The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-04-05
NORTH tNSON


The Womans Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Holley, Fri
day. April 6. The subject OF the
meeting is Health and there viii be
papers by the local physicians
At Savage's Theatre April I. viii
be shown a special S-reel show both
afternoon and evening presenting
the TWO great shows THE GnknoN II
and "The Golden Cross Admission
~ and zoe.
Mrs. Josephine Wethercll Collins.
wife of James Collins. formerly of
this village. died in Providence, X. /,
March 80. Mrs. Collins was born in
Norridgewock. but moved to this vii
lage i'll her childhood About M.
a few years after her marriage 10
Mr.. Collins. the family moved TO
Providence. where they have since
resided Four children were born
10 them. all of whom are living in
that city. Fred Collins, her oldest
son. is an expert builder of engines;
her second son. Franklin. was for
merly assistant professor of botany
in Brown University, and is now in
government employ as an expert in
botanical research and in diseases of
plants and trees. Mrs Collins has
blessed the world with her own life
and with the lives of her children.
Easter Sunday will be celebrated
at the Congregational Church next
Sunday morning at 1915 by musi-
cal program of unusual interest. The
choir under the direction of Mr..
Murray will sing Excell's Consider
the Lilies, Mrs. Thorne will sing
"The Great White Throne, Mrs.
Hutchinson will sing Dudley Buck S
Fear Not Ye o Israel. An espec-
tally interesting feature of the ser
vice will be the appearance of the
new Junior Choir under the leader
ship of Mrs. Hutchinson. They will
sing Phillips Brooks beautiful Eas-
ter Hymn God Hath Sent His An
gels.
Ira Durgin who formerly was con-
nected with the firm of Porter IL
Marston for four years. is with this
firm again and is on the team to take
orders on the south side of the Cara
baSSett.
Miss Carrie Simmons is AT home
from Mason Institute for the Easter
vacation.
The latest to have Farmers tele-
phones installed are Augusta
Dionne on the Doolittle place and j.
Beaulieu at Blackwell. Mrs. Lettice
Bradbury, the new school superin-
tendent. intends to have the Farmers
phone at MIS- Emma Fairbrothers
where she has taken rooms
The Mark Emery schools opened
Monday with the following teachers:
Mrs Laura Noddin. principal; Miss
Elizabeth Clifford Miss Anna l..
Johnston and Miss Mabel Hall; Miss
Ellen G. Nelson, teacher of music.
The Patterson toll bridge that has
spanned the Kennebcc river near this
village for more than eighty years is
about to meet with a change. For
some weeks it has been closed to the
public and pronounced unsafe. An
appropriation of $4,000 has been
granted by the legislature upon the
condition that before repairs should
be commenced the proprietors of said
bridge should surrender all right,
title and interest in said bridge to the
county commissioners of Somerset
county and the commissioners shall,
agree to make said bridge free
bridge thereafter.
Mrs Ada Wing of Wateryille has
come here to be housekeeper for DIR.
Marston.
Mrs Carrie Hutchins. president of
the Woman's Club and Mrs. M. l..
French attended the State Fedora
ton of Woman's Club at Bangor last
week Mrs. Hutchins returned home
Saturday night but Mrs. French re-
manned at the University of Maine
with her son Dwight, over Sunday.