The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-20
Abby Marguerite Merriam

The circle of young people in Show
hogan has suffered an unusual loss
in the sudden death of Abby Mar
guerite Merriam, third daughter of
Rev and Mrs George Merriam She
nd been taken to Cray's Hospital in
Waterville for an operation on the
throat, which was performed Tuesday
morning, and which on account Of
failure of the heart she did not sur
vive. Services will be held in Beth
any Church, this Thursday after
noon at three o'clock. and will be con-
Quoted by DR.. Tracy, assisted by DR..
|. B. Mower of Waterville. Inter
ment will be in the South Cemetery.
Besides her parents there are left in
the family five brothers, George r.
Merriam of Belmont, Mass, Field
Secretary of the Massachusetts State
Y. NJ. C. A; Frank E. Merriam of
Greenfield, Mass. and Arthur B.,
Thornton w and Ralph F. Merriam,
the three latter now in the war ser
vice of the United States. There are
also three sisters, Mrs Ethel Merriam
Weeks, wife of Prof. f. l.. Weeks of
Colby College; Helen E. Merriam, who
graduates this week from Pennington
Normal School, and Marion A. Mer-
riam, who is student in the Skowhe
High School. All these brothers and
sisters have returned to the family
home for the last services except
Arthur, who is an instructor in a mill
tary camp in Georgia, and Thornton
who has recently arrived in France.
Others who have come from out of
town are DR. E F Merriam of Boston,
and Mrs Hattie W Eaton of East
Weare, n. H., brother and sister of
Pastor Merriam.
Marguerite Merriam was born in
Freeport, August 16, 1900 She came
to Skowhegan as a child four years of
age, when her father became pastor
of Bethany church, and so has lived
here during her entire school life. She
passed a happy childhood, always be-
ing a favorite among her young
friends, and early showed marked
ability as a student She was mem
Der of the class of 1919, and altho
she was obliged to leave school in the
early spring her name was on the
High Honor roll of the Junior class.
Il
sessing a taste for music and an I'M
usual, natural gift for drawing. Most
OF the illustrations in the High
School Lever" were the product OF
her artistic talent. She was vice
president of the Bethany Christian
Endeavor Society, and both there and
in the church of which she was a
member she was an earnest and help
full worker She was a devoted
daughter, and a pleasant and loving
companion in the home life. In her
illness of the last few weeks she has
shown a cheerful and tender spirit
1t was a hard disappointment to her
to be obliged to leave school when
she did and she looked forward eager
ly to recovery and the resumption of
her studies. The passing Of this
sweet and promising girl at the age
of seventeen is not only a severe af-
fiction to the family, who have the
sincere sympathy of a multitude of
friends, but a sad loss to her school
mates and young as we'll as older
friends.
The following verses written by a
girl of about her own age seem ap-
propriate at this time:
HIS HONOR ROLL
The hardest battles ever fought,
The greatest victories won,
May be fought with never a comrade
near,
With never a shot or a gun.
1t may be battle with terrible pain,
Or a struggle with mind or with
soul;
But God who Is watching His soldiers
knows
The ones on His Honor Roll.
The Methodist ladies will hold a
food sale in the old Ten Cent store,