The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-11

and Ernest Weston of Madison, were
in town Tuesday to attend the funeral
of Mrs D. N. Bacon.
Mrs. Charles Steward of North
avenue, who has been seriously i'll
for several weeks with pneumonia. is
reported as getting along nicely
There is To be football game at
Fairyiew Park at 2.45 next Saturday
afternoon. between the High School
teams Of Gardiner and Skowhegan.
The Ella f. Mitchell philathea Class
Of the Bethany Baptist church will
meet Monday evening with its teach
er Miss Louise Coburn at her home.
A joint meeting OF the Womans
Club and Town Improvement Society
will be held at the Library Parlors
today Thursday at three o'clock.
Will members please extend this no
tice as far as possible
Galen X. Barnes accompanied by
his daughter Miss Maud Green Ern-
est Bits and William Kincaid both
foreman at the Somerset Shoe factory
motored to Lewiston last Saturday
and returned last Monday The trip
was made in the Barnes automobile.
DR. and Mrs George E Young are
expected home next Saturday night
from two weeks vacation at West
Forks Their little daughter,
Eleanor, aged l. months, has been
visiting during their absence her
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles
E. Young ON Pleasant avenue
John Gallant of Madison, is sub
shutting as conductor for the Som
erset Traction Company during the
remainder OF the week Isaac
Wheeler, the regular conductor. is
having few days vacation Mr.
Gallant held the position of motorman
on the electric line last summer.
Mrs. w. H. Plausse of San Diego,
California, and two children Helen
and Donald. arrived Monday evening
to pass a few days as the guests of
Rev. A O. Lacroix Mrs. Plausse
was4 formerly Miss Vera Mcdonald
and for several years attended the
convent (St Anthony's) connected
with St Mary's Parish in this place
She was married at Cochituate, Mass,
to Mr.. Plausse, II years ago, and for
the past five years has been resident
OF California.
Colonel Blaine Owen of Augusta
has been indicted to the officers
Training School at Camp Fremont,
Cal, and will leave for that place
about November goth Colonel Owen
served with the State Militia for fif-
teen years, much of this time as a
commissioned officer. He has also
been a mem Der of the staff of Govern
ors Plaisted Haines and Curtis He
is the son of Howard Owen who for
about four years in the 1S90s was edi
tor of the Somerset Reporter His
wife was formerly Gertrude Goodwin
of this place.
In a recent number of The Outpost,
published at Annapolis, Maryland,
complimentary mention. is made of
Howard NJ. Butler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Butler of East Front street,
Skowhegan. He is highly spoken of
for having volunteered, during the
recent epidemic, to care for the sick.
The account says that he worked
night and day, administering aid and
removing the sick to temporary hos
pitfalls. He has been for some time
! a member of a naval hospital unit,
and has been studying to make him
self more efficient in the use of medi
cal and surgical supplies In a re-
cent letter to his parents, he states
that he expects to be transferred over
seas very soon
Mr. and Mrs L. II. Appleby arrived
here by auto, Monday evening about
half past ten, having left Rockland at
about four o'clock in the afternoon
The last twenty miles, they encoun-
/ tered our first snow storm. Mr. and
! Mrs Appleby have resumed house
/ keeping at their home at Is Jewett
/ street which had been closed during
/ the last three months Mr.. Appleby
had been employed with the Atlantic
Coast Co, in their ship yard at Thorn
aston He and Mrs. Appleby had
been keeping house in Rockland, and
he had been going to and from his
work. about four miles. on the elec
trio cars Mr.. Appleby reports that
they are as busy as ever in the yard
but that he has had a light attack
Of Influenza and did not care to con
tluue this exposed work.
\ Double Wedding
\ double wedding was solemnized