The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-06-06
The News of Somerset's Busy Towns


moved into Audrey Fishers house on
School street
Mrs. Albert Doble Of Newport Is Wis
iting her parents Mr. and Mrs. }. r.
Walker.
Mrs. Nellie Collins OF Portland IS
the guest of Mrs. Alice Simmons.
Perley Burns has sold his house
which set back of the cemetery to Ed
ward Quint, who has moved 1t to
School street
The regular meeting Of Ruth Head
Cragin Chapter Will be held Friday al
ternoon. June IA, at the home OF Mrs.
Joseph Norton
) Merville Churchill has sold his auto
truck to Walter Deane
W. II. Mckinney. Walter Mckinney.
c. Y. Bailey and Carroll Caswell at
tended the meeting of North Arson
Campmeeting Association at Madison,
Monday. No vote was taken about
selling the grounds
Cyrus Moore had for guests recent
" Mark Collins and wife and son
They had come from Seattle, Wash,
by auto, distance of 4055 miles, hay
ing made the trip in 45 days. and
stopped at Yellowstone Park four
days. Mr.. Collins was born in North
/ Arson and is a son of the late Charles
and Ellen CPatten) Collins.
At the Senior hop in Carrabassett
Hall, Friday evenings there was
large attendance, parties coming from
Madison, Skowhegan and Scion
LYONS orchestra furnished the music.
Reuben FAIR was called to Lewis
ton. Friday noon. on account or the
death OF his brother, William F. Farr.
Mr.. Farr was in St Joseph's Hospital
at Nashua. \. H.. and he died Friday
morning, having undergone an opera
ton a few days previous. HIS age
was 62 years Mr. FAIR was we'll
known to the travelling public as
hotel man and at the time of his death
was proprietor of the hotel at Milford,
\. II He was formerly manager oil
the Bay View House at Wateryille and
for many years he kept hosiery IN
Lewiston called Billy Fairs tavern.
The funeral was held at Lewiston,
Sunday. He leaves a wife and an
adopted daughter, also a brother Reu-
ben Farr and sister Mrs Hattie
Cannon, both of North Arson.
w. X. Gilmore of Auburn is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Quint.
He was years ago a frequent visitor
here and at those times played with
the boys in the village band. He also
played in the Lewiston City Band
away back in the eighties.
Saturday evening a large number of
members of Arson Grange were pres
ent at the meeting. A fine program
was presented Music by the Grange
choir; reading by w. II. Nicholson;
question do our farmers raise all the
food they might, opened by A. W.
Reed; reading by Mrs. H. b. Ellis;
solo, Eugene Danforth; question,
(which is more beneficial to the COM
munty, an old maid or an old bache-
lor" opened by W. Everett Hilton; solo
by Joseph Norton; reading by Mrs.
Irwin H. Ellis; question Should farm
boys in military service be paroled for
farm labor, opened by Guy f. Will
liams; music by the Academy Victrola.
Light refreshments were served. A
reception was rendered George Savage,
who will soon go to Norridgewock to
reside, and HE was presented beauti-
full cake and a purse OF money. Mr..
Savage has served Arson Grange
faithfully as janitor for nearly 20
years. He was completely surprised
and responded feelingly to the express
sion of appreciation of his Brother
and Sister Changers
Thursday, the most beautiful Mem
orial Day for many years brot large |
from the surrounding section
to the village and the decorations at
Sunset cemetery were more profuse
and beautiful than ever before, for Ma
ture had already donned her midusm-
mer garments. AT 100 o'clock, the line
of march was formed at Grange Hall !
led by the Boy Scouts and drum corps |
by the veterans, a part of
them in automobiles, Sons of Veterans,
soldiers and sailors of the present war,
members of the Ladies' Circle of the |
G. A. r., school children and citizens.
There were about three hundred
in the line. which was fol-
lowed by a very long procession OF
and carriages. After
the usual exercises at the cemetery
and the graves had been decorated
with flowers and flags, the procession
marched back to Grange Hall, where
an excellent program, prepared by the
teachers of the Mark Emery school.
was presented
Sunset cemetery never presented a
more beautiful appearance on Mem
orial Day than ii did this year The
neatly mown lots and the large
of floral decorations showed