The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-27

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left Saturday morning for few days
trip To Boston and New York
Mrs. b. f. Webb of Jackman has
been visiting for few days with
her sister. Mrs. William H. Fowler.
Mrs. Helen W. Hutchinson has ae-
cepted a position in the office OF the
American Wooden Co. filling the va
eancy caused by the resignation OF
Raymond Pratt.
Marriage intentions of James o.
Stanwood. a telephone lineman of
Rumford. and Eva VI. Moore Of Skow-
hogan, have been recorded at the Of
flee of the town clerk.
Herbert Desmond and family. who
have for some time resided on Spring
street, have leased the Mae Allen
homestead on East Front street and
will move there this week.
Elder p. Il. Osborne of Fairfield was
the speaker at the services of the
Seventh Day Adventists last Saturday.
He Is the father of Mrs. Calvin Jones
and while here visited at her home.
Miss Corrine L. Salley, who has
been spending the summer at Mingo
Springs, arrived home Friday. Mrs.
Margery Fales of Pennington has also
been recent visitor at the Salley
home.
Mrs. Cassius Kinsman left Monday
afternoon for Chicago where she is to
meet her mother, Mrs. Hannah Bar
ker, and return here with her. Mrs
! Barker has been living in Portland,
Oregon, for the past five years.
Madam Louisa Stevens, who has
been at Bloomfield cottage during the
summer returned Saturday to her
home in Cambridge, Mass, accompan-
led by her maid Her daughter, Miss
Luella Stevens. will remain at Bloom
/ field for a few days before returning
home.
Dir. Blynn O. Goodrich. who has
been spending the summer with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Everett T.
! Goodrich, departed Monday afternoon
! for Pressure Isle for a visit with DR..
Boone From there he will go to
Montreal to take up his duties as in
structor at McGill University.
instruction in music is beginning
this week at the high school under
the direction of supervisor Elmer f.
Towne The high school pupils are
to study the opera Martha and
number of singers from this school
and Madison will sing at the teachers
convention in Bangor held the latter
part of October.
Walter Bullock. the aviator. who
made several successful flights at the
Fair, which terminated only by the
wrecking of his machine, has return
ed to Minneapolis, MINI. He states
that he will not again operate the
damaged machine but will have a diff
ferent plane. He expects to return
here for the 1918 Fair
At hearings for liquor claimants,
held Monday, goods seized were re-
turned to Gideon Pooler and Joseph
Gilbert, Trial Justice Lord deeming
the evidence sufficient to show that
neither party had purchased liquors
for illegal purposes. Albert Butler
and Willie Butler did not appear to
claim their consignments.
The Skowhegan Festival Chorus is
to send large delegation to the Port
land musical festival. as follows Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Turner, Lyle Moore,
Harvey White, Mrs. Myrtle Lamb,
Frank Oddly, John Oddly, Miss Lena
Landry, Mrs. Eta SWEET Bradley,
Miss Mabel Butler, Miss Gladys Pen
nell, Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Atwood, Mr..
and Mrs. j. n Smith.
Raymond d. Allen, who has been
visiting in town for two weeks, de-
parted Tuesday morning, in company
with his mother, Mrs. Mae Allen, for
Boston Owing to i'll health Mr.. AL
len will not continue his course at
Tech this wear hut DlanS to study q
part of the time at Boston University.
Mrs. Allen will reside in Boston with
her son for the present.
Monday afternoon the pupils OF the
9Th grade met with their teacher Miss
Plummer, and organized the class,
electing officers as follows: Presi-
dent, Ruth Barley; vice president,
Louise Turner; secretary, Virginia
Stinchfeld; treasurer, Bernard Ken
nedy; executive committee. chairman,
Lois NJ Patten, Christine Bison, Don
roll Mccarthy, Margaret Lessor.
At least a thousand people entered
the contest at the Fair in which
Suesses were made as to how far a
Buick make of car would go on a
quart of gasoline. A prize consist
ing OF $40 gold piece, offered by the
Skowhegan Buick Co., was the in
eentive for the guessing and Mrs. A
NJ Folsom of Skowhegan got the