The independent-reporter., 1918-01-24
~ SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS n

Mrs. Mary V. Roderick has returned
from Gardiner, where she has been
visiting with relatives.
Mrs John H. Steward is visiting for
a few days with her daughter. Miss
Ethelyn Steward in Bangor.
Mrs. c H. Gardner has returned to
Waterville after visiting here at the
home of DR. Julia Nay kincaid.
Miss Velma Robinson has accepted
position as a stenographer in the
office of Mr Darcy on the Island.
Calsie Greenleaf. who formerly liv-
ed in Cornyille on the Athens road,
has secured employment in this vii
lage and now resides here.
DR.. George E. Young has returned
from Waterville where he spoke be-
fore a meeting of the Wateryille Clint
cal Society held last Friday and Sat
urday.
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social at the First Baptist vestry next
Wednesday evening will be given to
the local Red Cross Chapter. Ad-
mission, adults 25c; Children 1Oc
The Congregational Missionary
Reading Circle will meet with Miss
Page on Friday p m, Jan. 25th. This
will be the annual meeting and all
ladies' interested are cordially invited
to attend
Clyde Bigelow, who is stationed on
the cruiser Huntington. is spending 4
brief furlough at the home Of Shell
don Huff in Cornville His sister,
Miss Vivian Bigelow, is also visiting
at the same place.
Miss Pearl Meader, teacher of com
mercial branches in the local high
school, has returned here after a visit
to her home in Lynn, Mass. She
was detained somewhat in that city
by the serious Illness of her father
The Sunshine Society met last
Thursday afternoon to sew In the Red
Cross rooms, Dodge block. This
Thursday afternoon they will meet
for the same purpose at the home of
Mrs. l.. b. Jewett, Madison Avenue.
Francis w. Briggs has gone to Pur-
cell, Oklahoma, where he will join his
family and remain in the West until
April He was accompanied on the
trip by Mrs. John Prescott who has
been employed In the Briggs house
hold for some time.
Sheriff Harry l.. Goodrich has re-
Gently appointed Loren Sanborn as
special deputy 1t Is probable that
others will be appointed In the near
future Mr. Sanborn Is former of
fcer, having served during the regime
of ex-Sheriff Frank L. Thompson.
Mrs Francis b. Damon OF Dexter
and Clifford e. Mclaughlin OF Port
land, members of the board of trus
tees of the Woman's Reformatory, met
in executive session with Chairman
of the board, Clyde II. Smith, the lat
ter part of last week They visited I
the Reformatory property while here. I
Charles f. Young is suffering from /
the effects of a somewhat unusual ac- /
cident A simple little needle was +
lying on the floor in his room and 7
Mr.. Young stepped on the needle 1t I
penetrated his foot and the attending +;
physician was able to remove only q |
portion of the foreign substance with !
out much probing
Mrs. George Pray has received an
other beautiful gift from her son /
Sergt Dean Pray who Is in the U. S. +,
Expeditionary Forces, now in France.
The gift is a post card envelope with
dainty pink silk handkerchief with !
embroidered flowers in one corner.
The boys are all we'll except some
have sore feet caused by marching on
the frozen ground.
A reading of "Come Out of the
Kitchen" given In the parlors of the
church on Wednesday
evening, Jan. 16, by Miss Bessie Whit
ing was largely attended and very
much enjoyed. Miss Whiting, who
lives at Atlantic, Mass, was very
clever in her impersonation of the
male parts and played with particular
success the role of Mrs. Faulkner.
s. w. Philbrick arrived home from
Greenville last Thursday evening
where he attended the annual meeting
of the Coburn Steamboat Company, At
that meeting officers for the ensuing
year were elected as follows: Presi- |
dent II. A. Sanders, Greenville; vice |
president, clerk and treasurer, s. W !
Philbrick: directors, II A Sanders, !
S. w Philbrick, A. A. Graffte, Green
Vile; C. J. Robinson, Greenyille juno ,
tton; general manager. C. F. Wood
ard; general agent, S. w, Sawyer.