The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-06-12


The Ladies Social Circle of the NJ
f. Church will meet at the parsonage
next Monday afternoon at o'clock
Or. and Mrs. X. W. Smith were in
town over Sunday to attend the funer-
al of their father, the late willard F.
Smith
Mr. and Mrs Arnold Findley OF No.
Avenue, are the proud parents of a
little son born to them last Tuesday
morning
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Of Portland
were the guests at the home Of Mrs.
Mary b. Stinchfeld over the Welcome
Home Celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. William Sergeant are
the parents of a little son born to
them this week at the cottage hospital
of Miss Georgia Hill
Baccalaureate Sermon will be held
at the Opera House next Sunday even
ing. The address will be given by
Rev Dr. o. II. Tracy.
Louis b. Haskell left here last
Sunday morning for Peaks Island
where he will attend the reunion of
tn Sth Maine Regiment.
Leon W Smiley who recently ar
rived home from overseas service, has
returned to his work as civil engineer
on the State Highway at Augusta.
Mrs. Helen S. Brown will entertain
the Pioneer Past Noble Grand's As
ISOLATION at her home on High street,
next Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
Donald Mccarthy is expected home
June 20 and his mother will come a
little later. The McCarthys have a
large number of friends here who will
be pleased to greet them.
Mrs. Bertelle Clement and her son
Donald Clement of Birch Point Camps
near North Pond, have been guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Louise A.
Caswell of Turner Avenue, for a few
days.
Mrs. F. b Damon Of Dexter, Mrs.
Effie NJ. Lawrence of Rockland and
Ralph c. Hamilton of Hartland, trus
tees of the State Reformatory for
Women, have been in town on busin
ess this week.
Rev. d. b. Holt district superin
tendedt of Methodist Churches, will
speak in the Methodist Church this
evening at 7:30. After the address
the first quarterly conference of the
church will be held.
In the list of officers which Show
hogan has furnished, published in the
issue of June s. Walter Merton Pierce
should have been rated as Captain
and Donald W. Philbrick as First
Lieutenant instead of Second
Mr.. Amos Stevens of Colfax, Cal,
is visiting friends and relatives in
town, making his home while here
with his daughter, Mrs. Willard
Leighton of Harmony. This is Mr..
Stevens first visit to Maine in 80
years.
George Nelson, son of Mrs, Almar
Russell, was taken to Portland Mon
day, where he will enter the Maine
General Hospital for treatment on one I
of his legs Mr. Nelson has been en-
ployed as motorman for the Somerset
Traction Co.
There will be an executive meet
ing of the Philathea Class of the
First Baptist Church. at the vestry,
Friday evening. All officers and as
many members as possible please at
tend as there will be very important
business brought up.
In the game between Wesleyan |
and the powerful Dart
mouth nine, Lauriston Jacobs was
credited with winning the game for
Wesleyan by his great hitting. Laur-
iston is now playing first base and is
good in his fielding and stick
work.
c. A. Cox, Manager of the Stratton
Motor Company, was in town Tues
day and for the day was the guest
of S. G. Ellis on the Athens road. Mr..
Cox and his brother, NJ. L. Cox, do an
extensive garage business at STRAIT
ton, including jtney transportation,
and have an extensive repair and ac-
cessory department.
DR.. c, w. Judkins of Aspen, Col,
arrived here Tuesday morning and is
to make a brief visit in Somerset |
County He was born in Cornville,
in 1856, the son of Levi Judkins. His |
first practice was in Hartland and he
afterwards resided in Skowhegan on
what is now Norridgewock Avenue.