The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-05-09
The News of Somersets Busy Towns


every house in Norridgewoek
Mrs. Mary Brown was IN Nateryille
on business, Monday.
Mrs. Henrietta Wood arrived home
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Carr finished
moving to their new home en- Water
vile Hi Hast week,
Samuel Eeeies of Lewiston was
calling on friends Monday while on
his way to kineO, where he viii re
main for the Summer.
Price Webber and his company from
Augusta played "A Little Detective"
before crowded house in the Town
Hall last Saturday evening and an
other play on Monday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Webber have been to this
town annually for years, or whenever
there was suitable hall for them to
give their entertainment in and they
have always been received by crowd
ed house
Mrs Elizabeth Russell and Mrs
Henrietta Wood were in Fairfield one
day last week to attend a club meet
ing
Mrs. Wallace Witham is visiting
her mother for a few days in New
Hampshire
Mrs. George Clarke was called to
Skowhegan Sunday by the illness of
her mother
Miss Annie Jensen Of Caribou is
keeping house for Carl Miller
Mr.. and Mrs William Mclaughlin
have arrived home and commenced
work on their farm. During the win
ter Mr.. and Mrs Mclaughlin have
been travelling thru different sections
of the State selling religious literature
Frederick Green of Boston is visit
ing his cousin Albert Startling and
family Mr. Green has been employ
ed during the past year in Nova Scotia.
Miss Emma and Miss Marguerite
Hilton of Kingman passed the week
end with their grandmother Mrs.
Laura Hilton The young ladies are
at present employed in one of the Mad
ison mills.
Fred Whiting OF Maiden. Mass. is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas Miller
Perley Thompson has sold his Mer-
Ger stage route to Leon Webster OF
Skowhegan and Mr.. Webster made his
first trip Monday night Mr. Thomp-
son is going out of the business on
account of poor health
n. Clarkson Jones and a party OF
friends and Harry Bigelow and friends
made an automobile trip to Augusta,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Nichols and Mr.
and MIRO Nnlcnn Tnpnu nd fau oil ar
members of the Pythian Sisterhood
visited the Madison Lodge last Thurs
day evening
Mrs. Evelyn Miner has been on the
sick list.
Charles Savage and family were in
Scion, Sunday
Mrs. Leona Moore has been employ
ed as a central girl in the office of
the New Sharon and Norridgewock
Tel. Co.
Benjamin Flewelling on the Jewett
farm on Dodlin Hill. has had a New
England telephone installed and his
call is 1892
Miss Rena Burrll is visiting her sis
ter Mrs. Webster Bennett in Scion, ,
and Miss Avis Burrill passed the week
end with friends in Starks
The "63" club were delightfully."- en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs Fred A.
Tobey last Saturday evening. Re-
freshments Of sandwiches, doughnuts,
cheese and coffee were served
George Chandler and F. H. Burgess
attended the Masonic Grand Lodge at
Portland this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cunlff of Boston
were calling on friends in town Mon
day.
Mrs. William Gray was found dead
in her bed on Tuesday morning. She
had been in very poor health for a
long time and very recently had been
suffering with bad cold but her con-
dition was not considered to be serious
enough to cause her death. The death
comes as great shock to her family
and friends. She leaves her husband
and several small children.
Ethemer Stevens was the lucky one
to catch the first trout from the Mill
Stream last week The trout weighed
a pound.
Roy Mitchell met with a very pain
full accident Monday at the Percival
saw mill where he is employed In
some way his foot became entangled
in some of the machinery and on ac-
county of the swelling the exact |
amount OF injury and rather the bones |
were broken or not was hard to de- |
termine.
Mont Stanley hurt one of his hands |
very badly Monday while working on
an automobile at his garage