The independent-reporter., 1919-05-29

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Drew, Amy Merrill. Emma French.
+ Mary PIPER. Mary French. music
/ committee. Angie Priest. Bertha
i Whipple. Martha IIodgdon; village
Improvement. Elizabeth Coolidge,
! Emily Patterson. Myrtle Rowell. en-
feriainmenf committee. Ethel Ro~ell,
/ Minnie Jones. Ruby Gross. Millie
/ Paul
Mr. and Yrs VIII York Mr. Alice
Lombard and Miss Chispa Rowell
/ we're in Sk0whegan, Tuesday.
Joseph Drew has recently parehas-
/ ed new Ford car
Mrs. Nelle VI Paul. worthy ma
i fron and Mrs Flora Curtis, associate
mairon. left here Monday 10 attend
! the Grand Chapter in Portland
The Ladies' Home Circle will meet
| in the Church Parlor Thursday alfer
noon. June ).
Announcements We're received here
this week of the coming marriage oi
Lieut. Charles Wilmington of Boston
To Miss Frances Marshall Of Green
vile. South Carolina ON Saturday
evening. June 7th Lieut. Wilmington
ha, spent many summers here and
has many friends in town. He is
Lieutenant in the United States Nav
al Reserve Corps and has been nine
months at the front aud returned
without wound.
The Girls and BOYS Agricultural
Clubs will hold five cent social in
Garatnnk Hall. Friday evening of
I'D bAn,aDl AZ "a
candies will be on sale. Everyone
is cordially invited to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Tuscan and
Mrs Ernest Whipple were in Skowhe-
gan Monday.
The friends Of DR. Alfredo Withing-
ton will be Interested to learn that
she will remain in France until the
rehabilitation of the French colors
Mr.. and Mrs w. ]. Holway, Leslie
Durgin. Miss Jennie Kennedy. Miss
Jessie Pierce and Mrs. John Pierce
and little daughter Of The Forks were
callers in town one evening Of last
week
The town was saddened by the
seeming sudden death of Mrs. Lydia
Hooper Rice. widow of the late Hiram
Rice, early on Friday morning when
she quietly went to sleep after an ILL
ness of three days from bronchitis.
Mrs Rice was married to Hiram Rice
and came to live on the old Rice home
80 years ago. To this union We're
born four children. Mrs. Cora Fellows
who lives in North Fayette, Mrs Ada
Fenlason of North Anson and Mrs.
Grace Padham. who lived with her
mother and who with her husband d d
everything TO make her mothers many
years of nyaidsm happy. Mrs.
Rice was a devoted Christian and
none knew her but to love her She
WIS a member of the VI +. Church.
taking letter from the North Anson
church soon after her marriage, to
unite with her home church. Mrs.
Rice had shock when her youngest
daughter was four years old and was
more or less of an invalid for "a
Years. She WIS - years. ; months.
T. days old. almost the very same
age her husband when he went three
years ago. Mrs. Rice leaves besides
those before mentioned two sisters.
Mrs. stephen Rice, Mrs. Lev Strout
of Auburn and three brothers The
services were held Sunday afternoon,
Rev. L c. Thom, her pastor attend
inc. Many beautiful flowers spoke
of the love and esteem she was held
by her neighbors and friends as we'll
as family, the interment was in the
family lot in the village cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank those who 50
kindly sent flowers in our late sor-
row.
Mr.. and Mrs Mark Pddhan
and daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fellow
aud family
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Fenlason