The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-15


MON in the ladies' parlor at the
church for its regular meeting.
The Good Will Club will meet with
Mrs Frank w. Bucknam next We'd
neaday afternoon at two o'clock.
Enrol C. Chase of Colby College
enant the week end with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben B. chase of Madi-
son avenue.
The many friends of Mrs. Marian
Folsom will be glad to learn that she
is improving after her recent illness
from neuritis.
Rev. George Merriam went to Wa
teryille Monday to attend the meet
ing of the Board of Education Of the
Union Baptist convention of Maine.
Mrs. Walter Wiltshire of Waterville
is spending few weeks at the home
of her sister. Mrs. H. S. Hopkins of
North Avenue, who has been sick for
the past week.
Word has been received here of the
death of Miss Helen D. Moore, daugh
fer of the late Hallett Moore OF
Skowhegan, which occurred at Cliff
tondale, Mass.
DR.. George E. Young who has been
sick with the grippe since last Fri
day. is much improved and was able
TO be out to visit two of his patients
Monday morning.
Mss Susanna Allinson returned to
her home in Providence, r. l.. Mon
day. after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
|. Marston at their home on Main
street for several weeks.
Miss Marion Hamblin of Augusta
arrived safely the past week in New
York City having returned to America
from France where she has been a
nurse. Miss Hamblin was nurse at
Somerset Hospital a little over a year
in 1910-1911 and again for a few
months in 1915.
The missionary entertainment
which was TO have been given Sun
day evening at the First Baptist
Church, has been postponed one
week and will take place Sunday
evening, February 25th. Instead of
70 ~ oi,,r will no a
union meeting at seven O'Clock this
week Sunday, to listen to the reports
of the delegates who attended the
Boys Conference at Lewiston last
week.
In the photo-play Carmen" which
was presented to capacity audiences
at the Star Monday afternoon and
evening, one of the members of the
cast was Mrs. Louis McCord who as
sumed the role of forewoman in the
cigarette factory. Mrs. McCord and
her husband, who has recently died,
used to pass their summers at Lake
wood where they owned a cottage
and Mrs. NcCord was at one time a
member of the Lakewood Stock Com
pany.
For the entertainment which is to
be given at the First Baptist Church
week from Sunday evening, pa
triotic program. entitled What l Can
Do For My Country, has been ar
ranged, showing how much the work
of home missions help in the making
of good citizens. Columbia is rep
resented as receiving delegates from
different parts of the country and
listening to their reports of the work
needed among their people. Patriotic
music by the choir will be one Of the
features. A silver collection for
Home Missions will be taken.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank w. Briggs and
Mrs. Mollie Stewart will be home by
the first of March. They have been
enjoying an extensive tour from Pur-
celle, Oklahoma, to Denver and Salt
Lake City, thence to San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego. Tomor-
row they are due at the Grand Can
yon and will return to Purcelle Mon
day of pext week. During their stay
in San Francisco, they met Gordon
Wayness and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Campbell on the street one day. Mr..
Wayness formerly lived in Pittsheld
but has been residing for the past six
years in Los Angeles. The James
Campbells were members of the
Lakewood Stock Company here
about six or eight years ago.
The monthly meeting of the Pioneer
Past Grand's Association was held
Monday evening. The business ses-
sion was at FIVE, followed by supper
at $50, when the anniversary of the
association was observed. The guests
for the evening were the, husbands of
the members. The decorations were
most effective in red, white and blue,
and aprOpos of the day, the ami
yersary of Lincolns birth, an his
torical entertainment was carried out
after supper. The place-cards were
postals containing a picture of Lin