The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-11-20


eryille.
Miss Edith Jones has gone to Ban
gor where she has employment for a
while.
Henry K. Malbon. who has for some
time been suffering from a malady
efrecting the head Is reported as
growing worse.
The Bethany Guild of the Bethany
Baptist church will meet at the
church parlors this Thursday after
noon at 230 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Briggs OF Main
street are the proud parents OF
little daughter born to them Monday
at the Somerset Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. George WEIGH Of Bling
ham arrived here Monday Tor visit
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Norris
Laney Of North avenue.
Charles Butler and Bertrice Daggett
have returned home from few days
hunting trip to Indian Pond. Mr..
Butler brought home with him fine
deer.
Miss Doris Wentworth Is enjoying
a vacation from her studies at Mas
son Institute at Springyale. She Is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry W. Wentworth
Misses Lena Goulette and Alice
Turcotte arrived home Tuesday night
from Waterville after visiting Miss
Goulette's sister, Miss Cecilia Goulette
at Mt. Merci Academy.
Attorney and Mrs Maurice p. Mer-
rill Of Coburn avenue are the parents
of little daughter born Sunday
night This is their second child,
both being daughters.
Miss Annie Bergman, an employee
in the clerical department OF the
American Wooden Co. at Oakland, re
turned Monday after a visit at the
home of her sister Mrs. Mark SAY
age.
Willie Jones OF The Forks who is
engaged to quite an extent in lumber
operations in different sections of this
county has been in town his week en-
gaging woodsmen and purchasing
supplies.
DR.. l.. p Geoffrion arrived home
Tuesday from Jackman where he Wis
tied his children who are attending
a parochial school in that vicinity.
While away he went to Sherbrook and
Montreal on professional business.
Skowhegan friends will learn with
extreme regret of the serious cond1-
ton of Mrs. Sandtord Reynolds in
Portland where she recently sustained
injuries from an explosive used in ce-
lebrating there Armistice Day. One
leg has been amputated and she is cri-
tically ill., Mrs. Reynolds formerly .
resided in SkOWhegan.
Leon Smiley, who of this town, who .
with Charles Folsom, Stanley Wey- i
mouth and Winfield Redmond, civil en-
gineers from the state Highway de .
partment have completed the prelimi- /
nary survey for the new state road
between here and Hinckley They !
have now gone to Oakland to survey .
from there to Belgrade.
A special high mass of Thanksgiy-
ing was celebrated Monday morning
at seven O'Clock by Father j. l.. a. F.
Renaud from the altar OF Our Lady
of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church.
Mass was offered for the reposc of
the soul of the deceased wife OF
Philibert Charter at the request of
Mrs. Mary Boutin, yesterday morn
ing from the same church.
Among the out-of-town people pres
ent at the funeral of Mrs. Emma
Thompson Sunday last, were her chill
dren, c. E. Thompson, Auburn; Mrs.
Willis Robinson, Newport; Mrs. Bert
Cole, Palmyra and w +. Thompson
of Newport. A sister, Mrs. Joan
French of Guilford, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Emeff of Bangor Mrs. Emma Bishop,
Mrs. Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs, Elliot
of Guilford, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pal
mer and Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.. Blaisdell
of Palmyra.
1t is understood here that Frank
Steward. formerly resident of
Skowhegan, and now living in Los
Angeles, Cal, is very ill at his home
there. 1t Will be recalled that Mr..
steward conducted business where
Steward & Smiley now carry on the
same enterprise MIR. Stewards
home while rte .eas on Cobnrn Ave
in the house noN occupied by John
H. steward II is believed that Mr..
Steward left here about four years