walton.
Judge F. f. Lawrence, county chair
man of the Food Conservation cam
paign, has received the pledge cards
to be used in the campaign and has
been distributing them to the various
chairman in the town committees
Clergymen thruout the county have
been requested to use the subject of
Conservation as their text for next
Sunday.
DR.. George Young left here, by auto,
this morning for Boston. He is to
pass several days in that city, at a
medical conference, participated in by
medical men from the important cities
of New England and the middle states.
He is accompanied by his father,
Chas. Young and by George f. Samp-
son. They expect to arrive home
Sunday evening
Owing to the wet season more than
10000 bricks were destroyed during
the process of making at the Show
hogan brick yard, according to a
statement made by F. A. Meader. The
kilns at the yard have been allowed
TO go out and no more will be made
this season, The output this year
numbered about 100000 and of this
number nearly 100000 were used in
the new postofIice building in Show
hogan. Operations at the yard will
be resumed in the spring
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge met in
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