The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-10-31

,rn star tomorrow friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenway
ore spending this week at Indian
Pond
Vrs Thomas Dionne OF East Ridge
Road. is recovering from a severe at
nck Of tonsilitis.
TT. George E Young is passing a
.4eraI days vacation at the home OF
useb Comber at West Forks
Mrs. Eta Green left here this week
-, care for her daughter Mrs Iva
chase of Weld Mrs. Chase IS very
with pneumonia.
Everett Markham of Alder street
Q., removed to the Somerset Hospital
,,-, Tuesday, where he will receive
treatment for influenza.
Miss Mildred Keene, who is employ
eli Al the State House, Augusta, is a
cuest of her mother, Mrs. James John
son and her aunt, Mrs. Abbie h.
Wildes.
Maurice Bracket left last Monday
10 resume his studies at a dental col
lege in Baltimore, Md, after a short
visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
q r Bracket of Island avenue
Mrs. l. S. Wheeler is at present
substituting as teacher in the Y grade
of the Park School. Miss Bessie
Scott, who is the regular instructor,
/. i'll at her home on Turner avenue.
Sheriff Harry L. Goodrich of Pal
myra and County Attorney Thomas
A Anderson of Pittsfeld arrived
home from the Northern part of the
county yesterday, after a two weeks
hunting trip.
+ is reported that three of Henry
Dnlingham's children are very i'll at
the hospital; also one at home and
Mrs. Alphonso Bellefeur of the same
neghborhood is very i'll at the hos
pital with influenza.
Mrs W. II. Cummings. Rev. Charles
Mckinney, Frank Madden, Ralph
Leighton and Harry E Smith were in
Wateryille last Monday to attend a
meeting of the State directors rela-
tive to the United War Work Cam
paign.
Miss Mary Murphy OF San Diego, !
Cal. sister of Mrs Howard Friend, is
in town on a visit This is the first
time she has been back for twelve
years She formerly lived in the
house where she is now guest !
Another sister Miss Flora Murphy, ,
resides in Pennsylvania
There will be special meeting Of
Milburn Commandery L. O. G. c. at
Heselton Hall at 730, Thursday even
ing. Nov 7th. The Grand officers
will be present and there will be a
large class OF candidates to take the
degree There will be social, whist
and dance after the meeting to which
member may invite their friends,
Sheridan Green and an officer, Chief
Rabbit, of Block Island, are home on
short furlough. They arrived Sun
day, accompanied by Mrs. Green. After
dinner at the Green home, the gentle
men started for the Jim Pond camps
for a hunting trip. They will be
away about ten days Mrs Green
remained to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs David Lyon.
s. W. Plummer, whose home has
been in Cornville on the East Ridge
road. during the past summer, left
here. Tuesday, for Bemis in Franklin
county. where he expects to reside in |
the future. He bought the Strick
land farm, last spring, and has now
sold it to Perry & Johnson. He will
be employed as an agent at the Bemls
Station of the Maine Central Railroad
Word comes from Jackman that the
Insurance inspectors have just been
making an examination Of conditions
affecting fire hazards and insurance in
that town As to electric wiring, It'll
is reported that they pronounce it the
best wired town in the State of Maine. !
This is a matter of pride to George
Lunt, now of this place, who did the
work in Jackman while in the employ
of the Dennistown Light & Power Co.
In Gus Poolers Shoe and Repair
Shop window may be seen an ear of
corn raised by Howard Yeaton of
Winthrop, this being a sample of $50
bushels raised by him this season. |
Mr. Yeaton with his wife formerly |
lived IN Skowhegan, and was at one
TINE meat cutter in Frank Thomp- |
sons meat market Mr. Yeaton is
now a successful farmer, whose chief
pride is in his herd of seven jersey
cows, whose butter finds a ready mar /
ket at 60 cents per pound