The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-08-15


calling on Mr. Holt at Pishon's Ferry
one day last week.
Miss Viola Buzzell of Waterville is
visiting with friends for few days.
A little daughter was born to the
wife of Lester Holway Of Madison,
August 9TH, Mrs. Holway being in this
village with her mother, Mrs. Anna
Knapp at the time
Mr.. and Mrs George +. Ennis are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. j. p. Muir
ray and will return this week to their
home at Winthrop Highlands, Mass.
Mrs Ennis is sister OF Mrs. Murray.
Mr.. Ennis is an attorney, Yale man,
and his college mates, OF which there
we're some from Somerset County,
will be glad to learn where he Is To-
Gated.
Henry Fletcher of Oakland was
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Frank
Crymble the first of the week.
The numerous friends of Mrs. Flora
Durgin will be very glad to hear that
she Is improving every day, and Mrs.
Scion Bunker, who has been taking
care of her, returned to The Forks,
Sunday.
Miss Belle Pratt of Winchester,
Mass. arrived here Monday to visit her
sister Mrs. Lucy Norton.
A valuable addition to the historical
department OF Stewart Public Library
is Saco Valley Settlements and Fam
lilies by G. 7. Ridlon.
Thirty-one ladies were present at
the canning and drying demonstration
by Miss Rosalind Jewett, Tuesday ar
teruoon Miss Jewett Is an expert in
her line and the ladies derived much
valuable information from her meth
DDS of demonstrating She went from
here to New Portland.
To the men, women, boys and girls
OF North Arson and vicinity; Let
your idle books help our soldiers. Our
young men are sacrificing their educa-
ton, business, professional training
and home life to serve their country.
They need books and current maya
zines for study, recreation and diver
sion in lonely moments. You can
help them by donating books and
magazines which will be forwarded to
army camps, the front, and the hos
pitals. Books on the War, Popular
Travel, History, and Biography, as
we'll as Short Stories Detective
Stories, Stories of the Sea and Ad-
venture, are desired. Any readable
hook of general interest, will appeal |
10 the soldiers as there are men OF
varying tastes among them. DO your
hit" by bringing to Stewart Public |
Library any Saturday afternoon in
August such books as you wish to do
nate. A collection of over twenty
hooks for the soldiers has already |
been made at the library AT the
moving pictures, the need or DOCKS
for the soldiers Is the subject or the
four minute speeches. and next SAT-
urday evening Elmer w Sawyer Will
be the speaker.
The Embden schools began Monday |
with the following teachers Emer-
son school, Owen Oliver; Hawthorne,
Mrs Jennie Adams; Longfellow,
Phyllis Witham; Mckinley. Mrs. Cora
Hutchins; burlington, Ella Went
worth; Washington, Hazel Wiley.
Mrs Addie Davis Paine OF Bangor
was recent guest of Miss Minnie
Davis.
Mrs. I. Fl. Ellis and Mrs. oliver
Counce have had for guests this week
their sister, Mrs. W. j. Webb OF Low
ell. Mass and her son Ralph Webb and
wife and Miss Lillian Whittier all of
Lowell.
Miss Mabel A Steward went Mon
day to Camp May. N. J. for months
stay before returning to her school In
Pennsylvania.
Members of the Cooking Club were
delightfully."- entertained, recently, on
the lawn at the home Of Mrs. Emily
Sawyer Howay, and a picnic supper
was served The merry company
consisted of Mrs. Edna Hovey Thorne
and her two daughters, Barbara and
Ruth, Mrs. Myrtle Roberts of Madi-
son, Mrs Emily Holway and son Ro-
bert, Mrs Susie Clark Burbank and
daughter Elsie, Mrs Laura Clark Nod
din and daughters Priscilla and En-
nestine, Mrs. Rachel Marshall Sterl-
fng OF Boston. Mass. and son Harold,
Mrs. Ina Hodgdon Race of Provi-
dence. r. l., Mrs. Josephine Dunton
Sawyer and her nephew Benjamin
Bradford of Livermore Falls, Miss
Edna Robinson.
Mrs Fenella Steward has moved her
household goods to Arson where she
will keep house for her father James
Briggs
MIS- EDNA CTDSDy anu N""eo"N-
Ruth Evelyn of Somerville, Mass. ar
rived here, Tuesday afternoon, 10 Vlslt
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert w. Reed
The August meeting of Ruth Head
Cragin Chapter was held Thursday,
Mt the home of Mrs. Nellie Wing. A
uicnlc dinner was served. The meet
Ing was called to order in the after
noon, at 230 by the Regent Jennie V.
Bailey, and after the business session
a social hour was enjoyed Nearly
every Daughter was knitting socks
and the general theme was work for
the soldiers. The new programs |
were distributed The hostesses for {
September will be Mrs Annie Hovey,
Mrs. fnez Crymble and Mrs Edith a
Salley.
II anyone in or around North Arson .
has any work for school boy or girl 4,
to do either for board or money, the !
Principal of the Academy will be very
pleased to know about 1t. 7
Mrs Virgil D. Hilton, collector for =
North Arson Cemetery Association, :
would like TO know who sent one dol
lar to her. Tuesday afternoon, thru the ,
mail but did not sign his or her name :
The envelope was postmarked North ,
Arson. !
Mrs. Achsa Atkinson, widow or ,