The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-10-02
The News of Somerset's Busy Towns


day
Extensive repairs are to be made on
the Methodist church and the work
will be begun al once.
This Thursday evening the pas
tors Sunday School class viii meet
at the Methodist parsonage Tor reor-
ganization for the winter campaign.
". G Robinson has an ideal home
garden on Summer street. sheltered
and sunny which is famous for pro-
ducing the earliest garden vegetables
This season he has grown an I'M
mense squash of the Blue Hubbard
variety that far surpasses Ginderi la )
pumpkin This squash weighs tifty-
eight pounds and measures 56 inches
around it, The seed was obtained
from the Pine Tree State Seed Com
pany.
The many friends OF l.. P Lincoln
will be pleased to learn that his
health is greatly improved and he is
steadily gaining He and Mrs. Lin
coin have been entertaining their
niece. Mrs. James Gilfllan of Bar
Harbor and her husband and son
= .
Emma Nutting of Skowhegan. Mon
day the guests went to Skowhegan
accompanied by Mr.. Lincoln.
BY the winter schedule, the morning
down train leaves this station at 727
a. m. The forenoon train from down
river arrives at 10. 80 a. IN. The noon
down train leaves here at l1.50 a. m
and the night train from down river
arrives at 6.04 p. m.
The home exhibit of the Boys and
Girls Club will be given in Grange
Hall. Saturday evening, Oct a. Clup
members and their parents Will nave
supper at $50 O'Clock. The Scion
Club is an invited guest. This is the
regular Grange night and after a so
cial hour, the Grange will open in due
form and carry on the work and
close. The Club exhibit takes the
place of the lecturers program.
Friday, the Agricultural class went
to Ella Brothers potato field with
County Agent Storer and took up
work in hill selection Of seed potatoes
Our girls of the Academy will play
basket ball with the Solons at Scion
Fair. Our boys will have a game OF
baseball here Saturday with the Madi-
sons.
Last Saturday Ralph Mitchell of
Orono. State leader in Boys Work,
and County Agent Storer were here
in the interest of Boys and Girls
Clubs
North Arson boys and girls have
an exhibit at the Skowhegan fair
Tuesday, Mrs. w. c. Robinson, ex-
State regent ID. a. r., Miss Kate &.
Robinson. State secretary, and Mrs.
Ellen knowlton. regent of Ruth Head
Cragin Chapter went to Waterville to
attend a meeting of the Advisory
Board of the Maine State Conference
of the Daughters of the American Re
yOlution.
An automobile accident occurred
Saturday afternoon on the Hunnewell
hill in Embden, near the brick house,
(the old Caldwell place. when parties
we're on their way to the New Port
land cattle show. A car driven by
Bert Andrews containing Mr.. and
Mrs. G. c. Bryant and Mrs. o. w.
Bryant, was struck by w. F, French s
car driven by Alec LeFleur. Mr..
Andrews car was hurled against the
bank and tipped on the side and the
occupants thrown out. All fortunate
ly escaped injury excepting Mrs
Charles Bryant who received many
bad bruises about the head and
shoulders and other places which
have been very painful.
The North Arson Manufacturing
Company has started up the lower
box mill and will put on night crew
OF forty men.
BUSWELL-NODDIN
A wedding which is of interest to
all in this vicinity is that of Ernest
b. Boswell and Mrs. Laura j. Clark
Noddin both of this town. The young
couple went to Portland on the We'd
nesday night train, Sept. "a, and were
united in marriage by Rev. Mr.. Owens
pastor of the Pine street Methodist
church. The bride wore hand
some travelling suit of blue After
"a wedding trip to the White Noun
tains, they returned home, Saturday
night. The bride is the oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. +. Clark
and graduated from Arson Academy
in the class of 1902. She taught
several years before entering the
freight Office of the Maine Central
railroad where she has held for
long time the responsible office of
clerk. Mr.. Boswell, who is nephew
of Turner Boswell. Esq came to
North Arson from the West after
after completing a course of Wire
less and the Morse at Valparaiso,
Ind, and entered the freight Office
here as operator which was the be-
ginning of a friendship of happy ter
mnation. The bride is the popular
Noble Grand OF Emerald Rebekah
Lodge and has always been exceed
ingly popular in all social circles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boswell resumed the
duties of their positions in the freight
office. Monday. y host OF warm
friends extends CONGRATULATIONS
BINGHAM
The ladies OF the Sunshine Society
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