The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-12-12
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and full attendance is requested AS
sneeial business is 10 be transacted. ,
The hour Il set for one O'Clock SO
that the members may BE- able to at
tend the Congregational Fair which IS
TO occur on the same afternoon.
William Hilton is enjoying a snort
vacation in the mp river regions on a
hunting trip
Fred Jewett attended the annual
meeting OF the Maine Gamers Asso-
citation held In Portland last week
Mr. Flayilla Cooley Is assisting
With the care Of Mrs Nellie Whitney
Who is seriously i'll
The inspection Of the Marshall +.
Hale Circle G. A X occurred at their
last meeting on Thursday and on &c
count OF circumstances which were
unavoidable was held in the forenoon.
The inspecting officer. Mrs. Moore OF
Auburn was accompanied by the De
partment president Mrs. Lizzie Millet
of South Paris.
The little daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
Albert Blaisdell has been seriously Ill
but is gaining.
william Soule has purchased the
a
will move in Immediately
The O. f.. {. Club were delight
fully entertained by Mrs Florence
Jewell last Tuesday afternoon.
An all day meeting was held by the
Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church last
Wednesday TO finish quilts for the Fair
The Congregational Choir are pre-
pairing a Christmas program To be
given the Sunday evening before
Christmas. A committee has also
been appointed to make arrangements
for the tree on Christmas eve.
Mr.. and Mrs Cony Russell and
Mrs. Henrietta Wood were guests Of
Hon. and Mrs r. + Danforth at
Skowhegan AT dinner party last
Thursday.
The ladies' Of the Woman'5 Working
League of the Congregational church
held an all day meeting at the vestry,
Tuesday. to finish work for their an
nual fair which is to be held next
week.
Harold Pierce Is expected home this
week from an officers training camp
in Kentucky, where he has finished
his duties. %
Mrs. Sarah Stevens Is in very poor
health,
Mr.. and Mrs Myron Loomis and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Loomis of Skowhe-
gan were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ames.
Mrs. John Otis has received word
that her son Charles Mouse, who has
been in a Southern training camp for
several months, will arrive home very
soon.
Tracy Stevens has returned to his
work up river after visiting his fam
lily few days.
Mrs. l.. II White and Mrs. George
Lyons we're in Waterville last Satur-
day calling on Mrs. Lyons brother
Harry Grant who Is patient at
Grays Hospital
Miss Ada Bartlett of Unity was the
week end guest of her sister Mrs.
Lena Ames
The annual inspection of Cedar
Chapter o. f. s. occurred at special
meeting held last Thursday evening,
the inspecting officer being District
Deputy Miss Edith Gledhill of Show
hogan. At $50 a picnic supper was
served.
Last Sunday afternoon the commit
tee who was appointed to make the
drive for the support Of the ConBre-
gational Church for the coming year,
called on the members and parish and
we're very successful. This drive
was to be made by all the Congrega
tional church last Sunday afternoon.
The funeral services for Charles
Newson who was killed in an acct
dent at Bath last week. were held at
the Baptist church. Monday afternoon
at o'clock, under the auspices of the
local lodge of Knights of Pythias, and
the burial was in the family lot. Mr..
Newson was a resident of this town
number Of years ago, and had many
friends here who sympathize deeply
with the bereaved family in their
great loss.
Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin Smith are
boarding with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Condor.
Mrs Mary Staples has returned from
visit with relatives in Bangor
Mrs Grace Whitney visited with
her sister Mrs Frances Spofford of
Hinckley one day last week
Carl V, Bracket is reported slight
ly wounded.
Mr.. and Mrs. F w. Spaulding have
recently received some very interest
ing letters from their son, Private
Frederick Spaulding. who was sent
from Camp Devens to a secret expert
menting camp in New Jersey as
chemist For a long time even Mr..
Spaulding's parents did not know ex
actly where their son was stationed,
and not until after the war did they
know his exact address and his duties.
In a recent letter he gave his address
az Lakehurst Proving Ground Lake
hurst, ~ j., which is about 60 miles
from New York and which was "A Sc
cret camp during the war where
chemical warfare men experimental
with gas and gas shells the same as
was being used in the trenches. MIR.
Spauldng wrote that while he was eX-
perlmentng with the same dangerous
explosives as were being used by the
boys over there, the boys over here.
with whom he was associated, had the
privilege of running, when in danger.
an opportunity which they appreciate
ed Field samples of gas were
taken in bottles and tested at differ