The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-03-21
NORTH ANSON

Mrs Emily MOnandn ana lltIie
daughter Mary and Miss Sadie Tan
ner of Portland are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. o. w Savage for week
Miss Helen Kennson is expected
Friday from Pennington Normal
School to spend the Easter vacation
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs, r.
W KennisOn.
Services were resumed at the Meth
odist churCl lot Sunday morning
when a large audience greeted the
pastor There Will be services next
Sunday. Rev. d. b. Holt viii lie
with this church all day ON Mara 81.
Mrs. EVE II. Robinson. vice rresi
dent general of the National Society
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. is at Portland attending
tha State Council. Several members
of the Ruth Head Cragin chapter re
side in Portland and will attend
the meeting.
Chairman w c. Emery of the com
mittee on food production for this
section has appointed the following
assistants. c. L. Caswell. Fred Pull
len w H. Nicholson, G.. Fl. Fletcher,
Havana Spencer. Orlando Walker,
Walter Booker |. II. Gigord, W. j.
Rand w. C. Mckinney, Erwin Nichols,
w. l.. Rand, Benjamin Ella, b. A.
Barron, John A. Goodwin, Benjamin
l. Steward, Fred Hilton.
Mrs. Will French submitted to a
surgical operation at the hospital at
Portland, recently, and is reported as
doing we'll.
Rev. f. w. Kennison went on
parsnlp hunt, Tuesday morning, in his
garden, and after digging down
through forty inches of snow found
some nice sweet parsnips, and the
ground was not frozen.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. E. Skldmore OF
Bingham. were in town Tuesday
Miss Hazel Lord, the trained nurse
who has been caring for Frank Nor
ton, returned to her home in Clinton.
Tuesday noon.
Herbert Mitchell has sold his house
on the corner of Main and Pleasant
streets to Wallace Emery. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Steward Will occupy it.
and will move in soon. Mrs. Steward
has already arrived here from Viz
glnia, and Mr.. Steward stopped in
Newport News for few weeks.
Mrs. Eta Witham died March 18th,
at the home of Mrs. Jerry Wentworth
in Arson, of pneumonia with com
plications. She was born in Embden
March IS, 1874, the daughter of Hor-
ace W. and Georgia (Clegelandl 1lol-
brook. The funeral was held at the
Methodist Church. Sunday afternoon,
at 100 o'clock, Rev. e. W. Kennison
officiating, and the burial was in Sun
set cemetery.
Mrs Fogg of Bingham. was the
guest of her daughter, Mrs Everett |
Clark, Monday.
The Academy and Mark Emery |
schools did not open Mondey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w Norton and |
son Young, arrived home Tuesday |
noon from Pennington where they |
have been for three months. Mr. !
Norton has been experimenting the |
hauling of boards from the mill and |
loading them onto the cars for his |
uncle, H. b. Merry. The boards are
being shipped here, having BEEN
bought by the North Arson Manufac-
turing Company. Mrs. Norton kept
tally when the boards were loaded
on the cars.
Mr.. and Mrs M. L. French Of Ban
gor, we're in town the first OF the
week
The Arson town meeting was held
Monday, at the lower village, the
budget system being used Over
1890 was raised, two thousand
more than last year The tax rate
will be 1-2 cents or more the coming
year The following officers were
elected: Clerk, Frank H. Holway;
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers
Of the Poor, Walter G. Hilton, Car
roll l.. Caswell, Otis NJ. Hilton;
Treasurer. F. A. Mantor; Collector, Z
Faxes. Truman B. Carl; School Com |
nlttee, Fred s. Parsons. Joseph p.
Murray has been appointed on the
Board of Health with DR.. Ames and
T. II. Spear.
The following Is a report OF the
work OF the thirty two resident mem
bers OF Ruth Head Cragin chapter
since last ADril: Purchased Lhertv
Bonds, $4,000: contributed for Y. NJ.
c. A., $25.00:fo restoration OF the
French village OF Tilloloy assisted
by Is nonresident members), $500;
for the support of French orphan.
1876 so; Thrift STAMPS, s25: Memorial
Hall, $1,000; Yarn, SIS 90.
Besides the sewing done. the resident
members have knit SIS pairs OF SOCKS
Is muff'ers, 10 cans. II sweaters,
pairs OF wristers. 5 helmets, navy
soto u,ouh nIOthaa