The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-11-13

Mrs. j. II Barne5 went 10 hosiol
Saturday for a visit
Mr.. Cyrus ". Goodrich has hsef
passing a few days with her sister.
IN Liyermore Falls.
Misses Ida Turcotte and Lucy Goul
cite arrived home Saturday nigh
from Boston. after brief stay In thai
city.
II. +. Thompson of the firm o.
Thompson & Fox. local wood work
ers. was in Lewiston. the latter par
of the week
Mrs. r. D. Cleveland OF SO Madison
avenue underwent a surgical opera
ton at the Somerset Hospital last
Monday morning.
George Lombard of Casco who ac-
companied his daughter, Mrs. Charles
Griffin home from Bangor, has now
returned to his home.
Mrs. Mammie Cheney and daughter
Hazel left here last Saturday for
their home In Hinckley after being
in town for several weeks.
Miss Emmaline McAllister under
went a serious surgical operation for
appendicitis at the Kennebec Valley
Hospital last Friday morning.
Louise Turner, formerly resident
of this place and student at the
Skowhegan High School, has been
elected president of the Junior Glee
Club, at the school where she is now
studying. near Philadelphia.
Major j. Wallace Blunt, who has
been at home for a short time since
his discharge from the military ser
vice, having served during the war in
Quartermaster's Department, left
Friday morning for Boston on bust
ness.
Word has been received here of the
recent death of James Young in An
son. The deceased was native of
this place and was nearly 70 years
old at the time of his demise In
terment occurred in the Forest Hill
cemetery in Madison.
A twenty horsepower motor has
been installed at the Skowhegan
Monumental Works for the purpose
OF taking care of the necessary power
requirement. A new grinding ma
chine is also being installed by the
firm at their Norridgewock plant
Mrs. Llewellyn Aver of Dover re-
Gently underwent surgical treatment
at Somerset Hospital DR.. Brock of
Portland being the out-of-town sur
geon assisting. Mrs. Aver is "A sis
Ter Of Mrs. Hiram X Berce and visit
ed there prior to entering the hos
pital. Mr.. Aver accompanied her.
c. NJ. Holt and w II. Hight we're
in Portland the latter part of the
week attending to business matters
The Ladies of the Working League
1.
very successful results from their
harvest dinner one of which is held
every fall in Congregational
Parlors The net proceeds amount
ed TO $50. There was an abundance
OF good things to eat and the tables
were very ChafmiIsly decorated with
pine and red berries. The west par
Tor was also made attractive with
pine decorations The general com
mittee was composed of Mrs Isabel
Donaldson, Mrs. Frank Morrill,, Mrs
Emma Williams and Mrs. Adam
Simpson, president.
People interested in Home Missions
were entertained Thursday evening
last by Mrs Adelaide Snow, a nation
al secretary of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society, who delivered an
address in the Centenary Methodist
Church. She outlined very intelli-
gently the work that the society is
doing along educational lines among
the colored people in the south and
among the Orientals in the West She
dwelt somewhat upon the menace of
Mormonism in Utah and gave en-
couraging results of missionary work.
Prior to the address of the evening
Mrs. Snow addressed the ladies of the
Home Missionary Society of the
church here at the parsonage, giving
them instructions and speaking in
formally for their benefit.
At the meeting of the United Order
OF Golden Cross held last Thursday
evening, eleven new members were