The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-05-09


last week.
George Paddock has been confined
to the house with severe attack OF
the mumps
DR.. Bin o. Goodrich of Montreal
will return to Skowhegan about May
18th for the summer.
There will be a meeting Of the
Ladies of St Anne next Sunday. The
hour of the meeting will be announced
/ later.
Rev C. H Mckinney and family are
now living in the parsonage on Lea
witt street, recently purchased by the
/ people of the parish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Witham Mr. and
! Mrs C. e Head and Jonah Spaulding
all Of Scion. were in town on bust
ness last Thursday
Mrs Efie Corson Currie is acting
as chief operator at the Farmers Cen
trail Office Mrs. Currie was the chief
operator here from May 1915 to June
/ 1917
On Monday evening May 10, the
Ella NJ Mitchell Philathea Glass will
hold their monthly business meeting
in the vestry of the Bethany Baptist
church
Miss Sarah Ward has arrived from
| Boston to join her father at their
summer home at Lakewood Miss
Ward has spent the winter in Florida
and Boston.
The Children's Choir of st. Mary's
/ Church sang at the First Friday ser
vices at seven o'clock, Friday morn
ing. There were about 250 communi-
cants at these services
The Boy Scouts have added quite a
number to their company. and make
fine appearance in their street pa
rades. They are anticipating great
things from the conference to meet
here soon.
Masses will be celebrated next Sun
day at the St Mary's Catholic Church
at $50 a. m. and 1890 a. m. There
will be Sunday School at 2.30 p m.
and Rosary and Benediction at $50
in the afternoon.
Father Renaud is contemplating an
elaborate flag raising in the very near
future. Both the American and the
Service flags will be raised. All the
citizens Of the town are invited to at
tend this ceremony.
o. B. Porter, who has been employed
in Madison for some time, is to move
his family to that town very soon.
Leon Cookson who was employed here
for the New England Telephone COM
pany, and later went to Readfield, Is |
to move to Madison
Fred e. Calder of lockwood was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs George B. Fair
grieve while in town last week Mr.. |
Calder evidently intends to do his |
bit while here. He bought a single
machine, 80 bushels Of seed potatoes
a potato sprayer and several other
tools useful on his farm.
A new class has just been organic
ed in the Congregational Sunday
School the members are the young
ladies' and single ladies con-
nected with the parish All per-
sons not member of any school are
cordially invited to join this class
Mrs. Hattie b. Fogler Is the teacher,
and Mrs. Stanley NJ Cover assistant
teacher.
Father Renaud went to Lewiston
last week to make arrangements for
Iridium (three days devotion services)
to be held at the closing of Easter
time. Rev. FIR. Deschene of the
Fathers of Lewiston will
preach at these exercises on Thurs
lay, Friday Saturday, preceding Trim
ty Sunday, the last day for the per-
Torrance of Easter duties
Many of our ladies have been work
ing hard for the past year for the Red
Cross and Surgical Dressings Many
more have not as yet done anything.
Many comments are heard on every
hand, wondering why Mrs. So-and-So
has no interest, or apparently none
in these things. This Is a time when
we have to deny ourselves. The wo
men of Skowhegan have always been
ready and willing to lend a hand. Now
let us show how much we can do for
the need is great
Miss Bridget Fleming, for several
years, noon and evening operator for
the Farmers Telephone Co. is to as
sumo the duties again. Miss Flem-
ing and her father will occupy the
tenement which is connected with the
office, it is understood, the same as
they did before About a year ago,
Mr.. and Miss Fleming decided they
would try farming so they moved onto
The farm formerly occupied by John
Neil of this place on the East Ridge
'oad in the town of Cornville ;
Miss Angie French a trained nurse
# Lewiston, is visiting at her home
IN High street. She was a graduate
# the Skowhegan high school in the
lass of 1905 and for a time was EN-
loyed as operator at Scion for the
,armprs' Talpnhona % After COM