The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-05-30
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


position in the Office Of the American
Wooden Company
Miss Helen White is visiting her
mother Mrs. Ben Gaylord OF Cornyille
for a few days.
Miss Ethel Amazeen of Cornyille is
learning to operate the switchboard at
the Farmers Central
Mrs. Arminda Smith OF Beech street
has gone to visit with her daughter
Mrs. Ruth Head of Hinckley.
Mrs Mile TOtman and her mother.
both of Canaan, we're visitors at the
home of Eugene Keene last Thursday
c. II. Gardner and family of Water
vile were In town to attend the
Grange Patriotic evening.
Mrs. " II Gannett of Augusta visit
ed her sister Mrs. Eugene Swain one
day last week. The trip was made in
Mrs. Gannett's automobile.
Mrs. Perley Ames has gone to Nor
ridgewock to visit this summer with
her son Frank L. Ames and her
daughter Mrs. Fred Webster.
Nav Butterfeld of Beech street
spent the week end visiting Gladys
Smith. who lives on the Norridge-
wock road
The graduating class of Good Will
Farm are very anxious that people
from our town will attend their com
mencement exercises beginning next
Thursday. The class number twenty.
Rev. and Mrs. George Merriam re-
ceived word a few days ago that their
son. Thornton W. Merriam had arrived
safely overseas Mr.. Merriam enlist
ed in the Field Signal Corps
Prof and Mrs. ] Abbott Kendall
have arrived from St Petersburg, Fla,
where they spend their winters, and
will remain north thru the summer
months.
Perley Williams of St Adams, Vt,
Is in town for a weeks visit with his
brother Fred Williams, and his father
in Solon Mr. Williams is employed
in the st. Adams hospital, and is on
his annual vacation.
Mrs. Henry Treat of Embden was
in town Saturday visiting her sister,
Mrs Palmer Badger, a patient at the
Somerset Hospital She also visited
Mrs. Carroll Head of Scion, a patient
at the hospital
The Skowhegan postoffice will be
open today Thursday from to 9
a m. and from 1915 to p. m. There
will be one delivery and one collec
ton by city carriers. No r. F. d.
carrier trips will be made.
If you can conveniently do so, don't
forget to offer your auto to transport
the members of the G. A. r. and Rus
sell Relief Corps to the cemeteries,
after the exercises at the Opera House,
this Thursday afternoon.
Rev. S. Edward Lynde was a guest
of Rev. c. H. Mckinney and family
while in town. Mr.. Lynde gave
very interesting and forceful address
on the youngest state in our union,
Arizona last Thursday evening.
Road commissioner, Parker NJ. San
born. who has been confined at his
home on East Leavitt street, for the
past three weeks with bronchitis, is
improving a great deal. He was able
to be out for the first time last Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Almon f. Sandford are
moving in the Clara Steward house on
Bush street A short time ago Mr..
Sandford sold his farm to Thomas A.
Gould, and for while they have been
living with Mrs. Sandfords mother,
Mrs. Perley Ames.
Miss Nora Plummer has gone to
Washington, ID. c.. where she has a
position in the Small Arms Depart
ment. Miss Plummer was at one
time a teacher in one of the grades
in the high school building, having
resigned only a short time ago to take
this position in Washington.
Carl Malley will give an organ re-
cital this Thursday evening in the
Administration Building at Good Will
Farm. 1t will be fine opportunity
for those who have not heard the or
gan to go down and hear the concert
Thee organ was a gift to Good Will
Miss Stella Sanborn has gone to
Massachusetts for visit and while
there she will visit Roy Lewis at Camp
Devens. Mr.. Lewis was one of the
men that went from here when the
last contingent left for Camp Devens
For long time he was employed at
Tuttle's farm in Cornville.
Mrs Ella Merrill Mitchell, wife of
Walter Mitchell, who has been in very
poor health for long time, was taken
Sunday to her old home, where her
brother, Arthur Merrill now resides
in Cornville. A few weeks ago DR.. |
Richardson purchased the Mitchell |
on Fairview Ave.
Prof and Mrs F. L. Weeks are the
guests of Mrs Weeks parents Rev |
and Mrs, Merriam. Prof Weeks has
been an instructor at the University at
)fono. He expects to locate in Wa
erville next fall. where he will be an
assistant teacher in the chemistry de-
,artment of Colby College.
Mrs. Frank Allen has returned to
Ireenville after visiting Mrs. Eliza
,eth Merrill At one time Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen resided in the house on
1oburn avenue, where Maurice p.
Merrill now lives and kept crockery
store on the corner of Madison and
Water streets, where the Sampson &
Avore drug store Is now located.
A temporary roof is being built on
lotel Coburn ruins and In doing this,
he possibility OF making 1t permanent,