The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-11-07

in town Tuesday to attend the funeral
of Mrs D. NJ. 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 a football game at
Fairview Park at 2.45 next Saturday
afternoon, between the High School
teams of Gardiner and Skowhegan.
The Ella F. Mitchell Philathea Glass
OF the Bethany Baptist church will
meet Monday evening with its teach
err 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 Is 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
was 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 a 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 member 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 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
member of naval hospital unit,
and has been studying to make him
self more efficient in the use of medi-
cal and surgical supplies In re-
cent letter to his parents, he states
that he expects to be transferred over
seas very soon.
Mr. and Mrs l.. H. 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. Appeby 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 cleo
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
tinue this exposed work.
A Double Wedding
A double wedding was solemnized