The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-04-17

Hight on West Front street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Lang, who have
been spending the winter at Orlando,
Florida, are expected home this week
Harold Severance of Pittsfield
spent the week end visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Williams OF North avenue
The Searchlight Club will meet at
the home OF Miss Elsie Rayner on
Bridge street tomorrow (Friday)
evening at 100 p. m.
Mrs. Emma Weston has gone to Fox
croft to attend the funeral of her
father Abner L. Palmer, who passed
away Monday afternoon.
John r. Philbrick is expected home
today Thursday from Boston where
he went the first of the week, to meet
his son, Maurice, who has just arrived
from overseas
Cecil II Titon, who has been for
very many years connected with the
Observation-Disclosures and its prede-
cessor. the Somerset Reporter, has re-
signed his position with this company
The teaching force of the High
School has been much depleted this
week by the absence of three of the
teachers because of sickness Those
absent are Prof. Ralph Leighton, Mrs.
Ethel Hight and Miss Chapman.
Harold Perkins arrived home last
Thursday to visit his father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs Charles Perkins. and
returned to Camp Devens the follow
ing day He expects to be at home
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Bartlett of
North New Portland are on sight
seeing tour through Massachusetts,
Connecticut and New York They
expect to be home the last of next
week
Prof Ralph W Leighton has been
confined to his home for several days
with an attack of appendicitis. lie
is much better at this time and eX-
poets to return to his duties at the
High School today
Mr.. Oakley .Washburn, local Sc
cretary of the Y NJ. {. A, received a
telegram, Sunday, calling him to the
bedside of his mother, who is serious
" i'll with pneumonia This is her
second attack and grave conse-
quences are feared Mr. Washburn
left on the morning train, Monday
Miss Cora A. Dow, an instructor in
the first grade in the Hanniford build
ing at Waterville. is spending vaca-
ton of one week with Mr. and Mrs
W. W. Creation of Madison avenue and
Mr. and Mrs II. c. Judkins of Locust
avenue. These three ladies were old
schoolmates at Wills Crossing School
in Avon.
The third of the series OF Masonic
socials was held at Masonic Hall,
Tuesday evening. The evening was
spent in games and dancing, Lyon $
orchestra furnishing the music. This
social was intended to be the last one
of the season, but so we'll are they
enjoyed, that it is planned to have an
other some time in May
Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Murray.
who have been in New Britain, Conn.
for the past two years, have changed
their residence to Portland. Mr..
Murray has purchased Chalmers
seven passenger car and will run it
for a public vehicle during the com
ing summer. Mr. and Mrs. Murray
expect to visit Skowhegan sometime
in May
\ letter recently received from
Gerald Mccarthy, a former Skowhe-
gan youth, now living at Rochester,
y. Y, speaks of his mother, Mrs. A.
d. Mccarthy, having been short
time ago, in trolley car which Wa
derailed, and narrowly escaping a
serious injury The young man
writes that Miss Prudence Wads-
worth was recent guest at the Ne
Carthy home at dinnerv He speak
of plans to visit Skowhegan the com
ing summer
\ rural carriers examination WI
held at the postotiice, Saturday, under
the direction of secretary Fred 1
Emery This was for the purpose OF
filling the vacancy on Route 2, eau@-
ed by the resignation of Carrier
Odell Berry Alton l.. Whittemore
has been substituting on this route
for the past few months. Those VINO
took the examination were Charles 4.
Fentiman OF North Arson; Keno +.
Tozier of Scion; James T. staples
SkowMgan; Roland P. Tuttle. Snow
hegan; Everett o. Greenleaf, StarKs'
Clifton E. Whittemore, Sko~hegah'
Arthur P. Lombard, Skowhegan' Al
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